[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 471. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 267 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill H.R. 1628, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PUBLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE MODELS.

       (a) In General.--Section 402 of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Director'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(a) In General.--The Director''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Publication of Models and Data.--The Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office shall make available to Members 
     of Congress and make publicly available on the website of the 
     Congressional Budget Office--
       ``(1) each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation 
     routine used by the Congressional Budget Office in estimating 
     the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of 
     legislation, including estimates prepared under subsection 
     (a);
       ``(2) any update of a model or routine described in 
     paragraph (1);
       ``(3) subject to paragraph (4), for each estimate of the 
     costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, including 
     estimates prepared under subsection (a), the data, programs, 
     models, assumptions, and other details of the computations 
     used by the Congressional Budget Office in preparing the 
     estimate, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by 
     individuals not employed by the Congressional Budget Office; 
     and
       ``(4) for any data that is required not to be disclosed by 
     the Congressional Budget Office--
       ``(A) a complete list of all data variables for such data;
       ``(B) descriptive statistics for all data variables for 
     such data (including averages, standard deviations, number of 
     observations, and correlations to other variables), to the 
     extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the 
     rule against disclosure;
       ``(C) a reference to the statute requiring that the data 
     not be disclosed; and
       ``(D) information regarding how to contact the individual 
     or entity who has unrestricted access to the data.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply on and after the date that is 6 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
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