Executive Action Cost Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6569 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6569 To include certain executive and judicial actions in the baseline calculation by the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2025 Mr. Estes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To include certain executive and judicial actions in the baseline calculation by the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Executive Action Cost Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. IMPROVING BASELINE DATA BY INCLUDING EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL ACTIONS. (a) In General.--Section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Executive and Judicial Actions.-- ``(1) In general.--Unless directed otherwise by the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, any calculation of the baseline and any update of the baseline included in a report required under section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) shall include the budgetary effects of any judicial action and any executive action (including any proposed rule, final rule, executive order, or memorandum) consistent with scorekeeping practices agreed to by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate. ``(2) Executive action documentation requirement.--With respect to an executive action described in paragraph (1), each department,