S.Amdt. 471

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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