H.R. 10327 – Cost Estimates Improvement Act

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The Cost Estimates Improvement Act amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 so that cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) must now include, when possible, the costs of servicing the public debt. This change ensures that budget projections more fully reflect the financial impact of interest and principal payments on the national debt, affecting how lawmakers assess fiscal policies and tax proposals.

Key Provisions

Requires CBO and JCT estimates to incorporate public‑debt servicing costs to the extent practicable.
Adds a new Section 407 to the Budget Act to codify the inclusion requirement.
Updates the Act’s table of contents to list the new Section 407.

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Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Rules Committee

September 10, 2026

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September 10, 2026

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Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Rules Committee

September 10, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 10, 2026

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119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10327

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 10, 2026

Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Case, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Golden of Maine, Ms. Perez, Mr. Grothman, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Norman, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Collins, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Cline, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Moore of Utah, and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Cost Estimates Improvement Act.

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CBO and JCT estimates to include debt servicing costs

(a)

In general

Part A of title IV of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

407.

Estimates to include debt servicing costs

Any estimate prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402, and any estimate prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation, shall include, to the extent practicable, the costs (if any) of servicing the public debt.

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(b)

Clerical amendment

The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 406 the following:

407. Estimates to include debt servicing costs.

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