118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 3895Informed Lawmaking to Combat Inflation Act

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to provide an inflation estimate with respect to legislation with a significant impact on the gross domestic product of the United States, and for other purposes.

Economics and public finance
Introduced Mar 7, 2024
Last action Mar 7, 2024
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide inflation estimates for certain legislation that is projected to cause an annual gross budgetary effect of at least 0.25% of the projected gross domestic product of the United States. The estimates must include both the short-term and long-term inflationary effects of the legislation. Specifically, the estimates must determine whether the legislation will have no significant impact on inflation, a quantifiable inflationary impact on the consumer price index or the personal consumption expenditure index, or a significant impact on inflation that cannot be quantified at the time the estimate is prepared. The requirement does not...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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Mar 7, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Mar 7, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.