Budget office must count the cost of borrowing money
H.R. 10327 — Cost Estimates Improvement Act · Filed by Michael Cloud (R-TX) · 20 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 10, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells two government offices to add debt costs to their budget reports. Right now they count what a bill costs to run. But they do not count the interest the government pays on borrowed money. This bill says they must add that interest cost too. Congress will then see the full price of new laws.
Who it affects
Congress will get more facts when it votes on bills. The public will see the true cost of government spending.
One thing to notice
The bill lets the offices skip debt cost estimates if the math is too hard.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
20 cosponsors: 17 Republicans, 3 Democrats.
- Sep 10, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 10, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Budget and House Committee on Rules · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- debt costs — The interest the government pays on money it borrowed.
- budget reports — Documents that show how much a bill will cost or save.
- government offices — Agencies that work for Congress to count money and costs.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (770 characters) on Sep 11, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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