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1 Answers to Questions for the Record following a Hearing on CBO's Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2020 Conducted by the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, House Committee on Appropriations 1 (March 22, 2019)

handle is hein.congrec/cboaqappr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MAR CH 22, 2019 Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on CBO's Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2019 Conducted by the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, House Committee on Appropriations On February 26, 2019, the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the House Committee on Appropriations convened a hearing at which Keith Hall, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, testified about CBO's appropriation request for fiscal year 2020.' After the hearing, Ranking Member Herrera Beutler submitted questions for the record. This document provides CBO's answers. It is available at www.cbo.gov/publication/55040. Question. You mentioned in your written testimony, that last year CBO completed 947 formal cost estimates, significantly higher than the year before at 740. Roughly how many preliminary cost estimates did CBO produce last year? How do you prioritize cost estimate requests? Answer. In 2018, CBO fulfilled several thousand requests for preliminary estimates and technical assistance. CBO provides such information at the early stages of the legislative process, when proposals are being developed, as well as at later stages, when amendments to legislation are being considered. The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires CBO to prepare formal cost estimates after a committee orders authorization legislation to be reported for consideration by the full House or Senate. (For appropriation bills, CBO provides information in a different form.) That requirement was designed to ensure that CBO placed the highest priority on preparing estimates for the legislation that was most likely to be actively considered by the Congress. The Congressional Budget Act also directs CBO to prioritize requests from committees- particularly the House and Senate Budget Committees. Given CBO's staffing, it generally is not possible to satisfy requests for formal estimates that do not come from those two committees, the committees of jurisdiction, or Congressional leadership, but CBO's analysts provide technical assistance or informal estimates to individual Members as time permits. Question. Last December the Congressional Accountability Reform bill became law. There is a provision that will hold the agencies responsible for reimbursing the Treasury for settlements and awards. What steps has CBO taken to ensure its employees are protected 1. See testimony of Keith Hall, Director, Congressional Budget Office, before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the House Committee on Appropriations, CBO's Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2020 (February 26, 2019), www.cbo.gov/publication/54965.

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