HR 5571 United States House · 118th Congress

Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act

This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office to calculate the true long-term cost of federal loan and guarantee programs (like student loans or small business loans) using "fair-value" accounting standards, rather than traditional budgeting methods that only count initial costs. It mandates that these fair-value estimates be included in official budget reports and used by Congress to enforce spending limits. The Office of Management and Budget must also submit annual reports detailing these fair-value costs for all federal credit programs. The bill changes how program costs are measured but does not alter the programs themselves or their operation.
Sub-Topics: Appropriations
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 19, 2023 Last action Sep 19, 2023
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Sep 19, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
lower
Sep 19, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors