House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Cost Estimates Improvement Act

H.R. 8341Introduced May 10, 2024Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Michael Cloud R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 10, 2024
Committee actionMay 16, 2024
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 16, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 7.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8341.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8341, Cost Estimates Improvement Act” on June 13, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 16, 2024”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2024 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60406
CBO publication date
June 13, 2024
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8341, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8341
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9141f4a28391fef99dddadcec8e97262b4d5a58e2588e3e542bbae064a4be2d8
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 82, May 10, 2024, Page H3006):
Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To increase budgetary transparency
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2024 ↗
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97 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8341, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8341
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9141f4a28391fef99dddadcec8e97262b4d5a58e2588e3e542bbae064a4be2d8
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

19 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 19 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.

James Baird (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), John Rose (R-TN), David Rouzer (R-NC).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Cloud.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-27 district

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.