House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Cost Estimate Clarity Act
Official title: To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to include the effects of using baseline assumptions when preparing estimates under such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8570.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 75, April 29, 2026, Page H3295):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 102 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8570, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8570, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 7730 (119th) Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
- H.R. 2675 (119th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act
- H.R. 4642 (119th) Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act
- H.R. 421 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 6622 (119th) Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025
- H.R. 404 (119th) Hearing Protection Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.