House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Cost Estimates Improvement Act
Official title: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Cloud R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 2025 — 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. 991.
- 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. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H505):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 991, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91d74f951b53454ca0d5badfdf18d98ef52c4ae8c7189335b7737c2305fdaa37
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 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 991, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 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
20 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 20 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Ben Cline (R-VA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Jared Golden (D-ME), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Blake Moore (R-UT), Tim Moore (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Marie Perez (D-WA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Cloud.
- H.R. 2249 (119th) Preserving Presidential Management Authority Act
- H.R. 925 (119th) Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- H.R. 563 (119th) No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act
- H.R. 2039 (119th) Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025
- H.R. 10017 (119th) Permanent CBDC Ban Act
- H.J.Res. 118 (119th) Expressing support for designating September 12, 2025, as "The Day of the Bible" in the United States of America.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.