Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act

Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act

This act specifies that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is authorized to obtain data from executive branch agencies with or without a written agreement if CBO maintains the same level of confidentiality that is required of the agency that provides the data.

The act also requires CBO to submit a report to Congress regarding requests for information from executive branch agencies and any challenges it faced in accessing the information.

[118th Congress Public Law 89]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 118-89
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to 
 provide the Congressional Budget Office with necessary authorities to 
  expedite the sharing of data from executive branch agencies, and for 
        other purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 30, 2024 -  [H.R. 7032]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Congressional 
Budget Office Data Sharing Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 2 USC 601 note.>>  SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Budget Office Data 
Sharing Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUESTS BY CBO OF INFORMATION FROM EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 201(d) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Director is authorized'' and inserting 
        ``(1) The Director is authorized'';
            (2) by striking ``(other than material the disclosure of 
        which would be a violation of law)'' and inserting ``(with or 
        without written agreement) provided that the Director maintains 
        the level of confidentiality required by law of the department, 
        agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission from 
        which it is obtained in accordance with section 203(e)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:

    ``(2) No provision of law enacted after the date of the enactment of 
the Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act shall be construed to 
supersede, limit, or otherwise modify the authority of the Director to 
obtain any material under this subsection unless such provision 
specifically provides, by specific reference to this paragraph, that 
such authority is to be superseded, limited, or otherwise modified.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall 
submit, to the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, a report listing any request for 
information pursuant to a written agreement under section 201(d) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
601(d)), as amended by subsection (a) of this Act, made to any 
department, agency, or establishment of the executive branch of 
Government or any regulatory agency

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 or commission of the Government and any challenges faced accessing 
information under such section.

    Approved September 30, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 7032:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-474 (Comm. on the Budget).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            Apr. 29, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 10, considered and passed Senate.
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2024):
            Sept. 30, Presidential statement.

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