Congressional Budget Office Improvement Act of 1998

Summary

Congressional Budget Office Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a Congressional Budget Office Board to: (1) provide general oversight of Congressional Budget Office (CBO) operations; (2) approve in advance the undertaking of Office studies and publication of reports that the CBO Director may propose; and (3) provide general guidance to the Director in the formulation and implementation of CBO procedures and policies. Directs CBO to establish an Economic Advisory Council to: (1) review and make recommendations to the Board on CBO activities; (2) evaluate the quality and objectivity of CBO research and reports; and (3) undertake additional related tasks as the Board may direct. Requires any CBO report to the Congress or the public that contains an estimate of the effect that legislation will have on revenues or expenditures to be accompanied by a written statement disclosing the economic, technical, and behavioral assumptions that were made in producing the estimate.

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• Referral Instructions Senate (text)

  Referral Instructions Senate · EN · 31 July 1998

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• Referral Instructions Senate (PDF)

  Referral Instructions Senate · EN · 31 July 1998

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 31 July 1998

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