Appropriations Transparency Act of 2024

The Appropriations Transparency Act of 2024 requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide detailed cost breakdowns for bills reported by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. Specifically, these estimates must include total budget authority, comparisons to spending allocations, outlay projections, rescissions, offsetting receipts, changes to mandatory programs (CHIMPs), direct spending, and categorization details. The bill directly affects the Appropriations Committees by mandating these specific disclosures in all cost estimates for their reported bills. This aims to clarify how funding is allocated and spent, though it does not change actual funding levels or program provisions. The bill also adjusts House Rule XIII to ensure these detailed estimates are not blocked by procedural rules.