
Clarification (6/11/25 at 3:15am ET): Currently, the Instructions point towards the “Estimated Outlays” line of CBO estimates. To be clear, the underlying for this contract (“cost”) is the net budgetary effect of the first budget reconciliation bill to become law - this includes both changes in outlays AND changes in revenues, not outlays alone, over the relevant ten-year period. This equals: Total Changes in Direct Spending (Outlays) - Total Changes in Revenues.