Focus on Children Act

Focus on Children Act

This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to produce studies and reports regarding federal spending on children.

The CBO must provide

• studies of legislation containing changes in spending on children, upon the request of a congressional committee;
• an annual report regarding spending on children; and
• an annual report on the President's budget request for spending on children.

The CBO may provide a warning report to Congress regarding a fiscal year in which outlays for interest on the public debt will exceed spending on children.

The CBO must also develop and maintain a public website that includes

• the reports and studies required by this bill,
• a dashboard containing key indicators and visualization tools to assist the public in understanding trends in spending on children, and
• an open data portal that contains quantitative data on federal spending on children.