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• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1038, Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013

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  This is a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate for H.R. 1038, Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013. "H.R. 1038 would change the way certain electric and natural gas utility contracts are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Under current law, most firms that offer contracts to hedge or mitigate market risks are regulated as 'swap dealers' if the value of their transactions exceeds certain thresholds. H.R. 1038 would direct the CFTC to exclude certain types of agreements with publicly owned utilities from the calculation of the threshold for transactions with 'special entities,' which includes governmental or nonprofit entities. That change could make it easier for firms to enter into hedging arrangements with public utilities without being regulated as a swap dealer."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2013-04-01
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 507, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act

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  This is a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate for H.R. 507. "H.R. 507 would require the Secretary of the Interior to place 20 acres of land into trust for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Based on information provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have no significant impact on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 507 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2013-04-03
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 130, Powell Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act

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  This is a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate for S. 130, Powell Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act. "S. 130 would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to convey 322 acres of federal land near Powell, Wyoming, to the Powell Recreation District. Based on information provided by BLM, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would have no significant impact on the federal budget. Enacting S. 130 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2013-04-01
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 94, A Bill to Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Prohibit the Use of Public Funds for Political Party Conventions

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  "H.R. 94 would amend federal law to prohibit the use of public funds for political campaign conventions. By eliminating that option, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that enacting H.R. 94 would reduce direct spending by $126 million over the 2014-2023 period. In addition, the legislation would affect direct spending and federal penalties related to campaign financing (some of which are recorded in the budget as revenues and are available to be spent without further appropriation); CBO estimates, however, that any such effects would not be significant. Because the bill would affect direct spending and revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates that enacting the legislation would have no impact on federal income tax revenues. JCT has determined that H.R. 94 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2013-06-26
• CBO Paper: Implications of the Department of Defense Readiness Reporting System

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  "The Department of Defense (DoD) is developing the DoD Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) to improve on readiness reporting relative to what occurs under the older Status of Resources and Training System (SORTS). The additions and improvements to SORTS are substantial, including the ways in which commanders assess units' readiness for individual missions, automation of resource and training calculations, and the enhanced ability of associated units to report their combined or separate readiness. DoD's current plans call for DRRS to be fully implemented by 2014. At present, very little of the improved readiness information contained in DRRS is carried over to the Quarterly Readiness Report to Congress-a report that Congressional oversight committees rely on to assess the readiness of U.S. armed forces. CBO examined potential changes to the Quarterly Readiness Report, including displaying SORTS scores and mission assessments by unit type and deployment status, linking levels of readiness to the amount of available resources, creating readiness summaries for aircraft carrier strike groups, and improving the ways in which unit and personnel rotation are displayed."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  Trunkey, R. Derek, 1966-

  2013-05-07
• S. Hrg. 106-228: U.S. Policy on Terrorism in Light of the FALN Members' Clemency: Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, Special Hearing, September 21, 1999

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  S. Hrg. 106-228: This special hearing before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations addresses the following: coordination of national policy on terrorism, terrorist activities of the Armed Forces of Puerto Rican Nationalists and Macheteros groups,the World Trade Center bombing and indictment of Sheik Rahman, the indictment of Osama Bin Laden, and charges brought agains Terry Nichols in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Judd Gregg, Neil J. Gallagher and Patrick J. Fitzgerald.

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  1999
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3329, Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017

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  "H.R. 3329 would expand federal sanctions and reporting requirements related to illicit interactions with Hizballah, a foreign terrorist organization based in Lebanon. It would direct the President to identify and impose sanctions on foreign people and entities engaged in fundraising and recruitment activities for Hizballah. The bill also would require the President to apply the sanctions in Executive Order 13581 to affiliated networks of Hizballah. That executive order blocked the U.S. held assets of certain criminal organizations from being transferred, paid, exported, or withdrawn. Finally, federal agencies would be required to develop policies and prepare multiple reports related to Hizballah, including reports on certain diplomatic matters as well as on illicit transactions with foreign financial institutions, cooperation with foreign governments, racketeering, and trafficking in tobacco. Based on an analysis of information from the Administration and the costs of similar activities, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that administering the sanctions and implementing the reporting requirements would cost about $1 million over the 2018-2022 period, subject to the availability of appropriated funds."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-10-19
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1867, FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017

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  "S. 1867 would amend the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) to permanently extend some expiring provisions. FITARA was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 and concerns how the U.S. government buys and manages computer technology. Specifically, the bill would extend the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), PortfolioStat reviews, and the information technology (IT) dashboard."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-10-18
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1015, National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2017

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  "S. 1015 would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to coordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the Department of Health and Human Services to study and report on the feasibility of designating a N11 dialing code as a national suicide prevention and mental health crises hotline system. Under the act, VA and SAMHSA would each be required to complete a separate study and analysis that would be used by the FCC to develop a comprehensive study and report that includes information from those two studies. The FCC would be required to provide additional analysis and recommendations on the logistics and costs to develop such a dialing code if the other agencies recommend that a dialing code be used."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-11-15
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3249, Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2017

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  "H.R. 3249 would authorize the appropriation of $50 million annually over the 2018-2020 period for the Department of Justice to make grants to state and local governments to support intergovernmental partnerships that would aim to reduce violent crime, including that perpetrated by street gangs. Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 3249 would cost $130 million over the 2018-2022 period, with the remaining amounts spent in subsequent years. The costs of the bill fall within budget function 750 (administration of justice) and are shown in the following table. Estimated outlays are based on the historical rate of spending for similar programs."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-11-20
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1281, Hack DHS Act

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  "S. 1281 would direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a pilot program to improve the security of the department's information technology systems, especially those that are accessible to the public (such as websites for the agencies within DHS). The bill would authorize the appropriation of $250,000 for fiscal year 2018 for the pilot program. Assuming appropriation of that amount, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing the bill would cost $250,000. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting S. 1281 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-10-20
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3317, Stopping Abusive Female Exploitation Act

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  "H.R. 3317 would increase the maximum prison sentence for female genital mutilation from 5 years to 15 years. As a result, new offenders could face longer prison sentences. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] expects that any costs to the federal prison system resulting from longer sentences would be incurred after 2022. Because the number of such cases is small, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost less than $500,000 over the 2022-2027 period; any such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-11-15
• Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2017 to 2026

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  "Nuclear weapons have been a cornerstone of U.S. national security since they were developed during World War II. In the Cold War, nuclear forces were central to U.S. defense policy, resulting in the buildup of a large arsenal. Since that time, nuclear forces have figured less prominently than conventional forces, and the United States has not built any new nuclear weapons or delivery systems for many years. The nation's current nuclear forces are reaching the end of their service life. Those forces consist of submarines that launch ballistic missiles (SSBNs), land-based inter- continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), long-range bomber aircraft, shorter-range tactical aircraft, and the nuclear weapons that those delivery systems carry. Over the next two decades, essentially all of those nuclear delivery systems and weapons would have to be refurbished or replaced with new systems to continue operating. Consequently, the Congress will need to make decisions about what nuclear forces the United States should field in the future and thus about the extent to which the nation will pursue nuclear modernization plans. [...] Besides presenting an estimate of those costs, this report also describes the major differences between CBO's current estimate and its most recent previous estimate, which was published in January 2015."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-02
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 140, A Bill to Amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to Clarify the Use of Amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund

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  "S. 140 would amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify that the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) is authorized to use amounts from the WMAT settlement fund, as established by that act, to plan, design, and construct a rural water system. Under current law, almost $79 million is authorized to be appropriated to that settlement fund. S. 140 would expand the uses of the fund but would not authorize the appropriation of any additional funding. As of November 2017, no funds have been appropriated to the settlement fund."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-11-21
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 350, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015

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  This is a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate for H.R. 350: "H.R. 350 would make several changes to laws related to human trafficking: [1] Section 2 would require the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (PITF) to report on federal and state activities and strategies to deter trafficking; [2] Section 3 would require a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on federal and state efforts to combat human trafficking and the effectiveness of each relevant federal grant program; [3] Section 4 would clarify that programs that provide grants to victims of trafficking could provide housing assistance. CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would cost less than $500,000, subject to the availability of appropriated funds for GAO and PITF to produce the required reports. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2015-01-28
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2228, Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017

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  "H.R. 2228 would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to submit two reports to the Congress on programs and practices to improve the mental health of law enforcement officers. The bill also would direct DOJ to educate mental health providers about issues facing law enforcement officers, review the effectiveness of crisis hotlines for officers, and research the efficacy of annual mental health checks for those officers. Based on the costs of similar activities, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing the bill's provisions would cost about $1 million in fiscal year 2018, assuming the availability of appropriated funds."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-11-15
• Safety of Food Imports: Fraud and Deception in the Food Import Process -- Part III, and Improving the Safety of Food Imports -- Part IV: Hearings before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Part III and IV, September 10, 24 and 25, 1998

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  S. Hrg. 105-516: This record contains Part III and IV in a series of five hearings on the safety of imported food. The Part III hearing will examine the specific ways in which unscrupulous importers exploit weaknesses in the current system to evade food safety protections and consider possible options to improve controls over food imports. The focus is on the deficiencies in the current system that allow fraud and deception to flourish. Fraud, as with criminal activity in general, occurs when two elements converge, motive and opportunity. Part IV will focus on exploring ways to correct the deficiencies in the food import system. Statements, letters, and material submitted for the record include those of the following: Susan M. Collins, Carl Levin, Richard J. Durbin, Joseph I. Lieberman, Pete V. Domenici, and Daniel K. Akaka, Dane T. Bernard, Thomas J. Billy, Paul Coverdell, Lawrence J. Dyckman, Carol Tucker Foreman, Robert Hahn, Timothy M. Hammonds, Tom Harkin, Richard J. Hoglund, Ruth Kava, Raymond W. Kelly, Edward Kennedy, Richard Levinson, Barbara Mikulski, Sanford A. Miller, "Mr. Broker", Nancy Nagle, William B. Schultz, Stacey A. Zawel. Prepared statements, and other materials submitted for the record include the GAO report GAO/RCED-98-224: "Opportunities to Redirect Federal Resources and Funds Can Enhance Effectiveness", August 1998, and Memoranda prepared by Don Mullinax.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1999
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Review of Programs and Reforms: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, February 4, 1999

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  From the opening statement of James N. Inhofe: "On the issue of reform, I would be judging success by three measures. First of all, will the NRC meet its relicensing goal of processing the applications within 30 months? You will remember that 6 months ago we heard concerns that this could last for an interminable time. No. 2, will the general regulatory reform goals be implemented throughout every level of the NRC? And No. 3, will safety not be compromised? The first and the third goals are self-explanatory. Regarding the second goal, I am concerned that the reforms at the NRC will be embraced by the commissioners and the senior managers, but that they will not filter down through the NRC workforce. What we need is a cultural change at the NRC. I think we're all aware that Chairman Jackson will be leaving the Commission at the end of her term--on June 30, I believe it is, of this year--and yet, you can have changes at the top and they don't filter all the way down through the ranks. We want to make sure that that does happen. So we look forward to this hearing. I would also comment that we will have continued hearings. I think it is natural, and it is built into any bureaucracy, whether it's the NRC or anything else, if you don't have oversight, things tend to get very lax and, of course, you're going to probably have more oversight than you've had before, and this will be consistent; not just one spurt of it now, but it will continue throughout the years, at least as long as I chair this subcommittee." Statements, letters, and material submitted for the record include those of the following: Christopher S. Bond, Bob Graham, James M. Inhofe, and Joseph I. Lieberman, Pete V. Domenici, Steven M. Fetter, Joe F. Colvin, Nils Diaz, Greta Joy Dicus, Shirely Ann Jackson, Gary L. Jones, David Lochbaum, Edward McGaffigan, Jr., Jeffrey S. Merrifield, James T. Rhodes, and Jeff Sessions.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1999
• Preliminary Analysis of the President's Budget for 2012

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  "This report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) presents a preliminary analysis of the proposals contained in the President's budget for fiscal year 2012 and their estimated effects on federal revenues, outlays, and budget deficits. A report presenting CBO's full analysis of the President's budget, including an assessment of the macroeconomic effects of the President's proposals, will be published in April [2011]. As a basis for analyzing the President's budget, CBO updated its baseline budget projections, which were last issued in January 2011. Unlike its estimates of the President's budget, CBO's baseline projections largely reflect the assumption that current tax and spending laws will remain unchanged. Under that assumption, CBO estimates that the deficit will total $1.40 trillion in 2011--$81 billion less than the agency estimated in January. For the following 10 years (2012 to 2021), CBO now projects a cumulative deficit of $6.7 trillion--$234 billion less than the amount in the previous baseline. CBO has not modified its economic forecast since January, so the updated baseline projections mainly reflect new information that the agency has obtained about various aspects of the federal budget since the previous projections were completed. CBO's analysis of the President's proposals is based on its own economic assumptions and estimating techniques (rather than the Administration's) and incorporates estimates prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) for tax provisions. According to CBO's projections, if all of the President's budgetary proposals were enacted, they would add $26 billion to the baseline deficit for 2011 [...]. As a result, the 2011 deficit would total $1.43 trillion, or 9.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2011-03-18
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1029, Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2017

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  "H.R. 1029 would modify the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the law that regulates the distribution, sale, and use of pesticides. Under FIFRA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to evaluate the safety of new pesticides entering the market (known as pesticide registration) by conducting risk assessments and must periodically re-evaluate the health and environmental effects of pesticides (known as reregistration). The EPA charges fees to pesticide manufacturers and distributors to cover the agency's costs of performing those registration and reregistration activities. The act would extend the agency's authority to charge those fees--currently set to expire in 2018--and also would increase the total amount of fees that the agency is allowed to charge. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that the collection of additional fees would be offset by additional spending, resulting in no significant net effect on direct spending, or spending subject to appropriation, over the 2018-2027 period. Because enacting H.R. 1029 would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Enacting the legislation would not affect revenues. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1029 would not increase net direct spending or on budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028. H.R. 1029 would impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). CBO estimates that the cost of those mandates would fall below the annual thresholds for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates established in UMRA ($78 million and $156 million in 2017, respectively, adjusted annually for inflation)."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-07-21
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1447, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017

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  "S. 1447 would authorize the appropriation of $100 million annually through 2022 for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants for projects and state programs that reduce emissions from diesel engines. The bill also would require the EPA to provide guidance to states about technical differences in vehicles, engines, equipment, and vehicle fleets. Finally, the bill would specify that any funds not claimed by states for diesel programs be reallocated for projects that retrofit vehicles. Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing S. 1447 would cost $480 million over the 2018-2022 period. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting S. 1447 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028. S. 1447 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-07-21
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 705, Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017

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  "Under current law, organizations in certain states that provide services to youth, the elderly, and the disabled have limited access to information from national criminal background checks. (Those organizations typically review the backgrounds of prospective coaches, employees, and volunteers.) S. 705 would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a program to allow such organizations to obtain information from criminal background checks in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) fingerprint database."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-09-18
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2142, INTERDICT Act

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  "H.R. 2142 [International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act or the INTERDICT Act] would authorize the appropriation of $9 million for the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency in the Department of Homeland Security to help prevent the importation of certain illegal drugs including fentanyl. Those funds would be used to purchase and use chemical screening devices at points of entry into the United States, to support additional CBP personnel who operate such devices, and for staff to interpret the data collected."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2017-09-18
• H. Rept. 105-839: Survey of Activities of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence During the 105th Congress, Report, January 2, 1999

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  "Scope of committee review: U.S. intelligence and intelligence-related activities under the jurisdiction of the Committee include the National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), the Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP) and the Department of Defense Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA). The National Foreign Intelligence Program consists of activities in the following departments, agencies or other intelligence elements of the government: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) the Department of Defense; (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (4) the National Security Agency (NSA); (5) the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); (6) the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) the Department of State; (8) the Department of Treasury; (9) the Department of Energy; (10) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (11) the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). The Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP) was established in 1995 to provide integrated program management of defense intelligence elements that support defense-wide or theater-level consumers. Included within JMIP are aggregations created for management efficiency and characterized by similarity, either in intelligence discipline (for example, Signals Intelligence, Imagery Intelligence) or function (for example, satellite support or aerial reconnaissance). The programs comprising JMIP also fall within the jurisdiction of the National Security Committee."

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1999-01-02
• Analyzing How the Effects of Federal Policies May Differ by Race and Ethnicity

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  From the Document: "Many Members have asked whether the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] can provide information on how the effects of federal policies differ by race and ethnicity. This letter updates you regarding the agency's efforts to increase its capacity to analyze how budgetary and economic conditions or developments may affect various demographic groups (including groups based on race and ethnicity) differently. Over the past few years, CBO has examined different outcomes among demographic groups in a number of contexts. For example, in July 2020, CBO described the race and ethnicity, sex, age, education, and household earnings of the 19 million people who were expected to receive regular unemployment benefits in that month. More recently, CBO examined the effects of the pandemic on the employment of men and women of different races and ethnicities. Those types of analyses can be challenging to produce because of limitations in the data. In response to Congressional interest in how policies affect people in different groups, CBO is seeking to enhance its capabilities, building on its earlier work and existing models. For example, CBO may use methods to statistically combine detailed income tax data from tax returns with survey data, and it has proposed to the Census Bureau a project to evaluate the accuracy of such statistically matched data. This letter provides more detail on the challenges regarding data availability and describes CBO's ongoing efforts to increase the agency's capacity to analyze budgetary and economic outcomes for various demographic groups."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  Swagel, Phillip

  2022-05-06
• CBO Estimate for S. 1900, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019

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  "S. 1900 would provide supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019 to expand federal agencies' capacity to respond to the large number of foreign nationals attempting to enter the United States through the southern border and to provide humanitarian assistance--including food, shelter, and medical services--to such individuals. The bill would designate those amounts as emergency requirements pursuant to section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. The limits on discretionary budget authority established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. [Public Law] 112-25), as amended, would be adjusted to accommodate the funding."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2019-06-21
• National ID Card: Big Government at Its Worst or Technological Efficiency? Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, September 17, 1998

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  From the opening statement of David M. McIntosh: "Today the subcommittee will examine several recent steps taken by Congress and the Clinton administration toward establishing a national ID card. These measures which include a medical ID requirement for uniform driver's licenses containing Social Security numbers, and a national data base of all newly hired employees, among others, move in exactly the wrong direction, threatening the privacy and security of all American citizens." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Celene Cross, Brian Flaherty, Solange Bitol, George Grindley, Richard D. Holcomb, Dennis J. Kucinich, David M. McIntosh, Gregory T. Nojeim, Grover Norquist, and Marvin Young.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1999
• Threat of Bioterrorism in America: Assessing the Adequacy of the Federal Law Relating to Dangerous Biological Agents: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, May 20, 1999

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  Serial No. 106-19: From the opening statement of Fred Upton: "We are here today to hold an oversight hearing on the adequacy of the current Federal laws and regulations relating to dangerous biological agents. The concern here is not just the potential for these agents to be used for terrorism, or other criminal purposes; but also the clear threat to public health and safety posed by inadequate controls on who can possess these deadly agents, for what purposes, and under what conditions." Statements, letters, and material submitted for the record include those of the following: Ronald M. Atlas, Robert M. Burnham, Nancy D. Connell, Stephen M. Ostroff, Jonathan Richmond, Dorothy B. Preslar, William F. Raub, James S. Reynolds, and Alan F. Holmer.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1999
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2481, Veterans Economic Opportunity Act of 2013

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  "H.R. 2481 would decrease direct spending by increasing the fees charged to certain veterans who obtain loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In addition, the bill would increase direct spending by enhancing certain protections for servicemembers and veterans with home mortgages, and by expanding eligibility for education scholarships. On net, the bill would decrease direct spending by $149 million over the 2014-2018 period and by $120 million over the 2014-2023 period, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates. Pay-as-you-go procedures apply because enacting the legislation would affect direct spending and revenues. (The effect on revenues would be insignificant.) H.R. 2481 also would increase spending subject to appropriation, primarily by extending the authorization of appropriations for a program that serves homeless veterans. CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 2481 would have a discretionary cost of $218 million over the 2014-2018 period, subject to appropriation of the necessary amounts."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2013-08-23
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 2124, Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014

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  "S. 2124 would provide funds to implement a U.S. quota increase at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), rescind other funds previously appropriated for the IMF, and provide or authorize various forms of assistance to Ukraine and the surrounding region. It would require sanctions on individuals responsible for violence, corruption, human rights abuses, or undermining stability in Ukraine, and would authorize sanctions on certain individuals in Russia. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that enacting the bill would decrease direct spending by $373 million over the 2014-2024 period. S. 2124 would achieve that decrease mostly by rescinding funds that were provided as an emergency requirement. Certain sanctions, if enacted, would affect revenues, but CBO estimates that those effects would not be significant. Pay-as-you-go procedures apply because enacting the legislation would affect direct spending and revenues. CBO estimates that the statutory pay-as-you-go effects of S. 2124 (which, by law, do not including the effect of rescinding funds provided under the emergency designation) would be to increase the deficit by $320 million over the 2014-2024 period."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2014-03-24