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Estimated Cost of the Administration's Proposal to Increase the Army's and the Marine Corp's Personnel Levels
From the Summary: "In January 2007, the Administration announced plans to permanently increase the size of the active-duty Army to 547,400 personnel and the Marine Corps to 202,000 over the next five years. The Administration also plans to increase the size of the Army Reserve and National Guard. The cost of the Administration's proposal to increase the size of the armed forces depends on the personnel levels it is being measured against. The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and other long-term planning documents issued by the Department of Defense (DoD) recommended an end strength of 482,400 personnel for the Army and 175,000 for the Marine Corps. Relative to those levels, the Administration's plan represents an increase of 65,000 and 27,000 personnel for the Army and Marine Corps, respectively (see Table 1). The combined increases for the Army Reserve and National Guard would total about 9,200 personnel. The plan also encompasses initiatives to reallocate military personnel from overhead functions to the operational force. To support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and to facilitate the reorganization of their forces, the Army and the Marine Corps are currently exceeding the personnel levels specified in the QDR through the use of authorities provided by the Congress in title 10 of the U.S. Code."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-04-16
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 735, Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007
"CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing S. 735 would have no significant cost to the federal government. Enacting the bill could affect direct spending and revenues, but CBO estimates that any such effects would not be significant. S. 735 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. S. 735 would broaden the coverage of current laws against the perpetration of hoaxes and would increase the penalties for certain offenses involving false statements. Thus, the government would be able to pursue cases that it otherwise would not be able to prosecute. We expect that S. 735 would apply to a relatively small number of offenders, however, so any increase in costs for law enforcement, court proceedings, or prison operations would not be significant. Any such costs would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-05-02
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S. Hrg. 107-660: Hawala and Underground Terrorist Financing Mechanisms: Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, November 14, 2001
From the opening statement of Evan Bayh: "This hearing will explore how informal international financing networks can serve as a pipeline of funds for terrorists. Simply put the terrorist's ability to generate funds and transfer funds to plan and carry out their attacks are an essential part of the terrorist threat that we face. One system which bin Laden and his terrorist cells use to covertly move funds around the world is through Hawalas, an ancient and formerly widely unknown system of transferring money. This hearing will examine Hawalas and how they have been exploited by Osama bin Laden. Although most Americans have never heard of a Hawala, that system almost certainly helped Al Qaeda terrorists move the money that financed their attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11." Statements, letters, and material submitted for the record include those of the following: Evan Bayh, John Ensign, Paul S. Sarbanes, Chuck Hagel, James F. Sloan, John Varrone, Rahim Bariek, Tarik M. Yousef, and Patrick Jost.
United States. Government Printing Office
2002
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Serial No. 107-50; Serial No. 107-51: Preventing Identity Theft by Terrorists and Criminals: Joint Hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Financial Services and the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, November 8, 2001
From the opening statement of Sue W. Kelly: "We're here this morning to see how we can prevent the awful crime and terrible tragedy of identity theft by terrorists and criminals. Our special intention is to protect the families of the deceased from such theft and financial fraud at their most vulnerable moment --when they are grieving from the shock of their loss. Through the rapid transmittal of the information in the Death Master File from the Social Security Administration to the financial services industry and the immediate use of that information by the industry, we can prevent these crimes and spare the families pain." Statements, letters, and material submitted for the record include those of the following: Philip J. Bond, Barbara D. Bovbjerg, John C. Dugan, Richard J. Hillman, Evan Hendricks, James G. Huse, Jr., Thomas J. Lehner, Stuart K. Pratt, Marc Rotenberg, Thomas Sadaka, and Fritz Streckewald, Sue W. Kelly, E. Clay Shaw, Jr., Michael G. Oxley, Benjamin L. Cardin, Luis V. Gutierrez, Ron Paul, Janice D. Schakowsky.
United States. Government Printing Office
2002
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Federal Budget: Selected Agencies and Programs Used Strategies to Manage Constraints of Continuing Resolutions, Report to Congressional Requestors
From the Highlights: "In all but 3 of the last 46 fiscal years, Congress enacted a CR [continuing resolution]. This allowed federal agencies and programs to continue operations when Congress and the President had not reached agreement on and enacted their regular appropriations by the start of the federal fiscal year. GAO [Government Accountability Office] was asked to review how CRs affect federal agencies and programs. This report describes (1) the history and characteristics of CRs for fiscal years 2010 through 2022 and (2) how selected agency and program operations and services to the public have been affected by CRs, as well as the actions taken to mitigate these effects. GAO reviewed enacted CR legislation and selected agency- and program-specific documents. GAO selected three agencies and programs based on criteria such as whether they provide benefits and services to individuals with low incomes and receive the majority of their funds through discretionary, 1-year appropriations. The three agencies and programs selected were USDA's [United States Department of Agriculture] Section 521 Rural Rental Assistance, Education's PBI [Predominantly Black Institutions] Formula Grants, and HHS' [Department of Health and Human Services's] LIHEAP [Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program]. GAO interviewed selected agency budget officials, program staff, and a nongeneralizable sample of program recipients and national organizations that represent program recipients."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2022-06
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Nuclear Waste Cleanup: Hanford Site Cleanup Costs Continue to Rise, but Opportunities Exist to Save Tens of Billions of Dollars
From the Document: "The Hanford Site in Washington State is home to one of the largest environmental cleanup projects in the world. It comprises a 586-square-mile campus established in 1943 to conduct research on and produce weapons-grade nuclear materials. After these activities ceased in the late 1980s, the Department of Energy (DOE) began cleanup of the resulting hazardous and radioactive waste. This waste includes 54 million gallons of liquids and sludge stored in 177 large underground waste storage tanks at the site. This waste must be retrieved and treated (immobilized) before disposal, according to legal requirements and agreements made with federal and state environmental regulators. Other cleanup activities at the site include decommissioning old facilities and decontaminating soil and groundwater. In 2022, DOE estimated that completing cleanup of the entire site would cost between $300 billion and $640 billion and take decades.1 Over the last 5 fiscal years, the site has received annual appropriations of about $2.4 billion to $2.6 billion. DOE manages the Hanford cleanup through two separate offices: the Office of River Protection, which oversees the tank waste cleanup mission, and the Richland Operations Office, which oversees site cleanup not related to the waste in the tanks. For each of the last 5 fiscal years, the tank waste mission received appropriations of about $1.6 billion dollars, while the Richland Operations Office received about $0.9 billion."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2022-07-29
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3228, a Bill to Direct the Secretary of Commerce, Acting Through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to Improve Science, Data, and Services That Enable Sound Decision Making in Response to Coastal Flood Risk, Including Impacts of Sea Level Rise, Storm Events, Changing Great Lakes Water Levels, and Land Subsidence
From the Document: "H.R. 3228 would direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to research coastal flooding, coastal land loss, sea level rise, and the water levels of the Great Lakes and to use the resulting data to help affected communities plan for current and future risks of flooding. [1] Section 1 would authorize the appropriation of $3 million annually over the 2022-2026 period to NOAA for those purposes, and [2] Section 2 would create an interagency subcommittee for research concerning the science and technology used to measure, predict, and deliver information about the risk of coastal flooding."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-07-29
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 3905, Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act
From the Document: "S. 3905 would require the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council to update its definition of organizational conflicts of interest and provide federal agencies with language designed to mitigate such conflicts in their solicitation proposals and contracts. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] expects that the FAR Council would need to add new regulatory language and create specific guidance for some agencies. Based on the cost of similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost about $1 million over the 2023-2027 period to update the Federal Acquisition Regulation and for federal agencies to comply with those changes. Enacting the bill could affect direct spending by some agencies that are allowed to use fees, receipts from the sale of goods, and other collections to cover operating costs. CBO estimates that any net changes in direct spending by those agencies would be negligible because most of them can adjust amounts collected to reflect changes in operating costs."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-07-29
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Serial No. 107-47: Response by Charitable Organizations to the Recent Terrorist Attacks: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives One Hundred Seventh Congress, November 8, 2001
This hearing examines the response by charitable organizations to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Since September 11th, many charitable organizations have taken action to raise funds and provide assistance to victims of the tragedies and their families. The American people have reached out through these charities by donating more than $1 billion to the relief efforts. Charitable organizations are regulated both by the IRS and by State law. The IRS has implemented a process to provide speedy approval of the new groups seeking to provide assistance and has an ongoing responsibility to monitor the conduct of charitable organizations. Questions have been raised about the distribution of funds intended to assist those affected by the terrorist attacks. This hearing discusses whether there should be coordination of the charitable response, whether applications for assistance are too cumbersome or duplicative, whether funds are flowing quickly enough to those in need, and what are appropriate uses of these funds by charities. Chairman Houghton: "I want to believe that if a person gives money to help another--through a charitable organization--that money should end up as quickly as possible in the hands of the one who needs it." Statements for the record include those of: Mark J. Fitzgibbons, Terri Lee Freeman, Joseph Crowley, Pamela Federline, Wally Herger, Sara Melendez, Karin Kunstler Goldman, Nancy Athony, David Saltzman, and Joshua Gotbaum.
United States. Government Printing Office
2002
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DHS Did Not Adequately or Efficiently Deploy Its Employees to U.S. Military Installations in Support of Operation Allies Welcome
From the Highlights: "As the lead Federal agency for Operation Allies Welcome, DHS deployed its employees to U.S. military safe havens to assist with resettlement of Afghan evacuees. We conducted this evaluation to determine DHS' effectiveness recruiting, deploying, and managing the DHS employees detailed to or volunteering at the safe havens. We conducted fieldwork from November 2021 to January 2022, including visiting six of eight safe havens where DHS employees served."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2022-07-27
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1592, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
From the Summary: "H.R. 1592 would establish certain hate crimes as new federal offenses and would direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to expand its data collection efforts relating to hate crimes. The bill also would authorize the appropriation of: [1] $5 million for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 for DOJ to make grants to state, local, and tribal governments to investigate and prosecute hate crimes; [2] Such sums as may be necessary for DOJ to make grants to state, local, and tribal governments to combat juvenile hate crimes; and [3] Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2008 through 2010 for additional personnel in DOJ and the Department of the Treasury to prevent, investigate, and prosecute hate crimes. Assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 1592 would cost $20 million over the 2008-2012 period. This legislation could affect direct spending and receipts, but CBO estimates that any such effects would not be significant in any year."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-04-27
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1700, COPS Improvements Act of 2007
"H.R. 1700 would make many changes to the laws relating to the distribution and permitted uses of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants and would increase the authorization level for this program from $1.047 billion annually to $1.15 billion annually through fiscal year 2013 (funding for this program is currently authorized through 2009). Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 1700 would cost $1.5 billion over the 2008-2012 period, with additional amounts spent after 2012. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or receipts. H.R. 1700 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. The estimated budgetary impact of H.R. 1700 is shown in the following table. For this estimate, CBO assumes that the authorized amounts will be appropriated by the beginning of each fiscal year, starting with fiscal year 2008, and that outlays will follow the historical spending rates for these activities. We also assume that there will be no additional appropriations enacted for fiscal year 2007 for the COPS program. The cost of this legislation falls within budget function 750 (administration of justice)."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-05-04
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1114, Alaska Water Resources Act of 2007
From the Document: "H.R. 1114 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources in five areas of Alaska. The study, to be completed within two years of the bill's enactment, would include a survey of accessible water supplies and water treatment needs. Assuming appropriation of the necessary funds, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that conducting those studies would cost $8 million over the 2008-2012 period. Enacting H.R. 1114 would not affect direct spending or revenues. H.R. 1114 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. For this estimate, CBO assumes that H.R. 1114 will be enacted before the end of 2007. Based on the cost of similar studies, CBO estimates that carrying out the proposed study would cost $8 million over the 2008-2012 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. The estimated budgetary impact of H.R. 1114 is shown in the following table. The costs of this legislation fall within budget function 300 (natural resources and environment)."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-05-03
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1873, Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act
From the Summary: "H.R. 1873 would make several changes to the laws that promote and encourage federal agencies to contract for goods and services with small businesses. The legislation would amend the definition of 'bundled contracts' (the practice of combining two or more contracts into a single agreement) for the procurement of goods and services and require agencies to better justify the need for such larger contracts rather than smaller ones that could be available to small businesses. The federal government currently has a goal of acquiring 23 percent of most goods and services from small business. The bill would increase that goal to 30 percent and apply it to each agency individually, as well as to all agencies collectively. H.R. 1873 also would require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop new regulations and new databases and to conduct other efforts to encourage and promote the use of small businesses in government contracting. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 1873 would cost $83 million in fiscal year 2008 and $945 million over the 2008-2012 period, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. We expect that most of those costs would fall on the largest agencies the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration--that have not met the current goal for contracting with small businesses. Enacting the bill would have no effect on direct spending or revenues.'"
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-05-07
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 948, Social Security Number Protection Act of 2007
From the Summary: "H.R. 948 would prohibit the sale or purchase of Social Security numbers (SSNs) as well as certain other activities related to their display or use. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would be required to develop regulations to enforce the new prohibitions. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that promulgating and enforcing those regulations would not have a significant effect on federal spending. Enacting the bill could increase federal revenues from civil penalties assessed for violations of the new regulations, but CBO estimates that any such increase would not be significant in any year. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending. H.R. 948 contains intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). The bill would preempt state and local laws that restrict the use, sale, or purchase of Social Security numbers, but CBO estimates that the costs of those mandates would be small and would not exceed the threshold established in UMRA ($66 million in 2007, adjusted annually for inflation)."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-05-25
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1140, South Orange County Recycled Water Enhancement Act
From the Summary: "H.R. 1140 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of an advanced water treatment facility and recycled water systems in San Juan Capistrano, California, and in San Clemente, California. Both projects would be carried out with the cooperation of the local governments of those cities. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $23.5 million for those projects. Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing the legislation would cost $10 million over the 2008-2012 period and nearly $14 million after 2012. Enacting the legislation would have no effect on direct spending or revenues. H.R. 1140 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. Funds authorized in the bill to design, plan, and construct water systems and projects would benefit the cities of San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente. Any costs those cities might incur, including matching funds, would result from complying with conditions of receiving federal assistance."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-05-07
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Weekly Address: Passing the American Jobs Act [September 17, 2011]
From the Document: "In this week's address, President Obama urged Congress to pass the American Jobs Act without delay so that businesses will be able to hire more workers and every American who wants a job will be able to find one. The President's jobs bill keeps cops on the streets and teachers in the classrooms, cuts taxes for small businesses, and puts construction workers back to work without adding to the deficit. All Americans who agree with the President's plan should call their elected officials and tell them that it's time to pass the jobs bill, which will ensure that everyone pays their fair share and that we live within our means as we help the economy continue to grow."
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
Obama, Barack
2011-09-17
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Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings: The Budget for Fiscal Year 2015
From the Document: "As part of the President's Management Agenda, the Administration will build upon the successful efforts started in the first term to maximize the value of every taxpayer dollar while increasing productivity and the quality of services. The Budget continues efforts from the President's first-term Campaign to Cut Waste, such as reducing administrative overhead, cutting improper payments, saving on real estate costs, reforming military acquisition, and consolidating data centers. Further detail on these initiatives is provided in the Creating a 21st Century Government chapter. […] In each of the President's first three Budgets, the Administration identified, on average, more than 150 terminations, reductions, and savings proposals, totaling nearly $25 billion each year. In the 2013 and 2014 Budgets, the Administration detailed more than 200 cuts, consolidations, and savings proposals, again totaling roughly $25 billion each year. This year's Budget shows the tradeoffs and choices the Administration is making to adhere to the funding levels established in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. It includes 136 cuts, consolidations, and savings proposals, which are projected to save nearly $17 billion in 2015. The cuts, consolidation, and savings proposals this year reflect the deep spending reductions that occurred in 2013, some of which have continued in 2014, and the fact that many of the Administration's previous cuts, consolidations, and savings proposals have now been implemented."
United States. White House Office; United States. Office of Management and Budget
2014-03-04
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President Obama Launches Major Veterans Employment Initative [November 9, 2009]
From the Document: "Today [November 9, 2009], the White House announced the launch of an initiative that is designed to transform the federal government into the model employer of America's veterans. This evening, President Obama will be joined by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry to sign an Executive Order on the Employment of Veterans in the federal government, which establishes the Veterans Employment Initiative for the Executive Branch. The Initiative underscores to federal agencies the importance of recruiting and training veterans, aims to increase the employment of veterans within the Executive Branch, and helps recently hired veterans adjust to service in a civilian capacity." This press release includes clips from each of the statements.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2009-11-09
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Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2008
From the Document: "At the request of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed the President's budget request for fiscal year 2008. The analysis is based on CBO's own economic assumptions and estimating techniques, and incorporates the Joint Committee on Taxation's (JCT's) estimates for provisions that affect the tax code. In addition, it incorporates updated estimates from JCT for the President's health insurance proposal. This report provides more detail and analysis about the President's budgetary proposals - and about CBO's updated baseline budget projections - than did the preliminary report that CBO released on March 2. If enacted, the proposals in the President's budget would add $37 billion to the deficit this year, reducing revenues by $9 billion and boosting outlays by $28 billion (mostly for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan). As a result, the deficit in 2007 would total $214 billion, or 1.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), according to CBO's estimates. By comparison, the deficit in 2006 was $248 billion, or 1.9 percent of GDP."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Blom, Barry; Greene, Pamela Ann; Peterson, John F., 1946- . . .
2007-03
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CBO Testimony: The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2009 to 2019, Statement of Robert A. Sunshine, Acting Director, before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, January 8, 2009
From the statement of Robert A. Sunshine, Acting Director of the Congressional Budget Office, before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, entitled "The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2009 to 2019" held on January 8, 2009: "The sharp downturn in housing markets across the country, which undermined the solvency of major financial institutions and severely disrupted the functioning of financial markets, has led the United States into a recession that will probably be the longest and the deepest since World War II. The Congressional Budget Office anticipates that the recession--which began about a year ago--will last well into 2009. [...] The major slowdown in economic activity and the policy responses to the turmoil in the housing and financial markets have significantly affected the federal budget. As a share of the economy, the deficit for this year is anticipated to be the largest recorded since World War II. Under the rules governing CBO's budget projections-- that is, an assumption that federal laws and policies regarding spending and taxation remain unchanged--the agency's baseline reflects these key points[.]"
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Sunshine, Robert A.
2009-01-08
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CBO Testimony: Financing Federal Aviation Programs: Statement of Robert A. Sunshine before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, May 7, 2009
"Mr. Chairman, Congressman Camp, and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss issues related to financing the activities of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). My testimony today makes the following main points: In reauthorizing activities of the FAA, particularly modernizing and operating the air traffic control system, the Congress faces a decision about how to split the costs between users of the agency's services and taxpayers. During recent years, about 75 percent to 85 percent of funding for the FAA has come from users of the air traffic control system through various taxes, while the remaining amount has come from the general fund of the Treasury. Under both the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) baseline projections and H.R. 915, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009, funding for the FAA would continue to exceed aviation-related revenues if current taxes were extended. That arrangement adds to the federal deficit: For the most part, the share of costs borne by taxpayers through appropriations from the general fund represents aviation programs' effect on the deficit. The Airport and Airway Trust Fund (which records both receipts from relevant tax revenues and FAA's spending of those funds) is expected to have an uncommitted balance--that is, the cumulative difference between amounts credited to the fund and the budget authority provided from it--of $0.8 billion at the end of 2009. That balance stood at $2.4 billion at the end of 2004 and has gradually fallen over the past five years."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Sunshine, Robert A.
2009-05-07
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 6164, National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006
From the Summary: "Title I of H.R. 6164 would authorize appropriations for the activities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal years 2007 through 2009. Those costs for implementing the act would total about $90 billion over the 2007-2011 period, but are subject to appropriation of the necessary amounts. The provisions in Title I would not affect direct spending or receipts. Title II, however, would affect direct spending. The remainder of this cost estimate focuses on the legislation's impact on direct spending. Title II of H.R. 6164 would make several changes to the availability of allotments for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The act would require that all unspent funds from the allotments for fiscal year 2004 and certain unspent funds from the allotments for fiscal year 2005 be redistributed to states that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates will experience funding shortfalls in 2007. The act also would allow certain states to spend a portion of their SCHIP allotments for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 on children enrolled in Medicaid."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2006-12-27
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 5689, An Act to Amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to Make Technical Corrections, and for Other Purposes
From the Summary: "H.R. 5689 would make several amendments to the current authorization law for highway programs: the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-59). H.R. 5689 would create new or additional contract authority for magnetic levitation transportation projects, for the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission, and for transportation research programs at universities. (Contract authority is a mandatory form of budget authority.) The act also would rescind a portion of unused contract authority in fiscal year 2009, the last year of the current authorization period. In total, the act would reduce contract authority for highway programs by $9 million over the 2007-2009 period. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] expects that spending from the programs mentioned above will be controlled by limits on annual obligations set in appropriation acts. Consequently, the changes in contract authority would not affect direct spending outlays."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2006-09-29
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[Letter from Robert A. Sunshine to Robert C. Byrd regarding S. 3715: The Auto Industry Emergency Bridge Loan Act]
This document is the correspondence between CBO Acting Director Robert A. Sunshine and Robert C. Byrd, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate from December 4, 2008 regarding S. 3715: the Auto Industry Emergency Bridge Loan Act. From the text: "As you requested, CBO has reviewed S. 3715, the Auto Industry Emergency Bridge Loan Act, as introduced on November 20, 2008. That bill would rescind $7.5 billion of funds previously appropriated to the Department of Energy (DOE) to cover the cost of providing up to $25 billion in direct loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers pursuant to section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). (That appropriation was designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21 and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 70, the concurrent resolutions on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.) Under current law, those funds are available to support loans to cover the costs of capital investments in manufacturing facilities designed to produce vehicles with greater fuel efficiency and reduced emissions. CBO expects such loans will be disbursed gradually over several years."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Sunshine, Robert A.
2008-12-04
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2107, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund Act of 2005
"H.R. 2107 (enacted as Public Law 109-314) amends the United States Commemorative Coin Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-329) to authorize the Department of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement to transfer all funds in the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc. (a nonprofit corporation). Following the cooperative agreement and the transfer of funds, the corporation will be responsible for managing and maintaining the memorial, including adding names to the site, providing security, and making necessary repairs. To date, the National Park Service (NPS) has had the authority to use the maintenance fund to carry out these functions. Balances in that fund derive from surcharges on the sale of commemorative coins in 1998 and accrued interest. A transfer of balances to the corporation will be recorded as an outlay on the federal budget. Based on information from the NPS, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that the transfer will increase direct spending by about $1.3 million in fiscal year 2007. After the transfer, we estimate that annual NPS expenditures of less than $50,000 to maintain the memorial will end."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2006-10-13
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Alternatives for Connecting Remote Department of Defense Facilities to the Global Information Grid
From the Introduction and Summary: "The Global Information Grid is the communications network that connects Department of Defense (DoD) facilities worldwide. Although it is in daily use, its content continues to evolve. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is implementing an initiative - called the Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) - to increase the bandwidth available to DoD users. The initiative is also intended to move DoD from a network backbone owned by a contractor to one owned by the government (the GIG-BE). In addition, the contract that had connected many remote DoD facilities - those not on the backbone - to the network expired in February, and DISA is in the process of replacing it and other, similar contracts with the Defense Information System Network Access Transport Services (or DATS) contract, which will connect remote defense installations in the continental United States to the GIG-BE. Under the DATS contract, DISA envisions using short-term leases (of three years, followed by seven one-year options) to obtain the circuits necessary to connect remote sites to the network. Alternatively, DISA could acquire those circuits by using indefeasible rights of use (IRUs). Leases require periodic payments for the right to use circuits that are provided by private companies. IRUs, by contrast, involve a one-time payment at the beginning of the term for unlimited use of a circuit. The most common term for IRUs is 20 years; because that is also the expected useful life of a circuit, IRUs are considered purchases."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2006-09-15
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 6111, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006
From the Summary: "H.R. 6111 (enacted as Public Law 109-432) makes various changes to tax and trade law. It also makes multiple changes in the Medicare program and provides for additional offshore oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. Finally, it amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The tax law changes include extending and expanding certain expiring provisions, altering rules for health savings accounts (HSA), and expanding the use of tax credits against the alternative minimum tax. Additionally, H.R. 6111 makes several changes in tariffs and trade law, which include suspending or reducing duties on specific products, extending and altering multiple trade preference programs, and granting permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status to Vietnam. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that the act will decrease governmental receipts by $15.6 billion in 2007, by $36.0 billion over the 2007-2011 period, and by $40.0 billion over the 2007-2016 period. CBO and JCT also estimate that the act will increase outlays by $3.2 billion in 2007, by $5.0 billion over the 2007-2011 period, and by $10.5 billion over the 2007-2016 period."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2006-12-28
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CBO Testimony: Issues in Budgeting for Operations in Iraq and the War on Terrorism: Statement of Robert A. Sunshine, Assistant Director, Before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, January 18, 2007
From the statement of Robert A. Sunshine, Assistant Director: "My statement is based on the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) analyses of and research on that issue over the past few years. CBO has been asked, on a number of occasions, to determine how much has been spent and how much might be spent in the future for those activities. This testimony will briefly discuss appropriations and obligations to date for operations in Iraq and the war on terrorism. It will also offer an overview of budgeting and reporting issues."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Sunshine, Robert A.
2007-01-18
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 957, A Bill to Amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to Expand and Clarify the Entities Against Which Sanctions May Be Imposed
"H.R. 957 would amend current law to expand the definition of persons who are subject to sanctions for making investments that increase Iran's ability to develop its petroleum resources. The new definition would add financial institutions, insurers, underwriters, guarantors, and any other business organizations, including any foreign subsidiaries, to the list of entities already barred from investing in Iran. The bill also would add several petroleum by-products to the definition of petroleum resources. Finally, the bill would make parent companies that create entities to invest in Iran subject to the same penalties that would apply if the parent company had actually engaged in such activity. The provisions of H.R. 957 would codify existing prohibitions on the private sector that are contained in Executive Orders 12957, 12959, and 13059."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2007-02-27
