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That's Not the Government Calling: Protecting Seniors from the Social Security Impersonation Scam, Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, January 29, 2020
This is the January 29, 2020 hearing on "That's Not the Government Calling: Protecting Seniors from the Social Security Impersonation Scam," held before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. From the opening statement of Susan M. Collins: "Today the Special Committee on Aging is releasing its updated 2020 Fraud Book. It lists the top 10 scams that have been reported to our Committee over the past year. The good news is that the notorious IRS [Internal Revenue Service] Impersonation Scam, which had been the top scam reported to the Committee for 5 consecutive years, has fallen off dramatically. It used to be No. 1; now it is No. 7. Still a problem, but public awareness has certainly helped to decrease the prevalence of that scam. Unfortunately, the Social Security Impersonation Scam, the topic of this morning's hearing, has risen to take its place. Now, reports of the SSA [Social Security Administration] Scam barely registered as recently as 2017, but then it began to take off, cracking the top 10 scans reported to our Committee's Fraud Hotline in 2018 and becoming the No. 1 reported scam last year as shown on the chart displayed on the monitors." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Andrew Saul, Gail S. Ennis, Machel Anderson, Justin Groshon, and Nora Dowd Eisenhower.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Military Depots: DOD Strategy for Addressing Deteriorating Facilities and Equipment is Incomplete, Report to Congressional Committees
From the Highlights: "The Department of Defense (DOD) operates industrial installations known as depots to maintain, overhaul, and repair its weapon systems and equipment. Depots are crucial to supporting readiness by repairing critical systems and returning them to the warfighter. GAO [Government Accountability Office] found in 2019 that the poor condition of depot facilities and equipment contributed to a decline in depot performance. This adversely affected readiness and incurred hundreds of millions in extra costs. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 included a provision for GAO to assess DOD and service depot improvement plans. This report (1) describes changes to the condition of depot infrastructure since 2016; and evaluates the extent to which (2) the military services address infrastructure challenges, and (3) the DOD depot improvement plan included all required elements."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2022-05
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1378, Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act
"S. 1378 would repeal the multi-state plan program established by Section 1334 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1334 requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract with health insurers to offer multi-state plan (MSP) insurance options on each exchange in each state. Under current law, the plans generally must meet the various insurance requirements under the ACA and are available to eligible individuals and small business. The repeal would be effective January 1, 2020. Within 60 days of enactment, the bill also would require OPM to brief the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; the House Committee on Oversight and Reform; and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on OPM's efforts to wind-down the program."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-05-23
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 739, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2019
From the Document: "H.R. 739 would codify the roles and responsibilities of an existing office of the Department of State that advances U.S. interests in cyberspace and promotes open, reliable, and secure communications technology. The bill also would require the department to report to the Congress on the following issues: [1] Executive agreements on cyberspace policy made with other countries; [2] Updates to an existing international policy on cyberspace; and [3] Efforts by foreign governments to restrict freedom of expression through electronic means. The department indicated that implementing H.R. 739 would not change the current policies and practices of the office and thus would not increase its costs."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-03-13
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2383, Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act
"H.R. 2383 would prohibit federal funds provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under two of the agency's grant programs (the State Homeland Security Grant Program and the Urban Areas Security Initiative) from being used to purchase firearms or ammunition for use by teachers."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-05-22
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Air and Space Operations Review [Volume 1, Number 1]
This Spring 2022 issue of "Air and Space Operations Review" includes the following articles: "Dealing with Disinformation: The Barriers to Success and a Path Forward" by James M. Davitch; "Taking the Brakes off Uniformed Scientists and Engineers" by Brian J. Fry; "Commercial SATCOM [satellite communication]: A Risk Mitigation Strategy" by Jonathan K. Corrado; "One Team, One Fight: The Department of the Air and Space Forces" by Raj Agrawal and Aaron Brooks; "POWs in the Age of the Internet" by Jan Kallberg, Todd Arnold, Stephen Hamilton, and Mark Visger; "The Joint Targeting Enterprise and the DOD Digital Transformation" by Hugh Curry; and "Nuclear War Avoidance: Why It Is Time to Start Worrying, Again" by Louis René Beres.
United States. Department of the Air Force
2022
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Congressional Budget Office Estimate for Division A of H.R. 695--Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, as Amended and Passed by the House of Representatives on December 20, 2018
From the Document: "'Table 1' displays CBO [Congressional Budget Office]'s estimate for Division A of H.R. 695, as amended and passed by the House of Representatives on December 20, 2018. With certain exceptions, Division A would provide for the continuation through February 8, 2019, of the appropriations and authorities for 7 of the 12 annual appropriation bills as they were provided for in Divisions A, B, E-G, K, and L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (P.L. [Public Law] 115-141). 'Table 2' displays CBO's estimate of the fiscal year 2019-2028 budgetary effects of Division C of H.R. 695, which would provide supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and designates those amounts as being for emergency requirements pursuant to section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Deficit Control Act). 'Table 3' displays CBO's tabulation of the estimated fiscal year 2019 discretionary budgetary effects of H.R. 695, and all previously enacted appropriation legislation. [...] 'Table 4' displays CBO's estimate of the direct spending effects of Division B of H.R. 695, which would provide for the extension of certain Medicaid programs. Consistent with the language in section 105 of Division B of H.R. 695, and at the direction of the House and Senate Committees on the Budget, those divisions are considered to be authorizing legislation instead of appropriation legislation."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2018-12-21
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 226, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act 2019
"S. 226 would add Indian tribes to the list of entities that are excluded from the definition of 'employer' for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act. Through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the National Labor Relations Act protects the rights of most private-sector employees to form a union and to bargain collectively. Adding tribes to the list of excluded employers would treat them similarly to state and local governments. Currently, the NLRB generally asserts jurisdiction over the commercial enterprises owned and operated by tribes, even if they are located on a tribal reservation. However, the NLRB does not assert the jurisdiction over tribal enterprises that carry out traditional tribal or governmental functions."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-02-08
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [May-June 2022]
This May-June 2022 edition of "Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army" features the following articles: "Building the Russian Concept of Operations in the Baltic Sea Region: An Experimental Approach" by Frederik Wintermans; "Multi-Domain Warfighting in NATO: The 1 German-Netherlands Corps View" by Andreas Marlow and Wilson C. Blythe Jr.; "On Biological War" by Al Mauroni; "A Mission of Mercy amidst Terror, Death, and Despair: The Story of the National Relief Boat in the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878" by James D. Campbell Jr.; "Protection of Civilians in Robust Peacekeeping Operations: The Role of United Nations Special Operations Units" by Josias Marcos de Resende Silva; "The Strategic Competition for Partnership: Inside Views from the Backbench: An Aide's Observations of Senior Leader Engagements" by Sarah Melville; "Assessing Mars: A Holistic Framework for Land Forces Analysis" by Andrew L. Chadwick; "The Theater Army's Central Role in Integrated Deterrence" by Justin Magula; "Kicking the Beehive: Reimagining Manned-Unmanned Teaming in Multi-Domain Operations" by Clayton B. Jaksha; "How to Keep Changing an Army: Adjusting Modernization in the Age of Loitering Munitions" by Ryan Orsini; "The Tactical Considerations of Augmented and Mixed Reality Implementation" by Jan Kallberg, Victor Beitelman, Victor Mitsuoka, Jeremiah Pittman, Michael W. Boyce, and Todd W. Arnold; and "History While It's Hot: How a Group of U.S. Army Combat Historians Helped Preserve the GI's [general issue] Perspective in Europe during World War II" by Carson Teuscher.
Army University Press (U.S.)
2022
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US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters [Volume 52 Number 2]
This Summer 2022 issue of "US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters" features the following articles: "From the Editor in Chief" by Antulio J. Echevarria II; "Dysfunctional Warfare: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022" by Rob Johnson; "Putin's Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Implications for Strategic Studies" by Antulio J. Echevarria II; and "Russia's Strategy and Its War on Ukraine" by George Shatzer.
Army War College (U.S.)
2022
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Studies in Intelligence (Vol. 66, No. 1)
This March 2022 issue of "Studies in Intelligence" contains the following articles: "An Allied Perspective on Cyber: Shape or Deter? Managing Cyber-Espionage Threats to National Security Interests" by Lester Godefrey; "President Eisenhower and CIA Prisoners in China" by Nicholas Dujmović; "Running SOLO: FBI Case of Morris and Jack Childs, 1952-77" by Harvey Klehr and John Earl Haynes; "Intelligence History-Explosive Coal: Bombs Hiding in Plain Sight" by David Welker; "Early Imagery: Battlefield Photography as Military Intelligence" by Cory M. Pfarr; and "A Foreshadowing of Modern Intelligence Analysis: Intelligence Analysis in 10th Century Byzantium" by Andrew Skitt Gilmour.
Center for the Study of Intelligence (U.S.)
2022-03
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1158, DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2019
"H.R. 1158 would codify the establishment of hunt and incident response teams (HIRTs) under the authority of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Under the bill, HIRTs would continue to provide assistance to federal and nonfederal entities affected by malicious cyber activity. The bill also would require the NCCIC to report to the Congress on HIRT operations at the end of each of the first four fiscal years following the bill's enactment."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-05-21
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 411, Counter Threats Advisory Board Act of 2019
"S. 411 would establish an advisory board in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The board would consist of senior representatives of operational agencies within DHS (such as Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard) and offices in DHS headquarters, including the Office of Intelligence and Analysis. The board would meet on a regular basis to coordinate departmental activities to counter threats for two years."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-05-22
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Pandemic Learning: As Students Struggled to Learn, Teachers Reported Few Strategies as Particularly Helpful to Mitigate Learning Loss, Report to Congressional Committees
From the Highlights: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic disrupted learning for millions of students, educators, and families who had to navigate modified in-person and virtual schooling, often in difficult circumstances. The pandemic's effects continue to reverberate across the nation and produce challenges for schools that will likely be felt for years to come. In many respects, the 2020-21 school year offered useful insights that may help schools, educators, and parents in the future. The CARES [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security] Act includes a provision for GAO [Government Accountability Office] to report on its ongoing COVID-19 monitoring and oversight efforts. GAO also conducted this work in response to a provision in the conference report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2021. This report, which is the first in a series of reports, examines (1) obstacles to learning during school year 2020- 21, and (2) strategies to mitigate learning loss. GAO examines these topics overall, by grade level, and by instructional model (in-person, virtual, or hybrid)."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2022-05
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act of 2016
"H.R. 5303 would authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to construct projects to mitigate storm and hurricane damage, to improve navigation and flood management, and to restore estuaries. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates, that implementing this legislation would cost about $970 million over the next five years and $3.1 billion over the 2017-2026 period, assuming appropriation of the authorized and necessary amounts. Because enacting H.R. 5303 would not affect direct spending or revenues over the 2017-2026 period, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting the bill would increase net direct spending and on-budget deficits by more than $5 billion in at least one of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027. The legislation would increase direct spending, beginning in fiscal year 2027, by authorizing the Corps to spend amounts in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund without further appropriation. H.R. 5303 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
2016-09-22
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 546, RESPONSE Act of 2015
"S. 546 [Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Act of 2015] would establish the Railroad Emergency Services subcommittee under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Advisory Council (NAC). The bill would direct the subcommittee to evaluate several aspects of the ability of emergency personnel to respond to hazardous materials incidents involving trains. S. 546 would require the subcommittee to provide recommendations to the NAC within one year of organizing the subcommittee and quarterly reports on the implementation of those recommendations. Under the legislation, the subcommittee would terminate after four years unless FEMA extends it. Based on information provided by FEMA, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing S. 546 would cost $1 million, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, over the next five years--primarily for new staff to serve the subcommittee. Enacting S. 546 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2015-03-18
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1684, Disaster Assistance Support for Communities and Homeowners Act of 2017
"H.R. 1684 would require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide technical assistance to community, homeowner, and similar associations. FEMA would be required to help such associations take actions after a disaster that would make them eligible to receive reimbursement from entities that receive FEMA grants. This legislation also would require FEMA to submit a report to the Congress on expanding the areas of condominiums and housing cooperatives that are eligible for federal disaster relief. Based on information provided by FEMA, about the cost to collect information necessary
to complete the report, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 1684 would cost $1 million in 2018; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2017-06-27
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1847, Homeland Security for Children Act
"S. 1847 would require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to identify and integrate children's needs when preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The bill would authorize FEMA to appoint a technical expert on children's needs to coordinate the integration of the bill's requirements into the agency's plans and policies."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2017-11-03
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For the Rule of Law, an Independent Immigration Court, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship of the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, Second Session, Thursday, January 20, 2022
This is the January 20, 2022 hearing on "For the Rule of Law, an Independent Immigration Court," held before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship of the Committee on the Judiciary. From the opening statement of Zoe Lofgren: "Today's hearing is, in a sense, a continuation of a hearing this Subcommittee held two years ago where we explored the crisis in our nation's immigration courts. Two years ago, we discussed at length the issues that plague the immigration court system. And today, we will focus on some possible solutions. The immigrations courts, I believe, can't be effective as a judicial institution as long as they are housed in the Department of Justice. Decades of bureaucratic and political meddling by the governing Administration have undermined and eroded public trust in the system. We should find new ways to ensure that immigration courts function as other courts do, where judges have the flexibility and resources to conduct full and fair hearings, due process is held in the highest regard, and parties on all sides have faith in the outcomes of the case. Unfortunately, this does not describe the system as we know it today." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Mimi E. Tsankov, Elizabeth J. Stevens, Karen T. Grisez, and Andrew R. Arthur.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 2971, National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016
"S. 2971 would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specifically authorize operations of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System through 2019. The bill would authorize the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to continue to administer that system. Under current law, the system maintains and manages emergency search and rescue teams and coordinates with state and local governments to mobilize those teams in the case of a natural disaster, terrorist activity, or other emergency. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing S. 2971 would cost $110 million over the 2017-2021 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because enacting it would not affect direct spending or revenues. CBO estimates that enacting S. 2971 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027. S. 2971 would impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates, as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), by eliminating an existing right to seek compensation for damages and by requiring employers to allow members of the urban search and rescue response system to reclaim their jobs upon completing a deployment to a disaster. Based on information from FEMA, CBO estimates that the cost to comply with the mandates would fall below the annual thresholds established in UMRA for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates ($77 million and $154 million, respectively, in 2016, adjusted annually for inflation)."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2016-07-14
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 2997, Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act of 2016
"S. 2997 would direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to study ways to enhance access to telecommunications services during emergencies when mobile service is unavailable. The bill also would redefine the term 'essential service provider' to explicitly include certain telecommunication mediums, such as Internet and cable services, in a list of entities that provide essential services. (Providers of essential services are generally provided access to disaster sites in order to restore and repair services during emergency situations.) Finally, S. 2997 would direct the General Accountability Office (GAO) to study ways the federal government could increase the resiliency of essential communication services during emergencies. On the basis of information provided by the FCC, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that carrying out the analysis required by the bill would increase the agency's administrative costs by less than $500,000; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Under current law, the FCC is authorized to collect fees sufficient to offset the cost of its regulatory activities each year. Therefore, CBO estimates that the net cost to implement those provisions would be negligible, assuming appropriation actions consistent with the agency's authorities. Based on the costs of similar reports conducted by GAO, CBO estimates that the increased costs to GAO to conduct the required study would be insignificant."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2016-07-14
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H. Rept. 117-310: Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act of 2021, May 6, 2022
From the Document: "The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 903) to enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Rebuilding Coast Guard Infrastructure to Sustain and Enhance Mission Capability, Remote Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, November 16, 2021
This is the November 16, 2021 hearing on "Rebuilding Coast Guard Infrastructure to Sustain and Enhance Mission Capability," held before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. From the opening statement of Salud O. Carbajal: "With infrastructure a national focus, today's hearing will highlight the need to invest in Coast Guard infrastructure, including $429 million in the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and $650 million more for shoreside infrastructure in the Build Back Better Act, which is currently under consideration." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Paul F. Thomas and Heather MacLeod.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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H. Rept. 117-306: Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022, May 6, 2022
From the Purpose and Summary: "H.R. 2499, the 'Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2021', amends the eligibility for workers' compensation benefits under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) for federal firefighters by establishing a presumption of causation for 16 diseases associated with employment in firefighting. These changes to FECA are similar to the policies in 49 states recognizing the occupational health hazards of firefighting work.2 Since no comparable law covers the approximately 15,000-28,000 firefighters employed by the federal government,3 it is necessary for Congress to fill the gap to help those who put their lives on the line to protect property, life, and the environment."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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H. Rept. 117-307: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act, Report Together with Minority Views, to Accompany H.R. 5428, May 6, 2022
From the Purpose and Summary: "The purpose of H.R. 5428, the 'School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act', is to direct the U.S. Department of Education (ED), in consultation with the U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Health and Human Services (HHS), to annually collect and report on indicators of school safety for all school shootings in prekindergarten through 12th grade (PreK-12) schools and institutions of higher education. The bill creates definitions of 'school shooting' and 'mass shooting' for the purpose of data collection. This would also be the first time these terms would be defined in federal law. In addition to the number of shootings, H.R. 5428 requires data collection on a number of factors related to school shootings, including the number of people killed and injured, the demographics of the shooter and victims, and the type of gun and ammunition used, among other factors. The bill also requires a historical collection and reporting of data on prior school shootings."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022-05-06
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H. Rept. 117-312: Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022, May 6, 2022
From the Purpose and Summary: "H.R. 6825, the ''Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act,'' amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the funding and administration of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specifically, the bill requires DHS to establish a program office within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to provide dedicated outreach, engagement, education, technical assistance, and support to eligible nonprofits, with particular attention to nonprofits in underserved communities. The bill would increase the level at which the NSGP is authorized to $500 million annually and require funding to be split evenly between nonprofits located within and outside of Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) jurisdictions. The bill also authorizes a percentage of funding for States, FEMA, and grantees to utilize for administering the program."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1408, Identity Theft Protection Act
"S. 1408 would require private companies to take certain precautions to safeguard the personal information of consumers and to notify consumers whenever there is a breach in the security of their personal information. Under the bill, consumers would have the option to freeze their credit reports in the event of a threat on their personal information. The bill also would restrict the use, display, and sale of Social Security numbers (SSNs). Under S. 1408, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would enforce these restrictions and requirements. Assuming appropriation of the amounts specifically authorized in the bill, CBO estimates that implementing S. 1408 would cost $1 million in 2006 and $5 million over the 2006-2010 period."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2005-11-03
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1777, Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2005
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides assistance to individuals affected by a major disaster by providing housing, food, and other basic needs for survival (known as direct assistance), and by providing cash payments to meet needs that insurance companies and other aid programs do not cover. FEMA also provides disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) to people who are not covered by other unemployment compensation programs. Under current law, direct assistance to individuals is limited to 18 months following the disaster, the amount of cash assistance is limited to $26,200, and unemployment benefits are limited to 26 weeks. S. 1777 would expand FEMA's authority to help individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina by allowing the President to waive the limitations on direct and financial assistance and by providing 13 additional weeks of unemployment benefits."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2005-11-04
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 3526, Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2006
"S. 3526 would make technical and clarifying amendments to the Indian Land Consolidation Act (ILCA). The legislation would clarify that permanent improvements to land are covered by the provisions of the ILCA. It would delay implementation of certain intestate inheritance provisions of the probate code until July 20, 2007. Based on information from the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, CBO estimates that implementing S. 3526 would have no significant impact on the federal budget. S. 3526 contains one intergovernmental and two private-sector mandates as defined by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), but CBO expects the aggregate cost of those mandates would be small and would fall well below the annual thresholds established in UMRA ($64 million for intergovernmental entities and $128 million for the private sector in 2006, adjusted annually for inflation)."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2006-07-13
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 1738, Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2005
"S. 1738 would amend current law to expand the responsibilities of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Under this legislation, that office would be redesignated as the Office of the Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction and would be directed to conduct an audit of the funding for the relief and rebuilding efforts related to Hurricane Katrina. For activities related to Iraq, the inspector general would report to the Departments of State and Defense. For recovery activities related to Hurricane Katrina, the inspector general would report to the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security. The authority for work by the inspector general in the gulf coast region would expire two years after enactment."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2005-09-28
