[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S13157]
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                     CBO COST ESTIMATE FOR S. 1377

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, at the time Senate Report No. 106-177 
was filed to accompany S. 1377, the Congressional Budget Office report 
was not available. I ask unanimous consent that the report which is now 
available be printed in the Congressional Record for the information of 
the Senate.
  There being no objection, the report was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                  Washington, DC, October 6, 1999.
     Hon. Frank H. Murkowski,
     Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. 
         Senate, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
     prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 1377, a bill to 
     amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act regarding the 
     use of funds for water development for the Bonneville Unit, 
     and for other purposes.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Mark 
     Hadley, who can be reached at 226-2860.
       Sincerely,
                                                Barry B. Anderson,
                                   (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
       Enclosure.

       CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE, OCTOBER 6, 1999

   S. 1377: A Bill To Amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act 
  Regarding the Use of Funds for Water Development for the Bonneville 
                      Unit, and for Other Purposes

  (As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
                    Resources on September 22, 1999)

       CBO estimates that enacting S. 1377 would have no impact on 
     the federal budget. The bill would not affect direct spending 
     or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not 
     apply. The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-
     sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
     Act and would have no significant impact on the budgets of 
     state, local, or tribal governments.
       S. 1377 would authorize the appropriation of up to $60 
     million for the Secretary of the Interior to acquire water 
     rights for instream flows and to complete certain other 
     projects, if such funds are not needed for the projects 
     currently authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion 
     Act. Based on information from the Department of the 
     Interior, CBO expects that the department will use all 
     available funds for purposes authorized under current law, 
     assuming appropriation of such amounts. Thus, the bill would 
     neither affect funds already appropriated nor increase the 
     total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for the 
     Central Utah Project.
       The CBO staff contact is Mark Hadley, who can be reached at 
     226-2860. This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, 
     Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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