[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 158 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S14523]
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            CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES OF S. 977

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, on November 2, 1999, I filed Report 206 
to accompany S. 977, that had been ordered favorably reported on 
October 20, 1999. At the time the report was filed, the estimates by 
Congressional Budget Office were not available. The estimate is now 
available and concludes that enactment of S. 977 would ``result in no 
significant costs to the federal government.'' I ask unanimous consent 
that a copy of the CBO estimate be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:
                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                 Washington, DC, November 2, 1999.
     Hon. Frank H. Murkowski,
     Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
     prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 977, the Miwaleta 
     Park Expansion Act.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contacts are Mark 
     Grabowicz (for federal costs), who can be reached at 226-
     2860, and Marjorie Miller (for the impact on state and local 
     governments), who can be reached at 225-3220.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Dan L. Crippen.
       Enclosure.
     S. 977--Miwaleta Park Expansion Act
       S. 977 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey, without compensation, Miwaleta Park and certain 
     adjacent land to Douglas County, Oregon. The bill stipulates 
     that the county must use this land for recreational purposes. 
     Currently, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) allows the 
     county to use the land for a park at no cost to the county. 
     Because BLM does not plan to sell the land or otherwise 
     generate receipts from it, CBO estimates that implementing S. 
     977 would result in no significant costs to the federal 
     government. The bill would not affect direct spending or 
     receipts, so pay-as-you-go procedures would not apply.
       S. 977 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 
     Douglas County might incur some costs as a result of the 
     bill's enactment, but any such costs would be voluntary. The 
     county also would benefit, however, because it would receive 
     land at a negligible cost. The bill would have no significant 
     impact on the budgets of other state, local, or tribal 
     governments.
       On October 29, 1999, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for 
     H.R. 1725, the Miwaleta Park Expansion Act, as ordered 
     reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 20, 
     1999. The two bills are very similar and the cost estimates 
     are identical.
       The CBO staff contacts are Mark Grabowicz (for federal 
     costs), who can be reached at 226-2860, and Marjorie Miller 
     (for the impact on state and local governments), who can be 
     reached at 225-3220. This estimate was approved by Peter H. 
     Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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