[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4601

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                          HON. JAMES V. HANSEN

                                of utah

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 16, 2002

  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the attached cost estimate 
for H.R. 4601 be submitted for the Record under General Leave.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                 Washington, DC, October 17, 2002.
     Hon. James V. Hansen,
     Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
     prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4601, a bill to 
     provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of 
     Land Management land in Douglas County, Oregon, to the county 
     to improve management of and recreational access to the 
     Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, and for other 
     purposes.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contacts are Megan 
     Carroll (for federal costs), and Marjorie Miller (for the 
     state and local impact).
           Sincerely,
                                                Barry B. Anderson,
                                   (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
       Enclosure.
     H.R. 4601--A bill to provide for the conveyance of a small 
         parcel of Bureau of Land Management land in Douglas 
         County, Oregon, to the county to improve management of 
         and recreational access to the Oregon Dunes National 
         Recreation Area, and for other purposes
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4601 would not 
     significantly affect the federal budget. The bill would 
     direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without 
     consideration, 68.8 acres of federal land to Douglas County, 
     Oregon. The county would use that land for recreational 
     purposes. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the 
     parcel to be conveyed currently generates no significant 
     receipts and is not expected to do so over the next 10 years. 
     Hence, we estimate that enacting H.R. 4601 would not 
     significantly affect direct spending or revenues. We also 
     estimate that the agency's administrative costs to complete 
     the proposed conveyance would be negligible.
       H.R. 4601 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. 
     This conveyance would be voluntary on the part of Douglas 
     County, as would any costs incurred by the county to comply 
     with the conditions established by the bill.
       The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Megan Carroll 
     (for federal costs), and Marjorie Miller (for the state and 
     local impact). This estimate was approved by Peter H. 
     Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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