[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2970]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CBO COST ESTIMATE--S. 2069

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, in compliance with paragraph 11(a) of 
rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources has obtained from the Congressional Budget Office 
an estimate of the costs of S. 2069, Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land 
Exchange Clarification Act, as reported from the committee. The full 
estimate is available on CBO's Web site, www.cbo.gov.
 Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the summary of the 
estimate be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

               Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate


S. 2069--A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
to modify provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood 
                   Wilderness in the State of Oregon

                           (January 5, 2016)

       S. 2069 would amend current law to modify the terms of a 
     land exchange between the Forest Service and the Mt. Hood 
     Meadows ski area in Oregon. The bill would reduce the amount 
     of land the agency would be authorized to convey to the ski 
     area from 120 acres to 107 acres. The bill also contains 
     provisions aimed at expediting the exchange.
       Based on information provided by the Forest Service, CBO 
     estimates that implementing the legislation would not affect 
     the federal budget. Because CBO expects that enacting the 
     bill would not affect whether the exchange would occur or 
     when it would take place, we estimate that enacting the bill 
     would not affect direct spending. Enacting the bill also 
     would not affect revenues. Therefore, pay-as-you-go 
     procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting S. 2069 
     would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits 
     in any of the four consecutive 10-year period beginning in 
     2026.
       S. 2069 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The 
     estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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