[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 51 (Thursday, March 23, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     H.R. 1249, THE DHS MULTIYEAR ACQUISITION STRATEGY ACT OF 2017

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 23, 2017

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the cost estimate 
from the Congressional Budget Office regarding H.R. 1249. The cost 
estimate was not available at the time of the filing of the Committee 
report.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                   Washington, DC, March 22, 2017.
     Hon. Michael McCaul,
     Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
     prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1249, the DHS 
     Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Mark 
     Grabowicz.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Mark P. Hadley,
                                       (For Keith Hall, Director).
       Enclosure.
     H.R. 1249--DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017
       H.R. 1249 would require the Department of Homeland Security 
     (DHS), within one year of enactment, to submit to the 
     Congress a report on the department's comprehensive strategy 
     for acquisitions. The act would direct the Government 
     Accountability Office to review that report within 180 days 
     of its submission. Based on information from DHS and the cost 
     of similar activities, CBO estimates that the reports 
     required by H.R. 1249 would cost about $1 million in fiscal 
     year 2018 and less than $500,000 in 2019; such spending would 
     be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
       Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending 
     or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not 
     apply. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1249 would not 
     increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of 
     the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 1249 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 
     would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal 
     governments.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Mark Grabowicz. 
     The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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