[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E502]
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  H.R. 1353, THE TRANSPARENCY IN TECHNOLOGICAL ACQUISITION ACT OF 2017

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 12, 2017

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the cost estimate 
from the Congressional Budget Office regarding H.R. 1353. The cost 
estimate was not available at the time of the filing of the Committee 
report or consideration by the Full House.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                   Washington, DC, April 12, 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. 1353, the 
     Transparency in Technological Acquisitions Act of 2017.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Megan 
     Carroll.
           Sincerely,
                                                       Keith Hall.
       Enclosure.
     H.R. 1353--Transparency in Technological Acquisitions Act of 
         2017
       H.R. 1353 would expand requirements for the Transportation 
     Security Administration (TSA) to report to the Congress on 
     the status of the agency's planned investments in 
     technologies related to transportation security. CBO 
     estimates that implementing H.R. 1353 would have no 
     significant effect on the federal budget. According to TSA, 
     the agency already collects data necessary to meet the 
     legislation's requirements to provide additional information 
     about acquisition programs on a more frequent basis. As a 
     result, CBO estimates that any change in the agency's costs, 
     which would be subject to appropriation, would not exceed 
     $500,000 in any year.
       Enacting H.R. 1353 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 
     CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1353 would not increase net 
     direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 1353 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 
     would not affect the budgets of state, local, tribal 
     governments.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Megan Carroll. 
     The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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