[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 11 (Thursday, January 18, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E65-E66]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4553, THE TERRORIST SCREENING AND TARGETING 
                           REVIEW ACT OF 2017

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 18, 2018

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following cost estimate for H.R. 4553, 
the Terrorist Screening and Targeting Review Act of 2017, prepared by 
the Congressional Budget Office was not made available to the Committee 
at the time of filing of the legislative report by the Committee 
Homeland Security.

                                      Congressional Budget Office,


                                                U.S. Congress,

                                 Washington, DC, January 18, 2018.
     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. 4553, the 
     Terrorist Screening and Targeting Review Act of 2017.
       If you wish further details on this estimates, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matthew 
     Pickford.
           Sincerely,
                                             Keith Hall, Director.

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       Enclosure.

    H.R. 4553--Terrorist Screening and Targeting Review Act of 2017

 As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 9, 
                                  2018

       H.R. 4553 would direct the Government Accountability Office 
     (GAO) to conduct a review of the National Targeting Center in 
     the Department of Homeland Security and the Terrorist 
     Screening Center in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The 
     review would cover the authorization, funding; management, 
     and operation of the centers, and it would be completed 
     within a year of enactment.
       Considering the cost of recent GAO work involving those 
     centers and the level of effort for similar homeland security 
     reports, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost 
     $1 million over the 2018-2019 period, assuming the 
     availability of appropriated funds. Enacting the bill would 
     not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-
     you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4553 would not increase 
     direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 4553 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Matthew 
     Pickford. The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, 
     Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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