[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E70-E71]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4567, THE DHS OVERSEAS PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT ACT 
                                OF 2017

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 19, 2018

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following cost estimate for H.R. 4567, 
the DHS Overseas Personnel Enhancement 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.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                 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. 4567, the DHS 
     Overseas Personnel Enhancement 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,
                                                       Keith Hall.
       Enclosure.

       H.R. 4567--DHS Overseas Personnel Enhancement Act of 2017

     As passed by the House of Representatives on January 10, 2018

       H.R. 4567 would require the Department of Homeland Security 
     (DHS) to devise a plan to improve the effectiveness of DHS 
     personnel who are stationed at foreign locations. The act 
     also wou1d require DHS--about twice a year over the next four 
     years--to provide briefings to the Congress on department 
     personnel with primary duties outside the United States. 
     Using information from DHS, CBO estimates that implementing 
     the act's provisions would cost less than $500,000 annually; 
     such spending would be subject to the availability of 
     appropriated funds.
       Enacting H.R. 4567 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4567 would not increase 
     net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 4567 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

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       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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