[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 18 (Thursday, January 25, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E97]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4564, THE POST-CALIPHATE THREAT ASSESSMENT ACT OF 
                                  2017

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 25, 2018

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following cost estimate H.R. 4564, the 
Post-Caliphate Threat Assessment 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.

                                      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. 4564, the Post-
     Caliphate Threat Assessment 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, Director.
       Enclosure.

        H.R. 4564--Post-Caliphate Threat Assessment Act of 2017

      As passed by the House of Representatives on January 9, 2018

       H.R. 4564 would require the Department of Homeland Security 
     (DHS) to prepare a threat assessment related to the current 
     activities of foreign terrorist fighters, including 
     information on the travel patterns and countries of origin 
     for such persons. The act would require DHS, within 180 days 
     of enactment, to report to the Congress on the results of the 
     assessment. Using information from DHS, CBO estimates that 
     implementing the act's provisions would cost less than 
     $500,000; such spending would be subject to the availability 
     of appropriated funds.
       Enacting H.R. 4564 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4564 would not increase 
     net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 4564 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
       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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