[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E102]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4555, THE DHS INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM TASK 
                           FORCE ACT OF 2017

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 29, 2018

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following cost estimate for H.R. 4555, 
the DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force 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 26, 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. 4555, the DHS 
     Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force 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. 4555--DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

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

       H.R. 4555 would authorize Customs and Border Protection in 
     the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assign personnel 
     to participate in overseas interagency task forces to combat 
     the threat of terrorism. DHS is currently carrying out 
     activities similar to those that would be authorized by the 
     act; thus, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4555 would 
     not significantly affect spending by DHS.
       Enacting H.R. 4555 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4555 would not increase 
     net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 4555 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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