[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4581, THE SCREENING AND VETTING PASSENGER 
                          EXCHANGE ACT OF 2017

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 13, 2018

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following cost 
estimate for H.R. 4581, the Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange 
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, February 12, 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. 4581, the 
     Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange 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. 4581--Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange Act of 2017

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

       H.R. 4581 would require the Department of Homeland Security 
     (DHS) to develop effective practices for screening certain 
     people entering the United States through the review of 
     information provided by those travelers. The act would direct 
     DHS to share those practices with certain other countries. 
     DHS is currently carrying out activities similar to those 
     that would be required by the act; thus, CBO estimates that 
     implementing H.R. 4581 would not significantly affect 
     spending by DHS.
       Enacting H.R. 4581 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4581 would not increase 
     net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 4581 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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