[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               VEHICULAR TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2018

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                               speech of

                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 19, 2018

  Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following cost 
estimate for H.R. 4227, the Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018, 
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, March 20, 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. 4227, the 
     Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Robert 
     Reese.
           Sincerely,
                                             Keith Hall, Director.
       Enclosure.

         H.R. 4227--Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018

 As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 19, 
                                  2018

       H.R. 4227 would direct the Department of Homeland Security 
     (DHS) to assess its current activities related to supporting 
     emergency response providers and the private sector in 
     preventing, mitigating, and responding to vehicular 
     terrorism. Following that assessment, DHS would be required 
     to develop and submit to the Congress a strategy to improve 
     its efforts.
       Using information from DHS on the effort required to 
     complete the assessment and strategy, CBO estimates that 
     implementing H.R. 4227 would have no significant effect on 
     the federal budget.
       Enacting H.R. 4227 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4227 would not increase 
     net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 4227 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Robert Reese. 
     The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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