[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E355-E356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 5081, THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AND 
                 TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2018

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 21, 2018

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following cost 
estimate for H.R. 5081, the Surface Transportation Security and 
Technology Accountability Act of 2018, prepared by the Congressional 
Budget Office, which 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. 5081, the 
     Surface Transportation Security and Technology Accountability 
     Act of 2018.
       If you wish further detail on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Megan 
     Carroll.
           Sincerely,
                                              Keith Hall, Director
       Enclosure.

       H.R. 5081--Surface Transportation Security and Technology 
                       Accountability Act of 2018

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

       H.R. 5081 would direct the Administrator of the 
     Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a 
     Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee. The bill 
     would specify details related to the composition and 
     responsibilities of that committee, and it would require TSA 
     to consult the committee when developing the agency's plan 
     for making investments in security-related technology.
       Using information from the agency about the costs of 
     similar activities, CBO expects

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     that any increased costs to establish and support the 
     proposed advisory committee would not exceed $500,000 
     annually. Such spending would be subject to appropriation.
       Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 5081 would not increase 
     net direct spending or on-budget deficit in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 5081 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Megan Carroll. 
     The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

     

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