[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 161 (Friday, September 28, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1345]
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COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 6447, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF DATA 
                       OFFICER AUTHORIZATION ACT

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 28, 2018

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following cost estimate for H.R. 6447, 
Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act 
prepared by the Congressional Budget Office was not available to the 
Committee at the time of filing of the legislative report.
                                                September 4, 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. 6447, the 
     Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer 
     Authorization Act.
       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.
       Enslosure.

     H.R. 6447--Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer 
                           Authorization Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 
                                24, 2018

       H.R. 6447 would require the Department of Homeland Security 
     (DHS) to designate a current career appointee as the chief 
     data officer of the department. The bill also would require 
     each of the seven operational components within DHS (such as 
     Customs and Border Protection and the Transportation Security 
     Administration) to designate current appointees as chief data 
     officers. Those offices would coordinate the integration of 
     data among DHS agencies, oversee the storage of records, and 
     manage other tasks related to the use of DHS data systems.
       Two DHS operational components currently have a chief data 
     officers while a third component has a vacant position. We 
     expect that the other four components and the department 
     would have to hire five additional people to assist in 
     carrying out the formal role of chief data officer 
     established by the bill at an annual cost of around $150,000 
     per person. Thus, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 6447 
     would cost about $1 million annually; such spending would be 
     subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
       Enacting H.R. 6447 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 6447 would not increase 
     net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029.
       H.R. 6447 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 reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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