[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 171 (Tuesday, October 16, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1414]
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    COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 6265, THE PRECHECK IS PRECHECK ACT OF 2018

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 16, 2018

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following cost estimate for H.R. 6265, 
the PreCheck is Precheck Act of 2018 prepared by the Congressional 
Budget Office was not available to the Committee at the time of filing 
of the legislative report.
                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                 Washington, DC, October 11, 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. 6265, the 
     PreCheck is PreCheck Act of 2018.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Megan 
     Carrol.
           Sincerely,
                                                       Keith Hall,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

              H.R. 6265--PreCheck is PreCheck Act of 2018

     As passed by the House of Representatives on September 4, 2018

       The federal government--primarily through the 
     Transportation Security Administration (TSA)--administers 
     several risk-based programs that facilitate, through advanced 
     vetting of applicants, expedited screening of participating 
     passengers at security checkpoints. H.R. 6265 would require 
     TSA to ensure that only travelers who are members of such 
     programs are permitted to use expedited security-screening 
     lanes (often called PreCheck lanes) at TSA-regulated 
     airports. The act would require the agency to increase 
     enrollment in such programs and to conduct a pilot program 
     related to the use of modified screening procedures for 
     passengers deemed to pose low security risks. The legislation 
     also would specify other administrative and reporting 
     requirements.
       Using information from TSA, CBO estimates that implementing 
     H.R. 6265 would not significantly affect the federal budget. 
     The agency is already implementing activities that are 
     similar to those envisioned under H.R. 6265. As a result, CBO 
     expects that any change in the agency's spending--which would 
     be subject to appropriation--would be insignificant.
       Enacting H.R. 6265 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
       CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 6265 would not increase 
     net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029.
       H.R. 6265 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 reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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