[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 1333 NATIONAL ORIGIN-BASED ANTIDISCRIMINATION 
                         FOR NONIMMIGRANTS ACT

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 20, 2021

  Ms. LOFGREN. Madam Speaker, I hereby include in the Record the cost 
estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office for H. R. 1333, 
the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act. The 
cost estimate was not available at the time of the filing of the 
Committee Report.

  H.R. 1333, NATIONAL ORIGIN-BASED ANTIDISCRIMINATION FOR NONIMMIGRANTS
                                   ACT
  [As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April
                                14, 2021]
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                                             By fiscal year, millions of
                                                      dollars--
                                           -----------------------------
                                             2021   2021-2026  2021-2031
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Direct Spending (Outlays).................       0          0          0
Revenues..................................       0          0          0
                                           -----------------------------
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit...       0          0          0
Spending Subject to Appropriation                0          0          0
 (Outlays)................................
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       Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? No.
       Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 
     10-year periods beginning in 2032? No.


                            MANDATE EFFECTS

       Contains intergovernmental mandate? No.
       Contains private-sector mandate? No.
       The Immigration and Nationality Act ``grants the President 
     broad discretion to suspend the entry of aliens into the 
     United States.'' H.R. 1333 would amend that act to narrow the 
     President's authority to impose entry or visa restrictions on 
     aliens (non-U.S. nationals) based on their country of birth, 
     country of nationality, and certain other characteristics. By 
     limiting the President's authority to restrict entry into the 
     United States, the bill could increase the number of aliens 
     who arrive in the country and receive federal benefits. 
     However, the current Administration has not proposed any 
     entry or visa restrictions that would be affected by H.R. 
     1333; to the contrary, it has revoked several entry and visa 
     restrictions that had been promulgated by the previous 
     Administration: Therefore, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 
     1333 would have no budgetary effects. (CBO has no basis for 
     predicting whether a future Administration would seek to 
     impose entry or visa restrictions in the absence of this 
     legislation.)
       CBO has reviewed sections 1, 3, and 4 of H.R. 1333 and 
     determined that those provisions contain no intergovernmental 
     or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded 
     Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). CBO has not reviewed section 2 of 
     H.R. 1333 for intergovernmental or private-sector mandates. 
     Section 4 of UMRA excludes from the application of that act 
     any legislative provisions that would establish or enforce 
     statutory rights prohibiting discrimination. CBO has 
     determined section 2 of H.R. 1333 falls within that exclusion 
     because it would extend protections against discrimination in 
     the immigration process based on sex, national origin, and 
     religion.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is David Rafferty. 
     The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Director of Budget Analysis.
                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                   Washington, DC, April 19, 2021.
     Hon. Jerrold Nadler,
     Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
     prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1333, the 
     National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Non immigrants 
     Act.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is David 
     Rafferty.
           Sincerely,
                                                Phillip L. Swagel,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

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