[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 166 (Friday, September 24, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1023]
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    COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 2119, THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND 
                     SERVICES IMPROVEMENT ACT 2021

                                 ______
                                 

                     HON. ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 24, 2021

  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I hereby include in the Record 
the cost estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office for H.R. 
2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 
2021. The cost estimate was not available at the time of the filing of 
the Committee report.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                               Washington, DC, September 24, 2021.
     Hon. Robert C. (Bobby) Scott,
     Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
     prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 2119, the Family 
     Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Jennifer 
     Gray.
           Sincerely,
                                                Phillip L. Swagel,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

 H.R. 2119, Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 
2021--As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor 
                            on July 15, 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               0           0           0
 Deficit............................
Spending Subject to Appropriation             0       1,316       1,637
 (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.
       H.R. 2119 would reauthorize and amend programs authorized 
     by the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), 
     including the FVPSA program, the Domestic Violence Prevention 
     Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) program, 
     and the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Although the 
     authorizations for those programs expired at the end of 2015, 
     the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention have continued to allocate 
     funds for them, including $201 million in 2021. The bill also 
     would amend FVPSA to authorize new programs and activities, 
     including grants for tribal domestic violence coalitions, a 
     national Indian domestic violence hotline, grants to assist 
     underserved populations, and grants for culturally specific 
     services for domestic violence victims. Over the 2022-2026 
     period, the bill would specifically authorize $327.5 million 
     in annual appropriations, distributed as follows:
       $270 million for the FVPSA program (including grants for 
     tribal domestic violence coalitions and grants for culturally 
     specific services),
       $26 million for the DELTA program,
       $14 million for the National Domestic Violence Hotline,
       $10 million for grants for underserved populations,
       $4 million for a national Indian domestic violence hotline, 
     and
       $3.5 million for research and evaluation.
       For this estimate, CBO assumes that H.R. 2119 will be 
     enacted before the end of calendar year 2021 and that the 
     authorized amounts will be appropriated each year. Estimated 
     outlays are based on historical spending patterns for similar 
     programs. On that basis, CBO estimates that implementing the 
     bill would cost $1.3 billion over the 2022-2026 period.
       The costs of the legislation, detailed in Table I, fall 
     within budget functions 500 ( education, training, 
     employment, and social services) and 550 (health).

               TABLE 1.--ESTIMATED INCREASES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION UNDER H.R. 2119
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                                                        By fiscal year, millions of dollars--
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        2021       2022       2023       2024       2025       2026    2021-2026
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FVPSA program
    Authorization..................          0        270        270        270        270        270      1,350
    Estimated Outlays..............          0         80        216        257        265        270      1,088
DELTA
    Authorization..................          0         26         26         26         26         26        130
    Estimated Outlays..............          0         11         23         25         25         26        110
National Domestic Violence Hotline
    Authorization..................          0         14         14         14         14         14         70
    Estimated Outlays..............          0          4         11         13         14         14         56
Grants for underserved populations
    Authorization..................          0         10         10         10         10         10         50
    Estimated Outlays..............          0          2          6          8         10         10         36
National Indian Domestic Violence
 Hotline
    Authorization..................          0          4          4          4          4          4         20
    Estimated Outlays..............          0          1          3          4          4          4         16
Research and evaluation
    Authorization..................          0          4          4          4          4          4         18
    Estimated Outlays..............          0          *          1          2          3          4         10
    Total Changes
        Authorization..............          0        328        328        328        328        328      1,638
        Estimated Outlays..........          0         98        260        309        321        328      1,316
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Components may not sum to totals because of rounding; DELTA = Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and
  Leadership Through Alliances; FVPSA = Family Violence Prevention and Services Act; * = between zero and
  $500,000.

       The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Jennifer Gray 
     (for the Administration for Children and Families) and Sarah 
     Sajewski (for the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention). The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel 
     Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.