[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6519]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

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                       CBO COST ESTIMATE--S. 329

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, in compliance with paragraph 11(a) of 
rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources has obtained from the Congressional Budget Office 
an estimate of the costs of S. 329, Lower Farmington River and Salmon 
Brook Wild and Scenic River Act, as reported from the committee. The 
full estimate is available on CBO's Web site, www.cbo.gov.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the summary of the 
estimate be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

               Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate


 S. 329--Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River 
                                  Act

                           (January 15, 2016)

       S. 329 would designate segments of the Lower Farmington 
     Rivers and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Under the 
     legislation, the National Park Service (NPS) would administer 
     the river segments in partnership with an advisory committee 
     composed of local representatives. Based on the cost of 
     similar management partnerships in the region, CBO estimates 
     that NPS would provide about $170,000 annually to the 
     advisory committee to manage the river segments. Thus, CBO 
     estimates that implementing the bill would cost about $1 
     million over the 2016-2020 period; such spending would be 
     subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
       Enacting S. 329 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 
     CBO estimates that enacting S. 329 would not increase net 
     direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year period beginning in 2026.
       S. 329 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 
     would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Marin Burnett. 
     The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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