[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        H.R. 1294, THE REDUCING DHS ACQUISITION COST GROWTH ACT

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 23, 2017

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the cost estimate 
from the Congressional Budget Office regarding H.R. 1294. The cost 
estimate was not available at the time of the filing of the Committee 
report.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                   Washington, DC, March 22, 2017.
     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. 1294, the 
     Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost Growth Act.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them, The CBO staff contact is Mark 
     Grabowicz.
           Sincerely,
                                                    Mark P. Hadley
                                                 (For Keith Hall).
       Enclosure.
     H.R. 1294--Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost Growth Act
       H.R. 1294 would specify procedures to be followed by the 
     Department of Homeland Security (DHS) if it fails to meet 
     certain timelines or other performance parameters for its 
     major acquisition programs. Based on information from DHS, 
     CBO estimates that the new administrative procedures would 
     cost less than $500,000 annually; such spending would be 
     subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
       Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending 
     or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not 
     apply. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1294 would not 
     increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of 
     the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 1294 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 
     would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal 
     governments.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Mark Orabowicz. 
     The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
     Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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