[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10223]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 29, 2017

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, in accordance with House Report 115-193, I 
include in the Record the following Congressional Budget Cost Estimate 
for H.R. 1684.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                    Washington, DC, June 27, 2017.
     Hon. Bill Shuster,
     Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
         House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
     prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1684, the 
     Disaster Assistance Support for Communities and Homeowners 
     Act of 2017.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Robert 
     Reese.
           Sincerely,
                                                    Mark P. Hadley
                                       (For Keith Hall, Director).
       Enclosure.

 H.R. 1684--Disaster Assistance Support for Communities and Homeowners 
                              Act of 2017

       As passed by the House of Representatives on June 26, 2017

       H.R. 1684 would require the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency (FEMA) to provide technical assistance to community, 
     homeowner, and similar associations. FEMA would be required 
     to help such associations take actions after a disaster that 
     would make them eligible to receive reimbursement from 
     entities that receive FEMA grants. This legislation also 
     would require FEMA to submit a report to the Congress on 
     expanding the areas of condominiums and housing cooperatives 
     that are eligible for federal disaster relief.
       Based on information provided by FEMA, about the cost to 
     collect information necessary to complete the report, CBO 
     estimates that implementing H.R. 1684 would cost $1 million 
     in 2018; such spending would be subject to the availability 
     of appropriated funds.
       Enacting H.R. 1684 would not affect direct spending or 
     revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 
     CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1684 would not increase net 
     direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 
     consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
       H.R. 1684 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 contacts for this estimate are Meghan 
     Shewsbury and Robert Reese. The estimate was approved by 
     Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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