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S. 3523, Innovative Design Protection Act of 2012
cost estimate November 05, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 20, 2012
CBO estimates that implementing S. 3523 would have no significant cost to the federal government. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending but could affect revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that any effects would be insignificant for each year.
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S. 2318, Department of State Rewards Program Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012
cost estimate November 02, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 19, 2012
S. 2318 would authorize the Department of State to make payments for information that would prevent or disrupt transnational organized crime or lead to the arrest or conviction of persons involved in war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have discretionary costs of $10 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts.
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S. 2215, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2012
cost estimate October 31, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 19, 2012
S. 2215 would expand federal programs and initiatives to promote exports to Africa. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have discretionary costs of $24 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts.
Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because it would not affect direct spending or revenues.
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S. 3322, the Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012
cost estimate October 24, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 12, 2012
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S. 65, Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2011
cost estimate October 24, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 20, 2012
S. 65 would reauthorize the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant and Loan Guarantee programs and would authorize the appropriation of such sums as necessary for those programs for each fiscal year through 2015. In addition, the bill would authorize loans provided under title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 1996 for each fiscal year through 2015 and would expand eligibility for that program to include the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL).
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S. 3331, Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012
cost estimate October 18, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 19, 2012
S. 3331 would expand the accreditation standards in the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to cover all international adoptions. Currently, those standards apply only to adoptions from countries that are parties to the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention).
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S. 3546, a bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages
cost estimate October 17, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 20, 2012
S. 3546 would authorize through 2017 a grant program to preserve Native American languages. CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would cost about $60 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because it would not affect direct spending or revenues.
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S. 3486, Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012
cost estimate October 15, 2012As passed by the Senate on September 22, 2012
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S. 3548, Native American Veterans’ Memorial Amendments Act of 2012
cost estimate October 15, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 20, 2012
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H.R. 4053, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
cost estimate October 11, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 20, 2012
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S. 3250, the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry Act of 2012
cost estimate October 01, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 20, 2012
CBO estimates that implementing S. 3250 would have no significant cost to the federal government. Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
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S. 847, Safe Chemicals Act of 2011
cost estimate October 02, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 25, 2012
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S. 1735, a bill to approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi
cost estimate September 27, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee Environment and Public Works on July 25, 2012
S. 1735 would authorize the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to convey certain federal properties to the state of Mississippi. Enacting S. 1735 would affect direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply to the bill. CBO estimates, however, that the net impact on direct spending would be insignificant over the 2013-2022 period. Enacting S. 1735 would not affect revenues or spending subject to appropriation.
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H.R. 5747, Military Family Home Protection Act
cost estimate September 21, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 11, 2012
H.R. 5747 would reduce direct spending by extending for one month an expiring provision of law that limits pensions paid to certain veterans who are receiving Medicaid coverage in a Medicaid-approved nursing home.
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S. 1440, Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act
cost estimate September 20, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 19, 2012
S. 1440 would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate activities to reduce the prevalence of preterm labor and delivery and to improve the care and treatment of preterm infants. Those activities would be implemented by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration.
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S. 3566, Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012
cost estimate September 20, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 19, 2012
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H.R. 3973, Native American Energy Act
cost estimate September 19, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 16, 2012
H.R. 3973 would make several changes related to environmental laws, energy programs, and the management of mineral resources on Native American reservations. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $58 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts.
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S. 3391, Taking Essential Steps to Testing Act
cost estimate September 19, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 19, 2012
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S. 2388, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2012
cost estimate September 18, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 31, 2012
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H.R. 3409, Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act
cost estimate September 18, 2012As posted on the Web site of the House Committee on Rules (Committee Print 112-32)
CBO estimates that implementing the bill would reduce future discretionary spending by $245 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming that appropriations in those years were reduced accordingly. Such reductions would primarily stem from prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases.
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H.R. 5948, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes
cost estimate September 18, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 11, 2012
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S. 2259, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012
cost estimate September 18, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 12, 2012
S. 2259 would increase the amounts paid to veterans for disability compensation and to their survivors for dependency and indemnity compensation by the same cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) payable to Social Security recipients. The increase would take effect on December 1, 2012, and the resulting adjustment would be rounded to the next lower dollar.
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S. 1707, Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act
cost estimate September 18, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 12, 2012
S. 1707 would modify an existing requirement that certain individuals determined to be mentally incompetent by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) be prohibited from purchasing or possessing legal firearms. CBO expects that implementing S. 1707 would have no significant budgetary impact.
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H.J. Res. 118, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health
cost estimate September 17, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 13, 2012
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H.J. Res. 118, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health
cost estimate September 17, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 13, 2012
H.J. Res. 118 would disapprove the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on July 12, 2012, that modifies the waiver authority with respect to work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF). H.J. Res. 118 would invoke a legislative process established by the Congressional Review Act (Public Law 104-121) to disapprove the new waiver authority rule. If H.J. Res. 118 is enacted, the rule would have no force or effect.
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H.R. 6016, Government Employee Accountability Act
cost estimate September 14, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 27, 2012
CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 6016 would not have a significant impact on federal spending. Enacting the bill could affect revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that any effects would be insignificant for each year.
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H.R. 6313, a bill to promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland
cost estimate September 14, 2012As amended by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 12, 2012
H.R. 6313 expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should take certain actions in response to maritime territorial disputes in East Asia. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would not have a significant effect on the federal budget.
Enacting H.R. 6313 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
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S. 3276, FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012
cost estimate September 14, 2012As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 19, 2012
S. 3276 would extend the authority of the federal government to conduct surveillance pursuant to the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261). Because CBO does not provide cost estimates for classified programs, this estimate addresses only the budgetary effects on unclassified programs affected by the bill. On that basis, CBO estimates that implementing S. 3276 would have no significant cost to the federal government.
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H.R. 6361, Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2012
cost estimate September 14, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 12, 2012
H.R. 6361 would modify certain formulas for calculating subsidies to families that receive federal housing assistance. Assuming that future appropriations actions are consistent with the bill, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 6361 would reduce discretionary spending for the affected programs by $270 million over the 2013-2017 period. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
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H.R. 1860, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2012
cost estimate September 14, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 28, 2012
H.R. 1860 would prohibit state and local governments from imposing taxes on certain sales of digital goods and services that are taxable under current law.
CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1860 would have no impact on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 1860 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
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