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S. 3340, Mental Health Access to Continued Care and Enhancement of Support Services Act of 2012
cost estimate November 26, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 12, 2012
S. 3340 would extend mental health services offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to family members of active-duty servicemembers, enhance programs for homeless veterans, and make other changes to veterans’ health care, compensation and burial benefits. In total, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have a discretionary cost of $310 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming appropriation of the specified and estimated amounts.
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S. 1345, the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act
cost estimate November 13, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 13, 2012
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H.R. 2467, Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2012
cost estimate October 22, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 21, 2012
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S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011
cost estimate November 12, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 25, 2012
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S. 3525, Sportsmen's Act of 2012
cost estimate November 13, 2012Pay-As-You-Go Effects for S. 3525, as Introduced on September 12, 2012
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S. 3341, Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review Act of 2012
cost estimate November 07, 2012As passed by the Senate on September 22, 2012
S. 3341 would require the Department of State, in consultation with various other agencies, to conduct a comprehensive review of the diplomacy and development policies of the United States every four years. The Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) would include assessments, recommendations, and priorities for the diplomacy and development policy of the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011
cost estimate November 09, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 20, 2012
H.R. 1063 would modify the process through which the Medicare program is reimbursed when another payer (for example, a liability insurer) is responsible for a beneficiary’s medical costs. In general, the provisions of H.R. 1063 would make it easier for other payers to repay Medicare, thus reducing program costs.
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H.R. 1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011
cost estimate November 07, 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 20, 2012
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S. 1894, Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
cost estimate November 07, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 20, 2012
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S. 2024, Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act
cost estimate November 02, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 20, 2012
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S. 2279, R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Preservation Act of 2012
cost estimate November 02, 2012As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 31, 2012
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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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