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S. 682, Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act
cost estimate May 23, 2013As introduced on April 9, 2013
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S. 953, Student Loan Affordability Act
cost estimate May 23, 2013As introduced in the Senate on May 14, 2013
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H.R. 1104, Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2013
cost estimate May 23, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 20, 2013
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H.R. 1947, Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
cost estimate May 23, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 15, 2013
Estimated Budgetary Effects
CBO estimates that direct spending stemming from the program authorizations in H.R. 1947 would total $940 billion over the 2014-2023 period. That 10-year total reflects the bill’s authorization of expiring programs through 2018 and an extension of those authorizations through 2023, consistent with the rules governing baseline projections that are specified in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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H.R. 1613, Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act
cost estimate May 17, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 15, 2013
H.R. 1613 would approve a February 20, 2012, agreement between the United States and Mexico regarding the development of oil and gas resources in what is known as the “transboundary” area in the Gulf of Mexico. It would establish guidelines and procedures for implementing that agreement and for Congressional review of any future agreements governing that area.
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H.R. 1092, a bill to designate the air route traffic control center located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the “Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center”
cost estimate May 17, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 16, 2013
CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would have no significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. The bill 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.
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H.R. 271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013
cost estimate May 17, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 15, 2012
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S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity Act
cost estimate May 22, 2013As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 20, 2013
S. 330 would amend provisions of the Public Health Service Act that authorize the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish guidelines and quality standards for conducting research relating to donated organs and for acquiring and procuring such organs.
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S. 447, Black Hills Cemetery Act
cost estimate May 22, 2013As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 16, 2013
S. 447 would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey nine cemeteries and associated public lands in western South Dakota to local organizations for no consideration. CBO estimates that implementing S. 447 would have no significant impact on the federal budget. 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. 316, Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act
cost estimate May 22, 2013As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 16, 2013
H.R. 316 would authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reinstate the licenses and extend the deadline for beginning construction of two hydroelectric projects (numbers 10822 and 10823) in Hartford County, Connecticut. The legislation would direct FERC to update the environmental analyses associated with those projects and, if reinstated, authorize the agency to transfer the licenses to the town of Canton, Connecticut.
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H.R. 1384, Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp Act of 2013
cost estimate May 22, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 15, 2013
CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1384 would have no significant costs to the federal government. Enacting the bill would affect direct spending, but such costs would not be significant. Because the legislation would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues.
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H.R. 1211, FOIA Act
cost estimate May 21, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 20, 2013
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H.R. 570, American Heroes COLA Act
cost estimate May 20, 2013As posted on the website on the House Committee on Rules on May 16, 2013
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H.R. 992, Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act
cost estimate May 20, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 7, 2013
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H.R. 678, Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act
cost estimate May 20, 2013As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 8, 2013
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 678 would increase federal offsetting receipts by about $1 million over the 2014-2023 period because it would authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to permit private entities to develop hydropower at certain facilities owned by the bureau. Pay-as-you-go procedures apply because enacting the legislation would increase offsetting receipts (a credit against direct spending). Enacting the bill would not affect revenues.
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H.R. 1233, Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2013
cost estimate May 20, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 20, 2013
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H.R. 1417, Border Security Results Act of 2013
cost estimate May 20, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 15, 2013
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H.R. 1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act
cost estimate May 17, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 16, 2013
H.R. 1949 would authorize the Secretary of Education to use administrative funds to form an advisory committee and produce reports on the types of postsecondary education data that the Department of Education should collect and how that information should be collected and disseminated.
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H.R. 1911, Smarter Solutions for Students Act
cost estimate May 20, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 16, 2013
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S. 306, Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act
cost estimate May 17, 2013As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 8, 2013
CBO estimates that enacting S. 306 would increase federal offsetting receipts by about $1 million over the 2014-2023 period because it would authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to permit private entities to develop hydropower at certain facilities owned by the bureau. Pay-as-you-go procedures apply because enacting the legislation would increase offsetting receipts (a credit against direct spending). Enacting the bill would not affect revenues.
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S. 954, Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
cost estimate May 17, 2013As reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on May 14, 2013
Estimated Budgetary Effects
CBO estimates that direct spending stemming from the program authorization in S. 954 would total $955 billion over the 2014-2023 period. That 10-year total reflects the bill’s authorization of expiring programs through 2018 and an extension of those authorizations through 2023, consistent with the rules governing baseline projections that are specified in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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H.R. 2019, Kids First Research Act of 2013
cost estimate May 17, 2013As introduced on May 16, 2013.
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H.R. 357, GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013
cost estimate May 16, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2013
H.R. 357 would: modify the monthly rates payable to veterans, their dependents, and survivors for disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation; amend the approval criteria for educational institutions at which veterans may use their education benefits; and make other changes to programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Department of Labor (DOL).
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H.R. 671, Ruth Moore Act of 2013
cost estimate May 16, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2013
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H.R. 1412, Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013
cost estimate May 16, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2013
H.R. 1412 would extend for one month an expiring provision of law that limits pensions paid to certain veterans who are receiving Medicaid coverage in Medicaid-approved nursing homes. The bill also would modify the conditions for veterans to receive education benefit payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for participating in on-the-job training and require VA to enter into agreements with other federal agencies to promote on-the-job training opportunities for veterans.
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H.R. 742, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013
cost estimate May 17, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 7, 2013
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H.R. 3, Northern Route Approval Act
cost estimate May 17, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 16, 2013
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H.R. 993, Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act
cost estimate May 16, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 24, 2013
H.R. 993 would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, certain lands in Utah to the town of Fruit Heights City. Based on information from the Forest Service, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would have no significant impact on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 993 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
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S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013
cost estimate May 16, 2013As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2013
S. 607 would amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-508) to make several changes to the current laws relating to the privacy of personal electronic communications. The bill also would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to prepare a report, by the end of fiscal year 2015, on service providers’ disclosure of customer communications to law enforcement agencies.
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H.R. 570, American Heroes COLA Act
cost estimate May 14, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2013
H.R. 570 would provide a permanent annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the amounts paid to veterans for disability compensation and to their survivors for dependency and indemnity compensation, and would round down that adjustment to the next lower whole dollar. The effective date of those provisions would be December 1, 2014. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 570 would decrease direct spending by $26 million in 2015 and by about $1.4 billion over the 2015-2023 period.
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