H.R. 2390 would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prepare annual reports that describe the work of DHS’s program for university-based centers for homeland security. Under the bill the Government Accountability Office also would assess those centers, which research multidisciplinary approaches to homeland security problems. Based on the cost of similar activities, CBO estimates that preparing the reports required by H.R. 2390 would cost less than $500,000 in 2016 and over the 2016-2020 period, assuming availability of appropriated funds.
Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
H.R. 2390 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
