S. 675 would require the Long Island Sound office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the impact of climate change on the Long Island Sound watershed, to develop conservation strategies, and to increase public education about the watershed. In addition, the bill would authorize appropriations through 2023 for activities related to those purposes and for the EPA to operate the Office of the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study.
Assuming appropriation of the specified and estimated amounts, CBO estimates that implementing this legislation would cost $274 million over the 2017-2022 period.
Enacting S. 675 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting S. 675 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
S. 675 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
