H.R. 2283 would direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a plan to improve employee morale and enhance communications within the department. The bill also would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate and assess the consistency and fairness of disciplinary actions imposed on DHS employees. Based on information from DHS and the costs of similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing the bill’s provisions would cost about $1 million in fiscal year 2018 for the GAO report and additional DHS administrative tasks. Such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2283 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 2283 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
