H.R. 3924 would codify the establishment of the Global Development Lab (Lab) within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). H.R. 3924 also would authorize the appropriation of up to $15 million each year over the 2017-2021 period for the Lab’s health programs. Assuming appropriation of the maximum amount authorized, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 3924 would cost almost $50 million over the 2017-2021 period (the remainder would be spent after 2021).
Because enacting H.R 3924 would not affect direct spending or revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.
H.R. 3924 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
