S. 2580 would create the Indian Education Agency, terminate the Bureau of Indian Education, and transfer responsibility for administering Indian education programs to the new agency. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $983 million for 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter.
CBO estimates that enacting S. 2580 would cost $4.5 billion over the 2017-2021 period, assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts.
Enacting S. 2580 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting the bill would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.
S. 2580 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.
