H.R. 289 would change the way certain federal agencies issue special recreation use permits and would change how the affected agencies recover costs associated with the permitting process. Based on information provided by the affected agencies and assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $5 million over the 2018-2022 period.
CBO estimates that enacting the bill would affect the amount of fees (which are treated as reductions in direct spending) the affected agencies would collect; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, because the affected agencies have the authority to spend those fees, any change in fee collections would be offset by a corresponding change in the spending of those fees, so that the net effect on direct spending in any year would be negligible. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues.
CBO estimates that enacting the bill would not significantly affect net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 289 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
