H.R. 4581 would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop effective practices for screening certain people entering the United States through the review of information provided by those travelers. The act would direct DHS to share those practices with certain other countries. DHS is currently carrying out activities similar to those that would be required by the act; thus, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4581 would not significantly affect spending by DHS.
Enacting H.R. 4581 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4581 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029.
H.R. 4581 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
On February 12, 2018, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 4581 as passed by the House of Representatives on January 9, 2018. CBO’s estimates of the budgetary effects of the two versions of the legislation are the same.
