October 17, 2019 Cost Estimate As passed by the House of Representatives on July 25, 2019 View Document118.08 KB Summary The act would Authorize appropriations of almost $2 billion in 2020 for the construction and maintenance of U.S. embassies Make several changes to operations of the Department of State and other federal agencies Impose a private-sector mandate by extending a surcharge for filing passport applications Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from Authorizing appropriations for U.S. embassies Areas of significant uncertainty include Anticipating how federal agencies would implement provisions authorizing incentive payments for Foreign Service personnel Predicting how much the Department of State would spend to refurbish excess defense articles for foreign countries Data and Supplemental Information Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Legislative Information Available From Congress.gov Related Publications S. 2169, a bill to amend section 3116 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the applicability of the appointment limitations for students appointed under the expedited hiring authority for post-secondary studentsOctober 8, 2019 S. 1309, a bill to identify and combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments and their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United States assistance to...July 25, 2019
The act would Authorize appropriations of almost $2 billion in 2020 for the construction and maintenance of U.S. embassies Make several changes to operations of the Department of State and other federal agencies Impose a private-sector mandate by extending a surcharge for filing passport applications Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from Authorizing appropriations for U.S. embassies Areas of significant uncertainty include Anticipating how federal agencies would implement provisions authorizing incentive payments for Foreign Service personnel Predicting how much the Department of State would spend to refurbish excess defense articles for foreign countries