H.R. 5651 would authorize the appropriation of $50 million for each fiscal year from 2023 to 2027 for the Department of Justice to make grants to states to facilitate automatic sealing and expungement of certain criminal records. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 5651 would not affect direct spending or revenues. CBO has not estimated the discretionary costs of implementing the bill, because based on preliminary analyses of states' laws, we are not sure how much of the authorized amounts would be spent. The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
