H.R. 4770, Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 26, 2023
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2024
2024-2029
2024-2034
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
1
2
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
1
2
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
0
0
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
No
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
Yes
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
No
Contains intergovernmental mandate?
No
Contains private-sector mandate?
No
Summary
H.R. 4770 would reauthorize existing programs within the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That office works on managing and restoring habitat and providing educational opportunities in the Chesapeake Bay area. In 2023, NOAA allocated about $10 million to the office.
The bill also would authorize NOAA to enter into leases as necessary to carry out the office’s programs. Because signing a lease agreement would commit NOAA to pay the lessor to use a property over multiple years and in advance of appropriations for those future years, CBO considers the costs associated with such a lease to be direct spending. Based on similar authority provided for other NOAA activities and the relatively narrow focus of the Chesapeake Bay Office, CBO expects NOAA would use this authority to enter into one 30‑year lease for additional lab facilities at some point during the 2024-2033 period.