Cost Estimate for H.R. the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act 2021

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I hereby include in the Record the cost estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office for H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021. The cost estimate was not available at the time of the filing of the Committee report. U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC, September 24, 2021. Hon. Robert C. (Bobby) Scott, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021.

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Jennifer Gray. Sincerely, Phillip L. Swagel, Director.

Enclosure. H.R. 2119, Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021--As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on July 15, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ By fiscal year, millions of dollars-- ----------------------------------- 2021 2021-2026 2021-2031 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Direct Spending (Outlays)........... 0 0 0 Revenues............................ 0 0 0 Increase or Decrease (-) in the 0 0 0 Deficit............................ Spending Subject to Appropriation 0 1,316 1,637 (Outlays).......................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? No.

Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2032? No. Mandate Effects

Contains intergovernmental mandate? No.

Contains private-sector mandate? No.

H.R. 2119 would reauthorize and amend programs authorized by the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), including the FVPSA program, the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) program, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Although the authorizations for those programs expired at the end of 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have continued to allocate funds for them, including $201 million in 2021. The bill also would amend FVPSA to authorize new programs and activities, including grants for tribal domestic violence coalitions, a national Indian domestic violence hotline, grants to assist underserved populations, and grants for culturally specific services for domestic violence victims. Over the 2022-2026 period, the bill would specifically authorize $327.5 million in annual appropriations, distributed as follows:

$270 million for the FVPSA program (including grants for tribal domestic violence coalitions and grants for culturally specific services),

$26 million for the DELTA program,

$14 million for the National Domestic Violence Hotline,

$10 million for grants for underserved populations,

$4 million for a national Indian domestic violence hotline, and

$3.5 million for research and evaluation.

For this estimate, CBO assumes that H.R. 2119 will be enacted before the end of calendar year 2021 and that the authorized amounts will be appropriated each year. Estimated outlays are based on historical spending patterns for similar programs. On that basis, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $1.3 billion over the 2022-2026 period.

The costs of the legislation, detailed in Table I, fall within budget functions 500 ( education, training, employment, and social services) and 550 (health). TABLE 1.--ESTIMATED INCREASES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION UNDER H.R. 2119 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By fiscal year, millions of dollars-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2021-2026 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FVPSA program Authorization.................. 0 270 270 270 270 270 1,350 Estimated Outlays.............. 0 80 216 257 265 270 1,088 DELTA Authorization.................. 0 26 26 26 26 26 130 Estimated Outlays.............. 0 11 23 25 25 26 110 National Domestic Violence Hotline Authorization.................. 0 14 14 14 14 14 70 Estimated Outlays.............. 0 4 11 13 14 14 56 Grants for underserved populations Authorization.................. 0 10 10 10 10 10 50 Estimated Outlays.............. 0 2 6 8 10 10 36 National Indian Domestic Violence Hotline Authorization.................. 0 4 4 4 4 4 20 Estimated Outlays.............. 0 1 3 4 4 4 16 Research and evaluation Authorization.................. 0 4 4 4 4 4 18 Estimated Outlays.............. 0 * 1 2 3 4 10 Total Changes Authorization.............. 0 328 328 328 328 328 1,638 Estimated Outlays.......... 0 98 260 309 321 328 1,316 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Components may not sum to totals because of rounding; DELTA = Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and

Leadership Through Alliances; FVPSA = Family Violence Prevention and Services Act; * = between zero and

$500,000.

The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Jennifer Gray (for the Administration for Children and Families) and Sarah Sajewski (for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.

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