Cost Estimate for H.R. Department of Homeland Security Border Support Services Contracts Review Act
Floor Speech
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Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record the cost estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office for H.R. 5683, the Department of Homeland Security Border Support Services Contracts Review Act. The cost estimate was not available at the time of the Committee report filing. U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC, March 1, 2022. Hon. Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 5683, the Department of Homeland Security Border Support Services Contracts Review Act.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Lindsay Wylie. Sincerely, Phillip L. Swagel, Director.
Enclosure.
H.R. 5683, Department of Homeland Security Border Support Services Contracts Review Act--January 21, 2022 [By fiscal year, millions of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2022 2022-2026 2022-2031 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Direct Spending (Outlays)........... 0 0 0 Revenues............................ O O 0 Increase or Decrease (-) in the O O 0 Deficit............................ Spending Subject to Appropriation * 6 ** (Outlays).......................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * = between zero and $500,000. ** = not estimated.
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. No Mandate Effects:
Contains intergovernmental mandate? No.
Contains private-sector mandate? No.
H.R. 5683 would require the Under Secretary for Management at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to the Congress within 180 days of enactment on the department's active contracts that relate to U.S.-Mexico border security and that are above $50 million. The report would need to include an assessment of whether contract personnel are necessary to fulfill the department's mission on the U.S.- Mexico land border and a strategy to improve the effectiveness of such contracts. The bill also would require DHS to submit a plan to implement the strategy and brief the Congress every six months until the plan has been implemented.
Using information from DHS, CBO expects that the department would need about $2 million in contractor support and seven employees to produce the report and about twice as many employees to implement the strategy for two to three years after it is finalized. On that basis, and assuming the bill is enacted near the end of fiscal year 2022, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 5683 would cost approximately $6 million over the 2022-2026 period; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Lindsay Wylie. The estimate was reviewed by Leo Lex, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
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