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S. 1579, Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act 1 (November 13, 2015)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST ESTIMATE

                                                               November   13, 2015


                                    S. 1579
     Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act

   As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on October 7, 2015


S. 1579 would direct the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior and other federal
agencies that administer programs related to recreation and tourism to update existing
plans to promote tourism among Indian communities. The bill would require those
secretaries to report to the Congress on efforts to support Indian tribes' tourism-related
programs and clarify that tribal organizations are eligible to use certain federal grants for
such purposes.

Based on information from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other affected agencies about
the extent of existing efforts to promote tourism on tribal lands, CBO estimates that
enacting S. 1579 would not significantly affect the federal budget. Because tourism-related
plans and programs administered by most federal agencies already address such efforts,
CBO  expects that any costs incurred by agencies to modify those plans and programs to
meet the specific requirements of S. 1579 would not exceed $500,000; any such increase in
spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

In addition CBO expects that enacting S. 1579 could increase direct spending for other
entities with mandatory funding authority, such as the Corporation for Travel Promotion.
Because the bill could affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply; however,
CBO  estimates that any such effects would be negligible. Enacting S. 1579 would not
affect revenues.

CBO  estimates that enacting S. 1579 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget
deficits by more than $5 billion in any of the next four consecutive 10-year periods
beginning in 2026.

S. 1579 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded  Mandates Reform Act.

The CBO  staff contact for this estimate is Megan Carroll. The estimate was approved by
H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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