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S. 2608, American Discovery Trail Act of 2016 1 (August 19, 2016)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                            COST ESTIMATE

                                                                 August 19, 2016



                                   S. 2608
                   American Discovery Trail Act of 2016

    As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
                                on July 13, 2016


S. 2608 would require federal land management agencies to place donated signage along
the American Discovery Trail, a 6,800-mile trail between Delaware and California. Based
on information provided by the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Forest Service, and
the likely donor of the signage, CBO estimates that the costs to implement the bill would
not be significant. Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would not increase net direct spending or
on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.

Based on an analysis of information provided by the likely donor of the signage, CBO
estimates that, under the bill, the Forest Service and agencies within DOI would be
required to place between 2,500 and 5,000 small signs across the United States. Because
we expect that the signage would be placed by employees performing routine trail
maintenance and by volunteers supervised by the affected agencies, CBO estimates that
implementing the bill would cost less than $500,000, assuming appropriation of the
necessary amounts.

S. 2608 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal
governments.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The estimate was approved by
Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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