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H.R. 4167, Kari's Law Act of 2016 1 (August 29, 2016)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo3140 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 29, 2016 H.R. 4167 Kari's Law Act of 2016 As passed by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016 Under H.R. 4167, new telephone systems that have multiple lines would be required to allow callers to access 9-1-1 services directly, without needing to dial any other numbers or codes. This requirement would apply to entities that manufacture, sell, lease, or install multi-line telephone systems, beginning two years after the date of enactment. However, phones installed before that effective date would not have to be changed if the upgrade would require improving the system's hardware or software. CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4167 would have no significant effect on federal spending for telecommunications services or regulatory activities. Pay-as-you-go procedures apply because the act could affect direct spending by the Postal Service, federal power agencies, and federal financial regulators, as well as revenues remitted by the Federal Reserve; however, CBO estimates that any such costs would be negligible. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4167 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027. According to a 2016 report by the General Services Administration, federal phone systems serve about 4 million employees. Based on information from telecommunications service providers and federal agencies, CBO estimates that most of the government's multi-line phones (excluding those with national security protections) already are capable of dialing 9-1-1 services directly. Because upgrading the remaining phones would involve the types of hardware or software changes that qualify for the exemption in H.R. 4167, CBO expects that any costs to implement this act for federal telephone systems probably would not be significant. Finally, CBO estimates that implementing the act would affect the cost of the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC' s) regulatory and enforcement programs. However, such effects would be negligible. Moreover, under current law, the FCC is authorized to collect fees sufficient to offset the cost of its regulatory activities each year.

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