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H.R. 3281, Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act 1 (August 29, 2017)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo3761 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 29, 2017 H.R. 3281 Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 26, 2017 H.R. 3281 would authorize the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to convey the title to federal water infrastructure facilities to nonfederal entities if the entity has a water service contract with BOR for the facility and if certain criteria are met. Based on an analysis of information from BOR, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 3281 would cost about $1 million over the 2017-2022 period for staff to establish criteria for conveying a title under the bill and to carry out the work for completing title transfers, including negotiating agreements and coordinating National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews and surveys. Such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Enacting H.R. 3281 also would affect direct spending because nonfederal entities seeking title to a facility would pay BOR for a portion of the costs to carry out the title transfer. CBO estimates that the net effect on direct spending would be insignificant because BOR would spend those amounts to perform the work. Because enacting the bill would affect direct spending pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues. Over the past two decades the title to 30 facilities were conveyed from BOR to nonfederal entities. In each of those cases, after BOR and the nonfederal entity negotiated the required agreements and completed the reviews and surveys, the Congress enacted legislation to convey each title to the nonfederal entity because under current law the title transfer cannot occur without an act of the Congress. H.R. 3281 would authorize BOR to transfer titles administratively in certain cases. BOR would notify the Congress of the proposed conveyance and the rationale for the conveyance. Unless the Congress passed a joint resolution disapproving the conveyance within 90 days of the notification, the transfer would proceed. CBO expects that removing the need for Congressional action to transfer the title of BOR facilities would increase the number of nonfederal entities seeking title transfers. Across the 17 western states where BOR operates there are hundreds of nonfederal entities and

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