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1 H.R. 5882, Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act 1 (July 19, 2018)

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                   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

C                             COST ESTIMATE
                                                                     July 19, 2018


                                  H.R.   5882
                     Gold  Star Spouses  Leasing  Relief Act

           As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
                                 on July 12, 2018


 Under current law, service members may terminate leases for residential, business, or
 other properties after receiving permanent change of station or deployment orders.
 H.R. 5882 would permit the spouse of a service member who dies while in military
 service to terminate property leases previously entered into by the service member. Under
 the bill, the spouse could terminate such leases without charge or penalty during the year
 following the service member's death. CBO estimates that H.R. 5882 would have no
 effect on the federal budget.

 Enacting H.R. 5882 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-
 go procedures do not apply.

 CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 5882 would not increase net direct spending or on-
 budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029.

 H.R. 5882 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates
 Reform Act (UMRA).

 The bill would impose a private-sector mandate as defined in UMRA by prohibiting real
 property lessors, in certain instances, from imposing early termination fees on the spouses
 of deceased service members. Due to the small population of spouses affected, CBO
 estimates that the cost of the mandate would fall below the annual private-sector
 threshold established in UMRA ($160 million in 2018, adjusted annually for inflation).

 The CBO  staff contacts for this estimate are Logan Smith (for federal costs) and Andrew
 Laughlin (for mandates). The estimate was reviewed by Leo Lex, Deputy Assistant
 Director for Budget Analysis.

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