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1 S. 2062, Oracle Cabins Conveyance Act of 2018 1 (October 25, 2018)

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                    CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

C                              COST   ESTIMATE
                                                                   October 25, 2018


                                      S. 2062
                     Oracle  Cabins   Conveyance Act of 2018

      As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
                                  on October 2, 2018


 Three cabins in the Coronado National Forest in Arizona are privately owned under
 special use permits from the Forest Service that will expire in 2028. S. 2062 would direct
 the Forest Service to convey the parcels of land that are associated with the cabins
 (roughly 10 acres in total) at fair market value if those owners wish to purchase the
 parcels. CBO expects that under the bill, the owners would submit a request to buy the
 available land.

 S. 2062 would require the Forest Service to pay any costs associated with the
 conveyances. Using information from the agency, CBO estimates that those costs would
 be less than $500,000; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated
 funds.

 Under current law, the permit holders pay annual fees to the Forest Service, which are
 deposited into the Treasury. CBO estimates that those fees, which are recorded in the
 budget as offsetting receipts (or reductions in direct spending), will total less than
 $100,000 over the 2019-2028 period. Because the Forest Service has no plans to renew
 the permits when they expire, CBO expects that the government will not collect any such
 fees after 2028.

 Under S. 2062, proceeds from the sale of the parcels would be available without further
 appropriation to the Forest Service to acquire inholdings (privately held land surrounded
 by federal land) in national forests in Arizona. Those sale proceeds would be recorded in
 the budget as offsetting receipts and would be subsequently spent. If the Forest Service
 conveys the parcels in the next few years under the bill, the annual permit fees would no
 longer be collected. On net, CBO estimates, enacting S. 2062 would result in an
 insignificant increase in direct spending (from the forgone permit fees) over the 2019-
 2028 period; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. The bill would not affect
 revenues.

 CBO  estimates that enacting S. 2062 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget
 deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029.

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