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handle is hein.congrec/ampromact0001 and id is 1 raw text is: O CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Keith Hall, Director U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20515 May 30, 2019 Honorable Jerrold Nadler Chairman Committee on the Judiciary U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Re: H.R. 2821 the American Promise Act of 2019 Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office and staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed an estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 2821, the American Promise Act of 2019, as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2019. On net, CBO and JCT estimate that enacting H.R. 2821 would increase budget deficits by $8.3 billion over the 2020-2029 period; on- budget deficits would increase by $7.9 billion, and off-budget deficits would increase by $0.4 billion over that period. Because enacting the bill would affect direct spending and revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures apply.1 The pay-as-you-go effects are equal to the change in on-budget deficits (see Table 1). H.R. 2821 would allow aliens who, as of January 1, 2017, had or were otherwise eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or were eligible for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to receive lawful permanent resident (LPR) status under certain conditions. CBO estimates that H.R. 2821 would provide lawful immigration status and work authorization to nearly half a million people who otherwise would be physically present in the United States without such legal authority.2 1. A relatively small number of people would be eligible for LPR status under both H.R. 2820 (the Dream Act) and H.R. 2821 (the American Promise Act), both of which were ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2019. Consequently, if the provisions of the two bills were enacted as a single bill, the budgetary effects for that combined bill would be smaller than the sum of the budgetary effects of the two bills. CBO has not estimated the budgetary effects of a combined bill. 2. The Administration has proposed to terminate TPS and DED for nationals of several countries. That policy is currently subject to a nationwide injunction. Spending and revenues in CBO's baseline reflect the expectation that the injunction will eventually be lifted and the Administration will implement its proposed policy.

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