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Letter to the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka 1 (June 2008)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo10041 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Peter R. Orszag,E U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20515 June 26, 2008 Honorable Daniel K. Akaka Chairman Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing in response to your letter dated May 19, 2008, and as follow-up to our meeting on May 23, 2008, regarding CBO estimates of certain sections of S. 1315, the Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007. Your letter specifically questions our estimate for section 802, which would authorize supplemental benefits for disabled veterans eligible to receive assistance for automobiles and other conveyances, and for section 401, which would grant Filipino veterans of World War II a non-service-connected pension and would grant the surviving spouses of such veterans a death pension. Change in CBO Estimate of Section 802. With regard to section 802 in particular, and from a general viewpoint as well, you asked about when CBO has completed its work, so that Members can be confident that an estimate of costs will not change. I can assure you that CBO does not change an estimate lightly-we do so only in some specific circumstances, such as when a bill introduced in one session of Congress is still under consideration in a subsequent session and there is significant new cost information to reflect. CBO first provided an estimate for S. 1315 (including the potential impact of section 802) in August of 2007. In April 2008, your staff asked us to update the cost estimate for the bill, reflecting new effective dates for some of the bill's provisions and certain other changes. When CBO reviews legislation moving from one Congressional session into the next session, we routinely review and revise the estimated budgetary impact of proposals that were previously estimated in the prior legislative session. That has long been a common, standard practice for CBO.

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