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H.R. 1299, White Sands Missile Range Security Enhancement Act 1 (June 12, 2013)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo11184 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
COST ESTIMATE
June 12, 2013
H.R. 1299
White Sands Missile Range Security Enhancement Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 15, 2013
H.R. 1299 would require the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction
over 5,100 acres of land in New Mexico to the Secretary of the Army. Those lands would
be used by the Army for military purposes. Based on information provided by the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would
have no significant impact on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 1299 would reduce
offsetting receipts, which are treated as reductions in direct spending; therefore,
pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that any net reduction in
offsetting receipts would be negligible.
Because the affected lands are currently used for cattle grazing and no alternative grazing
lands are available in the area near those lands, CBO expects that enacting H.R. 1299
would require BLM to terminate existing grazing contracts. Based on information
provided by the agency, CBO estimates that terminating those contracts would reduce
offsetting receipts by less than $1,000 a year over the 2014-2023 period.
In addition, because the affected lands are already managed by the federal government, we
estimate that implementing the legislation would not affect the costs of managing the
lands. Finally, CBO estimates that any additional costs to prepare the legal description of
the affected lands, as required under the bill, would total less than $10,000, subject to the
availability of appropriated funds.
H.R. 1299 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The estimate was approved by
Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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