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S. 364, Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act of 2013 1 (February 10, 2014)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo1512 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
COST ESTIMATE
February 10, 2014
S. 364
Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act of 2013
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
on November 21, 2013
S. 364 would establish a conservation management area consisting of 208,000 acres of
federal land in Montana. The bill also would add 67,000 acres to existing wilderness areas
in the state. Finally, the legislation would require the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a
strategy to mitigate the effects of noxious weeds in the Lewis and Clark National Forest.
Based on information provided by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management,
CBO estimates that preparing new maps and legal descriptions for the affected lands would
cost $40,000 over the 2014-2019 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts.
We also estimate that developing the noxious weed strategy, as required under the bill,
would have no effect on the federal budget because the agency is already conducting
similar activities.
Finally, CBO expects that managing the affected lands for conservation purposes would
not affect the amount of offsetting receipts generated from mineral production, grazing, or
other activities on those lands over the next 10 years; such receipts are treated as offsets to
direct spending. Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
S. 364 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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