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H.R. 2843, TSA PreCheck Expansion Act 1 (July 17, 2015)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST ESTIMATE

                                                                     July 17, 2015


                                  H.R.   2843
                        TSA   PreCheck   Expansion Act

          As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security
                                 on June 25, 2015


H.R. 2843 would require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to undertake
efforts to expand enrollment in the PreCheck program. Through that program, air travelers
voluntarily apply to be prescreened using biographic and biometric information to
determine whether they qualify for expedited screening at airport security checkpoints. The
bill would direct TSA to publish standards to allow private-sector entities to provide
certain services to support increased enrollment and to specify other requirements for the
program's expansion.

Based on information from TSA, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 2843 would have
no significant impact on the federal budget. According to the agency, many of the activities
required by the bill are consistent with efforts the agency plans to undertake, under current
law, to expand the PreCheck program. Further, because the agency can keep and spend
fees that applicants pay for prescreening services (subject to provisions in annual
appropriation acts), CBO estimates that any net change in TSA's spending for increased
credentialing activities under H.R. 2843 would not be significant in any year. We also
estimate that implementing H.R. 2843 would not significantly affect TSA's overall costs to
provide screening at airport checkpoints.

Enacting H.R. 2843 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go
procedures do not apply. H.R. 2843 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 Megan Carroll. The estimate was approved by
Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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