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H.R. 2791, Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act 1 (September 8, 2015)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                            COST ESTIMATE

                                                               September 8, 2015



                                 H.R.   2791
                    Western   Oregon   Tribal Fairness  Act

          As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources
                                 on July 9, 2015


H.R. 2791 would convey federal lands in the state of Oregon to local Native American
tribes. The legislation would transfer nearly 18,000 acres of federal land to the Cow Creek
Band of Umpaqua  Tribe of Indians and more than 14,000 acres of federal land to the
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpaqua, and Siuslaw Indians. H.R. 2791 also
would amend how  the federal government manages forest land held in trust for the benefit
of the Coquille Tribe of Coos County, Oregon.

CBO  estimates that implementing the legislation would have no significant effect on
spending subject to appropriation. Enacting H.R. 2791 would affect direct spending;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Under current law, the specified lands generate
receipts to the Treasury from the sale of timber. Therefore, by conveying the land to the
tribes, the bill would reduce offsetting receipts, which are treated as reductions in direct
spending. However, based on information from federal agencies, CBO estimates that the
forgone receipts would be insignificant for each year and less than $500,000 over the
2016-2025 period.

H.R. 2791 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates  Reform Act and would benefit the tribes.

The CBO  staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. The estimate was
approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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