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S. 1873, Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2015 1 (October 19, 2015)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                            COST   ESTIMATE

                                                                October 19, 2015



                                   S. 1873
          Border  Security  Technology   Accountability  Act  of 2015

          As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security
                   and Governmental Affairs on October 7, 2015


S. 1873 would direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to improve the
planning, documentation, and management of certain programs to acquire border security
technology. The bill also would require DHS to submit a plan to the Congress to ensure
that such programs comply with federal acquisition policies.

Based on the cost of similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing S. 1873 would
cost less than $500,000, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. There are ongoing
efforts within DHS to carry out the actions required by the bill and improve the overall
management  of technology programs for border security. Because enacting the legislation
would not affect direct spending or revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

CBO  estimates that enacting S. 1873 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget
deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2026.

S. 1873 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.

On July 24, 2015, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 1634, the Border Security
Technology Accountability Act of 2015, as ordered reported by the House Committee on
Homeland  Security on June 25, 2015. The two bills are similar, and CBO's estimates of
their budgetary effects are the same.

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

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