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H.R. 3382, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015 1 (December 8, 2015)

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                   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                              COST ESTIMATE

                                                               December  8, 2015


                                 H.R.   3382
                    Lake  Tahoe   Restoration  Act  of 2015

          As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources
                               on October 8, 2015


SUMMARY

H.R. 3382 would authorize the appropriation of $6 million a year through 2025 to carry out
activities related to protecting the ecological health of the Lake Tahoe Basin in California
and Nevada. Most of those funds would be used to reduce risks posed by fires and invasive
species. The bill also would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain
parcels of federal land.

Assuming  appropriation of the amounts authorized in the bill, CBO estimates that
implementing H.R. 3382 would cost $29 million over the 2016-2020 period and an
additional $30 million after 2020. Enacting the legislation would increase offsetting
receipts from land sales, which are treated as reductions in direct spending, by $64 million
over the 10-year period and revenues from civil penalties by an insignificant amount.
Because enacting the bill would affect direct spending and revenues, pay-as-you-go
procedures apply.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 3382 would not increase net direct spending or
on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2026.

H.R. 3382 would impose an intergovernmental and private-sector mandate as defined in
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)   on owners and operators of watercraft
launched in the waters of the Lake Tahoe Basin. It also would impose a private-sector
mandate on individuals seeking judicial review of some forest management activities on
federal lands. CBO estimates that the cost of the mandates would fall below the annual
thresholds established in UMRA for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates
($77 million and $154 million in 2015, respectively, adjusted annually for inflation).


ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The estimated budgetary effect of H.R. 3382 is shown in the following table. The costs of
this legislation fall within budget function 300 (natural resources and environment).

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