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H.R. 757, North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 1 (February 5, 2016)

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                   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                              COST   ESTIMATE

                                                                February 5, 2016


                                  H.R.   757
       North  Korea  Sanctions  and  Policy Enhancement Act of 2016

          As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
                              on January 28, 2016


SUMMARY

H.R. 757 would expand existing sanctions against North Korea. It also would authorize the
appropriation of $50 million over the 2017-2021 period, primarily for expanding radio
broadcasting and other programs to improve access to information in that country and
providing humanitarian assistance to North Korean refugees. CBO estimates that
implementing the act would cost $44 million over the 2016-2021 period, assuming
appropriation of the specified and estimated amounts.

Because enacting the legislation would affect direct spending and revenues, pay-as-you-go
procedures apply; however, those effects would not be significant over the 2016-2026
period. CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would not increase net direct spending
or on-budget deficits by more than $5 billion in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods
beginning in 2027.

H.R. 757 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act (UMRA)   and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments. H.R. 757 would impose private-sector mandates, as defined in UMRA, on
entities that export goods or services sent as foreign assistance. Because of the small
number of entities that would be affected and the broad scope of existing U.S. sanctions
against North Korea, CBO expects that the aggregate cost of the mandates would probably
fall below the annual threshold established in UMRA for private-sector mandates
($154 million in 2016, adjusted annually for inflation).


ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The estimated budgetary effect of H.R. 757 is shown in the following table. The costs of
this legislation fall within budget function 150 (international affairs).

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