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H.R. 1887, a Bill to Amend Certain Appropriation Acts to Repeal the Requirement Directing the Administrator of General Services to Sell Federal Property and Assets That Support the Operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, NY 1 (May 13, 2016)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                           COST ESTIMATE

                                                                 May  13, 2016


                                H.R.   1887
   A bill to amend  certain appropriation  acts to repeal the requirement
 directing the Administrator   of General  Services to sell federal property
 and assets that support the operations  of the Plum  Island Animal  Disease
        Center  in Plum  Island, New  York,  and  for other purposes

 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 28, 2016


 H.R. 1887 would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to prepare a report
 on options for the disposition of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, which is operated
by the Department of Homeland Security. The bill also would direct the General Services
Administration (GSA) to cease its attempts to sell the Plum Island property until after GAO
has submitted its report to the Congress.

Based on the costs of similar reports, CBO estimates that it would cost less than $500,000
over the 2016-2017 period for GAO to prepare the report required by H.R. 1887; such
spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Based on information
from GSA, we estimate that enacting the bill would not affect the timing of a potential sale
of Plum Island.

Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply because enacting the bill would not affect direct
spending or revenues. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1887 would not increase net direct
spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in
2027.

H.R. 1887 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 contacts for this estimate are Matthew Pickford (for GAO and GSA costs)
and Mark Grabowicz (for Department of Homeland Security). The estimate was approved
by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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