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H.R. 5244, Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act 1 (June 28, 2016)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                            COST ESTIMATE

                                                                   June 28, 2016


                                 H.R.   5244
            Saint Francis  Dam   Disaster  National  Memorial   Act

  As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2016


H.R. 5244 would establish a national monument on 440 acres of land administered by the
Forest Service. The bill also would require the agency to submit recommendations to the
Congress for a memorial to the victims of the Saint Francis Dam failure and to complete a
management  plan for the monument. CBO expects that the construction of the memorial or
any other structures or improvements within the monument would be funded by donations.

Based on information provided by the Forest Service regarding the amount of staff time
required to carry out the activities required under the bill, CBO estimates that
implementing the legislation would cost less than $125,000 (the estimated cost of one
year's salary and benefits for a mid- to senior-level employee of the Forest Service in Los
Angeles County) over the 2017-2021 period; such spending would be subject to the
availability of appropriated funds. If, in accordance with the recommendations provided to
the Congress from the Forest Service any improvements were made within the monument,
including constructing a visitor center, the cost of managing the monument could exceed
$125,000. However, CBO  expects that any costs associated with those improvements
would be incurred after 2021.

Enacting H.R. 5244 could affect direct spending by increasing offsetting receipts from
donations and the associated direct spending of those funds to construct a memorial;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that any net effect on
direct spending would be negligible. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues. CBO
estimates that enacting H.R. 5244 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget
deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.

H.R. 5244 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates  Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal
governments.

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

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