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S. 2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016 1 (June 27, 2016)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST   ESTIMATE

                                                            Revised June 27, 2016


                                   S. 2848
                 Water  Resources   Development Act of 2016

    As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
                                on April 28, 2016


SUMMARY

S. 2848 would authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to construct projects
to mitigate storm and hurricane damage, to improve navigation and flood management,
and to assist state and local governments with safety programs for dams and levees. The
bill also would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants
and loans to state and local governments, public water systems, and nonprofit
organizations to support a wide range of water quality projects and programs.

CBO  estimates, that implementing this legislation would cost about $4.8 billion over the
next five years and $10.6 billion over the 2017-2026 period, assuming appropriation of
the authorized and necessary amounts.

In addition, CBO estimates that enacting the bill would reduce direct spending by
$59 million over the 2017-2026 period and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation
(JCT) estimates that enacting the bill would reduce revenues by $53 million over that
same period. Because enacting S. 2848 would affect direct spending and revenues,
pay-as-you-go procedures apply. CBO estimates that enacting the bill would not increase
net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods
beginning in 2027.

S. 2848 would impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates  Reform Act (UMRA).  Because the number of affected entities and
the cost of compliance would probably be small, CBO expects that the costs of the
mandates would fall below the annual thresholds established in UMRA for
intergovernmental and private-sector mandates ($77 million and $154 million in 2016,
respectively, adjusted annually for inflation).

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