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H.R. 2615, Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act 1 (August 8, 2016)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                              COST ESTIMATE

                                                                 August 8, 2016



                                 H.R. 2615
     Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act

     As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
                                on July 13, 2016


H.R. 2615 would establish a commission to plan, develop, and coordinate the
100th anniversary of the U.S. Virgin Islands becoming an unincorporated territory of the
United States. The eight commission members would serve without pay but would be
reimbursed for travel expenses. The commission would be authorized to hire staff and
could use the employees and services of the Department of the Interior and the National
Archives on a reimbursable basis. Under the legislation the commission could spend gifts
and contributions to cover its costs, but the use of appropriated funds would be
prohibited. The commission would terminate by September 30, 2018.

CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 2615 would have no significant net effect on the
federal budget. The legislation would affect direct spending because it would authorize
the commission to accept and spend monetary gifts. Therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures
apply. However, CBO estimates that the net effect on direct spending would be
negligible. Enacting H.R. 2615 would not affect revenues.

CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2615 would not increase net direct spending or on-
budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.

H.R. 2615 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.

On March 18, 2016, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 2615, as ordered reported
by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 1, 2016. The
two versions of the legislation and CBO's estimates of their budgetary effects are the
same.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Matthew Pickford. The estimate was approved
by Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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