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H.R. 218, King Cove Road Land Exchange Act 1 (July 12, 2017)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST   ESTIMATE

                                                                    July 12, 2017


                                  H.R.   218
                    King  Cove  Road   Land  Exchange Act

  As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2017


H.R. 218 would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to convey, at the request of the
State of Alaska, 206 acres of federal land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to allow
for the construction of a road. In exchange, the state would convey to the federal
government an amount of land up to 43,000 acres with a total fair market value equal to the
value of the federal lands the state would receive. CBO expects that the total value of the
state-owned land identified for exchange under the bill (43,000 acres) would exceed the
value of the federal lands; therefore, we expect that the state would convey a portion of that
acreage equalize the value of the lands being conveyed by the two parties and that no cash
would be exchanged in the transaction. Because none of the federal lands that would be
conveyed are expected to generate receipts over the next 10 years, CBO estimates that
enacting the bill would not affect direct spending.

The federal government would incur certain administrative costs associated with the
exchange, including surveys and appraisals. Because the bill would require the road to be
built in accordance with an environmental impact statement completed in 2013, an updated
impact statement would not be required. In total, CBO estimates that any costs incurred in
implementing the legislation would total less than $500,000; that spending would be
subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

Because enacting H.R. 218 would not affect direct spending or revenue, pay-as-you-go
procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 218 would not increase net
direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods
beginning in 2028.

H.R. 218 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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