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H.R. 2371, Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act 1 (August 16, 2017)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                            COST   ESTIMATE

                                                                August 16, 2017


                                 H.R.  2371
         Western   Area  Power  Administration   Transparency Act

  As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 26, 2017


H.R. 2371 would direct the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) to make more
information about its financial operations available to the public. WAPA is an agency
within the Department of Energy that markets electricity produced at federally owned
dams in several western states. WAPA's expenditures are funded by annual appropriations
and are offset over time by income from the sale of electricity.

Based on information from WAPA, CBO  estimates that implementing H.R. 2371 would
cost less than $500,000 over the 2018-2022 period; such spending would be subject to the
availability of appropriated funds. Implementing this bill would primarily involve making
existing data accessible in new formats. According to WAPA, much of that work is being
done under current law. Enacting H.R. 2371 would not affect direct spending or revenues;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 2371 would not increase net direct spending or
on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.

H.R. 2371 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 contact for this estimate is Kathleen Gramp. The estimate was approved by
H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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