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S. 1199, Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017 1 (August 17, 2017)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                            COST ESTIMATE

                                                                 August 17, 2017


                                   S.  1199
  Border  Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017

         As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security
                     and Governmental Affairs on July 26, 2017


CBO  estimates that, in total, implementing S. 1199 would cost about $1 million annually,
subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

S. 1199 would authorize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to provide a
danger-pay allowance for ICE agents who are assigned to certain overseas posts. ICE
expects that 39 employees would receive this allowance and estimates that each person
would earn, on average, an additional $13,600 per year; that amount is equivalent to
15 percent of their current pay, which is in line with other agencies that provide danger
pay. Thus, CBO estimates that implementing this provision of the bill would cost about
$530,000 in 2017, with those costs growing as average salaries increased over time.

In addition, S. 1199 would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for five
years after enactment, to submit an annual report to the Congress on a DHS task force
working to improve border security. The report would include an evaluation of the task
force's effectiveness in enhancing border security, reducing crime, and improving the
sharing of information among law enforcement agencies. Based on the cost of similar
activities, CBO estimates that the report would cost less than $500,000 annually over the
next 5 years.

Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore,
pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting S. 1199 would not
increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year
periods beginning in 2028.

S. 1199 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 May  12, 2017, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 2281, the Border Enforcement
Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017, as ordered reported by the House
Committee on Homeland  Security on May 3, 2017. H.R. 2281 would require DHS to

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