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H.R. 282, Military Residency Choice Act 1 (July 25, 2017)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST ESTIMATE

                                                                     July 25, 2017


                                   H.R.   282
                        Military  Residency   Choice  Act

           As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
                                 on July 19, 2017


Military personnel can retain their residences or domiciles for purposes of state and local
taxation and voter registration when they leave a state if that move, and any subsequent
moves, are made in compliance with military orders. Under the Military Spouses
Residency Relief Act, spouses of service members can retain their states of residency if
they move and reside with the service member; they cannot use the service members' states
of residency for taxation or voting purposes unless they can independently establish
entitlement according to state laws. H.R. 282 would allow spouses of service members to
claim the same state of residence as the service member for those purposes, regardless of
whether the spouse had ever resided in that state.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 282 would have no effect on the federal budget. Because
enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues, pay-as-you-go
procedures do not apply.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 282 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget
deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.

H.R. 282 contains an intergovernmental mandate as defined in the Unfunded Mandates
Reform  Act (UMRA).  CBO  considers the residency benefit conferred on military spouses
under the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act to be a preemption of taxing authority of
state and local governments. H.R. 282 would marginally expand this preemption by
allowing the spouses of service members to elect the residency of a service member that is
not the residence in which the couple was married. CBO expects that some military
spouses would elect new states of residency if income tax rates in those states are lower.
Although the effect on revenue collections by individual state and local governments
would vary, depending on the number and income of these individuals and where they
reside or are legal residents, CBO estimates the net effect to be below the annual threshold
established in UMRA ($78 million in 2017, adjusted annually for inflation).

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