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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST ESTIMATE

                                                             September 22, 2017


                                 H.R. 3387
             Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017

        As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
                                on July 27, 2017


SUMMARY

H.R. 3387 would authorize the appropriation of about $9 billion for the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to public water systems, as well as to state,
local, and tribal governments, to support drinking water infrastructure projects and to
promote compliance with regulations that implement the Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA).

CBO estimates that implementing this legislation would cost about $6 billion over the
next five years and an additional $3 billion after 2022, assuming appropriation of the
authorized amounts.

The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates that enacting the bill would
reduce revenues by $572 million over the next 10 years. Because enacting the bill would
reduce revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Enacting the bill would not affect
direct spending.

CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 3387 would not increase net direct spending or on-
budget deficits by more than $5 billion in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods
beginning in 2028.

H.R. 3387 would impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) on public and private owners and operators of
public water systems that are regulated by the SDWA, and on other state and local
government entities. Based on information provided by the EPA, public water systems,
and state and local agencies, CBO estimates that the total cost of complying with the
mandates would fall below the annual thresholds for intergovernmental and private-sector
mandates established in UMRA ($78 million and $156 million in 2017, respectively,
adjusted annually for inflation).

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