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                   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

U                             COST ESTIMATE
                                                                November 1, 2017


                                  H.R. 1645
                       Fostering Innovation Act of 2017

 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 12, 2017


 Under current law, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires issuers of
 securities to file assessments of their internal control structures and procedures for
 financial reporting and have those reports be attested to and covered in an audit report.
 The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 exempted companies with annual
 revenue and debt issuance under specified thresholds from the requirement to have an
 auditor's attestation as part of their internal control reports for up to 5 years after their
 first sale of equity securities. H.R. 1645 would increase that maximum exemption period
 to 10 years.

 Based on an analysis of information from the SEC, CBO estimates that implementing
 H.R. 1645 would have no significant effect on the agency's costs because the SEC would
 not have to update agency rules to implement the bill. Moreover, the SEC is authorized to
 collect fees sufficient to offset its annual appropriation; therefore, assuming appropriation
 actions consistent with that authority, CBO estimates that the net effect on discretionary
 spending would be negligible.

 Enacting H.R. 1645 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-
 go procedures do not apply.

 CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1645 would not increase net direct spending or on-
 budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.

 H.R. 1645 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

 The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Stephen Rabent. The estimate was approved by
 H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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