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                   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

U                             COST ESTIMATE
                                                                November 6, 2017


                                  H.R. 3705
                    Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017

           As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
                               on November 2, 2017


 H.R. 3705 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to collaborate with
 veterans services organizations to develop a standard letter to send to veterans who owe
 debts to VA. Such letters would be delivered by standard mail unless recipients chose
 electronic delivery. Under the bill, VA would have one year to report to the Congress on
 the department's processes for notifying veterans of debt collection efforts.

 Based on an analysis of information from VA and the cost of similar reporting efforts,
 CBO estimates that the cost of developing the standard letter and conducting the study
 would be insignificant; any such spending would be subject to the availability of
 appropriations.

 Enacting H.R. 3705 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-
 go procedures do not apply.

 CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 3705 would not increase net direct spending or on-
 budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.

 H.R. 3705 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

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

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