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1 H.R. 639, a Bill to Amend Section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to Clarify That National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Task Forces May Include Federal Employees 1 (March 12, 2019)

handle is hein.congrec/cbobarob0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Budget Office \ Cost Estimate March 12, 2019 H.R. 639 would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that federal employees may serve on task forces under the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. That system consists of about 5,700 personnel-mostly state and local government employees-who serve on 28 task forces across the country and which are coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). There are currently 60 federal employees serving on task forces. Using information from FEMA, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would increase the number of federal employees serving on task forces and also would enhance the retention of those employees. Under current law, FEMA reimburses state and local governments, as well as federal employees serving on task forces, for the costs of activating members for federal service. Because the bill would not increase the total number of personnel serving on task forces who are compensated by the federal government-only the mix of federal and nonfederal employees-CBO estimates that the legislation would not increase federal spending on task forces. Federal agencies could incur costs to cover the regular activities of their employees while they are deployed on task forces, but CBO estimates that those costs would not be significant. The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jon Sperl. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/publication/54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/42904.

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