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1 H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 1 (March 11, 2019)

handle is hein.congrec/cbobipbc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate March 11, 2019 Current law requires federally licensed firearms dealers to request background checks on buyers for most sales of firearms. H.R. 8 would require all sellers of firearms to request such checks, except in certain cases (such as sales to law enforcement agencies for official duties). Under the act's provisions, most sales of firearms by people who are not federally licensed firearms dealers at gun shows or through online transactions would require background checks on potential buyers. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) performs background checks on behalf of the firearms dealers through the agency's National Instant Criminal Background Check System. In recent years, the FBI has completed about 26 million such checks annually, on average. Enacting H.R. 8 would result in more firearms sales that require background checks. Based on a 2017 study of the prevalence of such background checks, CBO estimates that implementing the act would lead to roughly 3 million additional checks annually (an increase of about 10 percent). 1 Using information from the Department of Justice (DOJ), CBO estimates that the FBI would have to increase its workforce by about 70 employees (an increase of about 10 percent of current staffing in that area) to handle the additional workload. Using information on average salaries and benefits and accounting for anticipated inflation, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would cost about $45 million over the 2020-2024 period, assuming enactment late in 2019 and appropriation of the necessary amounts. 1. See Matthew Miller, Lisa Hepburn, and Deborah Azrael, Firearm Acquisition Without Background Checks: Results of a National Survey, Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 166, no. 4 (February 2017), pp. 233-239, doi.org/10.7326/ml6- 1590. See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/publicatiori!54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/42904.

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