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1 H.R. 2708, Disarm Hate Act 1 (October 22, 2019)

handle is hein.congrec/cbodismh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \ Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate October 22, 2019 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2020 2020-2024 2020-2029 Direct Spending (Outlays) Revenues Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit * * * * * * * * * H.R. 2708 would make it a federal crime to sell a firearm or ammunition to a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime or who has received an enhanced sentence for such a crime. The bill also would ban those people from shipping, possessing, or receiving firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce. Current law requires federally licensed firearms dealers to request background checks on buyers through a system operated by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Implementing H.R. 2708 would require DOJ to update certain forms, expand case tracking systems, and enhance computer networks to enforce the new restrictions on firearms purchases. Using information from DOJ, CBO estimates that it would cost about $2 million over the 2020- 2021 period for the department to implement H.R. 2708. Such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. People who violate the bill's provisions could be subject to criminal fines. Criminal fines are recorded as revenues, deposited in the Crime Victims Fund, and later spent without further appropriation action. CBO expects that any additional revenues and associated direct spending would not be significant because relatively few additional cases would probably be affected by the bill. H.R. 2708 would impose private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) on firearms dealers and certain individuals convicted of hate crimes. 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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