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1 H.R. 3279, Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2019, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 11, 2019 1 (August 26, 2019)

handle is hein.congrec/cbodvstyla0001 and id is 1 raw text is: j Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate August 26, 2019 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2019 2019-2024 2019-2029 Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues Deficit Effect 0 0 0 0 0 0 H.R. 3279 would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish an advisory group, composed of members from government, academia, and the private sector, to study strategies to increase the gender, racial, and ethnic diversity of the boards of directors of public companies. The group would issue a report to the SEC and the Congress on their findings, which the SEC would make publicly available. H.R. 3279 also would require the SEC to issue an annual report to the Congress on the status of board of director diversity following the issuance of the advisory group report. Finally, H.R. 3279 would require the SEC to issue a rule mandating that public companies annually disclose the gender, racial, and ethnic composition of their boards of directors (including nominees). Using information from the SEC, CBO estimates that the agency would spend $2 million over the 2019-2024 period to convene the advisory group, issue the annual reports and carry out the rulemaking process. Such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Because the SEC is authorized to collect fees each year to offset its annual appropriation, CBO expects that any net change in discretionary spending over the 2019-2024 period would be negligible. H.R. 3279 contains private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). CBO estimates that the cost of the mandates would be well below the threshold established in UMRA ($164 million in 2019, adjusted annually for inflation). See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www cbo.gov/publication /54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publicationi53519; and Glossary, www.cbo~govipublication/42904.

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