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1 H.R. 2117, Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2020, as Passed by the House of Representatives on November 17, 2020 1 (November 20, 2020)

handle is hein.congrec/cbofas0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \ Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate November 20, 2020 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2021 2021-2025 2021-203O Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit 0 0 0 0 0 0 H.R. 2117 would authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to carry out a number of activities related to identifying and tracking food allergens. CBO estimates implementing this act would cost $18 million over the 2021-2015 period; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. The act would require the Director of the CDC to expand the collection of data on food allergies through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Health Interview Survey. Using information from CDC, CBO expects that CDC would need to identify persons to interview, conduct interviews, and process biological specimens. Based on historical spending, CBO estimates that expanding data collection activities would cost $13 million over the 2021-2025 period. H.R. 2117 also would add sesame to the definition of major allergens, would permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to add food ingredients to that definition, and would require FDA to add a section to a report that the agency produces under current law. Using information from FDA, CBO expects the agency would require, on average, the equivalent of three additional full-time employees in each fiscal year from 2021-2025 to implement regulations and guidance that add sesame as a major food allergen and to evaluate 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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