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1 H.R. 6378, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 1 (December 6, 2018)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                              COST ESTIMATE

                                                               December 6, 2018



                                  H.R. 6378
   Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation
                                  Act of 2018

           As passed by the House of Representatives on September 25, 2018


SUMMARY

H.R. 6378 would authorize funding for certain activities to support national preparedness
for public health emergencies (PHEs) and widespread medical emergencies, including
acts of bioterrorism.

Using information from affected federal agencies, CBO estimates that implementing the
act would cost about $11.9 billion over the 2019-2023 period, assuming appropriation of
the authorized amounts. The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act,
2019 (Public Law 115-245), included funding of $3.1 billion in fiscal year 2019 for
similar activities.

H.R. 6378 also would allow medical professionals in the National Disaster Medical
System (NDMS) to participate in the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Program.
CBO estimates that provision would increase direct spending by less than $500,000 over
the 2019-2028 period. Because the act would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go
procedures apply. Enacting H.R. 6378 would not affect revenues.

CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 6378 would not significantly increase net direct
spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning
in 2029.

H.R. 6378 would impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). CBO estimates that the costs of those
mandates would fall below the thresholds established in UMRA for intergovernmental
and private-sector mandates ($80 million and $160 million in 2018, respectively, adjusted
annually for inflation).

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