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1 H.R. 1230, Protecting Older Workers against Discrimination Act 1 (October 16, 2019)

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       Congressional Budget Office
\   Cost Estimate


October 16, 2019


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Direct Spending (Outlays)

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H.R. 1230 would  ease the standard of proof for age discrimination claims as well as for
certain other employment discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973. Using information from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission   (EEOC),
CBO  estimates that the bill would increase the caseload related to age discrimination by
5 percent to 10 percent, or roughly 1,300 additional claims per year and that the EEOC
would need to hire about 20 new employees to handle the additional workload including
training and outreach, at a cost of about $2 million annually over the 2020-2024 period. Such
spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. For fiscal year 2019, the
Congress appropriated about $380 million for all of the EEOC's operations.

Enacting the bill could require federal agencies to respond to claims, thereby affecting direct
spending because some agencies are allowed to use fees, receipts from the sale of goods, and
other collections to cover operating costs. CBO estimates that any net changes in direct
spending by those agencies would be negligible because most of them can adjust amounts
collected to reflect changes in operating costs.

CBO  has not reviewed H.R. 1230 for intergovernmental or private-sector mandates. Section
4 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform  Act excludes from the application of that act any
legislative provisions that would establish or enforce statutory rights prohibiting


                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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