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1 H.R. 4644, Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act 1 (October 19, 2018)

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                   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

C                             COST ESTIMATE
                                                                  October 19, 2018


                                    H.R.   4644
                      Yellowstone   Gateway   Protection  Act

            As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources
                                on September 26, 2018


 H.R. 4644 would withdraw roughly 30,000 acres of land in the Custer Gallatin National
 Forest in Montana from mining laws and mineral and geothermal leasing, subject to valid
 existing rights. That is, the bill would not allow new mining or other related activities on
 those lands, which are adjacent to the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park.

 The Department of the Interior is reviewing a public land order to withdraw those lands
 from location and entry under mining laws for a period of 20 years. Through November
 22, 2018, no new mining claims will be accepted on those lands. If the department
 chooses not to implement the order, the lands will be open to new mining claims after
 that date. Using information from the department, CBO estimates that implementing the
 order will produce no significant change in administrative costs; therefore, implementing
 the bill also would have no significant effect on spending subject to appropriation.

 Because the affected lands currently produce no income from mineral or geothermal
 leasing (and are not expected to do so in the future), CBO estimates that enacting the bill
 would not affect offsetting receipts, which are treated as reductions in direct spending.
 Because enacting H.R. 4644 would not affect direct spending or revenues, pay-as-you-go
 procedures do not apply.

 CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 4644 would not increase net direct spending or on-
 budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029.

 H.R. 4644 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
 Unfunded  Mandates Reform Act.

 The CBO  staff contact for this estimate is Janani Shankaran. The estimate was reviewed
 by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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