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1 H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act 1 (March 24, 2009)

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                    CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

a                               COST ESTIMATE
                                                                  March 24, 2009


                                  H.R.   1256
           Family  Smoking   Prevention   and  Tobacco   Control  Act

      As ordered reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
                                on March 18, 2009


 SUMMARY

 H.R. 1256 would authorize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco
 products, and would require the agency to assess fees on manufacturers and importers of
 tobacco products to cover the cost of FDA's new regulatory activities authorized by the
 bill. Such fees could be collected and made available for obligation only to the extent and
 in the amounts provided in advance in appropriation acts. The bill also contains
 provisions that affect direct spending and revenues associated with the retirement benefits
 of federal employees.

 CBO estimates that:

    *  Implementing the bill would increase spending subject to appropriation, on net, by
       about $0.1 billion over the 2010-2014 period and by $0.8 billion over the 2010-
       2019 period, assuming annual appropriation actions consistent with the bill;

    *  Enacting H.R. 1256 would increase direct spending by $0.2 billion over the 2010-
       2014 period and by $0.6 billion over the 2010-2019 period;

    *  Federal revenues would increase by $0.3 billion over the 2010-2014 period and
       by $1.3 billion over the 2010-2019 period; and

    *  Considering both the revenue and direct spending effects, enacting the bill would
       reduce budget deficits by a total of $0.1 billion over the 2010-2014 period and by
       $0.7 billion over the 2010-2019 period. (Those amounts exclude the effects that
       are subject to appropriation action.)

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