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handle is hein.congrec/fedadcon0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1 Congressional Budget Office ' 7Cost Estimate July 18, 2019 By Fiscal Year, IVMillions of Dollars 2019 2019-2024 2019-2029 Direct Spending (Outlays) Revenues Deficit Effect 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Under the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was required to provide a report to the Congress identifying goods and services that the agency is capable of contracting for in advance of disasters, as well as a strategy outlining how the agency could use advance contracts in a practical and cost-effective manner. S. 979 would require FEMA, within 6 months of enactment, to provide an updated report and strategy to the Congress that includes new information about how advance contracts can be better employed by the agency. The bill also would require FEMA to undertake a variety of actions with respect to contracts including communicating complete and up-to-date information on available advance contracts to state and local governments. FEMA's Office of Chief Procurement Officer employs 54 staff focused on implementing advance contracts and is currently performing all of the activities required by S. 979, with the exception of communicating with state and local governments. Using information from FEMA, CBO estimates that the agency would need about $150,000 to develop a strategy for communicating information to state and local governments and would complete the strategy in 2020. After that, CBO expects the agency would start 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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