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1 S. 2687, Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021, as Ordered Reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on December 15, 2021 1 (January 10, 2022)

handle is hein.congrec/ssgostf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate January 10, 2022 By Fiscal Year, Milions of Dollars 2022 2022-202 2022-2031 Direct Spending (Outlays) Revenues Increase or Decrease in the Deficit * * * * * * * * S. 2687 would authorize the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to participate in its investigations. The Inspector General would not be authorized to subpoena federal employees or witnesses in other criminal proceedings. Under the bill, the Attorney General must be notified prior to the issuance of any subpoena. The Inspector General would be required to report to the Congress the number of subpoenas it issued. According to information provided by VA and information about the number of times other agencies with similar authority have issued subpoenas, CBO expects the department would rarely use that subpoena authority. However, in any instances where a subpoena is issued and a person refuses to comply, civil and criminal penalties could apply. Therefore, the government might collect additional fines under the legislation. Civil fines are recorded in the budget as revenues. Criminal fines are also recorded as revenues, deposited in the Crime Victims Fund, and spent without appropriation. Because CBO expects that few people would be fined for defying subpoenas, we estimate that both revenues and direct spending would increase by insignificant amounts over the 2022-2031 period. On net, enacting the bill would reduce the deficit by an insignificant amount, CBO estimates. 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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