H.R. 5616, DHS Basic Training Accreditation Improvement Act of 2021

Congressional Budget Office

Cost Estimate

January 19, 2022

H.R. 5616, DHS Basic Training Accreditation Improvement Act of 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 26, 2021

By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

2022

2022-2026

2022-2031

Direct Spending (Outlays)

0

0

0

Revenues

0

0

0

Increase or Decrease (-)

0

0

0

in the Deficit

Spending Subject to

*

*

not estimated

Appropriation (Outlays)

Statutory pay-as-you-go

No

Mandate Effects

procedures apply?

Contains intergovernmental mandate?

No

Increases on-budget deficits in any

No

of the four consecutive 10-year

periods beginning in 2032?

Contains private-sector mandate?

No

* = between zero and $500,000.

H.R. 5616 would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report annually to the Congress on the accreditation status of all basic law enforcement training programs within the department. The reporting requirement would end after all programs are accredited. The bill also would require DHS to inform the Congress when a program's accreditation lapses. Additionally, the bill would require the DHS Science and Technology Directorate to carry out research and development to enhance state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement access to training on homeland security threats.

According to information from DHS, the department is currently carrying out research and development activities similar to those required in the bill. Furthermore, based on the cost of similar activities, CBO estimates that meeting the reporting requirements of the bill would cost DHS less than $500,000 over the 2022-2026. Any such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Lindsay Wylie. The estimate was reviewed by Leo Lex, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.

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.