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OMB COST ESTIMATE
FOR PAY-AS-YOU-GO CALCULATIONS

Report No: 559
Date: 10/04/2001

  1. LAW NUMBER: P.L.107-37 (H.R. 2882)

  2. BILL TITLE: Expedited Payment for Heroic Public Safety Officers

  3. BILL PURPOSE: Provides for expedited payments of certain benefits for public safety officers who were killed or suffered catastrophic injuries as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.

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  4. OMB ESTIMATE: Under current law, the Public Safety Officer's Benefits program provides one-time benefits to the eligible survivors of public safety officers whose deaths are the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty. Disability benefits are provided to public safety officers who have been totally disabled in the line of duty. The disability benefits are subject to the availability of funds being provided in appropriations acts. Under P.L. 107-37, disability benefits for those injured in the September 11th attack will not be subject to appropriations action. OMB estimates that an additional $8 million in disability payments will be made as a result of the Act.

    5. (Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
    2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
    Net costs.................................... 0 8 0 0 0 0

     

  5. CBO ESTIMATE:
    6. (Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
    2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
    Net costs.................................... 0 5 0 0 0 0

     

  6. EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OMB AND CBO ESTIMATES:

    7. OMB and CBO make different assumptions about the number of public safety officers who will be eligible for disability payments.

  7. CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF DIRECT SPENDING AND REVENUE LEGISLATION ENACTED TO DATE:
    8. (Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
    2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
    Outlay effect.............. 5,503 16,646 20,274 21,014 22,071 7,413
    Receipt effect............ -69,501 -35,105 -84,594 -103,783 -104,936 -123,372
    Net costs.................... 75,004 51,751 104,868 124,797 127,007 130,785

    NOTE: The cumulative effect of direct spending and revenue legislation enacted to date is currently estimated to result in an end-of-session sequester. The Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to ensure that an unintended sequester does not occur.