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Report No: 535
Date: 12/07/2000

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

  1. LAW NUMBER: P.L.106-425 (S. 2917)


  2. BILL TITLE: Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act of 2000


  3. BILL PURPOSE: (1) Removes the cloud on titles to land in the State of New Mexico resulting from the claims of the Pueblo of Santo Domingo against the United States and third parties; (2) restores certain lands to the Pueblo and confirms its boundaries; (3) clarifies governmental jurisdiction over the lands within the Pueblo's land claim area; (4) ratifies a settlement agreement between the United States and the Pueblo; and (5) extinguishes certain land claims of the Pueblo against the United States, the State of New Mexico, and other landowners.

  4. OMB ESTIMATE: P.L. 106-425 ratifies a settlement agreement entered into by the Departments of Justice, the Interior, and Agriculture with the Pueblo of Santo Domingo. Under the agreement, the Federal Government will pay $8 million to the tribe from the Judgment Fund in 2001. Congressional approval of the settlement is necessary for this payment.
    5. (Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
    2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
    Net costs............... 0 8 0 0 0 0

     

  5. CBO ESTIMATE:
    6. (Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
    2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
    Net costs............... 0 8 0 0 0 0

     

  6. EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OMB AND CBO ESTIMATES:


    7. OMB and CBO have the same estimates.



  7. CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF DIRECT SPENDING AND REVENUE LEGISLATION ENACTED TO DATE:
(Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Outlay effect.............. 34 1,397 2,461 7,091 7,824 8,019
Receipt effect............ -8 -689 -808 -870 -922 -924
Net costs.................... 42 2,086 3,269 7,961 8,746 8,943


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.