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H.R. 520, Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 113th
Date Requested April 24, 2013
Requested By House Committee on Natural Resources
Date Sent May 2, 2013
Description:

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 24, 2013

H.R. 520 would require the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a study of alternatives for honoring the Buffalo Soldiers (members of several African-American regiments within the U.S. Army established after the Civil War) in their role in the development of the National Park System. The U.S. Army, including regiments of Buffalo Soldiers, was responsible for protecting national parks before the National Park Service was established.

Based on information from the NPS and assuming the availability of appropriated funds, CBO estimates that conducting the study would cost about $400,000 over the next three years. Enacting H.R. 520 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

H.R. 520 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.

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