Description:
H.R. 680 would require the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines to prohibit federal computers from accessing pornographic and other explicit websites. Several federal laws, regulations and policies prohibit the use of government property for unauthorized purposes such as viewing pornography. According to several agency officials that CBO consulted, government information technology systems generally block access to pornographic material. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would not have a significant cost because the viewing of pornography using government computers is already prohibited.
Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 680 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 680 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
