Description:
S. 1181 would require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to federal lands for search and recovery missions conducted by certain people or organizations. Under the bill, entities conducting such missions would not be considered federal employees or volunteers, and the federal government would not be liable for their actions.
Using information provided by the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service, CBO expects that the costs of expediting access to federal lands for search and recovery missions would be minimal and we estimate that implementing the legislation would have no significant effect on the federal budget.
Enacting S. 1181 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
S. 1181 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
