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

Report No: 503
Date:03/22/00

1. LAW NUMBER: P.L.106-176 (H.R. 149)
2. BILL TITLE: Omnibus Parks Technical Corrections Act
3. BILL PURPOSE: Makes technical and minor amendments to the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 and other park and public land statutes.
4. OMB ESTIMATE: Under the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program, the National Park Service (NPS) may collect and spend, without further appropriation, fees at 100 projects, including almost all of the parks collecting significant revenue. The remaining "non-demo" parks are still covered under the previous law that allows parks to retain and spend only 15 percent of fees, with 85 percent deposited in a separate account and available subject to appropriation. P.L. 106-176 allows all NPS sites to retain and spend all receipts. This authority expires when the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program authority expires (currently the end of FY 2001). OMB estimates that this will increase spending by $6 million over the period 2000 through 2002.

	(Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Net costs.................	2	3	1	0	0	0

5. CBO ESTIMATE:

	(Fiscal years; in millions of dollars)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Net costs.................	3	6	4	2	0	0

6. EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OMB AND CBO ESTIMATES:

The difference between OMB and CBO estimates is the result of CBO's higher estimates of baseline recreation fee receipts and different assumptions about how quickly spending will occur.

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..............	2	4	2	1	1	1
Receipt effect............	0	0	0	0	0	0
Net costs....................	2	4	2	1	1	1