Budgetary scoring of the public safety spectrum bill before the Senate...
Budgetary scoring of the public safety spectrum bill before the Senate Commerce Committee will be requested after the committee’s markup Wednesday, a GOP committee aide said Monday. The Congressional Budget Office hasn’t issued a report yet in part because the…
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language of the bill, filed last week, is still relatively fresh, the aide said. The spectrum bill’s impact to the federal deficit is expected to be a major issue as the legislation moves through Congress. In advance of the markup, the committee is negotiating with its members over nearly 80 amendments filed last week (CD June 6 p7), two Senate aides said. While many amendments are often filed on bills in Senate Commerce, the aides said there have been more than usual on S-911 due mainly to the heft of the bill. “There are still some tough issues to resolve for the bill to pass,” said MF Global analyst Paul Gallant, “but the official score from CBO should crystallize the budgetary benefits, which will be the main attraction for a lot of members.”