H.R. 2131 would direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to standardize its policies on handling employee misconduct and discipline and to ensure the consistent application of those policies throughout its component agencies (such as the Coast Guard and the Secret Service). Based on information from DHS, CBO estimates that implementing the bill’s provisions would cost less than $500,000 annually; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
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. 2131 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 2131 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.
