S. 2520, State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021

Congressional Budget Office

Cost Estimate

September 24, 2021

S. 2520, State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 4, 2021

By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

2021

2021-2026

2021-2031

Direct Spending (Outlays)

0

0

0

Revenues

0

0

0

Increase or Decrease (-)

0

0

0

in the Deficit

Spending Subject to

0

*

not estimated

Appropriation (Outlays)

Statutory pay-as-you-go

No

Mandate Effects

procedures apply?

Contains intergovernmental mandate?

No

Increases on-budget deficits in any

No

of the four consecutive 10-year

periods beginning in 2032?

Contains private-sector mandate?

No

* = between zero and $500,000.

S. 2520 would authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to coordinate with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to enhance the cybersecurity of their information systems. Under the bill, DHS would continue to assist those governments by conducting cybersecurity exercises, providing training, and notifying them of cybersecurity threats. The bill also would require the department to report to the Congress on the effectiveness of its efforts.

DHS is already performing the coordination activities required by S. 2520; thus, the bill would codify those responsibilities but would not impose any new operating requirements on the department. CBO estimates that implementing S. 2520 would cost less than $500,000 over the 2021-2026 period to prepare and deliver the required reports; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriations.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Aldo Prosperi. The estimate was reviewed by Leo Lex, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.

See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained,www.cbo.gov/publication/54437;

How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/42904.