Budget Report: H.R. 5352: Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2008

Congressional Budget Office Report: H.R. 5352 would authorize the appropriation of $315 million over the 2009-2015 period forprograms to improve the treatment of elderly victims in the justice system. Most of thesefunds would be for Department of Justice grants to state and local governments. Assumingappropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO estimates that implementing the bill wouldcost $173 million over the 2009-2013 period, with remaining amounts spent in subsequentyears. Enacting H.R. 5352 would not affect direct spending or revenues.H.R. 5352 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in theUnfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, ortribal governments.