HR 6064 National Silver Alert Act - CBO Report

H.R. 6064 would direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a national communications network to assist efforts to locate missing senior citizens. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $10 million annually over the 2009-2013 period for DOJ to make grants to states for activities to support the network, to be known as the Silver Alert program. In addition, the legislation would authorize the appropriation of $2 million annually over the 2009-2014 period and another $4 million annually over the 2009-2019period for DOJ to make grants to state and local governments and other organizations for programs to locate missing adults. Assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, Congressional Budget Office estimates that implementing H.R. 6064 would cost $59 million over the 2009-2013 period, with remaining amounts spent in subsequent years. Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues.H.R. 6064 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.