Total Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3219 for the 5-year Statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net decrease in the deficit of $394 million. Total Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3219 for the 10-year Statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net decrease in the deficit of $8 million. Also submitted for the Record as part of this statement is a table prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, which provides additional information on the budgetary effects of this Act, as follows: CBO ESTIMATE OF THE STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO EFFECTS FOR H.R. 3219, THE VETERANS' BENEFITS ACT OF 2010 AS PROVIDED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2010.
Kent Conrad: “Total Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3219 for the 5-year Statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net decrease in the deficit of $394…”
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The speaker is discussing the budgetary effects of H.R. 3219, the Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010.
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