Andy Coburn’s analysis of the CBRA concluded that the CBRA has reduced federal coastal disaster-related expenditures by $9.5 billion between 1989 and 2013. Future CBRA savings over the next 50 years are forecast to range between $11 billion for a low development/low damage estimate scenario to $108 billion for a high development/high damage estimate scenario (all estimates in 2016 dollars).

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