"Based on information about the cost of permits from the USFWS, and information gathered from industry professionals about the value of shipments, sales, and imports of snakes, CBO estimates that the costs of the mandates would fall below the annual thresholds established in UMRA for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates ($69 million and $139 million in 2009, respectively, adjusted annually for inflation)."

"The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are...and Marin Randall (for the impact on the private sector)."

I wonder where Mr. Marin Randall got his figures.