text: 10 It was noted that although the Senate authorized about $ 750 million for the SEC for fiscal year 2003 , an amount that the Senate believed would be sufficient to implement provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation to restore investor confidence , the Office of Management and Budget only proposed a funding level of about $ 500 million .
  
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  In many cases , the cost of project increase after the initial agreement .