the grace commission report was presented to congress in january 1984. the report was in depth and showed that if its recommendations were followed, $424 billion could be saved in three years, rising to $1.9 trillion per year by the year 2000. it estimated that the national debt, without these reforms, would rise to $13 trillion by the year 2000, while with the reforms they projected it would rise to only $2.5 trillion. the report's recommendations that intruded into policy were ignored by congress, but many other efficiency recommendations were considered and some were implemented.