[Analytical Perspectives]
[Federal Receipts and Collections]
[4. User Fees and Other Collections]
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                   4. USER FEES AND OTHER COLLECTIONS

  The Federal Government sometimes charges user fees to those who 
directly benefit from a particular activity. The term ``user fee'' is 
defined as fees, charged, and assessments levied on a class directly 
benefitting from, or subject to regulation by, a government program or 
activity, to be utilized solely to support the program or activity. In 
addition, the payers of the fee must be limited to those benefitting 
from, or subject to regulation by, the program or activity, and may not 
include the general public or a broad segment of the public. The user 
fee must be authorized for use only to fund the specified programs or 
activities for which they are charged, including directly associated 
agency functions, not for unrelated programs or activities and not for 
the broad purposes of the Government or an agency.
  User fees include: collections from non-Federal sources for goods and 
services provided (such as the sale of postage stamps and electricity); 
voluntary payments to social insurance programs (such as Medicare Part B 
premiums); miscellaneous customs fees (such as United States Customs 
Service merchandise processing fees); and certain specific taxes and 
duties (such as collections for agricultural quarantine inspection).
  The term ``user fee'' is not a separate budget category for 
collections. Depending primarily on whether the user charge is based on 
the Government's sovereign power or business-type activity, it may be 
classified as a governmental receipt, or as an offsetting collection. 
User fees classified as governmental receipts are included along with 
the taxes and other governmental receipts discussed in the previous 
chapter. Those fees classified as offsetting collections are subtracted 
from gross outlays. The purpose of this treatment is to produce budget 
totals for receipts, outlays, and budget authority in terms of the 
amount of resources allocated governmentally, through collective 
political choice rather than through the market.
  Offsetting collections are classified into two major categories: 
offsetting receipts, which are deposited in receipt accounts; and 
offsetting collections credited to appropriations (expenditure) 
accounts, which are deposited directly in these accounts and usually can 
be spent without further action by the Congress. Both categories include 
collections from other accounts within the Government as well as the 
public. While most offsetting receipts and collections result from 
business-like activity or are collected from other Government accounts, 
some result from the Government's sovereign or governmental powers and 
would be classified as governmental receipts but are required by law to 
be treated as offsetting. Chapter 23, ``Budget System and Concepts,'' 
explains the budgetary treatment of these collections more fully.
  Not all offsetting collections are user fees. User fees do not include 
collections from other Federal accounts; collections deposited in 
general fund receipt accounts; collections associated with credit 
programs; realizations upon loans and investments; interest, dividends, 
and other earnings; involuntary payments to social insurance programs; 
excise taxes; customs duties; fines, penalties, and forfeitures; cost 
sharing contributions; proceeds from asset sales (property, plant, and 
equipment); Outer Continental Shelf receipts; spectrum auction proceeds; 
and Federal Reserve earnings.
  As shown in Table 4-1, total user fee collections (including those 
proposed in this budget) are estimated to be $146.9 billion in 2000, 
rising to $170.1 billion in 2004. User fee collections by the United 
States Postal Service, Medicare premiums, service charges on foreign 
military sales, the Tennessee Valley Authority and other power marketing 
agencies, and fees collected by the Department of Defense at 
commissaries, for housing, and for other miscellaneous activities are 
estimated to be nearly 80 percent of all existing user fee collections.
  User fee collections are used to offset outlays in both the 
discretionary and mandatory categories of the budget. User fee 
collections are estimated to provide $17.4 billion to offset 
discretionary spending. These offsets include both offsetting 
collections credited directly to appropriations accounts and collections 
credited to offsetting receipt accounts. The Administration is proposing 
to augment offsetting collections available for discretionary spending 
by making collections from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cost-
based user fees and the new harbor services fee, approximately $2.1 
billion, available for discretionary spending.
  Mandatory user fee collections are estimated to provide $127.4 billion 
in 2000. Of this amount, approximately $126.5 billion offsets mandatory 
outlays, while the remaining collections, from the Harbor Services fee, 
would be made available to offset discretionary spending.
  A small portion of governmental receipts are considered to be user fee 
collections. In 2000, an estimated $2.1 billion in governmental receipts 
are user fees. Of these fees, about 72 percent are part of the proposal 
that would make FAA's cost-based user fees available to offset 
discretionary spending. The remaining fees in this category are made 
available to finance the regulatory program or activity for which they 
are charged through the appropriations process.
  Table 4-3 provides more detail for offsetting receipts collected from 
the public and includes offsetting receipts collected from other 
accounts within the Government.

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                                     Table 4-1.  TOTAL USER FEE COLLECTIONS
                                            (In millions of dollars)
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                                                                   Estimates
                                  1998   ------------------------------------------------------------ Total 1999-
                                 actual     1999      2000      2001      2002      2003      2004       2004
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Governmental receipts:
  Proposed FAA user fees to
   replace excise taxes \1\...  ........  ........     1,496     1,579     1,455     1,341     1,214       7,085
  Harbor maintenance and
   inland waterway fees \2\...       622       588  ........  ........  ........  ........  ........         588
   Agricultural quarantine
   inspection fees............       152       160       219       232       239       246       253       1,349
   FEMA, flood map
   modernization..............  ........  ........        78        80        83        87        91         419
   Other governmental receipt
   user fees..................       223       244       295       298       303       304       308       1,508
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, governmental
     receipts.................       997       992     2,088     2,189     2,080     1,978     1,866      10,201
 
Offsetting collections by
 function and category:
 
         Discretionary
 
   National Defense, Housing
   and commissary fees paid by
   military personnel and
   other fees.................     7,594     7,313     7,253     7,255     7,239     7,239     7,239      43,538
   Energy, Nuclear Regulatory
   Commission, Federal Energy
   Regulatory Commission and
   other fees.................       814       858       870       870       870       870       870       5,208
   Science, Reimbursement for
   the use of NASA services...       682       863       838       838       838       838       838       5,053
   Commerce and Housing
   Credit, Patent and
   Trademark Office, Federal
   Communications Commission,
   Securities and Exchange
   Commission and other fees..     1,754     1,703     1,931     1,914     1,906     1,893     1,829      11,176
  Transportation, Panamal
   Canal and other fees.......       884       896       434       558       558       558       558       3,562
  Health, Food and Drug
   Administration, Health Care
   Financing Administration,
   food safety and other fees.       404       400     1,202     1,202     1,202     1,202     1,202       6,410
   Veterans, medical care and
   other fees.................       700       641       765       929     1,146     1,153     1,179       5,813
   Justice, Customs,
   bankruptcy and other fees..       259       283       771       771       771       771       771       4,138
   General Government, Bureau
   of Engraving and Printing,
   U.S. Mint and IRS fees.....     1,573     1,821     1,848     1,848     1,848     1,848     1,848      11,061
  All other functions,
   discretionary..............       753       944     1,444     1,448     1,449     1,451     1,453       8,189
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total discretionary
     offsetting collections...    15,417    15,722    17,356    17,633    17,827    17,823    17,787     104,148
 
           Mandatory
 
  International, Service
   charges on foreign military
   sales......................    14,135    13,280    12,690    12,140    12,050     9,720     8,610      68,490
  Energy, Tennessee Valley
   Authority and other power
   marketing fees.............    10,046     8,951     9,136     9,332     9,325     9,531     9,795      56,070
   Natural resources and the
   environment:
     Harbor Services fees \2\.  ........       966       963       960       996     1,014     4,899
     Recreation and admission
     fees and other fees......       649       629       651       661       697       706       724       4,068
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Natural
       resources and
       environmental fees.....       649       629     1,617     1,624     1,657     1,702     1,738       8,967
 
  Agriculture, Crop insurance
   premiums, inspection,
   grading and other fees.....       801     1,080     1,125     1,166     1,200     1,240     1,285       7,096
   Commerce and Housing
   Credit:....................
    United States Postal
     Service..................    59,757    62,639    65,036    67,900    71,000    74,000    77,000     417,575
    Deposit Insurance and
     other fees...............       900       698       834       944     1,075     1,353     1,690       6,594
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Commerce and
       housing credit.........    60,657    63,337    65,870    68,844    72,075    75,353    78,713     424,192
 
  Community development, Flood
   insurance and other fees...     1,355     1,461     1,560     1,666     1,773     1,887     2,018      10,365
  Health, Federal Employee
   Health Benefits and other
   fees.......................     4,492     4,845     5,489     6,011     6,519     7,066     7,585      37,515
  Medicare premiums...........    20,747    21,299    22,834    25,279    27,615    30,647    32,939     160,613
  Income Maintenance, Pension
   Benefit Guaranty
   Corporation, Federal
   employees life insurance
   premiums...................     1,930     1,965     2,163     2,331     2,461     2,601     2,733      14,254
   Veterans, Insurance
   premiums and other fees....     1,739     1,706     1,683     1,643     1,603     1,566     1,525       9,726
  Justice, Immigration,
   Customs and other justice
   fees.......................     2,430     2,542     2,794     2,837     2,895     2,976     3,039      17,083
   All other functions,
   mandatory..................       406       455     1,424     1,428     1,414     1,452     1,496       7,669
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total mandatory offsetting
     collections..............   119,387   121,550   127,419   133,338   139,627   144,745   150,439     817,118
                               =================================================================================
Total offsetting collections..   134,804   137,272   144,775   150,971   157,454   162,568   168,226     921,266
 
Total, User fees..............   135,801   138,264   146,863   153,160   159,534   164,546   170,092     932,459
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\1\ Gross revenue increase from proposed fees. Current aviation excise taxes, which are not user fees, will
  gradually be converted to cost-based user fees. While considered governmental receipts, the following proceeds
  from the fees, net of income tax offsets, would be made available to offset discretionary spending:



 
 
                                            1998     1999     2000     2001     2002     2003     2004   1999-04
 
FAA collections available for spending..  .......  .......    1,122    1,184    1,091    1,007      910    5,314
 
 
\2\ The Budget proposes to convert proceeds to offsetting collections. While the fee collection will be
  mandatory, proceeds from the fee will be made available to offset discretionary spending.


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                                                                     Why User Fees?
 
 
 
...  The term ``user fee'' refers to Government charges to those who use a Government good or service or are subject to Government regulation.
              For example:
  .........    --Park entrance fees charged to visitors to national parks
  .........    --Meat, poultry, and egg inspection fees
  .........    --Tennessee Valley Authority proceeds from power sales
  .........    --Proceeds from the lease of Department of Energy buildings and facilities
  .........    --Flood insurance premiums
  .........    --Sales of commemorative coins
 
...  User fees are dedicated to funding part or all of the cost of providing the service or regulation by crediting them to a program account
              instead of to the general fund of the Treasury.
 
...  User fees are designated as offsetting collections or receipts so that they offset the spending they are designated to fund.
 
...  User fees are different from general revenue, because they are not collected from the general public or broad segments of the public (like
              income taxes) and they are not used for the general purposes of government (like national defense).
 
...  Users are more willing to support and pay fees when they are dedicated to maintaining or improving the quality of the programs that affect
              them directly.
 
...  Government program managers may be more diligent about collecting and spending fees when funding for their programs is dependent on fees,
              instead of guaranteed appropriations of general taxpayer money.
 
...  Administration policy is to shift to user fee funding wherever appropriate. However, essential government services will continue to be
              supported by general fund appropriations from the Treasury as necessary.
 
...  The Administration's user fee proposals generally require authorizing legislation to authorize the fees first and appropriations action
              before the fees can actually be collected and spent. This is done to preserve the traditional roles of the authorizing and appropriations
              committees in Congress and to conform to the ``scoring'' conventions of the Budget Enforcement Act.
 

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  The Budget contains a variety of new and expanded user fee and other 
collections proposals that would yield $4.2 billion in 2000 and $25.8 
billion from 2000 through 2004. These proposals establish, increase, or 
extend fees in order to recover more of the costs of providing 
government services. The proposals, would make the program funding 
levels at least partly dependent on the amount of fees actually 
collected. Therefore, in many cases, resources available for the program 
could be greater or less than estimated. Table 4-2 splits the proposals 
between discretionary and mandatory categories for the appropriate 
scoring under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 (BEA). It includes user 
fees classified as offsetting collections and governmental receipts.

                                    Table 4-2.  PROPOSED USER FEE COLLECTIONS
                                            (In millions of dollars)
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               Discretionary fee proposals                  2000     2001     2002     2003     2004   2000-2004
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   User Fee Proposals To Offset Discretionary Spending
 
Offsetting collections deposited in appropriations
 accounts:
 
  Department of Agriculture:
     Food Safety Inspection Service fees................      504      504      504      504      504     2,520
    Tobacco program support fees........................       60       60       60       60       60       300
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service fees....        9        9        9        9        9        45
     Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards fees.....       19       19       19       19       19        95
     Forest Service timber sales preparation fees.......       20       20       20       20       20       100
  Department of Commerce:
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
     Navigational assistance fees.......................       14       14       14       14       14        70
     Fisheries management fees..........................       20       20       20       20       20       100
     Patent and Trademark Office, indirect health and
     life insurance cost fee............................       20       20       20       20       20       100
     International Trade Administration, trade promotion
     service fees.......................................        3        3        3        3        3        15
  Department of Health and Human Services:
     Food and Drug Administration increased user fees...       17       17       17       17       17        85
     Health Care Financing Administration fee proposals:
       Physician, provider, and supplier enrollment
       registration fees................................       20       20       20       20       20       100
       Managed care organization application and renewal
       fees.............................................       37       37       37       37       37       185
       Initial provider certification fees..............       10       10       10       10       10        50
       Provider recertification fees....................       55       55       55       55       55       275
       Paper claims submission fees.....................       55      110      110      110      110       495
       Duplicate and unprocessable claims fees..........       18       36       36       36       36       162
       Increase Medicare+Choice fees....................       50       50       50       50       50       250
  Department of Justice:
     Increase Bankruptcy filing fee.....................       28       28       28       28       28       140
  Department of Labor:
     Alien Labor Certification fees.....................       65       65       65       65       65       325
     Employment Tax Credit fees.........................       20       20       20       20       20       100
  Department of Transportation:
     Coast Guard, navigational services fees............       41      165      165      165      165       701

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     Hazardous Material Transportation safety fee.......       18       18       18       18       18        90
     Surface Transportation Board fees..................       14       14       14       14       14        70
  Department of the Treasury:
     Customs, air and sea passenger fee.................      312      312      312      312      312     1,560
    Customs, access fee.................................      163      163      163      163      163       815
  Army Corps of Engineers:
     Regulatory program fees............................        7        7        7        7        7        35
   National Transportation Safety Board:
     Commercial accident investigation fees.............       10       10       10       10       10        50
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
      Subotal, Offsetting collections deposited in
       appropriations accounts..........................    1,608    1,806    1,806    1,806    1,806     8,833
 
Offsetting collections deposited in receipt accounts:
 
  Department of Transportation:
     Federal Railroad Administration, rail safety
     inspection fees....................................       88       88       88       88       88       440
  Department of Housing and Urban Development:
     Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) oversight
     fees...............................................       10       10       10       10       10        50
   Environmental Protection Agency:
     Pre-Manufacture Notice (PMN) fee...................        4        8        8        8        8        36
     Pesticide Registration Fees........................       16       16       16       16       16        80
  Federal Communications Commission:
     Analog spectrum lease fee..........................      200      200      200      200      200     1,000
  Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
     Extend NRC user fees...............................      300      300      300      300      300     1,500
  Social Security Administration:
     Social Security Administration, claimant
     representative fees................................       19       19       19       19       19        95
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
      Subotal, offsetting collections deposited in
       receipt accounts.................................      637      641      641      641      641     3,201
 
Mandatory collections made available to offset
 discretionary spending:
  Department of Transportation:
     Federal Aviation Administration, proposed user fees
     \1\................................................    1,496    1,579    1,455    1,341    1,214     7,085
   Army Corps of Engineers:
     Harbor Services Fees (Replacing Harbor Maintenance
     Tax \2\............................................      337      296      245      231      248     1,357
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, mandatory collections available to
       offset discretionary.............................    1,833    1,875    1,700    1,572    1,462     8,442
                                                         =======================================================
Total, user fees to offset discretionary spending.......    4,078    4,322    4,147    4,019    3,909    20,476
 
     User Fee Proposals to Offset Mandatory Spending
 
Offsetting collections deposited in appropriations
 accounts:
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:
     FDIC State Bank exam fees..........................       84       88       91       95      100       458
Offsetting collections deposited in receipt accounts:
  Department of Health and Human Services:
    Medicare Premiums...................................     -135      275      482      560      686     1,868
  Department of Agriculture:
    Forest Service, increased recreation and entrance
     fees...............................................  .......  .......       24       34       44       102
  Department of the Interior:
     Increased recreation and entrance fees.............  .......       68       70       72      210
    Filming and special use permits.....................        3        3        4        4        5        19
     Hardrock mining production fees....................  .......        8       26       26       26        86
  Department of Justice:
    Increase Immigration user fee.......................      121      128      135      142      150       676
  Department of the Treasury:
     Extend Customs conveyance and passenger fees.......  .......  .......  .......  .......      497       497
     Extend Customs merchandise processing fees.........  .......  .......  .......  .......    1,025     1,025
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
      Subotal, offsetting collections deposited in
       receipt accounts.................................      -11      414      739      836    2,505     4,483
                                                         =======================================================
Total, user fee proposals to offset mandatory spending..       73      502      830      931    2,605     4,941
 
Collections deposited to governmental receipt accounts:
  Federal Emergency Management Agency:
    Mortgage transaction fees for flood plain
     certification \3\..................................       75       76       77       78       80       386
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Total, user fee proposals                                   4,226    4,900    5,054    5,028    6,594    25,803
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\1\ Gross revenue increase from proposed fees. Current aviation excise taxes, which are not user fees, will
  gradually be converted to cost-based user fees. While considered governmental receipts, the following proceeds
  from the fees, net of income tax offsets, would be made available to offset discretionary spending:



 
 
                                            1998     1999     2000     2001     2002     2003     2004   1999-04
 
FAA collections available for spending..  .......  .......    1,122    1,184    1,091    1,007      910    5,314
 
 
\2\ Collections shown for the Harbor Services user fee represent the increase in receipts over current law
  collections remaining after collections from exporters were halted.
 
\3\ Represents the gross revenue. Approximately $58 million would be available to spend in FY 2000.


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                  Discretionary offsetting collections:

  The following proposed fees are classified as discretionary because 
they would result from provisions in appropriations acts. In most cases, 
the Administration will propose authorizing legislation to establish, 
increase, or extend fees. However, the legislation will make both the 
fee collection and spending contingent on appropriations action, so that 
both can be scored as discretionary. The budget includes the 
appropriations language needed to trigger the fee collection. When the 
user fees are enacted, they will finance part or all of the cost of the 
affected programs in lieu of some amount of the general fund 
appropriation for the program. While the appropriations language 
proposed under current law includes the full amount of funding needed 
for the program, the trigger language would reduce that amount upon 
enactment of the fee authorization. (If general fund appropriations were 
not reduced, the total resources provided would exceed the funding 
requirements for the programs.)

  Collections from the following proposals are to be deposited directly 
in appropriations accounts:

                         Department of Agriculture

  Food Safety and Inspection Service meat, poultry and egg inspection 
fee.--The 2000 Budget proposes a new user fee for the Department of 
Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Under the 
proposed fee, the meat, poultry and egg industries would be required to 
reimburse the Federal government for the cost of the salaries and 
benefits and other direct costs for all in-plant inspection. The 
proposal would transfer the cost of Federal inspection services to the 
industries that directly benefit, and would ensure that sufficient 
resources are available to provide the level of in-plant inspection 
necessary to meet the demands of industry. The cost of the user fee 
would amount to less than one cent per pound of meat inspected.
  Tobacco program support fees.--The 2000 Budget proposes to extend and 
increase the marketing assessment on price supported tobacco and on 
similar imported tobacco. The current assessment equal to 1 percent of 
the support price expires with the 1998 crop year. The assessment on 
domestic tobacco is equally divided between producers and purchasers, 
while importers pay the entire assessment on imported tobacco. The 
proposal would extend the assessment to 2000 and thereafter at a rate of 
about two percent of the support price. The current rate of 0.5 percent 
of the support price paid by producers would be continued, while 
purchasers and importers would be assessed at an increased rate. The 
assessment would raise revenues equivalent to the estimated costs 
incurred by the Agriculture Department's for activities that support the 
production and marketing of tobacco.
  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).--The budget 
proposes to establish fees to cover the cost of providing animal welfare 
inspections to recipients of APHIS services such as animal research 
centers, humane societies, and kennels. Fees would also be established 
to cover the cost of issuing biotechnology certificates to firms that 
manufacture products derived through biotechnological innovation.
  Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) 
licensing fees.--The budget proposes to charge the grain industry 
GIPSA's costs to review and maintain standards (such as grain quality 
and classification) used by the grain industry. In addition, an annual 
licensing fee is proposed to fund GIPSA activities that ensure the 
integrity of the livestock, meat and poultry market and marketplace, 
such as fostering open competition, and protecting consumers and 
businesses from unfair practices.
  Forest Service, timber sales preparation fee pilot.--The 
Administration proposes to require timber companies to reimburse the 
Forest Service for the costs of timber sales preparation on National 
Forests. Timber purchasers would bear the direct costs for timber sales 
preparation (direct costs do not include legal and certain environmental 
planning costs) for commodity-oriented timber sales.

                          Department of Commerce

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), navigational 
assistance fees.--The Administration proposes to levy a fee on U.S. and 
foreign commercial cargo carriers to recover the cost of navigational 
assistance services, such as nautical charting, provided by NOAA.
  Fisheries management fees.--The budget proposes to levy a fee to 
recover a portion of the costs of providing fisheries management and 
enforcement services.
  Patent and Trademark Office indirect cost fees.--The Administration 
proposes to increase Patent and Trademark Office fees to cover the costs 
associated with current PTO employees' post-retirement health and life 
insurance. Under current law, the FY 2000 program level is expected to 
impose $20 million in future costs on the Federal Treasury. Collections 
from the fee increase would be transferred to the Office of Personnel 
Management.
  Trade promotion services fees.--The Administration proposes to charge 
U.S. businesses for counseling and other promotional services provided 
by the International Trade Administration.

                  Department of Health and Human Services

  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fees.--The budget seeks $17 million 
in new fees to finance FDA activities for the review of medical device 
applications, food additive petitions, and pre-market notifications for 
food contact substances. These fees will be used to augment current 
funding for these activities.
  Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).--These proposals would 
establish fees for a variety of activities associated with the Medicare 
Program, including:
  Physician, provider, and supplier enrollment registration fees.--The 
Administration proposes to charge phy

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sicians, providers, and suppliers an initial enrollment fee and a 
renewal fee in order to participate in the Medicare program. Physicians 
would be required to re-enroll every 5 years. Durable medical equipment 
suppliers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, 
and all other providers would be required to re-enroll every 3 years. 
Proceeds from the fee would be used to offset Contractor funding related 
to enrollment costs.
  Managed care organization application and renewal fees.--The 
Administration proposes to charge managed care organizations a fee to 
cover the cost of reviewing initial applications and renewing annual 
contracts with Medicare. Proceeds from this fee would be used to offset 
Federal Administration funding related to managed care organization 
applications and renewals.
  Initial provider certification fee.--The Administration proposes to 
levy a fee on providers (e.g., home health agencies and skilled nursing 
facilities) who wish to enter the Medicare program. The fee would vary 
by type of provider. Proceeds from this fee would be used to offset 
survey and certification funding.
  Provider recertification fee.--The Administration proposes to levy a 
fee on providers who are recertified for the Medicare program. By 
statute, skilled nursing facilities must be surveyed every year, home 
health agencies every three years, and other providers about once every 
ten years. The fee would be charged every year to spread the costs of 
the certification program over time. Proceeds from this fee would be 
used to offset survey and certification funding.
  Paper claims submission fee.--The Administration proposes to charge 
providers $1.00 for every paper claim submitted for payment because of 
the additional cost of processing paper rather than electronic claims. 
Rural providers and very small providers who may not be able to purchase 
the necessary hardware to comply with electronic claims transmission 
would be exempt from the fee. Proceeds from the fee would be used to 
offset Contractor funding related to claims processing.
  Duplicate and unprocessable claims fees.--The Administration proposes 
to charge Medicare providers $1.00 for each duplicate and unprocessable 
claim submitted for payment to the Health Care Financing Administration. 
Proceeds from the fee would be used to offset Contractor funding related 
to claims processing.
  Increase in the Medicare+Choice fee.--The Administration proposes to 
increase the fee on Medicare+Choice plans by $50 million in FY 2000. The 
fee was authorized at $100 million in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. 
This increase would be used to maintain the current level of effort in 
providing information to Medicare beneficiaries regarding the 
Medicare+Choice program.

                           Department of Justice

  Bankruptcy filing fee.--The Administration proposes to increase the 
filing fee for cases filed under chapters 7 (liquidation) and 13 (wage 
earner repayment) of the Bankruptcy Code by $25, from $130 to $155, with 
the increased collections to be used by the U.S. Trustee Program. This 
would allow the program to continue to be funded entirely through 
bankruptcy fees. The U.S. trustees supervise the administration of 
bankruptcy cases and private trustees in the Federal Bankruptcy Courts. 
The program currently receives $30 of the $130 filing fee.

                            Department of Labor

  Alien labor certification fee.--The proposal would establish a new 
fee, charged to businesses, for processing of alien labor certification 
applications by the Department of Labor. The fee proceeds would offset 
the costs of administering and enforcing the alien labor program, and 
provide reemployment and training assistance to U.S. workers who have 
been dislocated from their jobs.
  Employment tax credit fees.--The proposal would establish a new fee, 
charged to businesses, for processing requests for certifications under 
the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit. 
These fees would be used to cover the State administrative costs of 
certifying the eligibility of new hires under these tax credits.

                       Department of Transportation

  Coast Guard, navigational assistance fee.--The Administration proposes 
to levy a fee on U.S. and foreign commercial cargo carriers for the use 
of Coast Guard navigational assistance services. Navigational assistance 
services include the placement and maintenance of buoys and other short-
range aids-to-navigation, radio navigation, and vessel traffic services. 
Fishing and recreational vessels would be exempt.
  Federal Railroad Administration, rail safety inspection fees.--This 
proposed would offset the costs of the Federal Railroad Administration's 
safety inspection program. An estimated $88 million in fees would be 
collected from railroad carriers based upon a calculation of their rail 
usage.
  Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety fees.--Beginning late in 
2000, hazardous materials transportation safety activities previously 
financed by general fund appropriations to the Research and Special 
Programs Administration are proposed to be financed instead by an 
increase in hazardous materials registration fees. Authorizing 
legislation will be proposed to increase the fees paid by shippers and 
carriers of hazardous materials by an estimated $18 million in 2000 to 
fund these safety activities.
  Surface Transportation Board fees.--The Administration proposes to 
create a fee mechanism to completely offset the expenses of the Surface 
Transportation Board (STB), the successor to the Interstate Commerce 
Commission (ICC). The fees would be collected from those who benefit 
from the continuation of the ICC functions transferred to the STB, i.e. 
railroads and shippers.

                        Department of the Treasury

  Customs, air/sea passenger fee.--The Administration proposes to 
increase an existing fee paid by travelers arriving by commercial 
aircraft and commercial vessels

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from a place outside of the United States, and to remove certain 
exemptions from this fee. Proceeds of the fee increase would partially 
offset Customs costs associated with air and sea passenger processing. 
Subsequent to the budget, authorization legislation will be transmitted 
to allow the Secretary to increase the fee paid by air and sea 
passengers and to remove existing exemptions from this fee.
  Customs, automation enhancement fee.--The Administration proposes to 
establish a fee for the use of Customs automated systems. The fee would 
be charged to users of any Customs automated system based on the amount 
of user data input. Proceeds of the fee would offset the costs of 
modernizing Customs automated commercial operations and an international 
trade data system, and would be available for obligation after FY 2000. 
Subsequent to the budget, authorization legislation will be transmitted 
to allow the Secretary to establish a fee for the use of Customs 
automated systems.

                          Army Corps of Engineers

  Regulatory program fees.--The Army Corps of Engineers has not changed 
the fee structure of its regulatory program since 1977. The Budget 
proposes to pursue reasonable changes that would reduce the fees paid 
from many applicants and increase recovery from commercial applicants.

                   National Transportation Safety Board

  Commercial accident investigation fees.--To offset a portion of the 
NTSB's growing cost of commercial accident investigations, a new 
aviation accident recovery and investigation fee is proposed. This fee, 
which would be paid by commercial air, motor, ocean, and rail carriers 
based on a proxy for risk, would collect an estimated $10 million in 
2000.

  Collections from the following discretionary proposals be deposited in 
offsetting receipt accounts:

                Department of Housing and Urban Development

  GSE Oversight Assessment Fee.--This proposal would assess Fannie Mae 
and Freddie Mac for the cost incurred by HUD offices (other than the 
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight) from regulating the 
activities of these government-sponsored enterprises. The fee would 
offset the actual costs incurred by HUD.

                      Environmental Protection Agency

  Pesticide registration fees.--The budget proposes to reinstate 
pesticide registration fees that are statutorily suspended through 2001. 
These fees would be used to offset the cost of reviewing applications 
for pesticide registrations, amendments to registrations, and 
experimental use permits.
  Chemical pre-manufacturing notification (PMN) fees.--The 
Administration proposes to eliminate the statutory cap on PMN fees and 
to increase fees charged to chemical producers to recover the cost of 
reviewing notifications of new chemicals prior to production.

                     Federal Communications Commission

  Analog spectrum lease fee.--The Administration proposes to set a lease 
fee on commercial television broadcasters' use of spectrum for analog 
broadcasting. The lease fee would raise $200 million annually to fund 
programs in the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, 
and the Department of the Interior to expand and upgrade public safety 
wireless communications.

                       Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  Nuclear Regulatory Commission.--Under current law, the NRC must 
recover 100 percent of its costs from licensing, inspection, and annual 
fees charged to its applicants and licensees through 1999. Unless the 
law is extended, the fee covering requirement will revert to 33 percent 
of NRC's cost of operations. The Administration proposes to extend fees 
at approximately 100 percent of the NRC's cost of operations through 
2004.

                      Social Security Administration

  Claimant representation fee.--The Budget proposes to impose a fee on 
persons who represent Supplemental Security Income claimants in 
administrative or judicial proceedings. This fee is designed to recover 
the cost of processing attorney fee agreements and determining the 
allowable charge under the fee petition process. This assessment would 
be imposed only if the claimant is awarded past due benefits and a fee 
for representation is approved by the Social Security Administration.

        Mandatory Receipts used to offset discretionary spending

  In some cases, the Administration is proposing to authorize 
collections that are not subject to action by the appropriators, while 
making those collections available to offset discretionary spending. The 
budget proposes authorizing legislation that will increase governmental 
or mandatory offsetting receipts. The savings from these proposals would 
be applied to discretionary spending.

                       Department of Transportation

  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), cost based user fees.--The 
Budget proposes to reduce the existing aviation excise taxes over time 
as more efficient, cost-based user fees for air traffic services are 
phased in beginning in 2000. Under this proposal, the collections each 
year from the new cost-based user fees and the existing excise taxes 
combined would be equal to the total budget resources requested for the 
FAA in each succeeding year. In FY 2000, this proposal would result in 
the collection of $1.5 billion in additional aviation user charges. 
These charges will be deposited into a governmental receipt account and 
be made available for discretionary spending.

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                          Army Corps of Engineers

  Harbor services fees.--The Administration proposes to replace 
collection of the ad valorem Harbor Maintenance Tax with a cost-based 
user fee, the Harbor Services User Fee. The user fee will finance 
construction and operation and maintenance of harbor activities 
performed by the Army Corps of Engineers, the costs of operating and 
maintaining the Saint Lawrence Seaway, and the costs of administering 
the fee. Through appropriations acts, the fee will raise an average of 
$980 million annually through FY 2004, which is less than would have 
been raised by the Harbor Maintenance Tax before the Supreme Court 
decision that the ad valorem tax on exports was unconstitutional. While 
the collections from the harbor services fee would be mandatory, 
collections would be available to offset discretionary spending.

                         Mandatory Fee Proposals

  The following new and increased fees are classified as mandatory 
because they are proposed to be included in authorizing legislation and 
neither the collection or spending of the fee would be contingent upon 
appropriations action.

  Collections from the following proposal are to be deposited directly 
an appropriations accounts:

               Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

  State bank examination fee.--The Administration proposes to require 
the FDIC and the Federal Reserve to assess fees for examinations of bank 
holding companies and state-chartered FDIC-insured banks. The costs of 
such examinations are currently funded from deposit insurance premiums 
and Federal Reserve earnings from monetary policy activities. The FDIC 
fee proceeds would be used to finance the examination operation. The 
Federal Reserve collections do not meet the technical definition of a 
user fee, but will be reflected in higher governmental receipts, and are 
discussed in the preceding chapter on governmental receipts.

  Collections from the following proposals are to be deposited in 
receipt accounts:

                  Department of Health and Human Services

  Medicare premiums for retirees under the age of 65 and displaced 
workers.--The Administration proposes to charge premiums based on an 
actuarially fair rate to people between the ages of 62 and 65 and 
displaced workers between 55 and 61 who elect to participate in the 
Medicare buy-in premium based program. This increase in premium 
collectons is partially offset by the reduction in premium collections 
due to the Medicare savings proposals.

                Department of the Interior and Agriculture

  Increased recreation and entrance fee.--The Administration proposes to 
permanently extend the current pilot program which expires in 2001. The 
National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land 
Management, and the Forest Service would be allowed to collect increased 
recreation and entrance fees and use the receipts without further 
appropriation for facility improvements and new services. The Forest 
Service would also be authorized to use collections from existing fees 
for similar improvements and services.
  Hardrock mining production fees.--The Administration proposes to 
charge mining companies a 5% fee on net smelter production from hard 
rock mining on Federal Lands.
  Filming and special use permits fee.--The Administration proposes to 
authorize the National Park Service and other land management agencies, 
including the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service to increase 
fees for permits to use land and facilities for the making of motion 
pictures, television productions, still photos, sound tracks and other 
similar purposes. Collections would be available without further 
appropriations to cover related Government costs (as currently 
authorized) and provide a fair return to the Government.

                           Department of Justice

  Immigration user fee.--The Administration proposes to increase the fee 
for inspection of passengers at air and seaports by the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (INS) by $2.00 to $8.00. The immigration user fee 
recovers the costs of INS' air and seaport inspection of passengers 
entering the United States and other activities authorized to be funded 
by the fee. The current fee of $6.00 per passenger is insufficient to 
maintain fee operations. In addition, the Administration is proposing to 
charge $3.00 for the inspection of commercial vessel passengers whose 
journey originated in Mexico, Canada, the United States or its 
territories and possession or any adjacent island. This inspection fee 
would be expanded to cover cruise ship passengers who, in the past, have 
been exempt from any inspection fee.

                        Department of the Treasury

  Extend Customs conveyance and passenger and merchandise processing 
fees.--Under existing legislation, the Customs Conveyance/Passenger Fee 
and the Merchandise Processing Fee will expire on September 30, 2003. 
The Administration proposes to extend both of these fees starting on 
October 1, 2003.

  The following proposal is classified as mandatory because it will be 
included in authorizing legislation, and their collection will not be 
contingent on appropriations language. Collections are recorded as 
governmental receipts, not as an offset to outlays.

                Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  Mortgage transaction fees for flood hazard determination.--The 
Administration proposes to establish a $15 on all fee mortgage 
originations and refinancings to support a multi-year program to update 
and modernize FEMA's inventory of flood plain maps (100,000 maps). 
Accurate and easy to use flood hazard maps are essential in determining 
if a property is located in a flood

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plain. The maps allow lenders to meet their statutory obligation of 
requiring the risk-prone homes they insure to carry flood insurance, and 
allow homeowners to assess their risk of flood damage. These maps are 
the basis for developing appropriate risk-based flood insurance premium 
charges, and improved maps will result in a more actuarially sound 
insurance program.

                           OFFSETTING RECEIPTS

  Table 4-3 itemizes all offsetting collections deposited in receipt 
accounts. These include payments from one part of the Government to 
another, called intra-governmental transactions, and collections from 
the public. These receipts are offset (deducted) from outlays in the 
Federal budget. In total, offsetting receipts are estimated at $371.3 
billion in 2000.

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                                     Table 4-3. OFFSETTING RECEIPTS BY TYPE
                                            (In millions of dollars)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         Estimate
           Source                1998    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                Actual       1999        2000        2001        2002        2003        2004
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      INTRAGOVERNMENTAL
        TRANSACTIONS
On-budget receipts:
  Federal intrafund
   transactions:
    Distributed by agency:
      Interest from the
       Federal Financing
       Bank.................       4,141       2,736       2,352       2,153       1,996       1,845       1,859
      Interest on Government
       capital in
       enterprises..........       1,758       1,443       1,371       1,217       1,093         995         916
      Other.................       4,157       1,656       1,716       1,810       1,908       2,024       2,130
      Proposed Legislation
       (non-PAYGO)..........  ..........  ..........          50          50          50          50          50
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total Federal
       intrafunds...........      10,056       5,835       5,489       5,230       5,047       4,914       4,955
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Trust intrafund
   transactions:
    Distributed by agency:
      Payments to railroad
       retirement...........       3,819       3,712       3,630       3,528       3,638       3,640       3,636
      Other.................  ..........           1           1           1           1           1           1
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total trust intrafunds       3,819       3,713       3,631       3,529       3,639       3,641       3,637
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total intrafund
     transactions...........      13,875       9,548       9,120       8,759       8,686       8,555       8,592
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Interfund transactions:
    Distributed by agency:
      Federal fund payments
       to trust funds:
        Contributions to
         insurance programs:
          Military
           retirement fund..      15,119      15,250      15,900      16,500      17,200      17,800      18,600
          Supplementary
           medical insurance      59,919      61,879      68,690      75,479      82,157      89,322      95,276
          Proposed
           Legislation (non-
           PAYGO)...........  ..........  ..........        -469        -648        -713        -775        -728
          Hospital insurance       5,259       7,056       7,091       7,232       7,638       8,088       8,551
          Railroad social
           security
           equivalent fund..          58          94          74          74          75          77          78
          Rail industry
           pension fund.....         196         195         201         204         207         211         216
          Civilian
           supplementary
           retirement
           contributions....      21,654      21,952      22,117      22,317      22,559      22,977      23,357
          Unemployment
           insurance........         508         473         496         571         574         570         584
          Other
           contributions....         383         416         407         408         411         412         420
          Proposed
           Legislation
           (PAYGO)..........  ..........  ..........          42  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
          Miscellaneous
           payments.........         568         581         429         436         437         413         405
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal............     103,664     107,896     114,978     122,573     130,545     139,095     146,759
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Trust fund payments to
       Federal funds:
        Quinquennial
         adjustment for
         military service
         credits............  ..........  ..........  ..........       1,121  ..........  ..........  ..........
        Other...............       1,123       1,062       1,052       1,076       1,103       1,131       1,160
        Proposed Legislation
         (non-PAYGO)........  ..........  ..........       1,847  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal............       1,123       1,062       2,899       2,197       1,103       1,131       1,160
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total interfunds
       distributed by agency     104,787     108,958     117,877     124,770     131,648     140,226     147,919
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Undistributed by agency:
      Employer share,
       employee retirement
       (on-budget):
        Civil service
         retirement and
         disability
         insurance..........       8,682       8,817       9,163       9,657      10,073      10,152      10,704
        CSRDI from Postal
         Service............       6,109       6,071       6,274       6,451       6,620       6,760       6,849
        Hospital insurance
         (contribution as
         employer) \1\ .....       1,892       1,957       2,046       2,112       2,223       2,327       2,440
        Postal employer
         contributions to
         FHI................         607         610         638         663         690         718         747
        Military retirement
         fund...............      10,421      10,534      10,740      10,981      11,268      11,585      11,969
        Legislative
         proposal,
         discretionary
         offset.............  ..........  ..........         849       1,058       1,159       1,231       1,270
        Other Federal
         employees
         retirement.........         109         114         120         125         131         134         139
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total employer
         share, employee
         retirement (on-
         budget)............      27,820      28,103      29,830      31,047      32,164      32,907      34,118
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Interest received by
         on-budget trust
         funds..............      67,208      67,160      68,454      69,545      70,826      72,229      73,441
        Proposed Legislation
         (non-PAYGO)........  ..........          73         157         251         369         458         529
        Legislative
         proposal,
         discretionary
         offset.............  ..........  ..........  ..........          93         195         296         396
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total interfund
       transactions
       undistributed by
       agency...............      95,028      95,336      98,441     100,936     103,554     105,890     108,484
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total interfund
     transactions...........     199,815     204,294     216,318     225,706     235,202     246,116     256,403

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                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total on-budget receipts..     213,690     213,842     225,438     234,465     243,888     254,671     264,995
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Off-budget receipts:
  Interfund transactions:
    Distributed by agency:
      Federal fund payments
       to trust funds:
        Old-age, survivors,
         and disability
         insurance..........       9,140      11,278      10,340      10,818      11,383      12,033      12,785
    Undistributed by agency:
        Employer share,
         employee retirement
         (off-budget).......       7,052       7,355       7,969       8,442       9,102       9,746      10,442
        Proposed Legislation
         (non-PAYGO)........  ..........  ..........        -264        -271        -261        -260        -261
        Interest received by
         off-budget trust
         funds..............      46,629      51,869      56,492      62,107      68,500      75,448      82,749
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total off-budget receipts:      62,821      70,502      74,537      81,096      88,724      96,967     105,715
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total intragovernmental
 transactions...............     276,511     284,344     299,975     315,561     332,612     351,638     370,710
                             ===================================================================================
  PROPRIETARY RECEIPTS FROM
         THE PUBLIC
Distributed by agency:
  Interest:
    Interest on foreign
     loans and deferred
     foreign collections....         799         768         638         684         641         706         695
    Interest on deposits in
     tax and loan accounts..       1,228       1,050       1,115       1,105       1,105       1,105       1,105
    Other interest
     (domestic--civil) \2\ .       6,036       7,142       8,149       9,193      10,231      11,264      12,234
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total interest..........       8,063       8,960       9,902      10,982      11,977      13,075      14,034
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Royalties and rents.......       1,248       1,324       1,368       1,378       1,399       1,420       1,433
    Proposed Legislation
     (PAYGO)................  ..........  ..........  ..........           8          26          26          26
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Sale of products:
    Sale of timber and other
     natural land products..         461         466         487         466         450         434         433
    Sale of minerals and
     mineral products.......         237          31          35          35          49          49          20
    Sale of power and other
     utilities..............         754         733         680         771         766         762         752
    Other...................          28          61          59          51          67          63          54
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total sale of products..       1,480       1,291       1,261       1,323       1,332       1,308       1,259
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Fees and other charges for
   services and special
   benefits:
    Medicare premiums and
     other charges (trust
     funds).................      20,747      21,299      22,969      25,004      27,127      30,085      32,252
    Proposed Legislation
     (PAYGO)................  ..........  ..........        -135         275         488         562         687
    Nuclear waste disposal
     revenues...............         600         642         632         632         631         632         632
    Veterans life insurance
     (trust funds)..........         217         207         196         184         171         159         147
    Other \2\ ..............       2,279       1,909       1,890       1,894       1,825       1,831       1,840
    Proposed Legislation
     (non-PAYGO)............  ..........  ..........          19          19          19          19          19
    Proposed Legislation
     (PAYGO)................  ..........  ..........           3           3          95         107         120
    Legislative proposal,
     discretionary offset...  ..........  ..........         966         963         960         996       1,014
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total fees and other
     charges................      23,843      24,057      26,540      28,974      31,316      34,391      36,711
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Sale of Government
   property:
    Sale of land and other
     real property..........          58          34          85          70         571          71          70
    Proposed Legislation
     (PAYGO)................  ..........  ..........           2           4          11          11          11
    Military assistance
     program sales (trust
     funds).................      14,135      13,280      12,690      12,140      12,050       9,720       8,610
    Other...................         146         541         346         177         177         143          83
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total sale of Government
     property...............      14,339      13,855      13,123      12,391      12,809       9,945       8,774
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Realization upon loans and
   investments:
    Dollar repayments of
     loans, Agency for
     International
     Development............           1  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
    Foreign military credit
     sales..................         534         371  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
    Negative subsidies and
     downward reestimates...       4,300       8,296         933         691       2,491       2,577       2,814
    Repayment of loans to
     foreign nations........         134         285         251         252         134          72          80
    Other...................         153          76          78          82         131         111         108
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total realization upon
     loans and investments..       5,122       9,028       1,262       1,025       2,756       2,760       3,002
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Recoveries and refunds \2\
   .........................       3,375       3,844       3,977       4,244       5,416       4,350       4,443
  Proposed Legislation
   (PAYGO)..................  ..........         142         168         300         349         276         194
  Legislative proposal,
   discretionary offset.....  ..........  ..........         788  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........

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  Miscellaneous receipt
   accounts \2\ ............       2,493       4,730       1,375       1,380       1,379       1,380       1,379
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total proprietary receipts
   from the public
   distributed by agency....      59,963      67,231      59,764      62,005      68,759      68,931      71,255
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Undistributed by agency:
  Other interest: Interest
   received from Outer
   Continental Shelf escrow
   account..................           3       1,264           9  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
  Rents and royalties on the
   Outer Continental Shelf:
    Rents and bonuses.......       1,500         846         327         324         248         194         194
    Royalties...............       3,022       2,277       2,452       2,474       2,558       2,479       2,414
  Sale of major assets......       5,158  ..........         323  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total proprietary receipts
   from the public
   undistributed by agency..       9,683       4,387       3,111       2,798       2,806       2,673       2,608
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total proprietary receipts
 from the public \3\ .......      69,646      71,618      62,875      64,803      71,565      71,604      73,863
                             ===================================================================================
   OFFSETTING GOVERNMENTAL
          RECEIPTS
Distributed by agency:
  Regulatory fees...........       2,861       3,164       3,360       3,395       3,360       3,437       1,975
  Proposed Legislation (non-
   PAYGO)...................  ..........  ..........          20          20          20          20          20
  Proposed Legislation
   (PAYGO)..................  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........       1,522
  Other.....................          73          75          77          79          81           6           6
Undistributed by agency:
  Spectrum auction proceeds.       2,642       1,447       4,819       2,801       7,065       1,770         775
  Proposed Legislation (non-
   PAYGO)...................  ..........  ..........         200         200         200         200         200
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total offsetting
   governmental receipts....       5,576       4,686       8,476       6,495      10,726       5,433       4,498
                             ===================================================================================
Total offsetting receipts...     351,733     360,648     371,326     386,859     414,903     428,675     449,071
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Includes provision for covered Federal civilian employees and military personnel.
\2\ Includes both Federal funds and trust funds.
\3\ Consists of:


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            Estimate
                                        1998   -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Actual      1999       2000       2001       2002       2003       2004
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On-budget:
  Federal funds....................     33,181     32,184     26,053     26,150     30,726     30,097     31,204
  Trust funds......................     36,445     39,414     36,783     38,614     40,800     41,468     42,620
Off-budget                                  20         20         39         39         39         39         39
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------