[Analytical Perspectives]
[Federal Receipts and Collections]
[5. User Fees and Other Collections]
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5. USER CHARGES AND OTHER COLLECTIONS
In addition to collecting taxes and other receipts by the exercise of
its sovereign powers, which is discussed in the previous chapter, the
Federal Government collects income from the public from market-oriented
activities and the financing of regulatory expenses. These collections
are classified as user charges, and they include the sale of postage
stamps and electricity, charges for admittance to national parks,
premiums for deposit insurance, and proceeds from the sale of assets,
such as rents and royalties for the right to extract oil from the Outer
Continental Shelf.
Depending on the laws that authorize the collections, they are
credited to expenditure accounts as ``offsetting collections,'' or to
receipt accounts as ``offsetting receipts.'' The budget refers to these
amounts as ``offsetting'' because they are subtracted from gross outlays
rather than added to taxes on the receipts side of the budget. 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. \1\
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\1\ Showing collections from business-type transactions as offsets on
the spending side of the budget follows the concept recommended by the
1967 Report of the President's Commission on Budget Concepts. The
concept is discussed in Chapter 24: ``Budget System and Concepts and
Glossary'' in this volume.
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Usually offsetting collections are authorized to be spent for the
purposes of the account without further action by the Congress.
Offsetting receipts may or may not be earmarked for a specific purpose,
depending on the legislation that authorizes them. When earmarked, the
authorizing legislation may either authorize them to be spent without
further action by the Congress, or require them to be appropriated in
annual appropriations acts before they can be spent.
Offsetting collections and receipts include most user charges, which
are discussed below, as well as some amounts that are not user charges.
Table 5-1 summarizes these transactions. For 2004, total offsetting
collections and receipts from the public are estimated to be $234.6
billion, and total user charges are estimated to be $176.3 billion.
The following section discusses user charges and the Administration's
user charge proposals. The subsequent section displays more information
on offsetting collections and receipts. The offsetting collections and
receipts by agency are displayed in Table 21-1, ``Outlays to the Public,
Net and Gross,'' which appears in Chapter 21 of this volume.
Table 5-1. GROSS OUTLAYS, USER CHARGES, OTHER OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC, AND NET
OUTLAYS
(In billions of dollars)
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Estimate
2002 -----------------------
Actual 2003 2004
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Gross outlays............................................................... 2,233.0 2,378.0 2,464.0
Offsetting collections and receipts from the public:
User charges \1\....................................................... 155.3 167.7 173.5
Other.................................................................. 66.6 69.9 61.1
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Subtotal, offsetting collections and receipts from the public............. 222.0 237.6 234.6
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Net outlays................................................................. 2,011.0 2,140.4 2,229.4
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\1\ Total user charges are shown below. They include user charges that are classified on the receipts side of
the budget in addition to the amounts shown on this line. For additional details of total user charges, see
Table 5-2, ``Total User Charge Collections.''
Total user charges:
Offsetting collections and receipts from the public................... 155.3 167.7 173.5
Receipts.............................................................. 2.4 2.7 2.8
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Total, User charges...................................................... 157.8 170.4 176.3
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USER CHARGES
I. Introduction and Background
The Federal Government may charge those who benefit directly from a
particular activity or those subject to regulation. Based on the
definition used in this chapter, Table 5-2 shows that user charges were
$157.8 billion in 2002, and are estimated to increase to $170.4 billion
in 2003 and to $176.3 billion in 2004, growing to an estimated $198.4
billion in 2008, including the user charges proposals that are shown in
Table 5-3. This table shows that the Administration is proposing to
increase user charges by an estimated $2.1 billion in 2004, growing to
an estimated $2.6 billion in 2008.
Definition. The term ``user charge'' as used here is more broadly
defined than the ``user fee'' concept used in this chapter in prior
years. User charges are fees, charges, and assessments levied on
individuals or organizations directly benefiting from, or subject to
regulation by, a government program or activity. In addition, the payers
of the charge must be limited to those benefiting from, or subject to
regulation by, the program or activity, and may not include the general
public or a broad segment of the public (such as those who pay income
taxes or customs duties).
Examples of business-type or market-oriented user charges
include charges for the sale of postal services (the sale of
stamps), electricity (e.g., sales by the Tennessee Valley
Authority), proceeds from the sale of goods by defense
commissaries, payments for Medicare voluntary supplemental
medical insurance, life insurance premiums for veterans,
recreation fees for parks, the sale of weather maps and
related information by the Department of Commerce, and
proceeds from the sale of assets (property, plant, and
equipment) and natural resources (such as timber, oil, and
minerals).
Examples of regulatory and licensing user charges include
charges for regulating the nuclear energy industry, bankruptcy
filing fees, immigration fees, food inspection fees, passport
fees, and patent and trademark fees.
The broader ``user charges'' concept adopted this year aligns these
estimates with the concept that establishes policy for charging prices
to the public for the sale or use of goods, services, property, and
resources (see OMB Circular No. A-25, ``User Charges,'' July 8, 1993).
User charges do not include all offsetting collections and receipts
from the public, such as repayments received from credit programs;
interest, dividends, and other earnings; payments from one part of the
Federal Government to another; or cost sharing contributions. Nor do
they include earmarked taxes (such as taxes paid to social insurance
programs or excise taxes on gasoline), or customs duties, fines,
penalties, and forfeitures.
Alternative definitions. The definition used in this chapter is useful
because it is similar to the definition used in OMB Circular No. A-25,
``User Charges,'' which provides policy guidance to Executive Branch
agencies on setting prices for user charges. Alternative definitions may
be used for other purposes. Much of the discussion of user charges
below--their purpose, when they should be levied, and how the amount
should be set--applies to these alternatives as well.
Other definitions of user charges could, for example:
be narrower than the one used here, by limiting the
definition to proceeds from the sale of goods and services
(and excluding the sale of assets), and by limiting the
definition to include only proceeds that are earmarked to be
used specifically to finance the goods and services being
provided. This is the definition of user fees used in previous
chapters on this subject and is similar to one the House of
Representatives uses as a guide for purposes of committee
jurisdiction. The definition helps differentiate between
taxes, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ways and Means
Committee, and fees, which can be under the jurisdiction of
other committees. (See the Congressional Record, January 3,
1991, p. H31, item 8.)
be even narrower than the user fee concept described above,
by excluding regulatory fees and focusing solely on business-
type transactions.
be broader than the one used in this chapter by including
beneficiary- or liability-based excise taxes, such as gasoline
taxes.\2\
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\2\ Beneficiary- and liability-based taxes are terms taken from the
Congressional Budget Office, The Growth of Federal User Charges, August
1993, and updated in October 1995. In addition to gasoline taxes,
examples of beneficiary-based taxes include taxes on airline tickets,
which finance air traffic control activities and airports. An example of
a liability-based tax is the excise tax that formerly helped fund the
hazardous substance superfund in the Environmental Protection Agency.
This tax was paid by industry groups to finance environmental cleanup
activities related to the industry activity but not necessarily caused
by the payer of the fee.
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What is the purpose of user charges? The purpose of user charges is to
improve the efficiency and equity of certain Government activities, and
to reduce the burden on taxpayers to finance activities whose benefits
accrue to a relatively limited number of people, or to impose a charge
on activities that impose a cost on the public.
User charges that are set to cover the costs of production of goods
and services can provide efficiency in the allocation of resources
within the economy. They allocate goods and services to those who value
them the most, and they signal to the Government how much of the goods
or services it should provide. Prices in private, competitive markets
serve the same purposes.
User charges for goods and services that do not have special social
benefits improve equity, or fairness, by requiring that those who
benefit from an activity are the same people who pay for it. The public
often perceives user charges as fair because those who benefit from the
good or service pay for it in whole or in part, and those who do not
benefit do not pay.
When should the Government charge a fee? Discussions of whether to
finance spending with a tax or a fee often focus on whether the benefits
of the activity
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are to the public in general or to a limited group of people. In
general, if the benefits accrue broadly to the public, then the program
should be financed by taxes paid by the public; in contrast, if the
benefits accrue to a limited number of private individuals or
organizations, then the program should be financed by charges paid by
the private beneficiaries. For Federal programs where the benefits are
entirely public or entirely private, applying this principle is
relatively easy. For example, according to this principle, the benefits
from national defense accrue to the public in general and should be (and
are) financed by taxes. In contrast, the benefits of electricity sold by
the Tennessee Valley Authority accrue exclusively to those using the
electricity, and should be (and are) financed by user charges.
In many cases, however, an activity has benefits that accrue to both
public and to private groups, and it may be difficult to identify how
much of the benefits accrue to each. Because of this, it can be
difficult to know how much of the program should be financed by taxes
and how much by fees. For example, the benefits from recreation areas
are mixed. Fees for visitors to these areas are appropriate because the
visitors benefit directly from their visit, but the public in general
also benefits because these areas protect the Nation's natural and
historical heritage now and for posterity.
As a further complication, where a fee may be appropriate to finance
all or part of an activity, some consideration must be given to the ease
of administering the fee.
What should be the amount of the fee? For programs that have private
beneficiaries, the amount of the charge should depend on the costs of
producing the goods or services and the portion of the program that is
for private benefits. If the benefit is primarily private, and any
public benefits are incidental, current policies support charges that
cover the full cost to the Government, including both direct and
indirect costs. \3\
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\3\ Policies for setting user charges are promulgated in OMB Circular
No. A-25: ``User Charges'' (July 8, 1993).
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The Executive Branch is working to put cost accounting systems in
place across the Government that would make the calculation of full cost
more feasible. The difficulties in measuring full cost are associated in
part with allocating to an activity the full costs of capital,
retirement benefits, and insurance, as well as other Federal costs that
may appear in other parts of the budget. Guidance in the Statement of
Federal Financial Accounting Standards No. 4, Managerial Cost Accounting
Concepts and Standards for the Federal Government (July 31, 1995),
should underlie cost accounting in the Federal Government.
Classification of user charges in the budget. As shown in Table 5-1,
most user charges are classified as offsets to outlays on the spending
side of the budget, but a few are classified on the receipts side of the
budget. An estimated $2.8 billion in 2004 are classified this way and
are included in the totals described in Chapter 4. ``Federal Receipts.''
They are classified as receipts because they are regulatory charges
collected by the Federal Government by the exercise of its sovereign
powers. Examples include filing fees in the United States courts,
agricultural quarantine inspection fees, and passport fees.
The remaining user charges, an estimated $173.5 billion in 2004, are
classified as offsetting collections and receipts on the spending side
of the budget. Some of these are collected by the Federal Government by
the exercise of its sovereign powers and would normally appear on the
receipts side of the budget, but are required by law to be classified as
offsetting collections or receipts.
An estimated $126.5 billion of user charges for 2004 are credited
directly to expenditure accounts, and are generally available for
expenditure when they are collected, without further action by the
Congress. An estimated $47.0 billion of user charges for 2004 are
deposited in offsetting receipt accounts, and are available to be spent
only according to the legislation that established the charges.
As a further classification, the accompanying Tables 5-2 and 5-3
identify the charges as discretionary or mandatory. These
classifications are terms from the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 as
amended and are used frequently in the analysis of the budget.
``Discretionary'' in this chapter refers to charges generally controlled
through annual appropriations acts and under the jurisdiction of the
appropriations committees in the Congress. These charges offset
discretionary spending under the discretionary caps. ``Mandatory''
refers to charges controlled by permanent laws and under the
jurisdiction of the authorizing committees. These charges are subject to
rules of paygo, whereby changes in law affecting mandatory programs and
receipts cannot result in a net cost. Mandatory spending is sometimes
referred to as direct spending.
These and other classifications are discussed further in this volume
in Chapter 24, ``Budget System and Concepts and Glossary.''
II. Current User Charges
As shown in Table 5-2, total user charge collections (including those
proposed in this budget) are estimated to be $176.3 billion in 2004,
increasing to $198.4 billion in 2008. User charge collections by the
Postal Service and for Medicare premiums are the largest and are
estimated to be more than half of total user charge collections in 2004.
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Table 5-2. TOTAL USER CHARGE COLLECTIONS
(In millions of dollars)
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Estimates
2002 -----------------------------------------------------------
Actual 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Receipts
Agricultural quarantine inspection fees... 231 331 285 266 272 279 287
Abandoned mine reclamation fund........... 287 296 302 308 313 319 325
Corps of Engineers, Harbor maintenance 653 733 787 858 934 1,008 1,072
fees.....................................
Other (includes immigration, passport, and 1,257 1,359 1,428 1,439 1,395 1,420 1,240
consular fees; filing fees for the U.S.
courts; and other fees)..................
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Subtotal, receipts..................... 2,428 2,719 2,802 2,871 2,914 3,026 2,924
Offsetting Collections and Receipts from
the Public
Discretionary
Department of Agriculture: Food safety 264 262 394 400 408 417 428
inspection and other fees..............
Department of Commerce: Patent and 1,444 1,833 1,810 1,930 2,126 2,291 2,463
trademark, fees for weather services,
and other fees.........................
Department of Defense: Commissary and 8,692 8,864 9,179 8,057 8,079 8,105 8,134
other fees.............................
Department of Energy: Federal Energy 826 1,294 1,053 1,072 1,092 1,116 1,143
Regulation Commission, power marketing,
and other fees.........................
Department of Health and Human Services: 757 874 948 962 977 995 1,015
Food and Drug Administration, Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and
other fees.............................
Department of Homeland Security, border 1,149 2,441 2,523 2,570 2,622 2,680 2,748
and transportation security fees and
other fees.............................
Department of the Interior: Minerals 312 304 309 314 322 328 336
Management Service and other fees......
Department of Justice: Antitrust and 348 399 422 430 438 448 459
other fees.............................
Department of State: Passport and other 455 813 997 1,016 1,036 1,059 1,086
fees...................................
Department of Transportation: Railroad 177 266 193 196 201 206 211
safety, navigation, and other fees.....
Department of the Treasury: Sale of 1,191 1,415 1,463 1,490 1,520 1,554 1,594
commemorative coins and other fees.....
Department of Veterans Affairs: Medical 989 1,615 2,140 2,240 2,419 2,618 2,832
care and other fees....................
Social Security Administration, State 100 111 120 127 135 143 152
supplemental fees, supplemental
security income........................
Federal Communications Commission: 297 336 351 358 365 373 383
Regulatory fees and costs of auctions..
Federal Trade Commission: Regulatory 69 166 177 180 184 188 193
fees...................................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: 476 499 546 556 568 580 595
Regulatory fees........................
Securities and Exchange Commission: 1,013 1,332 1,542 1,837 2,171 1,142 1,173
Regulatory fees........................
All other agencies, discretionary user 340 553 573 587 597 610 626
charges................................
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Subtotal, discretionary user charges. 18,899 23,377 24,740 24,322 25,260 24,853 25,571
Mandatory
Department of Agriculture: Crop 1,524 3,846 3,480 3,364 3,420 3,223 3,417
insurance and other fees...............
Department of Defense: Commissary 1,411 746 600 549 556 431 389
surcharge and other fees...............
Department of Energy: Proceeds from the 4,899 4,947 5,155 5,160 5,006 4,576 4,668
sale of energy, nuclear waste disposal
fees, and other fees...................
Department of Health and Human Services: 25,986 28,303 31,033 32,860 34,557 36,374 38,790
Medicare Part B insurance premiums, and
other fees,............................
Department of Homeland Security: 4,647 5,619 5,530 5,632 5,830 6,037 6,254
Customs, immigration, flood insurance,
and other fees.........................
Department of the Interior: Recreation 2,171 2,770 2,584 2,856 2,655 2,637 2,701
and other fees.........................
Department of Justice: Immigration and 275 333 349 354 359 364 370
other fees.............................
Department of Labor: Insurance premiums 2,382 1,826 2,378 2,497 2,584 2,673 2,769
to guaranty private pensions...........
Department of the Treasury: Customs, 664 674 693 710 727 744 751
bank regulation, and other fees........
Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans 2,074 1,820 1,685 1,642 1,600 1,560 1,525
life insurance and other fees..........
Office of Personnel Management: Federal 8,210 9,067 9,916 10,630 11,366 12,140 13,065
employee health and life insurance fees
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: 3,925 2,059 2,323 2,518 3,677 4,112 4,394
Deposit insurance fees.................
National Credit Untion Administration: 519 573 605 565 583 619 667
Credit union share insurance and other
fees...................................
Postal Service: Fees for postal services 64,957 69,437 70,159 70,897 71,586 72,376 73,065
Tennessee Valley Authority: Proceeds 6,959 6,986 7,196 7,459 7,697 7,904 8,047
from the sale of energy................
Undistributed Offsetting Receipts: Sale 5,025 4,380 4,189 14,230 13,282 8,396 8,098
of spectrum licenses, OCS receipts, and
other fees.............................
All other agencies, mandatory user 818 956 857 2,123 2,137 894 909
charges................................
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Subtotal, mandatory user charges..... 136,446 144,342 148,732 164,046 167,622 165,060 169,879
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Subtotal, user charges that are 155,345 167,719 173,472 188,368 192,882 189,913 195,450
offsetting collections and receipts
from the public........................
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Total, User charges....................... 157,773 170,438 176,274 191,239 195,796 192,939 198,374
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III. User Charge Proposals
As shown in Table 5-3, the Administration is proposing new or
increased user charges that would increase collections by an estimated
$2.1 billion in 2004, increasing to $2.6 billion in 2008.
A. User Charge Proposals to Offset Discretionary Spending
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.--Legislation will be
proposed to establish user fees for APHIS costs for animal welfare
inspections, such as for animal research centers, humane societies, and
kennels.
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.--The
Administration proposes to collect a license fee to cover the cost of
administering GIPSA's packers and stockyards program and a user fee to
cover the cost of the standardization program.
Food Safety and Inspection Service.--The Administration 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
full cost of extra shifts for inspection services. FSIS would recover
100 percent of inspection costs from establishments for additional,
complete work shifts beyond a primary approved shift.
Table 5-3. USER CHARGE PROPOSALS
(Estimated collections in millions of dollars)
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004-2008
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DISCRETIONARY
1. Offsetting collections.....................
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.. ....... 8 8 8 8 8 40
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards ....... 29 30 30 31 32 152
Administration..............................
Food Safety and Inspection Service.......... ....... 122 122 122 122 122 610
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office................. 207 201 182 209 238 267 1,097
Department of Health and Human Services
Fees for the review of new drugs for animals ....... 5 5 5 5 5 25
Medicare duplicate or unprocessable claims.. 60 195 195 195 195 195 975
Medicare paper claims....................... 70 ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .........
Medicare appeals fee........................ ....... 6 6 6 6 6 30
Department of State
Machine readable visa fees.................. 67 271 280 289 300 311 1,451
Department of Veterans Affairs
Establish an annual enrollment fee for PL 7 ....... 230 241 265 292 321 1,349
and PL 8 veterans (non-disabled, higher
income).....................................
Corps of Engineers
Fees transferred from the Power Marketing 149 145 148 151 154 158 756
Administrations in the Department of Energy.
Environmental Protection Agency
Extension of pesticide maintenance fee...... ....... 8 8 8 ....... ....... 24
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Fees on each round-turn commodities futures 33 ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .........
and options transactions....................
2. Offsetting receipts
Environmental Protection Agency
Abolish cap on pre-manufacturing 4 4 8 8 8 8 36
notification fees...........................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Extend NRC fees at their 2005 level for 2006 ....... ....... ....... 367 374 384 1,125
and later...................................
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Subtotal, discretionary user charges 590 1,224 1,233 1,663 1,733 1,817 7,670
proposals.................................
MANDATORY
1. Offsetting collections
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Deposit insurance fees...................... ....... -453 -764 -231 59 39 -1,350
2. Offsetting receipts
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service recreation and entrance fees. ....... ....... 37 50 50 55 192
Department of Energy
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, collections ....... ....... 1,200 ....... ....... ....... 1,200
for research and development................
Transfer certain Power Marketing -149 -145 -148 -151 -154 -158 -756
Administrations fees to the Corps of
Engineers...................................
Department of Homeland Security
Border and transportation security ....... 305 320 336 353 371 1,685
conveyance and passenger fee................
Border and transportation security ....... 1,093 1,170 1,252 1,339 1,433 6,287
merchandise processing fee..................
Department of the Interior
Recreation fees............................. ....... ....... 39 40 42 43 164
Bureau of Land Management land sale ....... 10 25 34 42 50 161
authority...................................
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, collection ....... ....... 1,201 1 101 1 1,304
for payments to Alaska......................
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, rents...... ....... ....... 1 1 101 1 104
Federal Communications Commission
Spectrum license user fees.................. ....... ....... 10 25 50 100 185
Analog spectrum fee......................... ....... ....... ....... ....... 500 500 1,000
Extend auction authority.................... ....... ....... ....... ....... -2,000 -2,000 -4,000
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Subtotal, mandatory user charges proposals -149 810 3,091 1,357 483 435 6,176
3. Governmental receipts
Department of the Interior
Extend abandoned mine reclamation fees...... ....... ....... 308 313 319 325 1,265
National Indian Gaming Commission activity ....... ....... 3 4 4 5 16
fees........................................
Department of the Treasury
Extend Internal Revenue Service user fees... ....... 68 81 6 ....... ....... 155
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Subtotal, governmental receipts user ....... 68 392 323 323 330 1,436
charges proposals.........................
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Total, user charge proposals.............. 441 2,102 4,716 3,343 2,539 2,582 15,282
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Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office.--The Administration proposes legislation
to restructure patent fees and adjust trademark fees in support of the
objectives of PTO's strategic plan to enhance examination quality,
improve the efficiency of the patent and trademark examination systems,
and better reflect the agency's costs.
Department of Health and Human Services
Fees for the review of new drugs for animals.--The Administration is
proposing the authorization of fees for the review of new drugs for
animals. The Food and Drug Administration's review of these drugs is
required before they are available on the market. Spending financed by
these fees would be in addition to regular appropriations.
Medicare duplicate or unprocessable claims.--The Administration
proposes new user fees for providers submitting duplicate or
unprocessable claims. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) and its contractors go to great lengths to ensure that providers
are aware of billing requirements and the need to submit accurate
claims. Charging a fee for duplicate or unprocessable claims would
heighten provider awareness of these issues and increase efficiency by
deterring this action.
Medicare appeals fee.--Sections 521 and 522 of the Benefit
Improvements Protection Act (BIPA) of 2000 require CMS to reform the
current Medicare appeals process. The Administration proposes a modest
filing fee for providers who submit Medicare appeals to Qualified
Independent Contractors, which represent a new level of adjudication.
This proposal would heighten provider awareness of reformed appeals
processes and requirements as well as deter appeals submitted with
inaccurate or insufficient information.
Department of State
Machine readable visa (MRV) fees.--Both the PATRIOT Act and the Border
Security Act have placed additional, costly requirements upon the State
Department to update databases, interview more visa applicants, gather
biometric information in the visa interview process and input that
biometric information into shared databases, adjudicate a larger number
of applications annually, and reduce the amount of consular activities
that may be performed by foreign service nationals. Only cleared
Americans may perform certain consular tasks. This is all at a time when
visa applications have decreased by more than 2 million since 2001,
thereby reducing receipts by an anticipated shortfall of $200 million in
2004. In July 2002, there was an increase in the MRV fee from $65 to
$100. Rather than request an additional appropriation in 2004, the
Administration proposes another MRV fee increase to cover the shortfall.
However, prior to any new fee increase, the Department of State must
evaluate in a revised cost-of-service study the likely effects of an
increase.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Establish an annual enrollment fee for PL 7 and PL 8 veterans (non-
disabled, higher income).--Legislation will be proposed to establish an
annual enrollment fee of $250 for Priority Level 7 and 8 veterans. The
increased receipts will allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to
refocus the medical care system on caring for its core population, which
is service-connected and lower-income veterans.
Corps of Engineers
Fees transferred from the Power Marketing Administrations.--Beginning
in 2003, the Administration proposes that financing of the operation and
maintenance costs of the Corps of Engineers in the Southeastern,
Southwestern, and Western service areas of the Power Marketing
Administrations be funded by receipts from the Power Marketing
Administrations in these areas. These receipts are derived from the sale
of power and related services. This proposal transfers Power Marketing
Administration receipts to the Corps of Engineers equivalent to its
operating and maintenance costs for the facilities in these areas. The
Bonneville Power Administration already funds certain Corps of
Engineers' hydropower facilities in this fashion.
Environmental Protection Agency
Extension of pesticide maintenance fee.--As authorized by the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, EPA currently collects a
maintenance fee to fund a portion of its pesticide reregistration and
tolerance reassessment activities. The authorization to
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collect these fees was scheduled to expire at the end of fiscal year
2001 but was extended through appropriations language through fiscal
year 2002. The Administration is proposing to extend the authority to
collect these fees at $8 million annually through fiscal year 2006.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Fees on each round-turn commodities futures and options transaction.--
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulates U.S. futures
and options markets. It strives to protect investors by preventing fraud
and abuse and ensuring adequate disclosure information. The President's
2003 Budget proposed a fee on each round-turn commodities futures and
options transaction. This proposal recognized that market participants
derive direct benefit from CFTC's oversight, which provides legal
certainty and contributes to the integrity and soundness of the markets.
The fee is not proposed for 2004 and may be reconsidered after
additional analysis.
2. Offsetting receipts
Environmental Protection Agency
Abolish cap on pre-manufacturing notification fees.--EPA collects fees
from chemical manufacturers seeking to bring new chemicals into
commerce. These fees are authorized by the Toxic Substances Control Act
and are now subject to an outdated statutory cap. The Administration is
proposing appropriations language to modify the cap so that EPA can
increase fees to fully cover the cost of the program.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Extend NRC fees at their 2005 level for 2006 and later.--The Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1990, as amended, required that the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) assess license and annual fees that
recover approximately 92 percent of its budget authority in 2008, less
the appropriation from the Nuclear Waste Fund. Licensees are required to
reimburse NRC for its services, because licensees benefit from such
services.
Under OBRA, as amended, the budget authority recovery requirement
decreases by 2 percentage points per year until it reaches 90 percent in
2005. After 2005, the requirement reverts to 33 percent per year. If the
90 percent requirement is not extended beyond 2005, fees would drop from
an estimated $558 million in 2005 to $202 million in 2006. With an
extension at 90 percent, fees would be an estimated $569 million in
2006, an increase of $367 million.
B. User Charge Proposals to Offset Mandatory Spending
1. Offsetting collections
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Deposit insurance fees.--The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) insures deposits in bank and savings associations (thrifts)
through the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) and the Savings Association Fund
(SAIF). The 2004 Budget proposes to merge the BIF and the SAIF, which
offer an identical product. The FDIC is required to maintain a
designated reserve ratio (DRR, the ratio of insurance fund reserves to
total insured deposits) of 1.25 percent. If insurance fund reserves fall
below the DRR, the FDIC must charge sufficient premiums to restore the
reserve ratio to 1.25 percent. The Administration's 2004 Budget assumes
that some premium fees will be required to maintain the DRR in 2004 and
beyond. A merged fund is projected to reduce the need for FDIC-insured
depository institutions to increase premium payments over the near-term.
2. Offsetting receipts
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service recreation and entrance fees.--The Administration
proposes to permanently extend the current pilot program that allows the
Forest Service to collect increased recreation and entrance fees. These
receipts would be available for use without further appropriation and
are necessary to maintain and improve recreation facilities and
services. A similar proposal affects recreation fees for the National
Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Fish and Wildlife
Service in the Department of the Interior.
Department of Energy
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, collections for research and
development.--The budget includes a proposal to authorize the Department
of the Interior to conduct environmentally responsible oil and gas
exploration and development within a small area of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge, sometimes referred to as the ``1002 Area,'' located in
northern Alaska. The Department of the Interior estimates that
recoverable oil from this area is between 5.7 and 16 billion barrels of
oil. The budget assumes that the first oil and gas lease sale would be
held in 2005 and would result in $2.4 billion in new revenues. Beginning
in 2005 the budget would dedicate one-half of the first lease sale, $1.2
billion, to fund increased research and development on renewable energy
technology by the Department of Energy over a seven-year period. All oil
and gas revenues from the 1002 Area would be shared fifty percent with
the State of Alaska, including the estimated $2 million annual rental
payments.
Transfer certain Power Marketing Administration fees to the Corps of
Engineers.--Beginning in 2003, the Administration proposes that
financing of the operation and maintenance costs of the Corps of
Engineers in the Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western service areas
of the Power Marketing Administration be funded by receipts from the
Power Marketing Administrations in these areas. This proposal is
discussed under the Corps of Engineers above.
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Department of Homeland Security
Border and transportation security conveyance, passenger, and
merchandise processing fees.--The Administration proposes the
reauthorization of two user fees: the border security conveyance and
passenger fees; and the merchandise processing fee. The Border and
Transportation Security Directorate currently collects nine different
conveyance and passenger user fees under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985 and related statues and a merchandise
processing fee established by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
(OBRA) of 1986, all of which are set to expire on September 30, 2003.
Department of the Interior
Recreation fees.--The Administration proposal gives permanent
authority for bureaus in the Department of the Interior (DOI) to collect
and spend the receipts from entrance and other recreation fees. DOI's
National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land
Management are currently authorized to do so through 2004 under the
recreation fee demonstration program.
Bureau of Land Management land sale authority.--The Administration
will propose legislation to amend BLM's land sale authority under the
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to: (1) allow BLM to
use updated management plans to identify areas suitable for disposal,
(2) allow a portion of the receipts to be used by BLM for restoration
projects, and (3) cap receipt retention at $100 million per year. BLM is
currently limited to selling lands that had been identified for disposal
in land use plans that were in effect prior to enactment of FLTFA. Use
of the receipts is currently limited to the purchase of other lands for
conservation purposes.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge collections for payments to Alaska.--
The budget includes a proposal to authorize the Department of the
Interior to conduct environmentally responsible oil and gas exploration
and development within a small area of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge, sometimes referred to as the ``1002 Area,'' located in northern
Alaska. This proposal is discussed under the Department of Energy above.
Federal Communications Commission
Spectrum license user fees.--To continue to promote efficient spectrum
use, the Administration proposes new authority for the FCC to set user
fees on unauctioned spectrum licenses, based on public-interest and
spectrum-management principles. Fee collections are estimated to begin
in 2005 and total $1.9 billion in the first ten years.
Analog spectrum fee.--To encourage television broadcasters to vacate
the analog spectrum after 2006, as required by law, the Administration
proposes authorizing the FCC to establish an annual lease fee totaling
$500 million for the use of analog spectrum by commercial broadcasters
beginning in 2007. Upon return of their analog spectrum license to the
FCC, individual broadcasters will be exempt from the fee, and fee
collections would decline.
Extend auction authority.--The Administration will propose legislation
to extend indefinitely the FCC's authority to auction spectrum licenses,
which expires in 2007. Reductions in estimated receipts in 2007 and 2008
resulting from possible shifting of spectrum auctions from 2007 into
later years are more than offset by higher estimated receipts for those
auctions in 2009 and 2010 as well as future new auctions. Estimated
additional receipts from this proposal are $2.2 billion over the next
ten years.
3. Governmental receipts
Department of the Interior
Extend abandoned mine reclamation fees.--Collections from abandoned
mine reclamation fees are allocated to States for reclamation grants.
Current fees of 35 cents per ton for surface mined coal, 15 cents per
ton for underground mined coal, and 10 cents per ton for lignite coal
are scheduled to expire on September 30, 2004. Abandoned land problems
are expected to exist in certain States after all the money from the
collection of fees under current law is expended. The Administration
proposes to extend these fees until the most significant abandoned mine
land problems are fixed. The Administration also proposes to modify the
authorization language to allocate more of the receipts collected toward
restoration of abandoned coal mine land.
National Indian Gaming Commission activity fees.--The National Indian
Gaming Commission regulates and monitors gaming operations conducted on
Indian lands. Since 1998, the Commission has been prohibited from
collecting more than $8 million in annual fees from gaming operations to
cover the costs of its oversight responsibilities. The Administration
proposes to amend the current fee structure so that the Commission can
adjust its activities to the growth in the Indian gaming industry.
Department of the Treasury
Extend Internal Revenue Service user fees.--The Administration
proposes to extend for two years, through September 30, 2005, the IRS's
authority to charge fees for written responses to questions from
individuals, corporations, and organizations related to their tax status
or the effects of particular transactions for tax purposes. Under
current law, these fees are scheduled to expire effective with requests
made after September 30, 2003.
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OTHER OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS
Table 5-4 shows the distribution of user charges and other offsetting
collections and receipts according to whether they are offsetting
collections credited to expenditure accounts or offsetting receipts. The
table shows that total offsetting collections and receipts from the
public are estimated to be $234.6 billion in 2004. Of these, an
estimated $152.2 billion are offsetting collections credited to
appropriation accounts and an estimated $82.4 billion are deposited in
offsetting receipt accounts.
Information on the user charges presented in Table 5-4 is available in
Tables 5-2 and 5-3 and the discussion that accompanies those tables.
Major offsetting collections deposited in expenditure accounts that are
not user charges are pre-credit reform loan repayments and collections
from States to supplement payments in the supplemental security income
program. Major offsetting receipts that are not user charges include
military assistance program sales and interest income.
Table 5-5 includes all offsetting receipts deposited in receipt
accounts. These include payments from one part of the Government to
another, called intragovernmental transactions, and collections from the
public. These receipts are offset (deducted) from outlays in the Federal
budget. In total, offsetting receipts are estimated to be $492.6 billion
in 2004--$410.2 billion are intragovernmental transactions, and $82.4
billion are from the public, shown in the table as proprietary receipts
from the public and offsetting governmental receipts.
As noted above, offsetting collections and receipts by agency are also
displayed in Table 21-1, ``Outlays to the Public, Net and Gross,'' which
appears in Chapter 21 of this volume.
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Table 5-4. OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC
(In millions of dollars)
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Estimate
2002 Actual ---------------------------
2003 2004
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Offsetting collections
credited to expenditure
accounts:
User charges:..............
Postal service stamps and 64,597 69,437 70,159
other postal fees........
Defense Commissary Agency 4,983 5,100 5,174
Federal employee 6,495 7,283 8,051
contributions for
employees and retired
employees health benefits
funds....................
Sale of energy:
Tennessee Valley 6,959 6,986 7,196
Authority..............
Bonneville Power 3,650 3,807 4,010
Administration.........
All other user charges 27,128 30,775 31,921
\1\......................
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Subtotal, user charges. 113,812 123,388 126,511
Other collections credited
to expenditure accounts:
Pre-credit reform loan 16,132 13,526 13,763
repayments...............
Supplemental security 3,735 3,949 4,056
income (collections from
the States)..............
Other collections........ 10,008 8,637 7,829
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Subtotal, other 29,875 26,112 25,648
collections............
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Subtotal, collections 143,687 149,500 152,159
credited to expenditure
accounts.................
Offsetting receipts:
User charges:
Medicare premiums........ 25,952 28,269 30,998
Outer Continental Shelf 5,024 4,300 3,989
rents, bonuses, and
royalties................
All other user charges 10,557 11,762 11,974
\1\......................
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Subtotal, user charges 41,533 44,331 46,961
deposited in receipt
accounts...............
Other collections deposited
in receipt accounts:
Military assistance 11,225 12,259 11,974
program sales............
Interest income.......... 12,449 12,873 14,025
All other collections 13,084 18,617 9,464
deposited in receipt
accounts.................
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Subtotal, other 36,758 43,749 35,463
collections deposited
in receipt accounts....
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Subtotal, collections 78,291 88,080 82,424
deposited in receipt
accounts.................
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Total, offsetting collections 221,978 237,580 234,583
and receipts from the public.
Total, offsetting collections 156,902 167,993 164,286
and receipts excluding off-
budget.......................
ADDENDUM:
User charges that are 155,345 167,719 173,472
offsetting collections and
receipts \2\.................
Other offsetting collections 66,633 69,861 61,111
and receipts from the public.
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Total, offsetting 221,978 237,580 234,583
collections and receipts
from the public............
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\1\For additional detail on items classified as user charges, see Table
5-2.
\2\ Excludes user charges that are classified on the receipts side of
the budget. For total user charges, see Table 5-1 or Table 5-2.
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Table 5-5. OFFSETTING RECEIPTS BY TYPE
(In millions of dollars)
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Estimate
Source 2002 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Actual 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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INTRAGOVERNMENTAL
TRANSACTIONS
On-budget receipts:
Federal intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Interest from the 2,040 2,268 2,482 2,316 2,137 2,001 1,941
Federal Financing
Bank.................
Proposed Legislation .......... -23 -72 -123 -150 -148 -133
(non-PAYGO)........
Interest on Government 1,244 1,022 1,062 1,473 1,357 1,414 1,243
capital in
enterprises..........
General fund payments
to retirement and
health benefits
funds:
DoD retiree health .......... 15,111 16,470 18,040 19,787 21,689 23,757
care fund..........
Other................. 3,363 2,402 2,522 2,676 2,759 2,685 2,430
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 8 21 36 51
(non-PAYGO)........
Undistributed by agency:
Employing agency
contributions:
DoD retiree health .......... 7,656 8,374 8,880 9,437 10,029 10,656
care fund..........
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Total Federal 6,647 28,436 30,838 33,270 35,348 37,706 39,945
intrafunds...........
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Trust intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Payments to railroad 5,149 21,586 4,027 6,597 6,291 6,582 6,690
retirement...........
Other................. .......... 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Total trust intrafunds 5,149 21,587 4,028 6,598 6,292 6,583 6,691
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Total intrafund 11,796 50,023 34,866 39,868 41,640 44,289 46,636
transactions...........
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Interfund transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Federal fund payments
to trust funds:
Contributions to
insurance programs:
Military 17,047 17,928 18,617 19,269 19,944 20,643 21,365
retirement fund..
Supplementary 78,319 80,905 94,518 96,192 101,018 106,365 113,409
medical insurance
Proposed .......... .......... .......... -25 -8 .......... ..........
Legislation
(non-PAYGO)....
Hospital insurance 11,693 8,460 9,028 9,505 10,191 11,007 12,150
Railroad social 94 114 105 114 116 122 129
security
equivalent fund..
Rail industry 242 330 292 300 309 321 334
pension fund.....
Civilian 22,368 22,747 23,036 23,335 23,740 24,245 24,748
supplementary
retirement
contributions....
Proposed .......... 2,059 2,085 2,300 2,495 2,600 2,799
Legislation
(non-PAYGO)....
Unemployment 718 1,188 641 512 507 518 537
insurance........
Other 540 481 511 513 515 518 516
contributions....
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Subtotal.......... 131,021 134,212 148,833 152,015 158,827 166,339 175,987
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Miscellaneous 1,429 1,026 1,674 1,462 1,509 1,491 1,547
payments...........
Proposed .......... .......... 2,468 .......... .......... .......... ..........
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Subtotal............ 132,450 135,238 152,975 153,477 160,336 167,830 177,534
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Trust fund payments to
Federal funds:
Quinquennial .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
adjustment for
military service
credits............
Other............... 1,139 1,142 1,128 1,185 1,225 1,255 1,285
Proposed .......... .......... 1,851 -444 -433 -429 -423
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Subtotal............ 1,139 1,142 2,979 741 792 826 862
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Total interfunds 133,589 136,380 155,954 154,218 161,128 168,656 178,396
distributed by agency
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Undistributed by agency:
Employer share,
employee retirement
(on-budget):
Civil service 10,731 9,975 10,739 11,565 12,555 13,235 13,856
retirement and
disability
insurance..........
CSRDI from Postal 6,763 7,026 7,221 7,479 7,584 7,822 8,233
Service............
Proposed .......... -3,490 -2,658 -2,851 -2,873 -3,065 -3,411
Legislation
(PAYGO)..........
Hospital insurance 2,191 2,333 2,402 2,533 2,639 2,747 2,902
(contribution as
employer) \1\ .....
Proposed .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
Postal employer 722 684 683 706 728 751 776
contributions to
FHI................
Military retirement 12,935 12,084 12,546 12,915 13,318 13,765 14,155
fund...............
Other Federal 147 145 149 153 157 161 165
employees
retirement.........
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Total employer 33,489 28,757 31,082 32,500 34,108 35,416 36,676
share, employee
retirement (on-
budget)............
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Interest received by 76,494 73,901 75,589 78,229 81,730 85,495 89,573
on-budget trust
funds..............
Proposed .......... 24 -57 -37 -35 -27 -31
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Total interfund 109,983 102,682 106,614 110,692 115,803 120,884 126,218
transactions
undistributed by
agency...............
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Total interfund 243,572 239,062 262,568 264,910 276,931 289,540 304,614
transactions...........
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Total on-budget receipts.. 255,368 289,085 297,434 304,778 318,571 333,829 351,250
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Off-budget receipts:
Trust intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Interfund transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Federal fund payments
to trust funds:
Old-age, survivors, 13,553 13,046 13,379 14,415 15,344 16,645 18,156
and disability
insurance..........
Proposed .......... .......... 628 .......... .......... .......... ..........
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
Undistributed by agency:
Employer share, 9,292 9,493 10,023 10,794 11,482 12,159 13,043
employee retirement
(off-budget).......
Interest received by 76,819 83,576 88,698 96,769 106,122 116,995 129,253
off-budget trust
funds..............
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Total off-budget receipts: 99,664 106,115 112,728 121,978 132,948 145,799 160,452
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Total intragovernmental 355,032 395,200 410,162 426,756 451,519 479,628 511,702
transactions...............
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PROPRIETARY RECEIPTS FROM
THE PUBLIC
Distributed by agency:
Interest:
Interest on foreign 612 598 592 584 567 591 506
loans and deferred
foreign collections....
Interest on deposits in 341 225 450 700 700 700 700
tax and loan accounts..
Other interest 11,443 12,015 12,951 14,008 14,620 15,270 16,022
(domestic--civil) \2\ .
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Total interest.......... 12,396 12,838 13,993 15,292 15,887 16,561 17,228
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Dividends and other 52 35 32 32 32 32 32
earnings...............
Royalties and rents....... 1,497 1,964 1,901 1,969 1,956 1,914 1,947
Sale of products:
Sale of timber and other 322 211 220 220 236 248 258
natural land products..
Sale of minerals and 20 24 32 36 40 43 44
mineral products.......
Sale of power and other 644 684 679 691 717 728 739
utilities..............
Proposed Legislation .......... -149 -145 -148 -151 -154 -158
(PAYGO)..............
Other \2\ .............. 115 81 70 71 71 72 73
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Total sale of products.. 1,101 851 856 870 913 937 956
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Fees and other charges for
services and special
benefits:
Medicare premiums and 25,952 28,269 30,998 32,861 34,534 36,339 38,755
other charges (trust
funds).................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... -35 -12 .......... ..........
(non-PAYGO)..........
Nuclear waste disposal 712 736 743 749 754 756 767
revenues...............
Veterans life insurance 185 183 171 155 140 127 114
(trust funds)..........
Other \2\ .............. 3,674 3,649 4,320 4,263 4,492 4,741 5,003
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 76 90 92 98
(PAYGO)..............
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Total fees and other 30,523 32,837 36,232 38,069 39,998 42,055 44,737
charges................
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Sale of Government
property:
Sale of land and other 123 299 106 107 114 135 160
real property \2\ .....
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 10 25 34 42 50
(PAYGO)..............
Military assistance 11,225 12,259 11,974 10,882 10,849 11,044 11,243
program sales (trust
funds).................
Other................... 759 127 80 55 52 9 1
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Total sale of Government 12,107 12,685 12,170 11,069 11,049 11,230 11,454
property...............
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Realization upon loans and
investments:
Negative subsidies and 6,216 9,586 813 866 893 924 959
downward reestimates...
Repayment of loans to 71 85 88 94 108 25 28
foreign nations........
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Other................... 105 92 88 84 80 78 75
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Total realization upon 6,392 9,763 989 1,044 1,081 1,027 1,062
loans and investments..
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Recoveries and refunds \2\ 3,580 5,867 5,335 3,638 3,548 3,655 3,762
.........................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 14 30 -56 -109 -114
(PAYGO)................
Miscellaneous receipt 1,622 1,852 1,876 1,893 1,922 1,942 1,965
accounts \2\ ............
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Total proprietary receipts 69,270 78,692 73,398 73,906 76,330 79,244 83,029
from the public
distributed by agency....
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Undistributed by agency:
Other interest: Interest 1 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
received from Outer
Continental Shelf escrow
account..................
Rents, bonuses, and
royalties:
Outer Continental Shelf 197 569 615 499 481 583 418
rents and bonuses......
Outer Continental Shelf 4,827 3,731 3,374 3,996 4,674 4,761 4,778
royalties..............
Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge:
Arctic National Wildlife .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Refuge.................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 2,402 2 202 2
(PAYGO)..............
Sale of major assets...... .......... .......... .......... 323 .......... .......... ..........
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Total proprietary receipts 5,025 4,300 3,989 7,220 5,157 5,546 5,198
from the public
undistributed by agency..
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Total proprietary receipts 74,295 82,992 77,387 81,126 81,487 84,790 88,227
from the public \3\ .......
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OFFSETTING GOVERNMENTAL
RECEIPTS
Distributed by agency:
Defense cooperation....... 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Regulatory fees \2\ ...... 3,908 4,854 3,339 3,436 3,519 3,609 3,700
Proposed Legislation .......... 63 4 8 8 8 8
(non-PAYGO)............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 1,398 1,490 1,588 1,692 1,804
(PAYGO)................
Other..................... 75 79 84 85 85 88 89
Undistributed by agency:
Spectrum auction proceeds. 1 80 200 8,200 8,100 4,300 4,300
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 10 25 -1,450 -1,400
(PAYGO)................
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Total offsetting 3,996 5,088 5,037 13,241 13,337 8,259 8,513
governmental receipts....
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Total offsetting receipts... 433,323 483,280 492,586 521,123 546,343 572,677 608,442
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\1\ Includes provision for covered Federal civilian employees and military personnel.
\2\ Includes both Federal funds and trust funds.
\3\ Consists of:
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Estimate
2002 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Actual 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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On-budget:
Federal Funds.................... 35,631 40,725 32,309 35,247 33,928 35,219 36,043
Trust Funds...................... 38,581 42,185 44,995 45,795 47,473 49,483 52,094
Off-budget......................... 83 82 83 84 86 88 90
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