[Analytical Perspectives]
[Federal Receipts and Collections]
[17. User Charges and Other Collections]
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17. 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 25: ``The Budget System and Concepts''
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 17-1 summarizes these transactions. For 2005, total offsetting
collections and receipts from the public are estimated to be $240.0
billion, and total user charges are estimated to be $182.2 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 20-1, ``Outlays to the Public,
Net and Gross,'' which appears in Chapter 20 of this volume.
Table 17-1. GROSS OUTLAYS, USER CHARGES, OTHER OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC, AND NET
OUTLAYS
(in billions)
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Estimate
Actual -----------------------
2003 2004 2005
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Gross outlays............................................................... 2,389.0 2,556.6 2,639.9
Offsetting collections and receipts from the public:
User charges \1\........................................................ 159.6 169.6 179.4
Other................................................................... 71.7 68.2 60.6
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Subtotal, offsetting collections and receipts from the public......... 231.3 237.8 240.0
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Net outlays................................................................. 2,157.6 2,318.8 2,399.8
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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 17-2, ``Total User Charge Collections.''
Total user charges:
Offsetting collections and receipts from the public.................... 159.6 169.6 179.4
Receipts............................................................... 2.6 2.8 2.9
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Total, User charges...................................................... 162.2 172.3 182.2
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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 17-2 shows that user charges were
$162.2 billion in 2003, and are estimated to increase to $172.3 billion
in 2004 and to $182.2 billion in 2005, growing to an estimated $208.2
billion in 2009, including the user charges proposals that are shown in
Table 17-3. This table shows that the Administration's user charge
proposals, including extension of expiring proposals, would increase
user charges by an estimated $2.3 billion in 2005, growing to an
estimated $7.5 billion in 2009.
Definition. 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 ``user charges'' concept used here 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 definition 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.
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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 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 17-1,
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 $2.9 billion in 2005 are classified this way and
are included in the totals described in Chapter 16. ``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 $179.4 billion in 2005, 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 on
the spending side as offsetting collections or receipts.
An estimated $124.3 billion of user charges for 2005 are credited
directly to expenditure accounts, and are generally available for
expenditure when they are collected, without further action by the
Congress. An estimated $55.1 billion of user charges for 2005 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 17-2 and 17-3
identify the user 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 user charges generally
controlled through annual appropriations acts and under the jurisdiction
of the appropriations committees in the Congress. ``Mandatory'' refers
to user charges controlled by permanent laws and under the jurisdiction
of the authorizing committees.
These and other classifications are discussed further in this volume
in Chapter 25, ``The Budget System and Concepts.''
II. Total User Charges
As shown in Table 17-2, total user charge collections (including those
proposed in this budget) are estimated to be $182.2 billion in 2005,
increasing to $208.2 billion in 2009. 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 2005.
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Table 17-2. TOTAL USER CHARGE COLLECTIONS
(in millions of dollars)
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Estimates
Actual -----------------------------------------------------------
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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Receipts
Agricultural quarantine inspection fees... 231 260 274 272 279 287 294
Abandoned mine reclamation fund........... 282 278 239 245 252 256 262
Department of State immigration, passport, 642 634 627 651 675 702 729
and consular fees........................
Corps of Engineers harbor maintenance fees 758 812 886 965 1,036 1,051 1,074
Other..................................... 705 770 825 831 838 635 635
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Subtotal, receipts...................... 2,618 2,754 2,851 2,964 3,080 2,931 2,994
Offsetting Collections and Receipts from
the Public
Discretionary
Department of Agriculture: Food safety 106 140 308 305 307 310 312
inspection and other fees................
Department of Commerce: Patent and 1,395 1,506 1,767 1,900 2,013 2,135 2,222
trademark, fees for weather services, and
other fees...............................
Department of Defense: Commissary and 7,309 9,008 9,098 10,770 10,534 10,534 10,534
other fees...............................
Department of Energy: Federal Energy 915 1,069 1,729 1,710 1,716 1,729 1,731
Regulation Commission, power marketing,
and other fees...........................
Department of Health and Human Services: 891 771 974 963 966 968 970
Food and Drug Administration, Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other
fees.....................................
Department of Homeland Security: Border 1,558 2,387 2,510 2,639 2,771 2,909 3,044
and Transportation Security and other
fees.....................................
Department of the Interior: Minerals 306 291 360 347 338 356 354
Management Service and other fees........
Department of Justice: Fees for bankruptcy 265 266 306 298 299 301 301
oversight and other fees.................
Department of State: Passport and other 877 949 1,222 1,260 1,312 1,363 1,413
fees.....................................
Department of Transportation: Motor 84 100 101 104 105 107 109
carrier safety and other fees............
Department of the Treasury: Sale of 1,393 1,518 1,580 1,540 1,542 1,550 1,553
commemorative coins and other fees.......
Department of Veterans Affairs: Medical 1,626 1,989 2,531 2,647 2,773 2,905 3,044
care and other fees......................
Social Security Administration, State 107 120 121 118 118 119 119
supplemental fees, supplemental security
income...................................
Federal Communications Commission: 363 358 364 355 355 357 357
Regulatory fees..........................
Federal Trade Commission: Regulatory fees. 61 135 170 183 188 191 194
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Regulatory 526 546 541 532 535 541 545
fees.....................................
Securities and Exchange Commission: 1,000 1,547 1,806 2,146 1,115 1,147 1,332
Regulatory fees..........................
All other agencies, discretionary user 654 430 588 576 589 599 600
fees.....................................
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Subtotal, discretionary user charges.... 19,436 23,130 26,076 28,393 27,576 28,121 28,734
Mandatory
Department of Agriculture: Crop insurance 1,469 1,878 1,800 1,879 1,912 1,927 1,938
and other fees...........................
Department of Defense: Commissary 690 694 661 593 484 475 441
surcharge and other fees.................
Department of Energy: Proceeds from the 4,829 4,945 4,055 4,132 3,966 4,021 4,098
sale of energy, nuclear waste disposal
fees, and other fees
Department of Health and Human Services: 28,466 32,253 36,926 38,904 40,196 42,601 45,171
Medicare Part B insurance premiums, and
other fees
Department of Homeland Security: Customs, 4,888 5,131 5,677 5,784 5,971 6,159 6,357
immigration, and other fees..............
Department of the Interior: Recreation and 2,941 3,359 4,077 3,434 3,442 3,531 3,397
other fees...............................
Department of Justice: Federal Prison 295 361 403 409 374 380 386
Commissary fees and other fees...........
Department of Labor: Insurance premiums to 1,490 2,605 3,005 3,220 3,662 3,579 3,642
guaranty private pensions and other fees.
Department of the Treasury: Bank 712 747 848 858 867 883 901
regulation, and other fees...............
Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans 1,857 1,674 1,633 1,586 1,542 1,509 1,483
life insurance and other fees............
Office of Personnel Management: Federal 8,951 9,937 10,696 11,360 12,162 13,117 14,014
employee health and life insurance fees..
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: 1,655 1,351 1,153 1,431 2,516 3,972 4,672
Deposit insurance fees...................
National Credit Union Administration: 508 556 566 483 512 544 578
Credit union share insurance and other
fees.....................................
Postal Service: Fees for postal services.. 67,752 67,916 68,134 68,885 69,575 70,265 70,955
Tennessee Valley Authority: Proceeds from 7,255 7,513 7,959 7,997 8,104 8,147 8,242
the sale of energy.......................
Allowances, spectrum relocation fund...... ........ ........ ........ 1,250 1,250 ........ ........
Undistributed Offsetting Receipts: Sale of 5,029 4,587 4,855 17,382 15,465 8,918 9,290
spectrum licenses, OCS receipts, and
other fees...............................
All other agencies, mandatory user fees... 1,380 925 860 904 919 926 923
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Subtotal, mandatory user charges........ 140,167 146,432 153,308 170,491 172,919 170,954 176,488
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Subtotal, user charges that are offsetting 159,603 169,562 179,384 198,884 200,495 199,075 205,222
collections and receipts from the public.
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TOTAL, User charges....................... 162,221 172,316 182,235 201,848 203,575 202,006 208,216
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III. User Charge Proposals
As shown in Table 17-3, the Administration is proposing new or
increased user charges, including proposed extensions of expiring
charges, that would increase collections by an estimated $2.3 billion in
2005, increasing to $7.5 billion in 2009.
A. User Charge Proposals to Offset Discretionary Spending
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service.--The Administration proposes a new
user fee for the 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 cover the cost of a primary eight hour
shift and the establishments would pay for additional complete work
shifts. Currently, establishments pay for overtime when it is less than
one complete shift.
The Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).--GIPSA proposes to establish a fee to cover the cost associated
with GIPSA's standardization activities and a licensing fee to cover the
cost associated with administering meat packers and stockyards
activities.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.--Legislation will be
proposed to establish user fees for animal welfare inspections, such as
for animal research centers, humane societies and kennels.
Table 17-3. USER CHARGE PROPOSALS
(estimated collections in millions of dollars)
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005-2009
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DISCRETIONARY
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Agriculture
Food Safety Inspection user fees...................... 124 121 121 122 122 610
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 29 28 28 28 29 142
Administration.......................................
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service............ 11 11 11 11 11 55
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office........................... 219 264 311 360 383 1,537
Department of Energy
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management: 749 754 757 767 767 3,794
Reclassify fees......................................
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare duplicate or unprocessable claims............ 195 195 195 195 195 975
Medicare appeals reform............................... 10 32 33 34 35 144
Department of the Interior
Fees transferred from the Power Marketing 30 29 29 29 29 146
Administrations......................................
Department of Justice
FBI fees for forensic services........................ 39 35 33 33 31 171
DEA fees for forensic services........................ 3 3 3 3 3 15
Department of State
Enhanced border security program user fees............ 100 105 111 116 122 554
Department of Transportation
Motor carrier safety.................................. 13 13 13 13 13 65
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works
Fees transferred from the Power Marketing 150 156 160 165 172 803
Administrations......................................
2. Offsetting receipts
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: GSE -44 -44 -45 -47 -47 -227
regulation...........................................
Department of Veterans Affairs
Annual enrollment fee................................. 268 281 295 310 326 1,480
Higher drug copayments................................ 135 142 149 156 165 747
Environmental Protection Agency
Abolish cap on pre-manufacturing notification fees.... 4 8 8 8 8 36
Remove prohibition on collection of registration fees. 26 27 27 28 28 136
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Extend Nuclear Regulatory Commission fees............. ....... 330 329 330 329 1,318
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Subtotal, discretionary user charges proposals........ 2,061 2,490 2,568 2,661 2,721 12,501
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MANDATORY
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government-sponsored enterprise regulation............ 6 6 6 6 6 30
Department of the Treasury
Government-sponsored enterprise regulation............ 83 81 81 82 82 409
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Deposit insurance premiums............................ ....... -570 -744 58 59 -1,197
Federal Housing Finance Board
Government-sponsored enterprise regulation............ -34 -32 -34 -35 -36 -171
2. Offsetting receipts
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service recreation fees........................ ....... 37 50 50 55 192
Department of Energy
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management: -749 -754 -757 -767 -767 -3,794
Reclassify fees......................................
Fees transferred from the Power Marketing -180 -186 -191 -197 -204 -958
Administrations......................................
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, collections for ....... 1,200 ....... ....... ....... 1,200
research and development.............................
Department of Homeland Security
Conveyance and passenger fees and merchandise 820 1,391 1,448 1,507 1,570 6,736
processing fees......................................
Department of the Interior
Recreation fees....................................... ....... 38 48 47 47 180
Hetch Hetchy rental payments.......................... 8 8 8 8 8 40
Bureau of Land Management land sale authority......... 24 33 38 48 48 191
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, collection for ....... 1,201 1 101 1 1,304
payments to Alaska...................................
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, rents and bonuses.... ....... 1 1 101 1 104
Department of Labor
Application fee for the permanent foreign labor 23 23 23 23 23 115
certification program................................
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works
Special recreation user fees.......................... 7 7 7 7 7 35
Federal Communications Commission
Analog spectrum fee................................... ....... ....... 500 500 480 1,480
Extend auction authority.............................. ....... ....... -2,000 -2,000 2,800 -1,200
Spectrum license user fees............................ ....... 50 150 300 300 800
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Subtotal, mandatory user charges proposals............ 8 2,534 -1,365 -161 4,480 5,496
3. Governmental receipts
Department of the Interior
Extend abandoned mine reclamation fees................ 239 245 252 256 262 1,254
National Indian Gaming Commission, activity fees...... ....... 4 4 5 5 18
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service fees......................... 32 44 45 46 47 214
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Subtotal, governmental receipts user charges proposals 271 293 301 307 314 1,486
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Total, User charges proposals......................... 2,340 5,317 1,504 2,807 7,515 19,483
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Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).--The Administration continues to
support legislation proposed with the 2004 Budget 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 Energy
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management--reclassify fees.--The
Administration proposes legislation to reclassify fees currently paid to
the Federal government by utilities that generate electricity using
nuclear power. Fees equal to the amount appropriated would be credited
as offsets to appropriations for the U.S. nuclear waste management
program and their classification would be changed from mandatory to
discretionary. The Department of Energy will require substantial
additional resources to complete the application process and construct
the nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This new funding
mechanism will ensure that adequate funds are available for the
repository to begin to accept waste in 2010.
Department of Health and Human Services
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
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unprocessable claims would heighten provider awareness of these issues
and increase efficiency by deterring this action.
Medicare appeals reform.--The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP (State
Children's Health Insurance Program) Benefits Improvement and Protection
Act of 2000 and Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 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 a reformed appeals process and
requirements as well as deter appeals submitted with inaccurate or
insufficient information.
Department of the Interior
Fees transferred from the Power Marketing Administrations.--Beginning
in 2005, the Administration proposes that the Western Area Power
Administration (WAPA) transfer receipts to directly finance hydropower-
related operation and maintenance expenses of the Bureau of Reclamation
in the Department of the Interior in those areas where pre-existing
direct financing arrangements are not already in place. These receipts
are derived from the sale of power and related services. This proposal
transfers WAPA receipts to the Bureau of Reclamation equivalent to its
operating and maintenance costs for the facilities in these areas. The
Bureau of Reclamation already has a similar arrangement with the
Bonneville Power Administration.
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fees for forensic services.--The
Administration proposes a new user fee associated with providing
forensic support to State and local law enforcement agencies.
Historically, requests from State and local law enforcement agencies
comprise 25 to 30 percent of the forensic caseload of the FBI
Laboratory. These services are currently provided at no cost. This
significant expense to the FBI would be partially offset by the new user
fee, which will be structured to minimize its impact, particularly on
small State and local law enforcement agencies.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) fees for forensic services.--The
Administration proposes a new user fee associated with providing
forensic support to the Metropolitan Police Department of the District
of Columbia (MPD). In 2002, 64 percent of the drug exhibits analyzed by
DEA's Mid-Atlantic Laboratory were submitted by the MPD. These services
are currently provided at no cost. The Mid-Atlantic Laboratory is the
only DEA laboratory where the workload for State and local law
enforcement agencies exceeds one percent. The proposed fees would be
structured to offset these costs.
Department of State
Enhanced border security program user fees.--The Department of State
is strengthening the security of its adjudication processes and
documents as well as striving to meet all biometric-related requirements
on time. In order to address all border security requirements, in
addition to the fees currently collected and retained by the Department,
the Administration is proposing the collection and retention of
additional resources in 2005.
Department of Transportation
Motor carrier safety.--The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
collects registration and insurance validation fees from motor carriers
applying to operate in interstate commerce. Carrier registration and
proof of insurance are necessary for trucking firms to obtain Department
of Transportation numbers for interstate operations. These fees are
primarily used to fund the processing of carrier registration and
insurance actions by the agency's Licensing and Insurance Divisions.
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works
Fees transferred from the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs).--The
Administration proposes that, starting in 2005, receipts from the sale
of hydroelectric power generated at certain Federal dams operated by
Corps of Engineers be used to finance the operation and maintenance of
those facilities. This direct financing arrangement already exists for
the Bonneville Power Administration, and the proposal would extend it to
the Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Power Administrations in the
Department of Energy. Replacing the current Corps of Engineers
appropriations for these activities with direct funding from user fees
will make it easier to ensure that adequate funding is provided for
operations and maintenance of these facilities.
2. Offsetting receipts
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: GSE regulation.--This
proposal is discussed in the entry for the Department of the Treasury
below that discusses government-sponsored enterprise regulation.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Establish an annual enrollment fee and increased pharmacutical
copayments for PL 7 and PL 8 veterans (non-disabled, higher income).--
Legislation will be proposed to establish an annual enrollment fee of
$250 and an increased pharmaceutical copayment of $15 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--veterans with special needs, service-connected
disabilities, and lower incomes.
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
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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.
Remove prohibition on collection of registration fees.--The
Administration is proposing to remove a prohibition on the collection of
pesticide registration fees. These fees will be collected from entities
seeking to register their pesticides for use in the United States.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Extend Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) fees at their 2005 level
for 2006 and later.--The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of
1990, as amended, required that the NRC assess license and annual fees
that recover approximately 90 percent of its budget authority in 2005,
less the appropriation from the Nuclear Waste Fund. Licensees are
required to reimburse NRC for its services, because licensees benefit
from such services. After 2005, the recovery requirement reverts to 33
percent per year. If the 90 percent requirement is not extended beyond
2005, fees would drop from an estimated $541 million in 2005 to $202
million in 2006. With an extension at 90 percent, fees would be an
estimated $532 million in 2006, an increase of $330 million.
B. User Charge Proposals to Offset Mandatory Spending
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Health and Human Services
Child support enforcement fees for never-TANF cases.--The
Administration is re-proposing legislative proposals from the 2003 and
2004 budgets to mandate an annual user fee of $25 for child support
cases for people who have never been on assistance (temporary assistance
for needy families (TANF), aid to families with dependent children, or
Medicaid). The Federal and State governments would share in the savings
proportional to the Federal Financial Participation rate. This fee would
be collected by State governments.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation.--The Administration
has proposed broad reform of the supervisory system for government-
sponsored enterprises (GSEs) in the housing market. Part of this reform
includes the assessment on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac of the cost of
HUD's responsibilities under the Federal Housing Enterprise Safety and
Soundness Act of 1992 and amendments as proposed. These responsibilities
include the establishment and enforcement of affordable housing goals
for the GSEs, ensuring GSE compliance with fair housing laws, and
providing consultation to the safety and soundness regulator on the
GSEs' new activities. (For additional information see Chapter 7,
``Credit and Insurance'' in this volume, and the Department of Housing
and Urban Development chapter in the Appendix volume.)
Department of the Treasury
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation.--The Administration
has proposed broad reform of the supervisory system for government-
sponsored enterprises (GSEs) in the housing market. Fees currently
collected by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight and the
Federal Housing Finance Board would instead be collected by a new
housing GSE safety and soundness regulator in the Department of the
Treasury. (For additional information, see Chapter 7, ``Credit and
Insurance'', in this volume, and the Department of Treasury chapter in
the Appendix volume.)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Deposit insurance premiuns.--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). This budget proposes to merge the BIF and the SAIF, which offer
an identical product. The FDIC maintains a reserve ratio of insurance
fund reserves to total insured deposits of 1.25 percent. If insurance
fund reserves fall below 1.25 percent, the FDIC will charge sufficient
premiums to restore the reserve ratio to 1.25 percent. The
Administration's 2005 Budget assumes that some premium fees will be
required to maintain the reserve ratio in 2006 and beyond.
Federal Housing Finance Board
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation.--This proposal is
discussed above in the entry for the Department of the Treasury.
2. Offsetting receipts
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service recreation fees.--A recreation fee program is proposed,
generally consistent with the existing recreation fee demonstration
program, that would permanently authorize the direct expenditure of
recreations fees collected by the Forest Service and the Department of
the Interior beginning in 2005.
Department of Energy
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management--reclassify fees.--
This proposal is discussed under the discretionary Department of Energy
proposal above.
Fees transferred from the Power Marketing Administration (PMAs).--
Beginning in 2005, the Administration proposes that financing of the
hydropower-related operation and maintenance costs of the Bureau of
Reclamation in the Department of the Interior and the Corps of Engineers
be directly funded by receipts from the PMAs--Southeastern,
Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations--in those areas
where pre-existing direct financing arrangements are not already in
place. These receipts are derived from the sale of power and related
services. This proposal would transfer receipts to the Bureau of
Reclamation and to the Corps of Engineers equivalent to their operating
and maintenance costs for the facilities in these areas. The Bureau
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of Reclamation already has similar arrangements with other entities,
such as the Bonneville Power Administration.
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 2006 and would result in $2.4 billion in new revenues. Beginning
in 2006 the budget would dedicate one-half of the first lease sale, $1.2
billion, to fund increased research and development on renewable energy
and related 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.
Department of Homeland Security
Conveyance and passenger fees and merchandise processing fees.--The
Administration proposes the reauthorization of two user fees; the Bureau
of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) conveyance and passenger fees,
and the merchandise processing fee. BCBP currently collects multiple
different conveyance and passenger user fees under the Consolidated
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985 and related statutes
and a merchandise processing fee established by the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1986, all of which are set to expire on
March 1, 2005.
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 2005 under the
recreation fee demonstration program.
Hetch Hetchy rental payments, Yosemite Management Fund.--This
legislative proposal would authorize the National Park Service to charge
rental payments to the City of San Francisco for the Hetch Hetchy
Reservoir in Yosemite National Park. The proposal would also authorize
NPS to retain and expend the receipts, without further appropriations,
for activities in Yosemite National Park.
Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) 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; (3) cap receipt retention at $100 million
per year; (4) extend the authority to 2015; and (5) eliminate the use of
receipts for land exchanges. 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.
Department of Labor
Application fee for the permanent foreign labor certification
program.--Legislation will be proposed to establish a fee for applicants
to the Permanent Foreign Labor Certification Program. This fee, which
would cover the cost of processing new applications, also would
partially support the administrative costs of backlog reduction in the
State and regional offices.
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works
Special recreation user fees.--The Corps of Engineers manages 4,300
recreation areas at 456 Corps projects (mostly lakes) in 43 states, used
annually by millions of visitors. The Administration proposes that the
Corps participate in the existing Federal Recreation User Fee
Demonstration project and undertake six recreation demonstration
projects. This will allow the agency to use the additional user fees it
collects to modernize and upgrade boating, camping and other outdoor
recreation facilities at the sites where the fees are collected. The
initiative will improve the quantity and quality of recreation services
available to the public.
Federal Communications Commission
Analog spectrum fee.--To encourage television broadcasters to vacate
the analog spectrum after 2006, as required by law, the Administration
continues to support proposals authorizing the Federal Communications
Commission (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 continues to support
proposals 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 $2.4 billion over
the next ten years.
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Spectrum license user fees.--To continue to promote efficient spectrum
use, the Administration continues to support proposals for 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 2006 and total $3.1 billion in the first nine
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 at a reduced rate to clean up and reclaim
the most significant abandoned mine land problems in 25 years. 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, there has been a fixed cap on the annual fees
the Commission may assess 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
Permanently extend Internal Revenue Service (IRS) user fees.--The
Administration proposes to permanently extend IRS 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 December 31,
2004.
OTHER OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS
Table 17-4 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 $240.0 billion in 2005. Of these, an
estimated $150.6 billion are offsetting collections credited to
appropriation accounts and an estimated $89.4 billion are deposited in
offsetting receipt accounts.
Information on the user charges presented in Table 17-4 is available
in Tables 17-2 and 17-3 and the discussion that accompanies those
tables. Major offsetting collections deposited in expenditure accounts
that are not user charges include collections by the Commodity
Corporation fund in the Department of Agriculture, which are related to
loans, collections from States to supplement payments in the
supplemental security income program, and pre-credit reform loan
repayments. Major offsetting receipts that are not user charges include
military assistance program sales and interest income.
Table 17-5 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 $539.1 billion
in 2005: $449.6 billion are intragovernmental transactions; and $89.4
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 20-1, ``Outlays to the Public, Net and Gross,'' which
appears in Chapter 20 of this volume.
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Table 17-4. OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC
(in millions of dollars)
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Estimate
Actual ---------------------------
2003 2004 2005
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Offsetting collections credited
to expenditure accounts:
User charges:
Postal service stamps and 67,752 67,916 68,134
other postal fees..........
Defense Commissary Agency... 5,064 5,118 5,161
Employee contributions for 7,235 8,131 8,798
employees and retired
employees health benefits
funds......................
Sale of energy:
Tennessee Valley Authority 7,255 7,513 7,959
Bonneville Power 3,530 3,646 3,647
Administration...........
All other user charges...... 24,055 28,024 30,608
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Subtotal, user charges.... 114,891 120,348 124,307
Other collections credited to
expenditure accounts:
Commodity Corporation fund.. 9,441 9,255 10,844
Supplemental security income 3,925 4,229 4,314
(collections from the
States)....................
Other collections........... 17,126 11,832 11,111
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Subtotal, other 30,492 25,316 26,269
collections..............
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Subtotal, collections 145,383 145,664 150,576
credited to expenditure
accounts...................
Offsetting receipts:
User charges:
Medicare premiums........... 28,433 32,169 36,803
Outer Continental Shelf 5,029 4,587 4,755
rents, bonuses, and
royalties..................
All other user chaarges..... 11,250 12,458 13,519
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Subtotal, user charges 44,712 49,214 55,077
deposited in receipt
accounts.................
Other collections deposited in
receipt accounts:
Military assistance program 10,454 11,974 10,882
sales......................
Interest income............. 14,018 14,113 13,865
All other collections 16,752 16,799 9,608
deposited in receipt
accounts...................
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Subtotal, other 41,224 42,886 34,355
collections deposited in
receipt accounts.........
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Subtotal, collections 85,936 92,100 89,432
deposited in receipt accounts
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Total, offsetting collections 231,319 237,764 240,008
and receipts from the public...
Total, offsetting collections 163,473 169,738 171,761
and receipts excluding off-
budget.........................
ADDENDUM:
User charges that are 159,603 169,562 179,384
offsetting collections and
receipts \1\.................
Other offsetting collections 71,716 68,202 60,624
and receipts from the public.
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Total, offsetting 231,319 237,764 240,008
collections and receipts
from the public............
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\1\ Excludes user charges that are classified on the receipts side of
the budget. For total user charges, see Table 17.1 or Table 17.2.
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Table 17-5. OFFSETTING RECEIPTS BY TYPE
(In millions of dollars)
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Estimate
Source 2003 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Actual 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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INTRAGOVERNMENTAL
TRANSACTIONS
On-budget receipts:
Federal intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Interest from the 2,449 1,192 1,186 1,178 1,178 1,187 1,195
Federal Financing
Bank.................
Interest on Government 792 847 945 1,066 1,076 1,072 1,080
capital in
enterprises..........
General fund payments
to retirement and
health benefits
funds:
DoD retiree health 14,565 16,868 18,576 20,550 22,612 24,886 27,371
care fund..........
Other............... 3,218 2,419 2,642 2,718 2,800 2,851 2,991
Proposed .......... .......... 8 15 28 41 51
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
Proposed .......... 6 6 6 6 6 6
Legislation
(PAYGO)..........
Undistributed by agency:
Employing agency
contributions:
DoD retiree health 8,201 8,356 10,541 11,215 11,914 12,657 13,440
care fund..........
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Total Federal 29,225 29,688 33,904 36,748 39,614 42,700 46,134
intrafunds...........
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Trust intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Payments to railroad 23,233 6,251 6,392 6,082 6,320 6,479 6,552
retirement...........
Other................. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Total trust intrafunds 23,234 6,252 6,393 6,083 6,321 6,480 6,553
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Total intrafund 52,459 35,940 40,297 42,831 45,935 49,180 52,687
transactions...........
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Interfund transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Federal fund payments
to trust funds:
Contributions to
insurance programs:
Military 17,928 22,462 23,180 23,973 24,813 25,676 26,565
retirement fund..
Supplementary 80,906 96,839 116,896 166,468 181,364 193,195 205,853
medical insurance
Proposed .......... .......... -118 -149 -147 -139 -149
Legislation
(non-PAYGO)....
Hospital insurance 8,946 8,423 9,667 10,573 11,567 13,218 14,497
Railroad social 112 120 118 123 132 147 152
security
equivalent fund..
Rail industry 318 326 303 313 324 337 351
pension fund.....
Civilian 22,139 26,222 26,629 26,832 27,037 27,440 27,944
supplementary
retirement
contributions....
Unemployment 1,265 1,377 595 591 599 612 630
insurance........
Other 468 516 535 539 540 534 527
contributions....
Proposed .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 13 28
Legislation
(PAYGO)........
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Subtotal.......... 132,082 156,285 177,805 229,263 246,229 261,033 276,398
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Miscellaneous 984 1,995 2,098 1,587 1,603 1,633 1,658
payments...........
Proposed .......... .......... 3,281 .......... .......... .......... ..........
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Subtotal............ 133,066 158,280 183,184 230,850 247,832 262,666 278,056
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Trust fund payments to
Federal funds:
Other............... 1,113 1,183 1,263 1,328 2,701 3,202 3,269
Proposed .......... .......... 2,764 -517 -512 -506 -507
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Subtotal............ 1,113 1,183 4,027 811 2,189 2,696 2,762
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Total interfunds 134,179 159,463 187,211 231,661 250,021 265,362 280,818
distributed by agency
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Undistributed by agency:
Employer share,
employee retirement
(on-budget):
Civil service 11,288 11,566 12,769 13,768 14,927 16,191 17,509
retirement and
disability
insurance..........
CSRDI from Postal 3,331 4,364 4,450 4,514 4,577 4,640 4,703
Service............
Hospital insurance 2,355 2,551 2,646 2,729 2,860 3,038 3,206
(contribution as
employer) \1\ .....
Proposed .......... .......... 181 .......... .......... .......... ..........
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
Postal employer 694 706 730 751 774 800 828
contributions to
FHI................
Military retirement 13,720 14,794 13,299 13,572 14,046 14,446 14,871
fund...............
Other Federal 162 156 145 151 158 165 171
employees
retirement.........
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Total employer 31,550 34,137 34,220 35,485 37,342 39,280 41,288
share, employee
retirement (on-
budget)............
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Interest received by 72,523 67,388 68,912 71,475 74,437 77,967 82,089
on-budget trust
funds..............
Proposed .......... .......... 3 17 18 26 20
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Total interfund 104,073 101,525 103,135 106,977 111,797 117,273 123,397
transactions
undistributed by
agency...............
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Total interfund 238,252 260,988 290,346 338,638 361,818 382,635 404,215
transactions...........
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Total on-budget receipts.. 290,711 296,928 330,643 381,469 407,753 431,815 456,902
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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, 13,277 14,298 15,124 16,424 17,927 20,508 21,459
and disability
insurance..........
Undistributed by agency:
Employer share, 9,602 10,654 11,199 11,771 12,510 13,474 14,410
employee retirement
(off-budget).......
Proposed .......... .......... 759 .......... .......... .......... ..........
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
Interest received by 83,544 86,286 91,918 100,124 110,171 122,419 136,640
off-budget trust
funds..............
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Total off-budget receipts: 106,423 111,238 119,000 128,319 140,608 156,401 172,509
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Total intragovernmental 397,134 408,166 449,643 509,788 548,361 588,216 629,411
transactions...............
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PROPRIETARY RECEIPTS FROM
THE PUBLIC
Distributed by agency:
Interest:
Interest on foreign 465 459 451 434 458 373 371
loans and deferred
foreign collections....
Interest on deposits in 130 221 464 540 622 715 822
tax and loan accounts..
Other interest 10,934 11,538 11,839 12,311 13,094 14,010 14,834
(domestic--civil) \2\ .
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Total interest.......... 11,529 12,218 12,754 13,285 14,174 15,098 16,027
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Dividends and other 2,489 1,895 1,111 1,189 1,225 1,241 1,235
earnings...............
Royalties and rents....... 2,121 2,336 2,420 2,465 2,433 2,470 2,494
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 8 8 8 8 8
(PAYGO)................
Sale of products:
Sale of timber and other 198 429 446 447 471 507 494
natural land products..
Sale of minerals and 31 35 38 42 46 46 48
mineral products.......
Sale of power and other 686 691 726 822 826 826 846
utilities..............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -180 -186 -191 -197 -204
(non-PAYGO)..........
Other................... 92 75 86 82 72 89 85
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Total sale of products.. 1,007 1,230 1,116 1,207 1,224 1,271 1,269
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Fees and other charges for
services and special
benefits:
Medicare premiums and 28,433 32,169 36,839 49,297 55,128 58,926 62,969
other charges (trust
funds).................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -36 -50 -49 -51 -51
(non-PAYGO)..........
Nuclear waste disposal 726 740 749 754 757 767 767
revenues...............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -749 -754 -757 -767 -767
(PAYGO)..............
Veterans life insurance 176 166 156 144 131 118 107
(trust funds)..........
Other \2\ .............. 4,120 4,263 4,880 11,325 14,109 14,893 15,712
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 7 82 105 104 109
(PAYGO)..............
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Total fees and other 33,455 37,338 41,846 60,798 69,424 73,990 78,846
charges................
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Sale of Government
property:
Sale of land and other 320 495 1,063 362 390 417 295
real property \2\ .....
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 24 33 38 48 48
(PAYGO)..............
Military assistance 10,454 11,974 10,882 10,849 11,044 11,243 11,446
program sales (trust
funds).................
Other................... 112 122 116 86 38 26 25
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Total sale of Government 10,886 12,591 12,085 11,330 11,510 11,734 11,814
property...............
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Realization upon loans and
investments:
Negative subsidies and 9,842 8,399 937 891 882 866 853
downward reestimates...
Repayment of loans to 85 88 94 108 25 28 30
foreign nations........
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Other................... 95 88 84 80 78 74 74
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Total realization upon 10,022 8,575 1,115 1,079 985 968 957
loans and investments..
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Recoveries and refunds \2\ 3,487 4,552 4,822 4,705 4,291 3,702 3,812
.........................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 15 -48 -134 -118 -122
(PAYGO)................
Miscellaneous receipt 1,631 2,241 2,277 2,316 2,338 2,367 2,394
accounts \2\ ............
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Total proprietary receipts 76,627 82,976 79,569 98,334 107,478 112,731 118,734
from the public
distributed by agency....
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Undistributed by agency:
Rents, bonuses, and
royalties:
Outer Continental Shelf 1,292 620 527 564 557 588 545
rents and bonuses......
Outer Continental Shelf 3,737 3,967 4,228 5,043 5,056 5,128 5,148
royalties..............
Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge:
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 2,402 2 202 2
(PAYGO)..............
Sale of major assets...... .......... .......... .......... 323 .......... .......... ..........
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Total proprietary receipts 5,029 4,587 4,755 8,332 5,615 5,918 5,695
from the public
undistributed by agency..
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Total proprietary receipts 81,656 87,563 84,324 106,666 113,093 118,649 124,429
from the public............
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OFFSETTING GOVERNMENTAL
RECEIPTS
Distributed by agency:
Defense cooperation....... .......... 16 12 12 12 12 12
Regulatory fees........... 4,231 4,469 4,144 3,572 3,565 3,623 3,678
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -44 -44 -45 -47 -47
(non-PAYGO)............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 843 1,414 1,471 1,530 1,593
(PAYGO)................
Other..................... 49 52 53 52 55 56 57
Undistributed by agency:
Spectrum auction proceeds. .......... .......... 100 9,000 11,200 4,200 15
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 50 -1,350 -1,200 3,580
(PAYGO)................
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Total offsetting 4,280 4,537 5,108 14,056 14,908 8,174 8,888
governmental receipts....
===================================================================================
Total offsetting receipts... 483,070 500,266 539,075 630,510 676,362 715,039 762,728
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\1\ Includes provision for covered Federal civilian employees and military personnel.
\2\ Includes both Federal funds and trust funds.