[Analytical Perspectives]
[Federal Receipts and Collections]
[18. User Charges and Other Collections]
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18. 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
Report of the President's Commission on Budget Concepts in 1967. The
concept is discussed in Chapter 26: ``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 18-1 summarizes these transactions. For 2006, total offsetting
collections and receipts from the public are estimated to be $275.8
billion, and total user charges are estimated to be $207.3 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 18-1. GROSS OUTLAYS, USER CHARGES, OTHER OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC, AND NET
OUTLAYS
(in billions)
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Estimate
Actual -----------------------
2004 2005 2006
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Gross outlays............................................................... 2,541.8 2,732.5 2,843.4
Offsetting collections and receipts from the public:
User charges \1\........................................................ 169.2 183.4 203.9
Other................................................................... 80.4 69.7 71.8
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Subtotal, offsetting collections and receipts from the public......... 249.6 253.1 275.8
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Net outlays................................................................. 2,292.2 2,479.4 2,567.6
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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 18-2, ``Total User Charge Collections.''
Total user charges:
Offsetting collections and receipts from the public.................... 169.2 183.4 203.9
Receipts............................................................... 2.7 3.2 3.4
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Total, User charges...................................................... 171.9 186.6 207.3
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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 18-2 shows that user charges were
$171.9 billion in 2004, and are estimated to increase to $186.6 billion
in 2005 and to $207.3 billion in 2006, growing to an estimated $243.1
billion in 2010, including the user charges proposals that are shown in
Table 18-3. This table shows that the Administration's user charge
proposals, including extension of expiring charges, would increase user
charges by an estimated $5.3 billion in 2006, growing to an estimated
$11.2 billion in 2010.
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, 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. (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 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
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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
historic 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 18-1,
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 $3.4 billion in 2006 are classified on the receipts
side and are included in the totals described in Chapter 17. ``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 $203.9 billion in 2006, 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 conceptually would 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 $131.7 billion of user charges for 2006 are credited
directly to expenditure accounts, and are generally available for
expenditure when they are collected, without further action by the
Congress. An estimated $72.2 billion of user charges for 2006 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 18-2 and 18-3
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 26, ``The Budget System and Concepts.''
II. Total User Charges
As shown in Table 18-2, total user charge collections (including those
proposed in this Budget) are estimated to be $207.3 billion in 2006,
increasing to $243.1 billion in 2010. 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 2006.
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Table 18-2. TOTAL USER CHARGE COLLECTIONS
(in millions of dollars)
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Estimates
Actual -----------------------------------------------------------
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Receipts
Agricultural quarantine inspection fees... 258 328 363 368 372 377 381
Abandoned mine reclamation fund........... 287 303 304 312 318 322 323
Department of State immigration, passport, 556 846 886 889 892 895 898
and consular fees........................
Corps of Engineers harbor maintenance fees 870 896 1,002 1,098 1,173 1,221 1,269
Other..................................... 748 811 816 845 645 650 656
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Subtotal, receipts...................... 2,719 3,184 3,371 3,512 3,400 3,465 3,527
Offsetting Collections and Receipts from
the Public
Discretionary
Department of Agriculture: Food safety 289 227 231 226 226 225 222
inspection and other fees..............
Department of Commerce: Patent and 1,628 1,757 1,898 1,996 2,105 2,241 2,393
trademark, fees for weather services,
and other fees.........................
Department of Defense: Commissary and 9,316 9,287 9,783 9,828 9,853 9,853 9,853
other fees.............................
Department of Energy: Federal Energy 887 1,155 1,314 1,287 1,287 1,283 1,265
Regulation Commission, power marketing,
and other fees.........................
Department of Health and Human Services: 1,324 899 981 958 960 955 940
Food and Drug Administration, Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and
other fees.............................
Department of Homeland Security: Border 1,997 2,449 4,325 4,528 4,751 4,984 5,230
and Transportation Security and other
fees...................................
Department of the Interior: Minerals 505 507 549 527 544 540 522
Management Service and other fees......
Department of Justice: Fees for 284 302 313 306 306 305 300
bankruptcy oversight and other fees....
Department of State: Passport and other 755 935 1,051 1,090 1,136 1,183 1,230
fees...................................
Department of the Treasury: Sale of 1,509 1,789 1,819 1,777 1,778 1,772 1,743
commemorative coins and other fees.....
Department of Veterans Affairs: Medical 1,815 2,033 2,248 2,344 2,446 2,553 2,663
care and other fees....................
Social Security Administration, State 118 128 135 132 132 132 130
supplemental fees, supplemental
security income........................
Federal Communications Commission: 370 365 386 376 376 375 368
Regulatory fees........................
Federal Trade Commission: Regulatory 98 123 139 156 156 156 153
fees...................................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: 545 541 567 558 562 563 559
Regulatory fees........................
Securities and Exchange Commission: 1,393 1,806 2,141 1,115 1,147 1,332 1,520
Regulatory fees........................
All other agencies, discretionary user 389 565 677 664 670 668 657
charges................................
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Subtotal, discretionary user charges.. 23,222 24,868 28,557 27,868 28,435 29,120 29,748
Mandatory
Department of Agriculture: Crop 1,539 1,959 1,971 2,008 2,066 2,131 2,181
insurance and other fees...............
Department of Defense: Commissary 877 908 589 518 404 354 338
surcharge and other fees...............
Department of Energy: Proceeds from the 4,556 4,985 4,719 4,669 5,025 5,784 6,141
sale of energy, nuclear waste disposal
fees, and other fees...................
Department of Health and Human Services:
Medicare
Part B insurance premiums, and other 32,201 38,049 48,808 54,156 56,992 60,681 64,981
fees.................................
Department of Homeland Security: 5,176 6,052 6,496 6,677 6,864 7,048 7,234
Customs, immigration, and other fees...
Department of the Interior: Recreation 3,612 5,668 5,289 5,234 5,381 5,474 5,411
and other fees.........................
Department of Justice: Federal Prison 362 413 586 568 579 590 602
Commissary fees and other fees.........
Department of Labor: Insurance premiums 2,202 4,005 7,251 9,025 9,335 9,461 9,418
to guaranty private pensions and other
fees...................................
Department of the Treasury: Bank 752 812 988 1,003 1,024 1,047 1,068
regulation, and other fees.............
Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans 1,724 1,717 2,004 1,964 1,932 1,908 1,878
life insurance and other fees..........
Office of Personnel Management: Federal 9,738 10,661 11,439 12,258 13,162 14,060 15,122
employee health and life insurance fees
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: 763 666 908 1,071 1,470 2,059 3,059
Deposit insurance premiums.............
National Credit Union Administration: 379 448 474 590 673 761 859
Credit union share insurance and other
fees...................................
Postal Service: Fees for postal services 68,001 67,538 67,628 67,753 68,747 68,941 69,435
Tennessee Valley Authority: Proceeds 7,576 7,797 8,075 8,108 8,091 8,149 8,338
from the sale of energy................
Undistributed Offsetting Receipts: Sale 5,106 5,986 7,231 10,806 14,589 18,386 12,806
of spectrum licenses, OCS receipts, and
other charges..........................
All other agencies, mandatory user 1,422 879 911 949 955 955 968
charges................................
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Subtotal, mandatory user charges........ 145,986 158,543 175,367 187,357 197,289 207,789 209,839
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Subtotal, user charges that are 169,208 183,411 203,924 215,225 225,724 236,909 239,587
offsetting collections and receipts
from the public........................
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TOTAL, User charges....................... 171,927 186,595 207,295 218,737 229,124 240,374 243,114
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III. User Charge Proposals
As shown in Table 18-3, the Administration is proposing new or
increased user charges, including proposed extensions of expiring
charges, that would increase collections by an estimated $5.3 billion in
2006, increasing to $11.2 billion in 2010.
A. Discretionary User Charge Proposals
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The Administration will propose
legislation to permanently extend changes to PTO's patent and trademark
fees that were enacted in the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
These changes restructured patent fees and adjusted trademark fees for
2005 and 2006 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 Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration: Aviation security fees.
Aviation security fees are levied on both passengers and air carriers.
The Budget proposes to increase aviation security passenger fees. In
general, passenger security fees will rise by $3.00. On a typical one-
way ticket, the passenger security fee will rise from $2.50 to $5.50.
For passengers flying multiple legs on a one-way ticket, the fee will
rise from $5.00 under current law to $8.00. This proposal, along with
air carrier security fees, will result in fee levels that recover nearly
all of the $4.5 billion cost of airport screening operations.
Table 18-3. USER FEE AND OTHER USER CHARGE PROPOSALS \1\
(estimated collections in millions of dollars)
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006-2010
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DISCRETIONARY
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office........................... ....... 168 145 115 81 509
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration:
Aviation security fees.............................. 1,479 1,622 1,776 1,937 2,108 8,922
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: -60 -59 -59 -58 -57 -293
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation.....
2. Offsetting receipts
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Extend Nuclear Regulatory Commission fees............. 365 351 350 346 337 1,749
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Subtotal, discretionary user charge proposals....... 1,784 2,082 2,212 2,340 2,469 10,887
MANDATORY
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation...... 6 6 6 6 6 30
Department of Labor
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.................. 2,195 3,702 3,490 3,199 2,836 15,422
Department of the Treasury
Office of Housing Finance Supervision: Government- 96 94 94 95 95 474
sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation................
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Merge the bank insurance fund and the savings ....... ....... ....... -380 -856 -1,236
association insurance fund...........................
Federal Housing Finance Board
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation...... -36 -37 -38 -39 -40 -190
2. Offsetting receipts
User Fee Proposals
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service user 11 11 11 12 12 57
fees*..............................................
Food Safety and Inspection Service user fees*....... 139 142 145 148 151 725
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 25 26 26 27 27 131
Administration user fees*..........................
Agricultural Marketing Service standardization user 3 3 3 3 3 15
fees*..............................................
Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives:
Explosives regulation user fees*.................. 120 120 120 120 120 600
Department of Transportation
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation user 8 17 17 17 17 76
fees*..............................................
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Department of the Treasury
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau regulatory 29 29 29 29 29 145
activity user fees*................................
Department of Veterans Affairs
Establish an annual enrollment fee for non-disabled, 248 248 248 248 1,240
higher income veterans*............................
Increased pharmaceutical copayments*................ 176 178 180 181 183 898
Medical services (illustrative discretionary (424) (426) (428) (429) (431) (2,138)
spending authority--non-add).....................
Environment Protection Agency
Pre-manufacture notice user fees*................... 4 8 8 8 8 36
Pesticide tolerance user fees* \2\.................. 20 20 21 21 22 104
Pesticide registration user fees*................... 26 27 27 28 28 136
Federal Communications Commission
Authorize spectrum license user fees................ ....... 50 150 300 300 800
Analog spectrum lease fees.......................... ....... 500 500 480 450 1,930
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Subtotal, User fee proposals...................... 809 1,379 1,485 1,622 1,598 6,893
Other Proposals
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service: Administration of rights-of-way..... 5 5 5 5 5 25
Forest Service: Facilities enhancement.............. 42 42 42 65 65 256
Department of Energy
Power Marketing Administrations: Charge market rates 40 157 446 1,145 1,406 3,194
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration examination fees........................ 31 31 31 31 31 155
Department of the Interior
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, sale of leases:
Collections for payments to Alaska................ ....... 1,200 1 101 1 1,303
Federal receipts.................................. ....... 1,200 1 101 1 1,303
Department of Labor
Foreign labor certification fees.................... 40 40 40 40 40 200
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works
Additional recreation fees.......................... 9 17 17 17 17 77
Federal Communications Commission
Extending spectrum auction authority................ ....... ....... -1,083 2,156 3,239 4,312
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Subtotal, other proposals......................... 167 2,692 -500 3,661 4,805 10,825
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Subtotal, mandatory user charge proposals........... 3,237 7,836 4,537 8,164 8,444 32,218
GOVERNMENTAL RECEIPTS
Department of the Interior
Abandoned mine reclamation fees....................... 304 312 318 322 323 1,579
Increase Indian Gaming Commission, activity fees...... ....... 4 4 5 5 18
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Subtotal, governmental receipts user charge 304 316 322 327 328 1,597
proposals..........................................
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Total, user charge proposals.......................... 5,325 10,234 7,071 10,831 11,241 44,702
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\1\ A negative sign indicates a decrease in collections.
\2\ Includes outlay reductions in 2009 and 2010.
* The Administration will work with Congress to reclassify the enacted fees as discretionary beginning in 2007.
Once reclassified, the Administration proposes to offset these fees against discretionary spending.
Discretionary totals in those years will be reduced by these fees.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: Government-sponsored
enterprise (GSE) regulation. This proposal is discussed below in the
Department of the Treasury entry for the Office of Housing Finance
Supervision.
2. Offsetting receipts
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Extend Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) fees at their 2005 level
for 2006 and later. The Budget is proposing to extend NRC fees. 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 a proposed
$567 million in 2006 to $202 million, a loss of $365 million.
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B. Mandatory User Charge Proposals
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation. This proposal is
discussed below in the Department of the Treasury entry for the Office
of Housing Finance Supervision.
Department of Labor
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The PBGC receives much of
its income for its single-employer plan through flat-rate and variable-
rate premiums. The current flat-rate premiums are $19 per participant
and have not been changed since 1991. The Administration's 2006 proposal
would increase this amount to $30 per participant and future increases
would be indexed to wage growth. Variable-rate premiums would also be
reformed to reflect new funding targets. The PBGC's Board of Directors
would periodically review the variable-rate premiums to cover the cost
of expected claims and to improve the PBGC's financial position. In 2006
these changes would result in an additional $2,195 million in premium
income for the PBGC.
Department of the Treasury
Office of Housing Finance Supervision: Government-sponsored enterprise
(GSE) regulation. The Administration will again propose 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. The Budget places this new regulator in the Department of the
Treasury. For additional information, see Chapter 7, ``Credit and
Insurance'', in this volume, and the Department of the Treasury chapter
in the Appendix volume.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Merge the bank insurance fund and the saving association insurance
fund. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures deposits
in banks and savings associations (thrifts) through the Bank Insurance
Fund (BIF) and the Savings Association Insurance 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. Under baseline assumptions,
BIF is expected to need to dramatically increase the insurance premiums
it charges banks in 2009. Because the merged fund would be financially
stronger, the combined fund is not expected to need to increase premiums
until 2012.
Federal Housing Finance Board
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation. This proposal is
discussed above in the Department of the Treasury entry for the Office
of Housing Finance Supervision.
2. Offsetting receipts
User Fee Proposals
For the proposals noted with an asterisk (*) in the text below and in
Table 18-3, the Administration will work with Congress to reclassify the
enacted fees as discretionary beginning in 2007. Once reclassified, the
Administration proposes to offset these fees against discretionary
spending. Discretionary totals in those years will be reduced by these
fees.
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service user fees.* The
Administration proposes to establish user fees for animal welfare
inspections, such as for animal research centers, humane societies, and
kennels.
Food Safety and Inspection Service user fees.* 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.
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) user
fees.* The Administration 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.
Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) standardization user fees.* The
Administration proposes to recover the cost of developing, reviewing and
modifying quality grade standards through user fees. This proposal would
enable the AMS to charge fees to customers of the agency's inspection
and grading programs for the cost associated with the development,
review, and maintenance of official grade standards for which the agency
has these established services.
Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: Explosives
regulation user fees.* The Budget includes a proposal to authorize the
Department of Justice to assess an explosives user fee on all explosives
manufactured in or imported into the United States. For 2006, a user fee
of $0.02/ pound would generate $120 million in additional collections.
This new user fee, when combined with the Department's current
explosives licensing fees, would provide full offset for the Bureau's
regulation of the explosives industry. The fee would be set
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in regulation, and could be increased as deemed necessary by the
Attorney General.
Department of Transportation
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) user fees.* This
SLSDC is a wholly owned government corporation and an operating
administration of the Department of Transportation responsible for the
operations and maintenance of the U.S. portion of the St. Lawrence
Seaway between Montreal and Lake Erie. The President's Budget proposes
permanent authority for the U.S. SLSDC to collect mandatory receipts
from users of the seaway. The proposal also provides some funding in
2006 for SLSDC if revenues are not sufficient to cover operational costs
in the first year of implementation. The President's proposal would make
SLSDC consistent with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation,
its Canadian counterpart, which currently supports its operations
through fees.
Department of the Treasury
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau regulatory activity user
fees.* The Budget proposes to establish user fees to cover the costs of
the Tax and Trade Bureau's regulatory functions under its ``Protect the
Public'' line-of-business. The new user fees include filing fees for
Certificate of Label Approvals, proposed formulas, and permit
applications, among others.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Establish an annual enrollment fee for PL 7 and PL 8 veterans (non-
disabled, higher income).* The Administration proposes 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--
veterans with special needs, service-connected disabilities, and lower
incomes.
Increased pharmaceutical copayments for PL 7 and PL 8 veterans (non-
disabled, higher income).* The Administration proposes to increase
pharmaceutical copayments from $7 to $15 for Priority Level 7 and 8
veterans. The increased receipts will more closely align the Department
of Veterans Affairs with the private sector and the Department of
Defense while allowing 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
Pre-manufacture notice user fees.* EPA presently collects fees from
chemical manufacturers seeking to bring new chemicals into commerce.
These fees are authorized by the Toxic Substances Control Act and are
subject to an outdated statutory cap. The Administration proposes to
eliminate the cap so that EPA can recover a greater portion of the cost
of the program.
Pesticide tolerance user fees.* The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FFDCA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
collect fees for establishment and reassessment of pesticide tolerances.
Tolerances are maximum limits set by EPA on the amount of pesticides
that may remain in or on foods after they have been treated. Collection
of these tolerance fees has been blocked in appropriations acts since
2001. Most recently, provisions in the 2004 Consolidated Appropriations
Act suspended this authority through 2008. The Administration proposes
to eliminate the prohibition on the collection of the tolerance fee
beginning in 2006.
Pesticide registration user fees.* EPA has the authority and an
existing rule to collect fees from entities seeking to register their
pesticides for use in the United States. However, these fees have been
blocked through appropriations acts since 1989. Most recently,
provisions in the 2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act suspended this
authority through 2010. The Administration proposes to eliminate the
prohibition on collecting this pesticide registration fee beginning in
2006.
Federal Communications Commission
Authorize 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 proposed to
begin in 2007 and total $3.1 billion through 2015.
Analog spectrum lease fee. To encourage television broadcasters to
vacate the analog spectrum in a timely fashion 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 would be exempt from the
fee, and fee collections would decline.
Other Proposals
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service: Administration of rights-of-way. This increase in
receipts reflects a Budget proposal that would permit the Forest Service
to collect fees based upon a more accurate reflection of costs incurred
in the administration and monitoring of special use permits on National
Forest Systems lands.
Forest Service: Facilities enhancement. The Administration proposes
reforms to enhance Forest Service efforts to improve its accountability
and focus on measurable results in the management of national forests.
These reforms will allow for the sale of unneeded facilities, with
receipts being devoted to maintenance or replacement of needed existing
facilities.
Department of Energy
Power Marketing Administrations: Charge market rates. The Budget
proposes to very gradually bring PMA electricity rates closer to average
market rates throughout the country. According to the Government
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Accountability Office, taxpayers across the Nation have borne some of
the PMAs' costs and, therefore, helped subsidize the cost of PMA power
purchased by electricity wholesalers. Reducing subsidies to electricity
wholesalers is consistent with the Administration's policies, and this
proposal will create a more level playing field for the Nation's
electricity suppliers and encourage appropriate energy conservation.
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration examination fees. The Administration proposes to adjust
fees for Temporary Protected Status applications to fully capture
processing costs and allow the Department to charge premium service fees
for certain adjudications.
Department of the Interior
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Collections for payments to Alaska
and Federal receipts. 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. The Budget assumes that the first oil and gas lease sale would
be held in 2007 and would result in $2.4 billion in new revenues. All
oil and gas revenues from the 1002 Area would be shared fifty percent
with the State of Alaska, including the estimated $2 million in annual
rental payments. (The Federal share of revenues would be deposited in
the Treasury.)
Department of Labor
Foreign labor certification fees. The Administration will propose
legislation to establish a new fee for applications under the permanent
labor certification program. Fee proceeds would offset the costs of
administering the program and partially support backlog reduction in
regional offices. Upon enactment of the fee, funding for these
activities now included in the Program Administration account will be
reviewed and adjusted.
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works
Additional recreation fees. The Corps of Engineers manages 4,300
recreation areas at 465 Corps projects (mostly lakes) in 43 states, used
annually by millions of visitors. The Administration proposes a Corps
recreation modernization initiative, based on a promising model now used
by the National Park Service, the Forest Service, and other major
Federal recreation providers. The agency would use a portion of the fees
it collects (such as entrance fees) to upgrade the site where the fees
are collected. The Corps would also seek legislative authority to
operate a limited number of public/private partnerships, such as lake
improvement districts, which would draw on local property owners and
community leaders to help manage and finance the Corps recreation
program. The Administration will use user fees as a percent of total
program spending as a performance measure for this program since that is
an indicator of community support for the program.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Extending spectrum auction authority. The Administration proposes to
extend indefinitely the FCC's authority to auction spectrum licenses,
which expires in 2007. Reductions in estimated receipts in 2008
resulting from possible shifting of spectrum auctions into later years
are more than offset by higher estimated receipts for those auctions in
2009 and 2010 as well as new future auctions. Estimated additional
receipts from this proposal are $5.1 billion over the next ten years.
C. User Charge Proposals that are Governmental Receipts
Department of the Interior
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 June 30, 2005. 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 to clean up and reclaim in 25 years the
most significant abandoned mine land problems. 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.
OTHER OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS
Table 18-4 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 $275.8 billion in 2006. Of these, an
estimated $162.0 billion are offsetting collections credited to
expenditure accounts and an esti
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mated $113.8 billion are deposited in offsetting receipt accounts.
Information on the user charges presented in Table 18-4 is available
in Tables 18-2 and 18-3 and the discussion that accompanies those
tables. Major offsetting collections deposited in expenditure accounts
that are not user charges include collections by the Commodity Credit
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 18-5 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 $651.4 billion
in 2006: $537.6 billion are intragovernmental transactions; and $113.8
billion are from the public, shown in the table as proprietary receipts
from the public ($108.0 billion) and offsetting governmental receipts
($5.8 billion).
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.
Table 18-4. OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC
(in millions of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimate
Actual ---------------------------
2004 2005 2006
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Offsetting collections credited
to expenditure accounts:
User charges:
Postal service stamps and 68,001 67,538 67,628
other postal fees..........
Defense Commissary Agency... 5,281 5,262 5,256
Employee contributions for 7,932 8,776 9,442
employees and retired
employees health benefits
funds......................
Sale of energy:
Tennessee Valley Authority 7,576 7,797 8,075
Bonneville Power 3,279 3,647 3,647
Administration...........
All other user charges...... 27,539 30,828 37,665
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Subtotal, user charges.... 119,608 123,848 131,713
Other collections credited to
expenditure accounts:
Commodity Credit Corporation 8,699 14,383 13,736
fund.......................
Supplemental security income 4,168 4,318 4,520
(collections from the
States)....................
Other collections........... 15,800 12,090 12,006
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Subtotal, other 28,667 30,791 30,262
collections..............
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Subtotal, collections 148,275 154,639 161,975
credited to expenditure
accounts...................
Offsetting receipts:
User charges:
Medicare premiums........... 32,140 38,010 48,765
Outer Continental Shelf 5,106 5,886 7,131
rents, bonuses, and
royalties..................
All other user charges...... 12,354 15,667 16,315
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Subtotal, user charges 49,600 59,563 72,211
deposited in receipt
accounts.................
Other collections deposited in
receipt accounts:
Military assistance program 11,734 10,882 11,114
sales......................
Interest income............. 14,160 14,529 14,248
All other collections 25,832 13,454 16,215
deposited in receipt
accounts...................
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Subtotal, other 51,726 38,865 41,577
collections deposited in
receipt accounts.........
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Subtotal, collections 101,326 98,428 113,788
deposited in receipt
accounts...................
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Total, offsetting collections 249,601 253,067 275,763
and receipts from the public.
Total, offsetting collections 181,509 185,457 208,062
and receipts excluding off-
budget.......................
ADDENDUM:
User charges that are 169,208 183,411 203,924
offsetting collections and
receipts \1\.................
Other offsetting collections 80,393 69,656 71,839
and receipts from the public.
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Total, offsetting 249,601 253,067 275,763
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 18-1 or Table 18-2.
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Table 18-5. OFFSETTING RECEIPTS BY TYPE
(In millions of dollars)
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Estimate
Source 2004 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Actual 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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INTRAGOVERNMENTAL
TRANSACTIONS
On-budget receipts:
Federal intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Interest from the 1,156 515 429 668 574 436 467
Federal Financing
Bank.................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 79 105 103 101
(non-PAYGO)........
Interest on Government 1,000 922 1,165 1,170 1,120 1,086 1,067
capital in
enterprises..........
Interest received by .......... 217 217 215 213 213 215
retirement and health
benefits funds.......
General fund payments
to retirement and
health benefits funds:
DoD retiree health 16,961 17,273 18,971 20,871 22,954 25,223 27,690
care fund..........
Miscellaneous .......... 277 277 277 309 369 466
Federal retirement
funds..............
Proposed .......... .......... 1,951 2,227 2,565 2,796 3,148
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
Other................. 2,303 2,308 2,470 2,558 2,140 2,203 2,233
Proposed .......... .......... 19 97 282 495 733
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
Undistributed by agency:
Employing agency
contributions:
DoD retiree health 8,140 10,753 10,996 11,592 12,287 13,057 13,880
care fund..........
Proposed .......... .......... 2,951 3,157 3,378 3,615 3,868
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Total Federal 29,560 32,265 39,446 42,911 45,927 49,596 53,868
intrafunds...........
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Trust intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Payments to railroad 5,993 4,935 6,225 6,545 6,640 6,735 6,982
retirement...........
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Total trust intrafunds 5,993 4,935 6,225 6,545 6,640 6,735 6,982
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Total intrafund 35,553 37,200 45,671 49,456 52,567 56,331 60,850
transactions...........
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Interfund transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Federal fund payments
to trust funds:
Contributions to
insurance programs:
Military 18,189 21,358 23,241 24,112 25,015 25,955 26,927
retirement fund..
Supplementary 94,736 115,230 182,748 194,542 204,071 216,112 229,885
medical insurance
Proposed .......... .......... 108 36 .......... .......... ..........
Legislation
(non-PAYGO)....
Hospital insurance 9,259 9,332 10,492 11,574 13,453 14,800 15,543
Railroad social 121 118 121 132 148 153 158
security
equivalent fund..
Rail industry 314 323 318 330 343 357 371
pension fund.....
Civilian 26,177 26,431 26,835 27,426 27,922 28,520 29,019
supplementary
retirement
contributions....
Unemployment 1,543 802 738 715 715 714 718
insurance........
Other 402 550 572 573 583 585 579
contributions....
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Subtotal.......... 150,741 174,144 245,173 259,440 272,250 287,196 303,200
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Miscellaneous 2,123 1,817 1,730 1,692 1,683 1,675 1,638
payments...........
Proposed .......... .......... 3,808 .......... .......... .......... ..........
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Subtotal............ 152,864 175,961 250,711 261,132 273,933 288,871 304,838
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Trust fund payments to
Federal funds:
Existing law........ 1,283 3,307 1,664 3,021 3,513 3,568 3,632
Proposed .......... .......... 3,343 -459 -452 -448 -449
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Subtotal............ 1,283 3,307 5,007 2,562 3,061 3,120 3,183
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Total interfunds 154,147 179,268 255,718 263,694 276,994 291,991 308,021
distributed by agency
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Undistributed by agency:
Employer share,
employee retirement
(on-budget):
Civil service 12,083 12,765 13,690 14,706 15,860 16,918 18,060
retirement and
disability
insurance..........
CSRDI from Postal 4,199 4,414 4,507 4,555 4,605 4,659 4,712
Service............
Hospital insurance 2,713 2,627 2,659 2,696 2,781 2,871 2,968
(contribution as
employer) \1\ .....
Postal employer 710 673 674 701 729 758 788
contributions to
FHI................
Military retirement 14,071 16,636 15,466 15,776 16,317 16,822 17,405
fund...............
Other Federal 184 211 242 278 320 368 423
employees
retirement.........
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Total employer 33,960 37,326 37,238 38,712 40,612 42,396 44,356
share, employee
retirement (on-
budget)............
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Interest received by 67,761 71,457 73,378 76,405 79,673 83,320 86,634
on-budget trust
funds..............
Proposed .......... .......... -4 -1 -7 -9 -9
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Total interfund 101,721 108,783 110,612 115,116 120,278 125,707 130,981
transactions
undistributed by
agency...............
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Total interfund 255,868 288,051 366,330 378,810 397,272 417,698 439,002
transactions...........
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Total on-budget receipts.. 291,421 325,251 412,001 428,266 449,839 474,029 499,852
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Off-budget receipts:
Interfund transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Federal fund payments
to trust funds:
Old-age, survivors, 14,342 16,388 16,066 17,716 20,512 21,422 23,156
and disability
insurance..........
Undistributed by agency:
Employer share, 11,331 10,911 11,357 11,802 12,475 13,190 13,907
employee retirement
(off-budget).......
Interest received by 86,228 91,995 98,144 106,672 117,008 128,724 141,373
off-budget trust
funds..............
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Total off-budget receipts: 111,901 119,294 125,567 136,190 149,995 163,336 178,436
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Total intragovernmental 403,322 444,545 537,568 564,456 599,834 637,365 678,288
transactions...............
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PROPRIETARY RECEIPTS FROM
THE PUBLIC
Distributed by agency:
Interest:
Interest on foreign 411 432 415 439 354 352 350
loans and deferred
foreign collections....
Interest on deposits in 136 338 471 529 564 578 593
tax and loan accounts..
Other interest 10,624 11,922 12,112 12,765 13,526 14,153 14,730
(domestic--civil) \2\ .
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Total interest.......... 11,171 12,692 12,998 13,733 14,444 15,083 15,673
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Dividends and other 2,989 1,837 1,250 1,296 1,313 1,319 1,308
earnings...............
Royalties and rents....... 2,449 3,815 3,732 3,671 3,752 3,855 3,781
Sale of products:
Sale of timber and other 211 244 258 280 332 318 323
natural land products..
Sale of minerals and 35 59 65 67 65 66 67
mineral products.......
Sale of power and other 617 721 409 411 413 409 394
utilities..............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 40 157 446 1,145 1,406
(PAYGO)..............
Other................... 79 99 97 86 103 100 89
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Total sale of products.. 942 1,123 869 1,001 1,359 2,038 2,279
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Fees and other charges for
services and special
benefits:
Medicare premiums and 32,140 38,010 48,730 54,101 56,949 60,637 64,937
other charges (trust
funds).................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 35 12 .......... .......... ..........
related to Medicaid
proposal (PAYGO).....
Nuclear waste disposal 776 749 754 757 767 767 769
revenues...............
Veterans life insurance 204 176 163 146 132 120 106
(trust funds)..........
Veterans pharmaceutical .......... .......... 176 178 180 181 183
copayments: Proposed
Legislation (PAYGO)....
Other \2\ .............. 3,780 3,824 10,785 13,765 14,773 15,867 17,049
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 1,265 1,291 1,295 1,301 1,305
(PAYGO)..............
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Total fees and other 36,900 42,759 61,908 70,250 74,096 78,873 84,349
charges................
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Sale of Government
property:
Sale of land and other 621 1,321 982 985 987 967 970
real property \2\ .....
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -576 -576 -576 -553 -553
(PAYGO)..............
Military assistance 11,734 10,882 11,114 11,044 11,243 11,446 11,651
program sales (trust
funds).................
Other................... 81 166 89 64 16 16 16
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Total sale of Government 12,436 12,369 11,609 11,517 11,670 11,876 12,084
property...............
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Realization upon loans and
investments:
Negative subsidies and 8,159 5,434 1,071 1,001 990 970 845
downward reestimates...
Repayment of loans to 88 94 108 25 28 30 33
foreign nations........
Other................... 9,547 281 80 78 75 88 88
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Total realization upon 17,794 5,809 1,259 1,104 1,093 1,088 966
loans and investments..
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Recoveries and refunds \2\ 4,384 4,548 4,729 4,893 5,112 6,077 5,209
.........................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 294 328 356 386 393
(PAYGO)................
Miscellaneous receipt 2,650 2,168 2,209 2,226 2,245 2,263 2,290
accounts \2\ ............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 33 33 31 31 29
(PAYGO)................
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Total proprietary receipts 91,715 87,120 100,890 110,052 115,471 122,889 128,361
from the public
distributed by agency....
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Undistributed by agency:
Rents, bonuses, and
royalties:
Outer Continental Shelf 644 646 677 669 683 662 594
rents and bonuses......
Outer Continental Shelf 4,462 5,240 6,454 6,074 6,085 6,438 6,727
royalties..............
Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge:
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 2,402 2 202 2
(PAYGO)..............
Sale of major assets...... .......... .......... .......... 323 .......... .......... ..........
Other undistributed .......... .......... .......... 1,500 5,000 4,300 ..........
offsetting receipts......
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Total proprietary receipts 5,106 5,886 7,131 10,968 11,770 11,602 7,323
from the public
undistributed by agency..
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Total proprietary receipts 96,821 93,006 108,021 121,020 127,241 134,491 135,684
from the public............
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OFFSETTING GOVERNMENTAL
RECEIPTS
Distributed by agency:
Defense cooperation....... .......... 17 12 13 14 15 16
Regulatory fees........... 4,481 5,183 5,521 5,515 5,558 5,596 5,630
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -60 -59 -59 -58 -57
(non-PAYGO)............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 71 71 71 71 71
(PAYGO)................
Other..................... 24 122 123 123 123 123 124
Undistributed by agency:
Spectrum auction proceeds. .......... 100 100 788 8,252 8,148 1,494
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 550 -433 2,936 3,989
(PAYGO)................
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Total offsetting 4,505 5,422 5,767 7,001 13,526 16,831 11,267
governmental receipts....
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Total offsetting receipts... 504,648 542,973 651,356 692,477 740,601 788,687 825,239
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\1\ Includes provision for covered Federal civilian employees and military personnel.
\2\ Includes both Federal funds and trust funds.