[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 2007, total offsetting
collections and receipts from the public are estimated to be $312.9
billion, and total user charges are estimated to be $243.2 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 21-1, which appears in Chapter
21, ``Outlays to the Public, Gross and Net,'' 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 -----------------------
2005 2006 2007
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Gross outlays............................................................... 2,728.8 2,993.1 3,083.0
Offsetting collections and receipts from the public:
User charges \1\.......................................................... 181.8 205.6 239.8
Other..................................................................... 74.8 78.8 73.0
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Subtotal, offsetting collections and receipts from the public........... 256.6 284.4 312.9
Net outlays................................................................. 2,472.2 2,708.7 2,770.1
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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.................... 181.8 205.6 239.8
Receipts............................................................... 3.4 3.5 3.4
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Total, User charges.................................................. 185.2 209.1 243.2
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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 18-2 shows that user charges were
$185.2 billion in 2005, and are estimated to increase to $209.1 billion
in 2006 and to $243.2 billion in 2007, growing to an estimated $258.5
billion in 2011, 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 $3.5 billion in 2007, growing to an estimated
$9.7 billion in 2011.
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 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
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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 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 2007 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 $239.8 billion in 2007, 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 $136.5 billion of user charges for 2007 are credited
directly to expenditure accounts, and are generally available for
expenditure when they are collected, without further action by the
Congress. An estimated $103.3 billion of user charges for 2007 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 $243.2 billion in 2007,
increasing to $258.5 billion in 2011. 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 2007.
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Table 18-2. TOTAL USER CHARGE COLLECTIONS
(in millions of dollars)
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Estimates
Actual -----------------------------------------------------------
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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Receipts
Judicial Branch: Filing fees, U. S. courts 275 308 306 333 332 340 343
Department of Agriculture: Agricultural 338 363 368 371 376 380 388
quarantine inspection fees...............
Department of the Interior: Abandoned mine 293 300 ........ ........ ........ ........ ........
reclamation fund.........................
Department of State: Immigration, 911 835 922 924 923 922 921
passport, and consular fees..............
Corps of Engineers: Harbor maintenance 1,048 1,133 1,228 1,329 1,451 1,590 1,743
fees.....................................
Other charges............................. 546 536 547 341 345 348 351
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Subtotal, receipts...................... 3,411 3,475 3,371 3,298 3,427 3,580 3,746
Offsetting Collections and Receipts from
the Public
Discretionary
Department of Agriculture: Food safety 299 324 364 352 351 346 350
inspection and other charges...........
Department of Commerce: Patent and 1,596 1,810 1,970 1,892 2,059 2,245 2,434
trademark, fees for weather services,
and other charges......................
Department of Defense: Commissary and 8,934 9,135 9,901 9,903 9,903 9,903 9,903
other charges..........................
Department of Energy: Federal Energy 785 1,077 1,256 1,213 1,206 1,190 1,205
Regulation Commission, power marketing,
and other charges......................
Department of Health and Human Services:
Food and Drug Administration,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 1,377 977 1,175 1,039 1,033 1,018 1,031
Services, and other charges..........
Department of Homeland Security: Border 2,044 2,384 4,115 4,319 4,535 4,759 4,996
and Transportation Security and other
charges................................
Department of the Interior: Minerals 533 550 842 630 544 527 552
Management Service and other charges...
Department of Justice: charges for 309 339 486 470 467 461 466
bankruptcy oversight and other charges.
Department of State: Passport and other 1,605 1,129 1,390 1,437 1,496 1,554 1,623
charges................................
Department of Transportation: Pipeline 115 111 114 110 110 109 110
safety and other charges...............
Department of the Treasury: Sale of 1,550 2,428 2,521 2,436 2,423 2,390 2,418
commemorative coins and other charges..
Department of Veterans Affairs: Medical 1,938 2,131 2,916 3,062 3,208 3,350 3,592
care and other charges.................
General Services Administration: 49 603 594 582 580 573 580
Acquisition services fund and other
charges................................
Social Security Administration, State 123 119 119 115 114 113 114
supplemental fees, supplemental
security income........................
Federal Communications Commission: 378 374 387 374 373 369 373
Regulatory fees........................
Federal Trade Commission: Regulatory 118 139 138 151 156 159 163
fees...................................
National Credit Union Administration: 152 172 197 215 220 224 229
Collections............................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: 534 624 627 609 608 602 611
Regulatory fees........................
Securities and Exchange Commission: 1,665 2,144 1,116 1,140 1,321 1,504 1,724
Regulatory fees........................
All other agencies, discretionary user -2,845 320 369 364 357 349 353
charges................................
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Subtotal, discretionary user charges.. 21,259 26,890 30,597 30,413 31,064 31,745 32,827
Mandatory
Department of Agriculture: Crop 1,880 1,559 1,847 1,841 1,802 1,863 1,908
insurance and other charges............
Department of Defense: Commissary 1,090 657 545 598 645 661 687
surcharge and other charges............
Department of Energy: Proceeds from the 4,709 4,406 4,781 4,709 4,882 4,822 4,888
sale of energy, nuclear waste disposal
and other charges......................
Department of Health and Human Services: 39,854 48,186 55,546 59,765 62,853 65,415 69,071
Medicare Part B insurance premiums and
other charges..........................
Department of Homeland Security: 6,196 6,790 7,140 7,480 7,841 8,203 8,557
Customs, immigration, and other charges
Department of the Interior: Recreation 5,584 6,629 6,329 6,265 5,970 5,786 5,837
and other charges......................
Department of Justice: Federal Prison 400 472 487 500 514 528 543
Commissary fees and other charges......
Department of Labor: Insurance premiums 2,519 4,039 5,416 10,032 10,577 11,034 11,522
to guarantee private pensions and other
collections............................
Department of the Treasury: Bank 875 919 1,107 1,136 1,161 1,189 1,216
regulation, and other charges..........
Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans 1,682 2,576 1,864 1,826 1,801 1,768 1,746
life insurance and other charges.......
Office of Personnel Management: Federal 10,298 11,053 11,921 12,826 13,718 14,726 15,869
employee health and life insurance fees
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: 707 1,378 1,430 2,745 5,239 7,299 8,364
Deposit insurance fees.................
National Credit Union Administration: 324 293 323 285 220 219 224
Credit union share insurance and other
charges................................
Postal Service: Fees for postal services 68,504 71,176 71,491 71,678 71,872 72,066 72,310
Tennessee Valley Authority: Proceeds 7,806 8,621 8,937 8,443 8,428 8,708 8,987
from the sale of energy................
Undistributed Offsetting Receipts:
Executive Office of the President: ........ ........ 9,720 1,080 ........ ........ ........
Spectrum relocation receipts.........
Federal Communications Commission: 160 110 9,950 1,150 100 100 100
Auction receipts.....................
Outer Continental Shelf receipts and 6,146 9,118 9,591 16,761 9,460 10,134 9,209
other collections....................
All other agencies, mandatory user 1,818 728 820 831 851 864 888
charges................................
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Subtotal, mandatory user charges...... 160,552 178,710 209,245 209,951 207,934 215,385 221,926
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Subtotal, user charges that are 181,811 205,600 239,842 240,364 238,998 247,130 254,753
offsetting collections and receipts
from the public......................
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TOTAL, User charges....................... 185,222 209,075 243,213 243,662 242,425 250,710 258,499
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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 $3.5 billion in
2007, increasing to $9.7 billion in 2011. These amounts are collections
and receipts only. They do not include related spending.
A. Discretionary User Charge Proposals
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency (FSA) user fees. New discretionary user fees are
proposed to partially offset the salaries and expense cost necessary to
operate two programs at FSA. The first fee would apply a service fee to
loan deficiency payments (LDP) to help defray the cost associated with
agency site visits and application preparation. The fee is estimated to
be $5 per LDP and would most likely be collected by taking the fee
amount as a reduction from the total LDP payment prior to issuance. The
second fee would also apply a service fee to conservation reserve
program contracts (including re-enrollments and extensions) to help
defray the cost associated with administration of the program. The fee
would be determined by contract size and is estimated to average $100
per contract.
Department of Defense
Medical care fees. The Budget increases enrollment fees and
deductibles for military retirees under age 65 (and families). The new
cost shares differ for officer and enlisted retirees and for those in
the different types of plans. They are also phased in over two years and
indexed thereafter. The Budget also assumes that retail pharmacy co-
payments for all military retirees will increase. In all cases, the
changes in the out-of-pocket expenses would increase by no more than
that of the annual Federal civilian health premium since 1996. None of
these changes apply to active-duty members and their dependents. The
total 2007 savings for these proposals is $735 million, $249 million of
which requires new statutory authority.
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare program management: Survey and certification user fee. The
Budget proposes a new user fee for the Survey and Certification program
within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency would
charge facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid a fee for
conducting follow-up surveys, which verify that they have taken
appropriate action to correct identified deficiencies in compliance with
specific Federal health, safety, and quality standards. This proposal
could result in potential collections of $35 million in 2007.
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 replace the two-tiered aviation passenger
security fee with a single flat security fee of $5.00 for a one-way
trip. The single fee corresponds better with actual security screening,
which normally occurs only once in a one-way trip regardless of the
number of trip segments. This proposal, along with air carrier security
fees, will result in fee levels paid by system users that cover about 70
percent of core aviation security costs. Requiring users to pay for
aviation screening and security is what was intended by the Congress and
will free up other homeland resources to address security threats across
the general population.
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Table 18-3. USER FEE AND OTHER USER CHARGE PROPOSALS \1\
(estimated collections in millions of dollars)
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007-2011
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DISCRETIONARY
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency user fees......................... 35 34 34 33 34 170
Department of Defense
Medical care fees..................................... 249 635 907 1,106 1,353 4,250
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare program management: Survey and certification 35 34 34 33 34 170
user fee.............................................
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration: Aviation 1,631 1,778 1,938 2,105 2,283 9,735
security fees........................................
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: -62 -60 -60 -59 -59 -300
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation.....
Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives: 120 116 115 114 115 580
Explosives regulation user fees......................
Department of Transportation
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation commercial 9 9 9 9 9 45
tolls*...............................................
Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical care fees:
Prescription copayments for PL7s and 8s............. 288 255 255 255 254 1,307
Annual enrollment user fee for PL 7s and 8s......... 226 229 221 212 204 1,092
Eliminating offset of copayments with insurance 30 34 38 42 47 191
collections for PL 7s and 8s.......................
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Transaction fees...................................... 127 123 122 120 122 614
2. Offsetting receipts
Department of the Interior
Abandoned mine reclamation fees....................... 312 79 ....... ....... ....... 391
Repeal Energy Bill fee prohibition.................... ....... 20 20 20 20 80
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Subtotal, discretionary user charge proposals....... 3,000 3,286 3,633 3,990 4,416 18,325
MANDATORY
1. Offsetting collections
Depatment of Housing and Urban Development
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation...... 6 6 6 6 6 30
Federal Housing Enterprise Regulator
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation...... 98 98 98 98 98 490
Federal Housing Finance Board
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation...... -36 -38 -39 -40 -41 -194
2. Offsetting receipts
Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service user fees*......... 105 155 148 151 154 713
Grain, Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards 20 20 21 21 22 104
Administration (GIPSA) user fees*....................
Agricultural Marketing Service standardization and 14 14 15 15 15 73
marketing orders user fees*..........................
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service user fees*. 8 11 11 12 12 54
Federal crop insurance fees*.......................... ....... 15 15 15 15 60
Department of Defense
National defense stockpile asset sales: Authorization 1 50 72 80 96 299
for additional sales.................................
Department of Health and Human Services: Food and Drug
Administration
Re-inspection fees*................................... 22 23 23 24 24 116
Food and animal feed export certification fees*....... 4 4 4 4 4 20
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration examination fees.......................... 31 31 31 31 31 155
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management land sale authority......... ....... 5 9 14 52 80
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, lease bonuses:
Collections for payments to Alaska.................. ....... 3,502 2 503 3 4,010
Collections deposited in the Treasury............... ....... 3,502 2 503 3 4,010
Department of Labor
Foreign labor certification fees...................... 35 35 35 35 35 175
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums......... ....... 4,202 4,209 4,223 4,237 16,871
Department of the Treasury
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau regulatory 29 29 29 29 29 145
activity user fees*..................................
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works
Additional recreation fees............................ 9 17 17 17 17 77
Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide user fees*.................................. 56 66 53 53 53 281
Pre-manufacture notifice user fees*................... 4 8 8 8 8 36
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Federal Communications Commission
Authorize spectrum license fees....................... 50 150 300 300 400 1,200
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Subtotal, mandatory user charge proposals........... 456 11,905 5,069 6,102 5,273 28,805
GOVERNMENTAL RECEIPTS
Department of the Interior
National Indian Gaming Commission activity fees....... ....... 5 5 5 5 20
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Total, user charge proposals........................ 3,456 15,196 8,707 10,097 9,694 47,150
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Note: A negative sign indicates a decrease in collections.
\1\ These amounts are collections and receipts only. They do not include related spending.
* Once the fees are enacted, the Administration will work to reclassify them to offset discretionary spending
beginning in 2008.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: Government-sponsored
enterprise (GSE) regulation. This proposal is discussed below in the
section on the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulator.
Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: Explosives
regulation user fees. A new discretionary explosives user fee is
proposed for all explosives manufactured in or imported into the United
States. The fee would not apply to smokeless and black powder. Nor would
it apply to sales to the military. For 2007, a user fee of $0.02/ pound
would generate an estimated $120 million in additional collections,
which would be used to offset the cost of regulating the explosives
industry.
Department of Transportation
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) commercial tolls.
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. This Budget proposes to allow the
SLSDC to collect commercial tolls from users of the Seaway. The proposal
also provides some funding so that SLSDC could cover its full-year
operational costs in 2007. In future years, the Seaway could be fully
fee-funded, consistent with its Canadian counterpart.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical care fees. The President's Budget includes legislation to
implement a $250 annual enrollment fee and higher drug co-pays (from $8
to $15) for non-disabled higher-income veterans (PL 7/8 veterans). These
proposals do not pertain to veterans who are considered among VA's core
mission and the highest priority--those with service disabilities, lower
incomes, or special needs. The Budget also includes technical correction
language to ensure that current co-pays are charged to all eligible
veterans equally and not reduced if a veteran has outside insurance. The
total savings for 2007 is estimated to be $795 million, of which $544
million is increased collections.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Transaction fees. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
ensures the integrity and effectiveness of the U.S. futures and options
markets and protects investors by preventing fraud and abuse and
ensuring adequate disclosure of information. The Budget proposes a new
transaction fee on commodity futures and option contracts traded on
approved exchanges to cover the cost of the CFTC's regulatory
activities. CFTC is the only Federal financial regulator that does not
derive its funding from the specialized entities it regulates. This fee
will shift CFTC's costs from the general taxpayer to the primary
beneficiaries of CFTC's oversight and will be set at a level to avoid
inhibiting the market's competitiveness.
2. Offsetting 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 through 2007.
Repeal Energy Bill fee prohibition. A last-minute addition to the
2005 Energy Policy Act prohibited the Administration from implementing
new fees for oil and gas permit processing on Federal lands and provided
a mandatory stream of funding for permit processing from funds that
previously went to the Treasury. The Budget proposes to repeal this
provision and institute new fees, as had been proposed in the 2006
Budget. The proposed fees are expected to generate approximately $20
million in 2008, thereby reducing the cost to taxpayers for operating
these programs and eliminating the need for mandatory funding.
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B. Mandatory User Charge Proposals
1. Offsetting collections
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation. Upon enactment of
the Budget proposal for a strengthened regulator for GSE's it is
expected that the cost of HUD's responsibilities under the Federal
Housing Enterprise Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, and amendments as
proposed, would be assessed on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 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. The cost of these regulatory
responsibilities is currently in the HUD salaries and expenses account
as a non-reimbursable expense.
Federal Housing Enterprise Regulator
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation. The Administration
will again propose broad reform of the supervisory system for 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. For additional information, see Chapter 7, ``Credit and
Insurance'', in this volume.
Federal Finance Housing Board
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) regulation. This proposal is
discussed above in the section on the Federal Housing Enterprise
Regulator.
2. Offsetting receipts
For the mandatory 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 2008. 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
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 and marketing
orders user fees.* The Administration is proposing two fees for the AMS.
The first is a mandatory user fee (spending will be discretionary) to
recover the full cost of the development of grade standards for which
the agency currently provides grading services. The second is a proposal
to recover a majority of the cost of the agency's oversight of marketing
agreements and orders programs. These programs are industry run ``self-
help'' initiatives and funding for Federal oversight of these programs
should come from the industries that benefit substantially from their
operation.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service user fees.* The
Administration proposes to establish user fees for animal welfare
inspections, for animal research facilities, carriers, and in-transit
handlers of animals.
Federal crop insurance fees.* The Administration proposes to
implement a participation fee in the Federal crop insurance program to
fund modernization and future maintenance of the existing information
technology (IT) system. The fee would be charged to insurance companies
participating in the Federal crop insurance program based on a rate of
about one-half cent per dollar of premium sold. Because it is the
companies that will most benefit from better, more advanced computer
systems, it is reasonable that they contribute to the modernization and
maintenance of these systems.
Department of Defense
National Defense stockpile asset sales: Authorization for additional
sales. The Administration proposes legislation to permit the sale of the
remaining government-owned industrial commodities in the National
Defense Stockpile that are not needed for national defense requirements.
Sales of these commodities are expected to result in mandatory sales
receipts of about $1 million in 2007 and a total of about $347 million
in the next ten years. Sales receipts are subject to fluctuation based
on commodity price changes.
Department of Health and Human Services: Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
Re-inspection fees.* FDA conducts post-market inspections of food,
human drug, biologic, animal drug and feed, and medical device
manufacturers to assess their compliance with Good Manufacturing
Practice requirements. The Administration proposes new fees that would
be assessed for repeat inspections due to violations found during the
first inspection. FDA estimates collections of $22 million in 2007.
Food and animal feed export certification fees.* FDA collects user
fees for the issuance of export certifications for human and animal
drugs, and medical devices as authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act. The Administration proposes to expand FDA's authority to
collect user fees for the issuance of export certificates for foods and
animal feed. Timely issuance of food/feed export certificates funded
through user fees would improve the ability of food and animal feed pro
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ducers to export their products. Thus, this proposal would enhance
global competitiveness of U.S. industry. FDA estimates collections of $4
million in 2007.
Department of Homeland Security
Extend Customs and Border Protection user fees. The Administration
proposes the reauthorization beginning in 2015 of two user fees set to
expire at the end of 2014: U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
conveyance and passenger fees, and the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF).
CBP currently collects multiple different conveyance and passenger user
fees under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
and related statues and a merchandise processing fee (MPF) established
by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, all of which are set
to expire on September 30, 2014. Collections in 2015 are estimated to be
$2.9 billion.
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
Bureau of Land Management land sale authority. The Administration
will propose legislation to amend BLM's land sale authority under the
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to: (1) allow BLM to
use updated management plans to identify areas suitable for disposal;
(2) allow a portion of the receipts to be used by BLM for restoration
projects; (3) return 70 percent of land sale proceeds to the Treasury;
and (4) cap receipt retention at $60 million per year. BLM is currently
limited to selling lands that had been identified for disposal in land
use plans that were in effect prior to enactment of FLTFA. Use of the
receipts is currently limited to the purchase of other lands for
conservation purposes. The new receipts shown in this chapter reflect
only a portion of the savings from this proposal; additional savings
will be generated by redirecting receipts under the existing FLFTA
authority to the Treasury. The amounts shown in Table 18-3 reflect
receipts only and do not include related spending.
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 2008 and would result in an estimated $7 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 $6
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 cost-based user fee for new applications
under the permanent labor certification program. Fee proceeds would
offset the costs of administering the program. Upon enactment of the
fee, funding for these activities now included in the program
administration account will be reviewed and adjusted.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums. The Administration
will re-propose increases to the insurance premiums paid to the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation for single-employer defined benefit pension
insurance. The increase in premiums is needed to eliminate over the next
10 years the nearly $23 billion deficit in this system. The
Administration is working with the Congress to enact comprehensive
pension reform including funding, disclosure, and premium changes, to
ensure the solvency of the pension system.
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, permit applications,
and administrative fees for ``drawbacks'' from manufacturers of non-
beverage products.
Corps of Engineers--Civil Works
Additional recreation fees. The Corps of Engineers manages 4,300
recreation areas at 465 Corps projects (mostly lakes and reservoirs) on
12 million acres in 43 States at an annual cost of about $267 million.
The Administration re-proposes a recreation modernization (``RecMod'')
initiative that would encourage the collection of entrance fees (not
currently authorized) and the creation of public/private partnerships to
improve Corps recreation facilities and services at little or no cost to
the Federal Government. User fees and private/public partnerships would
be implemented selectively, at recreation areas where fees would be
appropriate. Some Corps recreation areas are isolated and remote;
raising fees there might not be productive. But others are integral
parts of prosperous urban communities with valuable lake-front property.
Those communities may decide to help upgrade the Corps recreation areas
that their citizens enjoy to provide amenities that might not otherwise
be available.
Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide user fees.* EPA presently collects fees from entities
seeking to register their pesticides and from entities with existing
pesticides registered for use in the United States. The Administration
proposes to better cover the costs of EPA's pesticide services by
increasing collections of currently authorized, but soon to expire,
pesticide user fees. Furthermore, the Federal
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Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires EPA to collect fees for the
establishment and reassessment of pesticide tolerances. However,
collection of these fees has been blocked through 2008. The
Administration proposes to eliminate the prohibition and collect the
tolerance fee in 2007. In addition, amendments to the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act require EPA to implement a
new program to review all registered pesticides on a 15 year cycle to
ensure that registrations reflect current science. EPA will phase in
this new Registration Review program in 2007 while phasing out its
Reregistration program. If EPA determines that a pesticide adversely
impacts an endangered species during registration review, additional
work is required to ensure adequate protections are implemented. The new
registration review fee structure is designed to cover the incremental
cost of this work.
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.
Federal Communications Commission
Authorize spectrum license fees. 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
are estimated to total $3.6 billion through 2016.
Extend spectrum auction authority. The Administration proposes to
extend indefinitely the FCC's authority to auction spectrum licenses,
which was slated to expire in 2007, but is extended through 2011 in the
Deficit Reduction Act. Assuming that this temporary extension occurs,
the additional receipts from a permanent extension are estimated to be
$1.0 billion for 2012-2016.
C. User Charge Proposals that are Governmental Receipts
Department of the Interior
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 $312.9 billion in 2007. Of these, an
estimated $165.5 billion are offsetting collections credited to
expenditure accounts and an estimated $147.4 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 $718.3 billion
in 2007: $570.8 billion are intragovernmental transactions; and $147.4
billion are from the public, shown in the table as proprietary receipts
from the public ($130.8 billion) and offsetting governmental receipts
($16.7 billion).
As noted above, offsetting collections and receipts by agency are also
displayed in Table 21-1, which appears in Chapter 21, ``Outlays to the
Public, Gross and Net,'' of this volume.
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Table 18-4. OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC
(in millions of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimate
Actual ---------------------------
2005 2006 2007
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Offsetting collections credited
to expenditure accounts:
User charges:
Postal service stamps and 68,504 71,176 71,491
other postal fees..........
Defense Commissary Agency... 5,393 5,296 5,294
Employee contributions for 8,403 9,082 9,826
employees and retired
employees health benefits
funds......................
Sale of energy:
Tennessee Valley Authority 7,806 8,621 8,937
Bonneville Power 3,214 3,134 3,436
Administration...........
All other user charges...... 26,783 33,700 37,523
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Subtotal, user charges.... 120,103 131,009 136,507
Other collections credited to
expenditure accounts:
Commodity Credit Corporation 11,059 14,751 13,047
fund.......................
Supplemental security income 4,506 4,240 4,561
(collections from the
States)....................
Other collections........... 16,057 11,737 11,340
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Subtotal, other 31,622 30,728 28,948
collections..............
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Subtotal, collections 151,725 161,737 165,455
credited to expenditure
accounts...................
Offsetting receipts:
User charges:
Medicare premiums........... 38,243 48,119 55,478
Outer Continental Shelf 6,146 9,118 9,541
rents, bonuses, and
royalties..................
All other user charges...... 17,319 17,354 38,316
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Subtotal, user charges 61,708 74,591 103,335
deposited in receipt
accounts.................
Other collections deposited in
receipt accounts:
Military assistance program 11,051 11,114 11,044
sales......................
Interest income............. 15,168 14,003 15,203
All other collections 16,957 22,978 17,847
deposited in receipt
accounts...................
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Subtotal, other 43,176 48,095 44,094
collections deposited in
receipt accounts.........
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Subtotal, collections 104,884 122,686 147,429
deposited in receipt
accounts...................
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Total, offsetting collections 256,609 284,423 312,884
and receipts from the public...
Total, offsetting collections 188,042 213,187 241,332
and receipts excluding off-
budget.........................
ADDENDUM:
User charges that are 181,811 205,600 239,842
offsetting collections and
receipts \1\.................
Other offsetting collections 74,798 78,823 73,042
and receipts from the public.
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Total, offsetting 256,609 284,423 312,884
collections and receipts
from the public............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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 2005 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Actual 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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INTRAGOVERNMENTAL
TRANSACTIONS
On-budget receipts:
Federal intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Interest from the 552 393 786 803 697 742 794
Federal Financing
Bank.................
Interest on Government 814 1,073 1,075 1,075 1,066 1,023 1,004
capital in
enterprises..........
Interest received by 180 172 177 184 190 202 217
retirement and health
benefits funds.......
General fund payments
to retirement and
health benefits funds:
Proposed .......... 1,713 1,999 2,353 2,599 2,966 3,377
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
DoD retiree health 17,639 19,216 20,722 22,723 24,903 27,264 29,806
care fund..........
Proposed .......... .......... -2 -7 -11 -17 -22
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
Miscellaneous 277 285 285 306 377 474 437
Federal retirement
funds..............
Other................. 3,323 2,551 2,789 2,305 2,356 2,409 2,474
Proposed Legislation .......... 28 105 270 463 682 932
(non-PAYGO)........
Undistributed by agency:
Employing agency
contributions:
Proposed .......... 2,933 3,138 3,358 3,593 3,845 4,114
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
DoD retiree health 10,490 11,072 11,546 12,125 12,824 13,601 14,410
care fund..........
Proposed .......... .......... -73 -77 -82 -87 -92
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Total Federal 33,275 39,436 42,547 45,418 48,975 53,104 57,451
intrafunds...........
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Trust intrafund
transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Payments to railroad 4,726 4,900 6,576 6,793 6,911 7,048 6,896
retirement...........
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Total trust intrafunds 4,726 4,900 6,576 6,793 6,911 7,048 6,896
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Total intrafund 38,001 44,336 49,123 52,211 55,886 60,152 64,347
transactions...........
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Interfund transactions:
Distributed by agency:
Federal fund payments
to trust funds:
Contributions to
insurance programs:
Military 21,358 23,180 24,049 24,951 25,886 26,857 27,865
retirement fund..
Supplementary 115,201 166,163 196,398 206,351 214,063 224,482 241,768
medical insurance
Proposed .......... .......... -466 -2,159 -3,284 -3,871 -4,405
Legislation
(non-PAYGO)....
Hospital insurance 9,381 10,689 12,206 14,001 15,347 15,953 18,146
Railroad social 119 123 135 154 157 162 185
security
equivalent fund..
Rail industry 323 313 323 338 352 366 381
pension fund.....
Civilian 25,887 27,453 27,815 28,428 29,105 29,688 30,108
supplementary
retirement
contributions....
Unemployment 773 768 794 813 823 846 960
insurance........
Other 526 776 743 710 619 595 585
contributions....
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Subtotal.......... 173,568 229,465 261,997 273,587 283,068 295,078 315,593
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Miscellaneous 2,072 1,751 1,724 1,672 1,654 1,621 1,629
payments...........
Proposed .......... .......... 2,734 .......... .......... .......... ..........
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Subtotal............ 175,640 231,216 266,455 275,259 284,722 296,699 317,222
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Trust fund payments to
Federal funds:
Quinquennial .......... 350 .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
adjustment for
military service
credits............
Other............... 3,305 1,744 3,046 3,542 3,604 3,667 3,730
Proposed .......... .......... 2,282 -450 -453 -461 -470
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Subtotal............ 3,305 2,094 5,328 3,092 3,151 3,206 3,260
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Total interfunds 178,945 233,310 271,783 278,351 287,873 299,905 320,482
distributed by agency
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Undistributed by agency:
Employer share,
employee retirement
(on-budget):
Civil service 13,059 13,346 14,365 15,489 16,522 17,638 18,816
retirement and
disability
insurance..........
CSRDI from Postal 4,382 4,512 4,632 4,732 4,882 4,930 4,990
Service............
Hospital insurance 2,630 2,734 2,782 2,858 2,920 3,009 3,130
(contribution as
employer) \1\ .....
Postal employer 672 682 706 732 759 788 818
contributions to
FHI................
Military retirement 16,554 15,999 15,625 15,765 16,167 16,652 17,167
fund...............
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Other Federal 190 191 193 195 197 199 201
employees
retirement.........
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Total employer 37,487 37,464 38,303 39,771 41,447 43,216 45,122
share, employee
retirement (on-
budget)............
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Interest received by 69,153 71,756 75,346 79,012 83,242 86,881 89,765
on-budget trust
funds..............
Proposed .......... .......... 73 221 461 769 1,140
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Total interfund 106,640 109,220 113,722 119,004 125,150 130,866 136,027
transactions
undistributed by
agency...............
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Total interfund 285,585 342,530 385,505 397,355 413,023 430,771 456,509
transactions...........
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Total on-budget receipts.. 323,586 386,866 434,628 449,566 468,909 490,923 520,856
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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, 16,517 16,379 18,310 21,362 22,091 23,762 27,442
and disability
insurance..........
Undistributed by agency:
Employer share, 10,941 11,677 12,161 12,832 13,459 14,179 15,040
employee retirement
(off-budget).......
Interest received by 91,836 97,443 105,748 115,701 127,788 140,427 154,322
off-budget trust
funds..............
Proposed .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... -670 -2,976
Legislation (non-
PAYGO)...........
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Total off-budget receipts: 119,294 125,499 136,219 149,895 163,338 177,698 193,828
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Total intragovernmental 442,880 512,365 570,847 599,461 632,247 668,621 714,684
transactions...............
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PROPRIETARY RECEIPTS FROM
THE PUBLIC
Distributed by agency:
Interest:
Interest on foreign 418 402 426 341 339 337 334
loans and deferred
foreign collections....
Interest on deposits in 510 602 622 628 640 643 643
tax and loan accounts..
Other interest 11,135 12,129 12,815 13,502 14,094 14,658 16,214
(domestic--civil) \2\ .
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Total interest.......... 12,063 13,133 13,863 14,471 15,073 15,638 17,191
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Dividends and other 3,105 870 1,340 1,382 1,400 1,400 1,378
earnings...............
Royalties and rents....... 3,495 5,004 4,682 4,636 4,320 4,127 4,172
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -50 -51 -50 -50 -50
(PAYGO)................
Sale of products:
Sale of timber and other 256 260 305 273 287 293 299
natural land products..
Sale of minerals and 63 753 94 36 33 32 31
mineral products.......
Sale of power and other 874 661 734 792 822 790 795
utilities..............
Other................... 107 102 92 109 105 94 113
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Total sale of products.. 1,300 1,776 1,225 1,210 1,247 1,209 1,238
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Fees and other charges for
services and special
benefits:
Medicare premiums and 38,243 48,119 55,585 60,141 63,264 65,811 69,407
other charges (trust
funds).................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -107 -445 -481 -467 -407
(PAYGO)..............
Nuclear waste disposal 736 752 754 767 767 769 771
revenues...............
Veterans life insurance 171 162 146 132 120 107 96
(trust funds)..........
Other \2\ .............. 3,786 9,729 11,779 12,273 13,004 13,803 14,692
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 256 281 274 266 260
(non-PAYGO)..........
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 266 356 354 358 362
(PAYGO)..............
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Total fees and other 42,936 58,762 68,679 73,505 77,302 80,647 85,181
charges................
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Sale of Government
property:
Sale of land and other 1,333 999 988 986 954 952 915
real property \2\ .....
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 48 278 155 101 118
(PAYGO)..............
Military assistance 11,051 11,114 11,044 11,243 11,446 11,651 11,861
program sales (trust
funds).................
Other................... 324 146 71 74 77 77 71
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 1 50 72 80 96
(PAYGO)..............
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Total sale of Government 12,708 12,259 12,152 12,631 12,704 12,861 13,061
property...............
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Realization upon loans and
investments:
Negative subsidies and 5,839 7,992 875 832 810 786 782
downward reestimates...
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 676 880 939 1,039 1,171
(non-PAYGO)..........
Repayment of loans to 263 108 25 28 30 33 36
foreign nations........
Other................... 1,385 72 70 67 80 80 80
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Total realization upon 7,487 8,172 1,646 1,807 1,859 1,938 2,069
loans and investments..
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Recoveries and refunds \2\ 7,513 5,160 5,398 5,163 4,994 5,093 4,965
.........................
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 288 313 379 384 389
(non-PAYGO)............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 9 499 537 393 405
(PAYGO)................
Miscellaneous receipt 2,508 2,230 2,242 2,173 2,186 2,207 2,227
accounts \2\ ............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 23 23 23 23 23
(PAYGO)................
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Total proprietary receipts 93,115 107,366 111,497 117,762 121,974 125,870 132,249
from the public
distributed by agency....
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Undistributed by agency:
Rents, bonuses, and
royalties:
Outer Continental Shelf 679 707 949 1,075 1,058 846 756
rents and bonuses......
Outer Continental Shelf 5,467 8,411 8,542 8,159 8,048 7,932 7,997
royalties..............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 50 50 50 50 50
(PAYGO)..............
Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge:
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... .......... 7,004 4 1,006 6
(PAYGO)..............
Sale of major assets...... .......... .......... .......... 323 .......... .......... ..........
Other undistributed .......... .......... 9,720 1,080 .......... .......... ..........
offsetting receipts......
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Total proprietary receipts 6,146 9,118 19,261 17,691 9,160 9,834 8,809
from the public
undistributed by agency..
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total proprietary receipts 99,261 116,484 130,758 135,453 131,134 135,704 141,058
from the public............
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OFFSETTING GOVERNMENTAL
RECEIPTS
Distributed by agency:
Defense cooperation....... 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Regulatory fees........... 5,341 5,925 6,471 6,401 6,531 6,738 6,990
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... -62 -60 -60 -59 -59
(non-PAYGO)............
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 66 66 66 66 66
(PAYGO)................
Other..................... 111 155 157 158 161 163 132
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 26 27 27 28 28
(PAYGO)................
Undistributed by agency:
Spectrum auction proceeds. 160 110 9,950 12,238 2,870 100 100
Proposed Legislation .......... .......... 50 150 300 300 400
(PAYGO)................
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Total offsetting 5,623 6,202 16,671 18,994 9,910 7,352 7,674
governmental receipts......
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Total offsetting receipts... 547,764 635,051 718,276 753,908 773,291 811,677 863,416
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\1\ Includes provision for covered Federal civilian employees and military personnel.
\2\ Includes both Federal funds and trust funds.