[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 25, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H178-H180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  STATUS REPORT ON CURRENT SPENDING LEVELS OF ON-BUDGET SPENDING AND 
   REVENUES FOR FY 2005 AND THE 5-YEAR PERIOD FY 2005 THROUGH FY 2009

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nussle) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, I am transmitting a status report on the 
current levels of on-budget spending and revenues for fiscal year 2005 
and for the 5-year period of fiscal years 2005 through 2009. This 
report is necessary to facilitate the application of sections 302 and 
311 of the Congressional Budget Act and section 401 of the conference 
report on the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005 
(S. Con. Res. 95, which is currently in effect as a concurrent 
resolution on the budget in the House under H. Res. 5). This status 
report is current through January 21, 2005.
  The term ``current level'' refers to the amounts of spending and 
revenues estimated for each fiscal year based on laws enacted or 
awaiting the President's signature.
  The first table in the report compares the current levels of total 
budget authority, outlays, and revenues with the aggregate levels set 
forth by S. Con. Res. 95. This comparison is needed to enforce section 
311(a) of the Budget Act, which creates a point of order against 
measures that would breach the budget resolution's aggregate levels. 
The table does not show budget authority and outlays for years after 
fiscal year 2005 because appropriations for those years have not yet 
been considered.
  The second table compares the current levels of budget authority and 
outlays for discretionary action by each authorizing committee with the 
``section 302(a)'' allocations made under S. Con. Res. 95 for fiscal 
year 2005 and fiscal years 2005 through 2009. ``Discretionary action'' 
refers to legislation enacted after the adoption of the budget 
resolution. This comparison is needed to enforce section 302(f) of the 
Budget Act, which creates a point of order against measures that would 
breach the section 302(a) discretionary action allocation of new budget 
authority for the committee that reported the measure. It is also 
needed to implement section 311(b), which exempts committees that 
comply with their allocations from the point of order under section 
311(a).
  The third table compares the current levels of discretionary 
appropriations for fiscal year 2005 with the ``section 302(b)'' 
suballocations of discretionary budget authority and outlays among 
Appropriations subcommittees. The comparison is also needed to enforce 
section 302(f) of the Budget Act because the point of order under that 
section equally applies to measures that would breach the applicable 
section 302(b) suballocation.
  The fourth table gives the current level for 2006 of accounts for 
advance appropriations under section 401 S. Con. Res. 95. This list is 
needed to enforce section 401 of the budget resolution, which creates a 
point of order against appropriation bills that contain advance 
appropriations that are: (i) not identified in the statement of 
managers or (ii) would cause the aggregate amount of such 
appropriations to exceed the level specified in the resolution.

  REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET--STATUS OF THE
    FISCAL YEAR 2005 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN S. CON. RES. 95
 [Reflecting Action Completed as of January 21, 2005--on-budget amounts,
                         in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Fiscal year  Fiscal year
                                                    2005      2005-2009
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriate Level:
  Budget Authority............................    2,012,726         n.a.
  Outlays.....................................    2,010,964         n.a.
  Revenues....................................    1,454,637    8,638,287
Current Level:
  Budget Authority............................    1,966,349         n.a.
  Outlays.....................................    1,989,590         n.a.
  Revenues....................................    1,450,760    8,565,703
Current Level over (+) /under (-) Appropriate
 Level:
  Budget Authority............................      -46,377         n.a.
  Outlays.....................................      -21,374         n.a.
  Revenues....................................       -3,877      -72,584
------------------------------------------------------------------------
n.a.= Not applicable because annual appropriations Acts for fiscal years
  2006 through 2009 will not be considered until future.

                            budget authority

       Enactment of measures providing new budget authority for 
     fiscal year 2005 in excess of $46,377,000,000 (if not already 
     included in the current level estimate) would cause fiscal 
     year 2005 budget authority to exceed the appropriate level 
     set by S. Con. Res. 95


                                outlays

       Enactment of measures providing new outlays for fiscal year 
     2005 in excess of $21,374,000,000 (if not already included in 
     the current level estimate) would cause fiscal year 2005 
     outlays to exceed the appropriate level set by S. Con. Res. 
     95.


                                revenues

       Enactment of measures that would reduce revenue for fiscal 
     year 2005 (if not already included in the current level 
     estimate) would cause revenues to fall further below the 
     appropriate level set by S. Con. Res. 95.
       Enactment of measures resulting in revenue reduction for 
     the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 (if not already 
     included in the current level estimate) would cause revenues 
     to fall further below the appropriate levels set by S. Con. 
     Res. 95.

   DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE 302(A) ALLOCATIONS FOR
                    DISCRETIONARY ACTION, REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF JANUARY 21, 2005
                                     [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      2005                             2005-2009 total
           House committee           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              BA              Outlays               BA              Outlays
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture:
    Allocation......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Current Level...................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Difference......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
Armed Services:
    Allocation......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Current Level...................             -1,530                581                -17              1,659
    Difference......................             -1,530                581                -17              1,659
Education and the Workforce:
    Allocation......................                 68                 56                236                230
    Current Level...................                -14                 42                230                207
    Difference......................                -82                -14                 -6                -23
Energy and Commerce:
    Allocation......................                576                483              4,350              3,381
    Current Level...................                445                145              2,645              1,333
    Difference......................               -131               -338             -1,705             -2,048
Financial Services:
    Allocation......................                  1                  1                 17                 17
    Current Level...................                 -6                 -6                 -5                 -5
    Difference......................                 -7                 -7                -22                -22
Government Reform:
    Allocation......................                  1                  1                 19                 19
    Current Level...................                 22                  4                 42                 32
    Difference......................                 21                  3                 23                 13
House Administration:
    Allocation......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Current Level...................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Difference......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
Intelligence:
    Allocation......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Current Level...................                  0                  0                 -1                 -1
    Difference......................                  0                  0                 -1                 -1
International Relations:
    Allocation......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Current Level...................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Difference......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
Judiciary:
    Allocation......................                 15                 15                 35                 35

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    Current Level...................                  5                  5                 29                 29
    Difference......................                -10                -10                 -6                 -6
Resources:
    Allocation......................                  2                  2                 10                 10
    Current Level...................                  2                  2                 14                 14
    Difference......................                  0                  0                  4                  4
Science:
    Allocation......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Current Level...................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Difference......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
Small Business:
    Allocation......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Current Level...................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Difference......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
Transportation and Infrastructure:
    Allocation......................              1,737                  4             22,070                 12
    Current Level...................              4,615                 -2              4,623                 17
    Difference......................              2,878                 -6            -17,447                  5
Veterans' Affairs:
    Allocation......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Current Level...................                -26                -28                -23                -22
    Difference......................                -26                -28                -23                -22
Ways and Means:
    Allocation......................              1,368                804              3,470              3,244
    Current Level...................              3,455              3,434             19,949             19,981
    Difference......................              2,087              2,630             16,479             16,737
    Reconciliation..................                  0                  0              4,600              4,600
    Current Level...................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Difference......................                  0                  0             -4,600             -4,600
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  DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
                     302(a) ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    302(b) suballocations as  Current level reflecting     Current level minus
                                      of July 22, 2004 (H.     action completed as of        suballocations
    Appropriations Subcommittee           Rpt. 108-633)           January 21, 2005     -------------------------
                                   ----------------------------------------------------
                                         BA           OT           BA           OT           BA           OT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Rural Development....       16,841       18,113       16,833       18,378           -8          265
Commerce, Justice, State..........       39,815       40,463       39,826       40,215           11         -248
National Defense..................      390,931      415,987      390,933      415,774            2         -213
District of Columbia..............          560          554          556          538           -4          -16
Energy & Water Development........       27,993       27,973       28,256       28,027          263           54
Foreign Operations................       19,386       26,735       19,545       26,740          159            5
Homeland Security.................       32,000       29,873       31,980       29,665          -20         -208
Interior..........................       20,039       20,214       19,875       19,927         -164         -287
Labor, HHS & Education............      142,526      141,117      142,394      141,522         -132          405
Legislative Branch................        3,575        3,696        3,546        3,688          -29           -8
Military Construction.............       10,003       10,015       10,003        9,975            0          -40
Transportaiton-Treasury...........       25,320       68,993       25,484       70,152          164        1,159
VH-HUD-Independent Agencies.......       92,930      101,732       93,069      101,744          139           12
Unassigned........................            0          283            0            0            0         -283
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total (Section 302(a)             821,919      905,748      822,300      906,345          381          597
       Allocation)................
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Statement of FY2006 advance appropriations under section 401 of S. Con. 
       Res. 95 reflecting action completed as of January 21, 2005

                        [In millions of dollars]

                                                       Budget authority
Appropriate Level................................................23,158
Current Level:
  Interior Subcommittee: Elk Hills.................................. 36
  Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee:
    Employment and Training Administration........................2,463
    Education for the Disadvantaged...............................7,383
    School Improvement............................................1,435
    Children and Family Services (Head Start).....................1,400
    Special Education.............................................5,413
    Vocational and Adult Education..................................791
  Transportation and Treasury Subcommittee: Payment to Postal 
    Service......................................................... 62
  Veterans, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee: Section 8 
    Renewals......................................................4,200
                                                             __________
                                                             
      Total......................................................23,183
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Current Level over (+) / under (-) Appropriate Level................ 25

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                 Washington, DC, January 24, 2005.
     Hon. Jim Nussle,
     Chairman, Committee on the Budget,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The enclosed report shows the effects of 
     Congressional action on the fiscal year 2005 budget and is 
     current through January 21, 2004. This report is submitted 
     under section 308(b) and in aid of section 311 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act, as amended.
       The estimates of budget authority, outlays, and revenues 
     are consistent with the technical and economic assumptions of 
     S. Con. Res. 95, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for 
     Fiscal Year 2005. The budget resolution figures incorporate 
     revisions submitted by the Committee on the Budget to the 
     House to reflect funding for wildland fire suppression and 
     for technical reasons. These revisions are authorized by 
     sections 312 and 313 of S. Con. Res. 95. In addition, under 
     section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95, amounts designated as 
     emergency requirements are exempt from enforcement of the 
     budget resolution. As a result, the enclosed current level 
     report excludes these amounts (see footnote 2 of the report).
       Since my last letter, dated November 17, the Congress has 
     cleared and the President has signed the following acts that 
     changed budget authority, outlays, or revenues for fiscal 
     year 2005:
       The Second Continuing Resolution, 2005 (Public Law 108-
     416);
       The Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act 
     (Public Law 108-429);
       The Third Continuing Resolution, 2005 (Public Law 108-434);
       The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-
     447);
       An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act 
     (Public Law 108-448);
       The Arizona Water Settlements Act (Public Law 108-451);
       The Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 (Public Law 
     108-454);
       The Thrift Savings Plan Open Elections Act of 2004 (Public 
     Law 108-469);
       An act to authorize salary adjustments for Justices and 
     Judges of the United States (Public Law 108-491);
       An act to amend to Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public 
     Law 108-493);
       An act to amend the National Telecommunications and 
     Information Administration Organization Act (Public Law 108-
     494);
       The Federal Employee Dental and Visions Benefits Act of 
     2004 (Public Law 108-496); and
       An act to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable 
     cash contributions for the relief of victims of the Indian 
     Ocean tsunami (Public Law 109-1).

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       The effects of the actions listed above are detailed in the 
     accompanying report.
           Sincerely,
                                              Douglas Holtz-Eakin,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

                       FISCAL YEAR 2005 HOUSE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT AS OF JANUARY 21, 2004
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                            Budget authority       Outlays          Revenues
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enacted in previous sessions:
    Revenues..............................................              n.a.              n.a.         1,482,831
    Permanent and other spending legislation..............         1,175,185         1,129,242              n.a.
    Appropriation legislation \1\.........................                 0           391,841              n.a.
    Offsetting receipts...................................          -398,008          -398,008              n.a.
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, enacted in previous sessions.................           777,178         1,123,075         1,482,831
                                                           =====================================================
Enacted this session:
    Authorizing Legislation:
        TANF and Related Programs Continuation Act of 2004               122               138                 0
         (P.L. 108-262)...................................
        Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform                -1                -1                 0
         Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-264).......................
        Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of                    66                57                 0
         2004 (P.L. 108-265)..............................
        GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-                    1                 1                 0
         271).............................................
        An act to renew import restrictions on Burma (P.L.                 0                 0               -10
         108-272).........................................
        AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-274)......                 0                 0               -30
        Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004 (P.L.                 0               -11                 0
         108-280).........................................
        United States-Australia Free Trade Implementation                  0                 0               -29
         Act (P.L. 108-286)...............................
        John Marshall Commemorative Coin Act (P.L. 108-                   -2                -2                 0
         290).............................................
        Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Commemorative Coin                 -3                -3                 0
         Act (P.L. 108-291)...............................
        Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act (P.L.                  2                 2                 0
         108-293).........................................
        SUTA Dumping Prevention Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-295)                -7                -7                 0
        Morocco Free Trade Agreement (P.L. 108-302).......                 0                 0                -5
        Welfare Reform Extension Act, Part VIII (P.L. 108-               416               379                 0
         308).............................................
        First Continuing Resolution, 2005 (P.L. 108-309)                 143                24                25
         \2\..............................................
        Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part             4,493                 7                 0
         V (P.L. 108-310).................................
        Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-             2,126             2,126           -27,054
         310).............................................
        An act to amend the Lease Lot Conveyance Act of                    1                 1                 0
         2002 (P.L. 108-351)..............................
        American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-357).               764               764            -4,927
        Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization               -1,530               581                 0
         Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (P.L. 108-375)..........
        Provo River Project Transfer Act (P.L. 108-382)...                -1                -1                 0
        2004 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization                   20                 2                 0
         Act (P.L. 108-386)...............................
        Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-               -80               -15                 0
         409).............................................
        Second Continuing Resolution, 2005 (P.L. 108-416).                12                12                 5
        Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act                  0                 0              -167
         of 2004 (P.L. 108-429)...........................
        Third Continuing Resolution, 2005 (P.L. 108-434)..                 0                 0                 2
        An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security                 145               145                 0
         Act (P.L. 108-448)...............................
        Arizona Water Settlements Act (P.L. 108-451)......                 2                 2                 0
        Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 (P.L.                 -26               -28                 0
         108-454).........................................
        Thrift Savings Plan Open Elections Act of 2004                     0                 0                -1
         (P.L. 108-469)...................................
        An act to authorize salary adjustments for                         5                 5                 0
         Justices and Judges of the United States (P.L.
         108-491).........................................
        An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986                 -1                -1                -1
         (P.L. 108-493)...................................
        An act to amend the National Telecommunications                  300                 0                 0
         and Information Administration Organization Act
         (P.L. 108-494)...................................
        Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits                        1                 1                 0
         Enhancement Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-496)...........
        An act to accelerate the income tax benefits for                   0                 0               -11
         charitable cash contributions for the relief of
         victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami (P.L. 108-1)
         \3\..............................................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Total, authorizing legislation..................             6,968             4,178           -32,203
                                                           =====================================================
    Appropriations Acts:
        Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005               391,153           266,777                 0
         (P.L. 108-287) \2\...............................
        Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005                10,003             2,447                 0
         (P.L. 108-324) \2\...............................
        Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L.              30,557            18,473                 0
         108-334).........................................
        District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005                    560               481                 0
         (P.L. 108-335)...................................
        Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-             764,621           576,603               131
         447) \2\.........................................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Total, enacted this session.....................         1,203,862           868,959           -32,072
                                                           =====================================================
Entitlements and mandatories: Difference between enacted             -14,691            -2,444              n.a.
 levels and budget resolution estimates for appropriated
 entitlements and other mandatory programs................
Total Current Level 1,\2\.................................         1,966,349         1,989,590         1,450,760
Total Budget Resolution...................................         2,012,726         2,010,964         1,454,637
Current Level Over Budget Resolution......................              n.a.              n.a.              n.a.
Current Level Under Budget Resolution.....................            46,377            21,374             3,877
Memorandum:
    Revenues, 2005-2009:
        House Current Level...............................              n.a.              n.a.         8,565,703
        House Budget Resolution...........................              n.a.              n.a.         8,638,287
        Current Level Over Budget Resolution..............              n.a.              n.a.              n.a.
        Current Level Under Budget Resolution.............              n.a.              n.a.            72,584
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Notes: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law. Numbers may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1. For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the House, the budget resolution
  does not include Social Security administrative expenses, which are off-budget. As a result, the current level
  excludes these items.
2. Per section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2005, provisions
  designated as emergency requirements are exempt from enforcement of the budget resolution. As a result,
  current level excludes the following amounts: outlays of $19,902 million from 2004 budget authority provided
  in the Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-287); outlays of $622 million from funds provided in the
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2004 (P.L. 108-303); outlays of $444 million
  from funds provided in the Continuing Resolution, 2005 (P.L. 108-309); budget authority of $14,528 million and
  outlays of $6,995 million from the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-324); and budget
  authority of $396 million and outlays of $167 million from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-
  447).
3. Legislation to aid victims of the tsunami (P.L. 109-1) was enacted in the 109th Congress. All other
  legislation listed in this section was enacted in the 108th Congress.
 
Source: Congressional Budget Office.



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