[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 159 (Tuesday, December 13, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H11474-H11476]
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 2006 AND THE 5-YEAR PERIOD FY 2006 THROUGH FY 2010

  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 2006 
and for the 5-year period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 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 2006 
(H. Con. Res. 95). This status report is current through December 5, 
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 H. 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 2006 because those years are not considered for enforcement 
of spending aggregates.
  The second table compares, by authorizing committee, the current 
levels of budget authority and outlays for discretionary action with 
the ``section 302(a)'' allocations made under H. Con. Res. 95 for 
fiscal year 2006 and fiscal years 2006 through 2010. ``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 2006 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 as well as the 302(a) allocation.
  The fourth table gives the current level for 2007 of accounts 
identified for advance appropriations under section 401 of H. Con. Res. 
95. This list is needed to enforce section 401 of the budget 
resolution, which creates a point of order against appropriation bills 
or amendments thereto 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.

 STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2006 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN H. CON.
       RES. 95 REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF DECEMBER 5, 2005
               [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Fiscal years 2006-
                                Fiscal year 2006            2010
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriate Level:
    Budget Authority........             2,144,384                  n.a.
    Outlays.................             2,161,420                  n.a.
    Revenues................             1,589,892             9,080,006
Current Level:
    Budget Authority........             2,130,625                  n.a.
    Outlays.................             2,155,935                  n.a.
    Revenues................             1,607,200             9,176,091
Current Level over (+) /
 under (-)
Appropriate Level:
    Budget Authority........               -13,759                  n.a.
    Outlays.................                -5,485                  n.a.
    Revenues................                17,308                96,085
------------------------------------------------------------------------
n.a. = Not applicable because annual appropriations acts for fiscal
  years 2007 through 2010 will not be considered until future sessions
  of Congress.

       Budget Authority: Enactment of measures providing new 
     budget authority for FY 2006 in excess of $13,759,000,000 (if 
     not already included in the current level estimate) would 
     cause FY 2006 budget authority to exceed the appropriate 
     level set by H. Con. Res. 95.
       Outlays: Enactment of measures providing new outlays for FY 
     2006 in excess of $5,485,000,000 (if not already included in 
     the current level estimate) would cause FY 2006 outlays to 
     exceed the appropriate level set by H. Con. Res. 95.
       Revenues: Enactment of measures that would reduce revenue 
     for FY 2006 in excess of $17,308,000,000 (if not already 
     included in the current level estimate) would cause revenues

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     to fall below the appropriate level set by H. Con. Res. 95.
       Enactment of measures resulting in revenue reduction for 
     the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 in excess of 
     $96,085,000,000 (if not already included in the current level 
     estimate) would cause revenues to fall below the appropriate 
     levels set by H. Con. Res. 95.

   DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR
                     DISCRETIONARY ACTION REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF DECEMBER 5, 2005
                                     [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars]
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                                                                        2006                 2006-2010 Total
                       House committee                       ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                   BA        Outlays         BA        Outlays
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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...........................................            0            0            0            0
    Difference..............................................            0            0            0            0
Education and the Workforce:
    Allocation..............................................          100          100          500          500
    Current level...........................................           38           20           38           38
    Difference..............................................          -62          -80         -462         -462
Energy and Commerce:
    Allocation..............................................          100          100        2,000        2,000
    Current level...........................................          141          231        2,283        2,240
    Difference..............................................           41          131          283          240
Financial Services:
    Allocation..............................................            0            0            0            0
    Current level...........................................        2,000        2,000        2,000        2,000
    Difference..............................................        2,000        2,000        2,000        2,000
Government Reform:
    Allocation..............................................           50           50           50           50
    Current level...........................................           -1           -1            0            0
    Difference..............................................          -51          -51          -50          -50
House Administration:
    Allocation..............................................            0            0            0            0
    Current level...........................................            0            0            0            0
    Difference..............................................            0            0            0            0
Homeland Security:
    Allocation..............................................            0            0            0            0
    Current level...........................................            0            0            0            0
    Difference..............................................            0            0            0            0
International Relations:
    Allocation..............................................            0            0            0            0
    Current level...........................................            0            0            0            0
    Difference..............................................            0            0            0            0
Judiciary:
    Allocation..............................................            6            6            6            6
    Current level...........................................            0            0            0            0
    Difference..............................................           -6           -6           -6           -6
Resources:
    Allocation..............................................            8            8           50           50
    Current level...........................................            0            0            0            0
    Difference..............................................           -8           -8          -50          -50
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..............................................        3,027            0        4,107            0
    Current level...........................................        4,195          412       37,125        1,271
    Difference..............................................        1,168          412       33,018        1,271
Veterans' Affairs:
    Allocation..............................................            0            0            0            0
    Current level...........................................            0            0            0            0
    Difference..............................................            0            0            0            0
Ways and Means:
    Allocation..............................................          350          346        1,537        1,914
    Current level...........................................          631          638          341          370
    Difference..............................................          281          292       -1,196       -1,544
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  DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
                     302(a) ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                       302(b)             Current Level      Current Level Minus
                                                Suballocations as of    Reflecting Action      Suballocations
                                                November 2, 2005 (H.     Completed as of   ---------------------
          Appropriations Subcommittee               Rpt. 109-264)       December 5, 2005
                                               --------------------------------------------     BA         OT
                                                    BA         OT         BA         OT
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Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA...........     17,088     18,691     17,031     18,747        -57         56
Defense.......................................    403,280    372,696    389,964    401,945    -13,316     29,249
Energy & Water Development....................     30,495     30,273     30,495     30,696          0        423
Foreign Operations............................     20,937     25,080     20,937     25,213          0        133
Homeland Security.............................     30,846     33,233     30,846     33,184          0        -49
Interior-Environment..........................     26,159     27,500     26,159     28,760          0      1,260
Labor, HHS & Education........................    142,514    143,802    141,080    143,150     -1,434       -652
Legislative Branch............................      3,804      3,804      3,804      3,809          0          5
Military Quality of Life-Veterans Affairs.....     44,143     81,634     44,143     41,803          0    -39,831
Science-State-Justice-Commerce................     57,854     58,856     57,854     58,537          0       -319
Transportation-Treasury-HUD-Judiciary-DC......     65,900    120,837     66,518    121,433        618        596
Unassigned....................................          0        430          0          0          0       -430
                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------
      Total (Section 302(a) Allocation).......    843,020    916,836    828,831    907,277    -14,189     -9,559
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STATEMENT OF FY2007 ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS UNDER SECTION 401 OF H. CON. 
       RES. 95 REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF DECEMBER 5, 2005

                        [In millions of dollars]

                                                       Budget Authority
Appropriate Level................................................23,158
Current Level:
    Elk Hills.......................................................  0
    Employment and Training Administration..........................  0
    Education for the Disadvantaged.................................  0
    School Improvement..............................................  0
    Children and Family Services (Head Start).......................  0
    Special Education...............................................  0
    Vocational and Adult Education..................................  0
    Payment to Postal Service....................................... 73
    Section 8 Renewals............................................4,200
    Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy...............................  0
                                                             __________
                                                             
      Total.......................................................4,273
Current Level over (+) / under (-) Appropriate Level............-18,885

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                Washington, DC, December 13, 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 2006 budget and is 
     current through December 5, 2005. 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 
     H. Con. Res. 95, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for 
     Fiscal Year 2006. Pursuant to section 402 of that resolution, 
     provisions 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 September 15, the Congress has 
     cleared and the President has signed the following acts that 
     affect budget authority, outlays, or revenues for fiscal year 
     2006:
       The Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to 
     Meet Immediate Needs Arising from the Consequences of 
     Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Public Law 109-62); The National 
     Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 
     2005 (Public Law 109-65); The Pell Grant Hurricane and 
     Disaster Relief Act (Public Law 109-66); The TANF 
     Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 (Public Law 
     109-68); Tbe Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 
     (Public Law 109-73).
       The Natural Disaster Student Aid Fairness Act (Public Law 
     109-86); The Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 
     109-88); The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
     Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-90); The QI, TMA, and Abstinence 
     Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief 
     Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-91).
       The Agriculture, Rural Development, Federal Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
     (Public Law 109-97); An act to extend the special postage 
     stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years (Public Law 109-
     100); The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-102); The 
     Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 
     Law 109-103); An act making further continuing appropriations 
     for the fiscal year 2006, (Public Law 109-105).
       The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-108); The Military 
     Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006 
     (Public Law 109-114); and The Transportation, Treasury, 
     Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of 
     Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
     (Public Law 109-115).
       The effects of the actions listed above are detailed in the 
     enclosed report.
           Sincerely,
                                              Douglas Holtz-Eakin,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

                       FISCAL YEAR 2006 HOUSE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 5, 2005
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                              Budget
                                                                            Authority     Outlays      Revenues
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Enacted in previous sessions:\1\
    Revenues.............................................................         n.a.         n.a.    1,607,650
    Permanents and other spending legislation............................    1,346,289    1,314,337         n.a.
    Appropriation legislation............................................            0      382,272         n.a.
    Offsetting receipts..................................................     -479,872     -479,872         n.a.
                                                                          --------------------------------------
        Total, enacted in previous sessions:.............................      866,417    1,216,737    1,607,650
Enacted this session:
    Authorizing Legislation:
        TANF Extension Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-19)                                   148          165            0
        An act approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in             0            0           -1
         the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-39)
        Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade                 27           27           -3
         Agreement Implementation Act (P.L 109-53)
        Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58)                                    141          231         -588
        Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:        3,444           36            9
         A Legacy for Users (P.L. 109-59)
        National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act        2,000        2,000            0
         of 2005 (P.L. 109-65)
        Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act (P.L. 109-66)                   2            2            0
        TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-68)\2\          102          105            0
        Natural Disaster Student Aid Fairness Act (P.L. 109-86)                     36           18            0
        Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-88)\2\                       751          376            0
        QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina           354          341            0
         Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-91)
        An act to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer                -1           -1            0
         research for 2 years (P.L. 109-100)
    Appropriations Acts;
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global          -39          -21           11
         War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (P.L. 109-13)\2\
        Interior Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109-54)                         26,211       17,301          122
        Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109-55)                3,804        3,185            0
        Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109-90)                31,860       19,306            0
        Agriculture Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109-97)                      99,262       57,294            0
        Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109-102)              20,979        8,164            0
        Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109-103)                30,459       19,604            0
        Science, State, Justice, Commerce Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L.        58,210       35,763            0
         109-108)
        Military Quality of Life and VA Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L.          83,519       67,294            0
         109-114)\2\
        Transportation, Treasury, HUD Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109-       81,149       69,465            0
         115)
                                                                          --------------------------------------
        Total, enacted this session:                                           442,418      300,655         -450
Continuing Resolution Authority:
    Continuing Resolution. 2006 (P.L. 109-105)\2\........................      511,851      314,131            0
Entitlements and mandatories:
    Budget resolution baseline estimates of appropriated entitlements and      309,939      324.412         n.a.
     other mandatory programs not yet enacted............................
Total Current Level2,3...................................................    2,130,625    2,155,935    1,607,200
Total Budget Resolution..................................................    2,144,384    2,161,420    1,589.892
Current Level Over Budget Resolution.....................................         n.a.         n.a.       17.308
Current Level Under Budget Resolution....................................       13,759        5,485         n.a.
Memorandum:
    Revenues, 2006-2010:
        House Current Level..............................................         n.a.         n.a.    9,176,091
        House Budget Resolution..........................................         n.a.         n.a.    9,080,006
        Current Level Over Budget Resolution.............................         n.a.         n.a.       96,085
        Current Level Under Budget Resolution............................         n.a.         n.a.        n.a.
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\1\ The effects of an act to provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (P.L.
  109-7) and the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-8) are included in
  this section of the table, consistent with the budget resolution assumptions.
\2\ Pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2006,
  provisions designated as emergency requirements are exempt from enforcement of the budget resolution. As a
  result, the current level excludes: $30,757 million in outlays from funds provided in the Emergency
  Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (P.L. 109-13);
  $7,750 million in outlays from the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising
  from the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (P.L. 109-61); $21,841 million in outlays from the Second
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane
  Katrina, 2005 (P.L. 109-62); $200 million in budget authority and $245 million in outlays from the TANF
  Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 (P .L. 109-68); $128 million in budget authority and outlays and -
  $3.186 million in revenues from the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 (PL. 109-73); -$751 million in
  budget authority from the Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-88); $47,743 million in budget
  authority and $26.543 million in outlays from the Continuing Resolution, 2006 (P.L. 109-105); $15,000 million
  in budget authority and $14,000 million in outlays from the National Flood Insurance Program Further Enhanced
  Borrowing Authority Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-106); and $1,225 million in budget authority and $1,103 million in
  outlays from the Military Quality of Life and VA Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109-114).
\3\ Excludes administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration. which are off-budget.
 
 Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Notes: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law.





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