[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 97 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7060-S7062]
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                       BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I rise to submit to the Senate the first 
budget scorekeeping reports for the 2010 budget resolution. The 
reports, which cover fiscal years 2009 and 2010, were prepared by the 
Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 308(b) and in aid of 
section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.
  The reports show the effects of congressional action through June 23, 
2009, and include the effects of P.L. 111-22, the Helping Families Save 
Their Homes Act of 2009; P.L. 111-31, the Family Smoking Prevention and 
Tobacco Control Act; H.R. 1777, an act to make technical corrections to 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, pending 
Presidential action; and H.R. 2346, the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2009, pending Presidential action. The estimates of budget 
authority, outlays, and revenues are consistent with the technical and 
economic assumptions of S. Con. Res. 13, the 2010 budget resolution.
  For 2009, the estimates show that current level spending is $942 
million below the level provided for in the budget resolution for 
budget authority and $3.9 billion above it for outlays while current 
level revenues match the budget resolution level. For 2010, the 
estimates show that current level spending is $1,205.9 billion below 
the level provided for in the budget resolution for budget authority 
and $715.9 billion below it for outlays while current level revenues 
are $12.3 billion above the budget resolution level.
  I ask unanimous consent to have the letters and accompanying tables 
from CBO printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                    Washington, DC, June 25, 2009.
     Hon. Kent Conrad,
     Chairman, Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate, Washington, 
         DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The enclosed report shows the effects of 
     Congressional action on the fiscal year 2009 budget and is 
     current through June 23, 2009. 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. 13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for 
     Fiscal Year 2010, as approved by the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives.
       Pursuant to section 403 of S. Con Res. 13, 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 Table 2 of the report).
       Since my last letter dated September 11, 2008, the Congress 
     has cleared and the President has signed several acts that 
     affect budget authority, outlays, and revenues for fiscal 
     year 2009. The budgetary effects of legislation enacted at 
     the end of the second session of the 110th Congress are 
     included in the effects of previously enacted legislation on 
     Table 2.
       Legislation enacted during the 111th Congress prior to the 
     adoption of S. Con. Res. 13 is included in the budget 
     aggregates of S. Con. Res. 13 (see footnote 1 of Table 2). In 
     addition, since the adoption of S. Con. Res. 13, the Congress 
     has cleared and the President has signed the following acts:
       Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (Public Law 
     111-22); and
       An act to protect the public health by providing the Food 
     and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate 
     tobacco products . . . and for other purposes (Public Law 
     111-31).
       The Congress has also cleared for the President's signature 
     the following acts:
       An act to make technical corrections to the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes (H.R. 1777); 
     and
       Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2346).
       This is CBO's first current level report since the adoption 
     of S. Con. Res. 13.
           Sincerely,
                                                Robert A. Sunshine
                             (For Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director).

       Enclosure.

   TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
                  FISCAL YEAR 2009, AS OF JUNE 23, 2009
                        [In billions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Current
                                     Budget       Current    level over/
                                   resolution    level \2\    under (-)
                                      \1\                     resolution
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           ON-BUDGET
 
Budget Authority...............       3,668.6       3,667.6         -0.9
Outlays........................       3,357.2       3,361.0          3.9
Revenues.......................       1,532.6       1,532.6          0.0
 
           OFF-BUDGET
 
Social Security Outlays \3\....         513.0         513.0          0.0
Social Security Revenues.......         653.1         653.1         0.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ S. Con. Res. 13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal
  Year 2010, includes $7.2 billion in budget authority and $1.8 billion
  in outlays as a disaster allowance to recognize the potential cost of
  disasters; those funds will never be allocated to a committee. At the
  direction of the Senate Committee on the Budget, the budget resolution
  totals have been revised to exclude those amounts for purposes of
  enforcing current level.
\2\ Current level is the estimated effect on revenues and spending of
  all legislation, excluding amounts designated as emergency
  requirements (see footnote 2 of table 2), that the Congress has
  enacted or sent to the President for his approval. In addition, full-
  year funding estimates under current law are included for entitlement
  and mandatory programs requiring annual appropriations, even if the
  appropriations have not been made.
\3\ Excludes administrative expenses of the Social Security
  Administration, which are off-budget, but are appropriated annually.
Source: Congressional Budget Office.


  TABLE 2.--SUPPORTING DETAIL FOR THE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR ON-BUDGET SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR
                                            2009, AS OF JUNE 23, 2009
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      Budget
                                                                     authority        Outlays        Revenues
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Enacted \1\
    Revenues....................................................            n.a.            n.a.       1,532,571
    Permanents and other spending legislation...................       2,186,897       2,119,086            n.a.
    Appropriation legislation...................................       2,031,683       1,851,797            n.a.

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    Offsetting receipts.........................................        -640,548        -640,548            n.a.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Previously enacted.................................       3,578,032       3,330,335       1,532,571
Enacted this session:
    Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-22)              106           3,896               0
     \2\........................................................
    An act to protect the public health by providing the Food                 11               2               8
     and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate
     tobacco products .  .  . and for other purposes (P.L. 111-
     31)........................................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, enacted this session...............................             117           3,898               8
Passed, pending signature:
    An act to make technical corrections to the Higher Education            -187            -202               0
     Act of 1965, and for other purposes (HR-1777)..............
    Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2346) \2\.......          89,682          26,992               0
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, passed, pending signature..........................          89,495          26,790               0
Total Current Level 2,3.........................................       3,667,644       3,361,023       1,532,579
Total Budget Resolution \4\.....................................       3,675,736       3,358,952       1,532,579
    Adjustment to budget resolution for disaster allowance \5\..          -7,150          -1,788            n.a.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
Adjusted Budget Resolution......................................       3,668,586       3,357,164       1,532,579
Current Level Over Budget Resolution............................            n.a.           3,859            n.a.
Current Level Under Budget Resolution...........................             942            n.a.               0
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \1\ Includes the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-3), the American
  Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (P.L. 111-5), and the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-8),
  which were enacted by the Congress during this session, before the adoption of S. Con. Res. 13, the Concurrent
  Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010. Although the ARRA was designated as an emergency requirement,
  it is now included as part of the current level amounts.
\2\ Pursuant to section 403 of S. Con. Res. 13, provisions designated as emergency requirements (and rescissions
  of provisions previously designated as emergency requirements) are exempt from enforcement of the budget
  resolution. The amounts so designated for fiscal year 2009, which are not included in the current level
  totals, are as follows:


 
                                                                      Budget
                                                                     authority        Outlays        Revenues
 
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-22).....            -630            -630            n.a.
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2346)...............          16,169           3,530            n.a.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Total, amounts designated as emergency......................          15,539           2,900           n.a.
 
\3\ For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the Senate, the budget resolution
  does not include budget authority, outlays, or revenues for off-budget amounts. As a result, current level
  excludes these items.
\4\ Periodically, the Senate Committee on the Budget revises the totals in S. Con. Res. 13, pursuant to various
  provisions of the resolution:


 
                                                                      Budget
                                                                     authority        Outlays        Revenues
 
Original Budget Resolution Totals...............................       3,675,927       3,356,270       1,532,571
Revisions:
    For the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (section                -1,530           2,240               0
     401(c)(4)).................................................
    For an act to protect the public health by providing the                  11               2               8
     Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to
     regulate tobacco products . . . and for other purposes
     (sections 311(a) and 307)..................................
    For further revisions to the Supplemental Appropriations               1,515             642               0
     Act, 2009 (section 401(c)(4))..............................
    For an act to make technical corrections to the Higher                  -187            -202               0
     Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes (section 303)
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Revised Budget Resolution Totals..........................       3,675,736       3,358,952      1,532,579
 
\5\ S. Con. Res. 13 includes $7,150 million in budget authority and $1,788 million in outlays as a disaster
  allowance to recognize the potential cost of disasters; those funds will never be allocated to a committee. At
  the direction of the Senate Committee on the Budget, the budget resolution totals have been revised to exclude
  those amounts for purposes of enforcing current level.
Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Note: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                    Washington, DC, June 25, 2009.
     Hon. Kent Conrad,
     Chairman, Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate, Washington, 
         DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The enclosed report shows the effects of 
     Congressional action on the fiscal year 2010 budget and is 
     current through June 23, 2009. 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. 13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for 
     Fiscal Year 2010, as approved by the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives.
       Pursuant to section 403 of S. Con Res. 13, 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 Table 2 of the report).
       This is CBO' s first current level report for fiscal year 
     2010.
           Sincerely,
                                                Robert A. Sunshine
                                       (For Douglas W. Elmendorf).
       Enclosure.

   TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
                  FISCAL YEAR 2010, AS OF JUNE 23, 2009
                        [In billions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Current
                                     Budget       Current    level over/
                                   resolution    level \2\    under (-)
                                      \1\                     resolution
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           ON-BUDGET
 
Budget Authority...............       2,882.1       1,676.2     -1,205.9
Outlays........................       2,999.1       2,283.2       -715.9
Revenues.......................       1,653.7       1,666.0         12.3
 
           OFF-BUDGET
 
Social Security Outlays \3\....         544.1         544.1          0.0
Social Security Revenues.......         668.2         668.2         0.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ S. Con. Res. 13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal
  Year 2010, includes $10.4 billion in budget authority and $5.4 billion
  in outlays as a disaster allowance to recognize the potential cost of
  disasters; those funds will never be allocated to a committee. At the
  direction of the Senate Committee on the Budget, the budget resolution
  totals have been revised to exclude those amounts for purposes of
  enforcing current level.
\2\ Current level is the estimated effect on revenues and spending of
  all legislation, excluding amounts designated as emergency
  requirements (see footnote 2 of table 2), that the Congress has
  enacted or sent to the President for his approval. In addition, full-
  year funding estimates under current law are included for entitlement
  and mandatory programs requiring annual appropriations, even if the
  appropriations have not been made.
\3\ Excludes administrative expenses of the Social Security
  Administration, which are off-budget, but are appropriated annually.
Source: Congressional Budget Office.


  TABLE 2.--SUPPORTING DETAIL FOR THE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR ON-BUDGET SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR
                                            2010, AS OF JUNE 23, 2009
                                            (In millions of dollars)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      Budget
                                                                     Authority        Outlays        Revenues
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Enacted \1\
    Revenues....................................................            n.a.            n.a.       1,665,986
    Permanents and other spending legislation...................       1,637,423       1,621,675            n.a.
    Appropriation legislation...................................               0         600,500            n.a.
    Offsetting receipts.........................................        -690,251        -690,251            n.a.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Previously enacted.................................         947,172       1,531,924       1,665,986
Enacted this session:
    Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-22).             318          11,346               0
    An act to protect the public health by providing the Food                 10              13              46
     and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate
     tobacco products . . . and for other purposes (P.L. 111-31)
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, enacted this session...............................             328          11,359              46

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Passed, pending signature:
    An act to make technical corrections to the Higher Education              32              36               0
     Act of 1965, and for other purposes (HR-1777)..............
    Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2346) \2\.......              11          33,530               0
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, passed, pending signature..........................              43          33,566               0
Entitlements and mandatories:
    Budget resolution estimates of appropriated entitlements and         728,688         706,384               0
     other mandatory programs...................................
Total Current Level 2,3.........................................       1,676,231       2,283,233       1,666,032
Total Budget Resolution \4\.....................................       2,892,499       3,004,533       1,653,728
    Adjustment to the budget resolution for disaster allowance           -10,350          -5,448            n.a.
     \5\........................................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
Adjusted Budget Resolution......................................       2,882,149       2,999,085       1,653,728
Current Level Over Budget Resolution............................            n.a.            n.a.          12,304
Current Level Under Budget Resolution...........................       1,205,918         715,852           n.a.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Includes the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-3), the American
  Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (P.L. 111-5), and the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-8),
  which were enacted by the Congress during this session, before the adoption of S. Con. Res. 13, the Concurrent
  Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010. Although the ARRA was designated as an emergency requirement,
  it is now included as part of the current level amounts.
\2\ Pursuant to section 403 of S. Con. Res. 13, provisions designated as emergency requirements (and rescissions
  of provisions previously designated as emergency requirements) are exempt from enforcement of the budget
  resolution. The amounts so designated for fiscal year 2010, which are not included in the current level
  totals, are as follows:


 
                                                                      Budget
                                                                     authority        Outlays        Revenues
 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2346)...............              17           7,064             -2
 
\3\ For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the Senate, the budget resolution
  does not include budget authority, outlays, or revenues for off-budget amounts. As a result, current level
  excludes these items.
\4\ Periodically, the Senate Committee on the Budget revises the totals in S. Con. Res. 13, pursuant to various
  provisions of the resolution:


 
                                                                      Budget
                                                                     authority        Outlays        Revenues
 
Original Budget Resolution Totals...............................       2,888,691       3,001,311       1,653,682
Revisions:
    For the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (section                     5           2,004               0
     401(c)(4)).................................................
    For an act to protect the public health by providing the                   0               0              40
     Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to
     regulate tobacco products . . . and for other purposes
     (sections 311(a) and 307)..................................
    For the Congressional Budget Office's reestimate of the                3,766           2,355               0
     President's request for discretionary approprations
     (section 401(c)(5))........................................
    For further revisions to a bill to protect the public health              10              13               6
     by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain
     authority to regulate tobacco products . . . and for other
     purposes (sections 311(a) and 307).........................
    For further revisions to the Supplemental Appropriations                   6          -1,175               0
     Act, 2009 (section 401(c)(4))..............................
For an act to make technical corrections to the Higher Education              32              36               0
        Act of 1965, and for other purposes (section 303)
    For further revisions to the Supplemental Appropriations                 -11             -11               0
     Act, 2009 (section 401(c)(4))..............................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
Revised Budget Resolution Totals................................       2,892,499       3,004,533      1,653,728
 
\5\ S. Con. Res. 13 includes $10,350 million in budget authority and $5,448 million in outlays as a disaster
  allowance to recognize the potential cost of disasters; those funds will never be allocated to a committee. At
  the direction of the Senate Committee on the Budget, the budget resolution totals have been revised to exclude
  those amounts for purposes of enforcing current level.
Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Note: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law.



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