[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 121 (Wednesday, August 5, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8852-S8854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I wish to submit to the Senate the second 
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 July 31, 
2009, and include the effects of legislation since I filed my last 
reports on June 25, 2009. The new legislation includes P.L. 111-42, a 
joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained 
in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3114, an act to authorize the Director of the U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the 
Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs 
and reductions-in-force, and for other purposes, pending Presidential 
action; S. 1107, the Judicial Survivors Protection Act of 2009, pending 
Presidential action; and H.R. 3357, an act to restore sums to the 
highway trust fund, and for other purposes, 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 $982 
million below the level provided for in the budget resolution for 
budget authority and $3.8 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 $715.8 billion below it for outlays while current level revenues 
are $19.2 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, August 4, 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 July 31, 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 June 25, 2009, the Congress has 
     cleared for the President's signature the following acts, 
     which affect budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 
     2009:
       An act to authorize the Director of the United States 
     Patent and Trademark Office to use funds . . . and for other 
     purposes (H.R. 3114); and
       An act to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for 
     other purposes (H.R. 3357).
           Sincerely,
                                             Douglas W. Elmendorf,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

    TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009, AS OF JULY 31, 2009
                                            [In billions of dollars]
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                                                                                                       Current
                                                                        Budget       Current level   level over/
                                                                      resolution      \2\-Current     under (-)
                                                                         \1\                          resolution
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                             ON-BUDGET
Budget Authority..................................................       3,668.6          3,667.6           -1.0
Outlays...........................................................       3,357.2          3,361.0            3.8
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
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\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.


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  TABLE 2.--SUPPORTING DETAIL FOR THE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR ON-BUDGET SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR
                                            2009, AS OF JULY 31, 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.
    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.                106              3,896                  0
     111-22) \2\-......................................
    An act to protect the public health by providing                    11                  2                  8
     the Food and Drug Administration with certain
     authority to regulate tobacco products . . . and
     for other purposes (P.L. 111-31)..................
    Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32)             89,682             26,992                  0
     \2\...............................................
    An act to make technical corrections to the Higher                -187               -202                  0
     Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes
     (P.L. 111-39).....................................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, enacted this session......................             89,612             30,688                  8
Passed, pending signature:
    An act to authorize the Director of the United                       0                  5                  0
     States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds .
     . . and for other purposes (H.R. 3114)............
    An act to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund,                  -40                -40                  -
     and for other purposes (H.R. 3357) \3\............
      Total, passed, pending signature.................                -40                -35                  0
Total Current Level 2,3,4..............................          3,667,604          3,360,988          1,532,579
Total Budget Resolution \5\............................          3,675,736          3,358,952          1,532,579
    Adjustment to budget resolution for disaster                    -7,150             -1,788               n.a.
     allowance \6\.....................................
Adjusted Budget Resolution.............................          3,668,586          3,357,164          1,532,579
Current Level Over Budget Resolution...................               n.a.              3,824               n.a.
Current Level Under Budget Resolution..................                982               n.a.                  0
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\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.               -630               -630               n.a.
     111-22)...........................................
      Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-              16,169              3,530               n.a.
       32).............................................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, amounts designated as emergency...........             15,539              2,900               n.a.
 
\3\ Section 1 of H.R. 3357 appropriated $7 billion to the Highway Trust Fund. The enactment of this legislation
  followed an announcement by the Secretary of Transportation on June 24, 2009, of an interim policy to slow
  down payments to states from the Highway Trust Fund. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that H.R. 3357
  will reverse this policy and restore payments to states at levels already assumed in current level. Thus,
  enactment of section 1 results in no change to current level totals. Other provisions of the act will reduce
  budget authority and outlays by $40 million in 2009.
\4\ 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.
\5\ 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                 -1,530              2,240                  0
       (section 401(c)(4)).............................
      For an act to protect the public health by                        11                  2                  8
       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                      1,515                642                  0
       Appropriations Act, 2009 (section 401(c)(4))....
      For an act to make technical corrections to the                 -187               -202                  0
       Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other
       purposes (section 303)..........................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Revised Budget Resolution Totals...................          3,675,736          3,358,952          1,532,579
 
\6\ 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, August 4, 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 July 31, 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 June 25, 2009, the Congress has 
     cleared and the President has signed a joint resolution 
     approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the 
     Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other 
     purposes (Public Law 111-42), which affects revenues.
       The Congress has also cleared for the President's 
     signature, the following acts: An act to authorize the 
     Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to 
     use funds * * * and for other purposes (H.R. 3114); and 
     Judicial Survivors Protection Act of 2009 (S. 1107).
       These acts affect budget authority and outlays.
           Sincerely,
                                                Robert A. Sunshine
                             (For Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director).
       Enclosure.

   TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
                  FISCAL YEAR 2010, AS OF JULY 31, 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      -2,283.3      --715.8
Revenues.......................      -1,653.7      -1,672.9        -19.2
 
           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 JULY 31, 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.

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    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.                318             11,346                  0
     111-22)...........................................
    An act to protect the public health by providing                    10                 13                 46
     the Food and Drug Administration with certain
     authority to regulate tobacco products . . . and
     for other purposes (P.L. 111-31)..................
    Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32)                 11             33,530                  0
     \2\...............................................
    An act to make technical corrections to the Higher                  32                 36                  0
     Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes
     (P.L. 111-39).....................................
    A joint resolution approving the renewal of import                   0                  0              6,862
     restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and
     Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes
     (P.L. 111-42).....................................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, enacted this session......................                371             44,925              6,908
Passed, pending signature:---
    An act to authorize the Director of the United                       0                 65                  0
     States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds .
     . . and for other purposes (H.R. 3114)............
    Judicial Survivors Protection Act of 2009 (S. 1107)                 -1                 -1                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, passed, pending signature.................                 -1                 64                  0
Entitlements and mandatories:---
    Budget resolution estimates of appropriated                   -728,688            706,384                  0
     entitlements and other mandatory programs.........
Total Current Level 2, 3, 4............................          1,676,230          2,283,297          1,672,894
Total Budget Resolution \5\............................          2,892,499          3,004,533          1,653,728
    Adjustment to the budget resolution for disaster               -10,350             -5,448               n.a.
     allowance \6\.....................................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted Budget Resolution.............................          2,882,149          2,999,085          1,653,728
Current Level Over Budget Resolution...................               n.a.               n.a.             19,166
Current Level Under Budget Resolution..................          1,205,919            715,788              -n.a.
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\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 (P.L. 111-32)                 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\ The scoring for H.R. 3357, an act to restore the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes, does not change
  current level totals. H.R. 3357 appropriated $7 billion to the Highway Trust Fund. The enactment of this bill
  followed an announcement by the Secretary of Transportation on June 24, 2009, of an interim policy to slow
  down payments to states from the Highway Trust Fund. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that H.R. 3357
  will reverse this policy and restore payments to states at levels already assumed in current level. Thus, no
  change is required.
\5\ 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                     -5              2,004                  0
       (section 401(c)(4)).............................
      For an act to protect the public health by                         0                  0                 40
       providing the 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               3,766             -2,355                 -0
       of the President's request for discretionary
       approprations (section 401(c)(5))...............
      For further revisions to a bill to protect the                    10                 13                  6
       public health 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                          6             -1,175                  0
       Appropriations Act, 2009 (section 401(c)(4))....
      For an act to make technical corrections to the                   32                 36                  0
       Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other
       purposes (section 303)..........................
      For further revisions to the Supplemental                        -11                -11                  0
       Appropriations Act, 2009 (section 401(c)(4))....
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Revised Budget Resolution Totals...................         -2,892,499          3,004,533          1,653,728
 
\6\ 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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