[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 145 (Thursday, October 8, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10309-S10310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I rise to submit to the Senate the third 
budget scorekeeping report for the 2010 budget resolution. The report, 
which covers fiscal year 2009, was 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. This is the final report 
for 2009.
  The report shows the effects of congressional action through 
September 30, 2009, and includes the effects of legislation since I 
filed my last report on August 4, 2009. The new legislation is Public 
Law 111-68, an act making appropriations for the legislative branch for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 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.
  The estimates show that for fiscal year 2009 current level spending 
was $3 billion above the level provided for in the budget resolution 
for budget authority and $7.8 billion above it for outlays while 
current level revenues match the budget resolution level.
  I ask unanimous consent that the letter and accompanying tables from 
CBO be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                  Washington, DC, October 8, 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 September 30, 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).

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       Since my last letter dated August 4, 2009, the Congress has 
     cleared and the President has signed an act making 
     appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (Public Law 
     111-68). This act affects budget authority and outlays for 
     fiscal year 2009.
           Sincerely,
                                               Robert A. Sunshine,
                               For Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director.

   TABLE 1--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
               FISCAL YEAR 2009, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
                        [In billions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Current
                                     Budget       Current    Level Over/
                                   Resolution    Level \2\    Under (-)
                                      \1\                     Resolution
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           ON-BUDGET
Budget Authority...............       3,668.6       3,671.6          3.0
Outlays........................       3,357.2       3,365.0          7.8
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                      Budget
                                                                     Authority        Outlays        Revenues
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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. 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)....
    Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32) \2\.....          89,682          26,992               0
    An act to make technical corrections to the Higher Education            -187            -202               0
     Act of 1965, and for other purposes (P.L. 111-39)..........
    An act to authorize the Director of the United States Patent               0               5               0
     and Trademark Office to use funds...and for other purposes
     (P.L. 111-45)..............................................
    An act to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for                -40             -40               0
     other purposes (P.L. 111-46) \3\...........................
    An act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for            4,000           4,000               0
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other
     purposes (P.L. 111-68) \4\.................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, enacted this session...............................          93,572          34,653               8
Total Current Level 2,3,4,5.....................................       3,671,604       3,364,988       1,532,579
Total Budget Resolution \6\.....................................       3,675,736       3,358,952       1,532,579
    Adjustment to budget resolution for disaster allowance \7\..          -7,150          -1,788               0
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
Adjusted Budget Resolution......................................       3,668,586       3,357,164       1,532,579
Current Level Over Budget Resolution............................           3,018           7,824               0
Current Level Under Budget Resolution...........................            n.a.            n.a.              0
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SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office.
Note: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law.
\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:


Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-22).....            -630            -630               0
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32).............          16,169           3,530               0
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Total, amounts designated as emergency......................          15,539           2,900              0
 
\3\ Section 1 of P.L. 111-46 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
  P.L. 111-46 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\ Section 164 of Division B of P.L. 111-68 reduces the required transfer from the Postal Service Fund to the
  Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund for fiscal year 2009 by $4 billion. The transfer does not affect
  unified budget totals; however, since the Postal Service Fund is off-budget, and current level does not
  include off-budget amounts, only the on-budget piece of the transfer (an increase in spending of $4 billion)
  is shown in current level totals.
\5\ 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.
\6\ Periodically, the Senate Committee on the Budget revises the totals in S. Con. Res. 13, pursuant to various
  provisions of the resolution:


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
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7. 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.

  

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