[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 12 (Thursday, January 28, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S333-S334]
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 fourth
budget scorekeeping report for the 2010 budget resolution. The report,
which covers fiscal year 2010, 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.
The report shows the effects of Congressional action through January
25, 2010, and includes the effects of legislation since I filed my last
report for fiscal year 2010 on August 4, 2009. The new legislation
includes:
P.L. 111-47, an act making supplemental appropriations for fiscal
year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program;
P.L. 111-68, an act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes;
P.L. 111-69, the Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration
Extension Act;
P.L. 111-80, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010;
P.L. 111-83, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2010;
P.L. 111-84, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2010;
P.L. 111-85, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010;
P.L. 111-88, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 and Further Continuing
Appropriations, 2010;
P.L. 111-92, the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act
of 2009;
P.L. 111-96, an act to allow the funding for the interoperable
emergency communications grant program established under the Digital
Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available
until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes;
P.L. 111-115, the No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of
2009;
P.L. 111-117, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010;
P.L. 111-118, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010;
P.L. 111-124, an act to extend the Generalized System of Preferences
and the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes; and
P.L. 111-126, an act to accelerate the income tax benefits for
charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the
earthquake in Haiti.
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 2010 current level spending
is $17.9 billion below the level provided for in the budget resolution
for budget authority, while it is $5.6 billion above it for outlays.
For revenues, current level shows that $18.6 billion in room remains
relative to 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:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, January 28, 2010.
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 January 20, 2010. 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 August 4, 2009, the Congress
has cleared and President has signed the following acts which
affect budget authority, outlays, or revenues for fiscal year
2010:
An act making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year
2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program
(Public Law 111-47);
An act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other
purposes (Public Law 111-68);
Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration Extension
Act (Public Law 111-69);
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
(Public Law 111-80);
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010
(Public Law 111-83);
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
(Public Law 111-84);
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-85);
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 and Further Continuing
Appropriations, 2010 (Public Law 111-88);
Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-92);
An act to allow the funding for interoperable emergency
communication grants program . . . and for other purposes
(Public Law 111-96);
No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-115);
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117);
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law
111-118);
An act to extend the Generalized System of Preferences and
the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes
(Public Law 111-124); and
An act to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable
cash contributions for the relief of victims of the
earthquake in Haiti (Public Law 111-126).
Sincerely,
Douglas W. Elmendorf,
Director.
Enclosure.
TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2010, AS OF JANUARY 25, 2010
[In billions of dollars]
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Current
Budget Current level over/
resolution level \2\ under (-)
\1\ resolution
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ON-BUDGET
Budget Authority............... 2,887.9 2,869.9 -17.9
Outlays........................ 3,006.7 3,012.3 5.6
Revenues....................... 1,614.8 1,633.3 18.6
OFF-BUDGET
Social Security Outlays \3\.... 544.1 544.1 0.0
Social Security Revenues....... 668.2 668.2 0.0
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\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 JANUARY 25, 2010
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays Revenues
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Previously Enacted: \1\
Revenues........................................... n.a. n.a. 1,665,986
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.
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Total, previously enacted........................ 947,172 1,531,924 1,665,986
Enacted this session:
Authorizing Legislation:
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (P.L. 318 11,346 0
111-22)...........................................
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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)..................
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).....................................
An act to authorize the Director of the United 0 65 0
States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds .
. . and for other purposes (P.L. 111-45)..........
Judicial Survivors Protection Act of 2009 (P.L. 111- -1 -1 0
49)...............................................
Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 180 0 0
Extension Act (P.L. 111-69).......................
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 8 8 20
2010 (P.L. 111-84)................................
Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act 5,708 5,708 -38,940
of 2009 (P.L. 111-92).............................
An act to allow the funding for the interoperable 0 -350 0
emergency communications grant program . . . and
for other purposes (P.L. 111-96)..................
No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of -12 -12 0
2009 (P.L. 111-115)...............................
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 1,260 1,260 0
(Division B of P.L. 111-118) \3\..................
An act to extend the Generalized System of 0 0 -589
Preferences and the Andean Trade Preference Act,
and for other purposes (P.L. 111-124).............
An act to accelerate the income tax benefits for 0 0 -40
charitable cash contributions for the relief of
victims of the earthquake in Haiti (P.L. 111-126).
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Total, authorizing legislation enacted this 7,503 18,073 -32,641
session.........................................
Appropriations Acts:.................
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32) 11 33,530 0
\2\...............................................
An act making appropriations for the Legislative 4,656 3,914 0
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2010, and for other purposes (P.L. 111-68)........
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 119,826 96,198 0
Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-80)............
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 44,137 26,619 0
2010 (P.L. 111-83)................................
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 33,465 19,573 0
Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-85)............
Department of the Interior, Environment, and 32,760 20,543 0
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 and
Further Continuing Appropriations, 2010 (P.L. 111-
88)...............................................
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111- 1,058,293 856,752 0
117)..............................................
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 636,626 403,122 0
(Division A of P.L. 111-118)......................
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Total, appropriations acts enacted this session.. 1,929,774 1,460,251 0
Entitlements and mandatories:
Budget resolution estimates of appropriated -14,500 2,066 0
entitlements and other mandatory programs.........
Total Current Level 2 4 5.............................. 2,869,949 3,012,314 1,633,345
Total Budget Resolution \4\............................ 2,898,207 3,012,191 1,614,788
Adjustment to the budget resolution for disaster -10,350 -5,448 n.a.
allowance \5\.....................................
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Adjusted Budget Resolution............................. 2,887,857 3,006,743 1,614,788
Current Level Over Budget Resolution................... n.a. 5,571 18,557
Current Level Under Budget Resolution.................. 17,908 n.a. 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 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
An act making supplemental appropriations for 0 2,000 -3
fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to
Recycle and Save Program (P.L. 111-47)............
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 12,025 11,976 -4,470
(Division B of P.L. 111-118)......................
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Total, amounts designated as emergency........... 12,042 21,040 -4,475
\3\ At the direction of the Senate Committee on the Budget, Division B of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-118) is considered authorizing legislation.
\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\ The estimate for P.L. 111-46, an act to restore the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes, does not
change current level totals. 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 reversed this policy and will restore payments to states at levels already assumed in current
level. Thus, no change is required.
\6\ 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))....
For an amendment in the nature of substitute to 5,708 5,708 -38,940
H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation
Extension Act of 2009 (sections 306(f) and
306(b)).........................................
For the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 12,500 11,500 9,100
Act of 2009 (section 301(a))....................
For the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 0 1,950 0
2010 (section 401(c)(4))........................
For further revisions to the Patient Protection -5,220 -6,670 -9,630
and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (section 301(a))
For further revisions to the Patient Protection -7,280 -4,830 530
and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (section 301(a))
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Revised Budget Resolution Totals................... 2,898,207 3,012,191 1,614,788
\7\ 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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