[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 88 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4880-S4882]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT

  Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I rise to submit to the Senate the sixth 
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 June 7, 
2010, and includes the effects of legislation enacted since I filed my 
last report for fiscal year 2010 on April 15, 2010. 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 above the levels provided in the budget resolution by $3.1 billion 
for budget authority and $5.8 billion above for outlays. For revenues, 
current level shows that $14.2 billion in room remains relative to the 
budget resolution level.

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  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, June 10, 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 June 7, 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.
       Since my last letter, dated April 15, 2010, the Congress 
     has cleared and the President has signed the Continuing 
     Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-157). The entire act 
     was designated as an emergency requirement 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 the budgetary effects of that act, as well as 
     those of other emergency requirements (see footnote 2 of 
     Table 2 of the report).
           Sincerely,
                                             Douglas W. Elmendorf.
       Enclosure.

   TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
                  FISCAL YEAR 2010, AS OF JUNE 7, 2010
                        [In billions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Current
                                     Budget       Current     level over
                                 resolution\1\    level\2\    under (-)
                                                              resolution
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           ON-BUDGET
Budget Authority...............       2,897.5       2,900.5          3.1
Outlays........................       3,010.1       3,015.9          5.8
Revenues.......................       1,612.3       1,626.5         14.2
           OFF-BUDGET
Social Security Outlays\3\.....         544.1         544.1          0.0
Social Security Revenues.......         668.2         668.1         -0.1
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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 an 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.
\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 7, 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.       1,633,385
    Permanents and other spending legislation...................       1,656,952       1,651,725            n.a.
    Appropriation legislation \2\...............................       1,917,749       2,048,775            n.a.
    Offsetting receipts.........................................        -690,252        -690,252            n.a.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, previously enacted.................................       2,884,449       3,010,248       1,633,385
Enacted this session:
    An act to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable                0               0             -40
     cash contributions for the relief of victims of the
     earthquake in Haiti (P.L. 111-126).........................
    Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake               50              50               0
     Act (P.L. 111-127).........................................
    Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to                          -4              -4               0
     Professional Representation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-142).....
    United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical                     10               6               0
     Corrections Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-145).....................
    Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (P.L. 111-147)..          20,903             141          -4,380
    Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148)...           8,500           3,130            -580
    Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-151)...               2               0               2
    Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L.             1,130             220          -1,930
     111-152)...................................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, enacted this session...............................          30,591           3,543          -6,928
Entitlements and mandatories:
    Budget resolution estimates of appropriated entitlements and         -14,500           2,066               0
     other mandatory programs...................................
Total Current Level \2\ \3\.....................................       2,900,540       3,015,857       1,626,457
Total Budget Resolution \4\.....................................       2,907,837       3,015,541       1,612,278
    Adjustment to the budget resolution for disaster allowance           -10,350          -5,448            n.a.
     \5\........................................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
Adjusted Budget Resolution......................................       2,897,487       3,010,093       1,612,278
Current Level Over Budget Resolution............................           3,053           5,764          14,179
Current Level Under Budget Resolution...........................            n.a.            n.a.            n.a.
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\1\ Includes legislation affecting budget authority, outlays, or revenues that was enacted in the first session
  of the 111th Congress.
\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
 
Previously Enacted (see footnote 1).............................          12,042          21,040          -4,475
Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-144)..................           7,942           7,901            -704
Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-157).................          14,401          14,337          -1,292
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Total, amounts designated as emergency requirements.........          34,385          43,278          -6,471
 
\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. Those revisions are as follows:


 
                                                                      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 appropriations
     (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                    32              36               0
     Education 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))..............................
    For an amendment in the nature of substitute to H.R. 3548,             5,708           5,708         -38,940
     the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009
     (sections 306(f) and 306(b))...............................
    For the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009            12,500          11,500           9,100
     (section 301(a))...........................................
    For the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010                     0           1,950               0
     (section 401(c)(4))........................................
    For further revisions to the Patient Protection and                   -5,220          -6,670          -9,630
     Affordable Care Act of 2009 (section 301(a))...............
    For further revisions to the Patient Protection and                   -7,280          -4,830             530
     Affordable Care Act of 2009 (section 301(a))...............
    For further revisions to the Patient Protection and                    8,500           3,130            -580
     Affordable Care Act of 2009 (section 301(a))...............
    For the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010           1,130             220          -1,930
     (section 301(a))...........................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Revised Budget Resolution Totals..........................       2,907,837       3,015,541       1,612,278
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\5\ S. Con. Res. 13 includes $10,350 million in budget authority and $5,448 million in outlays as an 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.
Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Note: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law.


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