[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7733-S7735]
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 seventh 
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 
September 24, 2010, and includes the effects of legislation enacted 
since I filed my last report for fiscal year 2010 in June. The new 
legislation includes:

       Public Law 111-191, an act to amend the Oil Pollution Act 
     of 1990 to authorize advances from the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill;
       Public Law 111-192, Preservation of Access to Care for 
     Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010;
       Public Law 111-197, Airport and Airway Extension Act of 
     2010, Part II;
       Public Law 111-198, Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement 
     Act of 2010;
       Public Law 111-205, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 
     of 2010;

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       Public Law 111-212, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010;
       Public Law 111-224, United States Patent and Trademark 
     Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010;
       Public Law 111-226, an act to modernize the air traffic 
     control system, improve the safety, reliability, and 
     availability of transportation by air in the United States, 
     provide for modernization of the air traffic control system, 
     reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and for 
     other purposes;
       Public Law 111-228, General and Special Risk Insurance 
     Funds Availability Act of 2010;
       Public Law 111-230, an act making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for border security for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; and
       Public Law 111-237, Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 
     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 $17.1 billion 
for budget authority and $5.4 billion above for outlays. For revenues, 
current level shows that $14.2 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:

                       Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress,
                               Washington, DC, September 29, 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 September 24, 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 June 10, 2010, the Congress has 
     cleared and President has signed the following acts which 
     affect budget authority, outlays, or revenues for fiscal year 
     2010:
       An act to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize 
     advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust fund for the 
     Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Public Law 111-191);
       Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries 
     and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-192);
       Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2010, Part II (Public 
     Law 111-197);
       Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 (Public 
     Law 111-198);
       Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 
     111-205);
       Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-212);
       United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-224);
       An act to modernize the air traffic control system, improve 
     the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation 
     by air in the United States, provide for modernization of the 
     air traffic control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, and for other purposes (Public Law 111-226);
       General and Special Risk Insurance Funds Availability Act 
     of 2010 (Public Law 111-228);
       An act to increase the flexibility of the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development with respect to the amount of 
     premiums charged for FHA single housing mortgage insurance, 
     and for other purposes (Public Law 111-229);
       An act making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
     border security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2010, and for other purposes (Public Law 111-230); and
       Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 (Public Law 
     111-237).
           Sincerely,

                                           Robert A. Sunshine,

                                         for Douglas W. Elmendorf,
     Director.
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   TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
               FISCAL YEAR 2010, AS OF SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
                        [In billions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Current
                                     Budget       Current    level over/
                                   Resolution    level \2\    under (-)
                                      \1\                     resolution
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           ON-BUDGET
 
Budget authority...............       2,897.5       2,914.6         17.1
Outlays........................       3,010.1       3,015.5          5.4
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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 SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                          Budget authority       Outlays            Revenues
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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                     0                  0                -40
     charitable cash contributions for the relief of
     victims of the earthquake in Haiti (P.L. 111-126).
    Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti                    50                 50                  0
     Earthquake 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                         10                  6                  0
     Technical Corrections Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-145)..
    Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (P.L.               20,903                141             -4,380
     111-147)..........................................
    Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L.                 8,500              2,130               -580
     111-148)..........................................
    Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 (P.L.                     2                  0                  2
     111-151)..........................................
    Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of                  1,130                220             -1,930
     2010 (P.L. 111-152)...............................
    An act to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to                   200                 50                  0
     authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust
     Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (P.L. 111-
     191)..............................................
    Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare                       -450               -450                119
     Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (P.L.
     111-192)..........................................
    Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2010, Part II                 -485                  0                  0
     (P.L. 111-197)....................................
    Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010                   -10                 -6                -25
     (P.L. 111-198)....................................
    Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-                 9,874                -18                  0
     212)..............................................
    United States Patent and Trademark Office                            0                -29                  0
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-
     224)..............................................
    An act to modernize the air traffic control system               5,187                298                  0
     . . . and for otherpurposes (P.L. 111-226)........
    General and Special Risk Insurance Funds                           -94                -94                  0
     Availability Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-228)...........
    An act to increase the flexibility of the Secretary                -75                -75                  0
     of Housing and Urban Development and for other
     purposes (P.L. 111-229)...........................
    An act making emergency supplemental appropriations               -100                  0                  0
     for border security for the fiscal year ending
     September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (P.L.
     111-230)..........................................
    Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 (P.L.                    0                  0                -82
     111-237)..........................................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total, enacted this session......................             44,638              3,219             -6,916
Entitlements and mandatories:
    Budget resolution estimates of appropriated                    -14,500             2,066,                  0
     entitlements and mandatory programs...............
Total Current Level \2\ \3\............................          2,914,587          3,015,533          1,626,469
Total Budget Resolution \4\............................          2,907,837          3,015,541          1,612,278
    Adjustment to the budget resolution for disaster               -10,350             -5,448               n.a.
     allowance \5\.....................................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted Budget Resolution.............................          2,897,487          3,010,093          1,612,278
Current Level Over Budget Resolution...................             17,100              5,440             14,191
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 amergency requirements (and rescissions
  of provisions previously designated as emergency requirements) are exempt from enforcement of the budget
  resoluton. The amounts so designated for fiscal year 2010, which are not included in the current level totals,
  are as follows:
SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office.

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Note: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law.


 
 
 
                                                                      Budget          Outlays        Revenues
                                                                     authority
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    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
    Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-             8,545           8,545               0
     205).......................................................
    Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-212)........          45,615           5,419               0
    An act to modernize the air traffic control system . . . and          -2,604             -17               0
     for other purposes (P.L. 111-226)..........................
    An act making emergency supplemental appropriations for                  600               0               0
     border security for the fiscal year ending September 30,
     2010, and for other purposes (P.L. 111-230)................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, amounts designated as emergency requirements.......          86,541          57,225          -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          Outlays        Revenues
                                                                     authority
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Original Budget Resolution Totals...........................          2,888,       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                   10              13               6
       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 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(6)).............................
      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              1,130             220          -1,930
       2010 (section 301(a))....................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Revised Budget Resolution Totals............................       2,907,837       3,015,541       1,612,278
 
\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
  discretion of the Senate Committee on the Budget, the budget resolution totals have been revised to exclude
  those amounts.

  

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