[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 174 (Wednesday, December 2, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8299-S8301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT
Mr. ENZI. Madam President, I wish to submit to the Senate the budget
scorekeeping report for December 2015. The report compares current law
levels of spending and revenues with the amounts provided in the
conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 11, the budget resolution
for fiscal year 2016. This information is necessary to determine
whether budget points of order lie against pending legislation. It has
been prepared by the Republican staff of the Senate Budget Committee
and the Congressional Budget Office, CBO, pursuant to section 308(b) of
the Congressional Budget Act.
This is the fourth report I have made since adoption of the fiscal
year 2016 budget resolution on May 5, 2015. My last filing can be found
in the Congressional Record on October 27, 2015. The information
contained in this report is current through November 30, 2015. This
will be the final scorekeeping report for calendar year 2015.
Table 1 gives the amount by which each Senate authorizing committee
is below or exceeds its allocation under the budget resolution. This
information is used for enforcing committee allocation pursuant to
section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, CBA. Over the
fiscal year 2016-2025 period, which is the entire period covered by S.
Con. Res. 11, Senate authorizing committees have spent $3.3 billion
less than the budget resolution calls for.
Table 2 gives the amount by which the Senate Committee on
Appropriations is below or exceeds the statutory spending limits. This
information is used to determine points of order related to the
spending caps found in section 312 and section 314 of the CBA. While no
full-year appropriations bills have been enacted for fiscal year 2016,
subcommittees are charged with permanent and advanced appropriations
that first become available in that year.
Table 3 gives the amount by which the Senate Committee on
Appropriations is below or exceeds its allocation for overseas
contingency operations/globaI war on terrorism, OCO/GWOT, spending.
This separate allocation for OCO/GWOT was established in section 3102
of S. Con. Res. 11 and is enforced using section 302 of the CBA. No
bills providing funds with the OCO/GWOT designation on a full-year
basis have been enacted thus far for fiscal year 2016.
The budget resolution established two new points of order limiting
the use of changes in mandatory programs in appropriations bills,
CHIMPS. Tables 4 and 5 show compliance with fiscal year 2016 limits for
overall CHIMPS and the Crime Victims Fund CHIMP, respectively. This
information is used for determining points of order under section 3103
and section 3104, respectively. No full-year bills have been enacted
thus far for fiscal year 2016 that include CHIMPS.
In addition to the tables provided by the Senate Budget Committee
Republican staff, I am submitting additional tables from CBO that I
will use for enforcement of budget levels agreed to by the Congress.
For fiscal year 2016, CBO annualizes the effects of the Continuing
Appropriations Act, P.L. 114-53, which provides funding through
December 11, 2015. For the enforcement of budgetary aggregates, the
Senate Budget Committee historically excludes this temporary funding.
As such, the current law levels are $882.6 billion and $521.6 billion
below budget resolution levels for budget authority and outlays,
respectively. Revenues are $413 million above the level assumed in the
budget resolution. Finally, Social Security outlays are at the levels
assumed in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, while Social
Security revenues are $18 million above assumed levels for the budget
year.
CBO's report also provide information needed to enforce the Senate's
pay-as-you-go rule. The Senate's pay-as-you-go scorecard currently
shows deficit reduction of $16.7 billion over the fiscal year 2015-2020
period and $77.5 billion over the fiscal year 2015-2025 period. Over
the initial 6-year period, Congress has enacted legislation that would
increase revenues by $12 billion and decrease outlays by $4.6 billion.
Over the 11-year period, Congress has enacted legislation that would
increase revenues by $24.2 billion and decrease outlays by $53.3
billion. The Senate's pay-as-you-go rule is enforced by section 201 of
S. Con. Res. 21, the fiscal year 2008 budget resolution.
All years in the accompanying tables are fiscal years.
I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables be printed in
the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
TABLE 1. SENATE AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES--ENACTED DIRECT SPENDING ABOVE
(+) OR BELOW (-) BUDGET RESOLUTIONS
(In millions of dollars)
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2016 2016-2020 2016-2025
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Armed Services
Budget Authority.................... -66 -518 -1,117
Outlays............................. -50 -476 -1,099
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Budget Authority.................... 130 650 1,300
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Energy and Natural Resources
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Environment and Public Works
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 -3,160
Outlays............................. 0 0 -3,160
Finance
Budget Authority.................... 5 13 28
Outlays............................. 5 13 28
Foreign Relations
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Judiciary
Budget Authority.................... 0 1 2
Outlays............................. 0 1 2
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Budget Authority.................... 0 208 278
Outlays............................. 0 208 278
Rules and Administration
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Intelligence
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Veterans' Affairs
Budget Authority.................... -2 -1 -1
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Outlays............................. 388 644 644
Indian Affairs
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 0 0 0
Small Business
Budget Authority.................... 0 0 0
Outlays............................. 1 2 2
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Total
Budget Authority................ 67 353 -2,670
Outlays......................... 344 392 -3,305
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TABLE 2. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED REGULAR DISCRETIONARY
APPROPRIATIONS \1\
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
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2016
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Security \2\ Nonsecurity \2\
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Statutory Discretionary Limits........ 523,091 493,491
Amount Provided by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Agriculture, Rural Development, and 0 9
Related Agencies.....................
Commerce, Justice, Science, and 0 0
Related Agencies.....................
Defense............................... 41 0
Energy and Water Development.......... 0 0
Financial Services and General 0 41
Government...........................
Homeland Security..................... 0 9
Interior, Environment, and Related 0 0
Agencies.............................
Labor, Health and Human Services, 0 24,678
Education and Related Agencies.......
Legislative Branch.................... 0 0
Military Construction and Veterans 0 56,217
Affairs, and Related Agencies........
State Foreign Operations, and Related 0 0
Programs.............................
Transportation and Housing and Urban 0 4,400
Development, and Related Agencies....
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Current Level Total........... 41 85,354
Total Enacted Above (+) or Below (- -523,050 -408,137
) Statutory Limits...............
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\1\ This table excludes spending pursuant to adjustments to the
discretionary spending limits. These adjustments are allowed for
certain purposes in section 251(b)(2) of BBEDCA.
\2\ Security spending is defined as spending in the National Defense
budget function (050) and nonsecurity spending is defined as all other
spending.
TABLE 3. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY
OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS
(In millions of dollars)
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2016
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BA OT
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OCO/GWOT Allocation \1\............... 96,287 48,798
Amount Provided by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Agriculture, Rural Development, and 0 0
Related Agencies.....................
Commerce, Justice, Science, and 0 0
Related Agencies.....................
Defense............................... 0 0
Energy and Water Development.......... 0 0
Financial Services and General 0 0
Government...........................
Homeland Security..................... 0 0
Interior, Environment, and Related 0 0
Agencies.............................
Labor, Health and Human Services, 0 0
Education and Related Agencies.......
Legislative Branch.................... 0 0
Military Construction and Veterans 0 0
Affairs, and Related Agencies........
State Foreign Operations, and Related 0 0
Programs.............................
Transportation and Housing and Urban 0 0
Development, and Related Agencies....
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Current Level Total........... 0 0
Total OCO/GWOT Spending vs. Budget -96,287 -48,798
Resolution.......................
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BA = Budget Authority; OT= Outlays
\1\ This allocation may be adjusted by the Chairman of the Budget
Committee to account for new information, pursuant to section 3102 of
S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution of the Budget for Fiscal
Year 2016.
TABLE 4. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED CHANGES IN MANDATORY
SPENDING PROGRAMS (CHIMPS)
(Budget authority, millions of dollars)
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2016
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CHIMPS Limit for Fiscal Year 2016.................... 19,100
Senate Appropriations Subcommittees
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. 0
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies..... 0
Defense.............................................. 0
Energy and Water Development......................... 0
Financial Services and General Government............ 0
Homeland Security.................................... 0
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.......... 0
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 0
Related Agencies....................................
Legislative Branch................................... 0
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 0
Related Agencies....................................
State Foreign Operations, and Related Programs....... 0
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and 0
Related Agencies....................................
Current Level Total.......................... 0
Total CHIMPS Above (+) or Below (-) Budget -19,100
Resolution......................................
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TABLE 5. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED CHANGES IN MANDATORY
SPENDING PROGRAM (CHIMP) TO THE CRIME VICTIMS FUND
(Budget authority, millions of dollars)
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2016
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2016 Crime Victims Fund (CVF) CHIMP Limit for Fiscal 10,800
Year 2016...........................................
Senate Appropriations Subcommittees..................
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. 0
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies..... 0
Defense.............................................. 0
Energy and Water Development......................... 0
Financial Services and General Government............ 0
Homeland Security.................................... 0
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.......... 0
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 0
Related Agencies....................................
Legislative Branch................................... 0
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 0
Related Agencies....................................
State Foreign Operations, and Related Programs....... 0
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and 0
Related Agencies....................................
Current Level Total.......................... 0
Total CVF CHIMP Above (+) or Below (-) Budget -10,800
Resolution......................................
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U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, December 2, 2015.
Hon. Mike Enzi,
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 2016 budget and is
current through November 30, 2015. 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. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for
Fiscal Year 2016.
Since our last letter dated October 27, 2015, the Congress
has cleared and the President has signed the following acts
that affect budget authority, outlays, or revenues for fiscal
year 2016:
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-74);
Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster Act
of 2015 (Public Law 114-88); and
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Public Law 114-92).
Sincerely,
Keith Hall,
Director.
Enclosure.
TABLE 1--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2016, AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2015
(In billions of dollars)
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Current
Budget Current Level Over
Resolution Level b Under(-)
a Resolution
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On-Budget
Budget Authority............. 3,033.5 3,159.0 125.5
Outlays...................... 3,092.0 3,172.8 80.8
Revenues..................... 2,676.0 2,676.4 0.4
Off-Budget
Social Security Outlays c.... 777.1 777.1 0.0
Social Security Revenues..... 794.0 794.0 0.0
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Source: Congressional Budget Office.
a Excludes $6,872 million in budget authority and $344 million in
outlays assumed in S. Con. Res. 11 for disaster-related spending that
is not yet allocated to the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
b Excludes amounts designated as emergency requirements.
c Excludes administrative expenses paid from the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund of the Social Security Administration, which are off-
budget, but are appropriated annually.
TABLE 2--SUPPORTING DETAIL FOR THE SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR ON-BUDGET SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2016, AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2015
(In millions of dollars)
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Budget
Authority Outlays Revenues
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Previously Enacted \3\
Revenues................................................. n.a. n.a. 2,676,733
Permanents and other spending legislation................ 1,968,496 1,902,345 n.a.
Appropriation legislation................................ 0 500,825 n.a.
Offsetting receipts...................................... -784,820 -784,879 n.a.
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Total, Previously Enacted............................ 1,183.676 1,618,291 2,676,733
Enacted Legislation:
An act to extend the authorization to carry out the 0 20 0
replacement of the existing medical center of the
Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver, Colorado, to
authorize transfers of amounts to carry out the
replacement of such medical center, and for other
purposes (P.L. 114-25)..................................
Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act & 0 0 5
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and
Accountability Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-26)................
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-27).... 445 175 -766
Steve Gleason Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-40).................. 5 5 0
Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice 0 0 99
Improvement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-41) b.................
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-53)........ 700 775 0
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-55)... 130 0 0
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act -2 368 0
of 2015 (P.L. 114-58)...................................
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Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (P.L. 0 0 40
114-60).................................................
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-74).............. 3,424 4,870 269
Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster 0 1 0
Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-88)...............................
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 -66 -50 0
(P.L. 114-92)...........................................
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Total, Enacted Legislation........................... 4,636 6,164 -353
Continuing Resolution:
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-53)........ 1,008,053 602,405 0
Entitlements and Mandatories:
Budget resolution estimates of appropriated entitlements 962,619 945,910 0
and other mandatory programs............................
Total Current Level c................................ 3,158,984 3,172,770 2,676,380
Total Senate Resolution d............................ 3,033,488 3,091,974 2,675,967
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Current Level Over Senate Resolution................. 125,496 80,796 413
Current Level Under Senate Resolution................ n.a. n.a. n.a.
Memorandum:
Revenues, 2016-2025:
Senate Current Level..................................... n.a. n.a. 32,262,618
Senate Resolution........................................ n.a. n.a. 32,233,099
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Current Level Over Senate Resolution..................... n.a. n.a. 29,519
Current Level Under Senate Resolution.................... n.a. n.a. n.a.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Notes: n.a. =not applicable; P.L. = Public Law.
a Includes the following acts that affect budget authority, outlays, or revenues, and were cleared by the
Congress during this session, but before the adoption of S. Con. Res. II, the Concurrent Resolution on the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2016: the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014 (P.L. 114-1);
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 114-4), and the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-10).
b Pursuant to section 403(b) of S. Con. Res. 13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010,
amounts designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 403 of S. Con. Res. 13, shall not count for
certain budgetary enforcement purposes. The amounts so designated for 2016, which are not included in the
current level totals, are as follows:
Budget
Authority Outlays Revenues
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Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice 0 917 0
Improvement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-41).......................
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c For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the Senate, the resolution, as
approved by the Senate, does not include budget authority, outlays, or revenues for off-budget amounts. As a
result, current level does not include these items.
d Periodically, the Senate Committee on the Budget revises the budgetary levels in S. Con Res. 11, pursuant to
various provisions of the resolution. The Senate Resolution total below excludes $6,872 million in budget
authority and $344 million in outlays assumed in S. Con Res. 11 for disaster-related spending that is not yet
allocated to the Senate Committee on Appropriations:
Budget
Authority Outlays Revenues
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Senate Resolution: 3,032,343 3,091,098 2,676,733
Revisions:
Pursuant to section 4311 of S. Con. Res. 11.............. 445 175 -766
Pursuant to section 311 of S. Con. Res. 11............... 700 700 0
Pursuant to section 311 of S. Con. Res. 11............... 0 1 0
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Revised Senate Resolution.................................... 3,033,488 3,091,974 2,675,967
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TABLE 3. SUMMARY OF THE SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE 114TH
CONGRESS--1ST SESSION, AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2015
(In millions of dollars)
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2015-2020 2015-2025
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Beginning Balancea............................ 0 0
Enacted Legislation:b, c, d
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 n.e. n.e.
(P.L. 114-17)e...........................
Construction Authorization and Choice 20 20
Improvement Act (P.L. 114-19)............
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 1 2
2015 (P.L. 114-22).......................
Uniting and Strengthening America by * *
Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective
Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015
(P.L. 114-23)............................
An act to extend the authorization to 150 150
carry out the replacement of the existing
medical center of the Department of
Veterans Affairs in Denver, Colorado
(P.L. 114-25)............................
Defending Public Safety Employees' -1 5
Retirement Act & Bipartisan Congressional
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act
of 2015 (P.L. 114-26)....................
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 -640 -52
(P.L. 114-27)............................
Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin 0 0
Act (P.L. 114-30)f.......................
Steve Gleason Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-40)... 13 28
Surface Transportation and Veterans Health -1,552 -6,924
Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (P.L.
114-41)..................................
Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015 * *
(P.L. 114-54)............................
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring 6224 624
Authorities Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-58)....
Protecting Affordable Coverage for -32 -2
Employees Act (P.L. 114-60)..............
Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015 (P.L. 114- * *
62)......................................
Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of * *
2015 (P.L. 114-63).......................
Adoptive Family Relief Act (P.L. 114-70).. * *
Surface Transportation Extension Act of * *
2015 (P.L. 114-73).......................
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (P.L. 114- -15,050 -71,315
74)......................................
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated * *
Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-
81)......................................
Recovery Improvements for Small Entities 2 2
After Disaster Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-88).
Improving Regulatory Transparency for New * *
Medical Therapies Act (P.L. 114-89)......
National Defense Authorization Act for -194 -10
Fiscal Year 2016 (P.L. 114-92)...........
Equity in Government Compensation Act of * *
2015 (P.L. 114-93).......................
Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric * *
Care Act (S. 599)........................
Current Balance............................... -16,659 -77,472
Memorandum:
2015-2020 2015-2025
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Changes to Revenues....................... 12,032 24,215
Changes to Outlays........................ -4,627 -53,257
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Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Notes: n.e. = not able to estimate; P.L. = Public Law. * = between -
$500,000 and $500,000.
a Pursuant to S. Con. Res. II , the Senate Pay-As-You-Go Scorecard was
reset to zero.
b The amounts shown represent the estimated impact of the public laws on
the deficit. Negative numbers indicate an increase in the deficit;
positive numbers indicate a decrease in the deficit.
c Excludes off-budget amounts.
d Excludes amounts designated as emergency requirements.
e P.L. 114-17 could affect direct spending and revenues, but such
impacts would depend on future actions of the President that CBO
cannot predict. (http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/
attachments/s615.pdf)
f P.L. 114-30 will cause a decrease in spending of $5 million in 2017
and an increase in spending of $5 million in 2019 for a net impact of
zero over the six-year and eleven-year periods.
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