[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 74 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2700-S2704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I wish to submit to the Senate the budget
scorekeeping report for May 2016. The report compares current law
levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate agreed to
in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, the conference report to
accompany S. Con. Res. 11, and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, P.L.
114-74, BBA 15. This information is necessary for the Senate Budget
Committee 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 that I have made this calendar year. It is
the first report since I filed the statutorily required fiscal year
2017 enforceable budget limits on April 18, 2016, pursuant to section
102 of BBA 15, and the eighth 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 April 6, 2016. The information
contained in this report is current through May 9, 2016.
Table 1 gives the amount by which each Senate authorizing committee
exceeds or is below its allocation for budget authority and outlays
under the fiscal year 2016 budget resolution and the fiscal year 2017
enforceable budget levels filing. This information is used for
enforcing committee allocations pursuant to section 302 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, CBA. For fiscal year 2016, which is
still enforced under the 2016 congressional budget resolution, Senate
authorizing committees have increased direct spending outlays by $2.7
billion. Over the fiscal year 2017-2026 period, which is the entire
period covered by the fiscal year 2017 enforcement filing, Senate
authorizing committees are unchanged from assumed levels. Prior to
updating the budget window, however, this table would have shown that
Senate authorizing committees violated their allowable outlay levels by
$147.9 billion over the fiscal year 2016-2025 period. This breach is
largely attributable to the nonappropriations provisions, extensions of
the tax expenditure policies originally found in the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009, included in last year's consolidated
omnibus appropriations bill, most of which were charged to the
Committee on Finance.
Table 2 gives the amount by which the Senate Committee on
Appropriations exceeds or is below the statutory spending limits for
fiscal year 2016. This information is used to determine points of order
related to the spending caps found in section 312 and section 314 of
the CBA. On December 18, 2015, the President signed H.R. 2029, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, P.L. 114-113, into law. This
bill provided regular appropriations equal to the levels set in BBA 15,
specifically $548.1 billion in budget authority for defense accounts,
revised security category, and $518.5 billion in budget authority for
nondefense accounts, revised nonsecurity category.
Table 3 tracks the same enforcement information as Table 2 for fiscal
year 2017. While no appropriations bills have been enacted,
subcommittees are charged with permanent and advance appropriations
that first become available for fiscal year 2017. These include
spending on veterans healthcare, special and K-12 education, housing
assistance, job training, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The discretionary limits, which were increased by a combined $30
billion in BBA 15, split evenly between defense and nondefense
accounts, are $551.1 billion for defense and $518.5 billion for
nondefense.
Table 4 gives the amount by which the Senate Committee on
Appropriations is below or exceeds its allocation
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for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism, OCO/GWOT,
spending for fiscal year 2016. This separate allocation for OCO/GWOT
was established in section 3102 of the conference report for S. Con.
Res. 11, and is enforced using section 302 of the CBA. The consolidated
appropriations bill included $73.7 billion in budget authority and
$32.1 billion in outlays for OCO/GWOT in fiscal year 2016. This level
is equal to the revised OCO/GWOT levels that I filed in the Record on
December 18, 2015. There is no equivalent enforcement of OCO/GWOT for
fiscal year 2017. Instead, the handling of OCO/GWOT-designated spending
will revert back to the traditional treatment with the chairman of the
Budget Committee making dollar-for-dollar adjustments to levels for
congressional enforcement and the Office of Management and Budget
making statutory adjustments to the limits if the President agrees with
the congressional designation of spending as OCO/GWOT.
The fiscal year 2016 budget resolution established two new points of
order limiting the use of changes in mandatory programs in
appropriations bills, CHIMPS. Tables 5 and 6 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. Enacted CHIMPS
are under both the broader CHIMPS limit, $1.3 billion less, and the
Crime Victims Fund limit, $1.8 billion less. While the Crime Victims
Fund limit is enforced only for fiscal year 2016, the overall CHIMPS
limit remains in effect for fiscal year 2017 and is displayed in Table
7.
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 totals agreed to by the Congress.
Because legislation can still be enacted that would have an effect on
fiscal year 2016, CBO provided a report for both fiscal year 2016 and
fiscal year 2017. This information is used to enforce aggregate
spending levels in budget resolutions under section 311 of the CBA.
CBO's estimates show that current law levels of spending for fiscal
year 2016 exceed the amounts in last year's budget resolution by $138.9
billion in budget authority and $103.6 billion in outlays. Revenues are
$155.2 billion below the revenue floor for fiscal year 2016 set by the
budget resolution. As well, Social Security outlays are at the levels
assumed for fiscal year 2016, while Social Security revenues are $23
million below levels in the budget.
The significant breach of aggregate spending levels in fiscal year
2016 is attributable to increased spending unaccompanied by action on
any of the deficit reduction assumed in the budget resolution. The
violation of revenue levels stems from the tax provisions from last
year's final appropriations and tax extenders bill. A point of order
was raised against this violation, but Congress waived the budget
discipline by a vote of 73 to 25, rollcall vote No. 338 of the 114th
Congress, First Session. Of the 73 votes that waived budget discipline
on this bill, 37 were from the majority, and 36 were from the minority.
In voting no, I was joined by 15 other members of the majority and 9
members of the minority.
For fiscal year 2017, CBO estimates that current law levels are below
the fiscal year 2017 enforcement filing's allowable budget authority
and outlay aggregates by $974.3 billion and $592.4 billion,
respectively. The allowable spending room will be reduced as
appropriations bills for fiscal year 2017 are enacted. Revenues are at
the level assumed for fiscal year 2017. Finally, Social Security
outlays and revenues are at the levels assumed in the fiscal year 2017
enforcement filing.
CBO's report also provides information needed to enforce the Senate's
pay-as-you-go rule. As part of the fiscal year 2017 enforcement filing,
the Senate's pay-as-you-go scorecard was reset to zero. The scorecard
will reflect the deficit effects of legislation over the fiscal year
2016-2021 and fiscal year 2016-2026 periods. Prior to updating the pay-
as-you-go scorecard for the new budget window, the scorecard showed
deficit reduction of $20.4 billion and $95.7 billion over the fiscal
year 2015-2020 and fiscal year 2015-2025 periods, respectively. This
balance was largely attributable to counting the offsets contained in
BBA 15 but not the spending, which was discretionary and subject to
future appropriations actions, and omitting legislation from the
scorecard that increases the deficit, for instance section 1001(b) of
title X of division O of P.L. 114-113, which kept most of revenue and
direct spending provisions included in the bill from being counted. 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)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016 2017 2017-2021 2017-2026
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Armed Services:
Budget Authority.......... -66 0 0 0
Outlays................... -50 0 0 0
Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Commerce, Science, and
Transportation:
Budget Authority.......... 130 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Energy and Natural Resources:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Environment and Public Works:
Budget Authority.......... 2,880 0 0 0
Outlays................... 252 0 0 0
Finance:
Budget Authority.......... 365 0 0 0
Outlays................... 365 0 0 0
Foreign Relations:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security and
Government Affairs:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Judiciary:
Budget Authority.......... -3,358 0 0 0
Outlays................... 1,713 0 0 0
Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Rules and Administration:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Intelligence:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Veterans' Affairs:
Budget Authority.......... -2 0 0 0
Outlays................... 388 0 0 0
Indian Affairs:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 0 0 0 0
Small Business:
Budget Authority.......... 0 0 0 0
Outlays................... 1 0 0 0
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Total
Budget Authority...... -51 0 0 0
Outlays............... 2,669 0 0 0
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TABLE 2.--SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED REGULAR DISCRETIONARY
APPROPRIATIONS \1\
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016
---------------------------------
Security \2\ Nonsecurity \2\
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Statutory Discretionary Limits........ 548,091 518,491
Amount Provided by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Agriculture, Rural Development, and 0 21,750
Related Agencies.....................
Commerce, Justice, Science, and 5,101 50,621
Related Agencies.....................
Defense............................... 514,000 136
Energy and Water Development.......... 18,860 18,325
Financial Services and General 44 23,191
Government...........................
Homeland Security..................... 1,705 39,250
Interior, Environment, and Related 0 32,159
Agencies.............................
Labor, Health and Human Services, 0 162,127
Education and Related Agencies.......
Legislative Branch.................... 0 4,363
Military Construction and Veterans 8,171 71,698
Affairs, and Related Agencies........
State Foreign Operations, and Related 0 37,780
Programs.............................
Transportation and Housing and Urban 210 57,091
Development, and Related Agencies....
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Current Level Total........... 548,091 518,491
Total Enacted Above (+) or Below (- 0 0
) 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 REGULAR DISCRETIONARY
APPROPRIATIONS \1\
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2017
---------------------------------
Security \2\ Nonsecurity \2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statutory Discretionary Limits........ 551,068 518,531
Amount Provided by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Agriculture, Rural Development, and 0 9
Related Agencies.....................
Commerce, Justice, Science, and 0 0
Related Agencies.....................
Defense............................... 45 0
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Energy and Water Development.......... 0 0
Financial Services and General 0 0
Government...........................
Homeland Security..................... 0 9
Interior, Environment, and Related 0 0
Agencies.............................
Labor, Health and Human Services, 0 24,690
Education and Related Agencies.......
Legislative Branch.................... 0 0
Military Construction and Veterans 0 60,634
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........... 45 89,742
Total Enacted Above (+) or Below (- -551,023 -428,789
) 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 4.--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\............... 73,693 32,079
Amount Provided by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Agriculture, Rural Development, and 0 0
Related Agencies.....................
Commerce, Justice, Science, and 0 0
Related Agencies.....................
Defense............................... 58,638 27,354
Energy and Water Development.......... 0 0
Financial Services and General 0 0
Government...........................
Homeland Security..................... 160 128
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 14,895 4,597
Programs.............................
Transportation and Housing and Urban 0 0
Development, and Related Agencies....
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Current Level Total........... 73,693 32,079
Total OCO/GWOT Spending vs. Budget 0 0
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 5--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. 600
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies..... 9,458
Defense.............................................. 0
Energy and Water Development......................... 0
Financial Services and General Government............ 725
Homeland Security.................................... 176
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.......... 28
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 6,799
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....................................
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Current Level Total.......................... 17,786
Total CHIMPS Above (+) or Below (-) Budget -1,314
Resolution......................................
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TABLE 6--SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED CHANGES IN MANDATORY
SPENDING PROGRAM (CHIMP) TO THE CRIME VICTIMS FUND
[Budget authority, millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016
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Crime Victims Fund (CVF) CHIMP Limit for Fiscal Year 10,800
2016................................................
Senate Appropriations Subcommittees
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. 0
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies..... 9,000
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....................................
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Current Level Total.......................... 9,000
Total CVF CHIMP Above (+) or Below (-) Budget -1,800
Resolution......................................
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TABLE 7--SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED CHANGES IN MANDATORY
SPENDING PROGRAMS (CHIMPS)
[Budget authority, millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2017
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CHIMPS Limit for Fiscal Year 2017.................... 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-...................................
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Current Level Total-......................... 0
Total CHIMPS Above (+) or Below (-) Budget -19,100
Resolution......................................
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U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, May 11, 2016.
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 May 9, 2016. 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 April 6, 2016, the Congress has
not cleared any legislation for the President's signature
that affects budget authority, outlays, or revenues.
Sincerely,
Keith Hall.
Enclosure.
TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2016, AS OF MAY 9, 2016
(In billions of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current
Budget Current Level Over/
Resolution Levela Under (-)
Resolution
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On-Budget:
Budget Authority............. 3,069.8 3,208.7 138.9
Outlays...................... 3,091.2 3,194.9 103.6
Revenues..................... 2,676.0 2,520.7 -155.2
Off-Budget:
Social Security Outlays b.... 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 emergency funding that was not designated as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
b 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 MAY 9, 2016
(In millions of dollars)
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Budget
Authority Outlays Revenues
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Previously Enacted: a
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)...................................
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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Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (P.L. 114-94) 2,880 252 471
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015 (P.L. 269 269 0
114-105)................................................
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113)b.... 2,008,016 1,563,177 -156,107
Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act (P.L. 114-115) 32 32 0
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 20 20 -7
(P.L. 114-125)..........................................
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Total, Enacted Legislation........................... 2,015,853 1,569,914 -155,996
Entitlements and Mandatories:
Budget resolution estimates of appropriated entitlements 9,170- 6,674- 0
and other mandatory programs............................
Total Current Levelc................................. 3,208,699 3,194,879 2,520,737
Total Senate Resolutiond............................. 3,069,829 3,091,246 2,675,967
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Current Level Over Senate Resolution................. 138,870 103,633 n.a.
Current Level Under Senate Resolution................ n.a. n.a. 155,230
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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. 11, 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 Emergency funding that was not designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall not count for certain budgetary enforcement
purposes. These amounts, 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).......................
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113)......... -2 0 0
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Total.................................................... -2 917 0
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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 Initial 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. The
Revised Senate Resolution total below includes amounts for disaster-related spending:
Budget
Authority Outlays Revenues
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Initial Senate Resolution.................................... 3,032,343 3,091,098 2,676,733
Revisions:
Pursuant to section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 445 175 -766
of 1974 and section 4311 of S. Con. Res. 11.............
Pursuant to section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 700 700 0
of 1974 and S. Con. Res. 11.............................
Pursuant to section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 0 1 0
of 1974 and S. Con. Res. 11.............................
Pursuant to section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 269 269 0
of 1974 and section 4313 of S. Con. Res. 11.............
Pursuant to section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 36,072 -997 0
of 1974 and section 3404 of S. Con. Res. 11.............
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Revised Senate Resolution.................................... 3,069,829- 3,091,246 2,675,967
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U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, May 11, 2016.
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 2017 budget and is
current through May 9, 2016. 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 allocations, aggregates, and other
budgetary levels printed in the Congressional Record on April
18, 2016, pursuant to section 102 of the Bipartisan Budget
Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-74).
This is CBO's first current level report for fiscal year
2017.
Sincerely,
Keith Hall.
Enclosure.
TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2017, AS OF MAY 9, 2016
(In billions of dollars)
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Current
Budget Current Level Over/
Resolution Level Under (-)
Resolution
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On-Budget
Budget Authority............. 3,212.4 2,238.0 -974.3
Outlays...................... 3,219.2 2,626.8 -592.4
Revenues..................... 2,682.0 2,682.0 0.0
Off-Budget
Social Security Outlays a.... 805.4 805.4 0.0
Social Security Revenues..... 826.1 826.1 0.0
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Source: Congressional Budget Office.
a 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 2017, AS OF MAY 9, 2016
(In millions of dollars)
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Budget
Authority Outlays Revenues
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Previously Enacted
Revenues................................................. n.a. n.a. 2,681,976
Permanents and other spending legislation................ 2,054,886 1,960,659 n.a.
Appropriation legislation................................ 0 504,803 n.a.
Offsetting receipts...................................... -834,250 -834,301 n.a.
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Total, Previously Enacted............................ 1,220,636 1,631,161 2,681,976
Entitlements and Mandatories:
Budget resolution estimates of appropriated entitlements 1,017,381 995,610 0
and other mandatory programs............................
Total Current Level a.................................... 2,238,017 2,626,771 2,681,976
Total Senate Resolution.................................. 3,212,350 3,219,191 2,681,976
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Current Level Over Senate Resolution................. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Current Level Under Senate Resolution................ 974,333 592,420 n.a.
Memorandum:
Revenues, 2017-2026:
Senate Current Level..................................... n.a. n.a. 32,350,752
Senate Resolution........................................ n.a. n.a. 32,350,752
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Current Level Over Senate Resolution................. n.a. n.a. n.a.
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 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
does not include these items.
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TABLE 3.--SUMMARY OF THE SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE 114TH
CONGRESS, AS OF MAY 9, 2016
(In millions of dollars)
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2016-2021 2016-2026
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Beginning Balance a................... 0 0
Enacted Legislation: b/c/d
Breast Cancer Awareness 0 0
Commemorative Coin Act (P.L. 114-
148) e...........................
Protect and Preserve International * *
Cultural Property Act (P.L. 114-
151).............................
Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 * *
(S. 1890)........................
Current Balance............... 0 0
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2016-2021 2016-2026
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Memorandum:
Changes to Revenues...................................... 0 0
Changes to Outlays....................................... 0 0
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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 the statement printed in the Congressional Record on April 18, 2016, 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. 114-148 will cause a decrease in spending of $7 million in 2018 and an increase in spending of $7 million
in 2020 for a net impact of zero over the six-year and eleven-year periods.
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