[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3321-S3323]
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 June 2017. The report compares current-law 
levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate agreed to 
in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2017, S. Con. Res. 3. This 
information is necessary for the Senate Budget Committee to determine 
whether budget points of order lie against pending legislation. The 
Republican staff of the Senate Budget Committee and the Congressional 
Budget Office, CBO, prepared this report pursuant to section 308(b) of 
the Congressional Budget Act, CBA.
  My last filing can be found in the Record on April 27, 2017. The 
information contained in this report captures

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legislative activity since that filing through June 5, 2017.
  Republican Budget Committee staff prepared Tables 1-3 of this report.
  Table 1 gives the amount by which each Senate authorizing committee 
exceeds or is below its allocation for budget authority and outlays 
under the most recently adopted budget resolution. This information is 
used for enforcing committee allocations pursuant to section 302 of the 
CBA. For this reporting period, 13 of the 16 authorizing committees are 
in compliance with their allocations. Legislative activity involving 
the appropriations process, continuing resolution and omnibus, during 
the last reporting period includes provisions, such as changes to 
health benefits for miners and Medicaid funding, charged to the 
Committee on Finance that caused it to breach its allocation. The other 
two committees in breach, as previously reported, are the Committee on 
Veterans Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation. In total, authorizing committees are estimated to 
increase outlays by $292 million more than they were allocated over the 
fiscal year 2017-2026 period. Of that $292 million in violations, $91 
million stems from the Finance Committee's violations during this 
reporting period.
  Table 2 gives the amount by which the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations exceeds or is below the statutory spending limits for 
fiscal year 2017. This information is used to determine points of order 
related to the spending caps found in sections 312 and 314 of the CBA. 
H.R. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, P.L. 115-31, 
provided full-year appropriations for the current fiscal year. These 
appropriations, $551.1 billion for defense and $518.5 billion for 
nondefense, were consistent with the statutory limits imposed by the 
Budget Control Act of 2011.
  Table 3 tracks compliance with the fiscal year 2017 limit for overall 
changes in mandatory programs, CHIMPS, in appropriations bills, 
established in the fiscal year 2016 budget resolution. CHIMPS in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act were consistent with this year's limit 
of $19.1 billion. This information is used for determining points of 
order under section 3103 of that resolution.
  In addition to the tables provided by Budget Committee Republican 
staff, I am submitting CBO tables, which I will use to enforce budget 
totals approved by the Congress.
  CBO provided a spending and revenue report for fiscal year 2017, 
which helps enforce aggregate spending levels in budget resolutions 
under CBA section 311. CBO's estimates show that current-law levels of 
spending for fiscal year 2017 are below the amounts assumed in the 
budget resolution by $303 million in budget authority and $6.4 billion 
in outlays. CBO also estimates that revenues are $1 million above 
assumed levels for fiscal year 2017, but $21 million below assumed 
levels for the fiscal year 2017-2026 period. Social Security levels are 
consistent with the budget resolution's fiscal year 2017 figures.
  CBO's report also provides information needed to enforce the Senate 
pay-as-you-go, PAYGO, rule. The Senate's PAYGO scorecard currently 
shows increased deficits of $226 million over the fiscal year 2016-2021 
and $227 million over fiscal year 2016-2026 periods. For both periods, 
outlays have increased by $201 million, while revenues decreased by $25 
million over the 6-year period and $26 million over the 11-year period. 
Missing from these levels are the budgetary effects of divisions M-O of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 and the miners' health 
provisions of H.J. Res. 99, the short-term continuing resolution, P.L. 
115-30, which are required to be excluded based on language in the 
acts. The consolidated appropriations bill, however, is recorded as 
reducing revenues by $24 million and $25 million over the fiscal year 
2016-2021 and fiscal year 2016-2026 periods, respectively. That revenue 
loss is found in the appropriations section of the bill, not covered by 
the exclusion, which includes provisions related to visa-program 
extensions and insurance coverage of mammography. The Senate's PAYGO 
rule is enforced by section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, the fiscal year 
2008 budget resolution.
  Finally, included in this submission is a table tracking the Senate's 
budget enforcement activity on the floor. No budget points of order 
have been raised since my last filing.
  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]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            2017    2017-2021  2017-2026
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
Armed Services
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
    Budget Authority....................         1          1          1
    Outlays.............................         1          1          1
Energy and Natural Resources
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
Environment and Public Works
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
Finance
    Budget Authority....................      -239        468       -204
    Outlays.............................        38        763         91
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          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
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....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0        200        200
Indian Affairs
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
Small Business
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
                                         -------------------------------
    Total
        Budget Authority................      -238        469       -203
        Outlays.........................        39        964        292
------------------------------------------------------------------------


TABLE 2.--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           20,877
 Related Agencies.....................
Commerce, Justice, Science, and                   5,200           51,355
 Related Agencies.....................
Defense...............................          515,977              138
Energy and Water Development..........           19,956           17,815
Financial Services and General                       33           21,482
 Government...........................
Homeland Security.....................            1,876           40,532
Interior, Environment, and Related                    0           32,280
 Agencies.............................
Labor, Health and Human Services,                     0          161,025
 Education and Related Agencies.......
Legislative Branch....................                0            4,440
Military Construction and Veterans                7,726           74,650
 Affairs, and Related Agencies........
State Foreign Operations, and Related                 0           36,586
 Programs.............................
Transportation and Housing and Urban                300           57,351
 Development, and Related Agencies....
                                       ---------------------------------
        Current Level Total...........          551,068          518,531
    Total Enacted Above (+) or Below (-               0                0
     ) Statutory Limits...............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 CHANGES IN MANDATORY
                       SPENDING PROGRAMS (CHIMPS)
                 [Budget authority, millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              2017
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHIMPS Limit for Fiscal Year 2017....................             19,100
 
                  Senate Appropriations Subcommittees-
 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies.                741
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies.....              8,452
Defense..............................................                  0
Energy and Water Development.........................                  0
Financial Services and General Government............                826
Homeland Security....................................                187
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies..........                 28
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and                    8,009
 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                857
 Related Agencies....................................
                                                      ------------------
        Current Level Total..........................             19,100
    Total CHIMPS Above (+) or Below (-) Budget                         0
     Resolution......................................
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                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                     Washington, DC, June 7, 2017.
     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 June 5, 2017. 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. 3, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for 
     Fiscal Year 2017.
       Since our last letter dated April 27, 2017, the Congress 
     has cleared and the President has signed the following 
     legislation that has significant effects on budget authority, 
     outlays, and revenues in fiscal year 2017: A joint resolution 
     making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and 
     for other purposes (Public Law 115-30); and Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31).
           Sincerely,
                                                       Keith Hall.
       Enclosure.

    TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017, AS OF JUNE 5, 2017
                                            [In billions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                 Current Level
                                                         Budget Resolution    Current Level      Over/Under (-)
                                                                                                   Resolution
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ON-BUDGET
    Budget Authority...................................            3,329.3            3,329.0               -0.3
    Outlays............................................            3,268.2            3,261.8               -6.4
    Revenues...........................................            2,682.1            2,682.1                0.0
OFF-BUDGET---
    Social Security Outlays a..........................              805.4              805.4                0.0
    Social Security Revenues...........................              826.0              826.0                0.0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 JUNE 5, 2017
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Budget
                                    Authority     Outlays      Revenues
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Enacted a b
    Revenues.....................         n.a.         n.a.    2,682,088
    Permanents and other spending    2,054,297    1,960,884         n.a.
     legislation.................
    Appropriation legislation....      132,558      614,655         n.a.
    Offsetting receipts..........     -834,250     -834,301         n.a.
                                  --------------------------------------
        Total, Previously Enacted    1,352,605    1,741,238    2,682,088
Enacted Legislation:---
    National Aeronautics and                 1            1            0
     Space Administration
     Authorization Act of 2017
     (P.L. 115-10)...............
    A joint resolution making                2            2            0
     further continuing
     appropriations for fiscal
     year 2017, and for other
     purposes (P.L. 115-30)......
    Consolidated Appropriations      1,967,450    1,518,744            1
     Act, 2017 (P.L. 115-31).....
                                  --------------------------------------
        Total, Enacted               1,967,453    1,518,747            1
         Legislation.............
Entitlements and Mandatories:---
    Budget resolution estimates          8,928        1,795            0
     of appropriated entitlements
     and other mandatory programs
    Total Current Level c........    3,328,986    3,261,780    2,682,089
    Total Senate Resolution d....    3,329,289    3,268,171    2,682,088
                                  --------------------------------------
        Current Level Over Senate         n.a.         n.a.            1
         Resolution..............
        Current Level Under                303        6,391         n.a.
         Senate Resolution.......
Memorandum:---
Revenues, 2017-2026:---
    Senate Current Level.........         n.a.         n.a.   32,351,639
    Senate Resolution............         n.a.         n.a.   32,351,660
                                  --------------------------------------
        Current Level Over Senate         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.
         Resolution..............
        Current Level Under               n.a.         n.a.           21
         Senate Resolution.......
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Notes: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law.
a Includes the budgetary effects of enacted legislation cleared by the
  Congress during the 114th session, prior to the adoption of S. Con.
  Res. 3, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2017.
b Sections 193-195 of Division A of P.L. 114-254 provided funding,
  available until expended, for innovation projects and state responses
  to opioid abuse. CEO estimates that, for fiscal year 2017:
    The $20 million in discretionary budget authority provided by
  section 193 would result in an additional $5 million in outlays for
  FDA innovation projects;
    The $352 million in discretionary budget authority provided by
  section 194 would result in an additional $91 million in outlays for
  NIH innovation projects;
    The $500 million in discretionary budget authority provided by
  section 195 would result in an additional $160 million in outlays for
  state response to opioid abuse.
  Consistent with sections 1001-1004 of P.L. 114-255, for the purposes
  of estimating the discretionary budget authority and outlays for these
  provisions under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974
  and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Act of 1985, those
  amounts are estimated to provide no budget authority or outlays.
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. 3, pursuant to various provisions of the
  resolution. The total for the Initial Senate Resolution shown below
  excludes $81,872 million in budget authority and $40,032 million in
  outlays assumed in S. Con. Res. 3 for non regular discretionary
  spending, including spending that qualifies for adjustments to
  discretionary spending limits pursuant to section 251(b) of the
  Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. The total
  for the Revised Senate Resolution shown below includes amounts for non
  regular discretionary spending:


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Budget
                                    Authority     Outlays      Revenues
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Initial Senate Resolution....    3,226,128    3,224,630    2,682,088
    Revisions:---
        Pursuant to sections 311       103,161       43,541            0
         and 314(a) of the
         Congressional Budget Act
         of 1974.................
                                  --------------------------------------
    Revised Senate Resolution....    3,329,289    3,268,171    2,682,088
------------------------------------------------------------------------


  TABLE 3.--SUMMARY OF THE SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE 115TH
                      CONGRESS, AS OF JUNE 5, 2017
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 2017-2021    2017-2026
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beginning Balance a...........................            0            0
Enacted Legislation: b c d
    Tested Ability to Leverage Exceptional                *            *
     National Talent Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-1).
    Disapproving the rule submitted by the                *            *
     Department of the Interior known as the
     Stream Protection Rule (P.L. 115-5)......
    National Aeronautics and Space                        1            1
     Administration Transition Authorization
     Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-10)................
    Providing for congressional disapproval               *            *
     under chapter 8 of title 5, United States
     Code, of the rule submitted by the
     Department of Education relating to
     teacher preparation issues (P.L. 115-14).
    Disapproving the rule submitted by the                1            1
     Department of Labor relating to
     ``Clarification of Employer's Continuing
     Obligation to Make and Maintain an
     Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury
     and Illness'' (P.L. 115-21)..............
    Disapproving the rule submitted by the                *            *
     Department of Labor relating to savings
     arrangements established by qualified
     State political subdivisions for non-
     governmental employees (P.L. 115-24).....
    An act to amend the Veterans Access,                200          200
     Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to
     modify the termination date for the
     Veterans Choice Program, and for other
     purposes (P.L. 115-26)...................
    Making further continuing appropriations              *            *
     for fiscal year 2017, and for other
     purposes (P.L. 115-30) e.................
    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017                24           25
     (P.L. 115-31) f..........................
    U.S. Wants to Compete for a World Expo Act            *            *
     (P.L. 115-32)............................
    Modernizing Government Travel Act (P.L.               *            *
     115-34)..................................
    Disapproving the rule submitted by the                *            *
     Department of Labor relating to savings
     arrangements established by States for
     non-governmental employees (P.L. 115-35).
    Follow the Rules Act (H.R. 657)...........            *            *
    Public Safety Officers' Benefits                      *            *
     Improvement Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-36)....
    A bill to amend section 1214 of title 5,              *            *
     United States Code, to provide for stays
     during a period that the Merit Systems
     Protection Board lacks a quorum (S. 1083)
                                               -------------------------
Current Balance...............................          226          227
Memorandum:
                                                  2017-2021    2017-2026
                                               -------------------------
    Changes to Revenues.......................          -25          -26
    Changes to Outlays........................          201          201
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Notes: P.L. = Public Law; *= between -$500,000 and $500,000.
a Pursuant to the statement printed in the Congressional Record on
  January 17, 2017, the Senate Pay-As-You-Go Scorecard was reset to
  zero.
b The amounts shown represent the estimated effect of the public laws on
  the deficit.
c Excludes off-budget amounts.
d Excludes amounts designated as emergency requirements.
e CBO estimates that this joint resolution will increase the deficit by
  $2 million over the 2017-2021 period. Pursuant to section 202(c) of
  P.L. 115-30, the budgetary effects of this joint resolution are
  excluded from the Senate's PAYGO scorecard.
f Division M of P.L. 115-31 contains the Health Benefits for Miners Act
  of 2017 and the Puerto Rico Section 1108(g) Amendment of 2017.
  Division N contains the HIRE Vets Act. CBO estimates that the
  provisions in Divisions M and N will increase the deficit by $757
  million over the 2017-2021 period, and by $84 million over the 2017-
  2026 period. Pursuant to section 301(b) of Division M, the budgetary
  effects of Division M and succeeding divisions are excluded from the
  Senate's PAYGO scorecard.

  

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