[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5048-S5051]
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                       BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I wish to submit to the Senate the budget 
scorekeeping report for September 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 July 12, 2017. The 
information contained in this report captures legislative activity 
since that filing through September 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, 11 of the 16 authorizing committees are 
in compliance with their allocations, two fewer than my last report. 
Legislative activity during this reporting period brought both the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a State compact relating to the 
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, P.L. 1l5-54, and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, for the Countering America's Adversaries through 
Sanctions Act, P.L. 115-44, out of compliance.
  In total, authorizing committees are estimated to increase outlays by 
nearly $2 billion more than they were allocated over the fiscal year 
2017-2026 period. The largest spending violation since the passage of 
the current budget resolution occurred during this reporting period. 
The VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017, P.L. 115-46, 
increased budget authority by $2 billion and outlays by $1.9 billion 
over the fiscal year 2017-2026 window.
  Tables 2-3 of this report, related to activities of the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations, remain unchanged from my previous report.
  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

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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 exceed the amounts assumed in the budget 
resolution for budget authority by $1.8 billion. However, levels for 
outlays remain nearly $6.4 billion below assumed levels. CBO also 
estimates that revenues are $1 million above assumed levels for fiscal 
year 2017 and $8 million above assumed levels over the fiscal year 
2017-2026 period. Two pieces of legislation, the FDA Reauthorization 
Act of 2017, P.L. 115-52, and the Countering America's Adversaries 
through Sanctions Act, increased revenues this reporting period. The 
former increased revenues by $7 million over 10 years and the latter by 
$22 million over the same 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 $2.5 billion over the fiscal year 2016-2021 
and $1.9 billion over fiscal year 2016-2026 periods. Over the fiscal 
year 2016-2021 period, legislation has been enacted that CBO estimates 
will increase outlays by $2.5 billion and reduce revenues by $20 
million. Over the fiscal year 2016-2026 period, legislation has been 
enacted that CBO estimates will increase outlays by $1.9 billion and 
increase revenues by $3 million. 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. Three budget points of order 
have been raised since my last filing, and each was successful. All of 
these points of order occurred during the Senate's consideration of 
H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017.
  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          2         10
    Outlays.............................         0          2         10
Homeland Security and Governmental
 Affairs
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0          0          0
Judiciary
    Budget Authority....................         0          0          0
    Outlays.............................         0         12         15
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
    Budget Authority....................         0         -5        -44
    Outlays.............................         0         -5        -44
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....................     2,100      3,351      1,949
    Outlays.............................         0      2,496      1,916
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................     1,862      3,817      1,712
        Outlays.........................        39      3,269      1,989
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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...............
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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 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, September 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 September 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 July 12, 2017, the Congress has 
     cleared and the President has signed the VA Choice and 
     Quality Employment Act (Public Law 115-46). That act has 
     significant effects on budget authority in fiscal year 2017.
           Sincerely,
                                             Keith Hall, Director.
       Enclosure.

  TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017, AS OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
                                            [In billions of dollars]
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                                                                                                 Current Level
                                                         Budget Resolution    Current Level      Over/Under (-)
                                                                                                   Resolution
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On-Budget
    Budget Authority...................................            3,329.3            3,331.1                1.8
    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
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Source: Congressional Budget Office.

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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 SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                    Budget
                                                                  Authority         Outlays          Revenues
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Enacted a b
    Revenues.................................................             n.a.             n.a.        2,682,088
    Permanents and other spending legislation................        2,059,997        1,965,841             n.a.
    Appropriation legislation................................          132,558          614,596             n.a.
    Offsetting receipts......................................         -834,250         -834,301             n.a.
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        Total, Previously Enacted............................        1,358,305        1,746,136        2,682 088
Enacted Legislation b
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration                            1                1                0
     Authorization Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-10).................
    A joint resolution making further continuing                             2                2                0
     appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other
     purposes (P.L. 115-30)..................................
    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 115-31) b....        1,961,750        1,513,846                1
    VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-              2,100                0                0
     46).....................................................
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        Total, Enacted Legislation...........................        1,963,853        1,513,849                1
Entitlements and Mandatories
    Budget resolution estimates of appropriated entitlements             8,928            1,795                0
     and other mandatory programs............................
    Total Current Level c....................................        3,331,086        3,261,780        2,682,089
    Total Senate Resolution d................................        3,329,289        3,268,171        2,682,088
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        Current Level Over Senate Resolution.................            1,797             n.a.                1
        Current Level Under Senate Resolution................             n.a.            6,391             n.a.
Memorandum
Revenues, 2017-2026
    Senate Current Level.....................................             n.a.             n.a.       32,351 668
    Senate Resolution........................................             n.a.             n.a.       32,351,660
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        Current Level Over Senate Resolution.................             n.a.             n.a.                8
        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 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 P.L. 114-223 (as amended by Division A of P.L. 114-254), provided funding for innovation
  projects and state responses to opioid abuse. CBO estimated that for fiscal year 2017, these sections provided
  a combined $872 million in budget authority, which would result in $256 million in outlays. However,
  consistent with sections 1001-1004 of P.L. 114-255, for the purposes of estimating the budgetary effects of
  those provisions under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Budget Control Act) and
  the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Deficit Control Act), 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 Deficit Control Act. 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 and 314(a) of the Congressional           103,161           43,541                0
     Budget Act of 1974......................................
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
Revised Senate Resolution....................................        3,329,289        3,268,171        2,682,088
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  TABLE 3.--SUMMARY OF THE SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE 115TH
                    CONGRESS, AS OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        2016-2021          2016-2026
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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                           1                  1
     submitted by the 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                  200                200
     Access, 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                    24                 25
     Act, 2017 (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 nongovernmental
     employees (P.L. 115-35)......
    Public Safety Officers'                         *                  *
     Benefits Improvement Act of
     2017 (P.L. 115-36)...........
    Follow the Rules Act (P.L. 115-                 *                  *
     40)..........................
    Department of Veterans Affairs                  *                  *
     Accountability and
     Whistleblower Protection Act
     of 2017 (P.L. 115-41)........
    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 (P.L.
     115-42)......................
    Countering America's                           -2                -12
     Adversaries Through Sanctions
     Act (P.L. 115-44)............
    Wounded Officers Recovery Act                   *                  *
     of 2017 (P.L. 115-45)........
    VA Choice and Quality                       2,271              1,891
     Employment Act of 2017 (P.L.
     115-46)......................
    Harry W. Colmery Veterans                      25               -175
     Educational Assistance Act of
     2017 (P.L. 115-48)...........
    Global War on Terrorism War                     *                  *
     Memorial Act (P.L. 115-51)...
    FDA Reauthorization Act of                     -6                -51
     2017 (P.L. 115-52)...........
    Northern Mariana Islands                        *                  *
     Economic Expansion Act (P.L.
     115-53)......................
    Granting the consent and                       12                 15
     approval of Congress for the
     Commonwealth of Virginia, the
     State of Maryland, and the
     District of Columbia to enter
     into a compact relating to
     the establishment of the
     Washington Metrorail Safety
     Commission (P.L. 115-54).....
    Department of State                             *                  *
     Authorities Act, Fiscal Year
     2017, Improvements Act (S.
     371).........................
    Bob Dole Congressional Gold                     *                  *
     Medal Act (S. 1616)..........
Current Balance...................              2,526              1,895
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
                                        2016-2021          2016-2026
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Changes to Revenues...............                -20                  3
Changes to Outlays................              2,506              1,898
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 The budgetary effects of this Act are excluded from the Senate's PAYGO
  scorecard pursuant to section 202(c) of P.L. 115-30.
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. 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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         ENFORCEMENT REPORT OF LEGISLATION POST-S. CON. RES. 3, FY 2017 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET RESOLUTION
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    Vote             Date                Measure             Violation      Motion to Waive d        Result
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        168   July 25, 2017....  S. Amdt. 270--          311(a)(2)(B)--Rev  Sen. Cruz (R-TX).  43-57, Not Waived
                                  perfecting amendment    enues reduced
                                  to the American         below levels
                                  Health Care Act of      assumed in the
                                  2017.                   budget
                                                          resolution a.
        172   July 26, 2017....  S. Amdt. 288--sense of  313(b)(1)--Byrd    Sen. Heller (R-     10-90, Not
                                  the Senate amendment    rule violation,    TX).               Waived
                                  regarding Medicaid      no specification
                                  expansion is a          on which
                                  priority and that       provision of the
                                  Obamacare must be       Byrd rule b.
                                  improved.
        174   July 27, 2017....  S. Amdt. 389--provided  302(f)--Exceeds a  Sen. Strange (R-   50-50, Not Waived
                                  premium assistance      committee's        TX).
                                  for low-income          302(a)
                                  individuals.            allocation c.
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a At the time of consideration, an estimate was unavailable for the McConnell amendment.
b Senator Sanders raised a point of order against this Sense of the Senate amendment as a violation of the Byrd
  Rule.
c At the time of consideration, an estimate was unavailable for the Strange amendment. Senator Schatz raised
  this point of order as violating the Finance Committee's 302(a) allocation.
d All motions to waive were offered pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.



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