[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8190-H8193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY MATERIAL


  status report on current spending levels of on-budget spending and 
                          revenues for fy 2019

                                         House of Representatives,


                                      Committee on the Budget,

                                 Washington, DC, October 16, 2019.
       Dear Madam Speaker: To facilitate application of sections 
     302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I am 
     transmitting an updated status report on the current levels 
     of on-budget spending and revenues for fiscal year 2019. This 
     status report is current through September 30, the end of 
     fiscal year 2019. The term ``current level'' refers to the 
     amounts of spending and revenues estimated for each fiscal 
     year based on laws enacted or awaiting the President's 
     signature.
       Table 1 compares the current levels of total budget 
     authority, outlays, and revenues to the overall limits filed 
     in the Congressional Record on May 10, 2018, as adjusted, for 
     fiscal year 2019. These comparisons are needed to implement 
     section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which 
     establishes a rule enforceable with a point of order against 
     measures that would breach the budget resolution's aggregate 
     levels.
       Table 2 compares the current levels of budget authority and 
     outlays for legislative action completed by each authorizing 
     committee with the limits filed in the Congressional Record 
     on May 10, 2018, as adjusted, for fiscal year 2019. These 
     comparisons are needed to enforce the point of order under 
     section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which 
     prohibits the consideration of measures that would breach the 
     section 302(a) allocation of new budget authority for the 
     committee that reported the measure. It is also needed to 
     implement section 311(c), which provides an exception for 
     committees that comply with their allocations from the point 
     of order under section 311(a).
       Table 3 compares the current status of discretionary 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2019

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     with the section 302(b) suballocations of discretionary 
     budget authority and outlays among Appropriations 
     subcommittees. The comparison is needed to enforce section 
     302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 because the 
     point of order under that section equally applies to measures 
     that would breach the applicable section 302(b) 
     suballocation. The table also provides supplementary 
     information on spending authorized in excess of the base 
     discretionary spending limits under section 251(b) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Table 4 displays the current level of advance 
     appropriations in fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills. All 
     of the advance appropriations are for accounts identified 
     pursuant to H. Res. 6 and the statement of the Chairman 
     published in the Congressional Record on January 8, 2019. 
     This table is needed to enforce a rule against appropriations 
     bills containing advance appropriations that: (i) are not 
     identified in the statement of the Chairman published in the 
     Congressional Record on January 8, 2019 or (ii) would cause 
     the aggregate amount of such appropriations to exceed the 
     level specified in section 103(c) of H. Res. 6.
       In addition, a letter from the Congressional Budget Office 
     is attached that summarizes and compares the budget impact of 
     legislation enacted after the adoption of the budget 
     resolution against the budget resolution aggregate in force.
       If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Wheelock 
     or Raquel Spencer.
           Sincerely,
                                                     John Yarmuth,
                                                         Chairman.

TABLE 1.--REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, STATUS
     OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET, REFLECTING ACTION
                   COMPLETED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
               [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Fiscal Year 2019
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Appropriate Level \1\:
    Budget Authority.................................          3,752,421
    Outlays..........................................          3,551,738
    Revenues.........................................          2,590,496
Current Level \1\:
    Budget Authority.................................          3,641,183
    Outlays..........................................          3,547,249
    Revenues.........................................          2,590,070
Current Level over (+)/under (-)
Appropriate Level:
    Budget Authority.................................           -111,238
    Outlays..........................................             -4,489
    Revenues.........................................               -426
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\1\ The resolution includes emergencies enacted in 2018, adjusted for
  inflation. Current level excludes all emergencies.


    TABLE 2.--DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION, COMPARISON OF AUTHORIZING
COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE ACTION WITH 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR BUDGET CHANGES,
          REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
                [Unified budget, in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    2019
          House Committee          -------------------------------------
                                            BA              Outlays
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Agriculture
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................              2,414              1,401
    Difference....................              2,414              1,401
Armed Services
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
Education and Labor
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
Energy and Commerce
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                509                173
    Difference....................                509                173
Financial Services
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                 20                 19
    Difference....................                 20                 19
Foreign Affairs
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
Homeland Security
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
House Administration
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
Judiciary
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
Natural Resources
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
Oversight and Reform
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  1                  1
    Difference....................                  1                  1
Science, Space, and Technology
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
Small Business
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                  0                  0
    Difference....................                  0                  0
Transportation and Infrastructure
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                 42                 55
    Difference....................                 42                 55
Veterans' Affairs
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                 -1              4,397
    Difference....................                 -1              4,397
Ways and Means
    Allocation....................                  0                  0
    Current Level.................                 13                  7
    Difference....................                 13                  7
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       TABLE 3--DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019, COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 302(a) ALLOCATION AND
                                                    APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS
                                                     [Unified budget amounts, in millions of dollar]
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                                                                                    1  302(b)                Current Level           Current Level less
                                                                              Suballocations as of        Reflecting Action             302(b)
                                                                            August 10, 2018 (H. Rpt.       Completed as of     -------------------------
                        Appropriations Subcommittee                        ---------115-897)---------  September 30, 2019 \1\
                                                                                                     --------------------------      BA           OT
                                                                                 BA           OT           BA           OT
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Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA.......................................       23,242       24,677       23,042       24,491         -200         -186
Commerce, Justice, Science................................................       62,520       72,145       64,118       70,889        1,598       -1,256
Defense...................................................................      674,591      625,811      674,383      624,840         -208         -971
Energy and Water Development..............................................       44,700       44,476       44,640       44,335          -60         -141
Financial Services and General Government.................................       23,423       24,045       23,423       24,085            0           40
Homeland Security.........................................................       58,087       59,384       61,576       59,602        3,489          218
Interior, Environment.....................................................       35,252       35,015       35,552       34,975          300          -40
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education...............................      178,997      184,114      179,973      185,820          976        1,706
Legislative Branch........................................................        4,880        4,770        4,836        4,720          -44          -50
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs...................................       98,057       90,691       98,057       90,809            0          118
State, Foreign Operations.................................................       54,018       50,280       54,218       49,957          200         -323
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        Transportation, Housing & Urban Development.......................       71 800      132,364       71,079      132,524         -721          160
    Subtotal (Section 302(b) Allocations).................................    1,329,567    1,347,772    1,334,897    1,347,047        5,330         -725
                                                                           -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unallocated portion of Section 302(a) Allocation \2\......................        5,330        -8611         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.
    TOTAL (Section 302(b) Allocation).....................................    1,334,897    1,339,161    1,334,897    1,347,047            0        7,886
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                                                                   General Purpose               OCO \3\
  Comparison of total appropriations and 302(a) allocation   ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                   BA           OT           BA           OT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
302(a) Allocation...........................................    1,257,897    1,299,110       77,000       40,051
Total Appropriation.........................................    1,257,897    1,306,996       77,000       40,051
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                        0        7,886            0            0
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                         Memorandum                                Amounts Assumed in                                               Amounts enacted
---------------------------------------------------------------        302(b) \4\        -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               --------------------------            OCO                Program Integrity      Emergency Requirements        Disaster Relief
---------------------------------------------------------------                          -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Spending in Excess of Base Budget Control Act Caps for Sec.  --------------------------
                 251(b) Designated Categories                        BA           OT           BA           OT           BA           OT           BA           OT           BA           OT
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Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA...........................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.        5,300        2,982         n.a.         n.a.
Commerce, Justice, Science....................................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.        1,160          377         n.a.         n.a.
Defense.......................................................         n.a.         n.a.       67,914       37,071         n.a.         n.a.        1,196          634         n.a.         n.a.
Energy and Water Development..................................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.        3,274          114         n.a.         n.a.
Financial Services and General Government.....................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.           91           34         n.a.         n.a.
Homeland Security.............................................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.          127         n.a.          n.a        1,865          728       12,000          600
Interior, Environment.........................................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.        1,581        1,001         n.a.         n.a.
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education...................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.        1,897        1,573        3,493          346         n.a.         n.a.
Legislative Branch............................................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.           10            5         n.a.         n.a.
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs.......................         n.a.         n.a.          921         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.        1,645           12         n.a.         n.a.
State, Foreign Operations.....................................         n.a.         n.a.        8,000        2,853         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.           10         n.a.         n.a.
Transportation, Housing & Urban Development...................         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.         n.a.        5,772          204         n.a.         n.a.
                                                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals....................................................       92,557       42,259       77,000       40,051        1,897        1,573       25,387        6,447       12,000         600
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\1\ Spending designated as emergency is not included in the current status of apppropriations shown on this table.
\2\ Totals include 302(a) adjustments for Overseas Contingency Operations and General Purpose amounts that differ from amounts anticipated in the 302(b) suballocations.
\3\ Totals include an adjustment for Overseas Contingency Operations included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 116-6).
\4\ Totals assume an allowable 302(b) adjustment for Disaster Relief, pursuant to a revised 302(a) allocation filed in the Congressional Record on February 14, 2019.


TABLE 4.--ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 103(c) OF H. RES. 6
                        AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
                [Budget authority in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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For 2020:
    Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations
        Appropriate Level....................................     28,852
    Enacted advances:
        Accounts identified for advances:
            Employment and Training Administration...........      1,772
            Education for the Disadvantaged..................     10,841
            School Improvement...............................      1,681
            Career, Technical, and Adult Education...........        791
            Special Education................................      9,283
            Tenant-based Rental Assistance...................      4,000
            Project-based Rental Assistance..................        400
                                                              ----------
        Subtotal, enacted advances...........................     28,768
        Enacted Advances vs. Section 103(c)(2)(A) limit......        -84
    Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations
        Appropriate Level....................................     75,551
    Enacted advances:
            Veterans accounts identified for advances:.......
            Veterans Medical Services........................     51,411
            Veterans Medical Support and Compliance..........      7,239
            Veterans Medical Facilities......................      6,142
            Veterans Medical Community Care..................     10,758
                                                              ----------
        Subtotal, enacted advances...........................     75,551
        Enacted Advances vs. Section 103(c)(2)(B) limit......          0
For 2021:
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting......................        445
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                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                 Washington, DC, October 15, 2019.
     Hon. John Yarmuth,
     Chairman, Committee on the Budget,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The enclosed report shows the effects of 
     Congressional action on the fiscal year 2019 budget and is 
     current through the end of fiscal year 2019. 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 May 
     10, 2018, pursuant to section 30104 of the Bipartisan Budget 
     Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), and section 103(m) of House 
     Resolution 6 of the 116th Congress.
       Since our last letter dated July 8, 2019, the President has 
     signed the following legislation that has significant effects 
     on budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 2019:
       Protecting Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2019 
     (Public Law 116-33); and
       Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid Act of 2019 (Public Law 
     116-39).
           Sincerely,
                                                Phillip L. Swagel,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

                     FISCAL YEAR 2019 HOUSE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Budget Authority             Outlays                  Revenues
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Enacted a,b,c
    Revenues.........................                     n.a.                     n.a.                2,590,496
    Permanents and other spending                    2,341,676                2,236,400                     n.a.
     legislation.....................
    Authorizing and Appropriation                    1,884,827                1,949,095                     -302
     legislation.....................
    Offsetting receipts..............                 -890,012                 -890,015                     n.a.
                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Previously Enacted....                3,336,491                3,295,480                2,590,194

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Enacted Legislation
    Authorizing Legislation:
    Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019                         120                        8                        0
     (P.L. 116-3)....................
    Consolidated Appropriations Act,                         2                        2                        1
     2019 (P.L. 116-6, Division H) d.
    Pesticide Registration                                   0                       -5                        0
     Improvement Extension Act of
     20l8 (P.L. 116-8)...............
    Medicaid Services Investment and                        52                       32                        0
     Accountability Act of 2019 (P.L.
     116-16).........................
    A bill to provide for a 2-week                           5                        5                        0
     extension of the Medicaid
     community mental health services
     demonstration program, and for
     other purposes (P.L. 116-29)....
    Protecting Affordable Mortgages                         -3                       -3                        0
     for Veterans Act of 2019 (P.L.
     116-33).........................
    Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid                      123                        0                        0
     Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-39).......
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        Subtotal, Authorizing                              299                       39                        1
         Legislation.................
    Appropriation Legislation:
     b,c,d,e
    Consolidated Appropriations Act,                   480,297                  311,576                     -125
     2019 (Divisions A-G, P.L. 116-6)
     b,c,d,e.........................
                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Appropriation                        480,297                  311,576                     -125
         Legislation.................
                                      ==========================================================================
            Total, Enacted                             480,596                  311,615                     -124
             Legislation.............
Adjustments to Entitlements and                       -175,904                  -59,846                        0
 Mandatories.........................
Total Current Level c................                3,641,183                3,547,249                2,590,070
Total House Resolution f.............                3,752,421                3,551,738                2,590,496
                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Level Over House Resolution..                     n.a.                     n.a.                     n.a.
Current Level Under House Resolution.                  111,238                    4,489                      426
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Source: Congressional Budget Office.
n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = public law.
a Includes the budgetary effects of legislation enacted during the 115th Congress.
b Sections 1001-1004 of the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255) require that certain funding provided for 2017
  through 2026 to the Department of Health and Human Services--in particular the Food and Drug Administration
  and the National Institutes of Health--be excluded from estimates for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and
  Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Deficit Control Act) and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
  Therefore, the amounts shown in this report do not include $781 million in budget authority and $770 million
  in estimated outlays.
c For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the House, the resolution, as
  approved by the House of Representatives, does not include budget authority, outlays, or revenues for off-
  budget amounts. As a result, amounts in this current level report do not include those items.
d The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 116-5), as amended, extended several immigration programs
  through February 15, 2019, that would otherwise have expired at the end of fiscal year 2018. The estimated
  budgetary effects of those previously enacted extensions are charged to the Committee on Appropriations, and
  are included in the budgetary effects of P.L. 116-6 shown in the ``Appropriation Legislation'' portion of this
  report. In addition, division H of P.L. 116-6 further extended those same programs through the end of fiscal
  year 2019. Consistent with the language in title III of division H of P.L. 116-6, and at the direction of the
  House Committee on the Budget, the budgetary effects of extending those immigration programs for the remainder
  of the fiscal year are charged to the relevant authorizing committees, and are shown in the ``Authorizing
  Legislation'' portion of this report.
e In the House of Representatives, and pursuant to section 314(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
  amounts designated as an emergency requirement shall not count for purposes of title III and title IV of the
  Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and are excluded from current-level totals. The table below displays
  emergency-designated funding enacted during the 116th Congress which is excluded from current-level totals.
  (Those amounts do not include $1,680 million in budget authority and $25 million in outlays stemming from P.L.
  115-254, which was enacted during the 115th Congress):


 
                                           Budget Authority             Outlays                  Revenues
 
Discretionary Emergency Requirements
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019                        0                       10                        0
 (Divisions A-G, P.L. 116-6).........
Additional Supplemental                                 19,121                    5,364                        0
 Appropriations for Disaster Relief
 Act, 2019 (P.L. 116-20).............
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations                    4,586                    1,048                        0
 for Humanitarian Assistance and
 Security at the Southern Border Act,
 2019 (P.L. 116-26)..................
                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Discretionary Emergency                      23,707                    6,422                        0
     Requirements....................
 
f Section 30104 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123) required--in the absence of a concurrent
  resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019--that the Chair of the House Committee on the Budget publish the
  aggregate spending and revenue levels for fiscal year 2019; those aggregate levels were first published in the
  Congressional Record on May 10, 2018. P.L. 115-123 also allows the Chair of the House Committee on the Budget
  to revise the budgetary aggregates:


 
                                           Budget Authority             Outlays                  Revenues
 
Original Aggregates Printed on May                   3,747,016                3,551,514                2,590,496
 10, 2018:...........................
Revision:
    Adjustment for H.R. 5895, the                          921                        0                        0
     Energy and Water, Legislative
     Branch, and Military
     Construction and Veterans
     Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019
    Adjustment for H.J. Res. 31, the                     4,484                      224                        0
     Consolidated Appropriations Act,
     2019............................
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Revised House Resolution.............                3,752,421                3,551,738                2,590,496
 

                                                                                         

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