[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5831-S5833]
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 October 2019. This is my first scorekeeping 
report since I filed the deemed budget resolution for fiscal year 2020 
on September 9, 2019, as required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, 
BBA19. The report compares current-law levels of spending and revenues 
with the amounts agreed to in BBA19. In the Senate, this information is 
used to determine whether budgetary points of order lie against pending 
legislation. The Republican staff of the Budget Committee and the 
Congressional Budget Office, CBO, prepared this report pursuant to 
section 308(b) of the Congressional Budget Act, CBA. The information 
included in this report is current through October 11, 2019.
  Since I filed the deemed budget resolution, only one measure with 
significant budgetary effects has been enacted. That measure, the 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019, 
PL 116-59, provided continuing appropriations for discretionary 
programs through November 21, 2019, Division A, and extended several 
expiring health programs, Division B. Division A was charged to the 
Senate Appropriations Committee, while Division B was charged to the 
Senate Finance Committee. As the direct spending and revenue components 
of the measure were offset over the 2020 to 2024 and 2020 to 2029 
periods, a deficit neutral reserve fund was used to accommodate the 
budgetary effects of this measure pursuant to section 3005 of H. Con. 
Res. 71--115th Congress--the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2018, as updated by BBA19.
  Budget Committee Republican staff prepared tables A-D.
  Table A gives the amount by which each Senate authorizing committee 
exceeds or is below its allocation for budget authority and outlays 
under the fiscal year 2020 deemed budget resolution. This information 
is used for enforcing committee allocations pursuant to section 302 of 
the CBA. I am pleased to report that for this reporting period, all 
authorizing committees have complied with their allowable spending 
limits for each enforceable period.
  Table B provides the amount by which the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations is below or exceeds the statutory spending limits. This 
information is used to determine points of order related to the 
spending caps found in sections 312 and 314 of the CBA. The table shows 
that the Appropriations Committee is also compliant with spending 
limits for current the fiscal year. Those limits for regular 
discretionary spending are $666.5 billion for accounts in the defense 
category and $621.5 billion for accounts in the nondefense category of 
spending. As no full-year appropriations measures have been enacted for 
fiscal year 2020, the amounts shown on the table reflect the budgetary 
authority effects of advanced or permanent appropriations made 
available in prior law.
  The 2018 budget resolution contained points of order limiting the use 
of changes in mandatory programs, CHIMPs, in appropriations bills. 
Table C, which tracks the CHIMP limit of $15 billion for 2020, shows 
the Appropriations Committee has not yet enacted full-year CHIMPs for 
this fiscal year.
  Table D provides the amount of budget authority enacted for 2020 that 
has been designated as either for an emergency or for overseas 
contingency operations pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Funding 
that receives either of these designations results in cap adjustments 
to enforceable discretionary spending limits. There is no limit on 
either emergency or overseas contingency operations spending; however, 
any Senator may challenge the designation with a point of order to 
strike the designation on the floor pursuant to current budgetary 
statute.
  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 Congress.
  CBO provided a spending and revenue report for 2020, which helps 
enforce aggregate spending levels in budget resolutions under CBA 
section 311. In its report, CBO annualizes the temporary effects of the 
latest continuing resolution, which provides funding through November 
21, 2019. For the enforcement of budgetary aggregates, the Budget 
Committee excludes this temporary funding. As such, the committee views 
current-law levels as being $1,181.3 billion and $668.8 billion below 
budget resolution levels for budget authority and outlays, 
respectively. Details on 2020 levels can be found in CBO's second 
table.
  Current-law revenues are consistent with the levels assumed by the 
budget resolution.
  Social Security levels are consistent with the budget resolution's 
figures for all enforceable periods.
  CBO's report also provides information needed to enforce the Senate 
pay-as-you-go--pay-go rule. This rule was established under section 
4106 of the 2018 budget resolution. The Senate pay-go scorecard shows 
that there is currently a zero balance.
  This submission also includes a table tracking the Senate's budget 
enforcement activity on the floor since the enforcement filing on 
September 9, 2019.

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No budgetary points of order have been raised since that filing.
  All years in the accompanying tables are fiscal years.
  I ask unanimous consent that the tables be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

 TABLE A.--SENATE AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES--ENACTED DIRECT SPENDING ABOVE
                   (+) OR BELOW (-) BUDGET RESOLUTIONS
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       2020      2020-2024    2020-2029
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.............            0            0            0
    Outlays......................            0            0            0
Energy and Natural Resources
    Budget Authority.............            0            0            0
    Outlays......................            0            0            0
Environment and Public Works
    Budget Authority.............            0            0            0
    Outlays......................            0            0            0
Finance
    Budget Authority.............            0            0            0
    Outlays......................            0            0            0
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            0            0
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.........            0            0            0
        Outlays..................            0            0            0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This table is current through October 11, 2019 This table tracks the
  spending effects of legislation enacted compared to allowable levels.
  Each authorizing committee's initial allocation can be found in the
  Senate Budget Committee Chairman's Congressional Record filing on
  September 9, 2019.


TABLE B.--SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED REGULAR DISCRETIONARY
                           APPROPRIATIONS \1\
               [Budget authority, in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      2020
                                       ---------------------------------
                                          Security \2\   Nonsecurity \2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statutory Discretionary Limits........          666,500          621,500
 
          Amount Provided by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and                   0                9
 Related Agencies.....................
Commerce, Justice, Science, and                       0                0
 Related Agencies.....................
Defense...............................               42                0
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           24,682
 Education, and Related Agencies......
Legislative Branch....................                0                1
Military Construction, Veterans                       0           71,821
 Affairs, and Related Agencies........
State, Foreign Operations, and Related                0                0
 Programs.............................
Transportation and Housing and Urban                  0            4,400
 Development, and Related Agencies....
                                       ---------------------------------
        Current Level Total...........               42          100,922
    Total Enacted Above (+) or Below (-        -666,458         -520,578
     ) Statutory Limits...............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This table is current through October 11, 2019. As no full-year
  appropriations bills have been enacted this cycle, the budget
  authority displayed here represents funding made available through
  either advance or permanent appropriations.
\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 C.--SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED CHANGES IN MANDATORY
                       SPENDING PROGRAMS (CHIMPS)
                 [Budget authority, millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              2020
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHIMPS Limit for Fiscal Year 2020....................             15,000
 
                   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, Veterans Affairs, and Related                   0
 Agencies............................................
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs......                  0
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and                     0
 Related Agencies....................................
                                                      ------------------
        Current Level Total..........................                  0
    Total CHIMPS Above (+) or Below (-) Budget                   -15.000
     Resolution......................................
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This table is current through October 11, 2019.


    TABLE D.--SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE--ENACTED EMERGENCY AND OVERSEAS CONTINGENCE OPERATIONS SPENDING
                                     [Budget authority, millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  2020
                                                       ---------------------------------------------------------
     Emergency and Overseas Contingency Operations               Emergency               Overseas Contingency
                  Designated Spending                  -----------------------------          Operations
                                                                                    ----------------------------
                                                          Security     Nonsecurity     Security     Nonsecurity
------------------------------------------------------------\1\------------\1\-----------\1\------------\1\-----
Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster               8              0             0              0
 Relief Act 2019 (P.L. 116-20) \2\....................
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        Current Level Total...........................            0              0             0              0
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This table is current through October 11, 2019.
\1\ Security spending is defined as spending in the National Defense budget function (050) and nonsecurity
  spending is defined as all other spending
\2\ The Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 was enacted after the publication
  of CBO's May 2019 baseline but before the Senate Budget Committee Chairman published the deemed budget
  resolution for 2020 in the Congressional Record. Pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, the budgetary
  effects of this legislation have been incorporated into the current level as previously enacted funds.

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                 Washington, DC, October 16, 2019.
     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 2020 budget and is 
     current through October 11, 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 
     September 9, 2019, pursuant to section 204 of the Bipartisan 
     Budget Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-37).
       This is CBO's first current level report for fiscal year 
     2020.
           Sincerely,
                                                Phillip L. Swagel,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

  TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, AS OF OCTOBER 11, 2019
                                            [In billions of dollars]
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                                                                                                 Current Level
                                                               Budget         Current  Level     Over/Under (-)
                                                             Resolution                            Resolution
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ON-BUDGET
    Budget Authority...................................            3,704.2            3,761.5               57.2
    Outlays............................................            3,681.5            3,697.3               15.8
    Revenues...........................................            2,740.5            2,740.5                0.0
OFF-BUDGET
    Social Security Outlays a..........................              961.2              961.2                0.0
    Social Security Revenues...........................              940.4              940.4                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 2020, AS OF OCTOBER 11,
                                  2019
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Budget
                                    Authority     Outlays      Revenues
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Enacted a  b
    Revenues.....................         n.a.         n.a.    2,740,538
    Permanents and other spending    2,397,769    2,309,887         n.a.
     legislation.................
    Authorizing and Appropriation            0      595,528            0
     legislation.................
    Offsetting receipts..........     -954,573     -954,573         n.a.
                                  --------------------------------------
        Total, Previously Enacted    1,443,196    1,950,842    2,740,538
Enacted Legislation
    Continuing Appropriations              693          795            0
     Act, 2020, and Health
     Extenders Act of 2019 (P.L.
     116-59).....................
Continuing Resolution a b
    Continuing Appropriations        1,238,519      684,615            0
     Act, 2020, and Health
     Extenders Act of 2019 (P.L.
     116-59).....................
                                  --------------------------------------
        Total, Enacted               1,239,212      685,410            0
         Legislation.............
Entitlements and Mandatories.....    1,079,063    1,061,080            0
Total Current Level b............    3,761,471    3,697,332    2,740,538
Total Senate Resolution c........    3,704,246    3,681,491    2,740,538
                                  --------------------------------------
Current Level Over Senate               57,225       15,841         n.a.
 Resolution......................
Current Level Under Senate                n.a.         n.a.         n.a.
 Resolution......................
                                  --------------------------------------
Memorandum
Revenues, 2020-2029
    Senate Current Level.........         n.a.         n.a.   34,847,317
    Senate Resolution c..........         n.a.         n.a.   34,847,317
                                  --------------------------------------
    Current Level Over Senate             n.a.         n.a.         n.a.
     Resolution..................
    Current Level Under Senate            n.a.         n.a.         n.a.
     Resolution..................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Congressional Budget Office.
n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = public law.
\a\ 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 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
  (Congressional Budget Act). Therefore, the amounts shown in this
  report do not include $562 million in budget authority and $854
  million in estimated outlays.
\b\ For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget
  Act in the Senate, the resolution, as unmoved by the Senate, 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.
\c\ Section 204 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 requires the Chair
  of the Senate Committee on the Budget to publish the aggregate
  spending and revenue levels for fiscal year 2020; those aggregate
  levels were first published in the Congressional Record on September
  9, 2019. The Chair of the Senate Committee on the Budget has the
  authority to revise the budgetary aggregates for the budgetary effects
  of certain revenue and spending measures pursuant to the Congressional
  Budget Act of 1974 and H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the
  concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, as updated
  by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019:


 
                                                                    Budget
                                                                  Authority          Outlays         Revenues
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Original Aggregates Printed on September 9, 2019:...........        3,703,553        3,680,696        2,740,538
 Revisions:
    Adjustment for P.L. 116-59, Continuing Appropriations                  693              795                0
     Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (pursuant to
     sections 311 and 314 of the Congressional Budget Act of
     1974 and section 3005 of H. Con. Res. 71)...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
 Revised Senate Resolution...................................        3,704,246        3,681,491        2,740,538
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  TABLE 3.--SUMMARY OF THE SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD AS OF OCTOBER
                                11, 2019
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       2019-      2019-
                                   2019      2020      2024       2029
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Beginning Balance a..........         0         0          0          0
 Enacted Legislation b,c
     Continuing Appropriations         0      n.a.       n.a.       n.a.
     Act, 2020, and Health
     Extenders Act of 2019
     (H.R. 4378, P.L. 116-59)
     d........................
                               -----------------------------------------
 Impact on Deficit............         0         0          0          0
     Total Change in Outlays..         0         0          0          0
     Total Change in Revenues.         0         0          0          0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Congressional Budget Office.
n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = public law.
a On September 9, 2019, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the
  Budget reset the Senate's Pay-As-You-Go Scorecard to zero for all
  fiscal years.
b The amounts shown represent the estimated effect of the public laws on
  the deficit.
c Excludes off-budget amounts.
d The budgetary effects of division B of this act are excluded from the
  Senate's PAYGO scorecard, pursuant to sec. 1701(b) of the act. The
  budgetary effects of division A were fully incorporated into the PAYGO
  ledger pursuant to the authority provided to the Chairman of the
  Senate Budget Committee in section 3005 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th
  Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
  2018. The Chairman exercised that authority through filing an
  adjustment in the Congressional Record on September 26, 2019.


                ENFORCEMENT REPORT OF POINTS OF ORDER RAISED SINCE THE FY 2020 ENFORCEMENT FILING
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     Vote             Date              Measure            Violation        Motion to Waive          Result
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                           No points of order have been raised as of September 9, 2019
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