[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2213-S2215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I wish to submit to the Senate a budget 
scorekeeping report. The report, which covers fiscal year 2022, was 
prepared by the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 308(b) 
and in aid of section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended. This information allows the Senate Budget Committee to 
determine if budgetary

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points of order lie against pending legislation.
  The report shows the effect on spending and revenues of congressional 
action through April 25, 2022, as compared to the levels the Senate 
agreed to in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2022, S. Con. Res 
14. I have revised the levels in the budget resolution five times for 
legislation, as authorized by the resolution. The report shows the 
effects of the 11 laws signed by the President since the passage of the 
budget resolution with significant effects on budget authority, 
outlays, or revenues.
  Tables 1 and 2 show that for fiscal year 2022, current law budget 
authority is $27 billion below the maximum allowed in the revised 
budget resolution, outlays are $18 billion below the allowed maximum, 
and revenues are $0.1 billion above the allowed minimum. They also show 
there has been no net change for Social Security.
  The third table shows the Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard tallying 
enacted legislation with significant effects on mandatory spending and 
revenues. The scorecard shows a savings of $7.8 billion in 2022, $74.8 
billion over the 2022-2026 period, and $139.9 billion over the 2022-
2031 period. When compared to the allowable amounts on the PAYGO 
scorecard last adjusted on March 2, there is a deficit of $668 million 
on the scorecard for 2022, a deficit of $687 million over the 2022-2026 
period, and a surplus of $1.09 billion over the 2022-2031 period.
  I ask unanimous consent that the letter and accompanying tables from 
CBO be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                   Washington, DC, April 27, 2022.
     Hon. Bernie Sanders,
     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 2022 budget and is 
     current through April 25, 2022. 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 23, 2021, pursuant to section 4006 of S. Con. Res. 
     14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 
     2022.
       Since the adoption of S. Con. Res. 14 the Congress has 
     cleared and the President has signed the following 
     legislation that has significant effects on budget authority, 
     outlays, or revenues in fiscal year 2022:
       Emergency Repatriation Assistance for Returning Americans 
     Act (Public Law 117-39);
       Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency 
     Assistance Act (Public Law 117-43);
       Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58);
       Protecting America's First Responders Act (Public Law 117-
     61);
       Further Extending Government Funding Act (Public Law 117-
     70);
       Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester 
     Cuts Act (Public Law 117-71);
       REMOTE Act (Public Law 117-76);
       Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act (Public 
     Law 117-86);
       Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103);
       Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-108); and
       Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus 
     Act (Public Law 117-110).
       This is the first current level letter for 2022.
           Sincerely,
                                                Phillip L. Swagel,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

   TABLE 1.--SENATE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR
                 FISCAL YEAR 2022, AS OF APRIL 22, 2022
                        [In billions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Current
                                      Budget      Current    Level Over/
                                    Resolution     Level      Under  (-)
                                                              Resolution
------------------------------------------------------------------------
On-Budget
    Budget Authority.............      4,169.6      4,143.0        -26.6
    Outlays......................      4,503.5      4,485.7        -17.8
    Revenues.....................      3,409.9      3,410.0          0.1
Off-Budget
    Social Security Outlays a....      1,073.4      1,073.4          0.0
    Social Security Revenues.....        989.0        989.0          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 2022, AS OF APRIL 22, 2022
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                    Budget
                                                                  Authority         Outlays          Revenues
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Previously Enacted
    Revenues.................................................             n.a.             n.a.        3,401,380
    Permanents and other spending legislation -..............        2,577,318        2,772,180             n.a.
    Authorizing and Appropriation legislation --.............            1,258          787,925             n.a.
    Offsetting receipts-.....................................       -1,174,944       -1,182,329             n.a.
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        -------Total, Previously Enacted-....................        1,403,632        2,377,776        3,401,380
Enacted Legislation a
    Authorizing Legislation
        Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency                1               32                1
         Assistance Act (P.L. 117-43)........................
        Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58)-              674           -7,011            8,495
        Protecting America's First Responders Act (P.L. 117-                 2                2                0
         61)-----............................................
        Further Extending Government Funding Act (P.L. 117-                  0                5                0
         70)------...........................................
        Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from                    7,650            7,144                0
         Sequester Cuts Act (P.L. 117-71) ---................
        REMOTE Act (P.L. 117-76).............................              227              227                0
        Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act                  0                1                0
         (P.L. 117-86) ---...................................
        Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (divisions O                 790              513              -17
         through HH of P.L. 117-103).........................
        Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-108)------             -62              -62                0
         ....................................................
        Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and                    0                0               92
         Belarus Act (P.L. 117-110)..........................
    Appropriation Legislation
        Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 (division A of                   2                6                0
         P.L. 117-43)----....................................
        Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022                0               89                0
         (division B of P.L. 117-43) -.......................
        Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 (division            1,600              928                0
         A of P.L. 117-70)---................................
        Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act,                  350              251                0
         2022 (division A of P.L. 117-86) -..................
        Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (divisions A           2,658,482        2,101,996                0
         through L of P.L. 117-103)--........................
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
            Total, Enacted Legislation---------..............        2,669,716        2,104,121            8,571
Entitlements and Mandatories --                                         69,603            3,8I9                0
        Total Current Level----..............................        4,142,951        4,485,716        3,409,951
        Total Senate Resolution b............................        4,169,593        4,503,538        3,409,875
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
        Current Level Over Senate Resolution.................             n.a.             n.a.               76
        Current Level Under Senate Resolution................           26,642           17,822             n.a.
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
Memorandum
Revenues, 2022-2031
    Senate Current Level ---.................................             n.a.             n.a.       39,009,255
    Senate Resolution........................................             n.a.             n.a.       39,007,531
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
    Current Level Over Senate Resolution.....................             n.a.             n.a.            1,724
    Current Level Under Senate Resolution....................             n.a.             n.a.             n.a.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office.
n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = public law.
For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in the Senate, the aggregate
  spending and revenue levels for 2022 published in the Congressional Record on September 23, 2022, by the
  Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget pursuant to section 4006 of the Concurrent Resolution on the
  Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (S. Con. Res. 14) do 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.
In keeping with the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255), certain funding for the Department of Health and
  Human Services is excluded from estimates for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act and the Balanced
  Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. As a result, this estimate excludes $546 million in budget
  authority and $537 million in outlays. Similarly, in keeping with section 14003 of the Coronavirus Aid,
  Relief, and Economic Security Act (P.L. 116-136, as modified by section 101 of division AA of the Consolidated
  Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260)), certain funding provided to the Army Corps of Engineers is excluded
  from estimates for the purposes of the Budget Act and the Deficit Control Act. As a result, this report
  excludes $2,099 million in budget authority and $2,083 million in outlays.
a Current level excludes budgetary effects designated as an emergency pursuant to section 4001 of S. Con. Res.
  14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022. As a result, this report
  excludes the budgetary effects of laws, enacted this session, which were designated as emergency requirements
  in accordance with section 4001 of S. Con. Res. 14. Those amounts are as follows:


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                                                                      Budget
                                                                     Authority        Outlays        Revenues
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Emergency Repatriation Assistance for Returning Americans Act                  4               4               0
 (P.L. 17-39) ---...............................................
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 (division A of P.L. 117-43).           2,500           1,250               0
Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division           28,633          10,994               0
 B of P.L. 117-43) --...........................................
Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C of           6,664           3,550               0
 P.L. 117-43) ---...............................................
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58)............         158,630          14,044               0
Additional Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022               7,011           1,880               0
 (division B of P.L. 117-70) --.................................
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022                       0              10               0
 (division F of P.L. 117-103) --................................
Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division N of              13,601           1,731               0
 P.L. 117-103)---...............................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Total, Emergency-Designated Budgetary Effects-------........         217,043          33,463               0
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b Section 4006 of S. Con. Res. 14 requires the Chair of the Senate Committee on the Budget to publish the
  aggregate spending and revenue levels for fiscal year 2022; those aggregate levels were first published in the
  Congressional Record on September 23, 2021. 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 S. Con. Res. 14:


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                                                                      Budget
                                                                     Authority        Outlays        Revenues
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Original Aggregates Printed on September 23, 2021:..............       4,137,815       4,497,102       3,401,380
    Revisions:
        Published in the Congressional Record on December 9,               7,650           7,144            n.a.
         2021...................................................
        Published in the Congressional Record on December 14,               n.a.            n.a.            n.a.
         2021...................................................
        Published in the Congressional Record on February 8,                n.a.            n.a.           8,495
         2022...................................................
        Published in the Congressional Record on March 2, 2022..             612          -3,754            n.a.
        Published in the Congressional Record on April 7, 2022..          23,516           3,046            n.a.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Revised Senate Resolution...................................       4,169,593       4,503,538       3,409,875
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                  TABLE 3.--SUMMARY OF THE SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD AS OF APRIL 22, 2022
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                       2021       2022     2021-2026   2021-2031
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Beginning Balance a................................................         0          0           0           0
Enacted Legislation b c
    Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2021         0          *           *           *
     (H.R. 5293, P.L. 117-42)......................................
    Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency                   0          *           *           *
     Assistance Act (H.R. 5305, P.L. 117-43) d.....................
    Consider Teachers Act of 2021 (S. 848, P.L. 117-49)............         0          *           *           *
    Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2021 (H.R.            0          *           *           *
     1899, P.L. 117-53)............................................
    Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral           0          *           *           *
     Reform Act of 2021 (RENACER Act) (S. 1064, P.L. 117-54).......
    Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684, P.L. 117-58)         0    -15,506     -82,969    -138,704
     e f...........................................................
    Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support (COPS)                   0          *           *           *
     Counseling Act (S. 1502, P.L. 117-60).........................
    Protecting America's First Responders Act of 2021 (S. 1511,             0          2          16          28
     P.L. 117-61)..................................................
    Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act of            0          *           *           *
     2021 (S. 1095, P.L. 117-68)...................................
    Further Extending Government Funding Act (H.R. 6119, P.L. 117-          0          *           *           *
     70) g.........................................................
    Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts            0      7,144       7,079           0
     Act (S. 610, P.L. 117-71).....................................
    An act to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in             0          *           *           *
     commemoration to the servicemembers who perished in
     Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation of
     citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at Hamid
     Karzai International Airport, and for other purposes. (H.R.
     5142, P.L. 117-72)............................................
    Responsible Education Mitigating Options and Technical                  0        227         231          -1
     Extensions Act (REMOTE Act) (H.R. 5545, P.L. 117-76)..........
    An act to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the               0          *           *           *
     Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of
     China do not enter the United States market, and for other
     purposes (H.R. 6256, P.L. 117-78).............................
    An act to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum                  0          *           *           *
     Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District
     of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes (H.R.
     1664, P.L. 117-80)............................................
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (S.             0          0           0           0
     1605, P.L. 117-81) h..........................................
    Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act (S. 452, P.L. 117-84)         0          *           *           *
    Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act (S. 1404, P.L. 117-85).         0          *           *           *
    Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act (H.R. 6617,         0          1           *           1
     P.L. 117-86)..................................................
    Promoting Rigorous and Innovative Cost Efficiencies (PRICE) for         0          *           *           *
     Federal Procurement and Acquisitions Act of 2021 (S. 583, P.L.
     117-88).......................................................
    Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual                  0          *           0           0
     Harassment Act of 2021 (H.R. 4445, P.L. 117-90)...............
    Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.J. Res. 75,         0          *           *           *
     P.L. 117-95)..................................................
    ``Six Triple Eight'' Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020 (S.           0          *           *           *
     321, P.L. 117-97).............................................
    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 2471, P.L. 117-103)         0        530       1,134         138
    Emmett Till Antilynching Act (H.R. 55, P.L. 117-107)...........         0          *           *           *
    Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (H.R. 3076, P.L. 117-108)....         0        -62         430         -73
    Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus (H.R.         0        -92        -694      -1,256
     7108, P.L. 117-110)...........................................
    A bill to obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on          0          *           *           *
     the Capitol Grounds of a statue to honor Associate Justice of
     the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O'Connor and
     a statue to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
     the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (S. 3294, P.L. 117-111)
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
                                                                            0     -7,756     -74,773    -139,867
Impact on Deficit..................................................         0     -7,756     -74,773    -139,867
        Total Change in Outlays....................................         0        814     -52,690     -87,987
        Total Change in Revenues...................................         0      8,570      22,083      51,880
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Source: Congressional Budget Office.
* = between -$500,000 and $500,000
a On September 23, 2021, 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 Section 3201(b) requires the budgetary effects of that division to be excluded from the Senate's PAYGO
  scorecard; however, the revenue effects from the immigration extensions included in division A are included in
  the scorecard because division A does not fall within the exclusion in section 3201 of division D.
e Pursuant to section 3110 of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress), the Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year
  2016, the budgetary effects stemming from increases in enterprise guarantee fees of the Federal National
  Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation are excluded.
f Pursuant to section 905(b), the budgetary effects of division J are excluded from the Senate's PAYGO
  Scorecard. In addition, 905(c) classifies the budgetary effects of division J as emergency and emergency
  amounts are excluded from the Senate's PAYGO Scorecard.
g Section 2201 requires the estimated budgetary effects stemming from division C to be excluded from the
  Senate's PAYGO Scorecard; however, the insignificant revenue effects from immigration extensions included in
  division A are included in the scorecard because division A does not fall within the exclusion of section
  2201.
h The act increases outlays and revenues by an equal amount resulting in a neutral net impact on the deficit.




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