Congressional Record, Volume 168 Issue 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)

[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
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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
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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.
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-------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)--........................
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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
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Current Level Over Senate Resolution................. n.a. n.a. 76
Current Level Under Senate Resolution................ 26,642 17,822 n.a.
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Memorandum
Revenues, 2022-2031
Senate Current Level ---................................. n.a. n.a. 39,009,255
Senate Resolution........................................ n.a. n.a. 39,007,531
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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)---...............................................
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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:

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)
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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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