March 5, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 39 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session
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PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY MATERIAL; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 39
(House of Representatives - March 05, 2019)
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[Pages H2361-H2364] 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 AND THE 10-YEAR PERIOD FY 2019 THROUGH FY 2028 House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget, Washington, DC, March 5, 2019. Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 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, and for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. This status report is current through February 25, 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, for fiscal year 2019 and for the 10-year period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 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. The table does not show budget authority and outlays for years after fiscal year 2019 because appropriations for those years have not yet been completed. 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, for fiscal year 2019 and for the 10-year period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 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). Tables 3 compares the current status of discretionary appropriations for fiscal year [[Page H2362]] 2019 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 in excess of the base discretionary spending limits allowed 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 aggregates in force. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Wheelock. Sincerely, John Yarmuth, Chairman. TABLE 1--REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2019, AND 2019-2028 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET, REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 2019 [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal Year 2019 Fiscal Years 2019-2028 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appropriate Level \1\: Budget Authority.......................................... 3,752,421 n.a. Outlays................................................... 3,551,738 n.a. Revenues.................................................. 2,590,496 33,273,213 Current Level: Budget Authority.......................................... 3,641,006 n.a. Outlays................................................... 3,547,220 n.a. Revenues.................................................. 2,590,070 33,272,518 Current Level over (+)/under (-) Appropriate Level: Budget Authority.......................................... -111,415 n.a. Outlays................................................... -4,518 n.a. Revenues.................................................. -426 -695 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- n.a. = Not applicable because annual appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2019 through 2028 will not be considered until future sessions of Congress. \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 FEBRUARY 25, 2019 [Fiscal Years, in millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 2019-2028 Total House Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BA Outlays BA Outlays ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 2,414 1,406 3,514 461 Difference...................... 2,414 1,406 3,514 461 Armed Services Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 0 0 Difference...................... 0 0 0 0 Education and Labor Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 2 2 Difference...................... 0 0 2 2 Energy and Commerce Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 329 136 -505 -508 Difference...................... 329 136 -505 -508 Financial Services Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 23 22 404 404 Difference...................... 23 22 404 404 Foreign Affairs Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 -20 -20 Difference...................... 0 0 -20 -20 Homeland Security Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 0 0 Difference...................... 0 0 0 0 House Administration Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 4 4 Difference...................... 0 0 4 4 Judiciary Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 0 0 Difference...................... 0 0 0 0 Natural Resources Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 -11 -11 Difference...................... 0 0 -11 -11 Oversight and Reform Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 1 1 12 12 Difference...................... 1 1 12 12 Science, Space, and Technology Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 5 5 Difference...................... 0 0 5 5 Small Business Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 0 0 0 0 Difference...................... 0 0 0 0 Transportation and Infrastructure Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... 42 55 9 54 Difference...................... 42 55 9 54 Veterans' Affairs Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 Current Level................... -1 4,397 -754 3,643 Difference...................... -1 4,397 -754 3,643 Ways and Means Allocation...................... 0 0 0 0 [[Page H2363]] Current Level................... 13 7 -661 -666 Difference...................... 13 7 -661 -666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE 3--DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019, COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 302(a) ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS [In millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 302(b) Suballocations as Current Status Current Status less ----------------------------------- of August 10, 2018 (H. Reflecting Action 302(b) Rpt. 115-897) Completed as of February ------------------------- -------------------------- 15, 2019 \1\ Appropriations Subcommittee -------------------------- BA OT BA OT BA OT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture, Rural Development, 23,242 24,677 23,042 24,491 -200 -186 FDA.............................. 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 23,423 24,045 23,423 24,085 0 40 Government....................... 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, 178,997 184,114 179,973 185,820 976 1,706 Education........................ Legislative Branch................ 4,880 4,770 4,836 4,720 -44 -50 Military Construction, Veterans 98,057 90,691 98,057 90,809 0 118 Affairs.......................... State, Foreign Operations......... 54,018 50,280 54,218 49,957 200 -323 Transportation, Housing & Urban 71,800 132,364 71,079 132,524 -721 -160 Development...................... Subtotal (Section 302(b) 1,329,567 1,347,772 1,334,897 1,347,047 5,330 -725 Allocations)..................... Unallocated portion of Section 5,330 -8611 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 302(a) Allocation \2\............ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total (Section 302(a) 1,334,897 1,339,161 1,334,897 1,347,047 0 7,886 Allocation).................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Defense....................................................... n.a. n.a. 67,914 37,071 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Financial Services and General Government..................... n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Homeland Security............................................. n.a. n.a. 165 127 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 12,000 600 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education................... n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,897 1,573 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Military Construction, Veterans Affairs....................... n.a. n.a. 921 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 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. 1,680 25 n.a. n.a. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.................................................... 92,557 42,259 77,000 40,051 1,897 1,573 1,680 35 12,000 600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \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 FEBRUARY 25, 2019 [Budget authority in millions of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC, February 27, 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 February 25, 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 October 25, 2018, the Congress has cleared and the President has signed the following legislation that has significant effects on budget authority, outlays, and revenues in fiscal year 2019: Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-282); Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334); First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391); Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-3); and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6). Sincerely, Keith Hall, Director. Enclosure. [[Page H2364]] FISCAL YEAR 2019 HOUSE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT THROUGH FEBRUARY 25, 2019 [In millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget Authority Outlays Revenues ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previously Estimated: a, b Revenues......................... n.a. n.a. 2,590,496 Permanents and other spending 2,341,676 2,236,400 n.a. legislation..................... Appropriation legislation........ 0 573,950 n.a. Offsetting receipts.............. -890,012 -890,015 n.a. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Previously Enacted.... 1,451,664 1,920,335 2,590,496 Enacted Legislation: Authorizing Legislation: Economic Growth, Regulatory 18 17 -5 Relief, and Consumer Protections Act (P.L. 115-174) c............ VA MISSION Act of 2018 (P.L. 115- 0 4,400 0 182)............................ American Innovation $1 Coin Act 3 3 0 (P.L. 115-197).................. Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 0 0 -304 2018 (P.L. 115-239)............. Department of Veterans Affairs 4 2 0 Expiring Authorities Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-251).................. FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 1 44 0 (P.L. 115-254) d,f.............. America's Water Infrastructure 2 2 0 Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-270)...... SUPPORT for Patients and 206 119 0 Communities Act (P. L. 115-271) b............................... Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 40 10 0 Authorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-282)........................ Agriculture Improvement Act of 2,414 1,406 7 2018 (P.L. 115-334)............. First Step Act of 2018 (P.L. 115- 11 11 0 391)............................ 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) e. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Authorizing 2,821 6,024 -301 Legislation................. Appropriation Legislation: a,b,d,e,f Energy and Water, Legislative 191,127 145,276 0 Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 115-244).................. Department of Defense and Labor, 1,691,001 1,223,855 0 Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (P. L. 115-245) a,b.................... Consolidated Appropriations Act, 480,297 311,576 -125 2019 (Divisions A-G, P.L. 116-6) a,b,e,f......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Appropriation 2,362,425 1,680,707 -125 Legislation................. Total, Enacted Legislation........... 2,365,246 1,686,731 -426 Adjustments to Entitlements and -175,904 -59,846 0 Mandatories......................... Total Current Level b................ 3,641,006 3,547,220 2,590,070 Total House Resolutions g............ 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. 111,415 4,518 426 Memorandum: Revenues, 2019-2028: House Current Level c............ n.a. n.a. 33,272,518 House Resolutions g.............. n.a. n.a. 33,273,213 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Level Over House n.a. n.a. n.a. Resolution...................... Current Level Under House n.a. n.a. 695 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) or 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. b 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, current level does not include those items c In the House of Representatives during the 115th Congress, pursuant to section 5111 of H. Con. Res. 71, the budgetary effects of legislation that affects the Federal Reserve's surplus funds are excluded from current level totals. As a result, the amounts shown do not include estimated increases in revenues of $655 million in fiscal year 2019, $570 million over the 2019-2023 period, and $455 million over the 2019-2028 period. d Division I of P.L. 115-254 provided $1,680 million in supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and designated those amounts as being for emergency requirements pursuant to section 251 of the Deficit Control Act. In general, the budgetary effects of authorizing legislation are recorded as direct spending or revenue. However, consistent with the language in division I, and at the direction of the House Committee on the Budget, those budgetary effects are classified as discretionary spending. e 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. f 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. In addition, emergency funding designated that was not designated pursuant to the Deficit Control Act does not count for certain budgetary enforcement purposes. Those amounts, which are not included in the current level totals, are as follows: Budget Authority Outlays Revenues Discretionary Emergency Requirements: Supplemental Appropriations for 1,680 25 0 Disaster Relief Act, 2018 (P.L. 115-254, Division I)............ Consolidated Appropriations Act, 0 10 0 2019 (Divisions A-G, P.L. 116-6) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Discretionary 1,680 35 0 Emergency Requirements...... g 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 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019............................ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised House Resolution............. 3,752,421 3,551,738 2,590,496 ____________________
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