October 16, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 163 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session
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PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY MATERIAL; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 163
(House of Representatives - October 16, 2019)
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[Pages H8190-H8193] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY MATERIAL status report on current spending levels of on-budget spending and revenues for fy 2019 House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget, Washington, DC, October 16, 2019. Dear Madam Speaker: To facilitate application of sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I am transmitting an updated status report on the current levels of on-budget spending and revenues for fiscal year 2019. This status report is current through September 30, the end of fiscal year 2019. The term ``current level'' refers to the amounts of spending and revenues estimated for each fiscal year based on laws enacted or awaiting the President's signature. Table 1 compares the current levels of total budget authority, outlays, and revenues to the overall limits filed in the Congressional Record on May 10, 2018, as adjusted, for fiscal year 2019. These comparisons are needed to implement section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which establishes a rule enforceable with a point of order against measures that would breach the budget resolution's aggregate levels. Table 2 compares the current levels of budget authority and outlays for legislative action completed by each authorizing committee with the limits filed in the Congressional Record on May 10, 2018, as adjusted, for fiscal year 2019. These comparisons are needed to enforce the point of order under section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which prohibits the consideration of measures that would breach the section 302(a) allocation of new budget authority for the committee that reported the measure. It is also needed to implement section 311(c), which provides an exception for committees that comply with their allocations from the point of order under section 311(a). Table 3 compares the current status of discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2019 [[Page H8191]] with the section 302(b) suballocations of discretionary budget authority and outlays among Appropriations subcommittees. The comparison is needed to enforce section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 because the point of order under that section equally applies to measures that would breach the applicable section 302(b) suballocation. The table also provides supplementary information on spending authorized in excess of the base discretionary spending limits under section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Table 4 displays the current level of advance appropriations in fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills. All of the advance appropriations are for accounts identified pursuant to H. Res. 6 and the statement of the Chairman published in the Congressional Record on January 8, 2019. This table is needed to enforce a rule against appropriations bills containing advance appropriations that: (i) are not identified in the statement of the Chairman published in the Congressional Record on January 8, 2019 or (ii) would cause the aggregate amount of such appropriations to exceed the level specified in section 103(c) of H. Res. 6. In addition, a letter from the Congressional Budget Office is attached that summarizes and compares the budget impact of legislation enacted after the adoption of the budget resolution against the budget resolution aggregate in force. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Wheelock or Raquel Spencer. Sincerely, John Yarmuth, Chairman. TABLE 1.--REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET, REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal Year 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Appropriate Level \1\: Budget Authority................................. 3,752,421 Outlays.......................................... 3,551,738 Revenues......................................... 2,590,496 Current Level \1\: Budget Authority................................. 3,641,183 Outlays.......................................... 3,547,249 Revenues......................................... 2,590,070 Current Level over (+)/under (-) Appropriate Level: Budget Authority................................. -111,238 Outlays.......................................... -4,489 Revenues......................................... -426 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ The resolution includes emergencies enacted in 2018, adjusted for inflation. Current level excludes all emergencies. TABLE 2.--DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION, COMPARISON OF AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE ACTION WITH 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR BUDGET CHANGES, REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 [Unified budget, in millions of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2019 House Committee ------------------------------------- BA Outlays ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Agriculture Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 2,414 1,401 Difference.................... 2,414 1,401 Armed Services Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 Education and Labor Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 Energy and Commerce Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 509 173 Difference.................... 509 173 Financial Services Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 20 19 Difference.................... 20 19 Foreign Affairs Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 Homeland Security Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 House Administration Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 Judiciary Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 Natural Resources Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 Oversight and Reform Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 1 1 Difference.................... 1 1 Science, Space, and Technology Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 Small Business Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 0 0 Difference.................... 0 0 Transportation and Infrastructure Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 42 55 Difference.................... 42 55 Veterans' Affairs Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. -1 4,397 Difference.................... -1 4,397 Ways and Means Allocation.................... 0 0 Current Level................. 13 7 Difference.................... 13 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page H8192]] TABLE 3--DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019, COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 302(a) ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS [Unified budget amounts, in millions of dollar] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 302(b) Current Level Current Level less Suballocations as of Reflecting Action 302(b) August 10, 2018 (H. Rpt. Completed as of ------------------------- Appropriations Subcommittee ---------115-897)--------- September 30, 2019 \1\ -------------------------- BA OT BA OT BA OT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA....................................... 23,242 24,677 23,042 24,491 -200 -186 Commerce, Justice, Science................................................ 62,520 72,145 64,118 70,889 1,598 -1,256 Defense................................................................... 674,591 625,811 674,383 624,840 -208 -971 Energy and Water Development.............................................. 44,700 44,476 44,640 44,335 -60 -141 Financial Services and General Government................................. 23,423 24,045 23,423 24,085 0 40 Homeland Security......................................................... 58,087 59,384 61,576 59,602 3,489 218 Interior, Environment..................................................... 35,252 35,015 35,552 34,975 300 -40 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education............................... 178,997 184,114 179,973 185,820 976 1,706 Legislative Branch........................................................ 4,880 4,770 4,836 4,720 -44 -50 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs................................... 98,057 90,691 98,057 90,809 0 118 State, Foreign Operations................................................. 54,018 50,280 54,218 49,957 200 -323 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transportation, Housing & Urban Development....................... 71 800 132,364 71,079 132,524 -721 160 Subtotal (Section 302(b) Allocations)................................. 1,329,567 1,347,772 1,334,897 1,347,047 5,330 -725 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unallocated portion of Section 302(a) Allocation \2\...................... 5,330 -8611 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. TOTAL (Section 302(b) Allocation)..................................... 1,334,897 1,339,161 1,334,897 1,347,047 0 7,886 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA........................... n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 5,300 2,982 n.a. n.a. Commerce, Justice, Science.................................... n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,160 377 n.a. n.a. Defense....................................................... n.a. n.a. 67,914 37,071 n.a. n.a. 1,196 634 n.a. n.a. Energy and Water Development.................................. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3,274 114 n.a. n.a. Financial Services and General Government..................... n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 91 34 n.a. n.a. Homeland Security............................................. n.a. n.a. n.a. 127 n.a. n.a 1,865 728 12,000 600 Interior, Environment......................................... n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,581 1,001 n.a. n.a. Labor, Health and Human Services, Education................... n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,897 1,573 3,493 346 n.a. n.a. Legislative Branch............................................ n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 10 5 n.a. n.a. Military Construction, Veterans Affairs....................... n.a. n.a. 921 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,645 12 n.a. n.a. State, Foreign Operations..................................... n.a. n.a. 8,000 2,853 n.a. n.a. n.a. 10 n.a. n.a. Transportation, Housing & Urban Development................... n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 5,772 204 n.a. n.a. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.................................................... 92,557 42,259 77,000 40,051 1,897 1,573 25,387 6,447 12,000 600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Spending designated as emergency is not included in the current status of apppropriations shown on this table. \2\ Totals include 302(a) adjustments for Overseas Contingency Operations and General Purpose amounts that differ from amounts anticipated in the 302(b) suballocations. \3\ Totals include an adjustment for Overseas Contingency Operations included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 116-6). \4\ Totals assume an allowable 302(b) adjustment for Disaster Relief, pursuant to a revised 302(a) allocation filed in the Congressional Record on February 14, 2019. TABLE 4.--ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 103(c) OF H. RES. 6 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 [Budget authority in millions of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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, October 15, 2019. Hon. John Yarmuth, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Mr. Chairman: The enclosed report shows the effects of Congressional action on the fiscal year 2019 budget and is current through the end of fiscal year 2019. This report is submitted under section 308(b) and in aid of section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, as amended. The estimates of budget authority, outlays, and revenues are consistent with the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels printed in the Congressional Record on May 10, 2018, pursuant to section 30104 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), and section 103(m) of House Resolution 6 of the 116th Congress. Since our last letter dated July 8, 2019, the President has signed the following legislation that has significant effects on budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 2019: Protecting Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-33); and Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-39). Sincerely, Phillip L. Swagel, Director. Enclosure. FISCAL YEAR 2019 HOUSE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 [In millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget Authority Outlays Revenues ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previously Enacted a,b,c Revenues......................... n.a. n.a. 2,590,496 Permanents and other spending 2,341,676 2,236,400 n.a. legislation..................... Authorizing and Appropriation 1,884,827 1,949,095 -302 legislation..................... Offsetting receipts.............. -890,012 -890,015 n.a. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Previously Enacted.... 3,336,491 3,295,480 2,590,194 [[Page H8193]] Enacted Legislation Authorizing Legislation: Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019 120 8 0 (P.L. 116-3).................... Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2 2 1 2019 (P.L. 116-6, Division H) d. Pesticide Registration 0 -5 0 Improvement Extension Act of 20l8 (P.L. 116-8)............... Medicaid Services Investment and 52 32 0 Accountability Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-16)......................... A bill to provide for a 2-week 5 5 0 extension of the Medicaid community mental health services demonstration program, and for other purposes (P.L. 116-29).... Protecting Affordable Mortgages -3 -3 0 for Veterans Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-33)......................... Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid 123 0 0 Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-39)....... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Authorizing 299 39 1 Legislation................. Appropriation Legislation: b,c,d,e Consolidated Appropriations Act, 480,297 311,576 -125 2019 (Divisions A-G, P.L. 116-6) b,c,d,e......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Appropriation 480,297 311,576 -125 Legislation................. ========================================================================== Total, Enacted 480,596 311,615 -124 Legislation............. Adjustments to Entitlements and -175,904 -59,846 0 Mandatories......................... Total Current Level c................ 3,641,183 3,547,249 2,590,070 Total House Resolution f............. 3,752,421 3,551,738 2,590,496 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Level Over House Resolution.. n.a. n.a. n.a. Current Level Under House Resolution. 111,238 4,489 426 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Congressional Budget Office. n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = public law. a Includes the budgetary effects of legislation enacted during the 115th Congress. b Sections 1001-1004 of the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255) require that certain funding provided for 2017 through 2026 to the Department of Health and Human Services--in particular the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health--be excluded from estimates for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Deficit Control Act) and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Therefore, the amounts shown in this report do not include $781 million in budget authority and $770 million in estimated outlays. c For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the House, the resolution, as approved by the House of Representatives, does not include budget authority, outlays, or revenues for off- budget amounts. As a result, amounts in this current level report do not include those items. d The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (P.L. 116-5), as amended, extended several immigration programs through February 15, 2019, that would otherwise have expired at the end of fiscal year 2018. The estimated budgetary effects of those previously enacted extensions are charged to the Committee on Appropriations, and are included in the budgetary effects of P.L. 116-6 shown in the ``Appropriation Legislation'' portion of this report. In addition, division H of P.L. 116-6 further extended those same programs through the end of fiscal year 2019. Consistent with the language in title III of division H of P.L. 116-6, and at the direction of the House Committee on the Budget, the budgetary effects of extending those immigration programs for the remainder of the fiscal year are charged to the relevant authorizing committees, and are shown in the ``Authorizing Legislation'' portion of this report. e In the House of Representatives, and pursuant to section 314(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, amounts designated as an emergency requirement shall not count for purposes of title III and title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and are excluded from current-level totals. The table below displays emergency-designated funding enacted during the 116th Congress which is excluded from current-level totals. (Those amounts do not include $1,680 million in budget authority and $25 million in outlays stemming from P.L. 115-254, which was enacted during the 115th Congress): Budget Authority Outlays Revenues Discretionary Emergency Requirements Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 0 10 0 (Divisions A-G, P.L. 116-6)......... Additional Supplemental 19,121 5,364 0 Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (P.L. 116-20)............. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 4,586 1,048 0 for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 (P.L. 116-26).................. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Discretionary Emergency 23,707 6,422 0 Requirements.................... f Section 30104 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123) required--in the absence of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019--that the Chair of the House Committee on the Budget publish the aggregate spending and revenue levels for fiscal year 2019; those aggregate levels were first published in the Congressional Record on May 10, 2018. P.L. 115-123 also allows the Chair of the House Committee on the Budget to revise the budgetary aggregates: Budget Authority Outlays Revenues Original Aggregates Printed on May 3,747,016 3,551,514 2,590,496 10, 2018:........................... Revision: Adjustment for H.R. 5895, the 921 0 0 Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 Adjustment for H.J. Res. 31, the 4,484 224 0 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019............................ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised House Resolution............. 3,752,421 3,551,738 2,590,496 ____________________
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