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Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’) for OU2, pay EPA’s interim
response costs (response costs incurred
from September 30, 2015 to the date the
Consent Decree is approved by the
Court), and pay future oversight costs of
both EPA and the State of Rhode Island.
The 69 Settling De Minimis Defendants
agree to pay a total of approximately
$8.5 million to fund performance of
work at OU2. The Settling De Minimis
Federal Agencies (United States Postal
Service, the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, the United States
Department of Defense, and the United
States Department of the Treasury
(IRS)), are paying an additional
$975,000 to fund performance of the
work at OU2 to resolve alleged
contribution liability at OU2. The
Statement of Work, included as
Appendix K to the Decree, provides the
framework for implementation of the
cleanup plan as set forth in the Record
of Decision (‘‘ROD’’) signed by the
Regional Administrator for Region 1 of
EPA on September 8, 2015. Among
other things, the selected remedy calls
for the construction of a multi-layer
impermeable cap over the J.M. Mills
Landfill and the Nunes Parcel. The
Remedial Design, Remedial Action, and
Operations and Maintenance at OU2 are
estimated to cost approximately $40.3
million. Over the past decade, EPA has
recovered about $8.4 million from
potentially responsible parties at OU2
that have filed for bankruptcy. EPA will
make these funds available to the
Settling Performing Defendants to
partially fund the work. The settlement
will not recover EPA’s past costs related
to OU2, which are about $3.4 million.
The United States has provided all of
the Settling Defendants with a covenant
not to sue under Sections 106 and
107(a) of Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), and Section 7003 of
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (‘‘RCRA’’), relating to OU2. The
covenant provided to the Settling
Performing Defendants has a reopener
for new information and unknown
conditions. The covenant provided to
the Settling De Minimis Defendants does
not have a reopener for new information
or unknown conditions. EPA has agreed
not to take administrative action against
the Settling De Minimis Federal
agencies pursuant to Sections 106 and
107(a) of CERCLA, and Section 7003 of
RCRA, relating to OU2.
The State of Rhode Island has filed a
complaint related to this matter in State
of Rhode Island v. ACS Industries, Inc.,
Civil Action No. 1:17–cv–00024, and is
a party to the settlement.
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The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States v. ACS Industries, Inc. et
al., Civil Action No. 1:16–cv–00665–S–
LDA, D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–1233/9. All
comments must be submitted no later
than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
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usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
Under section 7003(d) of RCRA, a
commenter may request an opportunity
for a public meeting in the affected area.
During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department Web site: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
Consent Decree upon written request
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Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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2016 Statutory Pay-as-You-Go Act
Annual Report
Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This report is being published
as required by the Statutory Pay-AsYou-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010, 2 U.S.C.
931 et seq. The Act requires that OMB
issue 1) an annual report as specified in
2 U.S.C. 934(a) and 2) a sequestration
order, if necessary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
O’Brien. 202–395–3106.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
report and additional information about
the PAYGO Act can be found at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/paygo_
default.
SUMMARY:
David Rowe,
Deputy Assistant Director for Budget.
This Report is being published
pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010,
Public Law 111–139, 124 Stat. 8, 2
U.S.C. 934, which requires that OMB
issue an annual PAYGO report,
including a sequestration order if
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I. PAYGO Legislation With Budgetary
Effects
PAYGO legislation is authorizing
legislation that affects direct spending
or revenues, and appropriations
legislation that affects direct spending
in the years beyond the budget year or
affects revenues in any year.2 For a more
complete description of the Statutory
PAYGO Act, see Chapter 9, ‘‘Budget
Concepts,’’ of the Analytical
Perspectives volume of the 2017
President’s Budget, found on the Web
site of the U.S. Government Printing
Office (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/
BUDGET-2017-PER/pdf/BUDGET-2017PER.pdf).
The 5-year and 10-year PAYGO
scorecards for each congressional
session begin with the balances of costs
or savings carried over from previous
sessions and then tally the costs or
savings of PAYGO laws enacted in the
most recent session. The 5-year PAYGO
scorecard for the second session of the
114th Congress began with balances of
savings of $4,896 million in 2017,
$4,057 million in 2018, $4,082 million
in 2019, and $3,456 million in 2020.
The completed 5-year scorecard for the
session shows that PAYGO legislation
enacted during the session was
estimated to have PAYGO budgetary
effects that increased the deficit by an
average of $478 million each year from
2017 through 2021.3 These new costs on
the scorecard decreased the balances of
savings in each year on the 5-year
scorecard from 2017 through 2020, and
created new costs in 2021.
The 10-year PAYGO scorecard for the
second session of the 114th Congress
began with balances of savings of
$15,448 million in each year from 2017
to 2020, $9,077 million in 2021, $8,367
million in 2022, $7,232 million in 2023,
$7,239 million in 2024, and $5,718
million in 2025. The completed 10-year
scorecard for the session shows that
PAYGO legislation for the session
increased the deficit by an average of
$980 million each year from 2017
through 2026. These new costs
decreased the balances of savings in
each year on the 10-year scorecard from
2017 through 2025, and created new
costs in 2026.
In the second session of the 114th
Congress, 52 laws were enacted that
were determined to constitute PAYGO
legislation. Of the 52 enacted PAYGO
laws, 16 laws were estimated to have
PAYGO budgetary effects (costs or
savings) in excess of $500,000 over one
or both of the 5-year or 10-year PAYGO
windows. These were:
• Trade Facilitation and Trade
Enforcement Act of 2015, Public Law
114–125;
• An act to direct the Administrator
of General Services, on behalf of the
Archivist of the United States, to convey
certain Federal property located in the
State of Alaska to the Municipality of
Anchorage, Alaska, Public Law 114–
161;
• Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical
Safety for the 21st Century Act, Public
Law 114–182;
• FAA Extension, Safety, and
Security Act of 2016, Public Law 114–
190;
• Comprehensive Addiction and
Recovery Act of 2016, Public Law 114–
198;
• Department of Veterans Affairs
Expiring Authorities Act of 2016, Public
Law 114–228;
• United States Appreciation for
Olympians and Paralympians Act of
2016, Public Law 114–239;
• Treatment of Certain Payments in
Eugenics Compensation Act, Public Law
114–241;
• Full Annuity Supplement for
Certain Air Traffic Controllers, Public
Law 114–251;
• Further Continuing and Security
Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017,
Public Law 114–254;
• 21st Century Cures Act, Public Law
114–255;
• National Park Service Centennial
Act, Public Law 114–289;
• Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal
Veterans Health Care and Benefits
Improvement Act of 2016, Public Law
114–315;
• Water Infrastructure Improvements
for the Nation Act or the WIIN Act,
Public Law 114–322;
• Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries
Act, Public Law 114–327;
• National Defense Authorization Act
for FY 2017, Public Law 114–328.
In addition to the laws identified
above, 36 laws enacted in this session
were estimated to have negligible
budgetary effects on the PAYGO
scorecards—costs or savings of less than
$500,000 over both the 5-year and 10year PAYGO windows.
1 References to years on the PAYGO scorecards
are to fiscal years.
2 Provisions in appropriations acts that affect
direct spending in the years beyond the budget year
(also known as ‘‘outyears’’) or affect revenues in any
year are considered to be budgetary effects for the
purposes of the PAYGO scorecards except if the
provisions produce outlay changes that net to zero
over the current year, budget year, and the four
subsequent years. As specified in section 3 of the
PAYGO Act, off-budget effects are not counted as
budgetary effects. Off-budget effects refer to effects
on the Social Security trust funds (Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance) and
the Postal Service.
3 As provided in section 4(d) of the PAYGO Act,
2 U.S.C. 933(d), budgetary effects on the PAYGO
scorecards are based on congressional estimates for
bills including a reference to a congressional
estimate in the Congressional Record, and for which
such a reference is indeed present in the Record.
Absent such a congressional cost estimate, OMB is
required to use its own estimate for the scorecard.
None of the bills enacted during the second session
of the 114th Congress had such a congressional
estimate and therefore OMB was required to
provide an estimate for all PAYGO laws enacted
during the session.
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necessary, no later than 14 working days
after the end of a congressional session.
This Report describes the budgetary
effects of all PAYGO legislation enacted
during the second session of the 114th
Congress and presents the 5-year and
10-year PAYGO scorecards maintained
by OMB. Because neither the 5-year nor
10-year scorecard shows a debit for the
budget year, which for purposes of this
Report is fiscal year 2017,1 a
sequestration order under subsection
5(b) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C. 934(b)
is not necessary.
During the second session of the
114th Congress, no laws were enacted
with emergency requirements under
section 4(g) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
933(g). Additionally, the scorecards
include no current policy adjustments
made under section 4(c) of the PAYGO
Act, 2 U.S.C. 933(c). The authority for
current policy adjustments expired as of
December 31, 2011, so the Report does
not contain any information about or
descriptions of any current policy
adjustments.
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II. Budgetary Effects Excluded From the
Scorecard Balances
A. Statutory Provisions Excluding
Legislation From the Scorecards
One law enacted in the second
session of the 114th Congress had
estimated budgetary effects on direct
spending and revenues that were
excluded from the calculations for the
PAYGO scorecards due to provisions in
law excluding all or part of the law from
section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-AsYou-Go Act of 2010: The 21st Century
Cures Act, for which Division A was
excluded from the scorecards. No laws
included provisions excluding their
budgetary effects from the PAYGO
scorecards entirely.
III. PAYGO Scorecards
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STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS
[In millions of dollars, negative amounts portray decreases in deficits]
2017
Second Session
of the 114th
Congress ........
Balances from
Previous Sessions ...............
Five-year PAYGO
Scorecard .......
2018
2019
2020
2021
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478
478
478
478
¥4,896
¥4,057
¥4,082
¥3,456
0
¥4,418
¥3,579
¥3,604
¥2,978
478
2017
Second Session
of the 114th
Congress ........
Balances from
Previous Sessions ...............
Ten-year PAYGO
Scorecard .......
478
2018
2019
2020
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
980
980
980
980
980
980
980
980
980
980
¥15,448
¥15,448
¥15,448
¥15,448
¥9,077
¥8,367
¥7,232
¥7,239
¥5,718
0
¥14,468
¥14,468
¥14,468
¥14,468
¥8,097
¥7,387
¥6,252
¥6,259
¥4,738
980
The total net budgetary effects of all
PAYGO legislation enacted during the
second session of the 114th Congress on
the 5-year scorecard increased the
deficit by $2,389 million. This total is
averaged over the years 2017 to 2021 on
the 5-year PAYGO scorecard, resulting
in costs of $478 million in each year.
Combining these costs with balances
carried over from prior sessions of the
Congress creates total net savings in
2017 of $4,418 million, $3,579 million
in 2018, $3,604 million in 2019, and
$2,978 million in 2020. The 5-year
PAYGO window extended only through
2020 in the first session of the 114th
Congress, so there were no 5-year
scorecard balances in 2021 to carry over
and the 5-year scorecard total is the
average $478 million cost from this
session.
The total 10-year net impact of
legislation enacted during the second
session of the 114th Congress was costs
of $9,800 million. The 10-year PAYGO
scorecard shows the total net impact
averaged over the 10-year period,
resulting in costs of $980 million in
each year. Combining these costs with
balances from prior sessions results in
net savings of $14,468 million in 2017
through 2020, $8,097 million in 2021,
$7,387 million in 2022, $6,252 million
in 2023, $6,259 million in 2024, and
$4,738 million in 2025. The 10-year
PAYGO window extended only through
2025 in the first session of the 114th
Congress, so there were no 10-year
scorecard balances in 2026 to carry over
and the 10-year scorecard total is the
average $980 million costs from this
session.
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IV. Sequestration Order
As shown on the scorecards, the
budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation
enacted in the second session of the
114th Congress, combined with the
balances from previous sessions of the
Congress left on each scorecard, resulted
in net savings on both the 5-year and the
10-year scorecard in the budget year,
which is 2017 for the purposes of this
Report. Because the costs for the budget
year, as shown on the scorecards, do not
exceed savings for the budget year, there
is no ‘‘debit’’ on either scorecard under
section 3 of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
932, and there is no need for a
sequestration order.
The savings shown on the scorecards
for 2017 will be removed from the
scorecards that are used to record the
budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation
enacted in the first session of the 115th
Congress. The totals shown in 2018
through 2026 will remain on the
scorecards and will be used in
determining whether a sequestration
order will be necessary in the future.
Each year from 2018 to 2020 of the 5year scorecard that will carry over into
the first session of the 115th Congress
shows balances of savings. The year
2021 shows balances of costs. Each year
from 2018 to 2025 of the 10-year
scorecard that will carry over into the
first session of the 115th Congress
shows balances of savings. The year
2026 shows balances of costs.
Authority: 2 U.S.C. 934.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
2016 Statutory Pay-as-You-Go Act Annual Report
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This report is being published as required by the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010, 2 U.S.C. 931 et seq. The Act
requires that OMB issue 1) an annual report as specified in 2 U.S.C.
934(a) and 2) a sequestration order, if necessary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin O'Brien. 202-395-3106.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This report and additional information about
the PAYGO Act can be found at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/paygo_default.
David Rowe,
Deputy Assistant Director for Budget.
This Report is being published pursuant to section 5 of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010, Public Law 111-139, 124
Stat. 8, 2 U.S.C. 934, which requires that OMB issue an annual PAYGO
report, including a sequestration order if
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necessary, no later than 14 working days after the end of a
congressional session.
This Report describes the budgetary effects of all PAYGO
legislation enacted during the second session of the 114th Congress and
presents the 5-year and 10-year PAYGO scorecards maintained by OMB.
Because neither the 5-year nor 10-year scorecard shows a debit for the
budget year, which for purposes of this Report is fiscal year 2017,\1\
a sequestration order under subsection 5(b) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
934(b) is not necessary.
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\1\ References to years on the PAYGO scorecards are to fiscal
years.
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During the second session of the 114th Congress, no laws were
enacted with emergency requirements under section 4(g) of the PAYGO
Act, 2 U.S.C. 933(g). Additionally, the scorecards include no current
policy adjustments made under section 4(c) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
933(c). The authority for current policy adjustments expired as of
December 31, 2011, so the Report does not contain any information about
or descriptions of any current policy adjustments.
I. PAYGO Legislation With Budgetary Effects
PAYGO legislation is authorizing legislation that affects direct
spending or revenues, and appropriations legislation that affects
direct spending in the years beyond the budget year or affects revenues
in any year.\2\ For a more complete description of the Statutory PAYGO
Act, see Chapter 9, ``Budget Concepts,'' of the Analytical Perspectives
volume of the 2017 President's Budget, found on the Web site of the
U.S. Government Printing Office (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BUDGET-2017-PER/pdf/BUDGET-2017-PER.pdf).
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\2\ Provisions in appropriations acts that affect direct
spending in the years beyond the budget year (also known as
``outyears'') or affect revenues in any year are considered to be
budgetary effects for the purposes of the PAYGO scorecards except if
the provisions produce outlay changes that net to zero over the
current year, budget year, and the four subsequent years. As
specified in section 3 of the PAYGO Act, off-budget effects are not
counted as budgetary effects. Off-budget effects refer to effects on
the Social Security trust funds (Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and
Disability Insurance) and the Postal Service.
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The 5-year and 10-year PAYGO scorecards for each congressional
session begin with the balances of costs or savings carried over from
previous sessions and then tally the costs or savings of PAYGO laws
enacted in the most recent session. The 5-year PAYGO scorecard for the
second session of the 114th Congress began with balances of savings of
$4,896 million in 2017, $4,057 million in 2018, $4,082 million in 2019,
and $3,456 million in 2020. The completed 5-year scorecard for the
session shows that PAYGO legislation enacted during the session was
estimated to have PAYGO budgetary effects that increased the deficit by
an average of $478 million each year from 2017 through 2021.\3\ These
new costs on the scorecard decreased the balances of savings in each
year on the 5-year scorecard from 2017 through 2020, and created new
costs in 2021.
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\3\ As provided in section 4(d) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
933(d), budgetary effects on the PAYGO scorecards are based on
congressional estimates for bills including a reference to a
congressional estimate in the Congressional Record, and for which
such a reference is indeed present in the Record. Absent such a
congressional cost estimate, OMB is required to use its own estimate
for the scorecard. None of the bills enacted during the second
session of the 114th Congress had such a congressional estimate and
therefore OMB was required to provide an estimate for all PAYGO laws
enacted during the session.
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The 10-year PAYGO scorecard for the second session of the 114th
Congress began with balances of savings of $15,448 million in each year
from 2017 to 2020, $9,077 million in 2021, $8,367 million in 2022,
$7,232 million in 2023, $7,239 million in 2024, and $5,718 million in
2025. The completed 10-year scorecard for the session shows that PAYGO
legislation for the session increased the deficit by an average of $980
million each year from 2017 through 2026. These new costs decreased the
balances of savings in each year on the 10-year scorecard from 2017
through 2025, and created new costs in 2026.
In the second session of the 114th Congress, 52 laws were enacted
that were determined to constitute PAYGO legislation. Of the 52 enacted
PAYGO laws, 16 laws were estimated to have PAYGO budgetary effects
(costs or savings) in excess of $500,000 over one or both of the 5-year
or 10-year PAYGO windows. These were:
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015,
Public Law 114-125;
An act to direct the Administrator of General Services, on
behalf of the Archivist of the United States, to convey certain Federal
property located in the State of Alaska to the Municipality of
Anchorage, Alaska, Public Law 114-161;
Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century
Act, Public Law 114-182;
FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016, Public
Law 114-190;
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, Public
Law 114-198;
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of
2016, Public Law 114-228;
United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians
Act of 2016, Public Law 114-239;
Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation
Act, Public Law 114-241;
Full Annuity Supplement for Certain Air Traffic
Controllers, Public Law 114-251;
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations
Act, 2017, Public Law 114-254;
21st Century Cures Act, Public Law 114-255;
National Park Service Centennial Act, Public Law 114-289;
Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care
and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016, Public Law 114-315;
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act or
the WIIN Act, Public Law 114-322;
Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, Public Law 114-
327;
National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017, Public Law
114-328.
In addition to the laws identified above, 36 laws enacted in this
session were estimated to have negligible budgetary effects on the
PAYGO scorecards--costs or savings of less than $500,000 over both the
5-year and 10-year PAYGO windows.
II. Budgetary Effects Excluded From the Scorecard Balances
A. Statutory Provisions Excluding Legislation From the Scorecards
One law enacted in the second session of the 114th Congress had
estimated budgetary effects on direct spending and revenues that were
excluded from the calculations for the PAYGO scorecards due to
provisions in law excluding all or part of the law from section 4(d) of
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: The 21st Century Cures Act,
for which Division A was excluded from the scorecards. No laws included
provisions excluding their budgetary effects from the PAYGO scorecards
entirely.
III. PAYGO Scorecards
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[In millions of dollars, negative amounts portray decreases in deficits]
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2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Second Session of the 114th Congress... 478 478 478 478 478
Balances from Previous Sessions........ -4,896 -4,057 -4,082 -3,456 0
Five-year PAYGO Scorecard.............. -4,418 -3,579 -3,604 -2,978 478
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2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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Second Session of the 114th Congress... 980 980 980 980 980 980 980 980 980 980
Balances from Previous Sessions........ -15,448 -15,448 -15,448 -15,448 -9,077 -8,367 -7,232 -7,239 -5,718 0
Ten-year PAYGO Scorecard............... -14,468 -14,468 -14,468 -14,468 -8,097 -7,387 -6,252 -6,259 -4,738 980
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The total net budgetary effects of all PAYGO legislation enacted
during the second session of the 114th Congress on the 5-year scorecard
increased the deficit by $2,389 million. This total is averaged over
the years 2017 to 2021 on the 5-year PAYGO scorecard, resulting in
costs of $478 million in each year. Combining these costs with balances
carried over from prior sessions of the Congress creates total net
savings in 2017 of $4,418 million, $3,579 million in 2018, $3,604
million in 2019, and $2,978 million in 2020. The 5-year PAYGO window
extended only through 2020 in the first session of the 114th Congress,
so there were no 5-year scorecard balances in 2021 to carry over and
the 5-year scorecard total is the average $478 million cost from this
session.
The total 10-year net impact of legislation enacted during the
second session of the 114th Congress was costs of $9,800 million. The
10-year PAYGO scorecard shows the total net impact averaged over the
10-year period, resulting in costs of $980 million in each year.
Combining these costs with balances from prior sessions results in net
savings of $14,468 million in 2017 through 2020, $8,097 million in
2021, $7,387 million in 2022, $6,252 million in 2023, $6,259 million in
2024, and $4,738 million in 2025. The 10-year PAYGO window extended
only through 2025 in the first session of the 114th Congress, so there
were no 10-year scorecard balances in 2026 to carry over and the 10-
year scorecard total is the average $980 million costs from this
session.
IV. Sequestration Order
As shown on the scorecards, the budgetary effects of PAYGO
legislation enacted in the second session of the 114th Congress,
combined with the balances from previous sessions of the Congress left
on each scorecard, resulted in net savings on both the 5-year and the
10-year scorecard in the budget year, which is 2017 for the purposes of
this Report. Because the costs for the budget year, as shown on the
scorecards, do not exceed savings for the budget year, there is no
``debit'' on either scorecard under section 3 of the PAYGO Act, 2
U.S.C. 932, and there is no need for a sequestration order.
The savings shown on the scorecards for 2017 will be removed from
the scorecards that are used to record the budgetary effects of PAYGO
legislation enacted in the first session of the 115th Congress. The
totals shown in 2018 through 2026 will remain on the scorecards and
will be used in determining whether a sequestration order will be
necessary in the future. Each year from 2018 to 2020 of the 5-year
scorecard that will carry over into the first session of the 115th
Congress shows balances of savings. The year 2021 shows balances of
costs. Each year from 2018 to 2025 of the 10-year scorecard that will
carry over into the first session of the 115th Congress shows balances
of savings. The year 2026 shows balances of costs.
Authority: 2 U.S.C. 934.
[FR Doc. 2017-01704 Filed 1-25-17; 8:45 am]
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