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opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure
that requested data can be provided in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. Currently, the
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed collection:
Pharmacy Billing Requirements. A copy
of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the addresses
section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
April 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by mail, delivery service, or by hand to
Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room
S–3323, Washington, DC 20210; by fax
(202) 354–9647; or email to
ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only
one method of transmission for
comments (mail/delivery, fax, or email).
Please note that comments submitted
after the comment period will not be
considered.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the
agency responsible for administration of
the Federal Employees’ Compensation
Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the
Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30
U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All
three of these statutes require that
OWCP pay for covered medical
treatment provided to beneficiaries; this
medical treatment can include
medicinal drugs dispensed by
pharmacies. In order to determine
whether amounts billed for drugs are
appropriate, OWCP must receive the
required data elements, including the
name of the patient/beneficiary, the
National Drug Code (NDC) number of
the drugs prescribed, the quantity
provided, the prescription number and
the date the prescription was filled. The
regulations implementing these statutes
require the collection of information
needed to enable OWCP to determine if
bills for drugs submitted directly by
pharmacies, or reimbursement requests
submitted by claimants, should be paid.
There is no standardized paper form for
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submission of the billing information
collected in this Information Collection
Request (ICR). Over the past several
years, almost all pharmacy bills
submitted to OWCP have been
submitted electronically using one of
the industry-wide standard formats for
the electronic transmission of billing
data through nationwide data
clearinghouses devised by the National
Council for Prescription Drug Programs
(NCPDP). None of the electronic billing
formats have been designed by or
provided by OWCP; they are billing
formats commonly accepted by other
Federal programs and in the private
health insurance industry for drugs.
Nonetheless, the three programs (FECA,
BLBA and EEOICPA) provide
instructions for the submission of
necessary pharmacy bill data elements
in provider manuals distributed or made
available to all pharmacies enrolled in
the programs. This information
collection is currently approved for use
through May 31, 2019.
II. Review Focus: The Department of
Labor is particularly interested in
comments which:
* evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
* minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department
of Labor is seeking public comments on
the extension of this currently approved
information collection.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs.
Title: Pharmacy Billing Requirements.
OMB Number: 1240–0050.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 4,146.
Total Responses: 1,381,903.
Time per Response: 1–5 Minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
24,203.
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 22, 2019.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, US Department of
Labor.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Notice; 2018 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
Act Annual Report
Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This report is being published
as required by the Statutory Pay-AsYou-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. The Act
requires that OMB issue an annual
report and a sequestration order, if
necessary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Erin
O’Brien. 202–395–3106.
This
report can be found at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/paygo/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 2 U.S.C. 934.
Kelly Kinneen,
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 necessary,
no later than 14 working days after the end
of a congressional session.1
This Report describes the budgetary
effects of all PAYGO legislation enacted
during the second session of the 115th
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 2019,2 a
sequestration order under subsection
1 This Report is being issued after the statutory
date due to the lapse in appropriations that
occurred on December 22, 2018, which was
resolved on January 25, 2019.
2 References to years on the PAYGO scorecards
are to fiscal years.
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5(b) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C. 934(b)
is not necessary.
The budget year balance on each of
the PAYGO scorecards is zero because
two laws, the Bipartisan Budget Act of
2018 (Pub. L. 115–123), and the Further
Additional Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 116–5), directed
changes to the balances of the
scorecards. Public Law 115–123
removed all balances included on the
scorecards at the time of enactment, and
Public Law 116–5 shifted the debits on
both scorecards from fiscal year 2019 to
fiscal year 2020. The changes directed
by these laws are discussed in more
detail in section IV of this report.
During the second session of the
115th Congress, one law was enacted
with emergency requirements under
section 4(g) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
933(g) that had PAYGO effects. Six laws
had estimated budgetary effects on
direct spending and revenues that were
excluded from the calculations of the
PAYGO scorecards due to provisions
excluding all or part of the law from
section 4(d) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
933(d).
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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 after the budget year or
affects revenues in any year.3 For a more
complete description of the Statutory
PAYGO Act, see Chapter 8, ‘‘Budget
Concepts,’’ of the Analytical
Perspectives volume of the 2019
President’s Budget, found on the
website of the U.S. Government Printing
Office (https://www.govinfo.gov/
content/pkg/BUDGET-2019-PER/pdf/
BUDGET-2019-PER.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
115th Congress began with balances of
savings of $2,515 million in 2019 and
3 Provisions in appropriations acts that affect
direct spending in the years after 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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$1,889 million in 2020 and with costs
of $1,567 million in 2021 and $1,089
million in 2022. Section 30102 of Public
Law 115–123 eliminated those balances,
resetting each year of the scorecards to
zero. 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 $1,646 million
each year from 2019 through 2023.4
Section 104 of Public Law 116–5
deducted the costs from the scorecard in
2019 and added those costs to the
scorecard in 2020. Therefore, the 2019
column of the scorecard is zero and the
2020 column reflects a debit of $3,293
million.
The 10-year PAYGO scorecard for the
second session of the 115th Congress
began with balances of savings of
$13,815 million in 2019 and 2020,
$7,444 million in 2021, $6,734 million
in 2022, $5,599 million in 2023, $5,606
million in 2024, and $4,085 million in
2025, and with costs of $1,633 million
in 2026 and $653 million in 2027.
Section 30102 of Public Law 115–123
eliminated those balances. The
completed 10-year scorecard for the
session shows that PAYGO legislation
for the session increased the deficit by
an average of $1,032 million each year
from 2019 through 2028. Section 104 of
Public Law 116–5 deducted the costs
from the scorecard in 2019 and added
those costs to the scorecard in 2020.
Therefore, the 2019 column of the
scorecard is zero and the 2020 column
reflects a debit of $2,064 million.
In the second session of the 115th
Congress, 64 laws were enacted that
were determined to constitute PAYGO
legislation. Of the 64 enacted PAYGO
laws, 14 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:
• Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,
Public Law 115–123;
• Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2018, Public Law 115–141;
• Economic Growth, Regulatory
Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,
Public Law 115–174;
4 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 this session 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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• Northern Mariana Islands U.S.
Workforce Act of 2018, Public Law 115–
218;
• Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of
2018, Public Law 115–239;
• Tribal Social Security Fairness Act
of 2018, Public Law 115–243;
• Energy and Water, Legislative
Branch, and Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act,
2019, Public Law 115–244;
• Department of Defense and Labor,
Health and Human Services, and
Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019,
Public Law 115–245;
• Department of Veterans Affairs
Expiring Authorities Act of 2018, Public
Law 115–251;
• FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018,
Public Law 115–254;
• Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte
Music Modernization Act, Public Law
115–264;
• America’s Water Infrastructure Act
of 2018, Public Law 115–270;
• Agriculture Improvement Act of
2018, Public Law 115–334; and
• To amend the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 to extend through
2023 the authority of the Federal
Election Commission to impose civil
money penalties on the basis of a
schedule of penalties established and
published by the Commission, Public
Law 115–386.
In addition to the laws identified
above, 50 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.
II. Budgetary Effects Excluded From the
Scorecard Balances
A. Legislation Designated as Emergency
Requirements
As shown on the scorecards, one law
was enacted in the second session of the
115th Congress with an emergency
designation under the Statutory PAYGO
Act:
• Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,
Public Law 115–123.
The effects of the provisions in this
law that are designated as emergency
requirements are also excluded from the
PAYGO scorecards as described below,
so do not appear on the scorecards.
B. Statutory Provisions Excluding
Legislation From the Scorecards
Six laws enacted in the second
session of the 115th Congress had
estimated budgetary effects on direct
spending and revenues that were
excluded from the calculations for the
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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. Two laws were
excluded entirely from the scorecards:
• VA Maintaining Internal Systems
and Strenghtening Integrated Outside
Networks Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115–182,
also called the VA MISSION Act); and
• Substance Use-Disorder Prevention
that Promotes Opioid Recovery and
Treatment for Patients and Communities
Act (Pub. L. 115–271).
In addition, budgetary effects in four
laws were excluded by provisions
excluding certain portions of those laws
from the scorecards:
• Making further continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2018, and for other
purposes, Public Law 115–120;
• Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,
Public Law 115–123, including
emergency funding discussed above;
• Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2018, Public Law 115–141; and
• FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018,
Public Law 115–254.5
III. PAYGO Scorecards
STATUTORY PAY–AS–YOU–GO SCORECARDS
[In millions of dollars; negative amounts portray decreases in deficits]
Second Session of the 115th Congress ...
Balances from Previous Sessions ............
Elimination of balances pursuant to Sec.
30102 of Public Law 115–123 ...............
Change in debit pursuant to Sec. 104 of
Public Law 116–5 ..................................
5-year PAYGO Scorecard
Second Session of the 115th Congress ...
Balances from Previous Sessions ............
Elimination of balances pursuant to Sec.
30102 of Public Law 115–123 ...............
Change in debit pursuant to Sec. 104 of
Public Law 116–5 ..................................
10-year PAYGO Scorecard .......................
2019
2020
1,646
¥2,515
1,646
¥1,889
1,646
1,567
1,646
1,089
1,646
0
2,515
1,889
¥1,567
¥1,089
0
¥1,646
0
1,646
3,293
0
1,646
0
1,646
0
1,646
2019
2020
1,032
¥13,815
2023
2024
2025
1,032
¥13,815
1,032
¥7,444
1,032
¥6,734
1,032
¥5,999
1,032
¥5,606
1,032
¥4,085
1,032
1,633
1,032
653
1,032
0
13,815
13,815
7,444
6,734
5,999
5,606
4,085
¥1,633
¥653
0
¥1,032
0
1,032
2,064
0
1,032
0
1,032
0
1,032
0
1,032
0
1,032
0
1,032
0
1,032
0
1,032
A. Elimination of Balances
Public Law 115–123, the Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2018 (BBA), includes a
provision that states, ‘‘Effective on the
date of enactment of this Act, the
balances on the PAYGO scorecards
established pursuant to paragraphs (4)
and (5) of section 4(d) of the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C.
933(d)) shall be zero.’’ Accordingly,
these scorecards show the removal of
the balances on the scorecards from
laws enacted prior to the BBA. The
PAYGO effects of the BBA are included
in the subsequent balances.
B. Deduction of Budget Year Debit From
the 5- and 10-Year Scorecards
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2022
Two laws were enacted prior to
issuance of this report that required
direct adjustments to the totals on the
PAYGO scorecards.
Public Law 116–5, Further Additional
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019,
includes a provision that states, ‘‘For the
purposes of the annual report issued
pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C.
5 While the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
held certain amounts off of the PAYGO scorecards,
the amounts in division I were instead counted as
adjustments for emergency spending under the
discretionary caps established under section 251 of
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2021
IV. Legislative Revisions to the PAYGO
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934) after adjournment of the second
session of the 115th Congress, and for
determining whether a sequestration
order is necessary under such section,
the debit for the budget year on the 5year scorecard, if any, and the 10-year
scorecard, if any, shall be deducted from
such scorecard in 2019 and added to
such scorecard in 2020.’’ Accordingly,
both the 5- and 10-year scorecards
deduct the debit from 2019 and add that
debit to 2020.
V. Sequestration Order
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 for purposes of budget enforcement.
6 Joint Committee reductions for 2019 were
calculated and ordered in a separate report and are
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2028
are used to record the budgetary effects
of PAYGO legislation enacted in the
first session of the 116th Congress, and
will be used in determining whether a
sequestration order will be necessary in
the future. On the 5-year scorecard for
the first session of the 116th Congress,
2020 through 2023 will show balances
of costs. On the 10-year scorecard, 2020
through 2028 will show balances of
costs.
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As shown on the scorecards, the
budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation
enacted in the second session of the
115th Congress, combined with section
104 of Public Law 116–5, resulted in
zero costs on both the 5-year and the 10year scorecard in the budget year, which
is 2019 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.6
The totals shown in 2020 through
2028 will remain on the scorecards that
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Notice; 2018 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. The Act requires that OMB issue an
annual report and a sequestration order, if necessary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin O'Brien. 202-395-3106.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This report can be found at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/paygo/.
Authority: 2 U.S.C. 934.
Kelly Kinneen,
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 necessary, no later than
14 working days after the end of a congressional session.\1\
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\1\ This Report is being issued after the statutory date due to
the lapse in appropriations that occurred on December 22, 2018,
which was resolved on January 25, 2019.
This Report describes the budgetary effects of all PAYGO
legislation enacted during the second session of the 115th 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 2019,\2\
a sequestration order under subsection
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5(b) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C. 934(b) is not necessary.
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\2\ References to years on the PAYGO scorecards are to fiscal
years.
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The budget year balance on each of the PAYGO scorecards is zero
because two laws, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-123),
and the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L.
116-5), directed changes to the balances of the scorecards. Public Law
115-123 removed all balances included on the scorecards at the time of
enactment, and Public Law 116-5 shifted the debits on both scorecards
from fiscal year 2019 to fiscal year 2020. The changes directed by
these laws are discussed in more detail in section IV of this report.
During the second session of the 115th Congress, one law was
enacted with emergency requirements under section 4(g) of the PAYGO
Act, 2 U.S.C. 933(g) that had PAYGO effects. Six laws had estimated
budgetary effects on direct spending and revenues that were excluded
from the calculations of the PAYGO scorecards due to provisions
excluding all or part of the law from section 4(d) of the PAYGO Act, 2
U.S.C. 933(d).
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 after the budget year or affects revenues
in any year.\3\ For a more complete description of the Statutory PAYGO
Act, see Chapter 8, ``Budget Concepts,'' of the Analytical Perspectives
volume of the 2019 President's Budget, found on the website of the U.S.
Government Printing Office (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BUDGET-2019-PER/pdf/BUDGET-2019-PER.pdf).
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\3\ Provisions in appropriations acts that affect direct
spending in the years after 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 115th Congress began with balances of savings of
$2,515 million in 2019 and $1,889 million in 2020 and with costs of
$1,567 million in 2021 and $1,089 million in 2022. Section 30102 of
Public Law 115-123 eliminated those balances, resetting each year of
the scorecards to zero. 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 $1,646 million each year from 2019 through 2023.\4\ Section
104 of Public Law 116-5 deducted the costs from the scorecard in 2019
and added those costs to the scorecard in 2020. Therefore, the 2019
column of the scorecard is zero and the 2020 column reflects a debit of
$3,293 million.
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\4\ 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 this session 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 115th
Congress began with balances of savings of $13,815 million in 2019 and
2020, $7,444 million in 2021, $6,734 million in 2022, $5,599 million in
2023, $5,606 million in 2024, and $4,085 million in 2025, and with
costs of $1,633 million in 2026 and $653 million in 2027. Section 30102
of Public Law 115-123 eliminated those balances. The completed 10-year
scorecard for the session shows that PAYGO legislation for the session
increased the deficit by an average of $1,032 million each year from
2019 through 2028. Section 104 of Public Law 116-5 deducted the costs
from the scorecard in 2019 and added those costs to the scorecard in
2020. Therefore, the 2019 column of the scorecard is zero and the 2020
column reflects a debit of $2,064 million.
In the second session of the 115th Congress, 64 laws were enacted
that were determined to constitute PAYGO legislation. Of the 64 enacted
PAYGO laws, 14 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:
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123;
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Public Law 115-141;
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer
Protection Act, Public Law 115-174;
Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018,
Public Law 115-218;
Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018, Public Law 115-239;
Tribal Social Security Fairness Act of 2018, Public Law
115-243;
Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military
Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law
115-244;
Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law 115-245;
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of
2018, Public Law 115-251;
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Public Law 115-254;
Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act,
Public Law 115-264;
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, Public Law
115-270;
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law 115-334;
and
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
extend through 2023 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to
impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties
established and published by the Commission, Public Law 115-386.
In addition to the laws identified above, 50 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. Legislation Designated as Emergency Requirements
As shown on the scorecards, one law was enacted in the second
session of the 115th Congress with an emergency designation under the
Statutory PAYGO Act:
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123.
The effects of the provisions in this law that are designated as
emergency requirements are also excluded from the PAYGO scorecards as
described below, so do not appear on the scorecards.
B. Statutory Provisions Excluding Legislation From the Scorecards
Six laws enacted in the second session of the 115th Congress had
estimated budgetary effects on direct spending and revenues that were
excluded from the calculations for the
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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. Two
laws were excluded entirely from the scorecards:
VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strenghtening
Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-182, also called
the VA MISSION Act); and
Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid
Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (Pub. L. 115-
271).
In addition, budgetary effects in four laws were excluded by
provisions excluding certain portions of those laws from the
scorecards:
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, Public Law 115-
120;
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123,
including emergency funding discussed above;
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Public Law 115-141;
and
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Public Law 115-254.\5\
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\5\ While the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 held certain
amounts off of the PAYGO scorecards, the amounts in division I were
instead counted as adjustments for emergency spending under the
discretionary caps established under section 251 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for purposes of
budget enforcement.
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III. PAYGO Scorecards
Statutory Pay-as-You-Go Scorecards
[In millions of dollars; negative amounts portray decreases in deficits]
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2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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Second Session of the 115th Congress...... 1,646 1,646 1,646 1,646 1,646
Balances from Previous Sessions........... -2,515 -1,889 1,567 1,089 0
Elimination of balances pursuant to Sec. 2,515 1,889 -1,567 -1,089 0
30102 of Public Law 115-123..............
Change in debit pursuant to Sec. 104 of -1,646 1,646 0 0 0
Public Law 116-5.........................
5-year PAYGO Scorecard 0 3,293 1,646 1,646 1,646
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2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
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Second Session of the 115th Congress...... 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032
Balances from Previous Sessions........... -13,815 -13,815 -7,444 -6,734 -5,999 -5,606 -4,085 1,633 653 0
Elimination of balances pursuant to Sec. 13,815 13,815 7,444 6,734 5,999 5,606 4,085 -1,633 -653 0
30102 of Public Law 115-123..............
Change in debit pursuant to Sec. 104 of -1,032 1,032 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Public Law 116-5.........................
10-year PAYGO Scorecard................... 0 2,064 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,032
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IV. Legislative Revisions to the PAYGO Scorecards
Two laws were enacted prior to issuance of this report that
required direct adjustments to the totals on the PAYGO scorecards.
A. Elimination of Balances
Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA),
includes a provision that states, ``Effective on the date of enactment
of this Act, the balances on the PAYGO scorecards established pursuant
to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-
Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)) shall be zero.'' Accordingly, these
scorecards show the removal of the balances on the scorecards from laws
enacted prior to the BBA. The PAYGO effects of the BBA are included in
the subsequent balances.
B. Deduction of Budget Year Debit From the 5- and 10-Year Scorecards
Public Law 116-5, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act,
2019, includes a provision that states, ``For the purposes of the
annual report issued pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-
Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 934) after adjournment of the second session
of the 115th Congress, and for determining whether a sequestration
order is necessary under such section, the debit for the budget year on
the 5-year scorecard, if any, and the 10-year scorecard, if any, shall
be deducted from such scorecard in 2019 and added to such scorecard in
2020.'' Accordingly, both the 5- and 10-year scorecards deduct the
debit from 2019 and add that debit to 2020.
V. Sequestration Order
As shown on the scorecards, the budgetary effects of PAYGO
legislation enacted in the second session of the 115th Congress,
combined with section 104 of Public Law 116-5, resulted in zero costs
on both the 5-year and the 10-year scorecard in the budget year, which
is 2019 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.\6\
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\6\ Joint Committee reductions for 2019 were calculated and
ordered in a separate report and are not affected by this
determination. See: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Sequestration_Report_February_2018.pdf.
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The totals shown in 2020 through 2028 will remain on the scorecards
that are used to record the budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation
enacted in the first session of the 116th Congress, and will be used in
determining whether a sequestration order will be necessary in the
future. On the 5-year scorecard for the first session of the 116th
Congress, 2020 through 2023 will show balances of costs. On the 10-year
scorecard, 2020 through 2028 will show balances of costs.
[FR Doc. 2019-03708 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]
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