83_FR_3792 83 FR 3774 - Notice; 2017 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act Annual Report

83 FR 3774 - Notice; 2017 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act Annual Report

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 18 (January 26, 2018)

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FR Document2018-01319

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.

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Notice; 2017 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.
    This Report describes the budgetary effects of all PAYGO 
legislation enacted during the first 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 2018,\1\ 
a sequestration order under subsection 5(b) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C 
Sec.  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 first session of the 115th Congress, two laws were 
enacted with emergency requirements under section 4(g) of the PAYGO 
Act, 2 U.S.C. 933(g) that had PAYGO effects. Three 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.\2\ For a more complete description of the Statutory

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PAYGO Act, see Chapter 8, ``Budget Concepts,'' of the Analytical 
Perspectives volume of the 2018 President's Budget, found on the 
website of the U.S. Government Printing Office (https://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/BUDGET-2018-PER/pdf/BUDGET-2018-PER.pdf).
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    \2\ 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 
first session of the 115th Congress began with balances of savings of 
$3,579 million in 2018, $3,604 million in 2019, and $2,978 million in 
2020, and with costs of $478 million in 2021. 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 $1,089 million each year from 
2018 through 2022.\3\ These new costs on the scorecard decreased the 
balances of savings in each year on the 5-year scorecard from 2018 
through 2020, and increased the balances of costs in 2021. The 5-year 
PAYGO window extended only through 2021 in the second session of the 
114th Congress, so there were no 5-year scorecard balances in 2022 to 
carry over and the 5-year scorecard total is the average $1,089 million 
cost from this session.
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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 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 first session of the 115th 
Congress began with balances of savings of $14,468 million in each year 
from 2018 to 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, and with costs of $980 million in 2026. The completed 10-year 
scorecard for the session shows that PAYGO legislation for the session 
increased the deficit by an average of $653 million each year from 2018 
through 2027. These new costs decreased the balances of savings in each 
year on the 10-year scorecard from 2018 through 2025, and increased the 
balances of costs in 2026. The 10-year PAYGO window extended only 
through 2026 in the second session of the 114th Congress, so there were 
no 10-year scorecard balances in 2027 to carry over and the 10-year 
scorecard total is the average $653 million costs from this session.
    In the first session of the 115th Congress, 28 laws were enacted 
that were determined to constitute PAYGO legislation. Of the 28 enacted 
PAYGO laws, 9 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:
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Public Law 115-31;
     Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, 
Public Law 115-44;
     An Act to authorize appropriations and to appropriate 
amounts for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, to improve hiring authorities of the Department, to authorize 
major medical facility leases, and for other purposes, Public Law 115-
46;
     Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 
2017, Public Law 115-48;
     Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 
2017, Public Law 115-62;
     Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act 
of 2017, Public Law 115-63;
     Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 
Requirements Act, 2017, Public Law 115-72;
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, 
Public Law 115-91; and
     Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act, Public Law 115-103.
    In addition to the laws identified above, 19 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, two laws were enacted in the first 
session of the 115th Congress with an emergency designation under the 
Statutory PAYGO Act, and that had PAYGO effects:
     Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and 
Jose Overseas Act, Public Law 115-57; and
     Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act 
of 2017, Public Law 115-63.
    The effects of the provisions in these laws that are designated as 
emergency requirements appear on the scorecard, but are subtracted 
before computing the scorecard totals.
    Two additional laws included an emergency designation under the 
Statutory PAYGO Act, but OMB estimated that the designated portions of 
the laws did not have any PAYGO effects:
     Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Education Relief Act of 
2017, Public Law 115-64; and
     Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 
Requirements Act, 2017, Public Law 115-72.

B. Statutory Provisions Excluding Legislation From the Scorecards

    Three laws enacted in the first session of the 115th 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. One law, An Act to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2018, Public Law 115-97 (also referred to 
as H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), was excluded entirely from the 
scorecards by Section 5002 of Public Law 115-96.
    In addition, budgetary effects in two laws were excluded by 
provisions excluding certain portions of those laws from the 
scorecards:
     Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
2017, and for other purposes, Public Law 115-30; and
     An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of 
Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part 
of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other 
purposes, Public Law 115-96.

III. PAYGO Scorecards

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                                                           Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Scorecards
                                        [In millions of dollars, negative amounts portray decreases in deficits]
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                                               2018       2019       2020       2021       2022
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First Session of the 115th Congress.......      1,089      1,089      1,089      1,089      1,089
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Balances from Previous Sessions...........     -3,579     -3,604     -2,978        478          0
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    Five-year PAYGO Scorecard.............     -2,490     -2,515     -1,889      1,567      1,089
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                                                 2018       2019       2020       2021       2022       2023       2024       2025       2026       2027
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First Session of the 115th Congress.......        653        653        653        653        653        653        653        653        653        653
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Balances from Previous Sessions...........    -14,468    -14,468    -14,468     -8,097     -7,387     -6,252     -6,259     -4,738        980          0
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    Ten-year PAYGO Scorecard..............    -13,815    -13,815    -13,815     -7,444     -6,734     -5,999     -5,606     -4,085      1,633        653
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IV. Sequestration Order

    As shown on the scorecards, the budgetary effects of PAYGO 
legislation enacted in the first session of the 115th 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 2018 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.\4\
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    \4\ Joint Committee reductions for 2018 were calculated and 
ordered in a separate report and are not affected by this 
determination. See, https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/sequestration_reports/FY_2018_Sequestration_Update_8-18-17.pdf
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    The savings shown on the scorecards for 2018 will be removed from 
the scorecards that are used to record the budgetary effects of PAYGO 
legislation enacted in the second session of the 115th Congress. The 
totals shown in 2019 through 2027 will remain on the scorecards and 
will be used in determining whether a sequestration order will be 
necessary in the future. On the 5-year scorecard for the second session 
of the 115th Congress, 2019 and 2020 will show balances of savings. The 
years 2021 and 2022 will show balances of costs. On the 10-year 
scorecard, each year from 2019 to 2025 will shows balances of savings. 
The years 2026 and 2027 will show balances of costs.

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                                               services essential to preparing at-risk                   The DOL is particularly interested in                requires that OMB issue an annual
                                               youth for in-demand occupations                         comments that:                                         report and a sequestration order, if
                                               through YouthBuild programs. There                        • Evaluate whether the proposed                      necessary.
                                               are no changes proposed for ETA–9136                    collection of information is necessary                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:               Erin
                                               in this information collection request                  for the proper performance of the                      O’Brien. 202–395–3106.
                                               package. The Work Site Description and                  functions of the agency, including                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     This
                                               Housing Census (ETA–9143) requests                      whether the information will have                      report can be found at https://
                                               information on the proposed work sites                  practical utility;                                     www.whitehouse.gov/omb/paygo/.
                                               for low-income or homeless individual                     • Evaluate the accuracy of the
                                               or families on which YouthBuild                         agency’s estimate of the burden of the                   Authority: 2 U.S.C. 934.
                                               participants will be trained and                        proposed collection of information,                    Kelly Kinneen,
                                               participate in construction skills                      including the validity of the                          Assistant Director for Budget.
                                               activities. This form also requests                     methodology and assumptions used;
                                                                                                                                                                 This Report is being published
                                               annual information on the number of                       • Enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                                                                                                                              pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory
                                               houses or apartments that were built or                 clarity of the information to be
                                                                                                                                                              Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010,
                                               renovated each year and allows ETA to                   collected; and
                                                                                                                                                              Public Law 111–139, 124 Stat. 8, 2
                                               demonstrate on an annual basis the                        • Minimize the burden of the
                                                                                                                                                              U.S.C. 934, which requires that OMB
                                               increase in affordable housing units                    collection of information on those who
                                                                                                                                                              issue an annual PAYGO report,
                                               supported by YouthBuild.                                are to respond, including through the
                                                                                                                                                              including a sequestration order if
                                                  The accuracy, reliability, and                       use of appropriate automated,
                                                                                                                                                              necessary, no later than 14 working days
                                               comparability of program reports                        electronic, mechanical, or other                       after the end of a congressional session.
                                               submitted by grantees using Federal                     technological collection techniques or                    This Report describes the budgetary
                                               funds are fundamental elements of good                  other forms of information technology,                 effects of all PAYGO legislation enacted
                                               public administration and are necessary                 e.g., permitting electronic submission of              during the first session of the 115th
                                               tools for maintaining and demonstrating                 responses.                                             Congress and presents the 5-year and
                                               system integrity. The use of a standard                   Agency: DOL–ETA.                                     10-year PAYGO scorecards maintained
                                               set of data elements, definitions, and                    Type of Review: REVISION.                            by OMB. Because neither the 5-year nor
                                               specifications at all levels of the                       Title of Collection: YouthBuild (YB)                 10-year scorecard shows a debit for the
                                               workforce system helps improve the                      Reporting System.                                      budget year, which for purposes of this
                                               quality of performance information that                   Form: ETA–9136, ETA–9138, ETA–                       Report is fiscal year 2018,1 a
                                               is received by ETA.                                     9143 Part A, ETA–9143 Part B, ETA–                     sequestration order under subsection
                                                  The Workforce Innovation and                         9143 Part C.                                           5(b) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C § 934(b)
                                               Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101)                          OMB Control Number: OMB 1205–                        is not necessary.
                                               authorizes this information collection.                 0464.                                                     During the first session of the 115th
                                                  This information collection is subject                 Affected Public: Grantees.                           Congress, two laws were enacted with
                                               to the PRA. A Federal agency generally                    Estimated Number of Respondents:                     emergency requirements under section
                                               cannot conduct or sponsor a collection                  440.                                                   4(g) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C. 933(g)
                                               of information, and the public is                         Frequency: As necessary but at a                     that had PAYGO effects. Three laws had
                                               generally not required to respond to an                 minimum, quarterly.                                    estimated budgetary effects on direct
                                               information collection, unless it is                      Total Estimated Annual Responses:                    spending and revenues that were
                                               approved by the OMB under the PRA                       8,330.                                                 excluded from the calculations of the
                                               and displays a currently valid OMB                        Estimated Average Time per                           PAYGO scorecards due to provisions
                                               Control Number. In addition,                            Response: 1.5 hours.                                   excluding all or part of the law from
                                               notwithstanding any other provisions of                   Estimated Total Annual Burden                        section 4(d) of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
                                               law, no person shall generally be subject               Hours: 24,565 hours.                                   933(d).
                                               to penalty for failing to comply with a                   Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
                                                                                                       Burden: $162,487.85.                                   I. PAYGO Legislation With Budgetary
                                               collection of information that does not
                                                                                                                                                              Effects
                                               display a valid Control Number. See 5                     Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
                                               CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.                                                                                         PAYGO legislation is authorizing
                                                                                                       Rosemary Lahasky,                                      legislation that affects direct spending
                                                  Interested parties are encouraged to
                                                                                                       Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment              or revenues, and appropriations
                                               provide comments to the contact shown
                                                                                                       and Training, Labor.                                   legislation that affects direct spending
                                               in the ADDRESSES section. Comments
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–01333 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am]            in the years after the budget year or
                                               must be written to receive
                                               consideration, and they will be                         BILLING CODE 4510–FT–P                                 affects revenues in any year.2 For a more
                                               summarized and included in the request                                                                         complete description of the Statutory
                                               for OMB approval of the final ICR. In
                                               order to help ensure appropriate                        OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND                                  1 References to years on the PAYGO scorecards

                                                                                                       BUDGET                                                 are to fiscal years.
                                               consideration, comments should                                                                                    2 Provisions in appropriations acts that affect
                                               mention OMB 1205–0464.                                                                                         direct spending in the years after the budget year
                                                                                                       Notice; 2017 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
                                                  Submitted comments will also be a                                                                           (also known as ‘‘outyears’’) or affect revenues in any
                                                                                                       Act Annual Report                                      year are considered to be budgetary effects for the
                                               matter of public record for this ICR and
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                                                                                                                                                              purposes of the PAYGO scorecards except if the
                                               posted on the internet, without                         AGENCY: Office of Management and                       provisions produce outlay changes that net to zero
                                               redaction. The DOL encourages                           Budget (OMB).                                          over the current year, budget year, and the four
                                               commenters not to include personally                    ACTION: Notice.                                        subsequent years. As specified in section 3 of the
                                               identifiable information, confidential                                                                         PAYGO Act, off-budget effects are not counted as
                                                                                                                                                              budgetary effects. Off-budget effects refer to effects
                                               business data, or other sensitive                       SUMMARY:  This report is being published               on the Social Security trust funds (Old-Age and
                                               statements/information in any                           as required by the Statutory Pay-As-                   Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance) and
                                               comments.                                               You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. The Act                    the Postal Service.



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                                               PAYGO Act, see Chapter 8, ‘‘Budget                      scorecard from 2018 through 2025, and                  designation under the Statutory PAYGO
                                               Concepts,’’ of the Analytical                           increased the balances of costs in 2026.               Act, and that had PAYGO effects:
                                               Perspectives volume of the 2018                         The 10-year PAYGO window extended                         • Emergency Aid to American
                                               President’s Budget, found on the                        only through 2026 in the second session                Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose
                                               website of the U.S. Government Printing                 of the 114th Congress, so there were no                Overseas Act, Public Law 115–57; and
                                               Office (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/                  10-year scorecard balances in 2027 to                     • Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and
                                               BUDGET-2018-PER/pdf/BUDGET-2018-                        carry over and the 10-year scorecard                   Airway Extension Act of 2017, Public
                                               PER.pdf).                                               total is the average $653 million costs                Law 115–63.
                                                  The 5-year and 10-year PAYGO                         from this session.
                                               scorecards for each congressional                                                                                 The effects of the provisions in these
                                                                                                          In the first session of the 115th                   laws that are designated as emergency
                                               session begin with the balances of costs                Congress, 28 laws were enacted that
                                               or savings carried over from previous                                                                          requirements appear on the scorecard,
                                                                                                       were determined to constitute PAYGO                    but are subtracted before computing the
                                               sessions and then tally the costs or                    legislation. Of the 28 enacted PAYGO
                                               savings of PAYGO laws enacted in the                                                                           scorecard totals.
                                                                                                       laws, 9 laws were estimated to have
                                               most recent session. The 5-year PAYGO                   PAYGO budgetary effects (costs or                         Two additional laws included an
                                               scorecard for the first session of the                  savings) in excess of $500,000 over one                emergency designation under the
                                               115th Congress began with balances of                   or both of the 5-year or 10-year PAYGO                 Statutory PAYGO Act, but OMB
                                               savings of $3,579 million in 2018,                      windows. These were:                                   estimated that the designated portions
                                               $3,604 million in 2019, and $2,978                         • Consolidated Appropriations Act,                  of the laws did not have any PAYGO
                                               million in 2020, and with costs of $478                 2017, Public Law 115–31;                               effects:
                                               million in 2021. The completed 5-year                      • Countering America’s Adversaries                     • Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria
                                               scorecard for the session shows that                    Through Sanctions Act, Public Law                      Education Relief Act of 2017, Public
                                               PAYGO legislation enacted during the                    115–44;                                                Law 115–64; and
                                               session was estimated to have PAYGO                        • An Act to authorize appropriations                   • Additional Supplemental
                                               budgetary effects that increased the                    and to appropriate amounts for the                     Appropriations for Disaster Relief
                                               deficit by an average of $1,089 million                 Veterans Choice Program of the                         Requirements Act, 2017, Public Law
                                               each year from 2018 through 2022.3                      Department of Veterans Affairs, to                     115–72.
                                               These new costs on the scorecard                        improve hiring authorities of the
                                               decreased the balances of savings in                                                                           B. Statutory Provisions Excluding
                                                                                                       Department, to authorize major medical                 Legislation From the Scorecards
                                               each year on the 5-year scorecard from                  facility leases, and for other purposes,
                                               2018 through 2020, and increased the                    Public Law 115–46;                                        Three laws enacted in the first session
                                               balances of costs in 2021. The 5-year                      • Harry W. Colmery Veterans                         of the 115th Congress had estimated
                                               PAYGO window extended only through                      Educational Assistance Act of 2017,                    budgetary effects on direct spending and
                                               2021 in the second session of the 114th                 Public Law 115–48;                                     revenues that were excluded from the
                                               Congress, so there were no 5-year                          • Department of Veterans Affairs                    calculations for the PAYGO scorecards
                                               scorecard balances in 2022 to carry over                Expiring Authorities Act of 2017, Public               due to provisions in law excluding all
                                               and the 5-year scorecard total is the                   Law 115–62;                                            or part of the law from section 4(d) of
                                               average $1,089 million cost from this                      • Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and               the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
                                               session.                                                Airway Extension Act of 2017, Public                   2010. One law, An Act to provide for
                                                  The 10-year PAYGO scorecard for the                  Law 115–63;                                            reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V
                                               first session of the 115th Congress began                  • Additional Supplemental                           of the concurrent resolution on the
                                               with balances of savings of $14,468                     Appropriations for Disaster Relief                     budget for fiscal year 2018, Public Law
                                               million in each year from 2018 to 2020,                 Requirements Act, 2017, Public Law                     115–97 (also referred to as H.R. 1, the
                                               $8,097 million in 2021, $7,387 million                  115–72;                                                Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), was excluded
                                               in 2022, $6,252 million in 2023, $6,259                    • National Defense Authorization Act                entirely from the scorecards by Section
                                               million in 2024, and $4,738 million in                  for Fiscal Year 2018, Public Law 115–                  5002 of Public Law 115–96.
                                               2025, and with costs of $980 million in                 91; and                                                   In addition, budgetary effects in two
                                               2026. The completed 10-year scorecard                      • Western Oregon Tribal Fairness                    laws were excluded by provisions
                                               for the session shows that PAYGO                        Act, Public Law 115–103.                               excluding certain portions of those laws
                                               legislation for the session increased the                  In addition to the laws identified                  from the scorecards:
                                               deficit by an average of $653 million                   above, 19 laws enacted in this session
                                               each year from 2018 through 2027.                                                                                 • Making further continuing
                                                                                                       were estimated to have negligible
                                               These new costs decreased the balances                                                                         appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and
                                                                                                       budgetary effects on the PAYGO
                                               of savings in each year on the 10-year                                                                         for other purposes, Public Law 115–30;
                                                                                                       scorecards—costs or savings of less than
                                                                                                                                                              and
                                                                                                       $500,000 over both the 5-year and 10-
                                                 3 As provided in section 4(d) of the PAYGO Act,
                                                                                                       year PAYGO windows.                                       • An Act to amend the Homeland
                                               2 U.S.C. 933(d), budgetary effects on the PAYGO                                                                Security Act of 2002 to require the
                                               scorecards are based on congressional estimates for     II. Budgetary Effects Excluded From the                Secretary of Homeland Security to issue
                                               bills including a reference to a congressional
                                               estimate in the Congressional Record, and for which
                                                                                                       Scorecard Balances                                     Department of Homeland Security-wide
                                               such a reference is indeed present in the Record.       A. Legislation Designated as Emergency                 guidance and develop training programs
                                               Absent such a congressional cost estimate, OMB is                                                              as part of the Department of Homeland
                                               required to use its own estimate for the scorecard.     Requirements
                                               None of the bills enacted during this session had
                                                                                                                                                              Security Blue Campaign, and for other
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                                               such a congressional estimate and therefore OMB
                                                                                                         As shown on the scorecards, two laws                 purposes, Public Law 115–96.
                                               was required to provide an estimate for all PAYGO       were enacted in the first session of the
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                                                                                                    STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS
                                                                                          [In millions of dollars, negative amounts portray decreases in deficits]

                                                                             2018          2019           2020           2021         2022

                                               First Session of the
                                                  115th Congress ....          1,089          1,089          1,089        1,089         1,089

                                               Balances from Pre-
                                                 vious Sessions ......      ¥3,579         ¥3,604        ¥2,978             478                 0

                                                    Five-year
                                                      PAYGO
                                                      Scorecard ......      ¥2,490         ¥2,515        ¥1,889           1,567         1,089

                                                                             2018          2019           2020           2021         2022              2023        2024           2025       2026         2027

                                               First Session of the
                                                  115th Congress ....            653              653         653           653           653              653            653         653         653           653

                                               Balances from Pre-
                                                 vious Sessions ......     ¥14,468        ¥14,468       ¥14,468          ¥8,097      ¥7,387            ¥6,252      ¥6,259          ¥4,738         980             0

                                                    Ten-year
                                                      PAYGO
                                                      Scorecard ......     ¥13,815        ¥13,815       ¥13,815          ¥7,444      ¥6,734            ¥5,999      ¥5,606          ¥4,085       1,633           653



                                               IV. Sequestration Order                                  balances of savings. The years 2026 and                   of mutual interest and concern to the
                                                                                                        2027 will show balances of costs.                         agencies.
                                                  As shown on the scorecards, the
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2018–01319 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am]               AGENDA: To provide updates on Agency
                                               budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 3110–01–P                                    activities and to discuss the
                                               enacted in the first session of the 115th                                                                          Committee’s draft annual report due 15
                                               Congress, combined with the balances                                                                               March 2018.
                                               from previous sessions of the Congress
                                                                                                        NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION                                 Dated: January 23, 2018.
                                               left on each scorecard, resulted in net
                                               savings on both the 5-year and the 10-                                                                             Crystal Robinson,
                                                                                                        Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory
                                               year scorecard in the budget year, which                                                                           Committee Management Officer.
                                                                                                        Committee; Notice of Meeting
                                               is 2018 for the purposes of this Report.                                                                           [FR Doc. 2018–01411 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am]
                                               Because the costs for the budget year, as                  In accordance with the Federal                          BILLING CODE 7555–01–P

                                               shown on the scorecards, do not exceed                   Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
                                               savings for the budget year, there is no                 463, as amended), the National Science
                                                                                                        Foundation (NSF) announces the
                                               ‘‘debit’’ on either scorecard under
                                                                                                        following meeting:                                        NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                               section 3 of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C.
                                                                                                        NAME AND COMMITTEE CODE: Astronomy                        COMMISSION
                                               932, and there is no need for a
                                                                                                        and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
                                               sequestration order.4
                                                                                                        (#13883)                                                  [NRC–2018–0001]
                                                  The savings shown on the scorecards                   DATE AND TIME: February 27, 2018; 12:00
                                               for 2018 will be removed from the                        p.m.–4:00 p.m.                                            Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
                                               scorecards that are used to record the                   PLACE: National Science Foundation,
                                               budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation                   2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room C2010,                       DATE: Weeks of January 29, February 5,
                                               enacted in the second session of the                     Alexandria, VA 22314.                                     12, 19, 26, March 5, 2018.
                                               115th Congress. The totals shown in                      TYPE OF MEETING: Open.                                    PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
                                               2019 through 2027 will remain on the                       Attendance information for the                          Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
                                               scorecards and will be used in                           meeting will be forthcoming on the                        Maryland.
                                               determining whether a sequestration                      website: http://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/                      STATUS: Public and Closed.
                                               order will be necessary in the future. On                aaac.jsp.
                                               the 5-year scorecard for the second                                                                                Week of January 29, 2018
                                                                                                        CONTACT PERSON: Dr. Christopher Davis,
                                               session of the 115th Congress, 2019 and                  Program Director, Division of                               There are no meetings scheduled for
                                               2020 will show balances of savings. The                  Astronomical Sciences, Suite W 9136,                      the week of January 29, 2018.
                                               years 2021 and 2022 will show balances                   National Science Foundation, 2415                         Week of February 5, 2018—Tentative
                                               of costs. On the 10-year scorecard, each                 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA
                                               year from 2019 to 2025 will shows                        22314; Telephone: 703–292–4910.                           Thursday, February 8, 2018
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES




                                                                                                        PURPOSE OF MEETING: To provide advice                     9:00 a.m. Discussion of Potential
                                                 4 Joint Committee reductions for 2018 were
                                                                                                        and recommendations to the National                           Changes to the 10 CFR 2.206
                                                                                                        Science Foundation (NSF), the National                        Enforcement Petition Process
                                               calculated and ordered in a separate report and are
                                               not affected by this determination. See, https://
                                                                                                        Aeronautics and Space Administration                          (Public Meeting), (Contact: Doug
                                               www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/           (NASA) and the U.S. Department of                             Broaddus: 301–415–8124)
                                               omb/sequestration_reports/FY_2018_                       Energy (DOE) on issues within the field                     This meeting will be webcast live at
                                               Sequestration_Update_8-18-17.pdf                         of astronomy and astrophysics that are                    the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.


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