83 FR 3774 - Notice; 2017 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act Annual Report
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 3774-3776] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-01319] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET Notice; 2017 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act Annual Report AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget (OMB). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ References to years on the PAYGO scorecards are to fiscal years. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 3775]] 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). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 3776]] 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 Previous 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 Previous 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 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\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [FR Doc. 2018-01319 Filed 1-25-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3110-01-P
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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
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Act Annual Report year are considered to be budgetary effects for the
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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
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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
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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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