International Boundary and Water Commission-additonal authorization. General revenue sharing. Ocean protection. Noise control. Veterans compensation and pensions-increased benefits. Veterans readjustment benefits-advance education allowance. JFK Center-tours. Water Resources Council-2d assessment. Action was not completed on 18 of the 45 proposals for new or expanded programs. These were estimated at $0.9 billion in budget authority and $0.7 billion in outlays. These proposals were: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation-administrative expenses. All volunteer army: special pay and other inducements. Military retirement modernization. Housing-revenue sharing. Health maintenance organizations. Indian economic development-appropriations. Toxic substance control. Veterans nursing home construction-state grants. D.C.-higher education capital grants. D.C.-local bond expenses. D.C.-RFK stadium bond interest. Veterans medical care. Veterans medical administration. In the net, combined action and inaction on these 45 proposals for new or expanded programs had the effect of increasing the FY 1973 budget by $1.6 billion in budget authority and $5.2 billion in outlays. II. LEGISLATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE FY 1973 BUDGET, SHOWING CONGRESSIONAL ACTION THEREON COMPLETED DURING THE LAST SESSION A. Legislation initiated by the President (not contemplated in the FY 1973 budget) In addition to the legislative proposals contemplated in the FY 1973 budget the President transmitted 44 other legislative proposals during the past session of Congress, involving requests for budget authority of $0.8 billion and estimated outlays of $0.6 billion. Of these 44 additional proposals, 11 were mandatory or "backdoor" in nature involving recommendations for budget authority and outlays of $0.2 billion. Action was completed in the last session on 31 such proposals, 10 of which were mandatory or "backdoor" in nature. Mandatory or "backdoor": Increased salaries-U.S. magistrates; Guam and Virgin Islands congressional delegates; Surety bond elimination; Wage board pay increase; Wage board pay adjustment; Nuclear personnel pay; Emergency unemployment benefits-extension; Air traffic controller retirement; Highway emergency relief (Agnes); Lighthouse service benefits. Other than mandatory: Gold revaluation; Fishermen's protective actextension; National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere; Supplemental maritime authorization; Loan of Navy vessels; National Heart, Lung, etc. Act; Salmon Falls irrigation; Gateway National Recreation area; Golden Gate urban recreation area; Rockefeller Parkway; National Parks authorizations; Recreation-conservation areas; Parolled drug addict care; Diplomat protection; South Pacific Commission; International Agency for Cancer Research; Ports and waterway safety; TRANSPO-72; Public buildings financing; National historical publications; Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation. · The impact of the mandatory or "backdoor" items shown above on FY 1973 is direct, having the effect of increasing the FY 1973 budget by about $0.2 billion in authority and $0.3 billion in outlays (although not representing significant net increase over Presidential recommendations). The impact of the non-mandatory legislative actions is less direct, but represents a potential increase in FY 1973 and subsequent years to the extent they are actually funded in appropriation legislation. B. Initiated by the Congress (not contemplated in the FY 1973 budget) During the past session the Congress, on its own initiative, gave consideration to about 175 pieces of legislation having spending implications, which were not reflected in budget requests for FY 1973. If enacted and fully funded, these 175 pieces of legislation would have increased budget authority and outlays over the next five years by about $60 billion. Actual enactments during the last session of such legislation, initiated by the Congress but not contemplated in the FY 1973 budget, totaled 75 measures authorizing budget authority and outlays of $3.3 billion for FY 1973. Among these 75 measures were 14 legislative actions of a mandatory or "backdoor" nature which have a direct impact on FY 1973 and future years. Estimated FY 1973 amounts involved were $1.9 billion in budget authority and $2.0 billion in outlays. These items were: Service contract wage rates. School lunch programs. POW leave accumulation. Black lung benefits. Temporary extension of housing programs. Longshoremen's and harbor workers compensation-amendments. Extended unemployment benefits. Paraplegic veterans housing grants. Civil service retirement-firemen. 3 laws Railroad Retirement benefit increases. Small business loans-disaster. Small business loans-minorities. Also among the 75 enacted measures during the last session, initiated by the Congress but not contemplated in the FY 1973 budget, were 61 legislative actions which authorized appropriations for additional federal programs, but which were not mandatory in nature. Although these do not necessarily have direct impact on FY 1973, they represent potential increases in the budget for this and subsequent years. These include: Rural development; Food for the elderly; Cooley's anemia control; Aircraft loan guarantee; Assistance to medical schools-veterans hospitals; Oregon Dunes Recreation Area; Fossil Butte National Monument; and 54 other measures. III. AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION CONTEMPLATED IN THE FY 1973 BUDGET, SHOWING CONGRESSIONAL ACTION THEREON COMPLETED DURING THE LAST SESSION In the FY 1973 budget legislation was proposed to provide authorizations for 55 continuing programs requiring enactment prior to inclusion in the respective appropriation bills. As requested, these authorizations totaled $45.3 billion. Action was completed on 47 of these authorizations, involving requests of $42.1 billion. As enacted these authorizations totaled $57.9 billion. This represents a net increase of $15.8 billion over amounts recommended. These authorizations were: The 8 authorizations on which action was not completed, involving recommendations of $3.2 billion, were: Foreign assistance (subject to conference at adjournment). Vocational rehabilitation (vetoed). Programs for aging (vetoed). Training and research programs for aging (vetoed). Weather research-NOAA. Lead based paint poison prevention. Vista-expansion. Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial Museum. In addition, the 1973 budget requested authorizing legislation for the Federal highway programs in the amount of $1.8 billion. This is contract authority which required no further appropriation action to become available for obligation. The conference report was not adopted prior to adjournment, thus action on this legislation was not completed. IV. REVENUE In the fiscal year 1973 budget there were 5 legislative proposals affecting revenues. As requested, these proposals would have increased revenues a net of $0.8 billion. The Congress completed action on two of these revenue proposals-social security and railroad retirement payroll taxes. In addition, Congress initiated and enacted four other revenue measures. These measures, which had the effect of increasing revenues by a net of $54 million, were: POW income tax exclusion, bow and arrow tax, health insurance contracts taxes, and emergency unemployment tax-extension. Congressional actions and inactions on revenue legislation in the last session had the net effect of increasing federal revenues by $0.5 billion. О |