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PROPOSED CHANGES TO 1998 ESTIMATES This Budget contains proposals that would increase 1998 spending by $0.6 billion. Additional supplemental and rescission proposals are under development and will be transmitted separately. SUMMARY OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS (In millions of dollars) 1998 Budget Authority Supplemental Proposals: Department of Health and Human Services ......................................................................................... Department of Veterans Affairs ............................................................................................................. Total, Supplemental Proposals ............................................................................................................ Outlays 1998 Language Proposal $550 $550 550 550 1999 2000 .............. .............. .............. .............. 1157 SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSALS The following information concerns supplemental appropriations requests for 1998 proposed for congressional consideration. Department of Veterans Affairs VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS Department of Health and Human Services (Supplemental now requested, existing legislation) FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION For an additional amount for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, $550,000,000, to remain available until expended. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) (Supplemental now requested, existing legislation) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 75–9911–1–1–554 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 59 21 248 128 35 00.91 ................... 491 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... Total survivors .................................................. ................... Clothing allowance .................................................... ................... 58 ................... 1 ................... 02.93 Total compensation ............................................... ................... 550 ................... 10.00 Total obligations (object class 42.0) ........................ ................... 550 ................... 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... 550 ................... –550 ................... 40.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. ................... 550 ................... 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... 550 ................... –550 ................... –26 ................... 86.90 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. ................... 550 ................... Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... 550 ................... 550 ................... 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ ................... 26 ................... 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... 26 ................... –26 ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... ................... Change in unpaid obligations: 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. ................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... ................... Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources .................................................................. ................... 26 ................... 26 ................... –26 ................... 26 ................... The FDA Modernization Act of 1998 increased the amount of fees authorized for the review of human drug applications (Prescription Drug User Fees) after enactment of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998. This supplemental request would enable FDA to collect and use these fees for authorized purposes. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 75–9911–1–1–554 99.9 Obligations by program activity: Compensation: Veterans: 00.03 World War II .......................................................... 00.04 Korean conflict ...................................................... 00.05 Vietnam era .......................................................... 00.06 Peacetime service ................................................. 00.07 Persian Gulf conflict ............................................. 01.91 02.01 26 ................... 99.0 1999 est. 01.04 01.05 01.06 01.07 01.08 01.09 Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable program .................................................. ................... 89.00 90.00 1998 est. Total veterans ................................................... Survivors: World War I ........................................................... World War II .......................................................... Korean conflict ...................................................... Vietnam era .......................................................... Peacetime service ................................................. Persian Gulf conflict ............................................. 09.01 68.00 1997 actual Identification code 36–0153–1–1–701 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ from fees collected pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, an amount equal to the amount by which the total of such fees authorized to be collected for fiscal year 1998 exceeds $91,204,000, to remain available until expended. 1997 actual ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 1 23 7 18 8 1 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... This supplemental request would fund the additional costs associated with the 1998 Compensation cost-of-living increase (a 2.1 percent increase effective December 1, 1997) and an upward revision, based on 1997 actual data and enacted legislation, of the number of Compensation beneficiaries for 1998, as well as an expected increase in average payments to Compensation and Pension beneficiaries. TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 1998 est. 1999 est. DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS Reimbursable obligations: Subtotal, reimbursable obligations ....................................................................... ................... 26 ................... (Supplemental now requested, existing legislation) Total obligations ........................................................ ................... 26 ................... Section 642 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act 1998 (Public Law 105–61; 111 Stat. 1318) is repealed. 1159 1160 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS—Continued DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS—Continued This supplemental request would repeal Section 642 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998. That section provides an ‘‘open season’’ from July 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 during which time Federal and Postal Service employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) could switch to the Federal Employees THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 Retirement System (FERS). Section 642 could raise the Federal Government’s employee retirement costs by billions of dollars over the long term. It would force agencies to use limited discretionary dollars for more retirement payments, diverting funds from pay raises and other priorities. Section 642 could also slow Federal downsizing.
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