108-447 ). FY2004 Appropriations

The FY2004 Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriation was passed as part of the FY2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act ( P.L. ***The FY2005 Omnibus appropriations bill contains an across-the-board rescission of 0.80%; thatrescission is not reflected in these figures. 5025 , the FY2005 Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agenciesappropriations bill, on July 23, 2004, but the bill was not officially reported out by the Committeeuntil September 9, 2004 ( H.Rept. The Committee recommended $89.9 billion. TheHouse of Representatives passed H.R. 5025 on September 22, 2004. During floor debate,the House cut some $47 billion in transportation funding from the $89.9 billion bill, as points oforder were raised against appropriations to programs lacking authorizing legislation. Since, at thatpoint, surface transportation programs had no authorizing legislation for FY2005, virtually allappropriations for highway and transit programs were eliminated; funding for Airport ImprovementProgram grants was eliminated as well. The Senate Committee on Appropriations reported out S. 2806 ( S.Rept. 108-342 ), their FY2005 Transportation, Treasury and General Government Appropriations bill, on September15, 2004. The Committee recommended $90.5 billion, $1.6 billion more than the Administrationrequest. The bill was thensent to the President, and was signed into law on December 8, 2004. The bill provides $90.6 billionfor the Departments of Transportation and the Treasury, and the independent agencies included inDivision H, minus a 0.80% across-the-board rescission which applies to the entire omnibus. During floor debate, appropriators struck funding for transportation programs that were not authorized for FY2005. This included the federal highway program, federal highway safetyprograms, the federal transit program, and Amtrak. *Because the transportation appropriations subcommittee chairman assured Members that the cuts made to transportation programs on the floor would be restored inconference, this table shows the figures recommended by the Committee onAppropriations. Railroad Safety. Conferees agreed on$3.6 billion. 5025 would also provide $177.0 million infunding for Treasury's departmental offices (or $1.9 million more than FY2004 but$8.0 million less than the amount the Bush Administration requested for FY2005),of which $21.8 million was designated for the operations of OFAC; $36.1 million forthe Treasury's systems and capital investments program (or $113,000 less thanFY2004 but identical to the amount requested for FY2005); $16.5 million forTreasury's Office of Inspector General (or $3.6 million more than FY2004 and $2.3million more than the amount requested for FY2005); $129.1 million for Treasury'sInspector General for Tax Administration (or $1.8 million more than FY2004 butidentical to the amount requested for FY2005); $2.0 million for the AirTransportation Stabilization Program (or $523,000 less than FY2004 and $800,000less than the amount requested for FY2005); $20.3 million for Treasury's buildingand annex repair and restoration program (or $4.5 million less than FY2004 butidentical to the amount requested for FY2005); $90.0 million for the FinancialCrimes Enforcement Network (after a House floor amendment added $25.5 million;the $90 million is $32.7 million more than FY2004 and $25.5 million more thanrequested for FY2005); $230.9 million for the Financial Management Service (or$3.7 million more than FY2004 but identical to the amount requested for FY2005);$82.5 million for the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (or $3.0 millionmore than FY2004 and $600,000 more than the amount requested for FY2005); and$175.2 million for the Bureau of the Public Debt (or $2.5 million more than FY2004and identical to the amount requested for FY2005). During the floor debate in the House on H.R. For a variety of reasons, the full Senate never voted on the bill. 528 ) to delete the provision. The Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act funds all but three offices in the Executive Office of the President (EOP). The conference agreement and the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2005 authorizes the transfers, but continues separate appropriations for the EOP accounts.With regard to the transfers, Section 533 of Title V of Division H of the ConsolidatedAppropriations Act provides that up to 10% of the appropriated funds among theaccounts for the
White House Office (including the Homeland Security Council), Executive Residence at the White House, White House Repair andRestoration, Office of Policy Development, Office of Administration, Council ofEconomic Advisers, National Security Council
Office of Management and Budget
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Special Assistance to the President and Official Residence ofthe Vice President (transfers would be subject to the approval of the VicePresident)
could be transferred to any other such appropriation, "to be merged with and available for the same time and for the same purposes as the appropriation to whichtransferred" by the OMB Director (or such other officer as the President maydesignate in writing). (89)

	Title IV: Independent Agencies

 Table 8. The Administration recommended dropping several such provisions. The resolutions noted thelongstanding policy of parity between both the military and civilian pay increases. 5025 had three provisions that would have eased Cuba sanctions.
The FY2005 Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies appropriations bill was passed as Division H of P.L. 108-447 , an omnibus appropriations bill, and was signed into law on December8, 2004. The bill provides $90.6 billion for Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies. However, the bill also includes an across-the-board rescission of 0.80%, which will reduce theTransportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies funding by approximately $725 million. Thiswill make the final figure $89.9 billion, slightly less than FY2004's $90.3 billion but more than theAdministration's request for FY2005.
For FY2005, the Administration requested $88.9 billion for the Departments of Transportation and the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, and a variety of independent agencies. Thiswas $1.6 billion (1.7%) less than the amount enacted for FY2004.
On September 22, 2004, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5025 , the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005. The Committee onAppropriations had recommended $89.9 billion, an increase of $0.9 billion over the President'srequest and $495 million below the FY2004 level. During the House floor debate on the bill,sections of the bill appropriating funds for unauthorized programs were struck. Since at the time ofthe floor debate the surface transportation programs were not authorized for FY2005, the result wasthat funding for federal highway, highway safety, and transit programs was eliminated, as wasfunding for Amtrak and the Airport Improvement Program. In the end, the House cut some $47billion in transportation funding from the $89.9 billion bill reported by the Committee. The appropriation subcommittee chairman assured members that this funding would be restored inconference (for this reason, the tables in this bill do not reflect these cuts). The House bill includedseveral provisions similar to provisions that were included in the FY2004 House bill and that provedcontroversial. These included setting the FY2005 federal civilian pay increase at the same level theAdministration requested for the military (3.5% for FY2005), limits on the outsourcing ofgovernment work, and loosening of sanctions on Cuba.
On September 15, 2004 the Senate Committee on Appropriations reported out S. 2806 , their FY2005 Transportation, Treasury and General Government Appropriations bill. TheCommittee recommended $90.6 billion in funding and included provisions aligning the FY2005federal civilian pay increase with that of the military and limiting outsourcing of government work. This full Senate never acted on this bill.
The conferees dropped the provisions limiting outsourcing of government work and relaxing restrictions on Cuba. Final passage of the bill was delayed to allow Congress to delete a provisionthat would have given appropriators' access to individual tax return information. This report willnot be updated.
Key Policy Staff
DSP = Domestic Social Policy
G&F= Government & Finance
RSI = Resources, Science, and Industry Division.