	Most Recent Developments

On September 29, 1999, President Clinton signed P.L. 106-113 , approved November 29, required a 0.38% cut in allfunding for FY2000. Among the independent agencies financed through P.L. Among other provisions adopted by the Senate, July 1, the following would 
Convey federal land to the Columbia Hospital forWomen;
Amend the Social Security Act to require the Secretary ofHealth and Human Services to provide bonus grants to high performance Statesbased on certain criteria and collect data to evaluate the outcome of welfarereform;
Prohibit the use of funds to pay for an abortion or to pay for theadministrative expenses in connection with certain health plans that provide coveragefor abortions;
Provide additional funding to reduce methamphetamine usagein High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas;
Increase U.S. Customs Service funding to enable the hiring of500 new inspectors to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. and to facilitatelegitimate cross-border trade and commerce; and
Require the Secretary of the Treasury to develop an Internet sitewhere a taxpayer may generate a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizesthe portion of the payment which is allocable to various government spendingcategories. 2490. Across-the-Board Cuts

Pursuant to the provisions of P.L. Status of FY2000 Appropriations for the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President and GeneralGovernment

	Budget and Key Policy Issues

		Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury has both financial and law enforcement functions. 106-58 funds the Department of the Treasury at $12,354,616,000. As passed by the Senate July 1, 1999, S. 1282 would have funded the department accounts at $12,234,649,000. As passed by the House July 15, 1999, H.R.2490 would have funded the accounts at $12,189,648,000. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The President's budget request for FY2000 would fund$8,248,774,000 to the IRS. Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President

The Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government appropriations bill funds all the offices in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), except the following threeoffices--the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Science andTechnology Policy (both funded under Veterans Affairs, Housing and UrbanDevelopment, and Independent Agencies appropriations), and the Office of theUnited States Trade Representative (funded under Commerce, Justice, State, and theJudiciary and Related Agencies appropriations). The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),which is located in the EOP, distributes the funds to federal and state entities. The FY2000 appropriations for the offices in the EOP that are funded by the Treasury appropriations act total $645,489,000, which is .9% more than the$639,498,000 requested by the President, and 3.7% less than the $670,112,000appropriated for FY1999. The specific accounts are discussed below. 104-21 . The Administration's request of $38.5 million constituted a 5.5% increase over the $36.5 million appropriated for the agency in FY1999. General Services Administration (GSA). 106-58 provides funding for GSA at$151,781,000, more than the Senate had voted and less than the House. Theprinciple difference is in the policy and operations account. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This funding level is higher than either the House or Senate had originally passed. (This was the House-passed amount and is $1,000,000 lessthan the Senate-passed funding and the President's budget request.) TheFY2000 appropriations bill for those accounts (H.R. Major Funding Trends

In summary and prior to scorekeeping adjustments by the Congressional BudgetOffice (CBO), the Administration has requested a total of $27,997,054,000 foraccounts within this appropriation. The funding enacted for FY2000 under P.L.106-58 totals $27,972,418,000. The House and Senate data for FY1999 enacted are different. The House committeerecommended that funding level. Table 2. Table 4. The funds are under the control of the ONDCP. Account. Discretionary Spending. Mandatory Spending. Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
P.L. 106-58 (H.R. 2490), signed by the President September 29, 1999, to fund the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, several independent agencies and to providepartial funding for the U.S. Postal Service. The act funds the accounts at $27.99 billion, includingmandatories (before scorekeeping by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)). The consolidatedFY2000 funding measure, P.L. 106-113 , signed November 29, 1999, requires a cut by 0.38% in allaccounts. The administration's budget, to be submitted in early February, will contain a report onthe exact amounts of cuts for each of the accounts.
The Senate-passed version of H.R. 2490 would have funded the accounts at $27.77 billion and the House at $27.8 billion. The President's FY2000 budget, submitted February 1, 1999, requesteda funding level of $27.997 billion for the mandatory and discretionary accounts. This is an increaseover the FY1999 level enacted at just under $27 billion in regular appropriations, with additionalemergency funding. CBO scores the total for the FY2000 funding at $28.2 billion. The mandatoriesare $14.5 billion and the discretionary funding are $13.7 billion.
In summary, P.L. 106-58 , prior to the across-the-board cut, funds the Department of Treasury at $12,354.6 million, which is $ 282.6 million less than the FY1999 enacted (which includedemergency funding), $21.5 million less than requested, $165 million more than the House passed,and $120 million more than the Senate passed for FY2000. One principle point of difference is thefunding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Both the House and Senate would have substantiallycut funding in several of the IRS accounts (See Table 4 for specifics).
Although the total appropriation for the U.S. Postal Service equals the request by the Administration, only $29 million of the $93.4 million is available in FY2000. The remainder willbe delayed until FY2001.
Title III of the Treasury appropriation funds the Executive Office of the President and accounts entitled, "Funds Appropriated to the President." Under the act, those accounts total $645.5 million. That funding level is $6 million more than the President's request, $9.3 million less thanHouse-enacted, and $75.4 million more than Senate-enacted. Both the House- and Senate-passedversions would have funded the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) at about $10million over the request. The major differences between the chamber action and the act are in theFunds Appropriated to the President, which are funds the ONDCP transfers to other entities for drugcontrol efforts.
The independent agencies are funded at $14.9 billion. That is $9.1 million less than requested, $16.6 million more than House-enacted and $2.5 million more than Senate-enacted. Funding for theGeneral Services Administration and the National Archives and Records Administration representthe largest differences.
Key Policy Staff
Division abbreviations: G&F = Government and Finance; DSP = Domestic Social Policy; RSI=Resources, Science, and Industry.