With the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 ( P.L. 108-7 , Division J), the accounts covered by the Treasury and General Government appropriations legislation arefunded through the end of FY2003. The FY2003 budget was submittedto Congress on February 4, 2002. The bill, as passed, would fund the discretionary accounts at $18.5 billion, for a total of $35.1 billion. S.Rept.107-212 shows that the bill, as reported, would fund the discretionary accounts at $18.5 billion, fora total of $34.8 billion. TheBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms will be renamed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms, and Explosives and will be transferred to the Department of Justice. Status of FY2003 Appropriations for the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government (See Table 5 for breakdown of accounts within bills)

	Treasury and General Government Appropriations, FY2003

		Budget and Key Policy Issues

		Department of the Treasury

In recent decades, the Department of the Treasury has performed four basic functions: (1) formulating, recommending, and implementing economic, financial, tax, and fiscal policies; (2)serving as the financial agent for the federal government; (3) enforcing federal financial, tax,tobacco, alcoholic beverage, and gun laws; and (4) producing all postage stamps, currency, andcoinage. Under P.L. Of this amount, $10.418 billion (or about 60%) was go to the IRS, $2.869billion (or 17%) to the U.S. Customs Service, and $1.0 billion (or 6%) to the U.S. Secret Service.According to budget documents released by the administration, requested funding for the Departmentreflected two priorities: (1) an increase in the resources available for strengthening "security at homeand abroad, as an outgrowth of the events of September 11, 2001; and (2) an increase in funding forefforts to modernize the Customs Service and the business information systems at the IRS. (24)
The Administration's FY2003 budget request includes $883,775,000 for ATF, a 3% increase over the agency's FY2002 appropriation. 107-67 , the IRS received $9.437 billion in funding in FY2002, or $548 million more than it received in FY2001. U. S. Secret Service. Under P.L. In addition, USPS receiveda total of $675,000,000 to compensate it for extraordinary expenses arising from the terrorist attacks.The President allocated $175,000,000 from the Emergency Response Fund authorized by P.L.107-38 , the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery From and Response toTerrorist Attacks on the United States, FY2001. 107-117 . 108-7 retained the funding for the accounts as separate accounts within the Executive Office of the President, as had been reported by the House Committee on Appropriations and passedby the House through H.R. General Services Administration (GSA). Homeland Security

Prior to the terrorist attacks of last fall, the Office of Management and Budgethad identified several accounts under this appropriation (Department of the Treasury,Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. SecretService, and the General Services Administration) as being funded for functionsrelated to countering terrorism. Emergency Counterterrorism Funding

Subsequent to the attacks, certain accounts have been allocated funds from the Emergency Response Fund established through P.L. 107-38 . The 108th Congress enacted P.L. Alternativetables are also provided. 5120 and S. 2740 ). During the interim period, the accounts were fundedat the FY2002 enacted levels. (97) The conferencereport does not provide a breakdown of mandatory and discretionary funding. Continuing Resolution. Scorekeeping.
The Treasury and General Government accounts are funded for FY2003 through the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 ( P.L. 108-7 ; Division J). Because the accounts in thisappropriation were not funded, other than under continuing resolution, as the 107th Congressadjourned, legislation was required for that purpose early in the 108th Congress. During the interim,the accounts were funded at FY2002 enacted levels. P.L. 108-7 also requires a rescission across alldiscretionary funding within the Act.
On February 4, 2002, President George W. Bush submitted his FY2003 budget to Congress. The budget documents show, for accounts funded through the Treasury, Postal Service, and GeneralGovernment appropriations bill, a proposed FY2003 discretionary budget authority of $18.7 billion,an increase over FY2002 estimates by just under $1 billion. Many of the FY2002 estimates offeredearlier in the year are no longer current because they have been affected by supplementalappropriations, largely in response to the September 11 attacks.
H.R. 5120 , as passed by the House July 24, 2002, would have provided $18.5 billion in discretionary funding. The total for the bill would have been $35.1 billion. This wouldrepresent a 3.1% increase over FY2002, including supplemental and emergency funding. Afterscorekeeping adjustments, including $745 million associated with the Administration's accrualfunding proposal, the committee's mark was $147.6 million above FY2002 appropriations and$207.8 million below the Administration request. S. 2740 , as reported by the SenateCommittee on Appropriations, would have provided a total of $34.8 billion to fund the accounts. Discretionary funding under the reported measure would be $18.5 billion. The FY2002appropriation, P.L. 107-67 , totaled $32.4 billion. Congressional Budget Office scorekeeping put thetotals at $32.8 billion ($15.7 billion mandatory and $17.1 billion discretionary). Several of theaccounts were also receiving funding through the Emergency Response Fund under P.L. 107-38 and P.L. 107-117 .
Accounts in the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Secret Service, and the General Services Administration usually receivefunding for functions related to countering terrorism. Emergency Response Fund allocations, asprovided by P.L. 107-38 , the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from andResponse to Terrorist Attacks on the United States, FY2001, have gone to accounts in theDepartment of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, and the General ServicesAdministration. Three major entities covered by the Treasury and General Governmentappropriation are being transferred to the newly created Department of Homeland Security. Thoseare the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Customs Service, and the Federal Protective Service of theGeneral Services Administration. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms will be renamedand transferred to the Department of Justice.
Key Policy Staff
Division abbreviations: DSP = Domestic Social Policy; G&F = Government and Finance.