FY 2014 Federal Budget Proposal By Tracy C. Coyle Copyright Tracy Coyle, 2013 All rights reserved ISBN-13: 978-1482098211 Printed in the United States of America Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. Table of Contents • Index of Tables....................................................................................................i • Preface................................................................................................................ii • Introduction........................................................................................................1 • Budget Reform...................................................................................................3 Net versus Gross...........................................................................................4 • Spending Reform................................................................................................7 Entitlement Reform...........................................................................................8 Medicare/Medicaid.......................................................................................8 Hospitalization Program..........................................................................9 Provider Plan..........................................................................................11 Social Security............................................................................................12 Third Rail Plan.......................................................................................13 Third Rail Fund......................................................................................15 Summary.....................................................................................................16 Implementation................................................................................................17 Tax Holiday/Stimulus.................................................................................17 Step One......................................................................................................17 Step Two.....................................................................................................18 Step 2.5.......................................................................................................18 Step Three...................................................................................................18 Step Four.....................................................................................................18 Paying for Implementation ........................................................................18 • Tax Reform.......................................................................................................21 Authorities Revenue Plan................................................................................21 Assessment..................................................................................................21 Discretionary Revenue Plan............................................................................24 Income Tax..................................................................................................24 Retail Sales Tax...........................................................................................26 Why Not the Fair Tax.............................................................................26 • Policy Changes.................................................................................................28 Lending.......................................................................................................28 Inspector General........................................................................................28 Working Capital Funds...............................................................................28 Military Deployments.................................................................................29 Bankruptcy..................................................................................................31 • The Proposed FY2014 Plan Line by Line Budget Details...............................33 Executive Branch - Discretionary Summary...................................................33 Department of Agriculture Budget Summary.............................................34 Department of Health and Human Services Budget Summary..................39 Department of Labor Budget Summary......................................................44 Department of Education Summary...........................................................49 Department of Energy Summary................................................................52 Environmental Protection Agency Summary.............................................56 General Services Agency Summary...........................................................58 Social Security Administration Summary...................................................60 Department of Housing and Urban Development Summary......................61 Small Business Administration Summary..................................................64 Other Programs, Committees and Boards Summary .................................65 Executive Branch - Authorities Summary.......................................................93 Executive Office of the President Summary...............................................94 Department of Commerce Summary..........................................................98 Department of the Interior Summary........................................................101 Department of Transportation Summary..................................................114 NASA Summary.......................................................................................124 Department of the Treasury Summary......................................................129 Department of Homeland Security Summary...........................................138 Department of Defense Summary.............................................................152 Department of Veteran’s Affairs Summary...............................................171 Office of Personnel Management Summary.............................................177 Department of Justice Summary...............................................................180 Department of State Summary..................................................................190 Legislative Branch.........................................................................................197 Legislative Branch - Boards and Commissions Summary.......................201 Judicial Branch..............................................................................................202 • Appendix A : Departmental Re-Organization...............................................206 Executive Branch - Discretionary.................................................................206 Executive Branch - Authorities.....................................................................209 Judicial Branch..............................................................................................223 Legislative Branch.........................................................................................223 • Appendix B : Hospitalization Plan State Premiums......................................224 • Appendix C : Federal Funds..........................................................................226 • Appendix D : Boards and Commissions of the Federal Government...........232 ii Index of Tables Introduction: Historical Spending As % Of GDP (000,000s)........................................................................1 Introduction: Future Spending As Percentage Of GDP (000,000s).................................................................2 Budget Reform: 2012 Administration Budget : Net Vs Gross Spending........................................................3 Budget Reform: Dept Of Energy Spending Changes......................................................................................4 Budget Reform: Effect Of Receipts Accounting On Budget..........................................................................4 Budget Reform: Effect Of Non-Transfer Adjustments On Budget.................................................................5 Budget Reform: Example Of Reduction In Spending.....................................................................................6 Spending Reform: Example Of Programs Under Review...............................................................................7 Spending Reform: Federal Lending For Student Aid......................................................................................7 Spending Reform: Medicare Cost-Shifting Consequences.............................................................................8 Spending Reform: Social Security Participation Payouts.............................................................................13 Spending Reform: Social Security Third Rail Funding, Payouts And Balances...........................................14 Spending Reform: 2012 Budget Vs FY 2014 Proposed Plan........................................................................16 Spending Reform: Spending As A % Of GDP Comparisons........................................................................16 Spending Reform: Income Tax Holiday Results...........................................................................................17 Spending Reform: Program Operation Status During Implementation.........................................................17 Spending Reform: Treasury Managed Federal Funds: Balance And Determination.....................................19 Tax Reform: Authorities Budget And Revenue (actual)...............................................................................22 Tax Reform: Estimated Family Assessment - Direct Payment.....................................................................22 Tax Reform: Estimated Couple Assessment - Direct Payment.....................................................................23 Tax Reform: Estimated Individual Assessment Payment - Direct Payment..................................................23 Tax Reform: Estimated Commercial Assessment Payment - Direct Payment..............................................23 Tax Reform: Discretionary Budget And Revenue........................................................................................24 Tax Reform: Full Budget And Revenue Result............................................................................................24 iii Tax Reform: Personal Income And Income Taxes Raised............................................................................25 Tax Reform: Take Home Comparison: Current Vs With FY 2014 Plan Income Tax...................................25 Tax Reform: Retail Sales And Tax Revenues...............................................................................................26 Tax Reform: Auto Purchase Comparison: Fair Tax Vs FY 2014 Plan National Retail Tax.........................27 Tax Reform: Home Purchase Comparison: Fair Tax Vs FY 2014 Plan National Retail Tax........................27 Policy Changes: US Military Deployments By Country...............................................................................30 1 Preface By law the President of the United States must present to Congress his Budget Proposal in the first week of February each year. Like previous years, President Obama will be late again this year. With thousands of employees and over a dozen departments, the requirement to put together a budget should not be an an administrative failure. The enclosed is a comprehensive budget for the Federal Government put together by one person. 2 Introduction For the last three years the Obama Administration has put together a budget proposal that has not garnered a single supporting vote in Congress. I think its possible to beat that record, or at least match it without spending $100 million and months in preparation that still fails to meet a statutory deadline. Over the last three years the Congress and Administration have managed to spend in excess of $12 trillion dollars, 1) without a budget plan and, 2) while adding over $4 trillion to the National Debt. It is said that which can not go on, will not go on. Today, the Federal Government is borrowing about 43 cents for every dollar it spends. Table 1: Historical Spending as % of GDP (000,000s) Year GDP Fed Spending % 1988 5,482,000 1,278,658 23.32% 1994 7,839,000 1,768,130 22.56% 2002 10,642,000 2,482,207 23.32% 2005 12,623,000 3,055,421 24.21% 2006 13,377,000 3,322,443 24.84% 2007 14,029,000 3,479,703 24.80% 2008 14,369,000 3,765,009 26.20% 2009 13,939,000 4,397,024 31.54% 2010 14,527,000 4,595,911 31.64% 2011 15,094,000 4,752,185 31.48% The Federal Spending number may seem high because I used the total gross spending rather than the net spending. By counting all the spending before deducting things like receipts, downward revisions of subsidies and negative subsidies, the actual spending is considerably higher than is reported by the dutiful press. And things are getting much worse. The President’s Budget expects GDP to grow much faster over the next 5 years than it has over the last 5 years: 23.46% vs 6.63%. If his spending projections over the next 5 years remain and the GDP only grows as fast as it has, then his future spending will hit 34.69% of GDP. 3 Table 2: Future Spending as Percentage of GDP (000,000s) Year GDP Fed Spending 2013 16,335,000 4,918,150 30.11% 2014 17,156,000 4,997,673 29.13% 2015 18,178,000 5,209,954 28.66% 2016 19,261,000 5,533,231 28.73% 5,533,231 34.69% GDP Growth 23.46% @ 6.63% in '16 15,950,000 % Over a third of the economy will be the federal government. And every penny of that spending will have to come from the production of the American people, or borrowing. I realize this plan may have no support in government but a functional plan has to be proposed by someone and it is clear no one in Washington is planning on doing so. Important notes: 1. Most of the tables included were created by the author. Those that represent listings (federal funds, military deployments) are from US government sources available on the web. They include the GAO, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Census Bureau, Department of the Treasury, Department of Defense and the White House. 2. The program descriptions are directly from the department or program websites. In some cases, like Funds, the descriptions were from the 2011 Budget Justification documents available via the web. 3. Most of the table figures are in thousands (000s). Those that are not obvious are noted. 4. While portions of the spreadsheets used are included within, access to the Excel spreadsheet information can be obtained by sending an email to the author. fy2014@tracycoyle.com 4 Budget Reform There are two issues with regard to Federal Government spending: how and how much the government collects in revenue, and how it spends that revenue. Both parts are important. A primary goal should be to determine what must the government do as a minimum and how to raise the revenue to support those activities. If sufficient revenue cannot be raised to accomplish even the minimum activities, either how revenue is raised has to be changed or even ‘minimum’ activities have to be cut further. If there are revenues above those necessary for minimum activities, then we can look at addition spending (or preferably, debt reduction). Breaking the budget into legislative, judicial and executive branches allows a more detailed look at each. Obviously, the Executive Branch, with the responsibility to actually run the government is the largest spender, followed by the Judicial and then Legislative Branches. The Executive Branch is separated into two parts. Authorities: Those departments and activities specifically authorized by the Constitution (or consistent with it such as the Air Force operating under the Department of Defense although no such force would have been contemplated in 1787), and; Discretionary: Those that have become part of the expected activities of the government but not considered as such by the Founders. Table 1: 2012 Administration Budget : Net vs Gross Spending Obama 2012 Net Spending Budget Obama 2012 Gross Spending Budget Total Legislative Branch 5,198,000 5,198,000 Total Judicial Branch 7,581,000 7,740,000 Total Executive Branch 4,114,347,000 4,780,439,000 Total Budget 4,127,126,000 4,793,377,000 Authorities 1,803,081,000 1,830,042,000 Discretionary 2,311,266,000 2,950,397,000 Some activities under the Discretionary portion of the Budget are necessary. Some examples: Corps of Engineers, District of Columbia agencies, and CDC. 5 The Discretionary portion does not mean we can just get rid of it all, but that its presence must be justified on more than ‘it’s a required duty of government’ that Constitutional authorities can generally argue. I reviewed each line item and considered it's historical funding and recent funding levels. Table 2: Dept of Energy Spending Changes 2008 Dept of Energy Receipts Spending 6,212,000 2012 Net 2012 Gross -4,034,000 -525,000 20,935,000 24,476,000 337.01% 394.01% Change Net versus Gross Generally, receipts are fees, interest, premiums and income the Department or program receives directly for services/products it delivers. But ‘Net’ also includes some accounting that hides the overall spending. If the government set aside $1,000,000 for a loan guarantee program in 2010 and in 2011 the loans it guaranteed were paid off, that $1,000,000 would show up in 2011 as a negative entry, the money was returned to the Treasury. But it is an accounting fiction. The money was never actually ‘spent’ nor was it returned. The apparent spending went up in 2010 and it went down in 2011. No harm, no foul right? Good accounting principles. If money was assigned to a Fund for the operation of a program that collected fees for the services it provides and it collects more fees than spending, the overall spending in the Department would appear to be less than it actually is: Table 1: Effect of Receipts Accounting on Budget 2008 EPA 2012 Budget Pesticide Registration Fund 16,000 13,000 Registration Service Fees, Pesticide Registration Fund -16,000 -15,000 If in previous years a program set aside a specific amount for expenses or subsidies in 2010 and it was decided that the amount could be reduced, that would result in a negative entry under the budget (remember, no monies actually changed hands) that makes actual spending appear less: 6 Table 2: Effect of Non-Transfer Adjustments on Budget Federal Family Education Loan Program Dept of Negative Subsidies Education Downward Re-estimates of Subsidies Program Total 2008 2012 Budget 4,699,000 1,909,000 -2,645,000 -713,000 -2,456,000 -16,109,000 -402,000 -14,913,000 This is not an artifact of the Obama Administration, but has been the way government accounting has been practiced for some time. The net result is that in 2008 the Federal Family Education Loan program cost almost $4.7 billion dollars and that Obama has reduced it to $1.9 billion, but the budget shows NO net spending in either year or budget. In 2008 this allowed the Administration to say they cut almost $15 billion in spending when the actual cut was $2.7 billion. By looking at gross spending we see a clearer picture of how much the federal government is actually spending. The 2012 budget proposal allocated $4.79 trillion in spending1, over $1 trillion more than the $3.796T the President claimed and the press dutifully reported. There is no way for almost anyone to determine an appropriate level of funding for any program. For programs that have existed for long periods the budget process uses previous funding levels as a baseline to which new spending/programs are tacked onto. The law of unintended consequences (and decades of evidence) assures us that no new program will net as much in revenue or cost as little as expected. Despite that, I considered the current spending as a baseline and adjusted using three factors: 1) if it has substantially diverged from previous spending levels with no apparent change in responsibilities I returned it to previous levels; 2) if a function had management or supervision responsibilities over programs that were being otherwise cut, I reduced that budget by an approximation of potential savings; 3) if I reduced the responsibilities or scope of the program, the budget allocation was reduced by an amount I considered reasonable. To that result I added a small inflation increase. And as hard as it is to believe, some programs have seen net decreases over the last several years. 1 Even this number is not completely a ‘gross’ figure as it does include fees and some other ‘subtractions’ that still reduces apparent spending further. 7 Table 3: Example of Reduction in Spending 2008 Human Space Flight NASA 2012 Budget 9,000 4,000 Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration 10,646,000 104,000 Space Operations 6,474,000 4,545,000 NASA is one of those programs never envisioned by our Founders and it could certainly be said that spending money in space when we have so many problems here on terra-firma is an extravagance we cannot afford. Take and hold the high ground, has been a military axiom since the beginning of armed conflict. Almost two centuries ago, in his often published book, On War, Karl Von Clausewitz lists three high ground advantages, (1) fighting uphill is always more difficult than fighting downhill, (2) firing down is more accurate than firing up, and (3) height gives the advantage of a better general view. This third advantage of high ground is most important to the discussions in this section. Clausewitz reasoned that a commander who could better view the field of conflict as the battle developed could better recognize situational advantages and disadvantages and therefore make better tactical judgments.2 In orbit above us is the International Space Station, built in significant part by the United States, and we must rely completely on the Russian Republic to transport humans to and from it. We no longer have the ability to reach the high ground. I find that situation to be so dangerous that there is no other item on the agenda of future Administrations more important to address. To further degrade our capabilities by further cutting the budget ignores our history as a nation and species. If we don’t hold the high ground, someone else will. 2 THE ANCESTRY OF FORWARD AIR CONTROLLERS, By Charles Pocock, Viper 7, 1966-67, http://www.facassoc.org/Ancestry/ancestryofforwardaircontrollersthroughtwwii.htm 8 Spending Reform The first question: Is this program necessary? Just because the Federal Government might be the best way to implement a program doesn’t mean it should. Table 1: Example of Programs Under Review Dept of Homeland Security 2008 Research, Development, Acquisitions and Operations 2012 Budget 2014 Plan 959,000 941,000 203,308 Should Homeland Security, based on all the other scientific research conducted by government agencies like Energy, Defense and Transportation, fund and conduct its own research to the tune of almost a billion dollars? I don’t have all the information surrounding its purpose and goals so this program and others like it are marked in the Plan spreadsheets with a colored fill and would be the subject of further review. If there is an amount listed, I assume the program can continue pending the review. If not, then the review is to determine whether the program should be re-instated. When the average American must tighten their fiscal belt, it is appropriate that the government do likewise with programs not directly related to basic assistance. Table 2: Federal Lending for Student Aid 2008 Dept of Education 2012 Budget Student Financial Assistance 16,450,000 36,958,000 Federal Family Education Loan Program Account 4,699,000 1,909,000 Federal Direct Student Loan Program Account 5,302,000 6,923,000 Despite an effort to determine the purpose and goal of every one of the 1,241 programs and agencies listed in the Budget, what is publicly available may only be half the story. In cases where a necessary and clearly defined reason to continue the program was not apparent, the program funding was cut to 20% of the 2008 level. 20% should allow a program to maintain/continue basic operations until a more complete review can be made. Given the assumption that current levels have some justification, a 337% increase is more than suspicious, but two or three percent may be reasonable and acceptable. 9 Programs that are not included were either not listed in the Administration Budget Proposal or are part of another program listed elsewhere. A realignment of departments, committees, programs is part of the budget proposal. Entitlement Reform Entitlement spending is, and has been, rising much faster than inflation for years. With boomers retiring and the economy stagnating the problems with entitlements are just getting worse. Any effort to address spending must include changes to entitlements. Medicare/Medicaid Medicare is the one that has and is doing the most damage and the one likely to cause a budget crisis. Obamacare is not making it any better. Medicare is the primary cause of rising medical costs over the last 40 years. The process of cost shifting has distorted the marketplace in an ever increasing spiral of costs. Here is a simplified example: Table 1: Medicare Cost-Shifting Consequences Year 1 Cost of Procedure Year 2 10,000.00 10,111.11 Year 3 Year 30 Year 30 Year 30 10,416.00 21,619.00 26,118.00 33,247.00 Number of patients 10 11 12 39 39 39 Total cost to perform 100,000 111,222 124,998 843,150 1,018,611 1,296,645 Medicare reimbursement 90% 90% 90% 80% 80% 80% Cost to Medicare 9,000 9,100 9,375 17,295 20,895 26,598 Medicare patients 1 1 1 2.6%* 7.7%* 12.8%* Cost shift 1,000 1,011 1,042 4,324 15,671 33,247 Cost to remaining 10,111.11 10,212 10,511 21,733 26,554 34,225 1.1% 2.1% 5.1% 117.3% 165.5% 242.3% 10,000 10,200 10,404 17,758 17,758 17,758 2.00% 4.04% 77.58% 77.58% * Percentage of the patients in this example using Medicare. 77.58% Cost w/2% inflation 10 As Medicare fails to reimburse the entire cost of the procedure, the cost is shifted onto the remaining patients. This in turn increases the cost and Medicare responds by lowering the reimbursement rate. The last columns indicate the result after 30 years with various levels of Medicare use from 2% to 13% (the current percentage of the population on Medicare is almost 15%). This has been going on for decades and every time the cost goes up, Congress changes the reimbursement rate causing the next cycle to begin. Add basic inflation to the mix and the cost spirals out of control for those having to pay out of pocket. As this process accelerated in the 70s and into the 80s, managed care programs tried to mimic the result Medicare was imposing, by shifting their own costs to others. Mandating care for the indigent and specific coverages has further shifted costs onto those that can continue to afford health care. Over the last twenty years there has been an attempt to change the dynamic by moving the entire medical system onto a single-payer system. The Affordable Care Act drawback is that the ‘medicare reimbursement’ portion would become institutionalized across the entire system, costs would be forced to conform to an enforced payment schedule. For the medical community, there would only be two options: Further reduce costs by cutting services; or stop offering services. Obamacare is an approximation of the single-payer system with all it’s drawbacks but none of its benefits. By mandating the level of services and the overall cost, the providers will get squeezed between working impossible hours or steadily declining pay as all other options will be foreclosed. Doctors and nurses would have to choose their profession or their family’s financial health. Not much of a choice. Alternate attempts to fix Medicare have ignored the process outlined above and as long as that exists the problem with Medicare will persist. One of the major consequences to all the minor ‘fixes’ has been an administrative nightmare for everyone. Nurses spend time next to patients completing paperwork on electronic tablets instead of focusing on their patients. Doctors spend more time with paperwork than with patients. I know a doctor who was working 65 hours a week but only spending half that time actually with patients. Hospitalization Program Right now hospitals all over the country are billing patients for services rendered but because Medicare and managed care programs have agreements on reimbursement rates, those hospitals are functioning with approximately 54% of those billed revenues. One way hospitals have dealt with the issue is to have patients spend less time in the hospital. I will not say that hospitals are discharging patients that should still be in the hospital, but I bet it is happening. 11 With one in five of its elderly hospital patients re-admitted within a month of discharge, the federal Medicare program plans next year to reduce how much it will pay hospitals for certain preventable re-admissions.3 Using information on hospitals in Washington State (http://www.doh.wa.gov/), I looked at expenses and patient distribution (mix of inpatient and outpatient emergency).4 Given its general good outcomes, I looked at the actual expenses per patient day (a mixture of case and patient types), how many patients were being seen, the number of beds and the population size that the hospitals serve. The type of hospitals and communities they serve cover rural and urban settings. Generally, Washington is in the middle of most medical spending/outcome metrics. Using the information available, including the number of hospitals and beds per state and averaging the expenses I came up with an alternative to Medicare funding. Eliminate Medicare funding5? Right now, hospitals are functioning on 54% of the revenues they bill. If hospitals could replace their current billing system and all the administrative expenses associated with Medicare and managed care cost shifting and at the same time have a steady source of income, the net savings could replace the entire contribution of Medicare and state Medicaid funding. By offering the following and managing a 100% consumer participation rate, hospital systems would receive approximately the same revenue as their average expenses. • • • • On average, each adult pays $140.39 and each child pays $46.80 per month (varies from state to state – See Appendix B). Premium payment is made to the hospital of the adults choice and could vary from hospital to hospital (allowing for competition). All hospital care, either outpatient or inpatient is covered 100% for plan members. Hospitals establish a fixed daily cost for non-plan patients (same for inpatient or outpatient). However, plan participation is not mandatory and no matter how good the deal, there will be people that won’t, or can’t pay the premiums. The Plan includes a Medicaid grant from the Federal Government set at 25% of the 2010 total expenses for each hospital. The grant requires that the STATE reach an average 75% participation rate to qualify and the grant does not go down if the 3 “Don’t Come Back, Hospitals Say”, Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304474804576369452547349050.html 4 Washington ranks 5th in preventable re-admission care, 15th overall in health rankings by United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, http://www.americashealthrankings.org/ALL/2011 5 There is an exception, of course there’s an exception, details follow. 12 participation rate is higher. So the hospitals and the states will have an incentive to increase participation rates as high as possible - the grant money can be used to cover unemployed or chronically ill patients. The grant will cost about $117 billion a year. A realistic goal is that on average, participation will be between 80 and 85%. Currently 83.1% have some form of insurance.6 Provider Plan Like to the Hospitalization plan, doctors and other general health service providers could begin offering a similar plan to their patients. The cost might be as low as $7.25 per month per person7. By creating a plan similar to the Hospitalization Plan, doctors could institute programs to manage illness within their practices and to stabilize costs. A family of four could have a doctor and hospitalization plan for $475 a month. The average premium paid for individual health insurance coverage in the United States in 2011 was $2,196 per year, $183 per month; families paid an average annual premium of $4,968 or $414 per month.8 Because the average health insurance plan has a deductible, an individual would pay $183 a month for the insurance and could still face hospital bills of up to $2,935, or another $245 per month. The Plan creates incentives for people to participate, for hospitals to manage costs and focus on patient retention and for both parties to manage health care. Consumers have the ability to change hospitals and doctors that fail to live up to their standards or who don’t manage costs well. Because the cost of seeing a doctor or going to the hospital is fixed, patients will have an incentive to see the doctor or go to the hospital before situations become critical. Hospitals and doctors would have incentives to offer wellness programs to lower utilization needs. As for patients with chronic illnesses, the hospital costs determined above was based on the total of the annual expenses based on their inpatient/outpatient mix. It includes patients that are treated and released and those that spend significant time as inpatient. Because payment for services is not based on specific length of stays, hospitals and doctors can manage their patient’s care for the best outcome rather than billable limits. 6 If premiums were set to cover the hospital expenses entirely with a 75% participation rate, participation rates higher than that plus the Medicare grant would cover the hospital cost of just about everyone. The average would be $187.19 per individual and $62.40 per child, a 33% additional cost. 7 The Ideal Medical Practice Model: Improving Efficiency, Quality and the Doctor-Patient Relationship, L. Gordon Moore, MD, and John H. Wasson, MD, Fam Pract Manag. 2007 Sep;14(8):20-24. http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0900/p20.html#fpm20070900p20-bt2 8 According to the ‘Cost & Benefits of Individual and Family Health Insurance Plans’ report, released by eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH), the average premium paid for individual health insurance coverage in the United States in 2011 was $2,196 per year ($183 per month); families paid an average annual premium of $4,968 ($414 per month). The report also found that the average deductible for individually-purchased health insurance plans in 2011 was $2,935 for individuals and $3,879 for families. http://news.ehealthinsurance.com/pr/ehi/how-much-does-health-insurance-218305.aspx 13 For people that do not participate in a plan, the hospitals will offer a fixed cost for outpatient or inpatient care. Insurers may offer plans based on the fixed cost rate, but no one will be able to offer it less expensively than the hospitals. In general, the annual cost would be less than a single day as inpatient or a single trip to the Emergency Room. For individuals or families that opt only for the Hospitalization Plan, their occasional trip to the doctor would be out-of-pocket as would everyone’s prescription costs. Walmart’s prescription plan has driven the cost down for many people but new, name brand drugs can still be extremely costly. Hospitals and doctors could form purchasing groups for specific drugs that handle chronic illnesses. By putting patients back in control of their medical spending dollar, market forces can help alleviate some of the costs. We don’t have insurance for oil changes, or replacing tires, bulbs, filters or painting the siding. We maintain our homes and autos, provide the fuel and energy needed to run them. We have car (and homeowners) insurance to protect us from the rare events that cause their destruction or loss. Health insurance that does not consider the age of a person or pre-existing conditions is the same as insurance purchased after the accident or home fire. It is an attempt to share the cost of events, exactly as Medicare does now. The result would be the same under Obamacare except that it mandates, requires, everyone to buy insurance. This is still cost sharing but spread over everyone. Social Security Sold as a safety net or supplement to retirement plans, Social Security has become THE retirement plan of millions. The only problem was there was no ‘fund’, no lockbox, no account somewhere with all the social security taxes on deposit. Social Security, from the first year, was a ‘pay-as-you-go’ program. As taxes were collected, benefits were paid and the government used the difference to SPEND, SPEND, SPEND. All the while putting IOUs into an accounting fiction called the Federal Old-age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Back in the 80s the bean counters informed the politicians that, well, at some point they were going to be paying out more in benefits than they were collecting in taxes and when that happened, all that budget ‘fancy footwork’ was going to come back to haunt those working then. So, a little more working the numbers and everything was going to be fine for another 80 years or so (more than long enough for the politicians to have retired, collected their benefits and left this taxable plain). Except some thirty years later, 80 years is happening now. The system now pays out more benefits than it takes in and those IOUs are carrying a lot of red ink. And it is not going to get better. 14 A number of suggestions have been made, but they all leave the program in place and make three recommendations. Timing and rates vary, but the specifics are: • • • Increase the age at which benefits are paid out; Increase the income cap (or eliminate it) so that more income is taxed; Raise taxes. Conservatives, on occasion, have grabbed the ‘third rail’ of politics and suggested younger people get out of the system and establish self-directed accounts with a percentage of their taxes withheld. Any attempt to change the system fundamentally has been demagogued to DEATH. Third Rail Plan It worked while it worked, but it could never work forever. The pay-as-you-go feature works only as long as you have lots of workers per benefit recipient. Our wonderful medical system and stellar economic powerhouse has given us a lifespan that is almost 15 years longer than originally planned by those Social Security designers of yesteryear. When it started, the average person died before they were due to start collecting. Not so good for them, but really good for the system. Today we have people living 15, 20 even 30 years into retirement and fewer and fewer workers per beneficiary. The system doesn’t work, can’t work, and will not last. The suggestions offered above can only delay, not prevent the end. So, let us end it NOW while there is a chance to salvage the original intent and the social contract we have established. • • Everyone 50 and older: no change in the payout system with the current retirement ages remaining. Those 36 to 49: A prorated payout at retirement. Table 1: Social Security Participation Payouts Age 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Payout 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% 85% 90% 95% • Those 35 and younger receive no benefits. And what of the tax rate? Zero. For everyone. No more social security taxes paid by the taxpayer or their employer. We allocate $1.67 trillion per year from the general revenues. And for any year we have a cost of living increase, say 1%, we have to increase the allocation by 15 that amount starting that year. Here is what the next 35 years look like with no inflation increases and the fund not earning interest: Table 2: Social Security Third Rail Funding, Payouts and Balances Year Current/Projected Outlays Balance 2013 767,779,946,839 901,220,053,161 2014 813,381,449,911 1,756,838,553,250 2015 860,021,007,161 2,565,817,546,089 2016 905,736,594,089 3,329,080,952,000 2017 948,923,902,758 4,049,157,049,242 2018 992,411,919,441 4,725,745,129,801 2019 1,036,612,629,929 5,358,132,499,872 2020 1,082,540,370,095 5,944,592,129,777 2021 1,129,902,660,896 6,483,689,468,881 2022 1,179,906,000,436 6,972,783,468,446 2023 1,230,365,808,396 7,411,417,660,050 2024 1,281,740,765,809 7,798,676,894,241 2025 1,334,470,687,334 8,133,206,206,907 2026 1,386,567,738,754 8,415,638,458,153 2027 1,440,884,739,314 8,643,753,728,839 2028 1,491,416,791,623 8,821,336,937,215 2029 1,541,019,542,606 8,949,317,394,609 2030 1,590,349,831,729 9,027,967,562,881 2031 1,639,570,033,414 9,057,397,529,466 2032 1,688,345,526,225 9,038,052,003,241 2033 1,734,453,269,201 8,972,598,734,041 2034 1,778,788,139,763 8,862,810,594,278 2035 1,822,483,020,434 8,709,327,573,844 2036 1,866,349,301,112 8,511,978,272,732 2037 1,912,192,117,076 8,268,786,155,656 2038 1,957,116,847,791 7,980,669,307,866 2039 2,001,133,877,380 7,645,535,430,486 2040 2,042,798,023,044 7,274,737,407,442 2041 2,082,510,477,410 6,861,226,930,033 2042 2,120,415,549,068 6,409,811,380,965 2043 2,103,452,224,675 5,975,359,156,289 2044 2,086,624,606,878 5,557,734,549,411 16 Year Current/Projected Outlays Balance 2045 2,069,931,610,023 5,156,802,939,389 2046 2,053,372,157,143 4,772,430,782,246 2047 2,036,945,179,886 4,404,485,602,360 Outlays start decreasing in 2043 because the last person to qualify for any social security will have entered the system in 2042 and s/he will only be getting 10% of the planned benefit. From that point the number of people in the system will begin to decrease. If the allocation is increased ½ % greater than inflation, the system never goes broke and eventually the beneficiaries will all die. Yes, I know it sounds like I am suggesting a FUND where the money goes in and is held, not spent, but there is a specific purpose for it. Leaving Medicare and Social Security the way they are now and keeping the rest of the cuts proposed would reduce the deficit, but the long term outlook remains bleak for those programs. And given the nature of the situation this Plan is addressing, NOT changing these programs would be considered a major failure of leadership. Third Rail Fund Allowing the Federal Government to 'keep money aside' is like asking a dog to ignore the bone sitting in front of him. Unless the dog is extremely well trained, all your yelling will probably not keep him from grabbing and running. The funds are to be apportioned to each of the 50 states using the number of people in the 35-64 age group that live in that state. The funds are provided to State-Chartered Banks or Savings and Loans that were chartered or established by and operate within the state. The funds come with several strings. The funds can only be loaned out on a one for one basis. In other words, if a bank is given $1,000, it can loan out $1,000, no more. The loans can only be for primary residence first mortgages. These loans can be for any term, but can not end later than 2042 (or 29 years after the date the Plan takes effect). They can only be made for 75% loan to value, to a maximum of four times the median state income and they must be made at fixed 5% interest. The institution must service the loan, it can not be placed with another institution, sold to or managed by any agency other than the originating lender. The loans must be made to residents of the state the funds were provided to. 17 The institutions must pay 4.25% of the 5% interest to the United States Treasury. The remaining .75% is for the institution to service the loan and profit. The Third Rail interest earnings can be used for only one purpose: paying down the principle of the National Debt. Here are some numbers. Number of people older than 34 and younger than 65: ~127,622,286 Median home price: $182,326 Median income: $61,310 Number of loans available over 15 years: 31,597,000 Interest paid to pay down the debt: $8,410,780,973,032 (yes, $8.4 TRILLION) Average monthly payment for 20 yr mortgage @ 5% : $1,213.85. As principle is repaid, it can be re-loaned as long as it meets the above requirements and starting in 2030, the lenders must make a portion of the principle available to the Treasury in specific amounts. Summary With the budget, spending and entitlement reforms proposed, the FY 2014 Plan Table 1: 2012 Budget vs FY 2014 Proposed Plan 2012 Obama Budget FY 2014 Plan Reduction Legislative Branch 5,198,000 3,652,718 29.7% Judicial Branch 7,740,000 5,707,000 26.3% Executive Branch 4,780,439,000 3,436,875,452 28.1% 4,793,377,000 3,446,235,170 28.1% Total As a percentage of GDP, even the FY 2014 Plan doesn't get us all the way down to 18%, but it puts us back into the historical range of revenues. Table 2: Spending as a % of GDP Comparisons GDP 15,094,025,000 Obama Spending 4,793,377,000 % of GDP 31.76% Spending @ 18% 2,716,924,500 FY2014 Spending 3,446,235,170 % of GDP 22.83% 18 Implementation There will be significant resistance to this Plan but implementation has several benefits. Tax Holiday/Stimulus One the first day of implementation: All federal tax collections cease for one year. Excise taxes, income taxes and program premiums also. Fees for services will continue for programs being retained. What would the impact on the economy be with no tax withholding? Employees would have almost two trillion extra to spend and employers would have almost $500 billion for hiring, purchases and investments. If the employer shared even part of the FICA withholding with employees, the boost would be a raise for every employee that did not carry a tax penalty (at least on the federal level). Table 1: Income Tax Holiday Results Personal income taxes 1,400,300,000 Contributions for Social Security 926,400,000 Employee and self-employed contributions 427,900,000 Employer contributions 498,500,000 Total Employee Paid taxes 1,828,200,000 50% of Employer contributions to Social Security Direct to Consumer Stimulus 249,250,000 2,077,450,000 Source: BEA, 2011 Table 2.1 Personal Income Because of the amount of disruption implementation would cause, there is a four-step process to implementing the plan. Step One Table 1: Program Operation Status During Implementation If the Program is being: Retained or reduced Reduced 20% or more less than 20% Terminated Senior Staff Remain Remain Remain Program Staff Remain Admin leave Admin leave Grants/Loans Hold for 90 days Hold pending review Cease Field Operations Remain Withdrawn Cease Time-line: 30-45 days. 19 Step Two Programs/Departments scheduled for termination will determine if there is a private sector application or alternate funding source willing to take the assets of the program/department. Applicable laws regarding privacy information dissemination must be followed. If there is not a private sector application or funding source, the senior staff will wind down the program by advising its customer base and archiving documents. GSA will serve as coordinator for disposal or reassignment of assets. Note that some programs have funds associated with them that can serve as seed for a private existence for the program. Selling these ‘assets’ will generate some, a little, of the expenses of this Implementation Year. Time-line: 20-120 days. Step 2.5 Programs that are scheduled to remain may be realigned into different departments. Program senior staff will work with Department staff to integrate procedures. Congressional staff will meet with Department leadership to determine necessary legislative changes to complete the process. Time-line: 20180 days. Step Three Staff that has been on administrative leave and is being retained should be returned to regular duties within 180 days. Staff no longer necessary for terminated programs will be terminated as soon as practical with 90 day severance package unless contractual requirements dictate otherwise. All staff changes must be completed within 180 days. Staffs will prepare budget request for next fiscal year by day 270 of implementation period. These budgets will be no more than allocated in this Plan. Step Four Taxation programs are started as of January 1st the year after implementation begins. Paying for Implementation Shadow Account total: $195,011,000,000. Debt held by government agency funds: $4,658,307,385,427 (as of 9/30/11) The government sets up funds and lets the interest earned (paid by the Treasury to the funds) pay for the government programs. The appropriation for the funds occurred in previous years. The average Treasury rate paid on funds over the last 20 13 quarters (ending 3/31/2012) is 3.99% The Secretary of the U.S. Treasury is designated by law as the managing trustee for eighteen of the approximately two hundred thirty Federal Investment Funds. With over $2.5 [now $3] Trillion in assets, the Treasury-managed Investment Funds are the majority of the largest Trust Funds in the Federal Government. They receive Social Security, Medicare, excise and employment taxes---all collected by Treasury---as well as premiums, fines, penalties and other designated monies collected by the agencies that administer the programs for which these Trust Funds exist. The Bureau of the Public Debt is delegated the responsibility for administering these eighteen Funds. For each of these Funds, Public Debt immediately invests all receipts credited to the Fund, and maintains the invested assets in the Trust Fund account until money is needed by the related Federal Program agency to fund program activity, such as Social Security and unemployment benefit payments, as well as highway funding. When the program agencies determine that monies are needed, Public Debt redeems securities from the Funds' investment balances, and transfers the cash proceeds, including interest earned on the investments, to the program accounts for disbursement by the agency. The Bureau provides monthly and other periodic reporting to each Fund's program agency Given the termination of so many programs in this Plan, the Funds provide sufficient funds to implement the remaining programs. Some funds will remain, others can be used as an asset to sell to a private or non-FEDERALgovernmental agency. Funds that support regional programs could be transferred to those States with operational interest. The eighteen Treasury managed funds: Table 1: Treasury Managed Federal Funds: Balance and Determination Fund Planned Balance Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Terminated 73,928,298,000 Federal Hospital Insurance Terminated 229,626,814,000 Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Replaced /new SS Fund 2,533,598,560,000 Federal Disability Insurance Replaced /new SS Fund 146,672,644,000 Highway Consolidated Terminated 15,700,443,000 Airport and Airway Retained 9,258,913,000 Terminated -5,864,821,361 Black Lung Disability * 21 Fund Planned Hazardous Substance Superfund Balance Terminated 4,011,934,000 Retained 1,854,176,000 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Terminated 3,506,320,000 Vaccine Injury Compensation Terminated 3,122,934,000 Oil Spill Liability Terminated 2,231,808,000 Lower Brule Sioux Wildlife Restoration Transferred 16,559,000 Cheyenne River Sioux Wildlife Restoration Transferred 50,221,000 Inland Waterways Retained 81,173,000 Harbor Maintenance Retained 6,518,705,000 South Dakota Wildlife Restoration Transferred 126,913,000 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Terminated 150,695,000 Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/fip/hold/dfi_ifsh_20120330.pdf The funds in the terminated accounts total $3.01* trillion. After reviewing the 166 funds listed in the budget, those I indicate as terminated hold over $3.31* trillion in funds. See Appendix C for a complete list. Converting the funds will not completely pay for the implementation year and in most regards, we will be substituting government held debt for public held debt by terminating the funds. This implementation will cost us money and will add to the debt levels. Once. *A note about the Black Lung Disability Fund: Rather than appropriate a set amount for the Fund, Congress allowed the fund to sell bonds that it appropriates annually for repayment plus interest. The balance indicated is the bond balance due that would need to be repaid when the fund is terminated. The total amounts indicated reflect that requirement. 22 Tax Reform The budget has two components: Authorities: Legislative, Judicial and Executive Branch Discretionary: Executive Branch Each component will have its own revenue model to support it. Authorities Revenue Plan The Federal Government was never supposed to deal with individuals but rather to be a servant/partner with the States, its funding should reflect a similar point of view. The initial attempt at a Constitution via the Articles of Confederation was a disaster. A significant issue was revenue. The Federal Government assessed each state a portion of the cost of running the Federal Government and the states basically ignored it. The result was a perpetually broke government that barely functioned. Many argued for direct taxation that would eliminate the States from interfering with revenues but this was the 1700s and some people lived weeks away from Philadelphia or New York. There wasn’t much the Federal Government could do. All the reasons why assessing the States could not work in 1780 are considerably, if not completely, irrelevant today. Collection of revenues often happens with the click of a button on a computer; vast amounts of information are collected daily and accessible almost instantaneously; State and federal governments are dynamically linked electronically allowing the flow of information and funds to occur in real-time. Assessment The Federal Government will assess each state based on an annual census9, the following annual amounts: • • • $7.50 per acre of land within the state’s border multiplied by the population density of the State (Federal and tribal lands excluded); $.10 per square foot of capital improvements10 (public or private, residential and commercial/industrial) within the State; $15 per person residing within the State. 9 This is not the same as the major census for Congressional allocations taken every 10 years, but similar to the survey census’ taken annually by states and the Census Bureau to determine federal funding allocations. 10 Capital improvements are defined as permanent structures built for human use for habitation or gatherings or commercial/industrial/production purposes including storage. 23 Currently, a significant portion of western States is actually Federal land. The assessment is intended to create an incentive for the Federal government to give control of that land back to the States for them to manage or dispose of as they see fit. If a state, such as North Dakota wants to allow production on land within its borders, then it can benefit from the revenues and jobs it creates. Assessments will be paid in monthly installments from each State to the Federal Government. The estimated amount of revenue from this assessment plan exceeds the combined Federal Budget EXCEPT the Discretionary portion. Table 1: Authorities Budget and Revenue (actual) Authorities Budget $1,373,878,120,000 Assessment Tax $1,525,109,592,625 By using the population density as a multiplier for the per acre assessment, states with low populations and large amounts of land will not be penalized. As the assessment is based on factors that do not change significantly over time, the amount it raises will also not vary significantly. Because the required output of the programs and departments of the Federal Government will not vary either, the assessment is a balanced approach to funding the government. As populations grow and capital improvements are made, the Federal Government’s revenues will grow also. There will be less need to borrow money when the economy slips and less ability to spend like crazy when it booms. Getting rid of the income tax is one thing, but replacing it with another tax if more onerous, regardless if more fair, doesn’t help. Here are some examples, using averages of the 50 states, of the impacts on families, couples and individuals if the State assessed them directly. Assuming the families live on their own property and the couples and individuals rent. Table 2: Estimated Family Assessment - Direct Payment Family Family Size 4 $ 60.00 Lot size = 3000 sq ft Residence = 1800 sq ft $ 211.13 $ 208.70 24 Annual Assessment $ 479.83 Table 3: Estimated Couple Assessment - Direct Payment Couple Family Size 2 Ground use + commons Residence = 1100 sq ft Annual Assessment $ 30.00 $ 77.41 $ 127.54 $ 234.95 Table 4: Estimated Individual Assessment Payment - Direct Payment Single Family Size 1 Ground use + commons $ 15.00 $ 56.30 Residence = 800 sq ft $ Annual Assessment 92.75 $ 164.06 These are both averages and estimates. Each state can collect the assessment in ways that it's citizens choose. Commercial space estimates include assumptions on common areas: Table 5: Estimated Commercial Assessment Payment - Direct Payment Stand alone commercial facility 10 acre lot 150,000 sq ft facilities Assessment $15,328.03 $ $ 117,126.92 101,798.89 Leased commercial space Ground use + commons $ 253.36 1800 sq ft leased space $ 2,443.17 Assessment $ 2,696.53 The square foot cost for the stand alone facility is $.68/yr, the leased is $1.36/yr A significant portion of land in each state is common or public property and how a state accounts for or collects the assessment for that land will vary. The ratio of private to public land will vary similar to the population density. The incentive will be on the state to privatize land or make it productive and it will expose the real cost of programs to 'set aside' or force conservation set-asides and put a price on the commons. 25 Discretionary Revenue Plan Entitlements tend to move up and down more frequently and so a revenue source must do so also. While no revenue plan can work inversely, one that offers some ability to cushion changes in the economy needs to be based on the economy. • • • A flat tax of 17% on all wage earnings and proprietor income11; Interest, dividends and capital gains are taxed at 17%; A national sales tax of 7.30% on all retail sales except food.12 Table 1: Discretionary Budget and Revenue Discretionary Budget 2,062,997,332,183 Income/Sales Tax 2,165,010,849,800 Table 2: Full Budget and Revenue Result Full Budget 3,446,235,169,983 Tax Revenues 3,690,120,442,425 Surplus(Deficit) 243,885,272,442 Income Tax There are no deductions from income prior to the tax, however, each person that earns wages will be able to take a $1,750 tax credit. This effectively exempts the first $10,295 worth of each worker’s income. If you receive all your income from interest, dividends and capital gains, you would not receive the tax credit. There would be no business income tax, no social security or medicare taxes, no estate taxes and it eliminates excise taxes although the 7.3% sales tax would apply13. 11 Whether wages (salary, earnings, commissions) or in-kind (barter). 12 Internet sales are retail sales; private party to private party are not; services are not retail sales but products provided by service providers are. 13 When gasoline is more than $3.01/gallon (on average), the sales tax would be more than the excise tax. 26 Table 1: Personal Income and Income Taxes Raised Source Income Personal income 13,005,300,000 Non-farm personal income 12,943,500,000 Farm income Taxes Rate 1,444,830,000 17.00% 535,388,147 17.00% 10,506,000 17.00% 180,863,000 17.00% 61,800,000 Earnings by place of work 8,499,000,000 Flat Tax Rate 8,499,000,000 Plus: Dividends, interest, and rent 2,235,300,000 Capital gains (net) 914,042,040 Non-Employment Income Rate Farm proprietors' income 61,800,000 Farmer's Rate Non-farm proprietors' income 1,125,700,000 Self-Employed Rate Employed, Wage or self 173,752,400 Wage Earnings Exemption (304,066,700) Total Income Tax 1,750 1,867,520,447 Source: BEA.gov: Table 2.1. Personal Income and Its Disposition for 2011 Tax returns would be one-page and without businesses facing income taxes, there will be less lobbying to garner individual business benefits. Although many businesses may not pass on the savings, with no income taxation costs, (including the FICA tax), and no need for employer provided health insurance, take home wages should go up noticeably. Examples: Table 2: Take Home Comparison: Current vs with FY 2014 Plan Income Tax Annual Income 30,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 Bi-weekly gross income 1,153.85 1,923.08 2,884.62 3,846.15 Current Fed taxes withheld * 181.67 356.29 574.56 874.34 Current bi-weekly take home 972.17 1,566.79 2,310.06 2,971.81 17% tax withheld 128.85 259.62 423.08 586.54 Bi-weekly take home 1,025.00 1,663.46 2,461.54 3,259.62 * http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf Using married, 2 exemptions plus 7.7% social security + medicare 27 Of course some people will note that a portion of the current federal income tax withheld is returned at tax time as a refund and they are correct. If they have the deductions to warrant it. However, having the government hold your money for you, interest free, for a year, and then send you a check, is a type of dependency that some people want to institutionalize. Retail Sales Tax A 7.3% retail tax is not inconsequential. Added to existing state and local retail sales taxes, it will be noticed by people at the cash register. Government programs have a cost and ‘discretionary’ expenditures, whether by government or individuals is a matter of choice. I oppose taxation as a means of social engineering, a means to get people to behave in preferred ways. The people affected most by consumption taxation are those on lower incomes and they are the ones that benefit most by discretionary government spending. If there is no cost for government to people, only benefit, then they will continue to demand more government. Table 1: Retail Sales and Tax Revenues Retail and food services sales, total 4,690,252,000,000 Retail less Food and Beverages 4,075,211,000,000 Tax Rate Sales Tax 297,490,403,000 7.30% Source: Census Bureau Estimates of Monthly Retail 2011 The tax does not apply to food. The tax applies to all retail sales, including internet sales. The argument that internet companies use for not applying sales tax is that they do not reside in any particular state. That argument is not applicable to a national sales tax. Further, as garage sales are usually individual to individual, the tax does not apply there either. Why Not the Fair Tax Many people argue that consumption taxes are the only reasonable taxation method for the federal government, but such arguments fail to grasp the total spending that is going on right now. To fully replace the current federal spending with the Fair Tax would require a rate of 40.3%. The Fair Tax applies to items we usually go into debt for like homes and cars. 28 Table 1: Auto Purchase Comparison: Fair Tax vs FY 2014 Plan National Retail Tax Purchase Price Autos 10,000 16,000 22,000 30,000 3,000 4,800 6,600 9,000 Total cost 13,000 20,800 28,600 39,000 Financing cost * $263.59 $421.75 $579.90 $790.78 730 1,168 1,606 2,190 Total cost 10,730 17,168 23,606 32,190 Financing cost * $217.57 $348.11 $478.64 $652.70 Savings per month $46.03 $73.64 $101.26 $138.08 Fair Tax Rate 30.00% * Financing cost is based on 60 months at 8% FY2014 retail rate 7.30% For many people the increase in the monthly cost will be dealt with by buying less expensive vehicles which will preclude them from buying the many hybrids that are being offered. The environmentalists will be happy as the gas-guzzling trucks, SUVs and large sedans with their high profit margins will lose market share. Meanwhile, the additional cost in the monthly payment of homes will make a significant dent in everyone's budget. Table 2: Home Purchase Comparison: Fair Tax vs FY 2014 Plan National Retail Tax Purchase Price Homes 100,000 150000 225,000 350,000 30,000 45,000 67,500 105,000 Total cost 130,000 195,000 292,500 455,000 Financing cost * $697.87 $1,046.80 $1,570.20 $2,442.54 - - - - Total cost 100,000 150,000 225,000 350,000 Financing cost * $536.82 $805.23 $1,207.85 $1,878.88 Savings per month $161.05 $241.57 $362.35 $563.66 Fair Tax Rate 30.00% * Financing cost is based on 360 months at 5% FY2014 retail rate 7.30% The Fair Tax proponents will note that the retail tax on homes applies only to new construction. They are correct, which will quickly put new construction at a substantial cost disadvantage but also, over time, raise even existing home prices by 30%. 29 Policy Changes In order to institute some lasting change as the Proposed Plan is implemented, some policy changes need to happen also. Budget Reform Lending First, the Federal Government is not a bank. The idea that our Government needs to borrow $1.5 trillion a year in order to lend something on the order of $400 billion to others is inconsistent with the Constitutional mandates. The idea that the Government is the lender of last resort should be drawn, quartered and buried - if no one else will lend, there is probably a good reason. And it is not government’s place to decide what it is beneficial and what is not. The Federal Government is the largest holder of student loans and residential mortgages. In both cases the government is holding a large volume of loans that were poorly made. Inspector General I eliminated all the Inspector General positions. Beyond the idea that we need ‘watchers’ over our bureaucrats to protect US from them, the cost varied from $28 million to over $200 million. Because each department had its own, ‘independent’ IG, I question its independence. Further, we have a Justice Department that can act against violators - criminally. For too long bureaucrats have abused their positions without much fear that citizens could go after them for their abuses. Time to eliminate the ‘I was only following orders and civil servants acting in accord with their duties’ protections. As Attorney General Holder has proven, even the Justice Department IG is susceptible to political whims, but there is no reason to have 18 IGs doing basically the same job. Working Capital Funds Here is the rationale for these funds: Each department and subset within each department have common expenses so funds are put aside by each appropriation entity to handle the common expenses. This allows contracts for services, instead of being re-authorized every year, written for multi-years and therefore cost saving. By establishing a working capital fund(WFC), each department can ‘pool’ their resources. Which is fine in theory, but as the WCF grows it creates a bureaucracy within itself that mimics the problem it was intended to solve and it hides the actual cost of individual programs. With few exceptions, I deleted the accounts and while the benefits associated with them will go out the door too, the significant decrease in continuing programs will offset some of the loss. 30 Associated with WCFs is the idea that Departments within the government pay market rates to the government agencies that provide them services paid for either directly or though the WCFs. An example: The Judiciary spent about $1 billion of its $6.8 billion budget on rent in 2010. The Judiciary’s rent payments to the General Services Administration (GSA) increased from $133 million in 1986 to $980 million in FY 2006, according to a 2005 report by the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts. A 2005 report noted the Judiciary pays more rent in actual dollars to GSA than any other federal agency except the Department of Justice (DOJ). As a percentage of its budget, DOJ pays about 3 percent while the courts pay 22 percent. Controlling the cost of courtroom and judicial office space could save taxpayers millions of dollars every year. What is crazy, is that the Judicial Branch BUILT the buildings: Thirty-three federal courthouses completed over the last decade “include 3.56 million square feet of extra space consisting of space that was constructed 1) above the Congressionally authorized size, 2) due to overestimating the number of judges the courthouses would have, and 3) without planning for courtroom sharing among judges,” according to a 2010 GAO report. It cost $835 million to construct this extra and unnecessary space. But that price tag does not reflect the total cost. The annual cost to “rent, operate and maintain” these courthouses is $51 million.14 If the government is going to mandate that 'market rates' be charged for government to government services, then I think markets should be free to compete for the business of providing the services. Spending/Foreign Policy Military Deployments The use of the military is divided between Congress and the President. Congress declares, the President fights. After Vietnam, Congress decided that the President had too much latitude and got a President to agree with the enactment of the War Powers Act. Despite the claims of some, Congress gave the President the goahead with Iraq and Afghanistan but Libya and Yemen and the Sudan have been all Obama, and not even a nod to Congress. 14 http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=24a45972-f9e6-406f-940f-dac2bbbba94e 31 Here are the current deployments in countries with 100 or more troops: Table 1: US Military Deployments by Country Country Count Belgium 1,252 Germany 53,951 Greece 338 Greenland 133 Italy 9,646 Netherlands 442 Portugal 703 Spain 1,240 Turkey 1,530 UK 9,229 Australia 130 Japan 34,385 Korea (unspecified, but...) Forward Deployment - Pacific 47,390 Philippines 207 Singapore 132 Thailand 110 Bahrain 1,349 Diego Garcia 238 Egypt 275 Pakistan 133 Qatar 555 Saudi Arabia 239 Djibouti 1,379 Canada 127 Cuba (Guantanamo) 913 Honduras 403 Total 166,429 NATO 78,580 Total in/around Iraq (incl Guard/Resv) 96,200 Total in/around Afghan incl Guard/Res 105,900 32 Country Count Total 447,109 http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/history/hst11 09.pdf Troops are stationed in 147 countries. Some are advisors, trainers or Consulate security details. Fifty-eight of them have less than 10, ninety-three have less than 20 and 121 have less than 100. Still, there is something to be said about using our military in places where despite every effort, the people there just don’t like us or want us around. If it is time for the United States to grow up, so is it time for everyone else to step up. Withdraw all military from deployments except from the following: • • • • • Afghanistan: There is a timetable, keep it or move it up. Diego Garcia: A forward supply point for the Asian sub-continent, Eastern Africa, the Middle East and Western Asia. Thule Greenland: A major defensive alert and base for European operations Okinawa Japan: The staging point for any Asia conflict Guam: More and more a place to reduce overcrowding in Okinawa (and to ease tensions there) Many military installations overseas provide significant economic impact on surrounding communities, economic impact that is better delivered to communities surrounding bases in the United States. Public Policy Bankruptcy Primary residential mortgages are now exempt from bankruptcy court management. First mortgages cannot be modified by the bankruptcy court, they are a take-it-or-leave-it loan. As long as home prices are maintained at artificially high levels, the market will not rebound. You cannot pop a real estate bubble by letting only half the air out. Allow the bankruptcy court to modify mortgages the same way they modify other loans. Currently student loans cannot be discharged. This should also be changed. In my business I have seen students earning less than $35,000 a year but with over $150,000 in student loans. All three parties to a student loan were at fault in creating such a situation: The colleges for tuition increases far beyond inflation or benefit; the lenders for not considering the earning potential of students that accomplish a degree; the students for living and learning on debt that bore no 33 relationship to the future incomes. Allow student loans to be discharged in the managed and supervised process of the bankruptcy court. Those that can pay, will. Lenders, already off the hook because the Federal Government has taken control of the loans will see their markets shrink. Colleges will be forced to structure their costs for leaner days and more fiscally prudent students (I hope). And students living on borrowed money is not ‘planning’. 34 The Proposed FY2014 Plan Line by Line Budget Details What follows is a line by line recommendation for programs retained in the budget. Unless otherwise indicated, all table amounts are in 000s. All numbers in the details are actual. Executive Branch - Discretionary Summary Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY2014 Plan Reduction 145,871,000 44,782,237 69.0% 1,191,709,000 162,102,005 86.4% Dept of Labor 127,618,000 3,450,300 97.3% Dept of Education 142,015,000 18,884,400 86.7% Dept of Energy 24,476,000 5,766,740 76.4% EPA 10,561,000 1,154,450 89.1% GSA 1,806,000 133,900 92.6% Social Security Admin 964,775,000 1,669,094,000 -73.0% Dept of Housing & Urban Dev 70,434,000 710,240 99.0% SBA 4,032,000 0 100.0% Independent Programs, committees, boards 267,100,000 156,919,060 41.3% Executive Branch Discretionary 2,950,397,000 2,062,997,332 30.1% Dept of Agriculture Dept of Health & Human Services 35 Department of Agriculture Budget Summary Bureau Name Move to? Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 21,000 14,700 495,000 99,000 183,000 176,000 1,238,000 265,200 697,000 250,000 1,145,000 391,600 1,219,000 1,050,500 1,013,000 944,900 31,000 40,700 4,268,000 100,000 1,799,000 1,000,000 Office of the Secretary Office of the Secretary Executive Operations Departmental Admin National Agricultural Statistics Service National Agricultural Statistics Service Agricultural Research Service Salaries and Expenses National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Activities Research and Education Activities Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and Expenses Food Safety and Inspection Service Salaries and Expenses Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Admin Salaries and Expenses Natural Resources Conservation Service Interior Conservation Operations Foreign Agricultural Service State Food for Peace Title II Grants State Salaries and Expenses 373,000 28,000 State McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program 196,000 0 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 85,193,000 29,948,800 Nutrition Programs Administration 144,000 57,600 19,607,000 10,857,237 145,871,000 44,782,237 Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition Programs Total Dept of Agriculture The Department of Agriculture has three purposes: provide data and information regarding the state of agriculture and our crop and livestock production; provide 36 inspection services for national monitoring of crop/livestock health and food safety; assist states in providing food assistance. Together with the State Department, Department of Agriculture can identify and assist in the distribution of food assistance to foreign areas of need. This assistance should be limited and not subject to recurring annual needs. Departmental Summary • • Office of the Secretary-Budget: $14,700,000 Departmental administration-Budget: $99,000,000 Due to program and office terminations departmental budget estimated to decrease by 80% with no significant working capital fund requirements. Economic Research Service (ERS) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ERS conducts a research program to inform public and private decision making on economic and policy issues involving food, farming, natural resources, and rural development. ARS is the chief scientific in-house research agency. Our job is finding solutions to agricultural problems that affect Americans every day, from field to table. Budget: $265,200,000 Combine and eliminate redundant sections with ERS. Determine value of the research by making the service offer for sale the research results at a cost basis. If no market exists, reduce sections as appropriate. Estimated savings 80% of combined 2012 budget. National Agricultural Statistics Service: Conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Budget: $176,000,000 Retain. 37 National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Mission is to advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being, and communities by supporting research, education, and extension programs in the Land-Grant University System and other partner organizations. Together with ERS and ARS, NIFA provides funding for research and education. Recent change in 2008 to replace Cooperative State Research. Extension activities (grants) - Budget: $250,000,000 Research and Education - Budget: $391,600,000 Eliminate or fold Biomass Research into Research and Education, reduce extension grants and education funding. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: A broad mission area that includes protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, regulating genetically engineered organisms, administering the Animal Welfare Act and carrying out wildlife damage management activities. Budget: $1,050,050,000 Evaluate mission and programs for possible state handling of livestock and herd management. Retain. Food Safety and Inspection Service: Responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. Budget: $944,900,000 Evaluation programs for regulator capture issues. (Regulators too close to regulated industries/firms.) Retain. Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration: Is structured to provide services and programs that help ensure a fair and competitive marketing system for all involved in the marketing of livestock, meat, and poultry, and grain and related products. Budget: $40,700,000 38 Retain. Natural Resources Conservation Service: Originally established by Congress in 1935 as the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), NRCS has expanded to become a conservation leader for all natural resources, ensuring private lands are conserved, restored, and more resilient to environmental challenges, like climate change. The programs specifically look to private property use and for assistance or research/recommendations. Budget: $100,000,000 under Department of the Interior Review programs for movement to state/local management. Forced management of private lands is beyond the scope/reach of programs. Reduction in federal managed lands will reduce budget requirements. Establish permanent maximum budget allocation of $100,000,000. Foreign Agricultural Service: FAS staff identifies problems, provide practical solutions, and work to advance opportunities for U.S. agriculture and support U.S. foreign policy around the globe. Budget: $28,000,000 under Department of State Spending authorities, 2014 Budget total: $1,000,000,000 • Food for Peace Title II Grants: Provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities to meet emergency and non-emergency food needs in other countries, including support for food security goals. Budget: $1,000,000,000 • McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program: Helps support education, child development, and food security for some of the world’s poorest children. It provides for donations of U.S. agricultural products, as well as financial and technical assistance, for school feeding and maternal and child nutrition projects in lowincome, food-deficit countries that are committed to universal education. Modify the programs: Retain only Food for Peace (maximum budget of $1,000,000,000) and review McGovern-Dole program, reduce FAS budget. Financing purchases by others is not within the mandate. Donate or don’t bother. 39 Food and Nutrition Service Programs: Provides children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education. We help nearly one in four people. 2014 Budget, Overall: $40,863,637,000 Nutrition Programs Administration - Budget: $57,600,000 • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (food stamps): We put healthy food on the table for more than 46 million people each month. Budget: $29,948,800,000 Provide states with block grants based on $2.50 per person, per day for individuals under the poverty line. • Child Nutrition Programs (School meals): Provide healthy, nutritious meals and snacks to the Nation’s children. Through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, school children have access to healthy meals. Budget: $10,857,237,000 Provide states with block grants based on $2.50 per child per school day for children in households under 150% of the poverty line. Modify the Food Stamp and School Meal programs as indicated. Administration reduced by 60%. 40 Department of Health and Human Services Budget Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Contributions, Indian Health Facilities -33,000 -33,000 Contributions, N.I.H., Unconditional Gift Fund -5,000 -500 Centers for Disease Control, Gifts and Donations -6,000 -6,000 Contributions, N.I.H., Conditional Gift Fund -27,000 -27,000 Contributions to the Indian Health Service Gift Fund -1,000 -1,000 1,000 1,000 2,573,000 1,262,800 264,000 93,500 Indian Health Services 4,391,000 3,055,800 Indian Health Facilities 581,000 355,300 6,513,000 6,513,000 Toxic Substances and Environmental Public Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 116,000 83,600 World Trade Center Health Program Fund 130,000 13,000 31,584,000 31,981,400 1,501,000 62,500 255,263,000 116,642,505 971,000 62,700 Account Name Receipts Food and Drug Administration Revolving Fund for Certification and Other Services Salaries and Expenses Health Resources and Services Administration Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund Indian Health Service Centers for Disease Control CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Management Grants to States for Medicaid Departmental Management Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology 41 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund 1,898,000 1,324,400 General Departmental Management 653,000 273,900 HHS Accrual Contribution to the Uniformed Services Retiree Health Care Fund 36,000 40,700 Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers 502,000 433,400 1,191,709,000 162,102,005 Account Name Program Support Center Total Dept of Health and Human Services Department of Health and Human Services, provides national support for medical information, data, and research. Encompassing the CDC, Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, DHHS provides central clearinghouses for our national health system. Support for basic medical research and best practices in the delivery of health services to states, DHHS serves a vital purpose but not as provider of medical services to individuals. Departmental Summary Food and Drug Administration: Responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines more effective, safer, and more affordable and by helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to maintain and improve their health. FDA also has responsibility for regulating the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of tobacco products to protect the public health and to reduce tobacco use by minors. Budget: $1,262,800,000 Retain. Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund: The VICP was established to 42 ensure an adequate supply of vaccines, stabilize vaccine costs, and establish and maintain an accessible and efficient forum for individuals found to be injured by certain vaccines. The VICP is a no-fault alternative to the traditional tort system for resolving vaccine injury claims that provides compensation to people found to be injured by certain vaccines. Budget: $93,500,000 Review budget for modification of tax amounts versus claims. ALL vaccines have a bad effect on some people, it is a risk. The industry could fund this from sales versus a taxation on consumers. Yes, in the end, consumers would pay, but we could do away with Federal bureaucracy. Indian Health Services and Facilities: Responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. Budget: Services - $3,055,800,000 Budget: Facilities - $355,300,000 Retain. Centers for Disease Control: Collaborating to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats. Budget: $6,513,000,000 This budget has decreased almost 40% in the last 4 years. Review for possible INCREASE. Toxic Substances and Environmental Public Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Serves the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances. Budget: $83,600,000 Retain. 43 World Trade Center Health Program Fund: To provide: (1) medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers (including federal employees) who responded to the terrorist attacks on the WTC in New York City (NYC) on September 11, 2001; and (2) initial health evaluation, monitoring, and treatment benefits to eligible residents and other building occupants and area workers in NYC who were affected by such attacks. Budget: $13,000,000 Review for appropriate budget amount. Pending review, budget at 10%. National Institutes of Health: The largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs by funding thousands of scientists in universities and research institutions in every state across America and around the globe. Budget: $31,981,400,000 Retain. Spend less on ‘around the globe’. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Grants to states for Medicaid: Grant money will be available immediately to help States, DC and the Territories meet the health care needs of many of their most vulnerable citizens as part of Obamacare generosity however, we are re-tasking. Budget: $116,642,505,000 Allocate a single block grant 25% of 2011 hospital expenses to States meeting 75% participation rate in Hospitalization Program. • Program Management - Budget: $62,500,000 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology: Charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. Budget: $62,700,000 44 Review and revise to create a standards-based advisory panel. Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund: To prepare for, respond to, and recover from the health consequences of naturally occurring and man-made threats. Budget: $1,324,400,000 Ah! Something consistent with mandates. Except it has received over $14b in the last 7 years for which threats? Review but retain IF funds are actually supporting events. General Departmental Management: Budget: $273,900,000 Review, revise and reduce budget to be consistent with revised responsibilities. HHS Accrual Contribution to the Uniformed Services Retiree Health Care Fund: Budget: $40,700,000 Review if this is to VA or for a general health care program. Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers: Budget: $433,400,000 Retain the program but remove the medical benefits. 45 Department of Labor Budget Summary Bureau Name Move to? Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Employment and Training Administration OPM Workers Compensation Programs 15,000 3,300 OPM Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances 1,136,000 817,300 177,000 156,200 Employee Benefits Security Administration Salaries and Expenses Office of Workers' Compensation Programs OPM Salaries and Expenses 105,000 23,000 OPM Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners 191,000 191,000 OPM Special Benefits 350,000 57,200 OPM Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund 1,302,000 1,174,800 OPM Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund 154,000 154,000 OPM Special Workers' Compensation Expenses 123,000 0 0 0 35,000 35,000 572,000 431,200 549,000 219,600 37,000 3,700 5,000 5,000 358,000 179,000 127,618,000 3,450,300 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pension Benefit Guaranty Fund Wage and Hour Division Homeland H-1 B and L Fraud Prevention and Security Detection Occupational Safety and Health Administration Salaries and Expenses Bureau of Labor Statistics Salaries and Expenses Office of Labor Management Standards Salaries and Expenses Departmental Management Information Technology Modernization Salaries and Expenses Total Dept of Labor The Department of Labor provides information concerning our workforce and establishes standards for worker safety throughout the nation. Additional support 46 for foreign worker access is coordinated through Homeland Security. Many aspects of the Federal workforce differ from the civilian workforce and the Department ensures those safety and special needs are addressed both during and after the working careers of those that have supported our nations energy needs. Departmental Summary Employment and Training Administration 2014 Program Administration budget: $820,600,000 : move to Office of Personnel Management • Workers Compensation Programs: Administers compensation programs to federal workers or their dependents who are injured at work or acquire an occupational disease. Budget: $3,300,000 Retain at reduced levels. • Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances: For federal military and civilian workers, administered by the States. Budget: $817,300,000 Reduce budget as staffing reduces. Estimated 60% reduction. Employee Benefits Security Administration: Committed to educating and assisting the 140 million Americans covered by more than 707,000 private retirement plans, 2.5 million health plans, and similar numbers of other welfare benefit plans holding over $6 trillion in assets; as well as plan sponsors and members of the employee benefits community. EBSA balances proactive enforcement with compliance assistance and works diligently to provide quality assistance to plan participants and beneficiaries. Budget: $156,200,000 Retain. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Protects the retirement incomes of more than 44 million American workers in more than 27,500 private-sector defined benefit pension plans. 47 Budget: $0 Retain the program, however review to have States that incorporate such plans retain responsibility for them. Office of Worker’s Compensation Programs : move to Office of Personnel Management • Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners: Provides compensation to coal miners who are totally disabled by pneumoconiosis arising out of coal mine employment, and to survivors of coal miners whose deaths are attributable to the disease. Budget: $191,000,000 Retain the program. • Black Lung Disability Trust Fund: [This fund is collecting about $800,000,000 in fees on coal mining and yet we are allocating additional funds for the operation and repayment of debt incurred to make claims payments.] Budget: $0 Terminate the Fund and provide annual appropriation for claims. Reduce the fee charge on the industry to appropriate levels. • Special Benefits: Provides workers compensation coverage to three million federal and postal workers around the world for employmentrelated injuries and occupational diseases. Budget: $57,200,000 Retain the program but review for reductions due to reduced federal employees. • Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund: Provides compensation and medical benefits to employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors, and employees of DOE designated Atomic Weapons Employers (AWE) and Beryllium Vendors who became ill as a result of work performed in the production and testing of nuclear weapons. Budget: $1,174,800,000 Retain. • Administration expenses for EEOILC Fund: Budget: $154,000,000 Retain. 48 Occupational Safety and Health Administration: To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance. Budget: $431,200,000 Retain. Bureau of Labor Statistics: The principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Budget: $219,600,000 Given the ‘quality’ of the reports and dubious value of the information, re-task for selling the information to those that want it. Reduce program by 60%. Office of Labor Management Standards: Administers and enforces most provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). The LMRDA primarily promotes union democracy and financial integrity in private sector labor unions through standards for union officer elections and union trusteeships and safeguards for union assets. Budget: $3,700,000 Yea, 9% of the non-governmental workforce have unions. Reduce budget by 90%. Departmental Management: Budget: Obama: $184,000,000 • Salaries and expenses: Budget: $179,000,000 Program reduction requires less Departmental management; reduce the budget by 50%. • Information Technology Modernization: Budget: $5,000,000 49 Retain for small program requirements. H-1 B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Budget: $35,000,000 : move to Department of Homeland Security Retain. 50 Department of Education Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 115,000 124,300 5,057,000 1,302,000 Special Education 14,537,000 13,285,800 Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research 4,222,000 3,125,100 American Printing House for the Blind 32,000 22,000 National Technical Institute for the Deaf 63,000 63,800 Gallaudet University 117,000 124,300 224,000 224,000 738,000 479,600 456,000 104,500 142,015,000 18,884,400 Account Name Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Indian Student Education Education Improvement Programs Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Office of Post-secondary Education Howard University Institute of Education Sciences Institute of Education Sciences Departmental Management Program Administration Total Dept of Education The Department of Education provides educational services to Indian students, supports the educational efforts for the blind and deaf and provides research and information concerning the delivery of 21st century educational services. Departmental Summary Departmental Management - Budget: $104,500,000. Program Administration: Provides administrative support for most programs and offices in the Department. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education • Indian Student Education: To support the efforts of local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, post-secondary institutions, and 51 other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives so that these students can achieve to the same challenging state standards as all students. Budget: $124,300,000 Retain the program but review and consider transferring program materials to state programs. • Education Improvement Programs: [This program offers grants to districts but also includes over $17 million for Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands] Budget: $1,302,000,000 Review foreign/territorial spending; review and establish programs as advisory and research; reduce program to 25%. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation programs: Budget: Obama: $18,971,000,000 • Special Education: Improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. Budget: (see below) Retain the program. Review for combining with RSDR (see below). • Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research: Provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. Budget: $16,410,900,000 Retain. • American Printing House for the Blind: To Promote the Education of the Blind. This act set up a system to provide free schoolbooks and other materials for blind students and named the American Printing House for the Blind as the national central source of these educational materials. Budget: $22,000,000 Retain. • National Technical Institute for the Deaf: To promote the employment of persons who are deaf by providing technical and professional education for the nation's young people who are deaf. The U.S. Department of Education maintains an agreement with its host institution, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), to operate a residential facility for post52 secondary technical training and education for individuals who are deaf. Budget: $63,800,000 Retain. • Gallaudet University: Provides support for Gallaudet University in order to help promote education and employment opportunities for persons who are deaf. The university provides a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs in fields related to deafness for students who are deaf and students who are hearing. Gallaudet also operates the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. This center includes the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, which is an elementary school for children who are deaf; the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, which is a secondary school for students who are deaf; and a National Mission Program, which provides training, technical assistance, and materials related to education of the deaf. Budget: $124,300,000 Retain. Howard University: Federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C. Budget: $253,000,000 Frankly, I can’t see any reason to continue to fund the university. I suggest an endowment be established and one year additional funding be provided and it be cut loose. Terminate after endowing. Institute of Education Sciences: Provide rigorous and relevant evidence on which to ground education practice and policy and share this information broadly. By identifying what works, what doesn't, and why, we aim to improve educational outcomes for all students, particularly those at risk of failure. Budget: $479,600,000 Review program to ensure no regulatory responsibilities; retain the program. 53 Department of Energy Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Energy Information Administration 84,000 104,500 Strategic Petroleum Reserve 107,000 107,000 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves 19,000 19,000 5,664,000 3,997,340 333,000 339,900 1,570,000 52,800 Nuclear Energy 768,000 347,600 Advanced Research Projects Agency 206,000 206,000 Nuclear Waste Disposal 18,000 18,000 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 484,000 484,000 Ultra deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund 88,000 7,700 202,000 109,900 24,476,000 5,766,740 Move to? Account Name Energy Programs Science Non-defense Environmental Cleanup Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability NASA Departmental Administration Departmental Administration Total Dept of Energy The Department of Energy manages and provides research, information and energy for the United State's strategic needs. From the Strategic Petroleum and Naval Reserves to Science and Advanced Research, the Department provides support for our energy future. Departmental Summary Departmental Administration - Budget: $109,900,000 Energy Programs: • Energy Information Administration: Collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. Budget: $104,500,000 54 Retain. • Fossil Energy Research and Development: To support improved energy security and rapid development of climate-oriented technology. Budget: $0 Terminate by reducing programs on ‘climate-oriented’ research and fold into Science. • Strategic Petroleum Reserve: The world's largest supply of emergency crude oil. Budget: $107,000,000 [Includes SPR Petroleum Account] Retain. • Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves: [Properties are being divested and cleanup/remediation continues on several properties] Budget: $19,000,000 Retain and continue divestiture programs. • Science: Supports a diverse portfolio of research that advance the science needed for revolutionary energy breakthroughs, seek to unravel nature’s deepest mysteries, and provide the Nation’s researchers with the most advanced large-scale tools of modern science. Budget: $3,997,340,000 under NASA Retain w/FERD (see above). • Non-defense Environmental Cleanup: For the environmental cleanup of multiple sites across the country that comprise the former nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research complex. Budget: $339,900,000 Retain. • Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability: Lead national efforts to modernize the electric grid; enhance security and reliability of the infrastructure; and facilitate recovery from disruptions to energy supply. Budget: $52,800,000 Retain but focus on research. • Nuclear Energy: Joint government/industry cost-shared effort to identify sites for new nuclear power plants, develop and bring to market advanced nuclear plant technologies, evaluate the business case for building new nuclear power plants and demonstrate untested regulatory processes. Budget: $347,600,000 Retain. 55 Advanced Research Projects Agency: Fund projects that will develop transformational technologies that reduce America’s dependence on foreign energy imports; reduce U.S. energy related emissions (including greenhouse gasses); improve energy efficiency across all sectors of the U.S. economy and ensure that the U.S. maintains its leadership in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies. Budget: $206,000,000 under NASA. Retain the program. Modeled after DARPA, I agree with the purpose but am worried about the implementation. Funding research vs company production must be the focus. Nuclear Waste Disposal: Plays a vital role in the cleanup of radioactive waste and the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons production and nuclear energy research. Budget: $18,000,000 Retain the program. The budget is significantly smaller than in previous administrations. Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning: Supports the cleanup of some of the nation’s most contaminated areas. The polluted sites are all former production facilities used during the Cold War to supply enriched uranium for nuclear warheads and commercial nuclear reactors. Located in Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, the plants encompass more than 30 million square feet of floor space, miles of interconnecting pipes and thousands of acres of land that are contaminated with radioactive and hazardous materials. Cleanup of the sites isn’t expected to be completed until 2040 and cost upwards of $20 billion. Budget: $484,000,000 Retain the program. Review for timetable. Ultra-deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research 56 Fund: Is designed to benefit consumers by developing technologies to increase America’s domestic oil and gas production and reduce the Nation’s dependency on foreign imports. A portion of the funding is directed towards cost-shared research, while another portion is used by NETL (Science) to carry out complementary R&D. Budget: $7,700,000 Retain. 57 Environmental Protection Agency Summary Bureau Name Move to? Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 2,653,000 23,050 36,000 14,400 13,000 13,000 -15,000 -15,000 -3,000 -3,000 1,387,000 1,102,200 17,000 19,800 10,561,000 1,154,450 Environmental Protection Agency Interior Environmental Programs and Management Interior Buildings and Facilities Agriculture Pesticide Registration Fund Agriculture Registration Service Fees, Pesticide Registration Fund Agriculture User Fees, Pesticide Tolerance Interior Hazardous Substance Superfund Interior Inland Oil Spill Programs Total EPA The environment is not just the responsibility of one agency but all departments of the government focusing on their impact and mitigating issues where human interaction with the environment is unavoidable. The Environmental Protection Agency has done a spectacular job of focusing attention on our impact on the environment but the remaining tasks are better done within the broader mandates of government activities. The programs listed here will be realigned within other departments and the budget amounts will move with them. Departmental Summary Departmental Programs and Management - Budget: $23,050,000 Divided between Interior and Agriculture. Buildings and Facilities – Budget: $14,400,000 under Department of Interior Hazardous Substance Superfund: Superfund is the name given to the environmental program established to address abandoned hazardous waste sites. It is also the name of the fund established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. This law was enacted in the wake of the discovery of toxic waste dumps such as Love Canal and Times Beach in the 1970s. It allows the EPA to clean up such sites and to compel responsible parties to perform cleanups or reimburse the government for EPA-lead cleanups. 58 Budget: $1,102,200,000 under Department of Interior Retain the program. Kill the Fund. Pesticide Registration Fund: EPA and the states (usually that state's agriculture office) register or license pesticides for use in the United States. EPA receives its authority to register pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). States are authorized to regulate pesticides under FIFRA and under state pesticide laws. States may place more restrictive requirements on pesticides than EPA. Pesticides must be registered both by EPA and the state before distribution. Budget: $13,000,000 under Department of Agriculture Retain the program. Inland Oil Spill Programs: Programs help ensure that facilities and organizations take steps to prevent oil spills, chemical accidents, and other emergencies, implement planning and preparedness requirements, and respond to environmental emergencies. Budget: $19,800,000 under Department of Interior Retain the program. 59 General Services Agency Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget Move to? Account Name FY 2014 Plan Real Property Activities Federal Buildings Fund 0 85,800 10,000 10,000 12,000 12,000 Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents 4,000 4,000 Operating Expenses 62,000 16,600 Electronic Government (E-GOV) Fund 16,000 5,500 1,806,000 133,300 Disposal of Surplus Real and Related Personal Property Supply and Technology Activities Expenses of Transportation Audit Contracts and Contract Administration General Activities White House White House Total GSA The General Services Agency provides management and maintenance of federally owned buildings and facilities. Departmental Summary Departmental Administration - Budget: $16,600,000 Retain. Electronic Government (E-GOV) Fund: The fund pays for high-profile initiatives including Data.gov, which has released hundreds of thousands of datasets publicly on the Web; Apps.gov, which offers mobile and cloud solutions to federal agencies; USASpending.gov, which tracks spending; and Challenge.gov, which is a Web platform for agencies to hold innovation competitions. Budget: $5,500,000 under The White House Despite poor performance on some of the projects, certain aspects continue to be both viable and valuable resources to see what our government is doing. Retain. Federal Buildings Fund: The FBF, established 1972, replaced direct 60 congressional appropriations to GSA as the means of financing the operating and capital costs associated with federal space. GSA charges federal agencies rent that is supposed to be comparable to local commercial rents, deposits these receipts in the FBF, and uses them, subject to congressional limitations, to pay building operating and capital expenses. Rent payments were expected to provide (1) a financial incentive for agencies to reduce their space costs and (2) a steadier, more predictable source of funds than direct appropriations. Budget: $85,800,000 Retain. Disposal of Surplus Real and Related Personal Property: Promotes effective use of federal real property assets, as well as the disposal of real property that is no longer critical to federal agencies. If a federal agency no longer needs a piece of property, it’s considered excess. GSA first offers excess property to other federal agencies. If another federal agency needs it, the property can be transferred. If no federal agency needs it, the property becomes surplus and may be made available for other uses through a public benefit conveyance. Budget: $10,000,000 It is going to be busy under our plan; retain. Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents: Budget: $4,000,000 under The White House That’s all? Retain. Expenses of Transportation Audit Contracts and Contract Administration: Coordinates the procurement of all transportation audit and related support service contracts, prepares statements of work, performs on-site inspections, and serves as a liaison to commercial audit firms to monitor compliance and resolve any administrative problems. Budget: $12,000,000 Retain the program. 61 Social Security Administration Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Federal Old-age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 638,520,000 1,669,000,000 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund 140,029,000 0 Special Benefits for Certain WW II Vets 7,000 7,000 Limitation on Administrative Expenses 87,000 87,000 964,775,000 1,669,094,000 Account Name Social Security Administration Total Social Security Admin The Social Security Administration manages the Senior and Disabled Income Support Fund and provides the services associated with payments from the previous Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund Departmental Summary Departmental Administration - Budget: $87,000,000: Retain. Trust Fund Payments Replace • Federal Old-Age & Survivors Insurance Trust Fund • Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund Budget: $1,669,000,000,000 SADIE or the Third Rail Program. Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans: Special veterans benefits are payable for months in which qualified veterans live outside the United States. Budget: $7,000,000 Retain. [This apparently applies mostly to Filipino’s that served in the US Military in World War II] 62 Department of Housing and Urban Development Summary Bureau Name Move to? Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 4,165,000 0 Public and Indian Housing Programs Interior Public Housing Operating Fund Interior Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account 26,000 26,000 Interior Native American Housing Block Grant 708,000 629,200 Community Planning and Development Interior Brownfields Redevelopment 9,000 9,000 Interior Permanent Supportive Housing 13,000 13,000 6,000 6,000 Management and Administration Interior Salaries and Expenses Interior Housing Personnel Compensation and Benefits 600,000 4,780 Interior Administration, Operations and Management 618,000 4,110 Interior Public and Indian Housing Personnel Compensation and Benefits 204,000 18,150 Total Dept of Housing & Urban Development 70,434,000 710,240 The Department of Housing and Urban Development responsibilities are being moved to Department of the Interior along with budget allocations. Departmental Summary Salaries and Expenses - Budget: $6,000,000 : Retain. Administration, Operations and Management - Budget: $4,110,000 : Retain. Housing Personnel Compensation and Benefits - Budget: $4,780,000 : Retain. Public and Indian Housing Personnel Compensation and Benefits – Budget: $18,150,000 : Retain. Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account: Addresses the special needs of Native Americans by making it possible to achieve home-ownership with market-rate financing. Historically, American Indians and Alaska Natives 63 had limited or no access to private mortgage capital, primarily because much of the land in Indian Country is held in trust by the Federal Government. Budget: $26,000,000 Retain the program. Native American Housing Block Grant: A formula grant that provides a range of affordable housing activities on Indian reservations and Indian areas. Budget: $629,200,000 Retain. Public Housing Operating Fund: For the development of additional public and Indian housing units, but also for the modernization of the housing stock, the improvement of the management of the programs by the public and Indian housing authorities which own the housing, and for programs to address crime and security and provide supportive services and tenant opportunities. Budget: $0 Terminate the public housing side and retain the Indian housing side of the program. Budget pending review. Brownfields Redevelopment: A key competitive grant program that HUD administers to stimulate and promote economic and community development. BEDI is designed to assist cities with the redevelopment of abandoned, idled and underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion and redevelopment is burdened by real or potential environmental contamination. Budget: $9,000,000 Retain and review. Permanent Supportive Housing: To develop supportive housing and services that will allow homeless persons to live as independently as possible. 64 Budget: $13,000,000 Retain and review. 65 Small Business Administration Summary Bureau Name Account Name Total SBA The Small Business Administration is terminated. 66 Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 4,032,000 0 Other Programs, Committees and Boards Summary Bureau Name Move to? Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 42,000 21,000 407,000 313,500 International Security Assistance Defense International Military Education and Training Multilateral Assistance State International Organizations and Programs Agency for International Development State International Disaster Assistance 1,086,000 3,000 State Miscellaneous Trust Funds, AID 75,000 0 46,000 55,000 Trade and Development Agency State Trade and Development Agency Military Retirement State Payment to Military Retirement Fund 64,751,000 50,805,700 State Military Retirement Fund 48,527,000 50,402,000 American Battle Monuments Commission Interior Salaries and Expenses 96,000 61,600 Interior Contributions 1,000 1,000 Interior Contributions, American Battle Monuments Commission -1,000 -1,000 Armed Forces Retirement Home Veterans Affairs Armed Forces Retirement Home 139,000 125,400 Veterans Affairs Other Receipts, Armed Forces Retirement Home -12,000 -14,000 Veterans Affairs Property Sales/Leases, Armed Forces Retirement Home -1,000 -1,000 70,000 35,200 23,000 23,000 Cemeterial Expenses Veterans Affairs Salaries and Expenses Selective Service System OPM Salaries and Expenses Corps of Engineers--Civil Works Interior Mississippi River and Tributaries 708,000 388,300 Interior Investigations 132,000 132,000 Interior Construction 3,381,000 1,523,500 67 Bureau Name Move to? Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 2,095,000 1,614,800 210,000 200,200 1,452,000 797,500 Interior Operation and Maintenance Interior Expenses Interior Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Interior Regulatory Program 193,000 191,400 Interior Washington Aqueduct -1,000 -1,000 Interior Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program 157,000 150,700 Interior Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works 8,000 3,300 Interior Special Recreation Use Fees, Corps of Engineers -43,000 -44,000 Interior Receipts from Leases of Lands Acquired for Flood Control, Navigation, and Allied Purposes -11,000 -11,000 Interior User Fees, Fund for Non-Federal Use of Disposal Facilities -1,000 -1,000 Interior Inland Waterways Trust Fund 92,000 92,000 Interior Rivers and Harbors Contributed Funds 405,000 330,000 Interior Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 833,000 842,600 Interior Permanent Appropriations 23,000 19,800 7,000 6,600 514,000 289,300 226,000 112,200 1,000 1,000 105,000 73,700 Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Transportation Salaries and Expenses Central Intelligence Agency OPM Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund Commodity Futures Trading Commission Treasury Commodity Futures Trading Commission Treasury Customer Protection Fund Consumer Product Safety Commission Commerce Salaries and Expenses United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Veterans Affairs Salaries and Expenses 31,000 24,200 Veterans Affairs Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Retirement Fund 2,000 2,000 28,000 24,200 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Defense Salaries and Expenses 68 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts 235,000 237,600 Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund 10,000 10,000 Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts 59,000 45,100 District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund 12,000 12,000 Federal Support for Economic Development and Management Reforms in the District 23,000 23,000 Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Pension Fund 489,000 374,000 Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Cost in the District of Columbia 15,000 11,000 Federal Payment for School Improvement 60,000 45,100 District of Columbia Federal Pension Fund 611,000 535,700 Commerce Salaries and Expenses 15,000 15,000 Commerce Spectrum Auction Program Account 22,000 22,000 Commerce Fees for Services -23,000 -23,000 9,377,000 1,278,600 22,178,000 22,178,000 66,000 62,700 25,000 0 24,000 23,100 46,000 0 Move to? Account Name District of Columbia Courts District of Columbia General and Special Payments Federal Communications Commission Commerce Universal Service Fund Deposit Insurance Treasury Deposit Insurance Fund Federal Election Commission Justice Salaries and Expenses Federal Labor Relations Authority Labor Salaries and Expenses Federal Maritime Commission Interior Salaries and Expenses Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Labor Salaries and Expenses Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 69 Bureau Name Move to? Account Name Interior Salaries and Expenses Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 17,000 8,800 143,000 107,800 177,000 105,600 Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board OPM Program Expenses Federal Trade Commission Commerce Salaries and Expenses Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Interior Payment to the Institute 9,000 7,700 91,000 74,800 International Trade Commission State Salaries and Expenses National Archives and Records Administration GSA Operating Expenses 339,000 306,900 GSA National Historical Publications and Records Commission 11,000 6,600 GSA Repairs and Restoration 16,000 11,000 GSA Electronic Record Archives 53,000 71,500 GSA National Archives Gift Fund 4,000 1,000 GSA Gifts and Bequests, National Archives Gift Fund -4,000 -1,000 8,000 8,000 12,000 12,000 National Capital Planning Commission GSA Salaries and Expenses National Credit Union Administration Treasury Credit Union Share Insurance Fund National Science Foundation NASA Research and Related Activities 6,464,000 4,792,700 NASA Education and Human Resources 1,087,000 908,600 NASA Agency Operations and Award Management 317,000 284,900 NASA Office of the National Science Board 4,000 3,300 NASA Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction 312,000 233,200 102,000 89,100 1,060,000 953,700 National Transportation Safety Board Transportation Salaries and Expenses Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commerce Salaries and Expenses 70 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan -910,000 -809,840 3,000 3,000 11,000 11,000 19,000 18,700 Commerce Postal Regulatory Commission 14,000 14,000 Commerce Payment to Postal Service Fund 75,000 75,000 2,260,000 2,39800 Move to? Account Name Commerce Nuclear Facility Fees, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Commerce Salaries and Expenses Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Labor Salaries and Expenses Office of Special Counsel Justice Salaries and Expenses Postal Service Commerce Postal Service Fund Railroad Retirement Board OPM Dual Benefits Payments Account 51,000 51,000 OPM Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Accounts 622,000 394,900 OPM Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account 32,000 31,000 OPM Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account 6,703,000 6,730,900 OPM Rail Industry Pension Fund 4,890,000 4,491,300 OPM Payment from the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, Rail Industry Pension Fund -1,855,000 -1,427,800 OPM Railroad Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund 110,000 106,300 OPM National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust 1,932,000 1,512,500 OPM Limitation on Administration 1,000 1,000 180,000 105,000 17,000 17,000 111,000 111,000 Securities and Exchange Commission Commerce Salaries and Expenses Commerce Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund Commerce Investor Protection Fund Smithsonian Institution GSA Salaries and Expenses 662,000 611,600 GSA Facilities Capital 74,000 93,500 71 Bureau Name Move to? Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 7,000 7,000 GSA Legacy Fund GSA Salaries and Expenses, National Gallery of Art 118,000 110,000 GSA Repair, Restoration, and Renovation of Buildings, National Gallery of Art 38,000 18,700 GSA Operations and Maintenance, JFK Center for the Performing Arts 23,000 20,900 GSA Capital Repair and Restoration, JFK Center for the Performing Arts 20,000 20,000 GSA Salaries and Expenses, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 12,000 9,900 6,000 4,400 925,000 0 49,000 49,500 42,000 0 534,000 396,000 276,000 64,100 State Justice Institute Justice State Justice Institute: Salaries and Expenses Tennessee Valley Authority Interior Tennessee Valley Authority Fund United States Holocaust Memorial Museum GSA Holocaust Memorial Museum United States Institute of Peace State Operating Expenses Intelligence Community Management Account State Intelligence Community Management Account Institute of Museum and Library Services GSA Office of Museum and Library Services: Grants and Administration United Mine Workers of America Benefit Funds OPM United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan 72,000 41,800 OPM United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund 157,000 121,000 OPM United Mine Workers of America 1993 Benefit Plan 60,000 13,200 11,000 9,900 Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Commerce Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia 72 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia 37,000 34,100 Federal Payment to Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia 207,000 202,400 Commerce Broadcasting Capital Improvements 6,000 6,000 Commerce International Broadcasting Operations 743,000 136,800 24,000 8,800 5,000 5,000 39,000 0 200,000 0 2,000 2,000 125,000 125,000 267,100,000 156,919,060 Move to? Account Name Broadcasting Board of Governors Delta Regional Authority Interior Delta Regional Authority Vietnam Education Foundation State Vietnam Debt Repayment Fund Standard Setting Body NASA Payment to Standard Setting Body Electric Reliability Organization Commerce Electric Reliability Organization Indian Law and Order Commission Interior Indian Law and Order Commission Allowances Interior Future Disaster Costs Total programs, committees, boards Not specifically under the heading of a Department, these programs cover a broad array of efforts by the Federal Government to address issues that citizens and Congress demand to ‘do SOMETHING’. The majority are discontinued and those that remain are re-organized under specific departments under Cabinet oversight. Summary International Military Education and Training: Provides training and education on a grant basis to students from allied and friendly nations. Budget: $21,000,000 Funds to pay for our people to train other students - not to pay their expenses of their training. 50% reduction in the program. 73 International Organizations and Programs: The two organizations that receive the most money from the U.S. Government, the Global Fund and UNICEF, are instrumental in delivering effective foreign assistance. [No, I don’t like it...] Budget: $0 Review. International Disaster Assistance: Responsible for facilitating and coordinating U.S. Government emergency assistance overseas. Budget: $3,000,000 Terminate the program as a billion dollar budget item. Allocate small amount, $2-3m for maintenance and let the balance come from Americans to help when asked. Trade and Development Agency: Independent U.S. Government foreign assistance agency to help companies create U.S. jobs through the export of U.S. goods and services for priority development projects in emerging economies. Budget: $55,000,000 Retain. Peace Corps: Working in emerging and essential areas such as information technology and business development; to help countless individuals who want to build a better life for themselves, their children, and their communities. Budget: $0 Review. After 50 years exactly what has it accomplished? Military Sales Program 74 • Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund: The aggregation (corpus) of cash received from purchaser countries and international organizations. DSCA is responsible for management of the trust fund. DFAS-IN is responsible for accountability: Budget: $0 Deposits, Advances, Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund Budget: $0 Retain the program, except for administrative costs, not additional funding. Military Retirement: The fund has three sources of income. The first is payment from the military personnel accounts, which cover the accruing costs of the future retirement benefits being earned by today's service members. The second source is interest on investments of the fund. The third source is made up of two payments from the general fund of the Treasury. The first Treasury payment covers a portion of the accrued unfunded liability for all the retirees and current members who had earned benefits before the accrual funding system was set up. The second Treasury payment covers the liability for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability compensation paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs. • • Payment to Military Retirement Fund: Budget: $50,805,700,000 Federal Contributions, Military Retirement Fund: [Concurrent deduction in same amount as payment] Military Retirement Fund: Payment includes funds for the amortization of the unfunded liability for all retirement benefits earned by military personnel for service prior to 1985. Budget: $50,402,000,000 Retain the program. Military Educational Benefits: Public Law 98–525 provided for the accrual funding of certain education benefits for active duty military personnel and to selected Reserve personnel. Public Laws 100–48 and 108–375 made this program permanent. The fund is financed through actuarially determined Government contributions from the Department of Defense military personnel appropriations and interest on investments. Funds are transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs to make benefit payments to eligible personnel. 75 • Education Benefits Fund: Budget: $0 • Employing Agency Contributions, Education Benefits Fund: Budget: $0 Terminate the program. If this is the ‘new GI Bill’ program. Renew and reauthorize. American Battle Monuments Commission, Salaries and Expenses: Guardian of America’s overseas commemorative cemeteries and memorials—honors the service, achievements and sacrifice of U.S. Armed Forces. Budget: $61,600,000 Retain. Armed Forces Retirement Home: For more than a century and a half, veteran airmen, Marines, sailors and soldiers have enjoyed the finest lifestyles in their retirement. The tradition continues with both the Gulfport and Washington campuses of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, model retirement centers with facilities and services designed with our residents in mind. General Fund Payment to the Armed Forces Retirement Home: Budget: $125,400,000 General Fund Payment, Armed Forces Retirement Home: [Concurrent deduction in same amount as payment] Retain. Cemeterial Expenses, Salaries and Expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airman’s Home National Cemetery. Budget: $35,200,000 Retain. 76 Forest and Wildlife Conservation: Military Reservations: These appropriations provide for development and conservation of fish and wildlife and recreational facilities on military installations. Proceeds from the sale of fishing and hunting permits are used for these programs at Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force installations charging such user fees. These programs are carried out through cooperative plans agreed upon by the local representatives of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, and the appropriate agency of the State in which the installation is located. Wildlife Conservation: Budget: $0 Terminate the program. Allow conservation groups to provide funding and distribute permit money to local groups. Selective Service System, Salaries and Expenses: For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System. Budget: $23,000,000 Retain the program but include women 18 and older. Corps of Engineers: Develops, manages, restores, and protects the Nation’s water resources through studies of potential projects, construction of projects, operation and maintenance, and its regulatory program. • Civil Works, Mississippi River and Tributaries: Budget: $388,300,000 Retain. • Civil Works, Investigations: Budget: $132,000,000 Retain the program. • Civil Works, Construction: Budget: $1,523,500,000 Retain. 77 • Civil Works, Operation and Maintenance: Budget: $1,614,800,000 Retain. • Civil Works, Expenses: Budget: $200,200,000 Retain. • Civil Works, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies: Budget: $797,500,000 Retain. • Civil Works, Regulatory Program: Budget: $191,400,000 Review regulatory practices for State Rights control overreach - Retain. • Civil Works, Washington Aqueduct: Budget: $-negative [And has been for some time....]: No change • Civil Works, Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program: Budget: $150,700,000 Retain. • Civil Works, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works: Budget: $3,300,000 Retain. • Corps of Engineers, Trust Funds • Civil Works, Inland Waterways Trust Fund: Budget:: $92,000,000 Maintain. • • Civil Works, Rivers and Harbors Contributed Funds: Budget: $330,000,000 Retain. • Civil Works, Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Budget: $842,600,000 Retain. Civil Works, Permanent Appropriations: 78 Budget: $19,800,000 Retain. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Salaries and Expenses: Responsible for developing guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Architectural Barriers Act, and the Telecommunications Act. These guidelines ensure that buildings and facilities, transportation vehicles, and telecommunications equipment covered by these laws are readily accessible to and usable by people with disabilities. Budget: $6,600,000 Retain but review to ensure that the Board is ADVISORY, not regulatory. Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund: Budget: $289,300,000 Retain. In 2011, trustees said the pension plan was going bankrupt and they needed higher funding to compensate. Review for reinstatement. Commodity Futures Trading Commission: An independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States. The agency's mandate has been renewed and expanded several times since then, most recently by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Budget: $112,200,000 Retain. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Salaries and Expenses: Charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. Budget: $73,700,000 79 Retain. United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Salaries and Expenses: Members of the Board review benefit claims determinations made by local VA offices and issue decision on appeals. These Law Judges, attorneys experienced in veterans law and in reviewing benefit claims, are the only ones who can issue Board decisions. Budget: $24,200,000 Retain. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Retirement Fund: Budget: $2,000,000 Retain. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Salaries and Expenses: An independent agency within the Executive Branch to identify the nature and consequences of potential threats to public health and safety at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) defense nuclear facilities, to elevate such issues to the highest levels of authority, and to inform the public. Since DOE is a self-regulating entity, the Board constitutes the only independent technical oversight of operations at the Nation’s defense nuclear facilities. Budget: $24,200,000 [In other words, DOE will try to hide problems...] Retain. District of Columbia: • Courts • Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts: Budget: $237,600,000 Retain. • Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund: 80 Budget: [Concurrent deduction in same amount as payment] : $10,000,000 Retain. • District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund: Budget: $12,000,000 Retain. • Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts: Budget: $45,100,000 Retain. • Federal Support for Economic Development and Management Reforms in the District: Budget: $23,000,000 Retain. • Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Pension Fund: Budget: $374,000,000 Retain. • Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Cost in the District of Columbia: Budget: $11,000,000 Retain the program. • Federal Payment for School Improvement: Budget: $45,100,000 Retain. • District of Columbia Federal Pension Fund: Budget: $535,700,000 Retain. Federal Communications Commission, Salaries and Expenses: An independent agency of the federal government, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversees the television, radio and telephone industries in the United States. The FCC’s key responsibilities range from issuing operating licenses for radio and TV stations to maintaining decency standards designed to protect the public good. 81 Budget: $15,000,000 Retain the program. Spectrum Auction Program Account: Responsible for implementing the FCC’s competitive bidding authority through a fair and transparent auction process. Budget: $22,000,000 Retain the program Universal Service Fund: Universal Service, as mandated by the 1996 Act, are to: Promote the availability of quality services at just, reasonable and affordable rates for all consumers; Increase nationwide access to advanced telecommunications services; Advance the availability of such services to all consumers, including those in low income, rural, insular, and high cost areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to those charged in urban areas; Increase access to telecommunications and advanced services in schools, libraries and rural health care facilities; Provide equitable and non-discriminatory contributions from all providers of telecommunications services to the fund supporting universal service programs. The Commission established four programs to fulfill these goals. They are: The High-Cost program; The Lifeline (low income) program, including initiatives for Native Americans; The Schools and Libraries program, commonly referred to as E-rate; The Rural Health Care program. These programs are funded by the Universal Service Fund. Budget: $1,278,600,000 Reduce the fund by 80%. Why? If we are not spending it, it must not be needed as much. FDIC: An independent agency created by the Congress to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation's financial system by: insuring deposits, examining and supervising financial institutions for safety and soundness and consumer protection, and managing receiverships. • Deposit Insurance Fund: On 2/8/06, the President signed The Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 into law. It merged the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) and the Saving Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) into a new fund called the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF). On 7/21/10, the President signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) into law. It established a minimum designated reserve ratio (DRR) of 1.35 percent of estimated insured 82 deposits. Budget: $22,178,000,000 1.35% reserve....not a chance in hell it’s enough. Retain. Federal Election Commission, Salaries and Expenses: The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections. Budget: $62,700,000 Retain. Federal Maritime Commission, Salaries and Expenses: An independent regulatory agency responsible for the regulation of ocean-borne transportation in the foreign commerce of the U.S. Budget: $23,100,000 Retain. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Salaries and Expenses: An independent adjudicative agency that provides administrative trial and appellate review of legal disputes arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act. Budget: $8,800,000 Retain. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board: To administer the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), which provides Federal employees the opportunity to save for additional retirement security. The TSP is a tax-deferred defined contribution plan similar to private sector 401(k) plans. Budget: $107,800,000 [Concurrent negative entry under ‘reimbursement’] 83 Retain. Federal Trade Commission, Salaries and Expenses: To prevent business practices that are anti-competitive or deceptive or unfair to consumers; to enhance informed consumer choice and public understanding of the competitive process; and to accomplish this without unduly burdening legitimate business activity. Budget: $105,600,000 Retain. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, Payment to the Institute: One of 36 tribal colleges located in the United States. IAIA became one of three Congressionally chartered colleges in the United States in 1986, and was charged with the study, preservation and dissemination of traditional and contemporary expressions of Native American language, literature, history, oral traditions and the visual and performing arts. Budget: $7,700,000 Retain. International Trade Commission, Salaries and Expenses: An independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency. The agency has broad investigative powers on matters of trade. The USITC is a national resource where trade data are gathered and analyzed. The data are provided to the President and Congress as part of the information on which U.S. trade policy is based. Budget: $74,800,000 Retain. National Archives and Records Administration: The nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever. 84 • Operating Expenses: Budget: $306,900,000 Retain. • National Historical Publications and Records Commission: Supports a wide range of activities to preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources, created in every medium ranging from quill pen to computer, relating to the history of the United States. Budget: $6,600,000 Retain. • Repairs and Restoration: Budget: $11,000,000 Retain. • Electronic Record Archives: Budget: $71,500,000 Retain the program National Capital Planning Commission, Salaries and Expenses: Coordinates the planning efforts of federal agencies that construct and renovate facilities within the National Capital Region. We represent the federal government on a number of local and regional planning boards and we encourage public participation in all aspects of the agency’s work. Budget: $8,000,000 Retain the program. National Credit Union Administration: To facilitate the availability of credit union services to all eligible consumers, especially those of modest means, through a safe and sound credit union system. • Credit Union Share Insurance Fund: Federal fund created by Congress in 1970 to insure member's deposits in federally insured credit unions. Budget: $12,000,000 Retain the program. In general, I am not happy with this program, but see little difference in it versus the FDIC efforts which are designed to protect depositors. I am for letting banks and credit unions fail if they made bad loans, but protecting the depositors is .... 85 less than responsible - I’d argue you need to be careful where you put your money....but that is, unhappily, not so simple. National Science Foundation: An independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense. We are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. • Research and Related Activities: Budget: $4,792,700,000 Retain. • Education and Human Resources: Budget: $908,600,000 Retain. • Agency Operations and Award Management: Budget: $284,900,000 Retain. • Office of the National Science Board: To "recommend and encourage the pursuit of national policies for the promotion of research and education in science and engineering." Budget: $3,300,000 Retain. • Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction: Budget: $233,200,000 Retain. National Transportation Safety Board, Salaries and Expenses: An independent federal agency charged with determining the probable cause of transportation accidents, promoting transportation safety, and assisting victims of transportation accidents and their families. Budget: $89,100,000 Retain. 86 Nuclear Regulatory Commission: An independent agency to ensure the safe use of radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while protecting people and the environment. The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection and enforcement of its requirements. Salaries and Expenses - Budget: $953,700,000 Retain. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, Salaries and Expenses: Its sole purpose is to provide independent scientific and technical oversight of the Department of Energy's program for managing and disposing of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Budget: $3,000,000 Retain the program. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Salaries and Expenses: An independent federal agency, providing administrative trial and appellate review, created to decide contests of citations or penalties resulting from OSHA inspections of American work places. Budget: $11,000,000 Retain and review for regulatory capture - ie, does it side with OSHA a lot? Office of Special Counsel, Salaries and Expenses: An independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency. Our basic authorities come from four federal statutes: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Budget: $18,700,000 Retain. 87 Postal Service Retain in anticipation of privatizing: • Postal Regulatory Commission: Budget: $14,000,000 • Payment to Postal Service Fund: Budget: $75,000,000 • Postal Service Fund: Budget: $2,398,800,000 Railroad Retirement Board: To administer comprehensive retirement-survivor and unemployment-sickness benefit programs for the nation's railroad workers and their families. • Dual Benefits Payments Account: Budget: $51,000,000 Retain. • Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Accounts: Budget: $394,900,000 See recommendation below. • Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account: Budget: $6,761,000,000 See recommendation below. • Rail Industry Pension Fund: Budget: $4,491,300,000 See recommendation below. • Payment from the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, Rail Industry Pension Fund: Budget: $-1,427,800,000 See recommendation below. • Federal Payments to Railroad Retirement Trust Funds, Rail Industry 88 Pension Fund: Budget: $0 See recommendation below. • Railroad Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund: Budget: $106,300,000 Retain. • National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust: Budget: $1,512,500,000 Retain. • Limitation on Administration: Budget: $1,000,000 This was put into place because private railroad pension plans were going bust during the Depression and Social Security would not replace the already generous and operating (but failing - sound familiar?) plans. The plans integrated Social Security but were never privatized again. I would argue, but need details, that this plan could be replaced with the current Third Rail. The cost here, about $11.4 billion, would not substantially increase the FY 2014 Plan requirements. Retain by integrating with Third Rail Securities and Exchange Commission: To protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $105,000,000 Retain at 60% of previous pending review of policies. • Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund: Budget: $17,000,000 Retain. • Investor Protection Fund: Budget: $111,000,000 Retain. Smithsonian Institution: The world's largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. 89 • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $611,600,000 Retain. • Facilities Capital: Budget: $93,500,000 Retain. • Legacy Fund: Budget: $7,000,000 Retain. • Salaries and Expenses, National Gallery of Art: Budget: $110,000,000 Retain. • Repair, Restoration, and Renovation of Buildings, National Gallery of Art: Budget: $18,700,000 Retain. • Operations and Maintenance, JFK Center for the Performing Arts: Budget: $20,900,000 Retain. • Capital Repair and Restoration, JFK Center for the Performing Arts: Budget: $20,000,000 Retain. • Salaries and Expenses, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Budget: $9,900,000 Retain. State Justice Institute: Salaries and Expenses: To award grants to improve the quality of justice in State courts, facilitate better coordination between State and Federal courts, and foster innovative, efficient solutions to common issues faced by all courts. Budget: $4,400,000 90 Retain. Tennessee Valley Authority Fund: Established to stimulate economic development and leverage capital investment in the TVA power service area. TVA uses them to promote economic expansion and encourage job creation. Committed to ensuring that all businesses have access to the resources they need, TVA dedicates a portion of its loan funds to support minority business development and special opportunities communities. Budget: $0 Terminate the fund; review if necessary for re-authorization. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Federal support guarantees the Museum's permanent place on the National Mall, and its far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by generous donors. Budget: $49,500,000 Retain. United States Institute of Peace, Operating Expenses: The independent, nonpartisan conflict management center created by Congress to prevent and mitigate international conflict without resorting to violence. USIP works to save lives, increase the government's ability to deal with conflicts before they escalate, reduce government costs, and enhance our national security. Budget: $0 The program needs to be reviewed - isn’t this what the State Department is supposed to be doing? Intelligence Community Management Account: Replaces the CMS as the umbrella account to hold those programs that directly support the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and the Intelligence Community as a whole. The ICMA now includes the CMS, the Environmental Intelligence and Applications program, the National Intelligence Council, the Center for Security Evaluations, the Information Systems Secretariat, the Controlled Access Program. 91 Budget: $396,000,000 Retain. Office of Museum and Library Services, Grants and Administration: Provides distinct programs of support for libraries and museums and also encourages partnership between museums and libraries. Budget: Admin: $16,500,000 Grants: $47,600,000 Retain the administration and reduce the grants portion to 20%. United Mine Workers of America Benefit Funds: [Born of President Truman’s NATIONALIZATION of the coal mines in 1946, the American people have assumed the retirement/pension/health benefits of coal miners.] • United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan: Budget: $41,800,000 • United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund: Budget: $121,000,000 • United Mine Workers of America 1993 Benefit Plan: Budget: $13,200,000 Unfortunately, not one that can be just ‘terminated’. The benefits could be integrated into the Third Rail at a much lower cost than the Railroad Pension costs - about 1/10 the cost. Pending re-alignment, retain. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: An independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. Budget: $9,900,000 Similar to the NTSB. Review the parameters triggering an investigation, revise as appropriate. Retain. 92 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia: Federal, executive branch agency, created to perform the offender supervision function for D.C. Code offenders. • Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia: Budget: $34,100,000 Retain. • Federal Payment to Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia: Budget: $202,400,000 Retain. Broadcasting Board of Governors: Independent entity responsible for all U.S. Government and government-sponsored, non-military, international broadcasting; also oversees three grantee organizations, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN). • Broadcasting Capital Improvements: Budget: $6,000,000 Retain. • International Broadcasting Operations: Budget: $0 Review. I don't know if anyone noticed, but Europe is free and has lots of radio. As for Asia, with the exception of Thailand (what is it called now?) and North Korea, there is a lot of 'free' available. As for the Middle East, it's SPRINGTIME!. Reduce and focus on alternative ways of 'broadcasting' a limited range of programming (such as PRO-American efforts). Delta Regional Authority: To enhance economic development and improve the quality of life for the hard-working residents of the Delta region (252 Delta counties and parishes in parts of eight states). Budget: $8,800,000 Retain but schedule for transfer to the States. 93 Vietnam Debt Repayment Fund: Vietnam agreed to pay the roughly $145 million in debt, plus interest, the former Republic of Vietnam incurred from 1960 to1975 to support the development of economic infrastructure and to finance the importation of agricultural and other commodities. The Fund gives $5m a year to the Vietnam Education Foundation - until 2018. Budget: $5,000,000 Retain. Electric Reliability Organization: To ensure the reliability of the North American bulk power system. NERC is the electric reliability organization (ERO) certified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish and enforce reliability standards for the bulk-power system. Budget: $0 Review program parameters; re-authorize or terminate the program. Indian Law and Order Commission: An independent, all-volunteer advisory group, to help with the greatest challenges to securing equal justice for Native Americans living and working on Indian lands. Budget: $2,000,000 Retain the program. Brand new program...... Allowances, Future Disaster Costs: Budget: $125,000,000 Retain the rainy day fund program. 94 Executive Branch - Authorities Summary Account Name Obama 2012 Budget White House Dept of Commerce Dept of Interior Dept of Transportation NASA Dept of Treasury Dept of Homeland Security Dept of Defense Dept of Vet Affairs OPM Dept of Justice Dept of State Total Executive Branch Authorities 95 FY 2014 Plan Reduction 414,000 11,351,000 26,051,000 84,679,000 17,676,000 633,463,000 60,921,000 707,707,000 132,412,000 88,636,000 36,119,000 30,613,000 329,000 4,318,400 8,409,480 10,896,780 31,873,400 397,454,920 31,173,260 650,866,830 127,796,750 79,729,600 19,496,500 11,533,200 20.5% 62.0% 67.7% 87.1% -80.3% 37.3% 48.8% 8.0% 3.5% 10.0% 46.0% 62.3% 1,830,042,000 1,373,878,120 24.9% Executive Office of the President Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget Account Name FY 2014 Plan The White House Compensation of the President 0 0 64,000 55,120 White House Repair and Restoration 1,000 1,000 Operating Expenses 12,000 12,000 The White House Executive Residence at the White House Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the Vice President Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the Vice President 6,000 4,400 4,000 2,000 14,000 8,800 120,000 101,200 89,000 85,800 6,000 6,000 49,000 50,600 414,000 329,000 Council of Economic Advisers Salaries and Expenses National Security Council and Homeland Security Council Salaries and Expenses Office of Administration Salaries and Expenses Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget Office of Science and Technology Policy Office of Science and Technology Policy Office of the United States Trade Representative Office of the United States Trade Representative Total White House The Chief Executives Office provides oversight and management of the Executive Branch along with active involvement with foreign leaders and policy. Departmental Summary The White House: • Office and Residence of the President: Budget: $57,200,000 Retain. 96 • Operating Expenses: Budget: $12,000,000 Retain. • White House Repair and Restoration: Budget: $1,000,000 Retain. Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the Vice President: The `Special assistance to the President' account was established in 1970, to enable the Vice President to provide assistance to the President. This assistance takes the form of directed and special President assigned functions. The objective of the Office of the Vice President is to efficiently and effectively advise, assist, and support the President in the areas of domestic policy, national security affairs, counsel, administration, press, scheduling, advance, special projects, and assignments. Assistance is also provided for the wife of the Vice President. The Vice President also has a staff funded by the Senate to assist him in the performance of his duties in the legislative branch. Budget: $4,400,000 Retain. Council of Economic Advisers, Salaries and Expenses: Charged with offering the President objective economic advice on the formulation of both domestic and international economic policy. The Council bases its recommendations and analysis on economic research and empirical evidence, using the best data available to support the President in setting our nation's economic policy. The Council is comprised of a Chairman and two Members (and staff of 21). Budget: $2,000,000 Retain at 50% level. Given the performance of government with regard to economics, I’d make sure to fire the entire staff and replace them. Smaller government with small footprint has less need to figure out what to run. Office of Administration, Salaries and Expenses: Seven offices that provide comprehensive administrative support and business services to all components 97 within the Executive Office of the President. • • • • • • • Office of the Director provides leadership, sets priorities, and develops policies. Office of the Chief Administrative Officer provides human resource management, design and communication services, personnel security, and employee learning and development support. Office of the Chief Financial Officer provides financial, accounting, travel, and procurement services. Office of the Chief Information Officer is responsible for information technology, IT security, and records management. Office of the Chief Operations Services oversees the operational activities that maintain and run the physical and logistical aspects of the EOP complex. Office of the General Counsel provides legal support. Office of Equal Employment Opportunity is responsible for promoting equal employment opportunity and diversity. Budget: $101,200,000 Retain. Eliminate the EEO office. Office of Management and Budget: As the implementation and enforcement arm of Presidential policy government-wide, OMB carries out its mission through five critical processes that are essential to the President’s ability to plan and implement his priorities across the Executive Branch: • Budget development and execution, a significant government-wide process managed from the Executive Office of the President and a mechanism by which a President implements decisions, policies, priorities, and actions in all areas (from economic recovery to health care to energy policy to national security); • Management — oversight of agency performance, Federal procurement, financial management, and information/IT (including paperwork reduction, privacy, and security); • Coordination and review of all significant Federal regulations by executive agencies, to reflect Presidential priorities and to ensure that economic and other impacts are assessed as part of regulatory decisionmaking, along with review and assessment of information collection requests; 98 • Legislative clearance and coordination (review and clearance of all agency communications with Congress, including testimony and draft bills) to ensure consistency of agency legislative views and proposals with Presidential policy; and • Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda to agency heads and officials, the mechanisms by which the President directs specific government-wide actions by Executive Branch officials. Organizationally, OMB has offices devoted to the development and execution of the Federal Budget, various government-wide management portfolios, and OMB-wide functional responsibilities Budget: $85,800,000 Retain. Office of Science and Technology Policy: To lead inter-agency efforts to develop and implement sound science and technology policies and budgets, and to work with the private sector, state and local governments, the science and higher education communities, and other nations toward this end. Budget: $6,000,000 Retain the program. Office of the United States Trade Representative: Responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and overseeing negotiations with other countries. The head of USTR is the U.S. Trade Representative, a Cabinet member who serves as the president’s principal trade advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson on trade issues. Budget: $50,600,000 Retain. 99 Department of Commerce Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 158,000 75,900 Salaries and Expenses 296,000 220,000 Periodic Censuses and Programs 887,000 490,000 100,000 88,000 369,000 85,600 4,923,000 2,461,500 68,000 68,000 Move to? Account Name Departmental Management Salaries and Expenses Bureau of the Census Economic and Statistical Analysis Salaries and Expenses International Trade Administration Operations and Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NASA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Salaries and Expenses National Institute of Standards and Technology NASA Scientific and Technical Research and Services 620,000 506,000 NASA Construction of Research Facilities 159,000 119,900 NASA Industrial Technology Services 202,000 188,100 52,000 15,400 11,351,000 4,318,400 National Telecommunications and Information Administration Salaries and Expenses Total Dept of Commerce Department of Commerce is responsible for managing the information, research and interstate trade efforts of the Federal Government. Departmental Summary Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses – Budget: $75,900,000 Bureau of the Census: The leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy. 100 • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $220,000,000 Retain. • Periodic Censuses and Programs: Budget: $490,000,000 Reduce budget 50% and retain. Economic and Statistical Analysis, Salaries and Expenses: ESA’s mission is to: 1) help maintain a sound Federal statistical system that monitors and measures America’s rapidly changing economic and social arrangements; 2) improve understanding of the key forces at work in the economy and the opportunities they create for improving the well-being of Americans; 3) develop new ways to disseminate information using the most advanced technologies; and 4) support the information and analytic needs of the Commerce Department, Executive Branch, and Congress. Budget: $88,000,000 Retain. International Trade Administration: Strengthens the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promotes trade and investment, and ensures fair trade through the rigorous enforcement of our trade laws and agreements. • Operations and Administration: Budget: $85,600,000 Retain. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Science, Service, and Stewardship. To understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, to share that knowledge and information with others, and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources. Budget: $2,461,500,000 Apparently never been budgeted before. Retain at 50% of proposed pending review. 101 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Salaries and Expenses: The Federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. Budget: $68,000,000 Retain. National Institute of Standards and Technology: To promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. • Scientific and Technical Research and Services: Budget: $506,000,000 • Construction of Research Facilities: Budget: $119,900,000 • Industrial Technology Services: Budget: $188,100,000 Retain. National Telecommunications and Information Administration: Principally responsible by law for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA’s programs and policy making focus largely on expanding broadband Internet access and adoption in America, expanding the use of spectrum by all users, and ensuring that the Internet remains an engine for continued innovation and economic growth. • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $15,400,000 Retain. 102 Department of the Interior Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Management of Lands and Resources 966,000 169,000 Construction 18,000 1,800 Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures 30,000 4,400 Range Improvements 8,000 2,000 182,000 18,200 124,000 52,800 1,314,000 141,600 Taos Settlement Fund 2,000 2,000 Policy and Administration 65,000 12,000 Reclamation Water Settlements Fund 36,000 36,000 Colorado River Dam Fund, Boulder Canyon Project 92,000 88,000 1,163,000 1,083500 1,319,000 232,320 Construction 58,000 21,560 Sport Fish Restoration 480,000 92,400 6,000 880 13,000 1,320 Operation of the National Park System 2,244,000 2,108,700 Construction (and Major Maintenance) 263,000 367,400 National Recreation and Preservation 66,000 64,900 Park Partnership Project Grants 8,000 3,300 Historic Preservation Fund 85,000 18,260 Other Permanent Appropriations 164,000 20,900 Recreation Fee Permanent Appropriations 149,000 42,900 Account Name Bureau of Land Management Permanent Operating Funds Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Regulation and Technology Bureau of Reclamation Water and Related Resources United States Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations, and Research United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Oil Spill Research National Park Service 103 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 22,000 15,400 5,867,000 1,537,800 Forest Service Permanent Appropriations 580,000 290,000 Forest Service Trust Funds 118,000 59,000 2,343,000 163,900 Construction 235,000 63,360 Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians 33,000 33,000 Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians 139,000 139,000 Operation and Maintenance of Quarters 6,000 6,000 Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations 99,000 99,000 262,000 116,600 2,075,000 0 3,000 3,000 Assistance to Territories 91,000 59,400 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1,000 1,000 Compact of Free Association 253,000 204,600 Payments to the United States Territories, Fiscal Assistance 248,000 141,900 65,000 63,800 Federal Trust Programs 156,000 147,000 Tribal Special Fund 328,000 291,500 Tribal Trust Fund 100,000 77,000 18,000 16,500 Account Name Miscellaneous Trust Funds Forest Service National Forest System Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education Operation of Indian Programs Departmental Offices Salaries and Expenses Mineral Leasing and Associated Payments National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Insular Affairs Office of the Solicitor Salaries and Expenses Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians National Indian Gaming Commission National Indian Gaming Commission, Gaming Activity Fees Department-Wide Programs 104 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Wildland Fire Management 604,000 208,340 Interior Franchise Fund 392,000 86,240 26,051,000 8,409,480 Account Name Total Dept of Interior The Department of the Interior is tasked with managing federal lands and assisting the Territories and Tribal Nations provide for their members. Departmental Summary Departmental Offices • Salaries and Expenses - Budget: $116,600,000 National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: A 23-million-acre area (about the size of Indiana) located on the North Slope of Alaska. Budget: $3,000,000 Recent lease sales - Dec 2011 - may be opening this area to development. Retain. Wildland Fire Management: To manage, oversee, and coordinate the Department's wildland fire management programs, policies, budgets, and information technology enterprise systems and decision support tools. Budget: $208,340,000 Retain and reduce budget to 20%. Reduction in lands under management will require less federal funding of this management program. Interior Franchise Fund: Secretary of the Interior to perform centralized administrative services (including inter-agency acquisitions), and the establishment of the Interior Franchise Fund to finance the operation of those centralized services. Budget: $86,240,000 105 Retain the Fund at 20% of previous budget pending review of reorganized departments needs. Frankly, this sounds just like a working capital fund so I'm inclined to terminate out-of-hand, but concede there might be some differences. Bureau of Land Management: To sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. It administers more public land – over 245 million surface acres – than any other Federal agency in the United States. Most of this land is located in the 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also manages 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. [Why does it manage mineral claims on 3 times as much land as it manages?] • Management of Lands and Resources: Budget: $169,000,000 Reduce to 20% of previous level for reduced management needs of reduced land holdings. • Construction: Budget: $1,800,000 Reduce to 20% of previous level for reduced management needs of reduced land holdings. • Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures: For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property. Budget: $4,400,000 Reduce to 20% of previous level for reduced management needs of reduced land holdings. • Range Improvements: Is used to construct on-the-ground projects, such as vegetation management treatments, fencing, and wildlife-livestock water developments. Budget: $2,000,000 Reduce to 20% of previous level for reduced management needs of reduced land holdings. • Permanent Operating Funds: Includes payments made to States and 106 counties from the sale, lease, or use of other public lands or resources under the provisions of permanent legislation and do not require annual appropriations. The payment amounts for 2012 and 2013 are estimated based on several factors, including the provisions of various laws that specify the percentage of receipts to be paid to designated States, counties, or other recipients, and the amounts of collections or receipts as authorized by applicable legislation. Budget: $18,200,000 Reduce to 10% of proposed level for reduced management needs of reduced land holdings. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement: Responsible for establishing a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations, under which OSM is charged with balancing the nation’s need for continued domestic coal production with protection of the environment. [Fees assessed on coal production are used to fund the department, provide states (and tribes) grants to implement clean-up programs (in lieu of) and payment to the UMWA health plans. The fees are put into the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund] Regulation and Technology: Budget: $52,800,000 Retain. Bureau of Reclamation: Best known for the dams, power plants, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states. Reclamation has constructed more than 600 dams and reservoirs including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on the Columbia River. We are the largest wholesaler of water in the country. We bring water to more than 31 million people, and provide one out of five Western farmers (140,000) with irrigation water for 10 million acres of farmland that produce 60% of the nation's vegetables and 25% of its fruits and nuts. Reclamation is also the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western United States. Our 58 power plants annually provide more than 40 billion kilowatt hours generating nearly a billion dollars in power revenues and produce enough electricity to serve 3.5 million homes. [Both bold statements need to end. The government is not in the business of being a utility provider] Policy and Administration: Budget: $12,000,000 Reduce to 20% of previous level pending reorganization. 107 Water and Related Resources: For management, development, and restoration of water and related natural resources and for related activities, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements with, State and local governments, Indian tribes, and others. Budget: $141,600,000 Reduce to 20% of previous level pending reorganization. Taos Settlement Fund: [Longstanding cases involving tribal and local uses of water rights/sources that took 30 years to reach settlement, this is the Fed’s part of the settlement implemented in 2010] Budget: $2,000,000 Retain. Reclamation Water Settlements Fund: Authorization for the Bureau of Reclamation to construct and operate a pipeline (formally titled the "Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project", but generally known as the "Navajo-Gallup Pipeline Project") to bring water from the San Juan River to the eastern portion of the Navajo Reservation, the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, and the City of Gallup, New Mexico; (2) creation of a Reclamation Water Settlements Fund in the Treasury that could be used to fund activities under this bill and future Indian water rights settlements, to be funded by the diversion of revenues from the existing Reclamation Fund; (3) authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to reserve up to 26 megawatts of power from existing reservations of Colorado River Storage Project power for Bureau of Reclamation projects for use by the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project; and (4) authorization for the Secretary to rehabilitate existing irrigation projects, develop groundwater wells, and establish other funds for the benefit of the Navajo Nation. The bill also includes provisions that would resolve the Navajo Nation's Federal Indian reserved water rights claims in the San Juan River in New Mexico; Budget: $36,000,000 108 My inclination is to terminate this fund by putting into the States hands but it involves tribal rights and that complicates the matter. Review for separation of state versus federal/tribal issues. Retain until reviewed. Colorado River Dam Fund, Boulder Canyon Project: For the purpose of controlling the floods, improving navigation, and regulating the flow of the Colorado River, providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof for reclamation of public lands and other beneficial uses exclusively within the United States, and for the generation of electrical energy as a means of making the project herein authorized a self-supporting and financially solvent undertaking, the Secretary of the Interior subject to the terms of the Colorado River compact hereinafter mentioned in this chapter, is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon adequate to create a storage reservoir of a capacity of not less than twenty million acre-feet of water and a main canal and appurtenant structures located entirely within the United States connecting the Laguna Dam, or other suitable diversion dam, which the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct if deemed necessary or advisable by him upon engineering or economic considerations, with the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in California, the expenditures for said main canal and appurtenant structures to be reimbursable, as provided in the reclamation law, and shall not be paid out of revenues derived from the sale or disposal of water power or electric energy at the dam authorized to be constructed at said Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon, or for water for potable purposes outside of the Imperial and Coachella Valleys: Provided, however, That no charge shall be made for water for the use, storage, or delivery of water for irrigation or water for potable purposes in the Imperial or Coachella Valleys; also to construct and equip, operate, and maintain at or near said dam, or cause to be constructed, a complete plant and incidental structures suitable for the fullest economic development of electrical energy from the water discharged from said reservoir; and to acquire by proceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for said purposes. Budget: $88,000,000 In general, the creation of a dam and all the associated components is a federal issue as it affects many (or at least several) states. Once built and operating, it should be transferred to the appropriate states - although I would prefer for the states to build the dam in the first place. Retain and review for future budget needs and possible transfer to the states. 109 United States Geological Survey: A science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information. Surveys, Investigations, and Research: Budget: $1,083,500,000 Retain. United States Fish and Wildlife Service: To work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Manage the 150 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System of more than 551 National Wildlife Refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. Under the Fisheries program we also operate 70 National Fish Hatcheries, 65 fishery resource offices and 86 ecological services field stations. The vast majority of fish and wildlife habitat is on non-Federal lands. • Resource Management: Budget: $232,320,000 • Construction: Budget: $21,560,000 • Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations: Budget: $880,000 Reduce to 20% of previous level pending reorganization of federal/state lands. • Sport Fish Restoration: Supports research, hatchery construction, public education, and the construction and maintenance of thousands of fishing and boating access sites. Budget: $92,400,000 Retain. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement: To promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement. • Oil Spill Research: To improve the knowledge and technologies used for 110 the detection, containment and cleanup of oil spills that may occur on the U. S. Outer Continental Shelf. Budget: $1,320,000 Given the Gulf spill, this Bureau is either inept or captured by the industry, in either case, terminate the program and shift the oil spill research to another program with 20% of it’s budget. National Park Service: The National Park System covers more than 84 million acres and is comprised of 397 areas called “units.” The units include 124 historical parks or sites, 75 monuments, 58 national parks, 25 battlefields or military parks, 18 preserves, 18 recreation areas, 10 seashores, four parkways, four lake shores, and two reserves. • Operation of the National Park System: Budget: $2,108,700,000 • Construction (and Major Maintenance): Budget: $367,400,000 • National Recreation and Preservation: (National Heritage Areas) are designated by Congress to conserve and promote natural, historic, scenic, and cultural resources associated with the history of a geographic area, and are managed by private or State entities with assistance from the National Park Service. Budget: $64,900,000 • Park Partnership Project Grants: Budget: $3,300,000 Retain. • Historic Preservation Fund: Budget: $18,260,000 • Other Permanent Appropriations: Budget: $20,900,000 • Recreation Fee Permanent Appropriations: Budget: $42,900,000 • Miscellaneous Trust Funds: 111 Budget: $15,400,000 Retain at 20% of previous level. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is responsible for the administration and management of 55 million surface acres and 57 million acres of subsurface minerals estates held in trust by the United States for American Indian, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) provides education services to approximately 42,000 Indian students, 28 tribal colleges, universities and post-secondary schools. • Operation of Indian Programs: Budget: $163,900,000 • Construction: Budget: $63,360,000 Retain at 20% of previous level. • Operation and Maintenance of Quarters: Budget: $6,000,000 • Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations: Funds are received from various sources (rentals, leases, fees) and they are set aside for maintenance of the facilities associated (generally) with those income sources. Budget: $99,000,000 • Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians: Budget: $172,000,000 [Most of these claims are because the federal govern screwed over tribes....some things never change....] Retain Insular Affairs: Administrative responsibility for coordinating federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the responsibility to administer and oversee U.S. federal assistance provided to the Freely Associated 112 States of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau under the Compacts of Free Association • Assistance to Territories: Budget: $59,400,000 Retain. • Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Budget: $1,000,000 Retain. • Payments to the United States Territories, Fiscal Assistance: Budget: $141,900,000 Retain. • Compact of Free Association: Between the Federated States of Micronesia and the United States provide for U.S. economic assistance (including eligibility for certain U.S. federal programs), defense of the FSM, and other benefits in exchange for U.S. defense and certain other operating rights in the FSM, denial of access to FSM territory by other nations, and other agreements. Budget: $204,600,000 Retain. Office of the Solicitor, Salaries and Expenses: Performs the legal work for the United States Department of the Interior. Our primary client is the Secretary of the Interior. We provide advice, counsel and legal representation to the Immediate Office of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and all other bureaus and offices overseen by the Secretary. Budget: $63,800,000 Retain. Given the issues associated with tribes, this actually makes sense to have a departmental legal service devoted to it. Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians: Created to improve the accountability and management of Indian funds held in trust by the federal government. As trustee, DOI has the primary fiduciary responsibility to manage both tribal trust funds and Individual Indian Money (IIM) accounts. The Indian trust consists of 55 million surface acres and 57 million acres of subsurface minerals estates held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian 113 tribes and Alaska Natives. Over 11 million acres belong to individual Indians and nearly 44 million acres are held in trust for Indian tribes. On these lands, the Department manages over 109,000 leases. It also manages approximately $3.7 billion in trust funds. For fiscal year 2011, funds from leases, use permits, land sales and income from financial assets, totaling approximately $400 million, were collected for about 384,000 open IIM accounts. Approximately $609 million was collected in fiscal year 2011 for about 2,900 tribal accounts (for over 250 tribes). Federal Trust Programs: “We are committed to reforming the Indian trust system. We have proposed an initiative to improve and fix the Indian trust program. We're actively consulting with tribal members and asking: Is the trust system working now? Working together, how can we improve it? What are your ideas and suggestions about the proposed initiative to improve Indian trust programs? Since January 31, 2001, the Interior Department has moved on several fronts to improve the Indian trust program. Budget: $147,000,000 Did it say 2001? Why yes, it did. Given tribes and individuals can withdraw and manage their funds independently, let’s make it happen. Retain with efforts made to reduce the amount of funds in trust. • Tribal Special Fund: Budget: $291,500,000 • Tribal Trust Fund: Budget: $77,000,000 The funds support tribal activities and obtain funds from services/activities on tribal lands (mineral leasing, etc). However, it appears that the funds can be managed by the tribes. The management costs are significant because of the strings and hoops tribes must go through to get access. Like the Federal Trust programs, these trusts should be under tribal control and therefore, retain to make it happen. National Indian Gaming Commission, Gaming Activity Fees: Mission is to regulate gaming activities on Indian lands for the purpose of shielding Indian tribes from organized crime and other corrupting influences; to ensure that Indian tribes are the primary beneficiaries of gaming revenue; and to assure that gaming is conducted fairly and honestly by both operators and players. Budget: $16,500,000 114 Confusing, the description suggest that the fees are paid by tribes to the commission, so this should be a negative item, but it appears to be the cost to administer the program, if that is accurate. Retain. National Forest System: Manages public lands in national forests and grasslands. National forests and grasslands encompass 193 million acres of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas. Budget: $1,537,800,000 A significant majority of the land can be returned to state control for management. Land that constitutes National Parks or landmarks can be retained. 2.4m acres are in conservation easements and must remain that way by law, however, they can be transferred to state management. Estimated reduction of 75%, budget reduced 70%. • Permanent appropriations: Budget: $290,000,000 Review appropriations for elimination or reduce concurrent with management/ownership responsibilities. Estimated reduction 50%. • Forest Service Trust Funds: Budget: $59,000,000 Transfer funds to state management consistent with transfer of management/ownership. 115 Department of Transportation Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Salaries and Expenses 144,000 47,300 Transportation Planning, Research, and Development 22,000 17,600 Cyber Security Initiatives 9,000 9,000 Research and Development 68,000 15,000 Payments to Air Carriers 149,000 0 4,879,000 2,333,100 43,000 12,100 Trust Fund Share of FAA Activities (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) 5,061,000 5,061,000 Facilities and Equipment (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) 2,833,000 2,602,300 Research, Engineering and Development (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) 188,000 130,900 38,980,000 0 Miscellaneous Appropriations 104,000 0 Miscellaneous Trust Funds 86,000 0 Miscellaneous Transportation Trust Funds 36,000 0 161,000 38,000 Safety and Operations 208,000 119,900 Railroad Research and Development 33,000 33,000 Administrative Expenses 100,000 10,000 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 150,000 30,000 Research and University Research Centers 78,000 15,600 15,000 15,000 Account Name Office of the Secretary Federal Aviation Administration Operations Administrative Services Franchise Fund Federal Highway Administration Federal-aid Highways National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Operations and Research Federal Railroad Administration Federal Transit Administration Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 116 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 32,000 18,020 Operational Expenses 20,000 3,740 Hazardous Materials Safety 45,000 5,500 Pipeline Safety 91,000 7,040 Emergency Preparedness Grants 45,000 2,640 Trust Fund Share of Pipeline Safety 21,000 3,960 28,000 6,160 Ready Reserve Force 102,000 40,800 Maritime Security Program 193,000 169,400 Operations and Training 199,000 126,500 Ship Disposal 26,000 8,000 Vessel Operations Revolving Fund 17,000 17,000 Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Fund 2,000 2,000 Miscellaneous Trust Funds, Maritime Administration 11,000 11,000 84,679,000 10,896,780 Account Name Operations and Maintenance Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Surface Transportation Board Salaries and Expenses Maritime Administration Total Dept of Transportation The Department of Transportation oversees the national transportation system of pipelines, highways, waterways and airways. Together with Department of Defense it ensures a viable merchant marine fleet. Departmental Summary Office of the Secretary • Salaries and Expenses: The costs of policy development and central supervisory and coordinating functions necessary for the overall planning and direction of the Department. It covers the immediate secretarial offices as well as those of the assistant secretaries and the general counsel. Budget: $47,300,000 Retain. 117 • Surface Transportation Board, Salaries and Expenses: Is the successor agency to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The STB is an economic regulatory agency that Congress charged with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers. The STB is decision-independent, although it is administratively affiliated with the Department of Transportation. The STB serves as both an adjudicatory and a regulatory body. The agency has jurisdiction over railroad rate and service issues and rail restructuring transactions (mergers, line sales, line construction, and abandoned lines); certain trucking company, moving van, and non-contiguous ocean shipping company rate matters; certain intercity passenger bus company structure, financial, and operational matters; and rates and services of certain pipelines not regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Budget: $6,160,000 Retain at 20% of previous level reflecting fewer programs to supervise and regulate. • Transportation Planning, Research, and Development: Research activities and studies concerned with planning, analysis, and information development needed to support the Secretary's responsibilities in the formulation of national transportation policies. Budget: $17,600,000 Retain. • Cyber Security Initiatives: For necessary upgrades to wide area network and information technology infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls and identity management, testing and assessment of information technology against business, security, and other requirements, implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives and information infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced security controls on network devices, and enhancement of cyber security workforce training tools. Budget: $9,000,000 Retain. • Research and Development: Oversees and provides direction to the following programs and activities: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) manages and shares statistical knowledge and information on the Nation's transportation systems, including statistics on freight movement, geospatial transportation information, and transportation economics; The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office facilitates the deployment of technology to enhance the safety, efficiency, convenience, and environmental sustainability of surface transportation. 118 The ITS program carries out its goals through research and development, operational testing, technology transfer, training and technical guidance. The University Transportation Centers (UTC) advance U.S. technology and expertise in many transportation-related disciplines through grants for transportation education, research, and technology transfer at university-based centers of excellence; The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Cambridge, MA) provides expertise in research, analysis, technology deployment, and other technical knowledge to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and non-DOT customers on specific transportation system projects or issues, on a feefor-service basis; The Transportation Safety Institute develops and conducts safety, security, and environmental training, products, and services for both the public and private sector on a fee-for-service and tuition basis. Budget: $15,000,000 Retain. While I think the number is too low, there are other research monies being allocated to transportation that should be viewed as applicable to this line item. • Payments to Air Carriers: [Payments to the carriers that provide the Essential Air Service] The Department currently subsidizes commuter airlines to serve approximately 140 rural communities across the country that otherwise would not receive any scheduled air service. Budget: $0 Terminate at the federal level. Some areas need the air services as transportation to hubs is time prohibitive by other means. States should take over. Federal Aviation Administration: Operations and research activities related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public. • Operations: Budget: $2,333,100,000 Retain. • Administrative Services Franchise Fund: To finance operations where the costs for goods and services provided are charged to the users on a feefor-service basis. The fund improves organizational efficiency and provides better support to FAA's internal and external customers. The activities included in this franchise fund are: training, accounting, travel, 119 duplicating services, multimedia services, information technology, materiel management (logistics), and aircraft maintenance. Budget: $12,100,000 Retain. • Trust Fund Share of FAA Activities (Airport and Airway Trust Fund): Authorized from this fund to meet obligations for airport improvement grants, Federal Aviation Administration facilities and equipment, research, operations, payment to air carriers. Budget: $5,061,000,000 Retain. • Facilities and Equipment (Airport and Airway Trust Fund): For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment. Budget: $2,602,300,000 Retain. • Research, Engineering and Development (Airport and Airway Trust Fund): Provides funding to conduct research, engineering, and development to improve the national airspace system's capacity and safety, as well as the ability to meet environmental needs. Budget: $130,900,000 Retain. Federal Highway Administration, strives to enhance the safety, livability, condition, and efficiency of the Nation's highway system [The Administration proposes to reclassify all surface transportation outlays as mandatory, consistent with the recommendations of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. This schedule reclassifies discretionary outlays from obligation limitations as mandatory outlays from mandatory contract authority for the 2012 estimate. This schedule also creates a new baseline of contract authority that is equal to the previous discretionary obligation limitation baseline, to calculate the spending increase above the baseline – in other words, this becomes the new floor for appropriations] • Federal-aid Highways: [Means the National Highway System and the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (the "Interstate System")] To aid in the development, operations, and management of an inter-modal transportation system that is economically efficient, environmentally sound, provides the foundation 120 for the Nation to compete in the global economy, and moves people and goods safely. Budget: $0 Terminate program. Although the largest source of highway funds nationwide, construction is localized to the states, as is maintenance. While not generally opposed to some federal funding I suspect most funding is directed in less than optimal ways. Mandate performance/operational levels and determine basic costs, review and reauthorize if appropriate. • Miscellaneous Appropriations: [In FY 2010 and FY2011, no funding was appropriated. Obligations and outlays result in part from prior year appropriations. In FY 2013, no new resources are requested.] Budget: $0 Review. • Miscellaneous Trust Funds: [Account contains miscellaneous appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund. Obligations and outlays result from prior year appropriations. In FY 2011 no new budget authority was appropriated. No new budget authority is requested for FY 2013] Budget: $0 Review. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Responsible for motor vehicle safety, highway safety behavioral programs, and motor vehicle information and automobile fuel economy programs. NHTSA is charged with reducing traffic crashes and deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes; establishing motor vehicle safety standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment in interstate commerce; carrying out needed safety research and development; and the operation of the National Driver Register. • Operations and Research: Program expands the knowledge and portfolio of deployable technologies and innovations that help the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities. Research and Technology efforts support Agency rule-making and contribute to a safe and secure commercial transportation system. Budget: $38,000,000 Retain. Federal Railroad Administration: To promulgate and enforce rail safety 121 regulations; administer railroad assistance programs; conduct research and development in support of improved railroad safety and national rail transportation policy; provide for the rehabilitation of Northeast Corridor rail passenger service; and consolidate government support of rail transportation activities. • Capital and Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Budget: $0 Terminate the program however some of the debt servicing probably has to continue. Review for appropriate appropriation levels. • Safety and Operations: Promotes and regulates safety throughout the Nation's railroad industry. It employs more than 415 Federal safety inspectors, who operate out of eight regional offices nationally. Budget: $119,900,000 Retain. • Railroad Research and Development: Projects contribute vital inputs to the FRA's safety regulatory processes, to railroad suppliers, to railroads involved in the transportation of freight, intercity passengers, commuters, and to railroad employees and their labor organizations. FRA owned facilities provide the infrastructure necessary to conduct experiments and test theories, concepts, and new technologies in support of the R&D program. Budget: $33,000,000 Retain the program. Federal Transit Administration: To improve the Country’s highways, transit, and rail infrastructure and to ensure that these systems are safe. • Administrative Expenses: Budget: $10,000,000 Retain at 10% of request to reflect fewer administrative responsibilities. • Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: The operational area for WMATA to include the District of Columbia, the Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s, the Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun, and the Virginia cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, and Fairfax. WMATA currently provides transit service in all of these jurisdictions except Loudoun County. WMATA provides three types of transit service: heavy rail/subway (known as Metrorail), bus (known as 122 Metrobus), and paratransit (known as MetroAccess). Metrorail is the largest element of the WMATA system, accounting for about two-thirds of its passenger trips. Average weekday unlinked passenger trips number about 935,000. Budget: $30,000,000 Reduce by 80% and allow local jurisdictions to fund. • Research and University Research Centers: Support for research education and technology transfer activities aimed at addressing regional and national transportation problems. Budget: $15,600,000 Retain the program at 20% of previous budget request. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation: A wholly owned government corporation created to construct, operate and maintain that part of the St. Lawrence Seaway between the Port of Montreal and Lake Erie, within the territorial limits of the United States. [Note: this was self funding until 1986 when Congress ordered fees rebated back to the shippers using the system locks, when that seemed redundant, they stopped collecting the fees that paid to maintain the system...how nice] General Budget: $15,000,000 Operations and Maintenance - Budget: $18,020,000 Retain. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: To protect people and the environment from the risks inherent in transportation of hazardous materials by pipeline and other modes of transportation. Field personnel conduct inspections on hazardous materials packaging and the Nation's pipelines. • Operational Expenses: Administrative support offices and personnel enhance the agency’s capability to effectively and efficiently carry out the mission of its two cores Pipeline and Hazmat safety programs. Budget: $3,740,000 • Hazardous Materials Safety: Authority for the transportation of hazardous materials by air, rail, highway, and water. Information here includes guidance documents, hazmat carriers' special permits and approvals information, reports and incidents summaries, penalty action reports, registration information and forms, the Emergency Response Guidebook 123 for First Responders, Freedom of Information Act requests, and the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grants program. Budget: $5,500,000 • Pipeline Safety: The Federal safety authority for the nation's 2.3 million miles of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Budget: $7,040,000 • Emergency Preparedness Grants: To provide financial and technical assistance as well as national direction and guidance to enhance State, Territorial, Tribal, and local hazardous materials emergency planning and training. Budget: $2,640,000 • Trust Fund Share of Pipeline Safety: To help fund efforts designed to minimize oil spills into water and environmentally sensitive areas. Budget: $3,960,000 Retain and review the programs at 20% of previous levels. Maritime Administration: Agency dealing with waterborne transportation. Its programs promote the use of waterborne transportation and its seamless integration with other segments of the transportation system, and the viability of the U.S. merchant marine. • Ready Reserve Force: Primarily supports transport of Army and Marine Corps unit equipment, combat support equipment, and initial resupply during the critical surge period before commercial ships can be marshaled. The RRF provides nearly one-half of the government-owned surge sea-lift capability. The program consists of 49 [or 51 depending on which info you believe] ships including: 35 roll-on/roll off (RO/RO) vessels (which includes 8 Fast Sea-lift Support vessels (FSS)), four heavy-lift or barge carrying ships, six auxiliary craneships, one tanker, two aviation repair vessels, and one combat logistics ship. Budget: $40,800,000 Retain at 40% of requested budget pending review • Maritime Security Program: To assure the availability of sufficient U.S. commercial sea-lift capability and the U.S. inter-modal system to sustain U.S. military operations overseas in an emergency. Budget: $169,400,000 Retain. 124 • Operations and Training: Provides funding for staff at headquarters and field offices to administer and direct Maritime Administration operations and training programs. Maritime Administration operations include planning for coordination of U.S. maritime industry activities under emergency conditions; technology assessments calculated to achieve advancements in ship design, construction and operation; and port and inter-modal development to increase capacity and mitigate congestion in freight movements. Maritime training programs include the operation of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and financial assistance to the six State maritime academies. Budget: $126,500,000 Retain. • Ship Disposal: Responsible for the administration and management of the disposal of non-retention National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels. Budget: $8,000,000 Retain the program at projected 2013 level. • Vessel Operations Revolving Fund: To finance the acquisition, maintenance, preservation, protection and use of merchant vessels involved in mortgage foreclosure or collateral forfeiture proceedings instituted by the Federal Government and not financed by the Federal Ship Financing Fund or the Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program; and to finance the acquisition and disposition of merchant vessels under the Trade-In/Scrap Out program. Budget: $17,000,000 Retain. • Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Fund: To modernize and improve stimulate economic development and provide more efficient movement of goods and services through the Port of Guam. Budget: $2,000,000 Retain and review. • Miscellaneous Trust Funds, Maritime Administration: Budget: $11,000,000 Retain. 125 NASA Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget Account Name FY 2014 Plan National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science, Aeronautics and Technology 2,000 49,500 Human Space Flight 4,000 9,900 104,000 11,710,600 Space Operations 4,545,000 7,121,400 Science 4,976,000 4,976,000 Cross Agency Support 2,996,000 2,996,000 Exploration 3,818,000 3,818,000 Aeronautics 568,000 568,000 Education 152,000 152,000 Construction, Environmental Compliance, and Remediation 279,000 279,000 Space Technology 192,000 192,000 1,000 1,000 17,676,000 31,873,400 Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund Total NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration conducts its work in three principal organizations, called mission directorates: Aeronautics: pioneers and proves new flight technologies that improve our ability to explore and which have practical applications on Earth. Human Exploration and Operations: focuses on International Space Station operations and human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Science: explores the Earth, solar system and universe beyond; charts the best route of discovery; and reaps the benefits of Earth and space exploration for society. Retask to National Applied Sciences Administration that includes the above responsibilities but expands to include management of all Federal scientific research efforts. Departmental Summary Cross Agency Support: (CAS) Provides critical mission support capabilities necessary to ensure the efficient and effective operation and administration of the Agency that cannot be directly aligned to specific program or project requirements. These functions align and sustain institutional and program 126 capabilities for supporting NASA's mission portfolio by leveraging resources to meet mission needs, establishing Agency-wide capabilities, and providing institutional checks and balances. NASA's CAS includes two themes: Center Management and Operations (CMO) and Agency Management and Operations (AMO). CAS capabilities ensure core services are ready and available for performing NASA mission roles and responsibilities. CAS institutional capabilities ensure that Agency operations are effective and efficient and that activities are conducted in accordance with all statutory, regulatory, and fiduciary responsibilities. Budget: $2,996,000,000 Retain. Construction, Environmental Compliance, and Remediation: Provides for design and execution of programmatic and non-programmatic discrete and minor revitalization construction of facilities projects, facility demolition projects, and environmental compliance and restoration activities. The Construction of Facilities (CoF) program ensures that the facilities critical to achieving NASA's space and aeronautics programs are the right size and type, and that they are safe, secure, environmentally sound, and operated efficiently and effectively. The purpose of NASA's Environmental Compliance and Restoration (ECR) program is to clean up chemicals released to the environment from past activities. Budget: $279,000,000 Retain. Science, Aeronautics and Technology: Sponsors scientific research, and develops and deploys satellites and probes in collaboration with NASA’s partners around the world to answer fundamental questions requiring the view from and into space. Budget: $49,500,000 Retain. Exploration: Focused on developing the systems and capabilities required for human exploration of space beyond low Earth orbit, and for U.S. crew vehicle access to ISS. These systems and capabilities include launch and crew vehicles 127 for missions beyond low Earth orbit, affordable commercial crew access to ISS, technologies and countermeasures to keep astronauts healthy and functional during deep space missions, and technologies to reduce launch mass and cost of deep space missions. Budget: $3,818,000,000 Retain. Aeronautics: Works to solve these critical challenges that affect our nation's air transportation system and growth of the economy, while improving safety of the system that is already the safest mode of transportation. ARMD houses four research programs, including the Aviation Safety program, Airspace Systems program, Fundamental Aeronautics program, and Integrated Systems Research program. These programs conduct cutting-edge research at the fundamental levels and integrated systems levels to address these national challenges. Budget: $568,000,000 Retain. Human Space Flight[basically the Shuttle program]: Budget: $9,900,000 Retain and BEGIN the process of regaining the ability to reach orbit with manned vehicles. Space Operations: Includes International Space Station (ISS), currently orbiting Earth with a crew of six, and activities related to closing out the Agency’s 30year Space Shuttle Program. The Space Operations account also provides space services to NASA customers and other partners in the U.S. and throughout the world. It provides safe and reliable access to space, develops and implements future space launch complex upgrades, manages rocket testing capabilities, maintains secure and dependable communications to ground stations and between platforms across the solar system, and provides the necessary training and supports the health and safety of the Nation's astronauts. Budget: $7,121,400,000 128 Retain. (Outrageous we are paying for a station WE can't get to....) Space Technology: Funds the development of pioneering technologies that will increase our nation's capability to operate in space and enable deep space exploration. Budget: $192,000,000 Retain. Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration: [This has been broken down into the Directorates which have been reorganized from portions of other line items] Budget: $11,710,600,000 Retain. Science: Conducts scientific exploration enabled by the use of space observatories and space probes that view the Earth from space, observe and visit other bodies in the solar system, and gaze out into the galaxy and beyond. Budget: $4,976,000,000 Retain. Education: Education accomplishes its mission through mutually beneficial relationships with over 500 colleges and universities, hundreds of elementary and secondary schools and school districts, and over 400 museums and science centers. NASA works through communities of practice to identify content areas and special events that supplement programming offered by informal education organizations. These relationships provide educational experiences that engage Americans in NASA’s mission, while building strategic partnerships that promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math literacy. Budget: $152,000,000 Retain. 129 Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund: For the purpose of making grants for programs directed at improving science, space, and technology education in the United States. Budget: $1,000,000 Retain. 130 Department of the Treasury Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 112,000 18,260 350,000 52,360 0 0 262,000 0 0 0 Salaries and Expenses 363,000 72,600 Reimbursements to Federal Reserve Banks 118,000 118,000 1,000 1,000 Financial Agent Services 645,000 572,000 Payment to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund 436,000 436,000 Payment to the Resolution Funding Corporation 2,628,000 0 Interest Paid to Credit Financing Accounts 16,221,000 5,946,600 Federal Reserve Bank Reimbursement Fund 329,000 329,000 Claims, Judgments, and Relief Acts 5,915,000 870,100 3,000 600 487,000 0 140,000 24,200 122,000 61,000 Taxpayer Services 2,208,000 231,900 Enforcement 5,262,000 57,500 Account Name Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Salaries and Expenses Departmental Offices Salaries and Expenses Exchange Stabilization Fund Treasury Forfeiture Fund Federal Financing Bank Federal Financing Bank Fiscal Service Payment of Government Losses in Shipment Check Forgery Insurance Fund Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Internal Revenue Collections for Puerto Rico Bureau of Engraving and Printing Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund United States Mint United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund Internal Revenue Service 131 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 3,893,000 377,800 328,000 26,000 3,456,000 0 Payment to Issuer of Qualified Zone Academy Bonds 27,000 0 Payment to Issuer of Qualified School Construction Bonds 744,000 0 Payment to Issuer of New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds 21,000 0 Payment to Issuer of Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds 33,000 0 Informant Payments 100,000 2,200 Interest on Treasury Debt Securities (gross) 255,324,000 255,324,000 Interest Paid to Trust Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account 179,972,000 95,410,000 Interest Paid to Expenditure Accounts Shadow Account 4,461,000 4,217,000 Interest Paid to Federal Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account 10,578,000 4,894,000 633,463,000 397,454,920 Account Name Operations Support Business Systems Modernization Build America Bond Payments, Recovery Act Interest on the Public Debt Total Dept of Treasury Responsible for collecting and distributing funds received by the Federal Government to the appropriate accounts. The Department is responsible for a wide range of activities such as advising the President on economic and financial issues, and fostering improved governance in financial institutions. The Department of the Treasury operates and maintains systems that are critical to the nation's financial infrastructure, such as the production of coin and currency, the disbursement of payments to the American public, revenue collection, and the borrowing of funds necessary to run the federal government. Departmental Summary Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Salaries and Expenses: For necessary expenses including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and training expenses, including for course development, of non-Federal and foreign government personnel to attend meetings and training concerned with domestic 132 and foreign financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation to enhance the integrity of financial systems by facilitating the detection and deterrence of financial crime. FinCEN fulfills its mission by administering the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA); furnishing analytical and financial expertise in support of law enforcement investigations and prosecutions; determining emerging trends in money laundering and other financial crimes; and serving as the nation's financial intelligence unit. Budget: $18,260,000 Retain. Departmental Offices - Salaries and Expenses: For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex. Budget: $52,360,000 Retain at 20% of the previous. Fiscal Service, Salaries and Expenses: Consolidates the administrative operations currently provided under the Bureau of the Public Debt and the Financial Management Service, the operational arms of Treasury's Fiscal Service, under a single appropriation. This allows Treasury to eliminate duplicate functions and better enables the Department to provide leadership across the Federal Government to improve financial management while maintaining existing core Federal financial management operations. These activities include providing the disbursement of Federal government payments and receipts; collecting delinquent debt; providing government-wide accounting and reporting services; borrowing the money needed to operate the Federal government; accounting for the debt; and providing accounting and other reimbursable services to government agencies. Budget: $72,600,000 Retain at 20% of previous request. Reimbursements to Federal Reserve Banks: A permanent, indefinite appropriation to allow the Bureau of the Public Debt to reimburse the Federal Reserve Banks for acting as fiscal agents of the Federal Government in support 133 of financing the public debt. Budget: $118,000,000 Federal Reserve Bank Reimbursement Fund: A permanent, indefinite appropriation to reimburse Federal Reserve Banks for services provided in their capacity as depositories and fiscal agents for the United States. Budget: $329,000,000 Retain. Review for appropriate fee structures. Payment of Government Losses in Shipment: This account was created as selfinsurance to cover losses in shipment of Government property such as coins, currency, securities, certain losses incurred by the Postal Service, and losses in connection with the redemption of savings bonds. Approximately 1,100 claims are paid annually. Budget: $1,000,000 Retain. Financial Agent Services: To reimburse financial institutions for the services they provide as depositories and financial agents of the Federal government. The services include the acceptance and processing of deposits of public money, as well as services essential to the disbursement of and accounting for public monies. Budget: $572,000,000 Retain. Review for appropriate fee structures. Payment to the Resolution Funding Corporation: To cover interest payments on obligations issued by the Resolution Funding Corporation (REFCORP). REFCORP was established under the Act to raise $31.2 billion for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) in order to resolve savings institution insolvencies. Sources of payment for interest due on REFCORP obligations include REFCORP investment income, proceeds from the sale of assets or warrants acquired by the RTC, and annual contributions by the Federal Home Loan Banks. If these payment sources are insufficient to cover all interest costs, 134 indefinite, mandatory funds appropriated to the Treasury shall be used to meet the shortfall. Budget: $0 Apparently, a significant shortfall...and as these are now approaching 20 yrs old, time to retire them. Terminate pending a review. Interest Paid to Credit Financing Accounts: Pays interest on the invested balances of guaranteed and direct loan financing accounts. For guaranteed loan financing accounts, balances result when the accounts receive up-front payments and fees to be held in reserve to make payments on defaults. Direct loan financing accounts normally borrow from Treasury to disburse loans and receive interest and principal payments and other payments from borrowers. Because direct loan financing accounts generally repay borrowing from Treasury at the end of the year, they can build up balances of payments received during the year. Interest on invested balances is paid to the financing accounts from the general fund of the Treasury. Budget: $5,946,600,000 Transfer principle balances as they occur as the financing expenses has tripled in 3 years. Review. Claims, Judgments, and Relief Acts: Made for cases in which the Federal government is found by courts to be liable for payment of claims and interest for damages not chargeable to appropriations of individual agencies, and for payment of private and public relief acts. Budget: $870,100,000 Apparently the government is losing many more cases as this number is 7 times greater than just 3 years ago. Reduce. Check Forgery Insurance Fund: A permanent, indefinite appropriation in order to maintain adequate funding of the Check Forgery Insurance Fund. The Fund facilitates timely payments for replacement Treasury checks necessitated due to a claim of forgery. The Fund recoups disbursements through reclamations made against banks negotiating forged checks. 135 Budget: $600,000 Reduce to 20% as many more disbursements are happening electronically. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund: Reflects the payments made to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund. Pursuant to section 604(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (P.L. 106–53), after the funds are fully capitalized by deposits from the General Fund of the Treasury, interest earned will be available to the Tribes to carry out the purposes of the funds. Full capitalization occurred in FY 2010; therefore no additional deposits will be provided by the General Fund of the Treasury. Tribes are now able to draw down on the interest earned from these investments. Budget: $0 And yet, money is allocated to PRETEND the fund had the money and was paying interest. See recommendation below and terminate these payments. Payment to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund. Budget: $436,000,000 We took their land, gave them about $100 for it back in the 50's. Everyone agreed that the compensation sucked, so we came up with a plan in the 90s, everyone agreed, but didn’t fund the plan until the mid 2000's when it was reintroduced with amendments because it wasn’t funded and it is STILL not funded, til we start now? Which by the way, will cost millions more. Retain AND FUND IT. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund: Designs, manufactures, and supplies Federal Reserve notes and other security instruments for various Federal agencies. In 2005, the BEP was given legal authority to print currency for foreign countries upon approval of the State Department. Budget: $24,200,000 For some unknown reason (misprinting a billion dollars?) the Administration asked for 536% more than 2008. Retain at previous level. Maybe with all the money printing we need more presses. 136 United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund: Mints and issues coins, prepares and distributes numismatic items, and provides security and asset protection. Budget: $61,000,000 Retain at 50% of the budget. Review. Taxpayer Services: For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and other services. Budget: $231,900,000 Reduce to 10% of previous level. Enforcement: For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal revenue laws and other financial crimes. Budget: $57,500,000 Reduce to 10% of discretionary level funding. Operations Support: For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics of income; telecommunications; information technology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance. Budget: $377,800,000 Reduce to 10% of previous level. 137 Business Systems Modernization: Provides resources for the planning and capital asset acquisition of information technology to modernize the IRS business systems. The IRS uses a formal methodology to evaluate, prioritize, approve, and fund its portfolio of business systems modernization investments. This methodology provides a documented, repeatable, and measurable process for managing investments throughout their life cycle. Budget: $26,000,000 Retain. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 • Build America Bond Payments, Recovery Act: Allows State and local governments to issue Build America Bonds through December 31, 2010. These tax credit bonds, which include Recovery Zone Bonds, differ from tax-exempt governmental obligation bonds in two principal ways: (1) interest paid on tax credit bonds is taxable; and (2) a portion of the interest paid on tax credit bonds takes the form of a federal tax credit. Budget: $0 • Payment to Issuer of Qualified Zone Academy Bonds: Allowing issuers of Qualified Zone Academy Bonds to irrevocably elect to issue the bonds as specified tax credit bonds with a direct-pay subsidy, in the same manner as the Build America Bonds direct-pay subsidy. The issuer of such qualifying bonds will receive a direct interest payment subsidy from the Federal government. Bondholders will receive a taxable interest payment from the issuer in lieu of a tax credit. Budget: $0 • Payment to Issuer of Qualified School Construction Bonds: Allowing issuers of Qualified School Construction Bonds to irrevocably elect to issue the bonds as specified tax credit bonds with a direct-pay subsidy, in the same manner as the Build America Bonds direct-pay subsidy. The issuer of such qualifying bonds will receive a direct interest payment subsidy from the Federal government. Bondholders will receive a taxable interest payment from the issuer in lieu of a tax credit. Budget: $0 • Payment to Issuer of New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds: Allowing issuers of New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds to irrevocably elect to issue the bonds as specified tax credit bonds with a direct-pay subsidy, in 138 the same manner as the Build America Bonds direct-pay subsidy. The issuer of such qualifying bonds will receive a direct interest payment subsidy from the Federal government. Bondholders will receive a taxable interest payment from the issuer in lieu of a tax credit. Budget: $0 • Payment to Issuer of Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds: Allowing issuers of Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds to irrevocably elect to issue the bonds as specified tax credit bonds with a direct-pay subsidy, in the same manner as the Build America Bonds direct-pay subsidy. The issuer of such qualifying bonds will receive a direct interest payment subsidy from the Federal government. Bondholders will receive a taxable interest payment from the issuer in lieu of a tax credit. Budget: $0 Review to determine actual amount of bonds issued and whether how many elected to take the subsidy with intent to terminate or set aside a fund to make the payment. Informant Payments: Make payments to individuals who provide information that leads to the collection of Internal Revenue taxes. Budget: $2,200,000 Was significantly increased and should be reduced to 20% of previous level. Interest on the Public Debt Interest on Treasury Debt Securities (gross): Budget: $255,324,000,000 Interest Paid to Trust Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account: Budget: $95,410,000,000 Interest Paid to Expenditure Accounts - Shadow Account: Budget: $4,217,000,000 Interest Paid to Federal Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account: Budget: $4,894,000,000 Shadow Account total: $195,011,000,000. Reduce by 50% pending review of remaining Funds that will continue to operate. 139 Department of Homeland Security Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Departmental Operations 736,000 320,100 Office of the Chief Information Officer 635,000 253,000 Analysis and Operations 334,000 271,700 3,056,000 2,180,200 1,684,000 1,505,900 Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements 10,000 4,400 Contribution for Annuity Benefits, United States Secret Service 245,000 246,400 Federal Air Marshals 1,002,000 830,500 Aviation Security 5,441,000 647,460 Transportation Security Support 1,305,000 113,520 Salaries and expenses 238,000 238,000 Acquisitions, Construction, Improvements and Related Expenses 41,000 41,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement 5,352,000 4,691,500 Automation Modernization, Immigration and Customs Enforcement 22,000 22,000 Construction 6,000 6,000 10,962,000 7,577,900 Automation Modernization, Customs and Border Protection 391,000 391,000 Construction, Customs and Border Protection 694,000 348,700 Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology 805,000 402,000 Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, 559,000 490,600 Account Name Departmental Management and Operations Citizenship and Immigration Services Citizenship and Immigration Services United States Secret Service Operating Expenses Transportation Security Administration Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Immigration and Customs Enforcement Customs and Border Protection Customs and Border Protection 140 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Electronic System for Travel Authorization 59,000 55,000 Refunds, Transfers, and Expenses of Operation, Puerto Rico 132,000 92,400 US Customs Refunds, Transfers and Expenses, Unclaimed and Abandoned Goods 4,000 4,000 Retired Pay 1,264,000 1,268,300 Operating Expenses 6,809,000 5,813,500 Environmental Compliance and Restoration 16,000 12,100 Reserve Training 126,000 132,000 1,913,000 1,188,000 Alteration of Bridges 61,000 61,000 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation 19,000 14,300 Supply Fund 10,000 10,000 Yard Fund 29,000 3,300 Boat Safety 114,000 114,000 Trust Fund Share of Expenses 45,000 45,000 Maritime Oil Spill Programs 87,000 68,200 402,000 388,300 Account Name Maintenance, and Procurement United States Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements National Protection and Programs Directorate United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Federal Protective Service 19,000 Infrastructure Protection and Information Security 1,150,000 589,600 National Protection and Programs Directorate 60,000 27,500 Bio-defense Countermeasures 283,000 283,000 303,000 115,000 4,393,000 3,157,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program State and Local Programs 141 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 49,000 36,300 Salaries and Expenses 1,312,000 454,300 Disaster Relief 10,282,000 1,914,000 Readiness, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery 18,000 18,000 Administrative and Regional Operations 34,000 34,000 National Flood Insurance Fund 798,000 0 941,000 210,980 Research, Development, and Operations 417,000 303,600 Management and Administration 37,000 27,500 Systems Acquisition 156,000 110,000 60,921,000 31,173,260 Account Name United States Fire Administration and Training Science and Technology Research, Development, Acquisitions and Operations Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Total Dept of Homeland Sec We face threats by individuals and groups that fly under the radar of the Department of Defense but no pose no less a threat. Protecting the coastal waters and providing disaster relief are substantial components of Homeland Security. Immigration and travel by foreign visitors are also managed by the Department. Departmental Summary Departmental Management and Operations • Departmental Operations: Supports the Department and all of its components, establishes and implements policy and provides various support functions and oversight. Budget: $320,100,000 Retain. • Office of the Chief Information Officer: Responsible for implementing the programs necessary to align DHS’s Information Technology (IT) personnel, resources, and assets, including all systems and infrastructure, to support Department-wide missions and activities. Budget: $253,000,000 Retain. 142 • Analysis and Operations: To provide homeland security intelligence to the Secretary, other government officials, and State, local, and Private Sector partners. The mission of the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning is to integrate DHS and inter-agency planning and operations coordination in order to prevent, protect, respond to, and recover from terrorist threats/attacks or threats from other man-made or natural disasters. Budget: $271,700,000 Retain. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Facilitates legal immigration for people seeking to enter, reside, or work in the United States. Budget: $2,180,200,000 Retain. Review. United States Secret Service • Operating Expenses: To safeguard the nation’s financial infrastructure and payment systems to preserve the integrity of the economy. The Secret Service also provides for the physical safety of the President, Vice President, their families, and other individuals, to include visiting heads of state and government and secures facilities under Secret Service protection, designated sites, and National Special Security Events from all threats. Budget: $1,505,900,000 Retain. • Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements: Funding related to the support and deferred maintenance of the James J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC) and for Information Integration and Technology Transformation project execution. The JJRTC is the primary training center for the United States Secret Service. Budget: $4,400,000 Retain. • Contribution for Annuity Benefits: Budget: $246,400,000 Retain. 143 Transportation Security Administration • Federal Air Marshals: Promotes public confidence in our Nation’s civil transportation systems through the effective risk-based strategic deployment of Federal Air Marshals (FAMs) in both air and land based mission-related assignments. The organization’s primary focus is to detect, deter, and defeat terrorist or other criminal hostile acts targeting U.S. air carriers, airports, passengers, and crew. Budget: $830,500,000 Retain. • Aviation Security: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to protect the transportation system and ensure the freedom of movement for people and commerce. The Aviation Security Appropriation consists of programs whose primary focus is to secure aviation transportation. Budget: $647,460,000 Retain at 20% but review for transfer to local control/funding. • Transportation Security Support: The management and support of the organization is accomplished by a transportation security support staff in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and five Mission Support Centers (MSCs). Budget: $113,520,000 Retain at 20% of previous level. More than doubled in size in 4 yrs. Review to eliminate redundancy and federal control over local efforts. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center • Salaries and expenses: The Nation's largest provider of law enforcement training. FLETC serves as an inter-agency law enforcement training organization for 90 Federal Partner Organizations (POs) and numerous State, local, tribal, campus, and international law enforcement agencies. Most of the 90 Federal POs that train with FLETC attend one of its multiagency basic programs, and then continue with their unique agencyspecific follow- on programs at their own academies, most of which are co-located at one of FLETC's four domestic training sites. Budget: $238,000,000 Retain. • Acquisitions, Construction, Improvements and Related Expenses: 144 Provides for the acquisition and related costs for the expansion and maintenance of FLETC, to include funding for the Facilities Master Plan, Minor Construction and Maintenance, Environmental Compliance, and Communications Systems. Budget: $41,000,000 Retain. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Used to combat terrorism, protect our Nation’s borders, deter illegal immigration, and protect our cyber border. ICE accomplishes these missions by investigating, detaining, and prosecuting criminals and aliens who pose a risk to national security and public safety. Budget: $4,691,500,000 Retain. • Automation Modernization: Account allows ICE to improve information sharing with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other partner organizations. These initiatives strengthen information availability, improve detainee tracking and preparation of travel documents, provide a fully secure IT environment, and enhance financial management and audit practices. Budget: $22,000,000 Retain. • Construction: The authority to plan, design, and construct housing and processing, medical, administrative, and support facilities to support the detention of aliens, as well as perform repair and alteration of existing structures. Budget: $6,000,000 Retain. Customs and Border Protection • Customs and Border Protection: Has the dual mission of preventing suspected terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, while also facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel into and out of the United States. CBP ensures that all persons and cargo enter the United States legally and safely through official checkpoints and ports of entry (POE). Budget: $7,577,900,000 145 Retain. • Automation Modernization: Modernization efforts, in particular, often increase the efficiency of CBP’s workforce as they have better and faster access to data and services that help front-line personnel to protect the nation’s borders and facilitate the flow of cargo and people. CBP’s automation framework comprises two large information technology structures: the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and the Critical Operations Protection and Processing Support (COPPS). Budget: $391,000,000 Retain. • Construction: Provides consolidated resources to plan, acquire, finance, manage, and sustain CBP’s dynamic, multifaceted real property program and facilities portfolio across the acquisition life cycle. Budget: $348,700,000 Retain. • Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology: Securing America’s Borders (Line of Business [LOB] 1), with a goal to secure the Southwest border by increasing the probability of apprehension and consequences of attempting to enter the United States illegally or engaging in cross-border crime. LOB 1 reflects CBP’s core mission area of securing the border and preventing contraband, illegal migrants, terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States. LOB 1 includes the people that perform the mission as well as air platforms, marine assets, technology, and equipment that they use. Budget: $402,000,000 Retain and review. • Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement: Office of Air and Marine’s (OAM’s) core competencies include air and marine interdiction, air and marine law enforcement, and air and national border domain security. OAM has a staff of personnel, including pilots and aircrew, air and marine law enforcement officers, operations specialists, logistics and maintenance support personnel, and administrative personnel. Based on request, mission critical assets would consist of 277 aircraft (including fixed wing, rotary helicopters, and unmanned aircraft systems), approximately 324 marine vessels, a national Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC), fixed and mobile surveillance equipment, ground vehicles, training facilities, maintenance facilities, aircraft hangars, and marine facilities located along all of the Nation’s borders and at key interior support locations. Budget: $490,600,000 146 Retain. • Electronic System for Travel Authorization: Established an electronic authorization system to pre-screen aliens prior to arrival in the United States. This mandate was made operational by the creation of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). ESTA operates under informed compliance, requiring all Visa Waiver Program travelers to obtain authorization prior to travel. Budget: $55,000,000 Retain. • Refunds, Transfers, and Expenses of Operation, Puerto Rico: Authorizes the collections of duties and taxes in Puerto Rico and the creation of the Puerto Rico Trust Fund (PRTF). Collections in Puerto Rico, less the costs of collecting duties and taxes, are transferred to Puerto Rico’s Treasury (Hacienda) to be expended as required by law for the Government of Puerto Rico and the benefit thereof. The PRTF collections fund inspection of passengers and merchandise entering Puerto Rico from foreign locations, and they help to combat criminal elements that have focused on Puerto Rico as a gateway to illegally introduce narcotics into the U.S. mainland. Budget: $92,400,000 Retain but review for appropriate local control. • US Customs Refunds, Transfers and Expenses, Unclaimed and Abandoned Goods: Budget: $4,000,000 Retain. United States Coast Guard: The principal Federal agency providing maritime safety, security, and stewardship to the Nation. • Retired Pay: Provides payments as identified under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and other retired personnel entitlements identified under National Defense Authorization Acts. This includes payment for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents. Budget: $1,268,300,000 Retain. • Operating Expenses: Operating and maintenance funding for new and existing Coast Guard programs, projects and activities. 147 Budget: $5,813,500,000 Retain. • Environmental Compliance and Restoration: Provides funding for environmental cleanup, sustainment and restoration of current and formerly contaminated Coast Guard facilities, and engineering remedies on Coast Guard assets for the purpose of complying with environmental laws and preventing contamination and environmental damage. Budget: $12,100,000 Retain. • Reserve Training: Supports training, operation and administration of the Coast Guard Reserve Program. Coast Guard Reserve Forces provide qualified and trained personnel for active duty in the event of conflict, national emergency, or natural and man-made disasters. Reservists maintain their readiness through mobilization exercises and duty alongside regular Coast Guard members during routine and emergency operations. Budget: $132,000,000 Retain. • Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements: Funds the acquisition of new capital assets, construction of required facilities, and physical improvements to existing facilities and assets. The appropriation covers Coast Guard-owned and operated vessels, shore facilities and other items such as command, control, communications and computer equipment. Budget: $1,188,000,000 Retain. • Alteration of Bridges: Alteration of unreasonably obstructive bridges supports navigational safety and freedom of mobility to facilitate commerce, emergency response and U.S. Government operations by providing sufficient clearances for the type of vessels that transit beneath bridges. Alterations also deter waterway and highway/railway closures due to accidents. Budget: $61,000,000 Retain. Question: does anyone check with Coast Guard when bridges are built? Or is this just retrofitting for newer CG equipment? • Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: To help identify and examine existing or impending problems in the Coast Guard’s operational, regulatory, and support programs and make improvements through solutions based on scientific and technological advances. The RDT&E funding supports risk reduction expertise and services in the pre148 acquisition process of major and non-major acquisition projects. Budget: $14,300,000 Retain. • Supply Fund: Finances the procurement of uniform clothing, commissary provisions, general stores, technical material, and fuel for vessels over 180 feet in length. The fund is normally financed by reimbursements from the sale of goods. Budget: $10,000,000 Retain. • Yard Fund: A revolving account supported by the Coast Guard’s Operating Expenses and Acquisition, Construction & Improvements appropriations to pay for FTE and materials required for Coast Guard projects and work orders completed by the Coast Guard Yard, located in Curtis Bay, MD. Budget: $3,300,000 Retain. • Boat Safety: Activities include: Overseeing manufacturer compliance with Coast Guard regulations; grant making to states and national nonprofit boating safety organizations; conducting surveys to measure recreational boating activity; continuing the “Boat Responsibly” national outreach and awareness initiative; promulgating safety regulations; and measuring life jacket wear rates, including the effectiveness of voluntary and mandatory efforts to increase life jacket usage. Budget: $114,000,000 Retain. • Trust Fund Share of Expenses: Budget: $45,000,000 Retain and review. • Maritime Oil Spill Programs: Provides for the use of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF) to pay for Federal response to oil spills and claims for uncompensated removal costs and damages resulting from such spills. Budget: $68,200,000 Retain. National Protection and Programs Directorate: Provides Directorate leadership and management, coordination of Directorate activities with DHS Headquarters 149 and Components, and program oversight and mission support services. NPPD M&A leads and coordinates Directorate activities. Budget: $27,500,000 Retain. • United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology: Reflects the proposed transfer of US-VISIT to CBP and the sustainment of US-VISIT mission and mission support capabilities. CBP would assume responsibility for the core US-VISIT operations and the management of the biometric and biographic information storage and matching and watch list management services, and ICE will assume responsibility of the US-VISIT overstay analysis services. Budget: $388,300,000 Retain. • Federal Protective Service: Is responsible for the protection of the 1.4 million daily tenants and visitors in the facilities, on the grounds, and on property owned, occupied, or secured by the Federal Government. Budget: $19,000,000 Retain and review for appropriate funding levels. • Infrastructure Protection and Information Security: Assisting security partners with identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities; increasing preparedness for facilities, systems, and surrounding communities; and assessing the impact of risk mitigation efforts. Budget: $589,600,000 Retain. • Bio-defense Countermeasures: Provides expertise and information about biological sciences and bio-threats to DHS Components and multiple Federal agencies. Products include tailored assessments, in-depth analyses of bio-defense issues and bio-technologies, and a knowledge management system to enable rapid and secure customer access to biodefense knowledge and information. Budget: $283,000,000 Retain and review for redundancy with DOD programs. Federal Emergency Management Agency • Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program: Addresses flood 150 hazard data update needs and preserves the successful Flood Map Modernization investments. Risk MAP is a strategy for how FEMA delivers information necessary for flood risk reduction and disasterresilient, sustainable community development. This integrated flood risk management approach weaves flood hazard data developed in support of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) into watershed-based risk assessments that serve as the foundation for local Hazard Mitigation Plans and support community actions to reduce risk. Budget: $115,000,000 Retain at projected 2013 level and review for application and local usage cost sharing. • State and Local Programs: Responsible for preparing State and local governments to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events. The appropriation provides for grants, training, exercises, and other support to assist Federal agencies, States, territories, and tribal and local jurisdictions to prepare for terrorism and major disasters. Budget: $3,157,000,000 Retain. • United States Fire Administration and Training: To foster a solid foundation for our fire and emergency services stakeholders in prevention, preparedness, and response. Budget: $36,300,000 Retain. • Salaries and Expenses: Provides core mission funding for the development and maintenance of an integrated, nationwide capability to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from the consequences of major disasters and emergencies regardless of cause, in partnership with other Federal agencies, State, local, and tribal governments, volunteer organizations, and the private sector. Budget: $454,300,000 Retain. • Disaster Relief: Provides a no-year base against which FEMA can direct, coordinate, manage, and fund eligible response and recovery efforts associated with domestic major disasters and emergencies that overwhelm State resources. Budget: $1,914,000,000 Retain. There are NO, ZERO, ZIP reasons for this to go from $1.7b to $10.3b in 3 years with NO ‘events’ having occurred. 151 • Readiness, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery: Responsible for leading the adoption, implementation, maintenance, and continuous refinement of the NIMS as well as the development and/or promotion of preparedness doctrine, policy, guidance, job aids, and other tools related to the National Incident Management System. Budget: $18,000,000 Retain. • Administrative and Regional Operations: Incorporates the essential command and control functions of the Agency. Budget: $34,000,000 Retain. • National Flood Insurance Fund: To provide flood insurance on a national basis to owners of properties located in vulnerable areas. The National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 made flood insurance mandatory for all federally backed mortgages of properties located in the special flood hazard areas (SFHA). Currently, the NFIP insures more than 5.5 million residential and commercial policyholders totaling approximately $1.2 trillion in insurance coverage. Budget: $0 Terminate but review for possible re-authorization; determine if private firms can provide coverage. Science and Technology Research, Development, Acquisitions and Operations: Ensures that DHS and the homeland security community have the science, technical information and capabilities they need to effectively and efficiently prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from all-hazards and homeland security threats. The S&T Directorate develops state-of-the-art solutions to protect the Nation’s people and critical infrastructure from chemical, biological, explosive, and cyber attacks. Budget: $210,980,000 Retain at 20% of previous level and review for redundancy with other departmental research. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office: The lead agency “responsible for coordinating Federal efforts to detect and protect against the unauthorized 152 importation, possession, storage, transportation, development, or use of a nuclear explosive device, fissile material, or radiological material in the United States, and to protect against attack using such devices or materials against the people, territory, or interests of the United States. • Research, Development, and Operations: Developing and implementing a Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) and advancing technical nuclear forensics capabilities. The GNDA incorporates detector systems, telecommunications, and personnel, with the supporting information exchanges, programs, and protocols that serve to detect, identify, and report on nuclear and radioactive materials and weapons out of regulatory control. To be effective, the GNDA requires close coordination with partners at the State, local, and tribal levels, within the Federal Government, with the private sector, and internationally. Budget: $303,600,000 Retain. • Management and Administration: Provides for the support to accomplish the DNDO mission. M&A includes all costs related to Federal personnel, including from other organizations, supplies and materials, and information technology (IT) equipment and support. Budget: $27,500,000 Retain. • Systems Acquisition: Acquires radiological/nuclear (rad/nuc) detection equipment for other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Components, including the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In addition, DNDO issues grants under the Securing the Cities Program allowing State, local and tribal authorities in the highest risk metropolitan areas to develop nuclear detection capabilities enabling them to interdict radiological material out of regulatory control. Budget: $110,000,000 Retain at 40% of previous level. 153 Department of Defense Summary NOTE: Unlike other program descriptions, I am going to limit my descriptions to major components of the DOD budget, in part because some of the details of the line items are classified and unavailable but also because, in part, they are self explanatory and repetitive - the Navy and Army both have ‘personnel’ and ‘procurement’ and while they might do each slightly different, their purpose is the same. Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Concurrent Receipt Accrual Payments to the Military Retirement Fund 5,376,000 5,376,000 Military Personnel, Marine Corps 14,236,000 13,534,080 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps 650,000 627,200 Reserve Personnel, Navy 1,969,000 2,078,720 Military Personnel, Navy 27,605,000 27,974,240 Military Personnel, Army 48,854,000 49,929,600 National Guard Personnel, Army 8,085,000 8,527,680 Reserve Personnel, Army 4,411,000 4,291,840 Military Personnel, Air Force 29,334,000 28,293,440 Reserve Personnel, Air Force 1,757,000 1,514,240 National Guard Personnel, Air Force 3,063,000 3,206,560 39,494,000 29,680,000 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 13,000 13,000 Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund 215,000 0 32,380,000 27,446,720 Cooperative Threat Reduction Account 393,000 393,000 Military Intelligence Program Transfer Fund 218,000 78,000 The Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Accounts 480,000 480,000 Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used 132,000 132,000 Account Name Military Personnel Operation and Maintenance Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide Defense Health Program 154 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 164,000 80,300 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps 9,333,000 9,311,680 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve 304,000 315,840 Operation and Maintenance, Navy 49,050,000 43,722,560 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve 1,434,000 1,491,840 Operation and Maintenance, Army 82,025,000 83,930,560 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard 7,138,000 7,109,760 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve 3,106,000 2,765,280 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force 45,056,000 45,802,400 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve 3,438,000 3,245,760 Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard 6,074,000 6,082,720 Disposal of Department of Defense Real Property 73,000 0 Lease of Department of Defense Real Property 74,000 0 Miscellaneous Special Funds 8,000 8,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund 1,560,000 312,000 Procurement, Defense-wide 4,834,000 4,436,320 National Guard and Reserve Equipment 1,092,000 795,200 Defense Production Act Purchases 161,000 61,600 Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense 1,551,000 1,538,880 Procurement, Marine Corps 3,357,000 7,731,360 Aircraft Procurement, Navy 18,294,000 11,497,920 Weapons Procurement, Navy 3,276,000 3,025,120 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and 1,544,000 1,220,800 Account Name Defense Sites Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Procurement 155 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy 16,437,000 12,527,200 Other Procurement, Navy 5,618,000 6,198,080 Aircraft Procurement, Army 6,403,000 4,760,000 Missile Procurement, Army 1,835,000 1,644,160 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army 4,415,000 6,000,960 Procurement of Ammunition, Army 2,246,000 2,717,120 Other Procurement, Army 19,093,000 24,716,160 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund 2,217,000 3,582,880 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force 17,701,000 12,813,920 Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force 1,304,000 1,016,960 Missile Procurement, Air Force 7,427,000 4,565,120 Other Procurement, Air Force 19,504,000 20,591,200 19,353,000 19,353,000 183,000 183,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy 19,127,000 19,127,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army 10,718,000 10,718,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force 26,523,000 26,523,000 Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-wide 25,000 25,000 Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 412,000 412,000 Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005 2,612,000 2,612,000 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 230,000 24,900 Military Construction, Defense-wide 2,947,000 1,216,600 Account Name Marine Corps Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Military Construction 156 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps 3,367,000 1,492,700 Military Construction, Navy Reserve 38,000 74,800 5,586,000 2,347,400 Military Construction, Army National Guard 749,000 712,800 Military Construction, Army Reserve 346,000 151,800 1,564,000 1,258,400 Military Construction, Air Force Reserve 41,000 67,100 Military Construction, Air National Guard 150,000 259,600 Family Housing Construction, Army 21,000 456,500 Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army 539,000 807,400 Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps 6,000 145,200 Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps 356,000 432,300 Family Housing Construction, Air Force 416,000 806,300 Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force 443,000 740,300 Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide 51,000 47,300 Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 270,000 469,700 1,379,000 1,640,100 Working Capital Fund, Army 0 400,000 Working Capital Fund, Navy 141,000 250,000 Working Capital Fund, Air Force 0 250,000 Working Capital Fund, Defense Commissary Agency 1,377,000 1,357,400 Working Capital Fund, Defense-Wide 323,000 250,000 Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund 104,000 81,400 Account Name Military Construction, Army Military Construction, Air Force Family Housing Revolving and Management Funds National Defense Sea-lift Fund National Nuclear Security Administration 157 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Weapons Activities 7,978,000 6,648,400 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 2,414,000 1,919,500 423,000 407,000 1,152,000 871,200 Other Defense Activities 894,000 894,000 Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal 28,000 28,000 Defense Environmental Cleanup 5,174,000 5,174,000 Surcharge Collections, Sales of Commissary Stores, Defense 20,000 20,000 Foreign National Employees Separation Pay 468,000 44,000 Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund 116,000 116,000 Host Nation Support Fund for Relocation 79,000 79,000 Other DOD Trust Funds 35,000 35,000 707,707,000 650,866,830 Account Name Office of the Administrator Naval Reactors Environmental and Other Defense Activities Trust Funds Total Depart of Defense Contributions for Burden sharing and Other Cooperative Activities (Japan): Budget: $-317,000,000 Contributions for Burden sharing and Other Cooperative Activities (So. Korea): Budget: $-363,000,000 Note that these contributions of $680,000,000 come from the countries where our troops are stationed. Removing the troops removes the reason for the contributions. These funds are included in the budget numbers pending changes in our troop deployments. Foreign National Employees Separation Pay Trust Fund: Agreements exist between governments to pay nationals certain amounts in the event of job ‘termination’, this account manages that process. Budget: $44,000,000 Retain. 158 Concurrent Receipt Accrual Payments to the Military Retirement Fund: Budget: $5,376,000,000 Retain. Military Personnel: Costs include pay, housing, rations (Subsistence), incentive pay, combat pay, retirement, transit costs and training (ROTC, cadet) and insurance. • • • • • • • • • • Marine Corps - Budget: $13,534,080,000 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps - Budget: $627,200,000 Reserve Personnel, Navy - Budget: $2,078,720,000 Navy - Budget: $27,974,240,000 Army - Budget: $49,929,600,000 National Guard Personnel, Army - Budget: $8,527,680,000 Reserve Personnel, Army - Budget: $4,291,840,000 Air Force - Budget: $28,293,440,000 Reserve Personnel, Air Force – Budget: $1,514,240,000 National Guard Personnel, Air Force - Budget: $3,206,560,000 Personnel cost increases ranged from .08 to 18%,(2008 to 2012) with the lowest on the National Guard and Navy Reserve. Retain. Operation and Maintenance: Operational expenses include everything from food and fuel to maintenance and upkeep. • Defense-wide: Funding pays for common information services and system sustainment, contract administration and audits, family support programs, and administrative functions for the Military Departments. This funding supports the activities of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), numerous Combat Support Agencies, policy and oversight agencies, and three Intelligence Agencies. Budget: $29,680,000,000 • Navy: Funds the Navy's air operations, ship operations, combat operations/support, and weapons support programs. Included in this budget activity are the costs associated with operating Navy shore bases 159 to support these missions. Also included are the funds required to maintain combat ready forces necessary to respond to national objectives in joint, naval and combined operations. Budget: $43,722,560,000 • Navy Reserve - Budget: $1,491,840,000 • Marine Corps: Finances the Operating Forces sustainment requirements, depot maintenance, base operating support costs, training and education requirements, Marine Corps’ headquarters administration and servicewide support requirements, and defense commissary operations. Includes three major bases; two recruit depots; eleven air installations; one Marine Corps Combat Development Command; one Marine Corps Systems Command; one Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center; and two Expeditionary Warfare Training Groups. Budget: $9,311,680,000 • Marine Corps Reserve - Budget: $315,840,000 • Army: Provides the resources to organize, equip, and train forces for the conduct of prompt and sustained combat operations on land and in support of Combatant Commanders. This appropriation provides funds for recruiting and training the Army’s All-Volunteer Force of 547,400 Soldiers, sustains Families, and funds the Army’s day-today operating costs at 78 installations. Budget: $83,930,560,000 • • Army National Guard - Budget: $7,109,760,000 Army Reserve - Budget: $2,765,280,000 • Air Force: Funds are used to operate, sustain, and maintain aircraft, space and re-alted [no, I don't know what they are] weapon systems; train and develop Airmen; operate advanced communications, command and control systems; purchase critical supplies; equipment and fuel; and operate both stateside and overseas installations. Budget: $45,802,400,000 • • Air Force Reserve - Budget: $3,245,760,000 Air National Guard - Budget: $6,082,720,000 Operation and Maintenance - Foreign 160 • Afghanistan Security Forces Fund: Budget: $1,563,750,000 My preference is to withdraw troops now and let the country hang, but I will settle for 75% reduction with full reduction in 2014 with troop withdrawal. United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces: Exercises worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the armed forces on active duty and other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Budget: $13,000,000 Retain. Defense Health Program: Provides for worldwide medical and dental services to active forces and other eligible beneficiaries, veterinary services, medical command headquarters, specialized services for the training of medical personnel, and occupational and industrial health care. Included are costs associated with provisions of the TRICARE benefit which provides for the health care of eligible active duty family members, retired members and their family members, and the eligible surviving family members of deceased active duty and retired members. Budget: $27,446,720,000 Retain. Cooperative Threat Reduction Account: To partner with willing countries to reduce the threat from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and related materials, technologies, and expertise, including provision of the safe destruction of Soviet-era WMD, associated delivery systems and related infrastructure. The CTR Program focuses on eliminating, securing, or consolidating WMD, related materials, and associated delivery systems and infrastructure at their source in partner countries. Budget: $393,000,000 We are paying other countries to dispose of the WMD they have agreed to destroy, going as far as building an entire plant in Russia to dispose of their 161 chemical WMD. While I am loathe to continue such efforts, the engagement and destruction is beneficial. Retain but review. Military Intelligence Program Transfer Fund: Funds assigned to this program are (apparently) routinely reassigned to other programs (classified). Budget: $78,000,000 Retain and review for appropriate program authorization. Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid: Supports the Secretary of Defense and Combatant Commanders’ security cooperation strategies to build indigenous capabilities and cooperative relationships with allies, friends, civil society, and potential partners. The appropriation provides low cost, nonobtrusive and highly effective activities that help partners help themselves, improves access to areas not otherwise available to U.S. Forces, and build collaborative relationships with host nation’s civil society. Budget: $80,300,000 Retain. Property Administration • Miscellaneous Special Funds: [No description was available but did indicate there are facilities] Budget: $8,000,000 Retained but questioning. Given the category, it might be to classified facilities. • Allied Contributions and Cooperation Account: Cash contributions from foreign countries, international organizations, and individuals are deposited into this account for reallocation to other DOD appropriations. Contributions are used to offset costs of DOD's overseas presence. Budget: $0 Another account that seems to be a deposit rather than an expenditure 162 account. No description or justification was available. (This may be the outgo for the receipt of the contributions from Korea, Japan and Kuwait, but I can’t confirm.) Terminate the account pending review to confirm purpose. Procurement: From full systems (ships and aircraft) to parts and ammunition (bullets and missiles). • Procurement, Defense-wide - Budget: $4,436,320,000 • Procurement, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund: Budget: $3,582,880,000 • Defense Production Act Purchases: Focused on establishing, expanding, maintaining, or modernizing domestic production capacity to strengthen domestic industry and to establish the industrial base capacity for essential national defense capabilities. Budget: $61,600,000 • Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense: Budget: $1,538,880,000 • National Guard and Reserve Equipment - Budget: $795,200,000 • Procurement, Marine Corps - Budget: $7,731,360,000 • Aircraft Procurement, Navy - Budget: $11,497,920,000 • Weapons Procurement, Navy - Budget: $3,025,120,000 • Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps: Budget: $1,220,800,000 • Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy - Budget: $12,527,200,000 • • Other Procurement, Navy - Budget: $6,198,080,000 Aircraft Procurement, Army - Budget: $4,760,000,000 • Missile Procurement, Army - Budget: $1,644,160,000 • Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army: Budget: $6,000,960,000 163 • Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund - Budget: $312,000,000 • Procurement of Ammunition, Army - Budget: $2,717,120,000 • Other Procurement, Army - Budget: $24,716,160,000 • Aircraft Procurement, Air Force - Budget: $12,813,920,000 • Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force - Budget: $1,016,960,000 • Missile Procurement, Air Force - Budget: $4,565,120,000 • Other Procurement, Air Force - Budget: $20,591,200,000 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: Covers everything from electronic identification to developing learning systems for in-field personnel and this little goodie: The primary objective of this program is to support the Minerva Research Initiative (MRI), a university-based social science research program initiated by the Secretary of Defense in FY 2009 to develop a fundamental understanding of the perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs of foreign cultures. The overall goals of the initiative are to foster basic social science research on topics of U.S. national strategic importance; to increase the Department's intellectual capital in the social sciences; and to build bridges between the Department and the academic social science community. Cost: $14m, which should be terminated as soon as possible. Also is a program for minority prostrate cancer screening. Yea, not something that the DOD should be involved in. Defense-wide Budget: $19,353,000,000 Retain but terminate programs as indicated above. Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense: Supports major weapon system production decisions for acquisition programs included on the Office of Secretary of Defense Test and Evaluation Oversight List that is prepared and approved annually. Generally, there are about 300 programs on the oversight list including all Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) and Major Automated Information Systems (MAIS). MDAPs may not proceed beyond lowrate initial production (BLRIP) until OT&E of the program is complete. Budget: $183,000,000 164 • • • Navy - Budget: $19,127,000,000 Army - Budget: $10,718,000,000 Air Force - Budget: $26,523,000,000 Military Construction: Funded the building of new infrastructure worldwide for the operational and training use active and reserve armed forces, the construction and operation of housing for service members and their families, and facilities for the demilitarization of obsolete chemical munitions, as required by international treaty obligations. It has also paid the U.S. contribution to the common infrastructure fund for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the environmental remediation of defense real property declared surplus since 1988 under the various rounds of base closures and realignments, commonly referred to as BRAC. • • • • • • • • • Military Construction, Defense-wide - Budget: $1,216,600,000 Navy and Marine Corps - Budget: $1,492,700,000 Navy Reserve - Budget: $74,800,000 Army - Budget: $2,347,400,000 Army National Guard - Budget: $712,800,000 Army Reserve - Budget: $151,800,000 Air Force - Budget: $1,258,400,000 Air Force Reserve - Budget: $67,100,000 Air National Guard - Budget: $259,600,000 Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-wide: Provided for, necessary for the construction of facilities and infrastructure upgrades to support destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance. Budget: $25,000,000 Retain. The implementation of base realignment and closures requires the relocation of units and activities from one site to another. Recurring savings (reduced base operations costs) are realized through the increased efficiencies inherent in the consolidation of functions on fewer bases. The net savings are reflected as savings in the specific appropriations, primarily operation and maintenance, and 165 are not incorporated in the DoD Base Closure Accounts. • Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990: Budget: $412,000,000 • Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005: Budget: $2,612,000,000 In most cases this funding maintains bases and property pending their disposal. I recommend holding further dismantling pending the plan to return troops from foreign soil. Retain. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program: Projects meet Alliance military requirements for a wide range of facilities and capabilities. Projects include effective surveillance and intelligence capabilities, flexible command and control systems (including secure and reliable communications), mobility within and between regions, adequate logistics and transportation support, and the infrastructure to support both forward deployed and reinforcing forces Budget: $24,900,000 Retain with the suggestion we exit NATO. Family Housing Construction: For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and real property for activities and agencies of the DoD. • Family Housing Construction, Army: Budget: $456,500,000 • Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps: Budget: $145,200,000 • Family Housing Construction, Air Force: Budget: $806,300,000 Retain. 166 Operations and Maintenance: Includes maintenance and repair of government owned housing units and associated real property, utility services, repair, replacement, transportation and handling of furniture and furnishings, refuse collection and disposal services, management services and other miscellaneous support. • Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army: Budget: $807,400,000 • Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps: Budget: $432,300,000 • Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force: Budget: $740,300,000 • Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: Budget: $47,300,000 Retain. Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund: To finance joint ventures with the private sector to revitalize and to manage the Department's housing inventory. The statute authorizes the Department to use limited partnerships, make direct and guaranteed loans, and convey Department-owned property to stimulate the private sector to increase the availability of affordable, quality housing for military personnel. Budget: $469,700,000 Retain. Revolving and Management Funds: • National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: The Stock Piling Act provides that strategic and critical materials are stockpiled in the interest of national defense to preclude a dangerous and costly dependence upon foreign sources of supply in times of a national emergency. The National Defense Authorization Acts provide authority to buy and sell specific materials; set quantity and revenue levels for selling material; and mandate programs to receive the revenue from the sales and collections. There is currently no authorization to buy (acquire) any material and over 167 99% of the inventory is authorized for sale. Budget: $0 Retain. Likely to continue to be a ‘surplus’, or net gain. • National Defense Sea-lift Fund: For the necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United States. Budget: $1,640,100,000 Retain. • Buildings Maintenance Fund: Finances the operation, maintenance, protection and repair of government-owned and leased facilities (exclusive of the Pentagon Reservation) that are controlled by the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) and are occupied by Department of Defense (DoD) military and/or civilian personnel. Designed to operate on a break-even basis over the long term. Revenue to the BMF is generated from various sources. However, the BMF is primarily dependent upon funds appropriated to DoD Components as rent for the operation, maintenance and repair of thirty-five federally owned and leased facilities that are managed by WHS under GSA/DoD interagency agreements. Budget: $0 Retain. • Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund: 1991 Defense Authorization Act transferred responsibility for the maintenance, protection, repair and renovation of the Pentagon Reservation from the General Services Administration (GSA) to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The PRMRF finances the activities of Washington Headquarters Services in providing space and a full range of building services for DoD Components, including the Military Departments and other activities housed within the Pentagon Reservation. Budget: $81,400,000 Retain Working Capital Funds: “The DWCF activities rely on sales revenue rather than direct appropriations to finance their operations.” [And yet, appropriations can be significant. I terminate most WCFs but allow these because at times the military must actually MOVE IT’S ASS.] • • Army - Budget: $400,000,000 Navy - Budget: $250,000,000 168 • • • Air Force - Budget: $250,000,000 Defense Commissary Agency - Budget: $1,357,400,000 Defense-Wide - Budget: $250,000,000 Retain. And PLEASE review and tell me why there has to be ‘appropriations’ at all.... National Nuclear Security Administration [This is a Dept of Energy program moved to DoD, because it makes more sense to me as it is not a commercial enterprise]: Uses and oversees a wide-range of science experiments, engineering audits and high-tech computer simulations, including extensive laboratory and flight tests of warhead components and subsystems, to keep the existing warheads reliable, secure and safe. • Weapons Activities: Provide the necessary research, development and production capabilities needed to maintain the reliability, security and safety of the weapons stockpile. Budget: $6,648,400,000 Retain. • Defense Nuclear Non-proliferation: Prevents and counters WMD proliferation by strengthening export control systems in other countries and transitioning WMD expertise and infrastructure in partner countries to peaceful purposes. Budget: $1,919,500,000 Retain. • Office of the Administrator: Appropriation supports the Federal personnel and resources necessary to plan, manage, and oversee operations. Budget: $407,000,000 Retain. • Naval Reactors: Responsible for all naval nuclear propulsion work, beginning with reactor technology development, continuing through reactor operation, and ending with reactor plant disposal. The Program ensures the safe and reliable operation of reactor plants in nuclearpowered submarines and aircraft carriers (constituting 40 percent of the Navy’s combatants), and fulfills the Navy’s requirements for new nuclear propulsion plants that meet current and future national defense requirements. Budget: $871,200,000 Retain. 169 Environmental and Other Defense Activities [Note: several of these items were under Department of Energy budget allocations] • Other Defense Activities: [The range of ‘other’ is extensive but includes chemical (non-nuclear) cleanup, and site restoration.] Budget: $894,000,000 Retain and review for limitation to ‘clean-up’. • Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal: To dispose of high-level waste generated from atomic energy defense activities. The primary focus of this program is to find a long term geological repository for Defense Nuclear Waste. Budget: $28,000,000 Retain. • Defense Environmental Cleanup: For expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental restoration and waste management activities, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion. Budget: $5,174,000,000 Retain. • The Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Accounts: Goals include the following: (1) The identification, investigation, research and development, and cleanup of contamination from hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants. (2) Correction of other environmental damage (such as detection and disposal of unexploded ordnance) which creates an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or to the environment. (3) Demolition and removal of unsafe buildings and structures, including buildings and structures of the Department of Defense at sites formerly used by or under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Budget: $480,000,000 Retain. • Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites: Manages environmental cleanup on eligible properties formerly owned, leased, possessed, or used by DoD. The FUDS program only applies to properties that transferred from DoD before 1986. 170 Budget: $132,000,000 Retain. Trust Funds • Surcharge Collections, Sales of Commissary Stores, Defense: Users of the DoD Commissary stores are charged 5% for facility maintenance. [This fund collects those funds and ...well...disburses them sometime, somewhere that I can’t find. There is no offset ‘collection’, just this allocation...] Budget: $20,000,000 Retain and review to find out where this collection is collected to and where it gets spent. • Foreign National Employees Separation Pay: To accumulate obligations for separation payments to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense (DoD). The “National Defense Authorization Act of 1995” extended this authorization to include foreign nationals employed by a foreign government, for the benefit of the Department of Defense, under any of the following agreements that provide for payment of separation pay: (1) a contract, (2) a treaty, or (3) a memorandum of understanding with a foreign nation. Budget: $44,000,000 Foreign National Employees Separation Trust Fund: Budget: $-44,000,000 Retain. • Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund: Used to accumulate amounts needed to finance, on an actuarially sound basis, liabilities accrued under the VSI Program. To the extent provided for in appropriation acts, the assets of the Fund shall be available only to pay voluntary separation incentives. Budget: $116,000,000 Payment to Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund: $-57,000,000 What is interesting here is that the appropriation has been $140-$160m per year for more than a decade and the ‘payment’ which I assume is the outgo has been averaging around the $60m. The question is, where is the difference going? Retain and review for answer to that question. 171 • Host Nation Support Fund for Relocation: For Contributions from any nation in support of relocation of elements of the Armed Forces within that nation. The account is financed through these cash contributions and interest accrued on the cash balances [This appears to be the account that Japan is contributing to for the movement of Marines from Okinawa to Guam but there is no corresponding (-) unless it is in the ‘Contributions’ noted above.] Budget: $79,000,000 Retain • Other DOD Trust Funds: [Details I have been unable to find but the matching deposit suggests that these funds tend to balance over time.] Budget: $35,000,000 Retain. 172 Department of Veteran’s Affairs Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Medical Support and Compliance 5,403,000 5,403,000 Medical Services 41,282,000 41,282,000 572,000 572,000 5,432,000 5,432,000 DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund 93,000 93,000 Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 242,000 242,000 Canteen Service Revolving Fund 3,000 3,000 General Post Fund, National Homes 27,000 27,000 Compensation and Pensions 201,000 201,000 Veterans Insurance and Indemnities 100,000 100,000 Readjustment Benefits 12,115,000 12,115,000 Compensation 51,785,000 51,785,000 Pensions benefits 4,207,000 4,207,000 Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund 1,813,000 80,900 Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account 14,000 14,000 Veterans Reopened Insurance Fund 28,000 23,000 Service-disabled Veterans Insurance Fund 10,000 3,000 National Service Life Insurance Fund 1,130,000 872,250 Veterans Special Life Insurance Fund 49,000 9,800 Construction, Major Projects 1,003,000 581,900 Construction, Minor Projects 751,000 454,300 National Cemetery Administration 250,000 183,700 General Administration 2,395,000 2,395,000 Information Technology Systems 3,563,000 2,187,900 Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries 33,000 33,000 Account Name Veterans Health Administration Medical and Prosthetic Research Medical Facilities Benefits Programs Departmental Administration 173 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget Account Name Supply Fund FY 2014 Plan 3,000 Total Dept of Vet Affairs 132,412,000 127,796,750 Our Veterans deserve the best care we can provide. From medical care to rehabilitation support, the Department strives to honor both our commitment and their service. Departmental Summary Departmental Administration • General Administration: Provides funding for the Office of the Secretary, six Assistant Secretaries and three Department-level staff offices. These offices provide policy guidance, oversight, and technical expertise to the Department to fulfill the Nation’s commitment to provide Veterans with the best possible service. Budget: $2,395,000,000 Retain. • Construction, Major Projects: Provides for constructing, altering, extending, and improving any VA facility, including planning, architectural and engineering services, assessments, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is greater than $10,000,000. Budget: $581,900,000 Retain. • Construction, Minor Projects: Provides for constructing, altering, extending, and improving any VA facility, including planning, assessments of needs, architectural engineering services, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is less than or equal to $10,000,000. Budget: $454,300,000 Retain. • National Cemetery Administration: 53.9% of the total National Cemetery Administration’s (NCA) budget is for the operation and maintenance of VA’s national cemeteries. 14.1% of the NCA budget is for the construction and renovation of VA’s national cemeteries and facilities. Budget: $183,700,000 Retain. 174 • Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries: Provided to states and tribal governments for the establishment, expansion, improvement or operation of state and tribal government Veterans cemeteries. The state and tribal government Veterans cemeteries complement the national cemeteries and are a critical part of ensuring that the burial needs of Veterans and eligible family members are met. Budget: $33,000,000 Retain. • Information Technology Systems: The IT budget will help improve the delivery of Veterans’ healthcare services and benefits claims processing improvements. VA has 17 major investment areas that it will focus on for IT development. Budget: $2,187,900,000 Retain. • Supply Fund: Responsible for the operation and maintenance of a supply system for the VA; a self-sustaining fund. Budget: $3,000,000 Retain at minimum funding level. Veterans Health Administration • Medical Support and Compliance: Provides for the management, security, and administration of the VA health care system through the operation of VA medical centers, other facilities, Veterans Integrated Service Networks offices and facility director offices, chief of staff operations, quality of care oversight, legal services, billing and coding activities, procurement, financial management and human resource management. Budget: $5,403,000,000 • Medical Services: Provides for a comprehensive, integrated health care delivery system that addresses the needs of eligible veterans and beneficiaries in VA medical centers, outpatient clinic facilities, contract hospitals, State homes, and outpatient programs on a fee basis. Budget: $41,282,000,000 • Medical and Prosthetic Research: Support research that facilitates and improves the primary function of the VHA to provide high-quality and cost-effective care and contribute to the knowledge about disease and 175 disability. Budget: $572,000,000 • Medical Facilities: Provides for the operations and maintenance of the VA health care system’s capital infrastructure. Costs include utilities, engineering, capital planning, leases, laundry services, grounds maintenance, trash removal, housekeeping, fire protection, pest management, facility repair and property disposition and acquisition. Budget: $5,432,000,000 • DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund: Provides for a joint incentive program to enable to a program to identify and provide incentives to implement creative sharing initiatives at the facility, intraregional and nationwide levels. Budget: $93,000,000 Retain. • Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund: Combines the resources of the DoD and VA to operate the first totally integrated federal health care facility in the country, located in North Chicago, IL. Budget: $242,000,000 Retain and review for actual cost sharing proportions. • Canteen Service Revolving Fund: Finances the operation of canteens at all medical facilities. [Income from sales makes this a self-sustaining activity except for the annual appropriation allotment that is made every year to support it...] Budget: $3,000,000 Retain and review why it needs continuing appropriations. • General Post Fund, National Homes: Consists of gifts, bequests and the proceeds from the sale of property left in the care of the VA by former beneficiaries...[And this is the administrative costs?] Budget: $27,000,000 Retain and review. Benefits Programs • Compensation and Pensions: Administrative expenses to provides for compensation payments to service-connected disable Vets and their 176 survivors; provides for pension payments, to war-time Vets who are permanently and totally disable from non-service-connected causes and their survivors and provides burial benefits. Budget: $201,000,000 • Veterans Insurance and Indemnities: Provides payment for extra hazard costs to the National Service Life Insurance and US Government Life Insurance funds, supplements the Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance Fund. Also provides funds for expenses of the Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance Program. Budget: $100,000,000 • Readjustment Benefits: Payments for education and training for eligible Vets and dependents, as well as special assistance to disabled Vets. Budget: $12,115,000,000 • Compensation: Provides monthly payments and benefits to Vets in recognition of the average potential loss of earning capacity caused by a disability or disease incurred in or aggravated during active military service. Budget: $51,785,000,000 • Pensions benefits: Provides monthly payments to Vets with non-serviceconnected disabilities who served in a time of war. Budget: $4,207,000,000 Retain these programs at specified levels. • Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund: All direct and guaranteed loans (after 9/30/91) are financed by subsidy appropriations. This account receives appropriation for administrative expenses to encourage and facilitate the extension of favorable credit terms by private lenders to Vets. Budget: $80,900,000 Retain at 10% of previous level and review for possible termination. Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account: Administrative appropriation to program to enable VA to make direct home loans to Native American Vets who live on US Trust Lands. Budget: $14,000,000 177 Retain. Veterans Reopened Insurance Fund: A program authorizing reopening of the national Service Life insurance for one year for certain disabled vets of WWII and Korean Conflict. Budget: $23,000,000 Retain and review; this program is increasing at a time when, sixty years later, it should be decreasing. Service-disabled Veterans Insurance Fund: Finances claim payments on nonparticipating policies issued to service-disabled Vets who served after 4/25/1951. Budget: $3,000,000 Retain and review as this is a program for Vets approaching or exceeding 80 years old. National Service Life Insurance Fund: Financing mechanism for WWII insurance closed to new issues in 1951. Budget: $872,250,000 The youngest person in this program is 79 yrs old. It should be decreasing but it is rock steady for the last 20 years. Retain at 75% of previous level and review. Veterans Special Life Insurance Fund: Finances payment of claims for insurance authorized to vets that served from 4/1951 to 12/31/1956. Budget: $9,800,000 Another program with the youngest participant is 73 yrs old and yet the fund is JUMPING significantly in appropriation. Retain at 20% pending completion of a review. 178 Office of Personnel Management Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 234,000 126,500 Payment to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (concurrent fund payment) 31,976,000 34,031,800 Government Payment for Annuitants, Employees Health Benefits 10,737,000 9,582,100 Government Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life Insurance 45,000 45,000 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 102,000 102,000 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 79,666,000 69,872,000 Employees Life Insurance Fund 2,000 2,000 Employees Life Insurance Fund -2,102,000 0 88,636,000 79,729,600 Account Name Office of Personnel Management Salaries and Expenses Total OPM Responsible for all non-defense personal management duties, OPM covers employees in all 50 states and abroad. (Currently tasked with managing ACA, those responsibilities are expected to be rescinded.) Departmental Summary Salaries and Expenses: The development of HR policies and strategies; HR capital management; modernization of HR technology; employee development products; and background investigations and suitability services. OPM’s government-wide responsibility for HR policies enables OPM to hold agencies accountable for their HR management practices. In addition, OPM delivers human resources services to agencies and prospective Federal employees, retirees and beneficiaries. Budget: $126,500,000 Retain. Payment to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: Consists of an 179 appropriation and a permanent indefinite authorization to pay the Government’s share of retirement costs. The payment is made directly from the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and is in addition to appropriated funds that will be contributed from agency budgets. Budget: $34,031,800,000 Retain. This appropriation has historically funded the Government’s share of health benefits costs for annuitants and survivors who no longer have an agency to contribute the employer’s share. The Office of Personnel Management requests the appropriation necessary to pay this contribution to the Employees Health Benefits Fund and the Retired Employees Health Benefits Fund. • Government Payment for Annuitants, Employees Health Benefits: Budget: $9,582,100,000 Retain and review for Hospitalization Program impacts. • Government Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life Insurance: Budget: $45,000,000 Retain and review if the policy terminating retirement benefits is implemented . Consists of an appropriation and a permanent indefinite authorization to pay the Government’s share of retirement costs. The payment is made directly from the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and is in addition to appropriated funds that will be contributed from agency budgets. Covers two Federal civilian retirement systems: the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) established on May 22, 1920, and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) established on June 6, 1986. The Retirement Fund is a single plan even though there are two different benefit tiers and funding methods. CSRS is basically a defined benefit plan, covering Federal employees hired prior to 1984. CSRS participants do not participate in the Social Security system. FERS is a three-tiered pension program that uses Social Security as a base, provides an additional basic benefit, and includes a thrift savings plan. FERS covers employees hired after 1983 and formerly CSRS covered employees who elected to join FERS. 180 • Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: Budget: $69,872,000,000 Retain and review after implementation of the termination of retirement benefits for most federal employees. • General Fund Payment to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: Budget: $-34,031,800,000 [concurrent payment to the Fund] Retain. The FEGLI Program is an employer-sponsored life insurance trust fund program under which benefit payments are made following the death or dismemberment of employees and retired employees. It is the largest group life insurance program in the world, covering over 4 million Federal employees and retirees, as well as many of their family members. The FEGLI program offers Federal employees the opportunity to purchase group term life insurance which provides financial protection to beneficiaries in the event of enrollee death or dismemberment. • Employees Life Insurance Fund: Budget: $2,000,000 Retain. • Employees Life Insurance Fund: Budget: $-1,531,700,000 Retain. 181 Department of Justice Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Salaries and Expenses 120,000 93,500 Tactical Law Enforcement Wireless Communications 108,000 24,200 Justice Information Sharing Technology 26,000 26,000 1,545,000 1,356,300 Administrative Review and Appeals 304,000 272,800 National Drug Intelligence Center 23,000 5,000 13,000 12,100 Salaries and Expenses, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 2,000 2,000 Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities 810,000 821,700 Construction 12,000 12,000 Fees and Expenses of Witnesses 263,000 205,700 Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division 60,000 46,000 Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys 1,898,000 1,883,200 Salaries and Expenses, United States Marshals Service 982,000 968,000 September 11th Victim Compensation (general Fund) 200,000 200,000 1,418,000 1,418,000 3,000 3,000 204,000 204,000 528,000 528,000 96,000 96,000 7,980,000 2,248,400 Account Name General Administration Detention Trustee United States Parole Commission Salaries and Expenses Legal Activities and U.S. Marshals Federal Prisoner Detention Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System Fund, U.S. Marshals United States Trustee System Fund Inter-agency Law Enforcement Inter-agency Crime and Drug Enforcement National Security Division Salaries and Expenses Federal Bureau of Investigation Salaries and Expenses 182 Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 167,000 33,000 2,002,000 1,995,400 8,000 2,000 302,000 232,100 1,211,000 1,158,300 Buildings and Facilities 216,000 216,000 Salaries and Expenses 6,539,000 5,783,800 Research, Evaluation, and Statistics 215,000 125,000 Public Safety Officer Benefits 87,000 87,000 Salaries and Expenses, Office of Justice Programs 101,000 10,000 36,119,000 19,496,500 Account Name Construction Drug Enforcement Administration Salaries and Expenses Construction Diversion Control Fee Account Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Salaries and Expenses Federal Prison System Office of Justice Programs Total Dept of Justice Department of Justice supports the government's efforts to enforce the federal laws of the land. It provides additional investigative and protective services to agencies and legal advice to the Executive Branch. Departmental Summary General Administration: To support the Attorney General and DOJ senior policy level officials in managing Department resources and developing policies for legal, law enforcement, and criminal justice activities. GA also provides administrative support services to the legal divisions and policy guidance to all Department organizations. • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $93,500,000 Retain. • Tactical Law Enforcement Wireless Communications: To support the operation, maintenance, and modernization of DOJ tactical radio systems. Budget: $24,200,000 Retain at 20% of previous level and review. 183 • Justice Information Sharing Technology: Funds the enterprise investments in Information Technology (IT). As a centralized fund under the control of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), it ensures that investments in IT systems, information sharing technology, enabling IT infrastructure enhancements, and cyber security are well planned and aligned with the Department's overall IT strategy and enterprise architecture. Budget: $26,000,000 Retain. • Detention Trustee: Established as a DOJ organization in September 2001 by Congressional directive in response to growing concerns regarding federal detention. Congress believed that the size and scope of federal detention demanded a central organization that could direct resources, facilitate the implementation of programmatic changes, and improve the coordination of detention activities within DOJ, including the immigration agencies that are now part of DHS. Budget: $1,356,300,000 Retain, but review the need for $1.3b to be basically a advisory committee. • Office of Inspector General: Budget: $0 Retain ONLY as a Branch-wide program and for appropriate funding for that purpose – otherwise terminate. • Administrative Review and Appeals: The Department’s adjudication of immigration cases is performed by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). EOIR includes 59 immigration courts located nationwide, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board), which hears appeals of immigration judge decisions and certain decisions of officers of the DHS, and an administrative law judge function, which adjudicates other immigration-related matters. Budget: $272,800,000 Retain. • National Drug Intelligence Center: produces strategic drug intelligence and operational support to DOJ components. NDIC produced strategic intelligence identifies, analyzes, and prioritizes threats to assist policymakers’ in making effective, cost-efficient drug-related resource allocations and funding decisions. It also facilitates the development of strategies, initiatives, policies, and regulations to counter drug threats and promotes effective, intelligence driven, support of the Attorney General’s 184 priorities. Budget: $5,000,000 Retain. United States Parole Commission: Has jurisdiction over the following types of cases: All Federal Offenders who committed an offense before November 1, 1987; All District of Columbia Code Offenders; Uniform Code of Military Justice Offenders who are confined in a Bureau of Prisons’ institution; Transfer Treaty cases (U.S. citizens convicted in foreign countries, who have elected to serve their sentence in this country); and, State Probationers and Parolees in the Federal Witness Protection Program. In all of these cases, the Parole Commission has the responsibility for: making determinations regarding the initial conditions of supervision; modification of the conditions of supervision for changed circumstances; early discharge from supervision, issuance of a warrant or summons for violation of the conditions of supervision; and, revocation of release for such offenders released on parole or mandatory release supervision. Salaries and Expenses - Budget: $12,100,000 Retain. Legal Activities and U.S. Marshals: Ensures the functioning of the federal judicial process by protecting members of the judicial family (judges, attorneys, witnesses, and jurors), providing physical security in courthouses, safeguarding witnesses, transporting and producing prisoners for court proceedings, executing court orders and arrest warrants, apprehending fugitives, and seizing forfeited property. Salaries and Expenses: • Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: To adjudicate claims of U.S. nationals against foreign governments, exercising jurisdiction conferred by the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949. Budget: $2,000,000 Retain. • General Legal Activities: For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for. Budget: $821,700,000 Retain. 185 • Antitrust Division: To promote economic competition through enforcing and providing guidance on antitrust laws and principles. Budget: $46,000,000 Retain. • United States Attorneys: Supports two of the Department of Justice’s strategic goals - (1) to prevent terrorism and promote the nation’s security, and (2) to prevent crime, enforce federal laws and represent the rights and interests of the American people. Budget: $1,883,200,000 Retain. • United States Marshals Service: Ensures the functioning of the federal judicial process by protecting members of the judicial family (judges, attorneys, witnesses, and jurors), providing physical security in courthouses, safeguarding witnesses, transporting and producing prisoners for court proceedings, executing court orders and arrest warrants, apprehending fugitives, and seizing forfeited property. Budget: $968,000,000 Retain. • National Security Division: To carry out the Departments highest priority: to combat terrorism and other threats to national security. The NSD, which consolidates the Departments primary national security elements within a single Division, currently consists of the Office of Intelligence (OI); the Counter-terrorism (CTS) and Counterespionage Sections (CES); the Law and Policy Section (L&P); and the Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism (OVT). Budget: $0 $96,000,000 Terminate the program. Retain with significant reluctance.... • Construction: For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related support. Budget: $12,000,000 Retain. • Fees and Expenses of Witnesses: Funding for all fees and expenses associated with the provision of testimony on behalf of the Federal Government funds the expenses related to witness subsistence and relocation, vehicles for WSP Deputy Marshals, and maintenance/repair of safe sites. Budget: $205,700,000 186 Retain. September 11th Victim Compensation (general Fund): To provide compensation for any individual (or a personal representative of a deceased individual) who suffered physical harm or was killed as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001 or the debris removal efforts that took place in the immediate aftermath of those crashes. The Zadroga Act expands the pool of applicants eligible for the Fund to include individuals who experienced injuries associated with the attacks or subsequent debris removal. Budget: $200,000,000 Retain and review for duplication with other funds. Federal Prisoner Detention: Supports an average daily population of 64,917 and assumes an increase in the number of drug and weapons offenses as a result of law enforcement initiatives to combat drug cartels as well as an increase in immigration bookings at the Southwest Border. Budget: $1,418,000,000 Retain. Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System Fund, U.S. Marshals: To transport federal detainees, deportable aliens and prisoners, including pretrial, sentenced individuals, whether in the custody of the USMS or the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). JPATS also provides prisoner transportation for the Department of Defense (DOD), state, and local law enforcement agencies on a reimbursable, space-available basis. Budget: $3,000,000 Retain. United States Trustee System Fund: To defend and protect the federal fisc, identifying and combating debtor and creditor fraud and abuse, mortgage fraud and other consequential fraud and abuse and by protecting the integrity of the bankruptcy system. It reflects an increase in offsetting collections deposited into 187 the U.S. Trustee System Fund as a result of increased filings. Budget: $204,000,000 Retain. Inter-agency Crime and Drug Enforcement: Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) is the centerpiece of the Department’s long-term drug enforcement strategy. It is the Program that coordinates and channels all elements of the federal government – including DHS and the Department of the Treasury – in its efforts against the largest national and international drugtrafficking and money laundering organizations. It provides consistent national policy direction and oversight, with accountability and proven performance results. After more than a quarter century of operations, OCDETF continues to be the vehicle to continue the fight against today’s violent Mexican drug cartels and other emerging threats. In FY 2010, OCDETF seized approximately $460 million in cash and property; and forfeitures amounted to $618 million. Whereas, the Program received $529 million in appropriations, it produced a 109 percent return on investment by collecting over $1 billion in forfeitures and seizures. Budget: $528,000,000 Retain despite the CLEAR problem that ‘enforcement’ is not an investment seeking to gain more than input. Federal Bureau of Investigation: To protect and defend the U.S. against terrorism and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the U.S., and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners. • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $2,248,400,000 Retain. • Construction: For [all] necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, furniture, and in technology requirements, related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites purchase, or as otherwise authorized; conversion, modification and extension of buildings and preliminary planning and design of projects. Budget: $33,000,000 Retain. 188 Drug Enforcement Administration: Enforces the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) as they pertain to the control of illicit drugs, controlled substance pharmaceuticals, and listed chemicals. With more than 10,000 employees dedicated to this single mission, DEA is the world’s leading drug enforcement agency. • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $1,995,400,000 Retain. • Construction: To expand the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC). Budget: $2,000,000 Retain. • Diversion Control Fee Account: To enforce the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and its regulations pertaining to pharmaceutical controlled substances and listed chemicals. The DCP actively monitors [and registers and charges a fee ] more than 1.3 million individuals and companies that are registered with DEA to handle controlled substances or listed chemicals through a system of scheduling, quotas, recordkeeping, reporting, and security requirements. Budget: $232,100,000 Retain. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives: For reducing violent crime, detecting and preventing terrorism, and enforcing Federal firearms arson, explosives, and contraband tobacco laws. • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $1,158,300,000 Retain. • Construction: [The current budget justification lists NO construction requests....] Budget: $0 Retain the program but delete the appropriation. Suggest that this Bureau be folded into the the FBI and redundant administrative functions be eliminated. 189 Federal Prison System: To protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. • Buildings and Facilities: Facilities are extremely overcrowded and operating at 35 percent above rated capacity system-wide; and most critically, with 41 percent overcrowding at the medium security level and 51 percent overcrowding at high security. Appropriation is comprised of two decision units: 1) the New Construction decision unit includes funding to expand existing facilities and acquire or construct new facilities; and 2) the Modernization and Repair (M&R) decision unit is intended to include funding to maintain existing facilities in an adequate state of repair to provide a safe and secure environment to continue operations. Budget: $216,000,000 Retain. • Salaries and Expenses: To increase current staffing levels at existing institutions; to begin the activation process for three institutions -Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Berlin, New Hampshire; FCI Aliceville, Alabama; and one acquired facility United States Penitentiary (USP) Thomson, Illinois; and funding for the expansion of inmate programs for additional occupational education and residential drug abuse treatment programs. Also incorporates increases in costs for food, medical, and existing contract beds. Budget: $5,783,800,000 Retain. Office of Justice Programs: Increases public safety and improves the fair administration of justice across America through innovative leadership and programs. • Salaries and Expenses: Funds overall management and administrative functions. Budget: $10,000,000 Retain at 10% of projected. • Research, Evaluation, and Statistics: To enhance the administration of justice and public safety by providing objective, independent, evidence190 based knowledge, and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the state and local levels. Budget: $125,000,000 Retain at 20% of previous level. • Public Safety Officer Benefits: Provides benefits to public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty and to the families and survivors of public safety officers killed in the line of duty. Budget: $87,000,000 Retain. 191 Department of State Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Diplomatic and Consular Programs 11,480,000 6,664,900 Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs 774,000 50,300 Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials 29,000 28,600 Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service 24,000 9,900 Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan 21,000 21,000 Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance 1,192,000 1,263,900 Payment to Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund 286,000 256,520 Representation Allowances 6,000 8,480 Repatriation Loans Program Account 1,000 1,000 Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund 865,000 865,700 Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund 28,000 23,100 Salaries and Expenses, IBWC 51,000 30,800 Construction, IBWC 89,000 9,900 American Sections, International Commissions 10,000 10,000 International Fisheries Commissions 36,000 28,600 United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund 15,000 15,000 East-West Center 20,000 20,000 Global Health Programs 7,714,000 1,073,600 Migration and Refugee Assistance 2,072,000 1,164,900 1,000 1,000 30,613,000 11,533,200 Account Name Administration of Foreign Affairs International Commissions Other International Center, Washington, D.C. Total Department of State The Department of State presents the face of the United States and the interests 192 of the American People around the globe. It provides conduits for discussion and dialogue between the United States and others. Departmental Summary Administration of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic and Consular Programs: Provides resources to support diplomatic relations; continuation of the Diplomacy 3.0 staffing initiative; domestic and overseas inflation; and other mandatory and high priority initiatives; Including positions to support ongoing operations. Provides resources to promote diplomatic solutions, including positions for language and critical skills development and public diplomacy programs, and to provide for the domestic and overseas inflation, and other mandatory and high priority increases. Funding supports security staffing of more than 1,707 personnel and a worldwide guard force protecting overseas diplomatic missions, residences, and domestic facilities. Budget: $6,664,900,000 Retain. Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs: A range of programs based on the benefits of mutual understanding, international educational and cultural exchange, and leadership development. We engage youth, students, educators, artists, athletes, and rising leaders in many fields in the United States and more than 160 countries through academic, cultural, sports, and professional exchanges. Budget: $50,300,000 Retain at 10% of previous level and review with the intent to terminate the program. Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials: Administers the Department's two programs for the extraordinary protection of international organizations, foreign missions and officials, and foreign dignitaries (under certain circumstances) throughout the United States. These programs are the Extraordinary Protection of International Organizations, Foreign Missions and Officials in New York, and the Extraordinary Protection of International Organizations, Foreign Missions and Officials Elsewhere in the United States. 193 Budget: $28,600,000 Retain. Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: To meet unforeseen emergency requirements in the conduct of foreign affairs, including evacuations of personnel and their families overseas, and, in certain circumstances, private U.S. citizens and third country nationals, as well as other authorized activities that further the realization of U.S. foreign policy objectives. The EDCS appropriation is also used for the payment of rewards for information related to international terrorism, narcotics related activities, and war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Croatia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. Budget: $9,900,000 Retain. Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan: Charged it with the task of fostering strong but unofficial ties between the people of the United States and Taiwan. This responsibility is more important than ever. AIT serves as the advocate to Taiwan authorities for U.S. political, economic and security interests and analyzes and reports on political and economic events critical to the United States. Budget: $21,000,000 Retain and review for termination – need? Why don't we have American Institute of Germany, Japan, Congo, Peru, etc? Or this only to thumb our noses at China? Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance: Preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned or directly leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S. Truman Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized. Budget: $1,263,900,000 Retain. 194 Payment to Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund: Budget: $256,520,000 Retain. Representation Allowances: Enable the Dept to provide for appropriate representation of the US by employees whose official positions entail responsibility for establishing and maintaining vital relationships in foreign countries. Functions include protocol events such as national holidays, installation or inauguration of national leaders or visits of noted personages. Budget: $8,480,000 Retain. Repatriation Loans Program Account: Provides emergency loans to assist destitute Americans abroad who have no other source of funds to return to the United States. They include Americans temporarily abroad who are without funds because of unforeseen events such as theft, illness, or accident; individuals suffering from serious physical or mental illness who need to return to the United States for medical care; Americans residing abroad with an alien spouse needing assistance to escape an abusive situation; and individuals caught in a disaster or emergency abroad who need to be removed from harm’s way. Budget: $1,000,000 Retain. Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund: Budget: $865,700,000 Retain. Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund: To provide separation 195 pay for Foreign National employees of agencies of the U.S. Government, other than the Department of Defense. The FSNSLTF funds the accrued separation pay of Locally Employed Staff (LES) who voluntarily resign, retire, die in service, or lose their jobs due to a reduction-in-force; it applies only in those countries that, due to local labor law or practice, require a lump-sum payment for voluntary separation based on years of service. Moreover, for those posts whose separation pay plans permit, eligible employees can periodically obtain advances on accrued separation balances prior to separation. Budget: $23,100,000 Retain. International Commissions: IBWC: The IBWC is made up of the United States Section (USIBWC), headquartered in El Paso, Texas, and the Mexican Section (CILA), headquartered in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. To exercise U.S. rights and obligations assumed under U.S.-Mexico boundary and water treaties and related agreements in an economically and sound manner and to develop bi-national solutions to water and boundary problems arising along the 1,952 miles of border between the United States and Mexico . • Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $30,800,000 Retain. • Construction: Projects undertaken independent of, or with, Mexico to rehabilitate or improve water deliveries, flood control, boundary preservation, and sanitation. Budget: $9,900,000 Retain. American Sections, International Commissions: • International Joint Commission (IJC) as a cornerstone of United States – Canada relations in the boundary region. The IJC has fine-tuned a successful model for preventing and resolving disputes that is unbiased, scientifically based, inclusive, and open to public input. Under the BWT, the IJC licenses and regulates uses, obstructions or, diversions of boundary waters in one country that affect water levels and flows on the other side of the boundary. 196 • The primary mission of the International Boundary Commission (IBC) is to maintain an “effective” (cleared and well-marked) boundary between the United States and Canada as prescribed by the 1925 Treaty of Washington. • The Border Environment Cooperative Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADB) are international organizations created by the Governments of the United States and Mexico under a side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement, in order to help address the environmental infrastructure needs in the border region between both countries. Budget: $10,000,000 Retain and review for consolidation. International Fisheries Commissions: U.S. shares of operating expenses for ten international fisheries commissions and organizations, the International Whaling Commission, two international marine science organizations, the Arctic Council, the Antarctic Treaty, and international sea turtle and shark conservation initiatives. Budget: $28,600,000 Retain. East-West Center: Works in partnership each year with more than 700 organizations throughout the United States and in the region, stretching and leveraging the value of the Federal contribution. Budget: $20,000,000 Retain Global Health Programs: To coordinate agency programs to meet the goals of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) and to support the objectives for global health. Budget: $1,073,600,000 197 Retain. Migration and Refugee Assistance: Responsible for helping refugees around the world either through assistance to international and non-governmental organizations or by admitting them to the United States. Budget: $1,164,900,000 Retain. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund: Budget: $15,000,000 Retain. International Center, Washington, D.C.: Sponsors fellowships, initiatives, projects, and programs to commemorate the ideals Woodrow Wilson championed. The Center provides a forum for linking the worlds of policies and ideas, through research, study, and discussions among an eclectic mix of esteemed individuals, from wide-ranging fields, whom the Wilson Center brings to Washington to foster dialogues on public policy issues, most of which are free, and open to the public. Budget: $1,000,000 Retain. I would prefer this to be a private endeavor and should review with that in mind. 198 Legislative Branch Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan Senate 1,232,000 862,400 House of Representatives 1,511,000 1,057,700 23,000 4,400 4,000 3,300 376,000 289,518 44,000 40,700 498,000 348,600 17,000 8,800 640,000 448,000 232,000 36,300 566,000 539,000 55,000 14,000 5,198,000 3,652,718 Account Name Joint Items Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office Office of Compliance Salaries and Expenses Capitol Police Salaries and expenses Congressional Budget Office Salaries and Expenses Architect of the Capitol Architect of the Capitol Botanic Garden Botanic Garden Library of Congress Library of Congress Government Printing Office Office of Superintendent of Documents: Salaries and Expenses Government Accountability Office Salaries and Expenses Legislative Branch Boards and Commissions See Legislative committees Total Legislative Branch Senate: [I'd like to have a little description similar to the one for the House, but since the Senate has not produced a budget, or even something remotely like one in three years, you will just have to watch the Senate to know what they are spending our money doing] Budget: $862,400,000 199 This is a reduction. And given the lack of a budget, the reduction is warranted in my opinion. House of Representatives: The account includes the following House activities: House leadership offices; Members’ representational allowances; committee salaries and expenses; salaries, officers and employees; allowances and expenses; and the day care center. Budget: $1,057,700,000 Joint Items: Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office: Shall be subject to the direction, supervision, and control of a Capitol Guide Board consisting of the Architect of the Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. The Capitol Guide Service is authorized and directed to provide guided tours of the interior of the United States Capitol Building for the education and enlightenment of the general public, without charge for such tours. Budget: $4,400,000 Maintained. Office of Compliance, Salaries and Expenses: An independent, non-partisan agency established to administer and enforce the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA). The OOC administers and ensures the integrity of the dispute resolution system established to resolve disputes that arise under the CAA; carries out an education and training program for Congressional Members, employing offices, and Congressional employees to assist them in understanding their rights and responsibilities under the CAA; and advises Congress on needed changes and amendments to the CAA. Budget: $3,300,000 Maintained. Capitol Police, Salaries and expenses: Our main focus still lies in protecting life and property; preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal acts; and 200 enforcing traffic regulations throughout a large complex of congressional buildings, parks, and thoroughfares. Additionally, we are responsible for protecting Members of Congress, Officers of the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and their families. We serve these individuals throughout the entire United States, its territories and possessions, and throughout the District of Columbia. [Really? I thought the Secret Service did that? Throughout the ENTIRE US?] Budget: $289,518,000 Maintained. Congressional Budget Office, Salaries and Expenses: Produces independent, nonpartisan, timely analysis of economic and budgetary issues to support the Congressional budget process. [If a law says that Congress is appropriating the value of an asteroid to fund an agency, the CBO has to USE THAT in it's calculations because it has a zero tolerance policy for independent THINKING.] Budget: $40,700,000 Maintained. Architect of the Capitol: Support the needs of nearly 30,000 occupants and millions of tourists who visit the campus annually; ensure the buildings and grounds meet modern standards for sustainability and accessibility; and preserve the historical legacy of the landmarks entrusted to the AOC’s care. These include the U.S. Capitol, Capitol Visitor Center, Senate Office Buildings, House Office Buildings, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, U.S. Botanic Garden and Capitol Grounds. Budget: $348,600,000 Maintained. Botanic Garden: The U.S. Botanic Garden is one of the oldest botanic gardens in North America. Since 1934, it has been administered through the AOC. The Garden has been recognized as a museum and is accredited by the American Association of Museums. This accreditation is a widely recognized seal of approval that recognizes a museum's commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards and continued institutional improvement. 201 Budget: $8,800,000 Maintained. Library of Congress: The Library of Congress occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill. The Thomas Jefferson Building (1897) is the original separate Library of Congress building. (The Library began in 1800 inside the U.S. Capitol.) The John Adams Building was built in 1938 and the James Madison Memorial Building was completed in 1981. An agency of the legislative branch of the U.S. government, the Library includes several internal divisions (or service units), including the Office of the Librarian, Congressional Research Service, U.S. Copyright Office, Law Library of Congress, Library Services, the Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Office of Support Operations. Budget: $448,000,000 Maintained. Government Printing Office: Provides publishing and dissemination services for the official and authentic government publications to Congress, Federal agencies, Federal depository libraries, and the American public. Office of Superintendent of Documents: Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $36,300,000 Maintained at reduced level due to many documents being electronically created and disseminated. Government Accountability Office, Salaries and Expenses: An independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. The head of GAO, the Comptroller General of the United States. [Not only do I think it has failed in it's mission, I think it actively works to prevent exactly what it was created to do.] Budget: $539,000,000 Maintained. 202 Legislative Branch - Boards and Commissions Summary Bureau Name Obama 2012 Budget Account Name Apocalypse Plan Other general government Capital Construction, Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission Total Legislative Committees 14,000 14,000 55,000 14,000 Capital Construction, Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Other general government: Budget: $14,000,000 This memorial has been in the planning stages since 1999 and is about to break ground. The budget proposal just tees me off, but given the WWII and Korean War focus, I am loath to terminate. Appropriations make this a $113 million dollar memorial. Further, the design approved may have met with the approval of some, but not everyone! 203 Judicial Branch Bureau Name Account Name Obama 2012 Budget FY 2014 Plan 186,000 71,500 Judicial Retirement Funds Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds Federal Payment to Judicial Survivors Annuities Fund Federal Payment to Judicial Officers Retirement Fund (See Note Below) Federal Payment to Claims Court Judges Retirement Fund Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial Services Salaries and Expenses Judiciary Information Technology Fund 7,085,000 5,207,400 141,000 141,000 80,000 69,300 37,000 26,400 22,000 16,500 87,000 82,500 30,000 26,400 17,000 15,400 7,685,000 5,656,400 55,000 50,600 7,740,000 5,707,000 Supreme Court of the United States Salaries and Expenses United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Salaries and Expenses United States Court of International Trade Salaries and Expenses Administrative Office of the United States Courts Salaries and Expenses Federal Judicial Center Salaries and Expenses United States Sentencing Commission Salaries and Expenses Total Current Judiciary Branch United States Tax Court Salaries and Expenses Total combined Judicial Branch Judicial Retirement Funds, Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds: Provide funds necessary to pay the retirement annuities of bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges, the retirement annuities of the United States Court of Federal Claims judges, and annuities to participants' surviving widows and dependent children. 204 The following have all been negative amounts for the last five years and are expected to remain that way going forward. • • • Federal Payment to Judicial Survivors Annuities Fund Federal Payment to Judicial Officers Retirement Fund Federal Payment to Claims Court Judges' Retirement Fund Maintain. Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial Services: For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), justices and judges retired from office or from regular active service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts. Salaries and Expenses: Budget: $5,207,400,000 Maintain. Judiciary Information Technology Fund: Provides the judiciary with a funds management tool which allows more effective and efficient planning, budgeting, and use of funds for information technology activities. Budget: $141,000,000 Maintain. Supreme Court of the United States, Salaries and Expenses: The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court of our country and stands at the apex of the judicial branch of our constitutional form of government. The U.S. Supreme Court is the only constitutionally indispensable court in the Federal court system of the United States. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is spelled out in the Constitution and allotted by Congress. Budget: $69,300,000 205 Maintain. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Salaries and Expenses: For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court. Budget: $26,400,000 Maintain. United States Court of International Trade, Salaries and Expenses: The court has original and exclusive jurisdiction of civil actions against the United States, its agencies and officers, and certain civil actions brought by the United States, arising out of import transactions and Federal statutes affecting customs and international trade. Budget: $16,500,000 Maintain. Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Salaries and Expenses: Under the supervision and direction of the Judicial Conference of the United States, is responsible for the administration of the U.S. courts, including the probation and bankruptcy systems. The principal functions consist of providing staff and services for the courts; conducting a continuous study of the rules of practice and procedure in the Federal courts; examining the state of dockets of the various courts; compiling and publishing statistical data concerning the business transacted by the courts; and administering the judicial retirement and survivors annuities system. Budget: $82,500,000 Maintain. Federal Judicial Center, Salaries and Expenses: The Center is charged with the responsibility for furthering the development and adoption of improved judicial administration in the courts of the United States. 206 Budget: $26,400,000 Maintain. United States Sentencing Commission, Salaries and Expenses: Principal purposes are to: (1) collect, analyze, and distribute a broad array of information on Federal crime and sentencing issues, serving as an information resource for Congress, the executive branch, the courts, criminal justice practitioners, the academic community, and the public; (2) establish sentencing policies and practices for the Federal courts, including guidelines prescribing the appropriate form and severity of punishment for offenders convicted of Federal crimes; (3) advise and assist Congress and the executive branch in the development of effective and efficient crime policy; and (4) provide training to judges, prosecutors, probation officers, the defense bar, and other members of the criminal justice community on the application of the guidelines. Budget: $15,400,000 Maintain. United States Tax Court, Salaries and Expenses: When the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has determined a tax deficiency, the taxpayer may dispute the deficiency in the Tax Court before paying any disputed amount. The Tax Court’s jurisdiction also includes the authority to redetermine transferee liability, make certain types of declaratory judgments, adjust partnership items, order abatement of interest, award administrative and litigation costs, redetermine worker classification, determine relief from joint and several liability on a joint return, review certain collection actions, and review awards to whistle-blowers who provide information to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on or after December 20, 2006. The Tax Court is composed of 19 Presidential-appointed members. Trial sessions are conducted and other work of the Court is performed by those judges, by senior judges serving on recall, and by special trial judges. Budget: $50,600,000 Maintain. 207 Appendix A : Departmental Re-Organization Executive Branch - Discretionary Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Departmental Management National Agricultural Statistics Service Agricultural Research Service National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Activities Research and Education Activities Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Pesticide Registration Fund Food Safety and Inspection Service Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Nutrition Programs Administration Child Nutrition Programs Department of Health [and Human Services] Food and Drug Administration Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund Indian Health Service Indian Health Services Indian Health Facilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support Toxic Substances and Environmental Public Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry World Trade Center Health Program Fund National Institutes of Health Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Management Grants to States for Medicaid Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund General Departmental Management Program Support Center Miscellaneous Trust Funds 208 Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration Bureau of Labor Statistics Office of Labor Management Standards Departmental Management Information Technology Modernization Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Indian Student Education Education Improvement Programs Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Special Education Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research American Printing House for the Blind National Technical Institute for the Deaf Gallaudet University Office of Post-secondary Education Howard University Institute of Education Sciences Departmental Management Department of Energy Energy Programs Energy Information Administration Strategic Petroleum Reserve Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves Non-defense Environmental Cleanup Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Nuclear Energy Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Nuclear Waste Disposal Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Ultra-deep water and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund 209 Department of Energy Departmental Administration Environmental Protection Agency Responsibilities Transferred - Discontinued General Services Administration Real Property Activities Federal Buildings Fund Disposal of Surplus Real and Related Personal Property Supply and Technology Activities Expenses of Transportation Audit Contracts and Contract Administration General Activities Operating Expenses Government-wide Policy Smithsonian Institution Facilities Capital Legacy Fund Salaries and Expenses, National Gallery of Art Repair, Restoration, and Renovation of Buildings, National Gallery of Art Operations and Maintenance, JFK Center for the Performing Arts Capital Repair and Restoration, JFK Center for the Performing Arts Salaries and Expenses, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Institute of Museum and Library Services Office of Museum and Library Services: Grants and Administration National Archives and Records Administration National Historical Publications and Records Commission Repairs and Restoration Electronic Record Archives National Capital Planning Commission 210 Social Security Administration Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans Federal Old-age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund Department of Housing and Urban Development Responsibilities Transferred - Discontinued Small Business Administration Discontinued – Terminated Independent Boards, Programs and Committees District of Columbia District of Columbia Courts Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts District of Columbia General and Special Payments Federal Support for Economic Development and Management Reforms in the District Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Cost in the District of Columbia Federal Payment for School Improvement District of Columbia Federal Pension Fund Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia Executive Branch - Authorities Executive Office of the President The White House Executive Residence at the White House White House Repair and Restoration Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents Electronic Government (E-GOV) Fund Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the Vice 211 President Council of Economic Advisers National Security Council and Homeland Security Council Office of Administration Office of Management and Budget Office of Science and Technology Policy Office of the United States Trade Representative Department of Commerce Departmental Management Bureau of the Census Periodic Censuses and Programs Postal Service Postal Regulatory Commission Postal Service Fund Federal Trade Commission Securities and Exchange Commission Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund Investor Protection Fund Economic and Statistical Analysis International Trade Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Patent and Trademark Office National Institute of Standards and Technology Scientific and Technical Research and Services Construction of Research Facilities Industrial Technology Services Federal Communications Commission Spectrum Auction Program Account Universal Service Fund Broadcasting Board of Governors Broadcasting Capital Improvements International Broadcasting Operations National Telecommunications and Information Administration Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer Product Safety Commission Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Management of Lands and Resources 212 Department of the Interior Construction Range Improvements Natural Resources Conservation Service Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Regulation and Technology Bureau of Reclamation Water and Related Resources Taos Settlement Fund Policy and Administration Reclamation Water Settlements Fund Colorado River Dam Fund, Boulder Canyon Project United States Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations, and Research United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management Construction Sport Fish Restoration Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Oil Spill Research Science and Technology Environmental Programs and Management Buildings and Facilities Hazardous Substance Superfund Inland Oil Spill Programs Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission National Park Service Construction (and Major Maintenance) National Recreation and Preservation Park Partnership Project Grants Historic Preservation Fund Other Permanent Appropriations Recreation Fee Permanent Appropriations Miscellaneous Trust Funds Forest Service National Forest System Forest Service Permanent Appropriations Forest Service Trust Funds Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education Operation of Indian Programs Construction Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians 213 Department of the Interior Operation and Maintenance of Quarters Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations Public and Indian Housing Programs Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account Native American Housing Block Grant Community Planning and Development Brownfields Redevelopment Permanent Supportive Housing Departmental Offices National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Insular Affairs Assistance to Territories Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Compact of Free Association Payments to the United States Territories, Fiscal Assistance Office of the Solicitor Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians Federal Trust Programs Tribal Special Fund Tribal Trust Fund Indian Law and Order Commission Department-Wide Programs Wildland Fire Management Interior Franchise Fund Forest and Wildlife Conservation, Military Reservations Sales of Hunting and Fishing Permits, Military Reservations Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development National Indian Gaming Commission Corps of Engineers--Civil Works Mississippi River and Tributaries Investigations Construction Operation and Maintenance Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Regulatory Program Washington Aqueduct Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Inland Waterways Trust Fund Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Other Defense Civil Programs American Battle Monuments Commission Federal Maritime Commission 214 Department of the Interior Allowances Future Disaster Costs Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary Transportation Planning, Research, and Development Cyber Security Initiatives Research and Development Federal Aviation Administration Administrative Services Franchise Fund Trust Fund Share of FAA Activities (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) Facilities and Equipment (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) Research, Engineering and Development (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) Federal Highway Administration Miscellaneous Appropriations Miscellaneous Trust Funds National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Operations and Research Federal Railroad Administration Safety and Operations Railroad Research and Development Federal Transit Administration Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Research and University Research Centers Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Operations and Maintenance Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Hazardous Materials Safety Pipeline Safety Emergency Preparedness Grants Trust Fund Share of Pipeline Safety Surface Transportation Board National Transportation Safety Board Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Force Maritime Security Program Operations and Training Ship Disposal Vessel Operations Revolving Fund Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Fund 215 Department of Transportation Miscellaneous Trust Funds, Maritime Administration Access Board Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science, Aeronautics and Technology Human Space Flight Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration Space Operations Science Cross Agency Support Exploration Aeronautics Education Construction, Environmental Compliance, and Remediation Space Technology Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund National Science Foundation Research and Related Activities Education and Human Resources Agency Operations and Award Management Office of the National Science Board Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Departmental Offices Fiscal Service Reimbursements to Federal Reserve Banks Payment of Government Losses in Shipment Financial Agent Services Payment to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund Interest Paid to Credit Financing Accounts Federal Reserve Bank Reimbursement Fund Claims, Judgments, and Relief Acts Check Forgery Insurance Fund Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Deposit Insurance Fund Orderly Liquidation Fund 216 Department of the Treasury National Credit Union Administration Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Community Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund Bureau of Engraving and Printing Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund United States Mint United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund Internal Revenue Service Taxpayer Services Enforcement Operations Support Business Systems Modernization Informant Payments Interest on the Public Debt Interest on Treasury Debt Securities (gross) Interest Paid to Trust Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account Interest Paid to Expenditure Accounts - Shadow Account Interest Paid to Federal Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account Department of Homeland Security Departmental Management and Operations Office of the Chief Information Officer Analysis and Operations Citizenship and Immigration Services Selective Service System United States Secret Service Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements Contribution for Annuity Benefits, United States Secret Service Transportation Security Administration Federal Air Marshals Aviation Security Surface Transportation Security Transportation Security Support Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Acquisitions, Construction, Improvements and Related Expenses Immigration and Customs Enforcement Automation Modernization, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Construction Customs and Border Protection Automation Modernization 217 Department of Homeland Security Construction Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement Electronic System for Travel Authorization Refunds, Transfers, and Expenses of Operation, Puerto Rico US Customs Refunds, Transfers and Expenses, Unclaimed and Abandoned Goods United States Coast Guard Retired Pay Environmental Compliance and Restoration Reserve Training Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements Alteration of Bridges Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Supply Fund Yard Fund Boat Safety Trust Fund Share of Expenses Maritime Oil Spill Programs National Protection and Programs Directorate United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Federal Protective Service Infrastructure Protection and Information Security National Protection and Programs Directorate Bio-defense Countermeasures H-1 B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Intelligence Community Management Account Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program State and Local Programs United States Fire Administration and Training Disaster Relief Federal Emergency Management Agency Readiness, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery Administrative and Regional Operations Science and Technology Research, Development, Acquisitions and Operations Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Research, Development, and Operations Systems Acquisition 218 Department of Defense Military Personnel Military Personnel, Marine Corps Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps Reserve Personnel, Navy Military Personnel, Navy Military Personnel, Army National Guard Personnel, Army Reserve Personnel, Army Military Personnel, Air Force Reserve Personnel, Air Force National Guard Personnel, Air Force Operation and Maintenance Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Defense Health Program Cooperative Threat Reduction Account Military Intelligence Program Transfer Fund The Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Accounts Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve Operation and Maintenance, Navy Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve Operation and Maintenance, Army Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard Operation and Maintenance Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Miscellaneous Special Funds Procurement Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund Procurement, Defense-wide National Guard and Reserve Equipment Defense Production Act Purchases Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense Procurement, Marine Corps 219 Department of Defense Aircraft Procurement, Navy Weapons Procurement, Navy Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy Other Procurement, Navy Aircraft Procurement, Army Missile Procurement, Army Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army Procurement of Ammunition, Army Other Procurement, Army Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund Aircraft Procurement, Air Force Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force Missile Procurement, Air Force Other Procurement, Air Force Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force Military Construction Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-wide Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program Military Construction, Defense-wide Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps Military Construction, Navy Reserve Military Construction, Army Military Construction, Army National Guard Military Construction, Army Reserve Military Construction, Air Force Military Construction, Air Force Reserve Military Construction, Air National Guard Family Housing Family Housing Construction, Army Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps Family Housing Construction, Air Force 220 Department of Defense Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund Revolving and Management Funds National Defense Sea-lift Fund Working Capital Fund, Army Working Capital Fund, Navy Working Capital Fund, Air Force Working Capital Fund, Defense Commissary Agency Working Capital Fund, Defense-Wide Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund National Nuclear Security Administration Weapons Activities Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Office of the Administrator Naval Reactors Environmental and Other Defense Activities Other Defense Activities Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal Defense Environmental Cleanup Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Trust Funds Surcharge Collections, Sales of Commissary Stores, Defense Foreign National Employees Separation Pay Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund Host Nation Support Fund for Relocation Other DOD Trust Funds Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Medical Support and Compliance Medical Services Medical and Prosthetic Research Medical Facilities DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund Canteen Service Revolving Fund General Post Fund, National Homes Benefits Programs Compensation and Pensions Veterans Insurance and Indemnities 221 Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment Benefits Compensation Pensions benefits Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account Veterans Reopened Insurance Fund Service-disabled Veterans Insurance Fund National Service Life Insurance Fund Veterans Special Life Insurance Fund Departmental Administration Construction, Major Projects Construction, Minor Projects National Cemetery Administration General Administration Information Technology Systems Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries Supply Fund Other Defense Civil Programs Armed Forces Retirement Home Cemeterial Expenses United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Office of Personnel Management Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund Employees Life Insurance Fund Employment and Training Administration Workers Compensation Programs Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners Special Benefits Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund Special Workers' Compensation Expenses Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund Railroad Retirement Board Dual Benefits Payments Account Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account Rail Industry Pension Fund Railroad Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund 222 Office of Personnel Management National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust Administration United Mine Workers of America Benefit Funds United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund Transfers from Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund United Mine Workers of America 1993 Benefit Plan Department of Justice General Administration Tactical Law Enforcement Wireless Communications Justice Information Sharing Technology Detention Trustee Administrative Review and Appeals National Drug Intelligence Center United States Parole Commission Legal Activities and U.S. Marshals Foreign Claims Settlement Commission General Legal Activities Construction Fees and Expenses of Witnesses Antitrust Division United States Attorneys United States Marshals Service September 11th Victim Compensation (general Fund) Federal Prisoner Detention Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System Fund, U.S. Marshals United States Trustee System Fund Inter-agency Law Enforcement Inter-agency Crime and Drug Enforcement National Security Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Construction Drug Enforcement Administration Construction Diversion Control Fee Account Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Federal Prison System Buildings and Facilities Office of Justice Programs Research, Evaluation, and Statistics 223 Department of Justice Public Safety Officer Benefits State Justice Institute Office of Special Counsel Department of State Administration of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic and Consular Programs Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance Payment to Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund Representation Allowances Repatriation Loans Program Account Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund Foreign Agricultural Service Food for Peace Title II Grants McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program International Commissions Salaries and Expenses, IBWC Construction, IBWC American Sections, International Commissions International Fisheries Commissions Other United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund East-West Center Global Health Programs Migration and Refugee Assistance International Center, Washington, D.C. International Assistance Programs International Military Education and Training Multilateral Assistance International Organizations and Programs Agency for International Development International Disaster Assistance Trade and Development Agency Peace Corps Inter-American Foundation 224 Department of State United States Institute of Peace International Trade Commission Vietnam Education Foundation Vietnam Debt Repayment Fund Judicial Branch Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial Services Judiciary Information Technology Fund Supreme Court of the United States United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States Court of International Trade Administrative Office of the United States Courts Federal Judicial Center Judicial Retirement Funds United States Sentencing Commission United States Tax Court Legislative Branch Senate House of Representatives Joint Items Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office Capitol Police Congressional Budget Office Architect of the Capitol Botanic Garden Library of Congress Government Printing Office Office of Superintendent of Documents: Salaries and Expenses Government Accountability Office 225 Appendix B : Hospitalization Plan State Premiums State Hospitalization Premium Adult Hosp Premium Child Hosp Premium Alabama 177.69 59.23 Alaska 75.41 25.14 Arizona 141.03 47.01 Arkansas 150.23 50.08 California 122.28 40.76 Colorado 103.39 34.46 Connecticut 156.69 52.23 Delaware 150.63 50.21 Florida 179.88 59.96 Georgia 140.69 46.90 Hawaii 106.61 35.54 Idaho 83.96 27.99 Illinois 151.84 50.61 Indiana 146.04 48.68 Iowa 117.54 39.18 Kansas 125.59 41.86 Kentucky 187.87 62.62 Louisiana 184.96 61.65 Maine 126.47 42.16 Maryland 166.88 55.63 Massachusetts 161.78 53.93 Michigan 157.45 52.48 Minnesota 118.10 39.37 Mississippi 180.86 60.29 Missouri 171.35 57.12 Montana 98.10 32.70 Nebraska 134.10 44.70 Nevada 139.24 46.41 New Hampshire 103.34 34.45 New Jersey 171.58 57.19 New Mexico 112.77 37.59 New York 197.81 65.94 North Carolina 150.41 50.14 North Dakota 130.28 43.43 Ohio 156.43 52.14 Oklahoma 163.98 54.66 Oregon 104.43 34.81 226 State Hospitalization Premium Adult Hosp Premium Child Hosp Premium Pennsylvania 180.67 60.22 Rhode Island 170.67 56.89 South Carolina 158.61 52.87 South Dakota 145.06 48.35 Tennessee 182.09 60.70 Texas 147.38 49.13 Utah 93.72 31.24 Vermont 81.34 27.11 Virginia 134.02 44.67 Washington 102.46 34.15 West Virginia 182.04 60.68 Wisconsin 117.85 39.28 Wyoming 75.95 25.32 Average 140.39 46.80 227 Appendix C : Federal Funds Fund Department Native Amer Institute Agriculture Defense Cooperation Account Special Issue Market Based Total 134,097,000 134,097,000 Defense 7,518,000 7,518,000 Department Air Cgf Defense 1,059,000 1,059,000 Department Navy Ggf Defense 66,000 66,000 DOD Medicare Retire Fund Defense 175,747,835,000 175,747,835,000 Education Benefit Fund Defense 1,912,853,000 1,912,853,000 Military Retirement Fund Defense 377,956,928,000 377,956,928,000 National Security Education Defense 5,187,000 5,187,000 Supp For Relocation-Guam Defense 820,916,000 820,916,000 Supp For Relocation-Korea Defense 11,493,000 11,493,000 Unit Stat Army Ggf Defense 2,869,000 2,869,000 Unit Stat Naval Academy Gift &M Defense 6,747,000 6,747,000 Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund Defense 383,259,000 383,259,000 Alleged Violators Of Doe Regulations Energy 73,920,000 73,920,000 Bonneville Power Administration Fund Energy 397,308,000 397,308,000 Nuclear Waste Fund Energy 6,443,240,000 6,443,240,000 Nuclear Waste Zero Energy 42,609,000,000 42,609,000,000 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination Energy 4,233,982,000 4,233,982,000 Child Enroll Contingency Fund HHS 2,096,410,000 2,096,410,000 National Int Hea Condition HHS 109,000 109,000 National Int Hea Patients HHS 250,000 250,000 National Int Hea Uncond HHS 23,802,000 23,802,000 Unit Stat Coast Guard Gg Homeland Sec 1,145,000 1,145,000 Federal Ha Cooperative Insurance Cap Res HUD 2,250,000 2,250,000 Federal Ha Mutual Mortgage Insurance Cap Res HUD 6,548,924,000 6,548,924,000 Government National Mortgage Association Mbs HUD 2,159,521,000 2,159,521,000 228 Fund Department Special Issue Market Based Total Abandoned Mines Reclamation Fund Interior 2,703,498,000 2,703,498,000 Custodial Tribal Fd Interior 689,257,000 689,257,000 Environment Improvement & Restoration Fund Interior 1,254,243,000 1,254,243,000 Federal Aid And Wildlife Interior 998,269,000 998,269,000 Indian Irrigation Sy Interior 30,766,000 30,785,000 Indiv Indian Money Interior 29,914,000 29,914,000 Kuukpik Alaska Escrow Interior 4,315,000 4,315,000 Lincoln Co Land Act Interior 40,011,000 40,011,000 Lower Colorado River Fund Interior 417,591,000 417,591,000 Natural Resource Dam Interior 498,822,000 498,822,000 Power Systems Bureau Indian Affairs Interior 24,564,000 24,564,000 Preservation Birth Place Abe Lincoln Interior 51,000 51,000 So Nev Pub Land Mgmt Interior 980,972,000 980,972,000 Tribal Special Fund Interior 37,524,000 37,524,000 Tribal Trust Fund Interior 22,372,000 22,372,000 Utah Reclamation Mitigation And Conservation Interior 182,231,000 182,231,000 White Mountain Apache Tr Interior 152,707,000 152,707,000 Asset Forfeiture Fund Justice 2,880,874,000 2,880,874,000 Federal Prison Indus Justice 246,100,000 246,100,000 Seized Assets Fund Justice 3,985,682,000 3,985,682,000 Tax Court Judges Sa Justice 10,609,000 10,609,000 Unit Stat Trustee Sy Justice 236,470,000 236,470,000 USAO / Artemis Justice 86,238,000 86,238,000 Energy Employee Occupational Illness Fund Labor 124,891,000 124,891,000 Panama Canal Commission Comp Labor 55,854,000 55,854,000 Pension Benefit Labor 12,532,413,000 12,532,413,000 Pension Benefit Tips Labor 2,388,412,000 2,388,412,000 Pension Benefit Zero Labor 600,000,000 600,000,000 Relief Rehab Dc Labor 3,453,000 3,453,000 Relief Rehab Longshore Labor 55,867,000 55,867,000 Department State Conditional Gift Fund State 7,558,000 7,558,000 Foreign Service Retirement State 16,532,568,000 229 16,532,568,000 Fund Department Special Issue Market Based Total Israeli-Arab Scholarship State 4,159,000 4,159,000 Mid East-West Dialogue State 15,441,000 15,441,000 Airport & Airways Treasury Albanian Claims Fund Treasury 931,000 931,000 Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund Treasury 152,912,000 152,912,000 Belize Escrow Account Treasury 860,000 860,000 Cheyenne River Trust Treasury 50,221,000 50,221,000 DC Federal Pension Fund Treasury 3,448,961,000 3,448,961,000 DC Judges Retirement Treasury 129,326,000 129,326,000 Esther Cattell Schmitt Gift Fund Treasury 310,000 310,000 Exchange Stabilization Treasury 22,691,197,000 22,691,197,000 Farm Credit Administrative Revolving Fund Treasury 38,301,000 38,301,000 Farm Credit Insurance Fund Treasury 3,338,079,000 3,338,079,000 Federal Disability Ins Treasury 146,672,644,000 146,672,644,000 Federal Hospital Ins Treasury 229,626,814,000 229,626,814,000 Federal Old-Age & S Ins Treasury 2,533,598,560,000 2,533,598,560,000 Federal Supp Medical Ins Treasury 73,928,298,000 73,928,298,000 FHFA Working Capital Fund Treasury 77,289,000 77,289,000 German Settlement Fund Treasury 1,503,000 1,503,000 Gift & Beq - Treasury Treasury 1,116,000 1,116,000 Harbor Maintenance Treasury 6,518,705,000 6,518,705,000 Hazardous Substance Sf Treasury 4,011,934,000 4,011,934,000 Highway Mass Transit Treasury 4,988,966,000 4,988,966,000 Highway Trust Fund Treasury 10,711,477,000 10,711,477,000 Inland Waterways Tf Treasury 81,173,000 81,173,000 Iranian Claims Treasury 162,000 162,000 John F Kennedy Sk Fd Treasury 11,781,000 11,781,000 Leaking Und Storage Treasury 3,506,320,000 3,506,320,000 Lower Brule Trust Treasury 16,559,000 16,559,000 National Archive Gif Treasury 7,629,000 7,629,000 National Archive Tr Treasury 8,176,000 8,176,000 Oil Spill Liability Treasury 2,231,808,000 2,231,808,000 OS-Denali Commission Treasury 162,579,000 162,579,000 OSRI Sub-account Treasury 22,074,000 22,074,000 Patient Center Outcome Research Trust Fund Treasury 150,695,000 150,695,000 Resolution Of Iraqi Claim Treasury 112,947,000 112,947,000 Seized Currency Us Customs Service Treasury 791,859,000 791,859,000 9,258,913,000 230 9,258,913,000 Fund Department Special Issue Market Based Total South Dakota Tr Fund Treasury 126,913,000 126,913,000 Sport Fish Restor & Boat Treasury 1,854,176,000 1,854,176,000 Unemployment Trust Treasury Vaccine Injury Treasury 3,122,934,000 3,122,934,000 Vietnam Claim Fd Treasury 46,000 46,000 Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund Dept of Transportation 1,783,176,000 1,783,176,000 Maritime Escrow Fund Ship Financing Dept of Transportation 255,599,000 255,599,000 Comptroller Of The Currency Assessment Dept of Treasury 1,317,322,000 1,317,322,000 Court Of Veteran Appeals Retirement Fund Dept of Treasury 24,233,000 24,233,000 Treasury Forfeit Fd Dept of Treasury 1,554,830,000 1,554,830,000 General Post Fund Va VA 62,670,000 62,670,000 Government Life Ins VA 14,649,000 14,649,000 National Service Lif VA 7,236,510,000 7,236,510,000 Servicemen's Group VA 598,000 598,000 Veterans' Reopened VA 268,829,000 268,829,000 Veterans' Special Lf VA 1,971,747,000 1,971,747,000 War-Risk Insurance VA Barry Goldwater Scholarship Independent Civil Service Retire Independent Deposit Insurance Fund Independent 34,177,991,000 34,177,991,000 Deposit Insurance Fund Senior Unsecured Debt Independent 4,576,257,000 4,576,257,000 Eisenhower Exchange Independent 7,621,000 7,621,000 Employees Health Ben Independent 20,230,267,000 20,230,267,000 Employees Life Insur Independent 40,583,460,000 40,583,460,000 Federal Savings & Ln Independent 3,421,813,000 3,421,813,000 Harry S Truman Schol Independent 38,186,000 38,186,000 James Madison Fellow Independent 37,339,000 37,339,000 Japan-Us Friendship Independent 38,249,000 38,249,000 John C Stennis Center Independent Morris K Udall Sch Independent 32,166,000 32,166,000 NASA ENDEAVOR Teacher Fellowship FD Independent 340,000 340,000 11,154,702,000 11,154,702,000 28,735,000 63,070,000 791,304,348,000 63,070,000 791,304,348,000 16,013,000 231 28,735,000 16,013,000 Fund Department Special Issue Market Based Total NASA Science Space T Independent 14,677,000 14,677,000 National CUA Cen Liq Independent 2,085,280,000 2,085,280,000 National CUA Commun Independent 10,000,000 10,000,000 National CUA Operate Independent 17,418,000 17,418,000 National CUA Sh Ins Independent 10,450,655,000 10,450,655,000 National CUA Stabilization Independent 605,920,000 605,920,000 National Labor Rb Independent 300,000 300,000 National Service Tf Independent 724,431,000 724,431,000 Overseas Private Investment Corp Non-Cr Independent 5,169,863,000 5,169,863,000 Pesticide Registration Independent 2,517,000 2,517,000 Postal Competitive Independent Postal Service Retiree Independent Presidio Trust Independent Railroad Retire Acct Independent 484,488,000 484,488,000 Railroad Retire Sse Independent 819,414,000 819,414,000 Retired Employee Hlt Independent 2,466,000 2,466,000 SEC Investor Protection Independent 449,376,000 449,376,000 Senate Preservation Tf Independent 468,000 468,000 Smithsonian Endownment Independent 998,000 998,000 Special Investment Independent 446,290,000 446,290,000 Tennessee Valley Auth Independent 25,000,000 25,000,000 Thrift Savings Fund Independent 146,153,154,000 146,153,154,000 Unearned Copyright F Independent 5,601,000 5,601,000 World War Vet Memor Independent 4,369,000 4,369,000 Judicial Officers Retire Judicial 458,919,000 458,919,000 Judicial Survivors Judicial 505,751,000 505,751,000 USC-Registry Liquidity Fd Judicial 2,599,988,000 2,599,988,000 Claims Court Judges Judicial 25,214,000 25,214,000 Capitol Preservation Legislative 10,476,000 10,476,000 Capitol Visitor Center Legislative 6,163,000 6,163,000 Copyright Owner Royalty Fee Legislative 695,284,000 695,284,000 Lib Of Congress Gift Legislative 14,988,000 14,988,000 Lib Of Congress Tr F Legislative 25,504,000 25,504,000 Oliver W Holmes Legislative 36,000 36,000 Open World Leadership Tf Legislative Alaska Native Escrow unk 1,056,677,000 44,528,312,000 87,569,000 11,600,000 87,569,000 11,600,000 1,077,000 232 1,056,677,000 44,528,312,000 1,077,000 Department Fund Special Issue Market Based Total Bequest & Gift: Fem unk 2,195,000 2,195,000 Federal Ha Reserved unk 7,113,000 7,113,000 Public Hlth Ser Con unk 2,864,000 2,864,000 USEC Revolving Fund unk 1,587,270,000 1,587,270,000 3,867,429,007,000 1,002,740,930,000 4,870,169,956,000 Totals 233 Appendix D : Boards and Commissions of the Federal Government • • • • • • Administrative Committee of the Federal Register American Battle Monuments Commission Appalachian Regional Commission Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) Arctic Research Commission Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Inter-agency Coordinating Committee • • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Broadcasting Board of Governors (Voice of America, Radio|TV Marti and more) • • • • • • • • • Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chief Acquisition Officers Council Chief Financial Officers Council Chief Human Capital Officers Council Chief Information Officers Council Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee Commission of Fine Arts Commission on International Religious Freedom Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention • • • • • Delaware River Basin Commission • Denali Commission • Endangered Species Committee • • • • • • Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board Federal Advisory Committees Federal Executive Boards Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Federal Financing Bank Federal Geographic Data Committee 234 • Federal Inter-agency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds • Federal Inter-agency Committee on Education • Federal Inter-agency Council on Statistical Policy • Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer • Federal Library and Information Center Committee • Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission • Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation • • • • • Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission Indian Arts and Crafts Board Inter-agency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group Inter-agency Council on Homelessness Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin • • • • • J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation Japan-United States Friendship Commission Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries Joint Fire Science Program • • • • • Marine Mammal Commission Migratory Bird Conservation Commission Millennium Challenge Corporation Mississippi River Commission Morris K. Udall Foundation: Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy • • • • • • National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform National Indian Gaming Commission National Park Foundation Northwest Power Planning Council Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board • Presidio Trust • Regulatory Information Service Center • Social Security Advisory Board • Susquehanna River Basin Commission • Taxpayer Advocacy Panel • United States Election Assistance Commission • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 235 • Veterans Day National Committee • Vietnam Educational Foundation • White House Commission on Presidential Scholars – "Presidential Scholars Program" 236