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**Table S–1. Budget Totals**
(Dollar amounts in billions)
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

In billions of dollars:
Receipts	1,853	1,836	1,922	2,135	2,263	2,398	2,521
Outlays	2,011	2,140	2,229	2,343	2,464	2,576	2,711
Deficit	-158	-304	-307	-208	-201	-178	-190

Debt held by the public	3,540	3,878	4,166	4,387	4,603	4,797	5,003

As a percent of GDP:
Receipts	17.9	17.1	17.0	18.0	18.1	18.3	18.3
Outlays	19.5	19.9	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.7
Deficit	-1.5	-2.8	-2.7	-1.8	-1.6	-1.4	-1.4

Debt held by the public	34.3	36.1	36.9	36.9	36.9	36.6	36.4

**Table S–2. Budget Summary by Category**
(In billions of dollars)
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total 2004–2008

Outlays:
Discretionary:
Defense (050)	349	376	390	410	423	436	460	2,119
Nondefense	385	416	429	440	447	455	466	2,237
Total, Discretionary	734	791	819	850	870	891	926	4,356
Mandatory:
Social Security	452	474	493	512	533	559	587	2,684
Medicare	228	241	255	272	301	323	345	1,497
Medicaid and SCHIP	151	167	185	199	217	234	254	1,089
Other	274	305	301	307	319	329	344	1,599
Total, Mandatory	1,106	1,188	1,234	1,289	1,369	1,445	1,531	6,868
Net interest	171	161	176	204	225	240	254	1,099
Total Outlays	2,011	2,140	2,229	2,343	2,464	2,576	2,711	12,323
Receipts	1,853	1,836	1,922	2,135	2,263	2,398	2,521	11,239
Deficit	-158	-304	-307	-208	-201	-178	-190	-1,084

On-budget deficit	-317	-468	-482	-407	-412	-406	-433	-2,140
Off-budget surplus	160	163	175	199	211	228	243	1,056

**Table S–3. Impact of Budget Policy**
(In billions of dollars)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total 2004-2008

Current baseline surplus/deficit	-264	-158	-40	5	29	51	-114

Budget proposals:
Economic growth package	-33	-114	-88	-69	-56	-54	-380
Defense and homeland security	-3	-12	-22	-28	-31	-45	-138
Strengthening Medicare	—	-6	-10	-33	-38	-43	-130
Aid to education	-*	-1	-6	-10	-11	-11	-39
Incentives for charitable giving	-*	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-9
Health tax credits	—	-1	-7	-12	-13	-15	-48
Extension of expiring tax provisions	-1	-5	-14	-18	-7	-8	-53
Other proposals	-3	-5	-8	-14	-20	-22	-68
Related debt service	-*	-4	-11	-20	-30	-40	-105

Subtotal, budget proposals	-40	-149	-168	-205	-207	-241	-970

Budget deficit	-304	-307	-208	-201	-178	-190	-1,084

* $500 million or less.

**Table S–4. Discretionary Totals**
(Budget authority; dollar amounts in billions)
	2002 Enacted	Estimate		2003-2004 Change
	2002 Enacted	2003	2004	Dollar	Percent

Discretionary budget authority:
Homeland security (non-Defense)	13	27	28	1	¹ 5.5%
Department of Defense	328	365	380	15	4.2%
Other operations of government	350	360	374	14	3.8%
Total, Discretionary budget authority	691	752	782	30	4.0%

	Estimate		2004-2005 Change
	2004	2005	Dollar	Percent

Total, Discretionary budget authority	782	813	31	4.0%

Assumptions:
— All totals include mass transit budget authority.
— 2002: $686 billion enacted discretionary funding adjusted for technical re-estimates. In addition, $44 billion was provided in supplemental acts, $29 billion for recurring purposes.
— 2003: Presidentially approved spending level: House passed budget resolution, adjusted for mass transit.

¹ Discretionary homeland security only. Including mandatory and fee funded costs, homeland security grows 7.6 percent.

**Table S–5. Homeland Security Funding by Agency**
(Budget authority in millions of dollars)
	2002		Estimate
	Enacted	Supplemental	2003	2004

Non-Defense Homeland Security Funding:
Department of Agriculture	230	322	396	390
Department of Commerce	99	19	133	153
Department of Energy	1,067	153	1,164	1,361
Department of Health and Human Services	433	1,480	3,987	3,776
Department of Homeland Security	11,398	5,982	22,035	23,890
Department of Justice	1,019	1,125	1,947	2,290
Department of State	438	39	658	811
Department of the Treasury	84	32	80	91
Department of Transportation	635	785	258	284
Department of Veterans Affairs	47	2	132	145
Corps of Engineers	—	139	65	104
Environmental Protection Agency	13	174	134	124
Social Security Administration	113	8	132	147
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	114	109	164	170
National Science Foundation	240	19	264	307
Postal Service	—	587	—	—
Other Agencies	267	556	623	590
Total, Non-Defense Homeland Security Funding	16,197	11,531	32,172	34,633

Department of Defense—Military	4,423	733	8,863	¹ 6,714

Total, Homeland Security Funding, including Defense	20,620	12,264	41,035	41,347

Total, Homeland Security Funding, including Defense	20,620	12,264	41,035	41,347
Less Mandatory Homeland Security Funding²	-1,656	—	-2,006	-2,897
Less Discretionary Fee-Funded Activities³	-1,828	—	-3,406	-3,497
Less Department of Defense—Military	-4,423	-733	-8,863	-6,714
Net Non-Defense Discretionary Homeland Security Budget Authority	12,713	11,531	26,760	28,239

¹ Defense homeland security funding falls in 2004 due to one-time force protection investments in 2003.
² Mandatory homeland security programs include Agricultural Quarantine and Inspections, Border Protection, and Immigration Enforcement.
³ Discretionary fee-funded homeland security programs include Visa Processing, Airport Security, and Social Security physical and computer security measures.

**Table S–6. Percentage Year-to-Year Growth in Discretionary Budget Authority**
Agency	1998 to 1999	1999 to 2000	2000 to 2001	2001 to 2002	2002 to 2003	2003 to 2004	Average Growth 1998-2004
Agriculture	4	4	13	3	-2	*	4
Commerce	29	61	-41	6	-5	5	4
Defense	6	5	5	8	11	4	7
Education	-3	2	37	21	4	6	10
Energy	7	-1	13	4	5	6	6
Health and Human Services	12	9	19	10	9	3	10
Housing and Urban Development	12	-6	34	4	5	1	8
Interior	-1	6	21	2	-2	3	5
State and International Assistance Programs	23	2	-4	6	7	12	7
Labor	3	-20	36	2	-4	-1	1
Veterans Affairs	2	9	7	6	6	11	7
Corps of Engineers	-2	1	14	-4	-10	1	*
Environmental Protection Agency Operating Program	5	1	9	1	2	7	4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	*	*	5	4	1	3	2
National Science Foundation	7	6	13	8	5	9	8
Small Business Administration	16	7	1	-15	2	2	2
Social Security Administration	*	2	8	6	5	9	5
Homeland Security Agencies (see below)	1	6	14	7	11	3	7
Other Agencies	5	-3	*	-14	14	7	1
Total (excluding emergency response funding)	6	4	10	8	9	4	7
Total (including emergency response funding)	6	4	13	11	2	4	7

Agencies principally affected by creation of the Department of Homeland Security¹ :							Average Growth 2002 to 2004
Department of Homeland Security					62	5	31
Justice²	5	2	13	-12	-1	-3	-2
Transportation²	-14	13	28	-30	*	6	3
Treasury²	12	-2	16	-27	5	4	4
Federal Emergency Management Agency²	18	37	-38	26

* 0.5 percent or less.
¹ For agencies in the box, the comparable amounts back to 1998 are not available as of the printing of this budget. These agencies are shown as transferred to the Department of Homeland Security from 2002 to 2004 for comparability.
² Growth rates shown for 1998 to 2001 reflect the old structure.

**Table S–7. Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency**
(Dollars in billions)
Agency	2002 Actual	Estimate		Change: 2003–2004
Agency	2002 Actual	2003	2004	Change: 2003–2004

Agriculture	20.0	19.5	19.5	*
Commerce	5.4	5.1	5.4	0.3
Defense	327.8	364.6	379.9	15.3
Education	48.5	50.3	53.1	2.8
Energy	20.9	22.1	23.4	1.3
Health and Human Services	59.5	64.6	66.2	1.6
Homeland Security	15.7	25.4	26.7	1.3
Housing and Urban Development	29.4	30.9	31.3	0.4
Interior	10.5	10.2	10.6	0.4
State and International Assistance Programs	23.0	24.5	27.4	2.9
Justice	18.6	18.3	17.7	-0.6
Labor	12.1	11.6	11.5	-0.1
Transportation	12.9	12.9	13.7	0.8
Treasury	10.5	11.0	11.4	0.4
Veterans Affairs	23.8	25.4	28.1	2.7
Corps of Engineers	4.5	4.0	4.0	*
Environmental Protection Agency	7.9	7.6	7.6	*
Environmental Protection Agency Operating Program	3.9	4.0	4.3	0.3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	14.8	15.0	15.5	0.5
National Science Foundation	4.8	5.0	5.5	0.5
Small Business Administration	0.8	0.8	0.8	*
Social Security Administration	6.4	6.7	7.3	0.6
Other Agencies	13.2	15.1	16.1	1.1
Allowances¹	—	1.1	-0.5	–1.7

Total, excluding emergency response funding	690.9	751.8	782.2	30.4

Emergency response funding	43.8	*	*	*

Total, including emergency response funding	734.7	751.8	782.2	30.4

* $50 million or less.
¹ Adjusted in 2003 for the Presidentially approved spending level (the House-passed budget resolution, adjusted for mass transit) and includes a $1.3 billion adjustment for the reclassification of the Crime Victims fund as mandatory.

**Table S–8. Discretionary Proposals By Appropriations Subcommittee**
(Budget authority in billions of dollars)
Appropriations Subcommittee	2002 Enacted	2003 Estimate	2004 Estimate	Change: 2003-2004

Agriculture and Rural Development	16.9	17.0	16.9	-0.1
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary	37.5	38.0	38.6	0.6
Defense	317.3	354.3	371.0	16.7
District of Columbia	0.3	0.2	0.3	*
Energy and Water Development	24.8	25.4	26.8	1.4
Foreign Operations	15.1	16.5	18.8	2.3
Interior and Related Agencies	19.5	19.1	19.7	0.5
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education	123.7	130.2	135.1	4.9
Legislative	3.0	3.4	3.8	0.3
Military Construction	10.6	10.5	9.0	-1.5
Transportation and Related Agencies	12.8	12.8	13.5	0.7
Treasury and General Government	12.1	12.8	13.5	0.7
Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development	81.6	85.1	89.1	4.0
Allowances¹	—	1.1	-0.5	-1.7
Department of Homeland Security	15.7	25.4	26.7	1.3

Total, excluding emergency response funding	690.9	751.8	782.2	30.4

Emergency response funding	43.8	—	—	—

**Table S–9. Mandatory Proposals**
(In millions of dollars)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2004–2008	2004–2013

Medicare Modernization	—	6,000	10,000	33,000	38,000	43,000	130,000	400,000

Economic Growth Plan:¹
Personal Re-employment Accounts	1,600	2,000	—	—	—	—	2,000	2,000
Refundable Child Tax Credit	300	1,074	4,783	4,272	4,195	4,142	18,466	25,239
Subtotal, Economic Growth Package	1,900	3,074	4,783	4,272	4,195	4,142	20,466	27,239

Medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP):
Medicaid/SCHIP Reform	—	3,258	1,053	1,664	1,213	1,756	8,944	-66
Disability/New Freedom Initiatives	—	180	184	197	212	221	993	1,338
Medicaid Rebate Reform	—	-384	-432	-481	-531	-581	-2,409	-6,421
Other Medicaid Proposals	225	359	579	426	437	457	2,257	2,687
Subtotal, Medicaid/SCHIP	225	3,412	1,384	1,805	1,330	1,854	9,786	-2,462

Welfare Reform:
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Reauthorization	-4	147	310	334	325	324	1,441	3,069
Child Support Enforcement: Increase Collections and Improve Program Effectiveness	—	-61	-47	10	51	48	2	221
Child Welfare Program Option	—	31	88	127	-13	-205	28	40
Extend Abstinence Education	7	37	42	47	50	36	212	218
Subtotal, Welfare Reform	3	154	393	519	413	204	1,683	3,548

Other Proposals:
Agriculture:
Limit Conservation Security Program	—	—	-215	-332	-447	-603	-1,597	-5,200
Forest Service Recreation Fee Proposal	—	—	-17	-12	-7	-2	-38	22
School Lunch: Require Third-Party Verification of Income and Reinvest Program Savings	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Subtotal, Agriculture	—	—	-232	-344	-454	-605	-1,635	-5,178
Education:
Teacher Loan Forgiveness	—	178	47	50	54	55	384	696
Energy:
Power Marketing Associations to Directly Fund Corps of Engineers' Operation and Maintenance Expenses	149	145	148	151	154	158	756	1,603
Increase BPA's Borrowing Authority	—	—	85	430	185	—	700	700
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Lease Bonuses	—	—	-1,200	—	—	—	-1,200	-1,200
Subtotal, Energy	149	145	-967	581	339	158	256	1,103
Homeland Security:
Extend Customs User Fees	—	-1,398	-1,490	-1,588	-1,692	-1,804	-7,972	-18,939
Vaccine Biodefense	—	575	840	790	635	578	3,418	5,593
Subtotal, Homeland Security	—	-823	-650	-798	-1,057	-1,226	-4,554	-13,346
Interior:
ANWR, Lease Bonuses:
State of Alaska's share:
Receipts	—	—	–1,201	-1	-101	-1	-1,304	-1,588
Expenditure	—	—	1,201	1	101	1	1,304	1,588
Federal share	—	—	-1	–1	-101	-1	-104	-388
Compacts of Free Association - financial assistance	—	19	20	21	22	23	105	235
Permanent Recreation Fee Authority	—	—	-13	12	49	88	136	587
Correct trust accounting deficiencies in individual Indian money investments	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Increase Indian Gaming Commission Fees¹	—	—	3	4	4	5	16	41
Bureau of Land Management Land Sale Authority:
Receipts	—	-10	-25	-34	-42	-50	-161	-444
Expenditure	—	—	—	10	25	34	69	337
Subtotal, Interior	7	9	-16	12	–43	99	61	368
Labor:
Reform Unemployment Insurance Administration	—	—	—	—	718	1,712	2,430	17,336
Reform Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA)	—	-10	-17	-16	-9	-8	-60	-130
Refinance Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Debt:
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund	—	1,851	-444	-433	-429	-423	122	-1,913
Interest Receipts on Repayable Advances	—	-1,851	444	433	429	423	-122	1,913
Subtotal, Labor	—	-10	-17	-16	709	1,704	2,370	17,206
Transportation:
Federal-aid Highway Program: Increase Emergency Relief	—	27	68	84	94	100	373	873
Treasury:
Pay financial institutions for their services in lieu of providing compensating balances:
Financial Agent Reimbursement Fund	—	386	396	400	408	416	2,006	4,169
Interest on Treasury Debt Securities	—	-386	-638	-540	-539	-540	-2,643	-5,321
Subtotal, compensating balances	—	—	-242	-140	-131	-124	-637	-1,152
Internal Revenue Service Collection Contractor Support	—	2	96	146	146	146	536	1,266
Move Asset Forfeiture Fund to the Department of Justice:
Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund	—	-221	-221	-221	-221	-221	-1,105	-2,210
Justice Asset Forfeiture Fund	—	221	221	221	221	221	1,105	2,210
Extend the Rum Carryover for Puerto Rico	—	57	78	19	—	—	154	154
Outlay Effects of Refundable Tax Credits:¹
Child Credit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20,781
Earned Income Tax Credit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3,744
Education Credit	—	213	543	714	796	886	3,152	3,626
Health Credit	—	—	3,546	8,166	9,251	9,827	30,790	87,608
Subtotal, refundable tax credits	—	213	4,089	8,880	10,047	10,713	33,942	115,759
Subtotal, Treasury	—	272	4,021	8,905	10,062	10,735	33,995	116,027
Veterans Affairs:
Reverse Allen Case providing compensation for drug and alcohol abuse related disabilities	—	-127	-302	-392	-460	-502	-1,783	-4,559
Payment of full compensation to New Philippine Scouts and DIC survivors of Filipino veterans if they reside in the United States	—	3	4	4	4	5	19	46
Eliminate the “45 Day Rule” for Death Pension	—	1	1	1	1	1	6	13
Revision to Montgomery G.I. Bill to Provide for On-the-Job Training in Self-Employment	—	*	*	*	*	*	2	4
Retroactivity for Second Headstone or Marker Benefit	—	5	3	3	1	1	13	13
Allow states to receive a burial plot allowance for all veterans buried at no cost in state veterans cemeteries	—	*	*	*	*	*	2	4
Alternate Beneficiary to Claim National Service Life Insurance and Veterans Special Life Insurance Policy Proceeds	—	—	—	6	5	4	15	17
Amend the law to provide the same extension of time for using education benefits for members of the National Guard	—	*	*	*	1	1	3	5
Move Transitional Housing Program from a mandatory loan to a discretionary grant program	—	-5	-10	-10	-10	-5	-40	-40
Subtotal, Veterans Affairs	—	-122	-303	-387	-457	-495	-1,764	-4,498
Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
Analog Spectrum Lease Fee	—	—	—	—	-500	-500	-1,000	-2,530
Extend Spectrum Auction Authority and Authorize Other Economic Mechanisms (Fees)	—	—	-10	-25	1,950	1,900	3,815	-4,060
Subtotal, FCC	—	—	-10	-25	1,450	1,400	2,815	-6,590
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:
Merge Bank Insurance Fund and Savings Association Insurance Fund	—	440	824	295	—	21	1,580	1,805
Office of Personnel Management (OPM):
Postal Service Pension Proposal:
On-budget	3,490	2,658	2,851	2,873	3,065	3,411	14,858	36,719
Off-budget	-3,490	-2,658	-2,851	-176	—	—	-5,685	-5,685
Simplify computation of annuities under the Civil Service Retirement Service for part-time service	—	3	8	14	20	27	72	313
Subtotal, OPM	—	3	8	2,711	3,085	3,438	9,245	31,347
Social Security Administration (SSA):
Close Loophole that Allows Some Workers to Avoid Government Pension Offset	—	—	—	-5	-5	-10	-20	-90
Reduce Improper Payments by Requiring Reporting of Non-Social Security Covered Pension Income	—	—	—	-195	-295	-260	-750	-2,180
Compensation for 2000-01 Military Wage Credits:
On-budget	—	628	—	—	—	—	628	628
Off-budget	—	-628	—	—	—	—	-628	-628
Supplemental Security Income Pre-Effectuation Reviews and Other Technical Adjustments	—	—	-16	-36	-57	-85	-194	-1,062
Subtotal, SSA	—	—	-16	-236	-357	-355	-964	-3,337
Multi-Agency:
Spectrum Relocation Fund	—	—	200	400	500	600	1,700	2,500
Indirect Impact of Other Proposals (Third Scorecard):
Medicare Program Management User Fee Effects on Supplemental Medical Insurance Premiums	—	—	35	12	—	—	47	298
Postal Service Pension Proposal Effect on Federal Financing Bank Revolving Fund	2	5	9	11	11	10	46	86
Enact FECA Surcharge	—	—	-4	-5	-5	-3	-17	-24
Total, Mandatory Proposals	2,286	12,764	19,557	50,846	57,870	64,836	205,872	567,666

Total, Excluding Medicare Modernization	2,286	6,764	9,557	17,846	19,870	21,836	75,872	167,666

* $500,000 or less.
¹ Affects both receipts and outlays. Only the outlay effect is shown here.

**Table S–10. Effect of Proposals on Receipts**
(In millions of dollars)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2004–2008	2004–2013

Economic Growth Package:
Accelerate 10-percent individual income tax rate bracket expansion	-978	-7,782	-6,112	-6,117	-6,495	-4,275	-30,781	-47,194
Accelerate reduction in individual income tax rates	-5,808	-35,693	-17,470	-4,939	—	—	-58,102	-58,102
Accelerate marriage penalty relief	-2,776	-27,134	-14,680	-7,642	-3,595	-1,735	-54,786	-55,210
Accelerate increase in child tax credit¹	-13,527	-5,060	-10,735	-8,534	-8,532	-8,502	-41,363	-53,306
Eliminate the double taxation of corporate earnings	-3,801	-24,874	-22,062	-28,218	-31,126	-33,952	-140,232	-360,324
Increase expensing for small business	-1,023	-1,652	-1,776	-1,912	-1,601	-1,431	-8,372	-14,583
Provide minimum tax relief to individuals	-3,141	-8,534	-10,353	-6,931	—	—	-25,818	-25,818
Total economic growth package	-31,054	-110,729	-83,188	-64,293	-51,349	-49,895	-359,454	-614,537

Tax Incentives:
Provide incentives for charitable giving:
Provide charitable contribution deduction for nonitemizers	-199	-1,358	-1,067	-1,128	-1,177	-1,214	-5,944	-12,571
Permit tax-free withdrawals from IRAs for charitable contributions	-66	-437	-361	-376	-382	-388	-1,944	-4,076
Expand and increase the enhanced charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory	-19	-54	-59	-66	-72	-79	-330	-872
Reform excise tax based on investment income of private foundations	-16	-264	-172	-178	-186	-198	-998	-2,192
Modify tax on unrelated business taxable income of charitable remainder trusts	-1	-3	-4	-4	-4	-4	-19	-51
Modify basis adjustment to stock of S corporations contributing appreciated property	—	-12	-11	-14	-16	-19	-72	-216
Repeal the $150 million limitation on qualified 501(c)(3) bonds	-2	-6	-9	-10	-9	-9	-43	-82
Repeal restrictions on the use of qualified 501(c)(3) bonds for residential rental property	—	-2	-6	-11	-17	-24	-60	-276
Strengthen and reform education:
Provide refundable tax credit for certain costs of attending a different school for pupils assigned to failing public schools²	—	-13	-29	-38	-42	-46	-168	-192
Extend, increase and expand the above-the-line deduction for qualified out-of-pocket classroom expenses	—	-23	-229	-240	-249	-260	-1,001	-2,352
Invest in health care: