Social Security Budget

According to a Senate Appropriations Committee summary Social Security's budget for fiscal year (FY) 2007, which begins on October 1, 2006, has already been reported out of committee in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Social Security's budget is part of the Labor/HHS/Education Appropriation bill It has not yet come up on the floor in either house of Congress.

Here is the portion of the Senate Appropriations Committee Report dealing with Social Security.

Appropriations, 2006 1	$9,108,606,000
Budget estimate, 2007	9,494,000,000
House allowance	9,293,000,000
Committee recommendation	9,093,000,000
1 Excludes $38,000,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations enacted pursuant to Public Law 109-234.

The 2007 budget estimate is the amount recommended by the President. The House of Representatives cut that dramatically and the Senate is threatening to cut it even further.

The Senate Report includes the following language:

The Committee encourages SSA officials to educate adjudicators at all levels about the functional impact of CFS and the application of the April 1999 CFS ruling (99-2p) to ensure that adjudicators remain up to date on the evaluation of disability that results from this condition. The Committee encourages SSA to examine obstacles to benefits for persons with CFS and to keep medical information updated throughout all levels of the application and review process.