Public investment and job creation measures in CPC FY2016 budget alternative, relative to CBO current law baseline (billions of dollars)

Total
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016–2020 2016–2025 2015–2025
Job creation measures
Sustained infrastructure program 75 115 85 85 75 70 60 61 63 64 66 430 745 820
Restore EUC to 99 weeks (CY2014–2016) 19 26 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 59 78
Hard Work Tax Credit (CY2013–2015) 113 102 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 128 241
Public works jobs program and aid to distressed communities 65 42 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 51 116
Invest in teachers and K–12 schools 52 31 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 47 99
Block grants to states (first responders, Medicaid, safety net, etc.) 42 42 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 53 95
Job creation credits (R&E, green manufacturing) 0 7 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 52 126 126
Expand EITC for childless workers 0 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 26 61 61
Subtotal, job creation measures 366 365 186 113 93 89 80 82 85 87 90 845 1,269 1,635
Additional non-defense discretionary (NDD) public investments
Repeal BCA NDD cuts, both phases 0 15 23 27 29 33 37 41 44 46 48 126 342 342
Investments (NDD increases over removing BCA) 41 103 160 171 159 153 151 149 152 158 165 746 1,521 1,562
Subtotal, additional NDD increases relative to current law 41 118 183 197 188 186 188 190 196 204 213 873 1,864 1,905
Total, job creation measures and public investments 407 483 368 310 281 275 267 272 281 292 303 1,718 3,132 3,539

Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

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