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    COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 
  REGARDING CURRENT LEVELS OF SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEARS 
                               1994-1998

  Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Committee on the Budget and 
pursuant to sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, I am 
submitting for printing in the Congressional Record an updated report 
on the current levels of on-budget spending and revenues for fiscal 
year 1994 and for the 5-year period fiscal year 1994 through fiscal 
year 1998.
                                         House of Representatives,


                                      Committee on the Budget,

                                   Washington, DC, April 19, 1994.
     Hon. Thomas S. Foley,
     Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: To facilitate application of sections 302 
     and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, I am transmitting an 
     updated status report on the current levels of on-budget 
     spending and revenues for fiscal year 1994 and for the 5-year 
     period fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998.
       The term ``current level'' refers to the amounts of 
     spending and revenues estimated for each fiscal year based on 
     laws enacted as of March 24, 1994.
       The first table in the report compares the current levels 
     of total budget authority, outlays, and revenues with the 
     overall limits set in H. Con. Res. 64, the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994. This 
     comparison is needed to implement section 311(a) of the 
     Budget Act, which creates a point of order against measures 
     that would breach the budget resolution's overall limits. The 
     table does not show budget authority and outlays for years 
     after fiscal year 1994 because appropriations for those years 
     have not yet been considered.
       The second table compares the current levels of budget 
     authority, outlays, and new entitlement authority for each 
     direct spending committee with the ``section 602(a)'' 
     allocations made under H. Con. Res. 64 for fiscal year 1994 
     and for fiscal years 1994 through 1998. This comparison is 
     needed to implement section 302(f) of the Budget Act, which 
     creates a point of order against measures that would breach 
     the section 602(a) allocation of new discretionary budget 
     authority or new entitlement authority for the committee that 
     reported the measure. It is also needed to implement section 
     311(b), which exempts committees that comply with their 
     allocations from the point of order under section 311(a). The 
     section 602(a) allocations were printed in the Congressional 
     Record for March 31, 1993 on pages H. 1784-87.
       The third table compares the current levels of 
     discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 1994 with the 
     revised ``section 602(b)'' suballocations of discretionary 
     budget authority and outlays among Appropriations 
     subcommittees. This comparison is also needed to implement 
     section 302(f) of the Budget Act, since the point of order 
     under that section also applies to measures that would breach 
     the applicable section 602(b) suballocation. The revised 
     section 602(b) suballocations were filed by the 
     Appropriations Committee on September 30, 1993 (H. Rept. 103-
     271).
           Sincerely,


                                             Martin Olav Sabo,

                                                         Chairman.
       Enclosures.

 REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET ON THE STATUS OF
  THE FISCAL YEAR 1994 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN HOUSE CONCURRENT 
     RESOLUTION 64 REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF MARCH 24, 1994     
               [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Fiscal  
                                                Fiscal year  years 1994-
                                                    1994         1998   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriate level (as set by House Concurrent                           
 Resolution 64):                                                        
    Budget authority..........................    1,223,400    6,744,900
    Outlays...................................    1,218,300    6,629,300
    Revenues..................................      905,500    5,153,400
Current level:                                                          
    Budget authority..........................    1,218,395        (\1\)
    Outlays...................................    1,216,989        (\1\)
    Revenues..................................      905,429    5,105,866
Current level over(+)/under(-) appropriate                              
 level:                                                                 
    Budget authority..........................       -5,005        (\1\)
    Outlays...................................       -1,311        (\1\)
    Revenues..................................          -71      -45,534
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Not applicable because annual appropriations acts for fiscal years   
  1996 through 1998 will not be considered until future sessions of     
  Congress.                                                             

                            budget authority

       Enactment of measures providing more than $5.005 billion in 
     new budget authority for fiscal year 1994--if not already 
     included in the current level estimate--would cause fiscal 
     year 1994 budget authority to exceed the appropriate level 
     set by House Concurrent Resolution 64.


                                outlays

       Enactment of measures providing new budget or entitlement 
     authority with fiscal year 1994 outlay effects of more than 
     $1.311 billion (if not already included in the current level 
     estimate) would cause fiscal year 1994 outlays to exceed the 
     appropriate level set by House Concurrent Resolution 64.


                                revenues

       Enactment of any measure producing any revenue loss in 
     fiscal year 1994--if not already included in the current 
     level estimate--would cause fiscal year 1994 revenues to fall 
     further below the appropriate level set by House Concurrent 
     Resolution 64.
       Enactment of any measure producing any net revenue loss for 
     the period fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998--if not 
     already included in the current level estimate--would cause 
     revenues for that period to fall further below the 
     appropriate level set by House Concurrent Resolution 64.

   DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO BUDGET ACT   
                                                 SECTION 602(a)                                                 
                                     [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars]                                     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             1994--                         1994-1998           
                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    BA      Outlays      NEA         BA      Outlays      NEA   
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                HOUSE COMMITTEE                                                                                 
                                                                                                                
Agriculture:                                                                                                    
    Allocation................................        -65        -66        -60     -2,725     -2,727        888
    Current level.............................        -99       -106       -402     -2,216     -2,411     -3,559
    Difference................................        -34        -40       -342        509        316     -4,447
Armed Services:                                                                                                 
    Allocation................................       -128       -128       -128     -2,365     -2,357     -2,357
    Current level.............................       -153       -163       -167     -2,271     -2,275     -2,328
    Difference................................        -25        -35        -39         94         82         29
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs:                                                                             
    Allocation................................  .........       -338  .........  .........     -2,792  .........
    Current level.............................       -417       -915  .........       -364     -3,195  .........
    Difference................................       -417       -577  .........       -364       -403  .........
District of Columbia:                                                                                           
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Current level.............................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Difference................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
Education and Labor:                                                                                            
    Allocation................................  .........  .........        118  .........  .........     -4,048
    Current level.............................       -147       -158       -792       -142       -142     -5,172
    Difference................................       -147       -158       -910       -142       -142     -1,124
Energy and Commerce:                                                                                            
    Allocation................................  .........     -1,700       -180     -1,169     -8,369     -7,798
    Current level.............................          2     -2,398         42     -1,159    -11,359     -7,059
    Difference................................          2       -698        222         10     -2,990        739
Foreign Affairs:                                                                                                
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........         -5         -5         -5
    Current level.............................        -33        -33         -3       -149       -149        -60
    Difference................................        -33        -33         -3       -144       -144        -55
Government Operations:                                                                                          
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Current level.............................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Difference................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
House Administration:                                                                                           
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Current level.............................          1          1  .........          8          8  .........
    Difference................................          1          1  .........          8          8  .........
Judiciary:                                                                                                      
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........  .........       -472  .........
    Current level.............................  .........  .........  .........  .........       -345  .........
    Difference................................  .........  .........  .........  .........        127  .........
Merchant Marine and Fisheries:                                                                                  
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........       -205       -205         -4
    Current level.............................         -1         -1  .........       -210       -210  .........
    Difference................................         -1         -1  .........         -5         -5          4
Natural Resources:                                                                                              
    Allocation................................       -117       -112  .........       -709       -693  .........
    Current level.............................        -74        -78  .........       -478       -481  .........
    Difference................................         43         34  .........        231        212  .........
Post Office and Civil Service:                                                                                  
    Allocation................................        -66        -66        -77    -10,199    -10,547     -9,597
    Current level.............................       -256       -256       -218    -10,258     -10606     -8,709
    Difference................................       -190       -190       -141        -59        -59        888
Public Works and Transportation:                                                                                
    Allocation................................      2,092        -13  .........     37,458        -85  .........
    Current level.............................        -13        -13  .........        -85        -85  .........
    Difference................................     -2,105  .........  .........    -37,543  .........  .........
Science, Space, and Technology:                                                                                 
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Current level.............................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Difference................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
Small Business:                                                                                                 
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Current level.............................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Difference................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
Veterans' Affairs:                                                                                              
    Allocation................................        -11        -11         70     -1,356     -1,352      3,447
    Current level.............................        -11        -11         28     -1,356     -1,352       -366
    Difference................................  .........  .........        -42  .........  .........     -3,813
Ways and Means:                                                                                                 
    Allocation................................     -2,876     -2,054     -2,036    -29,669    -24,422    -12,596
    Current level.............................     -1,216       -824        261    -42,102    -39,768    -35,957
    Difference................................      1,660      1,230      2,297    -12,433    -15,346    -23,361
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:                                                                     
    Allocation................................  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
    Current level.............................          7          7          7         33         33         33
    Difference................................          7          7          7         33         33         33
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NEA--New Entitlement Authority.                                                                                 


 DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH SUBALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO 
                                            BUDGET ACT SECTION 602(b)                                           
                                            [In millions of dollars]                                            
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Revised filed 602(b)      Current level          Difference     
                                                   suballocations    -------------------------------------------
                                                  (Sept. 30, 1993)                                              
                                               ----------------------    BA          0          BA         0    
                                                    BA         0                                                
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Rural Development................     14,819     14,317     14,595     14,205       -224       -112
Commerce, State, Judiciary....................     23,119     23,231     22,800     23,217       -319        -14
Defense.......................................    240,446    255,465    239,897    255,151       -549       -314
District of Columbia..........................        700        698        700        698          0          0
Energy and Water Development..................     22,017     21,702     21,689     21,585       -328       -117
Foreign Operations............................     13,444     13,918     12,690     13,878       -754        -40
Interior......................................     13,736     13,731     13,727     13,726         -9         -5
Labor, Health and Human Services, and                                                                           
 Education....................................     67,283     68,140     67,189     68,012        -94       -128
Legislative...................................      2,270      2,267      2,264      2,262         -6         -5
Military Construction.........................     10,066      8,784      9,464      8,759       -602        -25
Transportation................................     13,284     34,889     12,435     34,878       -849        -11
Treasury-Postal Service.......................     11,469     11,642     11,312     11,639       -157         -3
VA-HUD-Independent Agencies...................     68,311     69,973     68,053     69,978       -258          5
                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------
      Grand total.............................    500,964    538,757    496,815    537,988      -4149       -769
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                   Washington, DC, April 11, 1994.
     Hon. Martin O. Sabo,
     Chairman, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: Pursuant to section 308(b) and in aid of 
     section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, as amended, this 
     letter and supporting detail provide an up-to-date tabulation 
     of the on-budget current levels of new budget authority, 
     estimated outlays, and estimated revenues for fiscal year 
     1994 in comparison with the appropriate levels for those 
     items contained in the 1994 Concurrent Resolution on the 
     Budget (H. Con. Res. 64), and is current through March 24, 
     1994. A summary of this tabulation follows:

                                                                        
                        [In millions of dollars]                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Budget                 
                                    House      resolution      Current  
                                   current      (H. Con.      level +/- 
                                   level        Res. 64)     resolution 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget authority..............     1,218,395     1,223,400        -5,005
Outlays.......................     1,216,989     1,218,300        -1,311
Revenues:                                                               
    1994......................       905,429       905,500           -71
    1994-1998.................     5,105,866     5,153,400       -47,534
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Since my last report, dated March 14, 1994, Congress 
     approved and the President signed the Federal Workforce 
     Restructuring Act (P.L. 103-226), Congress has also approved 
     for the President's signature the Housing and Community 
     Development Act (S. 1299). These actions changed the current 
     level of budget authority and outlays.
           Sincerely,
                                                    James L. Blum,
                                       (For Robert D. Reischauer.)

   PARLIAMENTARIAN STATUS REPORT, 103D CONGRESS, 2D SESSION--HOUSE ON-  
  BUDGET SUPPORTING DETAIL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 AS OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS 
                             MARCH 24, 1994                             
                        [In millions of dollars]                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Budget                              
                                   authority      Outlays      Revenues 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Enacted in previous sessions                                          
                                                                        
Revenues.......................  ............  ............      905,429
Permanents and other spending                                           
 legislation\1\................      721,126       695,196   ...........
Appropriation legislation......      742,749       758,885   ...........
    Offsetting receipts........     (237,226)     (237,226)  ...........
                                ----------------------------------------
      Total previously enacted.    1,226,648     1,216,855       905,429
                                ========================================
      Enacted this session                                              
                                                                        
Emergency supplemental                                                  
 appropriations, fiscal year                                            
 1994 (Pub. L. 103-211)........       (2,286)         (248)  ...........
Federal Workforce Restructuring                                         
 Act (Pub. L. 103-226).........           48            48   ...........
    Offsetting receipts........          (38)          (38)  ...........
                                ----------------------------------------
      Total enacted this                                                
       session.................       (2,276)         (238)  ...........
                                ========================================
       Pending signature                                                
                                                                        
Housing and Community                                                   
 Development Act (S. 1299).....         (410)         (410)  ...........
                                                                        
  Entitlements and mandatories                                          
                                                                        
Budget resolution baseline                                              
 estimates of appropriated                                              
 entitlements and other                                                 
 mandatory programs not yet                                             
 enacted\2\....................       (5,567)          781   ...........
                                ========================================
Total current level\3\\4\......    1,218,395     1,216,989       905,429
Total budget resolution........    1,223,400     1,218,300       905,500
Amount remaining:                                                       
    Under budget resolution....        5,005         1,311            71
    Over budget resolution.....  ............  ............  ...........
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Includes budget committee estimate of $2.4 billion in outlay savings 
  for FCC spectrum license fees.                                        
\2\Includes changes to baseline estimates of appropriated mandatories   
  due to enactment of Public Law 103-66 and Public Law 103-140.         
\3\In accordance with the Budget Enforcement Act, the total does not    
  include $13,816 million in budget authority and $8,958 million in     
  outlays in emergency funding.                                         
\4\At the request of Committee staff, current level does not include    
  scoring of section 601 of Public Law 102-391.                         
                                                                        
Notes: Amounts in parentheses are negative. Detail may not add due to   
  rounding.                                                             

  

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