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    COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 
  REGARDING CURRENT LEVELS OF SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEARS 
                                1994-98

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Sabo] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  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, May 12, 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 April 28, 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.

         Report to the Speaker From the Committee on the Budget

 STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 1994 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN H. CON. 
        RES. 64, REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF APRIL 28, 1994       
               [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               Fiscal year  Fiscal years
                                                  1994         1994-98  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriate level (as set by H. Con. Res.                               
 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........................     1,218,400            NA
    Outlays.................................     1,216,992            NA
    Revenues................................       905,429     5,105,866
Current level over (+)/under (-) appropriate                            
 level:                                                                 
    Budget authority........................        -5,000            NA
    Outlays.................................        -1,308            NA
    Revenues................................           -71       -47,534
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NA=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 $5.000 billion in 
     new budget authority for FY 1994 (if not already included in 
     the current level estimate) would cause FY 1994 budget 
     authority to exceed the appropriate level set by H. Con. Res. 
     64.


                                outlays

       Enactment of measures providing new budget or entitlement 
     authority with FY 1994 outlay effects of more than $1.308 
     billion (if not already included in the current level 
     estimate) would cause FY 1994 outlays to exceed the 
     appropriate level set by H. Con. Res. 64.


                                revenues

       Enactment of any measure producing any revenue loss in FY 
     1994 (if not already included in the current level estimate) 
     would cause FY 1994 revenues to fall further below the 
     appropriate level set by H. Con. Res. 64.
       Enactment of any measure producing any net revenue loss for 
     the period FY 1994 through FY 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 H. 
     Con. Res. 64.

   DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO BUDGET ACT   
                                                 SECTION 602(a)                                                 
                                     [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars]                                     
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                                                     1994                                 1994-98               
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Budget                                                                   
                                     authority     Outlays        NEA           Ba        Outlays        NEA    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
House Committee:                                                                                                
    Agriculture:                                                                                                
        Allocation................          -65          -66          -60        -2725        -2727          888
        Current level.............          -99         -106         -402        -2216        -2411        -3559
        Difference................          -34          -40         -342          509          316        -4447
    Armed Services:                                                                                             
        Allocation................         -128         -128         -128        -2365        -2357        -2357
        Current level.............         -153         -163         -167        -2271        -2275        -2328
        Difference................          -25          -35          -39           94           82           29
    Banking, Finance and Urban                                                                                  
     Affairs:                                                                                                   
        Allocation................            0         -338            0            0        -2792            0
        Current level.............         -417         -915            0         -364        -3195            0
        Difference................         -417         -577            0         -364         -403            0
    District of Columbia:                                                                                       
        Allocation................            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Difference................            0            0            0            0            0            0
    Education and Labor:                                                                                        
        Allocation................            0            0          118            0            0        -4048
        Current level.............         -142         -155         -787         -123         -123        -5153
        Difference................         -142         -155         -905         -123         -123        -1105
    Energy and Commerce:                                                                                        
        Allocation................            0        -1700         -180        -1169        -8369        -7798
        Current level.............            2        -2398           42        -1159       -11359        -7059
        Difference................            2         -698          222           10        -2990          739
    Foreign Affairs:                                                                                            
        Allocation................            0            0            0           -5           -5           -5
        Current level.............          -33          -33           -3         -149         -149          -60
        Difference................          -33          -33           -3         -144         -144          -55
    Government Operations:                                                                                      
        Allocation................            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Difference................            0            0            0            0            0            0
    House Administration:                                                                                       
        Allocation................            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Current level.............            1            1            0            8            8            0
        Difference................            1            1            0            8            8            0
    Judiciary:                                                                                                  
        Allocation................            0            0            0            0         -472            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0         -345            0
        Difference................            0            0            0            0          127            0
    Merchant Marine and Fisheries:                                                                              
        Allocation................            0            0            0         -205         -205           -4
        Current level.............           -1           -1            0         -210         -210            0
        Difference................           -1           -1            0           -5           -5            4
    Natural Resources:                                                                                          
        Allocation................         -117         -112            0         -709         -693            0
        Current level.............          -74          -78            0         -478         -481            0
        Difference................           43           34            0          231          212            0
    Post Office and Civil Service:                                                                              
        Allocation................          -66          -66          -77       -10199       -10547        -9597
        Current level.............         -256         -256         -218       -10258       -10606        -8709
        Difference................         -190         -190         -141          -59          -59          888
    Public Works and                                                                                            
     Transportation:                                                                                            
        Allocation................         2092          -13            0        37458          -85            0
        Current level.............          -13          -13            0          -85          -85            0
        Difference................        -2105            0            0       -37543            0            0
    Science, Space, and                                                                                         
     Technology:                                                                                                
        Allocation................            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Difference................            0            0            0            0            0            0
    Small Business:                                                                                             
        Allocation................            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Difference................            0            0            0            0            0            0
    Veterans' Affairs:                                                                                          
        Allocation................          -11          -11           70        -1356        -1352         3447
        Current level.............          -11          -11           28        -1356        -1352         -366
        Difference................            0            0          -42            0            0        -3813
    Ways and Means:                                                                                             
        Allocation................        -2876        -2054        -2036       -29669       -24422       -12596
        Current level.............        -1216         -824          261       -42102       -39768       -35957
        Difference................         1660         1230         2297       -12433       -15346       -23361
    Perm. Select Committee on                                                                                   
     Intelligence:                                                                                              
        Allocation................            0            0            0            0            0            0
        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)                                                      
                                         ------------------------   Budget                  Budget              
                                            Budget                authority     Outlays   authority     Outlays 
                                          authority     Outlays                                                 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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      -4,149        -769
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                      Washington, DC, May 2, 1994.
     Hon. Martin O. Sabo,
     Chairman, Committee on the 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 April 28, 
     1994. A summary of this tabulation follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Budget      Current 
                                         House    resolution   level +/-
                                        current    (H. Con.   resolution
                                        level      Res. 64)             
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget authority....................   1,218,400   1,223,400      -5,000
Outlays.............................   1,216,992   1,218,300      -1,308
Revenues:                                                               
    1994............................     905,429     905,500         -71
    1994-98.........................   5,105,866   5,153,400     -47,534
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Since my last report, dated April 11, 1994, Congress has 
     approved for the President's signature S. 2004, extending 
     loan ineligibility exemptions for certain colleges. This 
     action changed the current level of budget authority and 
     outlays.
           Sincerely,
                                                    James L. Blum,
                             (For Robert D. Reischauer, Director).

PARLIAMENTARIAN STATUS REPORT 103D CONGRESS, 2D SESSION HOUSE ON--BUDGET
SUPPORTING DETAIL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994 AS OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS APRIL 28,
                                  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, FY 1994 (P.L.                                          
 103-211)........................      (2,286)        (248)  ...........
Federal Workforce Restructuring                                         
 Act (P.L. 103-226)..............          48           48   ...........
Offsetting receipts..............         (38)         (38)  ...........
Housing and Community Development                                       
 Act (P.L. 103-233)..............        (410)        (410)  ...........
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total enacted this session.      (2,686)        (648)  ...........
                                                                        
        PENDING SIGNATURE                                               
                                                                        
Extending loan ineligibility                                            
 exemption for certain colleges                                         
 (S. 2004).......................           5            3   ...........
                                                                        
   ENTITLEMENTS AND MANDATORIES                                         
                                                                        
Budget resolution baseline                                              
 estimates of appropriated                                              
 entitlements and other mandatory                                       
 programs not yet enacted\2\.....      (5,567)         781   ...........
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total current level3, 4....   1,218,400    1,216,992       905,429
Total budget resolution..........   1,223,400    1,218,300       905,500
                                  --------------------------------------
      Amount remaining:                                                 
        Under budget resolution..       5,000        1,308            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 P.L. 103-66, and P.L. 103-140.                    
\3\In accordance with the Budget Enforcement Act, the total does not    
  include $14,145 million in budget authority and $9,057 million in     
  outlays in emergency funding.                                         
\4\At the request of Committee staff, current level does not include    
  scoring of section 601 of P.L. 102-391.                               
                                                                        
Notes.--Amounts in parentheses are negative. Detail may not add due to  
  rounding.                                                             

  

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