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

  (Mr. SABO asked and was given permission to extend his remarks at 
this point in the Record and to include extraneous matter.)
  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.
  This report is to be used in applying the fiscal year 1994 budget 
resolution (H. Con. Res. 64), for legislation having spending or 
revenue effects in fiscal year 1994. I am also submitting today a 
separate report dealing with the current levels of spending and 
revenues for fiscal years 1995 through 1999, to be used in applying the 
fiscal year 1995 budget resolution (H. Con. Res. 218).
                                         House of Representatives,


                                      Committee on the Budget,

                               Washington, DC, September 13, 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.
       The term ``current level'' refers to the amounts of 
     spending and revenues estimated for each fiscal year based on 
     laws enacted or awaiting the President's signature as of 
     August 26, 1994.
       The first table in the report compares the current levels 
     of total budget authority, outlays, and revenues with the 
     aggregate levels set by 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 aggregate levels.
       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 for discretionary action made under H. Con. Res. 
     64 for fiscal year 1994. ``Discretionary action'' refers to 
     legislation enacted after adoption of the budget resolution. 
     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) discretionary action 
     allocation of new budget authority or 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 August 4, 1994 (H. Rept. 103-
     664).
           Sincerely,
                                                 Martin Olav Sabo,
                                                         Chairman.
       Enclosures.

  REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET--STATUS OF THE 
    FISCAL YEAR 1994 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN HOUSE CONCURRENT   
     RESOLUTION 64 REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF AUGUST 26, 1994    
               [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Fiscal  
                                                               year 1994
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriate level (as set by H. Con. Res. 64):                          
  Budget authority..........................................   1,223,400
  Outlays...................................................   1,218,300
  Revenues..................................................     905,500
Current level:                                                          
  Budget authority..........................................   1,221,272
  Outlays...................................................   1,217,426
  Revenues..................................................     905,429
Current level over(+)/under(-) appropriate level:                       
  Budget authority..........................................      -2,128
  Outlays...................................................        -874
  Revenues..................................................        -71 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            budget authority

       Enactment of measures providing more than $2.128 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 that would increase FY 1994 outlays by more than 
     $874 million (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 net 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.

 DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH COMMITTEE
            ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO BUDGET ACT SECTION 602(a)           
                  [Fiscal year, in millions of dollars]                 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        1994            
             House committee               -----------------------------
                                               BA     Outlays    NEA\1\ 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture:                                                            
  Allocation..............................       -65       -66       -60
  Current level...........................       -99      -106      -402
  Difference..............................       -34       -40      -342
Armed Services:                                                         
  Allocation..............................      -128      -128      -128
  Current level...........................      -153      -163      -167
  Difference..............................       -25       -35       -39
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs:                                     
  Allocation..............................         0      -338         0
  Current level...........................      -417      -915         0
  Difference..............................      -417      -577         0
District of Columbia:                                                   
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................         0         0         0
  Difference..............................         0         0         0
Education and Labor:                                                    
  Allocation..............................         0         0       118
  Current level...........................      -142      -155      -787
  Difference..............................      -142      -155      -905
Energy and Commerce:                                                    
  Allocation..............................         0    -1,700      -180
  Current level...........................         2    -2,398        42
  Difference..............................         2      -698       222
Foreign Affairs:                                                        
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................       -35       -35        -3
  Difference..............................       -35       -35        -3
Government Operations:                                                  
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................         0         0         0
  Difference..............................         0         0         0
House Administration:                                                   
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................         1         1         0
  Difference..............................         1         1         0
Judiciary:                                                              
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................         0         0         0
  Difference..............................         0         0         0
Merchant Marine and Fisheries:                                          
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................        -1         3         0
  Difference..............................        -1         3         0
Natural Resources:                                                      
  Allocation..............................      -117      -112         0
  Current level...........................       -74       -78         0
  Difference..............................        43        34         0
Post Office and Civil Service:                                          
  Allocation..............................       -66       -66       -77
  Current level...........................      -256      -256      -218
  Difference..............................      -190      -190      -141
Public Works and Transportation:                                        
  Allocation..............................     2,092       -13         0
  Current level...........................     2,092       -13         0
  Difference..............................         0         0         0
Science, Space, and Technology:                                         
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................         0         0         0
  Difference..............................         0         0         0
Small Business:                                                         
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................         0         0         0
  Difference..............................         0         0         0
Veterans' Affairs:                                                      
  Allocation..............................       -11       -11        70
  Current level...........................       -11       -11        28
  Difference..............................         0         0       -42
Ways and Means:                                                         
  Allocation..............................    -2,876    -2,054    -2,036
  Current level...........................    -1,216      -824       261
  Difference..............................     1,660     1,230     2,297
Perm. Select Committee on Intelligence:                                 
  Allocation..............................         0         0         0
  Current level...........................         7         7         7
  Difference..............................         7         7         7
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\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]                                                                
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                                                           Revised 602(b) suballocations           Current level                    Difference          
                                                                 (August 4, 1994)        ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                         --------------------------------                                                               
                                                              Budget                          Budget          0utlays         Budget          0utlays   
                                                             authority        0utlays        authority                       authority                  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Rural Development..........................          14,598          14,207          14,595          14,205              -3              -2
Commerce, Justice, State................................          23,470          23,887          23,470          23,552               0            -335
Defense.................................................         240,316         255,151         239,897         255,151            -419               0
District of Columbia....................................             700             698             700             698               0               0
Energy and Water Development............................          22,017          21,585          21,689          21,585            -328               0
Foreign Operations......................................          13,444          13,977          12,789          13,977            -655               0
Interior................................................          13,736          13,726          13,727          13,726              -9               0
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.........          68,012             -94               0                                                
Legislative Branch......................................           2,270           2,262           2,264           2,262              -6               0
Military Construction...................................          10,066           8,759           9,464           8,759            -602               0
Transportation..........................................          13,284          34,878          12,435          34,878            -849               0
Treasury-Postal Service.................................          11,469          11,639          11,312          11,639            -157               0
VA-HUD Independent Agencies.............................          68,311          69,976          68,053          69,976            -258               0
                                                         -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Grand total.........................................         500,964         538,757         497,584         538,420          -3,380            -337
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                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                               Washington, DC, September 12, 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 August 26, 
     1994. A summary of this tabulation follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Budget        Current 
                               House current  resolution (H.   level +/-
                                   level       Con. Res. 64)  resolution
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget authority............       1,221,272       1,223,400      -2,128
Outlays.....................       1,217,426       1,218,300        -874
Revenues:                                                               
  1994......................         905,429         905,500         -71
  1994-1998.................       5,105,868       5,153,000     -47,532
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Since my last report, dated August 1, 1994, Congress has 
     cleared and the President has signed the Foreign Operations 
     appropriation bill (P.L. 103-306), the Commerce, Justice, 
     State appropriation bill (P.L. 103-317), and the Aviation 
     Infrastructure Act (P.L. 103-305). These actions 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 AUGUST 26, 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                                                                            
                                                                                                                
Appropriation bills:                                                                                            
    Emergency Disaster Supplemental (P.L. 103-211).              (2,286)               (248)  ..................
    1994 FHA Supplemental (P.L. 103-275)...........                (\5\)                 (2)  ..................
    Foreign Operations (P.L. 103-306)..............                  99                   99  ..................
    Commerce, Justice, State (P.L. 103-317)........                 670                  335  ..................
Authorization bills:                                                                                            
    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)  ..................
    Extending Loan Ineligibility Exemption for                                                                  
     Certain Colleges (P.L. 103-235)...............                   5                    3  ..................
    Foreign Relations Authorization Act (P.L. 103-                                                              
     236)..........................................                  (2)                 (2)  ..................
    Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments (P.L.                                                               
     103-238)......................................  ...................                   4  ..................
    Airport Improvement Program Temporary                                                                       
     Assistance Act (P.L. 103-260).................                 (65)  ..................  ..................
    Aviation Infrastructure Act (P.L. 103-305).....               2,170   ..................  ..................
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------
      Total enacted this session...................                 192                (211)  ..................
                                                    ============================================================
            ENTITLEMENTS AND MANDATORIES                                                                        
                                                                                                                
Budget resolution estimates of appropriated                                                                     
 entitlements and other mandatory programs not yet                                                              
 enacted\2\........................................              (5,567)                 781  ..................
                                                    ============================================================
      Total current level\3\\4\....................           1,221,272            1,217,426             905,429
      Total budget resolution......................           1,223,400            1,218,300             905,500
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------
Amount remaining:                                                                                               
    Under budget resolution........................               2,128                  874                  71
    Over budget resolution.........................  ...................  ..................  ..................
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\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 $14,735 million in budget authority
  and $9,215 million in outlays in funding for emergencies that have been designated as such by the President   
  and the Congress, and $800 million in budget authority and $285 million in outlays for emergencies that would 
  be available only upon an official budget request from the President designating the entire amount as an      
  emergency requirement.                                                                                        
\4\At the request of Committee staff, current level does not include scoring of sec. 601 of P.L. 102-391.       
\5\Less than $500 thousands.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                
Notes.--Numbers in parentheses are negative. Detail may not add due to rounding.                                



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