[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 26 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H1632-H1634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 
  REGARDING CURRENT LEVELS OF SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEARS 
                               1996-2000

  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 1996 
and for the 5-year period fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2000.
  This report is to be used in applying the fiscal year 1996 budget 
resolution (H. Con. Res. 67), for legislation having spending or 
revenue effects in fiscal years 1996 through 2000.

                                         House of Representatives,


                                      Committee on the Budget,

                                Washington, DC, February 22, 1996.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     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 a 
     status report on the current levels of on-budget spending and 
     revenues for fiscal year 1996 and for the 5-year period 
     fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2000.
       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 
     February 16, 1996.
       The first table in the report compares the current level of 
     total budget authority, outlays, and revenues with the 
     aggregate levels set by H. Con. Res. 67, the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996. 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 table does not show budget authority and outlays for 
     years after fiscal year 1996 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 of each 
     direct spending committee with the ``section 602(a)'' 
     allocations for discretionary action made under H. Con. Res. 
     67 for fiscal year 1996 and for fiscal years 1996 through 
     2000. ``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 third table compares the current levels of 
     discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 1996 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 December 5, 1995.
           Sincerely,
                                                   John R. Kasich,
                                                         Chairman.

  REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET: STATUS OF THE 
    FISCAL YEAR 1996 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN H. CON. RES. 67    
           REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF FEBRUARY 16, 1996          
               [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Fiscal  
                                                    Fiscal    year 1996-
                                                   year 1996     2000   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriate level (as set by H. Con. Res. 67):                          
    Budget authority............................   1,285,500   6,814,600
    Outlays.....................................   1,288,100   6,749,200
    Revenues....................................   1,042,500   5,691,500
Current level:                                                          
    Budget authority............................   1,307,058          NA

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    Outlays.....................................   1,310,299          NA
    Revenues....................................   1,039,022   5,648,263
    Current level over (+)/under (-) appropriate                        
     level:.....................................                        
    Budget authority............................      21,558          NA
    Outlays.....................................      22,199          NA
    Revenues....................................      -3,478     -43,237
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NA=Not applicable because annual appropriations acts for fiscal years   
  1997 through 2000 will not be considered until future sessions of     
  Congress.                                                             




                            Budget authority

       Enactment of measures providing any new budget authority 
     for FY 1996 (if not already included in the current level 
     estimate) would cause FY 1996 budget authority to exceed the 
     appropriate level set by H. Con. Res. 67.


                                outlays

       Enactment of measures providing any new budget or 
     entitlement authority that would increase FY 1996 outlays (if 
     not already included in the current level estimate) would 
     cause FY 1996 outlays to exceed the appropriate level set by 
     H. Con. Res. 67.


                                Revenues

       Enactment of any measure that would result in any revenue 
     loss in either FY 1996 or for the total for FY 1996 through 
     2000 would increase the amount by which revenues are less 
     than the appropriate levels of budget authority set by H. 
     Con. Res. 67.

   DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION: COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO BUDGET ACT   
                                                 SECTION 602(a)                                                 
                                     [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars]                                     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     1996                                1996-2000              
                                         BA        outlays        NEA           BA        outlays        NEA    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
House Committee:                                                                                                
    Agriculture:                                                                                                
        Allocation................         -992         -992          177       -8,477       -8,477       -2,164
        Current level.............          (*)           -1            0           -3           -7            0
        Difference................          992          991         -177        8,474        8,470        2,164
    National Security:                                                                                          
        Allocation................       -1,168       -1,168          382        1,733        1,733        1,467
        Current level.............          369          367          401        1,657        1,653        1,803
        Difference................        1,537        1,535           19          -76          -80          336
    Banking, Finance and Urban                                                                                  
     Affairs:                                                                                                   
        Allocation................         -481         -481            0       -1,698       -1,698            0
        Current level.............            3            3            0          (*)          (*)            0
        Difference................          484          484            0        1,698        1,698            0
    Economic and Educational                                                                                    
     Opportunities:                                                                                             
        Allocation................         -128          122       -2,015       -1,976       -1,534      -11,465
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Difference................          128         -122        2,015         1,76        1,534       11,465
    Commerce:                                                                                                   
        Allocation................         -555         -405       -3,619      -11,381      -11,480      -84,935
        Current level.............            0            0            0        6,303        6,303        6,297
        Difference................          555          405        3,619       17,684       17,783       91,232
    International Relations:                                                                                    
        Allocation................           -3           -3            0          -19          -19           -6
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Difference................            3            3            0           19           19            6
    Government Reform and                                                                                       
     Oversight:                                                                                                 
        Allocation................         -436         -436         -106       -2,903       -2,903       -2,729
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            6
        Difference................          436          436          106        2,903        2,903        2,735
    House Oversight:                                                                                            
        Allocation................            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Difference................            0            0            0            0            0            0
    Resources:                                                                                                  
        Allocation................         -106         -104            0       -2,698       -2,693            0
        Current level.............          -18          -24            0         -141         -148            0
        Difference................           88           80            0        2,557        2,545            0
    Judiciary:                                                                                                  
        Allocation................            0            0            0         -238         -238            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            2
        Difference................            0            0            0          238          238            2
    Transportation and                                                                                          
     Infrastructure:                                                                                            
        Allocation................          -63          -63            0       92,844         -457            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0           -2            0
        Difference................           63           63            0      -92,844          455            0
    Science:                                                                                                    
        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................          -79          -79         -195         -686         -686       -2,928
        Current level.............            0            0          -21            0            0         -106
        Difference................           79           79          174          686          686        2,822
    Ways and Means:                                                                                             
        Allocation................       -7,163       -7,615       -4,502     -192,899     -193,345      -82,895
        Current level.............          -18          -18          -18       -1,643       -1,643       -1,643
        Difference................        7,145        7,597        4,484      191,256      191,702       81,252
    Unassigned:                                                                                                 
        Allocation................          306          306            0        4,892        4,892            0
        Current level.............            0            0            0            0            0            0
        Difference................         -306         -306            0       -4,892       -4,892            0
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total authorized:                                                                                   
                                   =============================================================================
                Allocation........      -10,868      -10,918       -9,878     -123,506     -216,905     -185,655
                                   =============================================================================
                Current level.....          336          327          362        6,173        6,156        6,359
                                   =============================================================================
                Difference........       11,204       11,245       10,240      129,679      223,061      192,014
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*=Less than $500,000.                                                                                           


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        DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996--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 (Dec. 5,               Current level                            Difference              
                                                   1995)                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 ----------------------------------------   General purpose      Violent crime      General purpose      Violent crime  
                                    General purpose      Violent crime   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 ----------------------------------------                                                                               
                                     BA         O        BA         O        BA         O        BA         O        BA         O        BA         O   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Rural Development..    13,325    13,608         0         0    13,325    13,581         0         0         0        27         0         0
Commerce, Justice, State........    22,810    24,148     3,956     2,113    23,020    23,954     3,038     1,910      -210       194       918       203
Defense.........................   243,042   243,512         0         0   243,037   242,727         0         0         5       785         0         0
District of Columbia............       727       727         0         0         0         0         0         0       727       727         0         0
Energy and Water Development....    19,562    19,858         0         0    19,336    19,712         0         0       226       146         0         0
Foreign Operations..............    12,284    13,848         0         0    12,128    13,842         0         0       156         6         0         0
Interior........................    12,213    13,174         0         0    12,207    13,171         0         0         6         3         0         0
Labor, HHS and Education........    61,947    68,380        53        44    62,890    70,949         1         9      -943    -2,569        52        35
Legislative Branch..............     2,126     2,180         0         0     2,125     2,180         0         0         1         0         0         0
Military Construction...........    11,178     9,597         0         0    11,177     9,597         0         0         1         0         0         0
Transportation..................    12,500    36,754         0         0    12,482    36,754         0         0        18         0         0         0
Treasury-Postal Service.........    11,237    11,542        78        70    11,187    11,490        77        70        50        52         1         0
VA-HUD-Independent Agencies.....    61,686    74,440         0         0    61,586    74,303         0         0       100       137         0         0
Reserve.........................       437         0         0         0         0         0         0         0       437         0         0         0
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Grand total.................   485,074   531,768     4,087     2,227   484,500   532,260     3,116     1,989       574      -492       971       238
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                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                Washington, DC, February 20, 1996.
     Hon. John Kasich,
     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 
     1996. These estimates are compared to the appropriate levels 
     for those items contained in the 1996 Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget (H. Con. Res. 67), and are current through 
     February 16, 1996. A summary of this tabulation, my first for 
     fiscal year 1996, follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Budget               
                                        House    resolution    Current  
                                       current    (H. Con.     level+/- 
                                        level     Res. 67)    resolution
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget authority...................   1,307,058   1,285,500      +21,558
Outlays............................   1,310,299   1,288,100      +22,199
Revenues:                                                               
  1996.............................   1,039,022   1,042,500       -3,478
  1996-2000........................   5,648,263   5,691,500      -43,237
------------------------------------------------------------------------

           Sincerely,
                                                  June E. O'Neill.

  PARLIAMENTARIAN STATUS REPORT, 104TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION, HOUSE ON-  
  BUDGET SUPPORTING DETAIL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 AS OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS 
                            FEBRUARY 16, 1996                           
                        [In millions of dollars]                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Budget                         
                                        authority    Outlays    Revenues
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ENACTED IN PREVIOUS SESSIONS                                       
                                                                        
Revenues.............................  ..........  ..........  1,039,122
Permanents and other spending                                           
 legislation.........................     830,272     789,924  .........
Appropriation legislation............  ..........     242,052  .........
  Offsetting receipts................    -200,017    -200,017  .........
                                      ----------------------------------
    Total previously enacted.........     630,254     840,958  1,039,122
                                      ==================================
                                                                        
       ENACTED IN FIRST SESSION                                         
                                                                        
Appropriation Bills:                                                    
  1995 Rescissions and Department of                                    
   Defense Emergency Supplementals                                      
   Act (P.L. 104-6)..................        -100        -885  .........
  1995 Rescissions and Emergency                                        
   Supplementals for Disaster                                           
   Assistance Act (P.L. 104-19)......          22      -3,149  .........
  Agriculture (P.L. 104-37)..........      62,602      45,620  .........
  Defense (P.L. 104-61)..............     243,301     163,223  .........
  Energy and Water (P.L. 104-46).....      19,336      11,502  .........
  Legislative Branch (P.L. 104-53)...       2,125       1,977  .........
  Military Construction (P.L. 104-32)      11,177       3,110  .........
  Transportation (P.L. 104-50).......      12,682      11,899  .........
  Treasury (P.L. 104-52).............      15,080      12,584  .........
Authorization Bills:                                                    
  Self-Employed Health Insurance Act                                    
   (P.L. 104-7)......................         -18         -18       -101
  Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act                                   
   (P.L. 104-42).....................           1           1  .........
  Fishermen's Protective Right                                          
   Amendments of 1995 (P.L. 104-43...  ..........         (*)  .........
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities                                   
   Act Amendments of 1995 (P.L. 104-                                    
   48)...............................           1         (*)          1
  Alaska Power Administration Sale                                      
   Act (P.L. 104-58).................         -20         -20  .........
  ICC Termination Act (P.L. 104-88)..  ..........  ..........        (*)
                                      ----------------------------------
    Total enacted first session......     366,191     245,845       -100
                                      ==================================
                                                                        
      ENACTED IN SECOND SESSION                                         
                                                                        
Appropriation Bills:                                                    
  Seventh Continuing Resolution (P.L.                                   
   104-92) \1\.......................      13,165      11,037  .........
  Ninth Continuing Resolution (P.L.                                     
   104-99) \1\.......................         791        -824  .........
  Foreign Operations (P.L. 104-107)..      12,104       5,936  .........
    Offsetting receipts..............         -44         -44  .........
Authorization Bills:                                                    
  Gloucester Marine Fisheries Act                                       
   (P.L. 104-91) \2\.................      30,502      19,151  .........
  Smithsonian Commemorative Coin Act                                    
   (P.L. 104-96).....................           3           3  .........
  Saddleback Mt.-Arizona Settlement                                     
   Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-102)........  ..........          -7  .........
  Telecommunications Act of 1996                                        
   (P.L. 104-104) \3\................  ..........  ..........  .........
Authorization Bills continued:                                          
  Farm Credit System Regulatory                                         
   Relief Act (P.L. 104-105).........          -1          -1  .........
  National Defense Authorization Act,                                   
   FY 1996 (P.L. 104-106)............         369         367  .........
  To award Congressional Gold Medal                                     
   to Ruth and Billy Graham (P.L. 104-                                  
   111)..............................         (*)         (*)  .........
                                      ----------------------------------
      Total enacted second session...      56,889      35,618  .........
                                      ==================================
                                                                        
   CONTINUING RESOLUTION AUTHORITY                                      
                                                                        
Ninth Continuing Resolution (P.L. 104-                                  
 99) \4\.............................     116,863      54,882  .........
                                                                        
     ENTITLEMENTS AND MANDATORIES                                       
                                                                        
Budget resolution baseline estimates                                    
 of appropriated entitlements and                                       
 other mandatory programs not yet                                       
 enacted, and including the effects                                     
 of the Veterans' Compensation Cost-                                    
 of-Living Adjustment Act of 1995                                       
 (P.L. 104-57).......................     136,862     132,995  .........
                                      ==================================
    Total Current Level \5\..........   1,307,058   1,310,299  1,039,022
    Total Budget Resolution..........   1,285,500   1,288,100  1,042,500
Amount remaining:                                                       
  Under Budget Resolution............  ..........  ..........      3,478
    Over Budget Resolution...........      21,558      22,199  .........
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\1\ P.L. 104-92 and P.L. 104-99 provide funding for appropriated        
  accounts until September 30, 1996.                                    
\2\ This bill, also referred to as the sixth continuing resolution for  
  1996, provides funding until September 30, 1996 for specific          
  appropriated accounts.                                                
\3\ The effects of this Act on budget authority, outlays and revenues   
  begin in fiscal year 1997.                                            
\4\ This is an annualized estimate of discretionary funding that expires
  March 15, 1996 for the following appropriation bills: Commerce-       
  Justice, Interior, Labor-HHS-Education and Veterans-HUD.              
\5\ In accordance with the Budget Enforcement Act, the total does not   
  include $3,417 million in budget authority and $1,599 million in      
  outlays for funding of emergencies that have been designated as such  
  by the President and the Congress.                                    
*Less than $500,000.                                                    
                                                                        
Notes: Detail may not add due to rounding.                              



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