[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 50 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S3688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SUBMITTING CHANGES TO THE BUDGET RESOLUTION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 
LIMITS, APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY AGGREGATES, AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 
                               ALLOCATION

 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, section 103(c) of Public Law 104-
121, the Contract With America Advancement Act, requires the chairman 
of the Senate Budget Committee to adjust the discretionary spending 
limits, the appropriate budgetary aggregates and the Appropriations 
Committee's allocation contained in the most recently adopted Budget 
Resolution--in this case, House Concurrent Resolution 67--to reflect 
additional new budget authority and outlays for continuing disability 
reviews--CDR's, as defined in section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social 
Security Act.
  I hereby submit revisions to the nondefense discretionary spending 
limits for fiscal year 1996 contained in sec. 201 of House Concurrent 
Resolution 67 in the following amounts:

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                                                            1996        
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Budget authority:                                                       
    Current nondefense discretionary spending                           
     limit........................................      $219,668,000,000
    Adjustment....................................            15,000,000
    Revised nondefense discretionary spending                           
     limit........................................       219,683,000,000
Outlays:                                                                
    Current nondefense discretionary spending                           
     limit........................................       267,725,000,000
    Adjustment....................................            60,000,000
    Revised nondefense discretionary spending                           
     limit........................................       267,785,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  I hereby submit revisions to the budget authority, outlays and 
deficit aggregates for fiscal year 1996 contained in sec. 101 of House 
Concurrent Resolution 67 in the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            1996        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget authority:                                                       
    Current aggregate.............................    $1,285,500,000,000
    Adjustment....................................            15,000,000
    Revised aggregate.............................     1,285,515,000,000
Outlays:                                                                
    Current aggregate.............................     1,288,100,000,000
    Adjustment....................................            60,000,000
    Revised aggregate.............................     1,288,160,000,000
Deficit:                                                                
    Current aggregate.............................       245,600,000,000
    Adjustment....................................            60,000,000
    Revised aggregate.............................       245,660,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  I hereby submit revisions to the 1996 Senate Appropriations Committee 
budget authority and outlay allocations, pursuant to sec. 302 of the 
Congressional Budget Act, in the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            1996        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budge authority:                                                        
    Current Appropriations Committee allocation...      $772,349,000,000
    Adjustment....................................            15,000,000
    Revised Appropriations Committee allocation...       772,364,000,000
Outlays:                                                                
    Current Appropriations Committee allocation...      $807,374,000,000
    Adjustment....................................            60,000,000
    Revised Appropriations Committee allocation...       807,434,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Public Law 104-121 also requires me to adjust discretionary spending 
limits for any future fiscal year--1997-2002--when the Committee on 
Appropriations reports an appropriations measure specifying an amount 
in excess of a 1995 base level amount for continuing disability 
reviews. The allowable adjustment to the outlay cap amounts to $2.7 
billion over the period 1996 to 2002. CBO estimates that the additional 
CDR's flowing from the increased appropriations would result in savings 
in the Social Security, SSI Medicare and Medicaid programs of roughly 
$3.5 billion over the 7-year time frame.

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