[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6058-S6060]
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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997--CONFERENCE 
                                 REPORT

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I believe we have now reached an 
agreement with reference to how we will handle this conference report 
in terms of timing and the vote. I will proceed with a unanimous-
consent request. I ask unanimous consent that debate now begin on the 
conference report 104-612 to accompany the concurrent budget 
resolution, House Concurrent Resolution 178, and once the Senate 
receives

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the conference report, it be considered as having been read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOMENICI. I further ask if the Senate has received the papers by 
3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, then the Senate proceed to vote on 
adoption of the conference report at that time. I further ask if the 
Senate has not received the papers by that time, then the vote occur on 
Thursday, June 13, at a time to be determined by the majority leader 
after consultation with the Democratic leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOMENICI. For the information of all Senators, the Senate will 
now begin debate on the budget. All Senators interested in debating the 
budget conference report are urged to speak this afternoon.
  It is the intention of the leadership to adjourn the Senate at 
approximately 7:30 p.m. this evening or earlier if no further Senators 
are seeking floor for debate. Therefore, no rollcall votes will occur 
during the remainder of today's session. The next rollcall vote will 
occur at 3:30 p.m., on Wednesday, June 12.
  Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I just want to clarify, I understood you 
said we would vote by 3:30 tomorrow if it is here; is that right?
  Mr. DOMENICI. Yes.
  Mr. EXON. That would be Wednesday. If we do not vote then, we vote 
when?
  Mr. DOMENICI. I said if the papers are not here, we cannot vote 
tomorrow by 3:30; then we will vote on the following day, which is 
Thursday, at a time to be determined by the majority leader in 
consultation with the minority.
  Mr. EXON. We have no objection.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, there is a unanimous-consent request I 
want to make that has been cleared with the other side. There is an 
error in section 103(b) of House Concurrent Resolution 178 with respect 
to the levels of outlays in the Social Security Program. Therefore, I 
ask unanimous consent that the correct levels be printed in the Record 
at this point and they be deemed the appropriate levels for the 
purposes of enforcement of this budget resolution and the Congressional 
Budget Act.
  I send a copy of the appropriate levels to the desk and ask that it 
be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       Corrections to section 103(b) of H. Con. Res. 178:


                                                                Outlays
Fiscal year:
  1997.................................................$310,400,000,000
  1998..................................................323,000,000,000
  1999..................................................335,900,000,000
  2000..................................................349,300,000,000
  2001..................................................363,900,000,000
  2002..................................................378,800,000,000

  Mr. DOMENICI. Now, Mr. President, Senator Exon has cleared this, too. 
There are a number of errors contained in the statement of managers 
which accompany House Concurrent Resolution 178 with respect to the 
tables displaying the budget authority and the outlay allocations to 
the committees of the Senate for purposes of section 302(a) of the 
Budget Act. I, therefore, ask unanimous consent that the correct tables 
be printed in the Record at this point. These tables will be considered 
to be the allocations to the committees for the purposes of enforcement 
of this budget resolution and the Congressional Budget Act.
  I send a copy of the correct tables to the desk and ask unanimous 
consent they be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
                                              FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997                                              
                                            [In millions of dollars]                                            
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                                          Direct spending jurisdiction          Entitlements funded in annual   
                                     --------------------------------------            appropriations           
              Committee                                                    -------------------------------------
                                       Budget authority       Outlays        Budget authority       Outlays     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriations......................            791,195            832,273  .................  .................
Appropriations (Violent Crime Trust                                                                             
 Fund)..............................              4,683              3,073  .................  .................
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry              6,017              2,990             10,068              8,492
Armed Services......................             40,058             39,929  .................  .................
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.              5,881             -9,017  .................  .................
Commerce, Science, and                                                                                          
 Transportation.....................              7,429              4,799                605                602
Energy and Natural Resources........                143                222                 52                 54
Environment and Public Works........             23,969              3,201  .................  .................
Finance.............................            627,429            624,564            130,818            130,886
Foreign Relations...................             11,429             12,859  .................  .................
Governmental Affairs................             54,093             53,017  .................  .................
Judiciary...........................              2,429              2,373                239                238
Labor and Human Resources...........              5,534              5,009              1,412              1,412
Rules and Administration............                 95                 25  .................  .................
Veterans' Affairs...................              1,309              1,456             19,688             19,731
Small Business......................                  3               -296  .................  .................
Select Indian Affairs...............                392                362  .................  .................
Select Intelligence.................  .................  .................  .................  .................
Not allocated to committees.........           -267,328           -265,828  .................  .................
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................          1,314,760          1,311,011            162,882            161,415
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SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
                                           FIVE-YEAR TOTAL: 1997-2001                                           
                                            [In millions of dollars]                                            
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Direct spending jurisdiction          Entitlements funded in annual   
                                     --------------------------------------            appropriations           
              Committee                                                    -------------------------------------
                                       Budget authority       Outlays        Budget authority       Outlays     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry             17,361              2,652             81,443             48,025
Armed Services......................            223,276            222,626  .................  .................
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.             35,375            -18,628  .................  .................
Commerce, Science, and                                                                                          
 Transportation.....................             31,876             18,051              3,352              3,334
Energy and Natural Resources........              5,219              5,067                252                276
Environment and Public Works........            128,545             10,883  .................  .................
Finance.............................          3,282,774          3,268,828            776,267            776,549
Foreign Relations...................             50,945             56,772  .................  .................
Governmental Affairs................            294,435            288,737  .................  .................
Judiciary...........................             19,705             19,386              1,257              1,254
Labor and Human Resources...........             30,605             28,251              7,499              7,499
Rules and Administration............                486                402  .................  .................
Veterans' Affairs...................              2,552              3,908            103,415            103,285
Small Business......................                  9             -1,264  .................  .................
Select Indian Affairs...............              1,965              1,832  .................  .................
Select Intelligence.................                  2  .................  .................  .................
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  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, there are some additional errors within 
the narrative of the statement of managers. I therefore ask unanimous 
consent that the following corrections to the statement of managers be 
printed in the Record at this point. I send an attachment, along with a 
table, to the desk in compliance with that request and ask unanimous 
consent they be printed in the Record.

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  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       Corrections to the text of the joint explanatory statement 
     in H. Rpt. 104-612:
       (1) On page 58, for function 150, International Affairs, 
     the 1997 budget authority figure should be $131 million.
       (2) On page 59, for function 370, Commerce and Housing 
     Credit, the 1997 budget authority figure should be $3,092 
     million; the 1997 outlay figure should be $2,990 million; the 
     size-year budget authority total should be $17,789 million; 
     the six-year outlay total should be $16,879 million.
       (3) On page 88, the table includes the incorrect levels for 
     nondefense discretionary budget authority and outlays because 
     it fails to include the levels from the Violent Crime 
     Reduction Trust Fund. Section 301 of the budget resolution 
     establishes a cap on nondefense discretionary spending, which 
     includes spending from the Crime Fund. The following table 
     includes funding from the Crime Fund and provides the correct 
     levels for nondefense and total discretionary spending.

                                                                DEFENSE/NONDEFENSE LIMITS                                                               
                                                                [In millions of dollars]                                                                
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                                               1997               1998               1999               2000               2001               2002      
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Defense:                                                                                                                                                
    Budget authority..................            266,362            268,971            271,500            274,024            276,672            279,459
    Outlays...........................            264,968            263,862            267,048            270,657            269,744            269,608
General Purpose Nondefense:                                                                                                                             
    Budget authority..................            226,305            219,646            213,718            218,515            214,445            221,133
    Outlays...........................            270,571            258,492            252,981            248,847            246,479            244,611
Violent Crime Reduction Trust fund:                                                                                                                     
    Budget authority..................              4,683              5,100              6,050              6,050  .................  .................
    Outlays...........................              3,073              4,664              5,456              5,747  .................  .................
Subtotal Nondefense:                                                                                                                                    
    Budget authority..................            230,988            224,746            219,768            224,565            214,445            221,133
    Outlays...........................            273,644            263,093            258,437            254,594            246,479            244,611
Total Discretionary:                                                                                                                                    
    Budget authority..................            497,350            493,717            491,268            498,589            491,117            500,592
    Outlays...........................            538,612            526,955            525,485            525,251            516,223            514,219
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  Mr. DOMENICI. There are some Senators who want to be heard on the 
Dole departure, but I believe I have used enough time.
  I will yield to you, Senator Exon, if you would like to open now, at 
your convenience.
  Mr. EXON. I say to my friend and colleague from New Mexico, the 
Senator on this side has been trying to accommodate Democratic Senators 
who wanted to speak on the budget. I had a Senator scheduled for 4:30. 
I set him back to 5 o'clock. I thought we had agreed, and I used time 
in the 1 hour, for salutes to Senator Dole.
  All I am saying is it is very difficult for me to schedule speakers 
on the matter at hand if we keep setting these things back. I wish to 
accommodate all Senators. When you accommodate one Senator, you 
``disaccommodate'' someone else.
  How many speakers do we have that wish to speak on the Dole matter?
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, Senator Hatfield has indicated he wants 
to speak for 3 minutes, 10 minutes for Senator Kempthorne, and 5 
minutes for Senator Coverdell.
  I will yield them my 18 minutes as if I were making an opening 
statement, and that will be the end of my opening statement. Then it 
will be your turn, and you can yield to some Democrat Senators after 
that.
  Mr. President, I yield to Senator Mark Hatfield 3 minutes, I yield 10 
minutes to Senator Kempthorne, and I yield 5 minutes to Senator 
Coverdell. I yield in that order at this point. Then I will be gone 
from the floor. When they finish, we will return to Senator Exon.
  Mr. HATFIELD. Mr. President, I am happy to yield to the Senator from 
Idaho who was on the floor before me. I will follow the Senator from 
Idaho. I ask unanimous consent for that.
  Mr. KEMPTHORNE. I thank the Senator from Oregon for his courtesy.

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