[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 161 (Monday, December 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




STATEMENT ON H.R. 2267, THE COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND THE JUDICIARY 
                       APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1998

 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, the final appropriations measure 
that the Congress passed before adjournment was H.R. 2267, the 
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary appropriations bill for 
fiscal year 1998. I today submit a table displaying the Budget 
Committee scoring of the final bill.
  The conference agreement accompanying the bill provides $31.7 billion 
in budget authority and $21.2 billion in new outlays to operate the 
programs of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the 
Department of State, the Judiciary, and related Federal agencies for 
fiscal year 1998.
  When outlays from prior-year budget authority and other completed 
actions are taken into account, the bill totals $31.8 billion in budget 
authority and $29.5 billion in outlays for fiscal year 1998.
  The final bill is within the revised Senate subcommittee's section 
302(b) allocation for both budget authority and outlays.
  The bill is $7 million in budget authority and $77 million in outlays 
below the Senate subcommittee's 302(b) allocation.
  Mr. President, it was my pleasure to serve on the Appropriations 
Subcommittee with the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire. I 
commend Chairman Gregg, for completing the fiscal year 1998 bill. It is 
not easy to balance the competing program requirements that are funded 
in this bill.
  I thank the chairman for the consideration he gave to issues I 
brought before the subcommittee, and for his extra effort to address 
the items in the bipartisan balanced budget agreement.
  I ask to have printed in the Record a pertinent table.
  The material follows:

                                H.R. 2267, COMMERCE-JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS, 1998                                
               [Spending comparisons--Conference Report, fiscal year 1998, in millions of dollars]              
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                                                                             Non-                               
                                                                  Defense   defense   Crime   Mandatory   Total 
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Conference report:                                                                                              
    Budget authority...........................................       298    25,750    5,225       522    31,795
    Outlays....................................................       340    25,211    3,400       532    29,483
Senate 302(b) allocation:                                                                                       
    Budget authority...........................................       298    25,757    5,225       522    31,802
    Outlays....................................................       342    25,285    3,401       532    29,560
President's request:                                                                                            
    Budget authority...........................................       257    26,114    5,238       522    32,131
    Outlays....................................................       286    25,907    3,423       532    30,148
House-passed bill:                                                                                              
    Budget authority...........................................       273    25,687    5,259       522    31,741
    Outlays....................................................       296    25,249    3,434       532    29,511
Senate-passed bill:                                                                                             
    Budget authority...........................................       275    25,581    5,225       522    31,603
    Outlays....................................................       322    25,156    3,381       532    29,391
                                                                                                                
                 Conference Report Compared to:                                                                 
                                                                                                                
Senate 302(b) allocation:                                                                                       
    Budget authority...........................................  ........        -7  .......  .........       -7
    Outlays....................................................        -2       -74       -1  .........      -77
President's request:                                                                                            
    Budget authority...........................................        41      -364      -13  .........     -336
    Outlays....................................................        54      -696      -23  .........     -665
House-passed bill:                                                                                              
    Budget authority...........................................        25        63      -34  .........       54
    Outlays....................................................        44       -38      -34  .........      -28
Senate-passed bill:                                                                                             
    Budget authority...........................................        23       169  .......  .........      192
    Outlays....................................................        18        55       19  .........       92
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Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Totals adjusted for consistency with current scorekeeping  
  conventions.                                                                                            

  

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