[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 161 (Monday, December 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  STATEMENT ON H.R. 2159, THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND EXPORT FINANCING 
                       APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1998

 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I submit the following table 
displaying the Budget Committee scoring of the conference report 
accompanying the foreign operations and export financing appropriations 
bill for fiscal year 1998.
  The conference report provides $13.1 billion in budget authority and 
$5 billion in new outlays to operate the programs of the Department of 
State, export and military assistance, bilateral and multilateral 
economic assistance, and related agencies for fiscal year 1998.
  When outlays from prior-year budget authority and other completed 
actions are taken into account, the bill totals $13.1 billion in budget 
authority and $13.1 billion in outlays for fiscal year 1998.
  The final bill is at the subcommittee's revised section 302(b) 
allocation for budget authority, and it is $4 million below the revised 
allocation in outlays.
  Mr. President, I note that the final bill is significantly below the 
Senate-passed version of the bill due to the deletion of $3.5 billion 
for the New Arrangements to Borrow for the International Monetary Fund. 
These funds were requested by the President in his fiscal year 1998 
budget.
  I ask to have printed in the Record a pertinent table.
  The material follows:

                               H.R. 2159, FOREIGN OPERATIONS 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...........................................  .......    13,147  .......        44     13,191
    Outlays....................................................  .......    13,079  .......        44     13,123
Senate 302(b) allocation:                                                                                       
    Budget authority...........................................  .......    13,147  .......        44     13,191
    Outlays....................................................  .......    13,083  .......        44     13,127
President's request:                                                                                            
    Budget authority...........................................  .......    16,844  .......        44     16,888
    Outlays....................................................  .......    13,171  .......        44     13,215
House-passed bill:                                                                                              
    Budget authority...........................................  .......    12,267  .......        44     12,311
    Outlays....................................................  .......    13,013  .......        44     13,057
Senate-passed bill:                                                                                             
    Budget authority...........................................  .......    16,816  .......        44     16,860
    Outlays....................................................  .......    13,091  .......        44     13,135
                                                                                                                
                 Conference Report compared to:                                                                 
                                                                                                                
Senate 302(b) allocation:                                                                                       
    Budget authority...........................................  .......  ........  .......  .........  ........
    Outlays....................................................  .......        -4  .......  .........        -4
President's request:                                                                                            
    Budget authority...........................................  .......    -3,697  .......  .........    -3,697
    Outlays....................................................  .......       -92  .......  .........       -92
House-passed bill:                                                                                              
    Budget authority...........................................  .......       880  .......  .........       880
    Outlays....................................................  .......        66  .......  .........        66
Senate-passed bill:                                                                                             
    Budget authority...........................................  .......    -3,669  .......  .........    -3,669
    Outlays....................................................  .......       -12  .......  .........      -12 
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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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