[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8652-S8653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Ms. Laurie
Zastrow and Ms. Diane Trewin of our office be granted the privilege of
the floor for the duration of the consideration of the Commerce-State-
Justice appropriations bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, the Senate-reported Commerce, Justice,
State, and the Judiciary Appropriations bill, S. 2260, represents the
excellent work of my distinguished colleague from New Hampshire,
Subcommittee Chairman Gregg. It is a difficult task to balance the
competing program requirements funded in this bill, and he and his
staff are to be commended for their efforts to present a sound and
equitable measure for the Senate's consideration.
When outlays from prior-year budget authority and other completed
actions are taken into account, the bill totals $33.2 billion in budget
authority and $31.8 billion in outlays for fiscal year 1999.
The bill is within the revised Senate Subcommittee's Section 302(b)
allocation for both budget authority and outlays. It is $10 million in
budget authority and $6 million in outlays below the 302(b) allocation.
It is $1.4 billion in budget authority and $2.6 billion in outlays
above the 1998 level.
I today submit a table displaying the Budget Committee scoring of
this bill.
It is a pleasure serving on the Appropriations Subcommittee with
Chairman Gregg. I appreciate the consideration he gave to issues I
brought before the Subcommittee, as well as his attention to the many
important programs contained in this bill.
I ask unanimous consent the table be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the table was ordered to be pritned in the
Record, as follows:
S. 2260, COMMERCE-JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS, 1999--SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL
(Fiscal Year 1999, $ millions)
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Defense Nondefense Crime Mandatory Total
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Senate-Reported Bill:
Budget authority.................................... 335 26,775 5,514 554 33,178
Outlays............................................. 320 26,285 4,688 555 31,848
Senate 302(b) allocation:
Budget authority.................................... 335 26,775 5,524 554 33,188
Outlays............................................. 326 26,285 4,688 555 31,854
1998 level:
Budget authority.................................... 265 25,725 5,225 522 31,737
Outlays............................................. 346 24,627 3,779 532 29,284
President's request:
Budget authority.................................... 336 27,534 5,513 554 33,937
Outlays............................................. 331 27,030 4,590 555 32,506
House-passed bill:
Budget authority.................................... ......... .......... ......... ......... .........
Outlays............................................. ......... .......... ......... ......... .........
SENATE-REPORTED BILL COMPARED TO:
Senate 302(b) allocation:
Budget authority.................................... ......... .......... -10 ......... -10
Outlays............................................. -6 .......... ......... ......... -6
1998 level:
Budget authority.................................... 70 1,050 289 32 1,441
Outlays............................................. -26 1,658 909 23 2,564
President's request:
Budget authority.................................... -1 -759 1 ......... -759
Outlays............................................. -11 -745 98 ......... -658
House-passed bill:
Budget authority.................................... 335 26,775 5,514 554 33,178
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Outlays............................................. 320 26,285 4,688 555 31,848
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NOTE: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Totals adjusted for consistency with current scorekeeping
conventions.
Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I don't wish to interrupt the debate on
this bill, but as no one desires to speak right now, I ask unanimous
consent I be allowed to speak for up to 20 minutes as in morning
business.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. GRAMS. Thank you, Mr. President.
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