[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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