[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 30 (Thursday, February 25, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H809-H810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 
 REGARDING INTERIM BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES FOR FISCAL YEARS 
                               1999-2003

  The SPEAKER. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from 
Ohio, Mr. Kasich, is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. KASICH. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Section 2 of House Resolution 5, 
I submit for printing in the Congressional Record interim budget 
aggregates and allocations for fiscal year 1999 and for the period of 
fiscal years 1999 through fiscal year 2003.
  These interim levels will be used to enforce sections 302(f), 303(a) 
and 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Section 303(a) 
prohibits the consideration of legislation that provides new budget 
authority or changes in revenues until Congress has agreed to a budget 
resolution for the appropriate fiscal year. Sections 302(f) and 311(a) 
prohibit the consideration of legislation that exceeds the appropriate 
budgetary levels set forth in budget resolution and the accompanying 
report.
  Without these interim levels, the House would be prohibited under 
section 303(a) of the Budget Act from considering legislation with even 
negligible budgetary effects in certain fiscal years because a budget 
resolution is not in effect for the current fiscal year. There would be 
no levels to make determinations under sections 302(f) and 311(a) for 
fiscal year 1999 and such determinations for the five year period would 
be based on the now-obsolete levels set forth under H. Con. Res. 84 (H. 
Rept. 105-116) in 1997.
  The interim allocations and aggregates are essentially based on 
current status levels. They reflect enacted and House-passed 
legislation as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In 
the case of the Committee on Appropriations, the allocations are 
identical to the levels set forth in H. Res. 477 (H. Rept. 105-585) 
except that they reflect adjustments for emergencies, arrearages and 
other items under section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act.
  These levels are effective until they are superseded by a conference 
report on the concurrent budget resolution.
  If there are any questions on these interim allocations and 
aggregates, please contact Jim Bates, Chief Counsel of the Budget 
Committee, at ext. 6-7270.

                                                  ALLOCATIONS OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEES
                                                         [Committees other than Appropriations]
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                                                                                            Budget year
                Committee                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Total  1999-
                                                               1999            2000            2001            2002            2003            2003
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Agriculture Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA          17,337           9,727           8,499           6,967           2,738          45,268
                                                      OT          14,885           5,927           5,729           4,374              51          30,966
    Reauthorizations....................              BA               0               0               0               0          28,328          28,328
                                                      OT               0               0               0               0          27,801          27,801
      Total.............................              BA          17,337           9,727           8,499           6,967          31,066          73,596
                                                      OT          15,885           5,927           5,729           4,374          27,852          58,767
Armed Services Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA          47,809          49,218          50,895          52,579          54,366         254,867
                                                      OT          47,672          49,108          50,792          52,476          54,273         254,321
Banking and Financial Services
 Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA           3,442           4,586           5,431           5,297           5,027          23,783
                                                      OT             874          -2,016            -473             -24             186          -1,453
Committee on Education and the
 Workforce:
    Current Law.........................              BA           3,303           4,503           5,061           5,495           5,424          23,786
                                                      OT           2,744           3,829           4,366           4,835           4,995          20,729
    Discretionary Action................              BA               0               0               0             305             305             610
                                                      OT               0               0               0              92             275             367
      Total.............................              BA           3,303           4,503           5,061           5,800           5,729          24,396

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                                                      OT           2,744           3,829           4,366           4,927           5,230          21,096
Commerce Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA           8,663          10,247          12,263          15,747          16,015          62,935
                                                      OT           5,421           8,351          10,963          16,458          16,942          58,135
International Relations Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA          10,924           9,888           9,982           9,557           8,711          49,062
                                                      OT          12,162          11,516          10,860          10,415           9,698          54,651
Government Reform Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA          57,886          59,661          61,516          63,577          65,822         308,462
                                                      OT          56,644          48,365          60,164          62,174          64,396         301,743
    Discretionary Action................              BA               0               2               4               4               4              14
                                                      OT               0               2               4               4               4              14
      Total.............................              BA          57,886          59,663          61,520          63,581          65,826         308,476
                                                      OT          56,644          58,367          60,168          62,178          64,400         301,757
Committee on House Administration:
    Current Law.........................              BA              93              90              90              90              93             456
                                                      OT              56             262              49              13              57             437
Resources Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA           2,296           2,391           2,370           2,319           2,351          11,727
                                                      OT           2,253           2,254           2,332           2,205           2,326          11,370
Judiciary Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA           4,759           4,548           4,550           4,539           4,631          23,027
                                                      OT           4,578           4,371           4,461           4,617           4,622          22,649
Transportation and Infrastructure
 Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA          49,121          48,697          49,721          50,714          51,714         249,967
                                                      OT          16,114          16,021          16,026          15,834          15,722          79,717
    Discretionary Action................              BA           1,205           2,410           2,410           2,410           2,410          10,845
                                                      OT               0               0               0               0               0               0
      Total.............................              BA          50,326          51,107          52,131          53,124          54,124         260,812
                                                      OT          16,114          16,021          16,026          15,834          15,722          79,717
Science Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA              38              38              35              32              32             175
                                                      OT              33              36              36              36              34             175
Small Business Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA            -414               0               0               0               0            -414
                                                      OT            -585            -156            -140            -125            -110          -1,116
Veterans' Affairs Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA           1,182           1,144           1,077             990             931           5,324
                                                      OT           1,296           1,358           1,331           1,316           1,355           6,656
    Discretionary Action................              BA               0             394             874           1,367           1,868           4,503
                                                      OT               0             360             833           1,325           1,824           4,342
      Total.............................              BA           1,182           1,538           1,951           2,357           2,799           9,827
                                                      OT           1,296           1,718           2,164           2,641           3,179          10,998
Ways and Means Committee:
    Current Law.........................              BA         671,063         676,265         692,412         705,685         728,575       3,474,000
                                                      OT         659,770         666,279         684,407         696,184         721,486       3,428,126
    Reauthorizations....................              BA               0               0               0               0          19,553          19,553
                                                      OT               0               0               0               0          17,312          17,312
    Discretionary Action................              BA               0              -2               0               0               0              -2
                                                      OT               0              -2               0               0               0              -2
      Total.............................              BA         671,063         676,263         692,412         705,685         728,575       3,473,998
                                                      OT         659,770         666,277         684,407         696,184         721,486       3,428,124
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