[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 140 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S10789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      CONFERENCE REPORT FOR H.R. 2904, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
                APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I rise to offer the Budget Committee's 
official scoring for the conference report for H.R. 2904, the Military 
Construction Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
  The conference bill provides $10.5 billion in discretionary budget 
authority, all classified as defense spending, which will result in new 
outlays in 2002 of $2.678 billion. When outlays from prior-year budget 
authority are taken into account, discretionary outlays for the Senate 
bill total $9.19 billion in 2002. The conference report is within the 
Appropriations Committee's 302(b) allocations for budget authority and 
outlays. It has met its targets without the use of any emergency 
designations.
  Given the tragic events of last month, it is imperative that the 
Senate immediately clear this bill, which provides critical resources 
to our military for new construction and family housing. In addition, I 
urge my colleagues to act quickly to complete Senate action on the 
foreign operations, Agriculture, District of Columbia, and Labor and 
Health and Human Services bills, all of which have been completed by 
the Senate Appropriations Committee and passed by the House. Mr. 
President, it is time that the Senate return to the historic 
bipartisanship that it displayed in the immediate aftermath of the 
September 11 attacks, stop any further delays, and complete our work on 
the 13 regular appropriations bills for 2002.
  I ask for unanimous consent that a table displaying the budget 
committee scoring of this bill be inserted in the Record at this point.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

        H.R. 2904, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002
   [Spending comparisons--Conference Report (in millions of dollars)]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            General
                                            purpose  Mandatory    Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conference report:
  Budget Authority.......................   10,500               10,500
  Outlays................................    9,190                9,190
Senate 302(b) allocation: \1\
  Budget Authority.......................   10,500               10,500
  Outlays................................    9,284                9,284
President's request:
  Budget Authority.......................    9,972                9,972
  Outlays................................    9,165                9,165
House-passed:
  Budget Authority.......................   10,500               10,500
  Outlays................................    9,202                9,202
Senate-passed:
  Budget Authority.......................   10,500               10,500
  Outlays................................    9,253                9,253
 
    SENATE-REPORTED BILL COMPARED TO--
 
Senate 302(b) allocation: \1\
  Budget Authority.......................
  Outlays................................      (94)                 -94
President's request:
  Budget Authority.......................      528                  528
  Outlays................................       25                   25
House-passed:
  Budget Authority.......................
  Outlays................................      (12)                 -12
Senate-passed:
  Budget Authority.......................
  Outlays................................      (63)                 (63)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ For enforcement purposes, the budget committee compares the
  conference report to the Senate 302(b) allocation.
 
Notes: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Totals adjusted
  for consistency with scorekeeping conventions. Prepared by SBC
  Majority Staff, 10-17-01.

  

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