[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 161 (Tuesday, November 27, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H8401-H8402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REVISIONS TO ALLOCATION FOR HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nussle) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Sec. 314 of the Congressional 
Budget Act and Sec. 221(c) of H. Con. Res. 83, the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002, I submit for printing in 
the Congressional Record revisions to the allocations for the House 
Committee on Appropriations.
  As provided by Sec. 218 of H. Con. Res. 83, I am increasing the 
allocations to accommodate House action on the President's revised 
request for defense spending. As reported to the House, H.R. 3338, the 
bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal 
year 2002, includes $17,347,000,000 in new budget authority and 
$14,932,000,000 in outlays in response to the Administration's 
requested increase. I am increasing the allocation by those amounts.
  As you know, the Committee on the Budget has reported separate 
legislation (H.R. 3084) that would, among other things, increase the 
appropriate aggregate established pursuant to H. Con. Res. 83 to 
reflect the President's revised defense request. It is my intention 
that this bill be passed freestanding or incorporated into one of the 
appropriations conference reports. In either event, it will be 
necessary to modify the language in H.R. 3084 to avoid duplication of 
the defense adjustment.
  In addition, Division B of H.R. 3338 provides for the use of 
emergency-designated funds previously authorized in P.L. 107-38, 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations in Response to Terrorist Attacks 
on the United States. Under the provisions of both the Budget Act and 
the budget resolution, I must adjust the 302(a) allocations and 
budgetary aggregate upon the reporting of a bill containing emergency 
appropriations. The emergency-designated spending provided in Division 
B of H.R. 3338 totals $20,001,000,000 in new budget authority and 
$9,347,000,000 in outlays.
  Next, the conference report on H.R. 2620, the bill making 
appropriations for Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies for fiscal year 2002, included an emergency-
designated appropriation providing $1,500,000,000 in new budget 
authority to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. No outlays are 
expected to flow from that budget authority in fiscal year 2002. The 
allocations had previously been adjusted by $1,300,000,000 in new 
budget authority

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and $0 in outlays for the House-Passed measure. I am adjusting the 
allocations and budgetary aggregate for the difference in emergency-
designated appropriations in the House-Passed and conference measures.
  Finally, the conference report on H.R. 2217, the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations bill, provided emergency-designated 
appropriations for wildland firefighting. Those appropriations totaled 
$400,000,000 in new budget authority and $289,000,000 in outlays. 
Emergency-designated appropriations were not provided in the House-
Passed measure.
  To reflect these adjustments, I hereby increase the 302(a) allocation 
to the House Committee on Appropriations to $701,447,000,000 for budget 
authority and $707,946,000,000 for outlays. The increase in the 
allocation also requires an increase in the budgetary aggregates in 
$1,666,635,000,000 for budget authority and $1,615,644,000,000 for 
outlays.
  These adjustments apply while the legislation is under consideration 
and take effect upon final enactment of such legislation. Questions may 
be directed to Dan Kowalski at 67270.

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