[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 168 (Thursday, December 6, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S12530]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONFERENCE REPORT TO H.R. 2944, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 
                        ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002

  Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I rise to offer for the Record the 
Budget Committee's official scoring on the conference report to H.R. 
2944, the District of Columbia Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
  The conference report provides $408 million in discretionary budget 
authority, which will result in new outlays in 2002 of $370 million. 
When outlays from prior-year budget authority are taken into account, 
discretionary outlays for the conference report total $418 million in 
2002. By comparison, the Senate passed bill included $408 million for 
the District, which would have increased total outlays by $416 million 
in 2002. The conference report is at the subcommittee's Section 302(b) 
allocation for both budget authority and outlays. It does not include 
any emergency-designated funding. In addition to the Federal funds, the 
conference report to H.R. 2944 also approves the District government's 
budget for 2002, including granting it the authority to spend $7.154 
billion of local funds.
  It is important that the Congress complete its work on the remaining 
appropriations bills for 2002. In the case of this report, H.R. 2944 
not only provides a limited amount of Federal funding to the District, 
but also, through the enactment of its budget, allows the city to 
obligate and spend its own local revenues. We should act on behalf of 
the citizens of D.C. to allow the District to implement the budget sent 
forth to us by its elected leaders.
  I ask unanimous consent that a table displaying the budget committee 
scoring of the conference report to H.R. 2944 be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

 H.R. 2944, CONFERENCE REPORT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
                                ACT, 2002
   [Spending comparisons--Conference Report (in millions of dollars)]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          General
                                          purpose   Mandatory    Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conference report:
  Budget Authority.....................        408  .........        408
  Outlays..............................        418  .........        418
Senate 302(b) allocation: \1\
  Budget Authority.....................        408  .........        408
  Outlays..............................        418  .........        418
President's request:
  Budget Authority.....................        342  .........        342
  Outlays..............................        362  .........        362
House-passed:
  Budget Authority.....................        398  .........        398
  Outlays..............................        408  .........        408
Senate-passed:
  Budget Authority.....................        408  .........        408
  Outlays..............................        416  .........        416
 
     CONFERENCE REPORT COMPARED TO:
 
Senate 302(b) allocation: \1\
  Budget Authority.....................  .........  .........  .........
  Outlays..............................  .........  .........  .........
President's request:
  Budget Authority.....................         66  .........         66
  Outlays..............................         56  .........         56
House-passed:
  Budget Authority.....................         10  .........         10
  Outlays..............................         10  .........         10
Senate-passed:
  Budget Authority.....................  .........  .........  .........
  Outlays..............................          2          0          2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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, 12-6-01.



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