[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 6 (Monday, February 4, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H107-H108]
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, I submit for printing in the Congressional 
Record revisions to the 302(a) allocations and budgetary aggregates 
established by H. Con. Res. 83, the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2002. My authority to make these adjustments is derived 
from Sec. 101 of Division C of H.R. 3338 (Public Law 107-117), the bill 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 
2002, Sec. 314 of the Congressional Budget Act, and Sec. 221(c) of H. 
Con. Res. 83.
  P.L. 107-117 increased the discretionary spending limits for fiscal 
year 2002. It also directed the Chairman of the Budget Committee to 
increase the budgetary aggregates and allocations to the House 
Committee on Appropriations, and to publish those revised figures in 
the Congressional Record. The changes in P.L. 107-117 increased the 
levels in the budget resolution, without changing the operation of 
other adjustments to the aggregates and allocations. Those changes, 
which are consistent with H.R. 3084 as reported by the Committee on the 
Budget, total $4,554,000,000 in new budget authority and $7,735,000,000 
in outlays.
  In addition, H.R. 2888 (P.L. 107-38), the 2001 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks 
on the United States, provided emergency-designated appropriations for 
fiscal years 2001 and 2002. For fiscal year 2001, those appropriations 
totaled $20,000,000,000 in new budget authority. Outlays flowing from 
that budget authority equals $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and 
$13,397,000,000 for fiscal year 2002. The budgetary aggregates and 
302(a) allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations are 
increased by these amounts.
  Further, the conference report on Division B of H.R. 3338 (P.L. 107-
17) permits the obligation of emergency-designated funds previously

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authorized in P.L. 107-38. The fiscal year 2002 allocations to the 
Appropriations Committee were previously increased by $20,001,000,000 
in new budget authority and $9,347,000,000 in outlays to reflect the 
amounts in the House-reported bill. I am adjusting the budgetary 
aggregates and the allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations 
for the difference between the House-reported and conference measures. 
This adjustment equals -$1,000,000 in new budget authority and 
-$1,124,000,000 in outlays in fiscal year 2002.
  The sum total of these changes raise the 302(a) allocation to the 
House Committee on Appropriations to $706,000,000,000 in new budget 
authority and $727,954,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002.
  Finally, the Air Transportation and Safety and System Stabilization 
Act (P.L. 107-42) contained emergency provisions relating to the 
provision of grants and loan guarantees for airlines. The emergency-
designated provisions provided $5,000,000,000 in new budget authority 
for fiscal year 2001 and $2,000,000,000 in new budget authority for 
fiscal year 2002. Outlays flowing from that budget authority total 
$2,300,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, $3,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, 
and $1,500,000,000 in fiscal year 2003. The 302(a) allocation for 
discretionary action to the House Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure is adjusted by these amounts.
  The sum of the changes to the 302(a) allocations of discretionary 
action increase the budgetary aggregates for fiscal year 2002 to 
$1,673,188,000,000 in new budget authority and $1,635,652,000,000 in 
outlays.
  Questions may be directed to Dan Kowalski at 67270.

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