[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CHANGES TO THE 2002 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS AND THE 
                          BUDGETARY AGGREGATES

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, Division C of Public Law 107-117, the 
Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for 
Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States 
Act of 2002, increased the statutory limits on discretionary spending 
for fiscal year 2002. Specifically, it raised the cap on general 
purpose discretionary budget authority to $681.441 billion and the cap 
on general purpose discretionary outlays to $670.206 billion. The 
legislation also increased the cap on outlays for conservation programs 
to $1.473 billion. Accordingly, I am adjusting the Appropriations 
Committee's allocation and the budget aggregates to reflect the revised 
statutory caps.
  In addition, Mr. President, section 314 of the Congressional Budget 
Act, as amended, requires the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee 
to adjust the budgetary aggregates and the allocation for the 
Appropriations Committee by the amount of appropriations designated as 
emergency spending pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Public 
Law 107-38, the 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 
Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States, 
authorized $40 billion in emergency funding. Public Law 107-38 made the 
first $20 billion immediately available in fiscal year 2001 and the 
second $20 billion contingent on the enactment of a subsequent 
appropriation.
  Mr. President, I previously adjusted the committee's allocation and 
the budget aggregates for the 2002 impact on outlays from the first $20 
billion provided in 2001. Public Law 107-117, which was signed into law 
on January 10, 2002, made available the second $20 billion in emergency 
spending. That budget authority will result in new outlays in 2002 of 
$8.223 billion. Consequently, I am making further adjustments to the 
committee's allocation and to the budget aggregates.
  Pursuant to section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act, I hereby 
revise the 2002 allocation provided to the Senate Appropriations 
Committee in the concurrent budget resolution in the following amounts:

     TABLE 1.--REVISED ALLOCATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, 2002
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Budget
                                                 authority     Outlays
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Current allocation:
  General purpose discretionary...............      549,744      551,379
  Highways....................................            0       28,489
  Mass transit................................            0        5,275
  Conservation................................        1,760        1,232
  Mandatory...................................      358,567      350,837
                                               -------------------------
    Total.....................................      901,071      937,212
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Adjustments:
  General purpose discretionary...............      154,496      141,338
  Highways....................................            0            0
  Mass transit................................            0            0
  Conservation................................            0          241
  Mandatory...................................            0            0
                                               -------------------------
    Total.....................................      154,496      141,579
                                               =========================
Revised allocation:
  General purpose discretionary...............      704,240      692,717
  Highways....................................            0       28,489
  Mass transit................................            0        5,275
  Conservation................................        1,760        1,473
  Mandatory...................................      358,567      350,837
                                               -------------------------
    Total.....................................    1,064,567    1,078,791
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  Pursuant to section 311 of the Congressional Budget At, I hereby 
revise the 2002 budget aggregates included in the concurrent budget 
resolution in the following amounts:

                TABLE 2.--REVISED BUDGET AGGREGATES, 2002
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Budget
                                                 authority     Outlays
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current allocation: Budget resolution.........    1,520,019    1,498,600
Adjustsments: Emergency and cap increases.....      154,496      141,579
Revised allocation: Budget resolution.........    1,674,515    1,640,179
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