[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 151 (Friday, October 24, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S13205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2004

  Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, I rise in support of S. 2989, the 
Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Act for FY 2004, as 
reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
  I commend the distinguished Chairman and the Ranking Member for 
bringing to the Senate a carefully crafted spending bill within the 
Subcommittee's 302(b) allocation.
  The pending bill provides $26.0 billion in general purpose 
discretionary budget authority, an $810 million decrease from FY2003. 
Including outlays from previously enacted legislation, the bill 
provides $33.4 billion in outlays, which represents a $1.9 billion 
increase from FY2003. These levels are at or below the subcommittee's 
302(b) allocation.
  For highways, including outlays from previously enacted legislation, 
$31.6 billion in discretionary outlays is provided, which is equal to 
the subcommittee's 302(b) allocation.
  For transit, the bill provides $1.461 billion in BA and $6.632 
billion in outlays including outlays from previously enacted 
legislation. Both BA and outlays are equal to or below the 
subcommittee's 302(b) allocation.
  The pending bill provides $17.5 billion in mandatory budget authority 
and outlays, equal to the subcommittee's 302(b) allocation.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a table displaying the 
Budget Committee scoring of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

        S. 1589, TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY APPROPRIATIONS, 2004 SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL
                                    [Fiscal year 2004 in millions of dollars]
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                                                                  General              Mass
                                                                  purpose  Highways  transit  Mandatory   Total
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Senate-reported bill:
  Budget authority..............................................   26,038         0    1,461    17,518    45,017
  Outlays.......................................................   33,397    31,555    6,632    17,516    89,100
Senate Committee allocation:
  Budget authority..............................................   26,041         0    1,461    17,518    45,020
  Outlays.......................................................   33,397    31,555    6,634    17,516    89,102
2003 level:
  Budget authority..............................................   26,848         0    1,436    16,718    45,002
  Outlays.......................................................   31,458    31,264    6,551    16,722    85,995
President's request:
  Budget authority..............................................   26,172         0    1,290    17,518    44,980
  Outlays.......................................................   33,730    30,521    6,584    17,516    88,351
House-passed bill:
  Budget authority..............................................   26,324         0    1,424    17,518    45,266
  Outlays.......................................................   32,704    31,528    6,625    17,516    88,373
 
                SENATE-REPORTED BILL COMPARED TO:
 
Senate 302(b) allocation:
  Budget authority..............................................       -3         0        0         0        -3
  Outlays.......................................................        0         0       -2         0        -2
2003 level:
  Budget authority..............................................     -810         0       25       800        15
  Outlays.......................................................    1,939       291       81       794     3,105
President's request:
  Budget authority..............................................     -134         0      171         0        37
  Outlays.......................................................     -333     1,034       48         0       749
House-passed bill:
  Budget authority..............................................     -286         0       37         0      -249
  Outlays.......................................................      693        27        7         0      727
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Note.--Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Totals adjusted for consistency with current scorekeeping
  conventions.

  

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