[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H537-H539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  STATUS REPORT ON CURRENT SPENDING LEVELS OF ON-BUDGET SPENDING AND 
   REVENUES FOR FY 2004 AND THE 5-YEAR PERIOD FY 2004 THROUGH FY 2005

  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, I am transmitting a status report on the 
current levels on on-budget spending and revenues for fiscal year 2004 
and for the five-year period of fiscal years 2004 through 2008. This 
report is necessary to facilitate the application of sections 302 and 
311 of the Congressional Budget Act and section 501 of the conference 
report on the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004 
(H. Con. Res. 95). This status report is current through February 6, 
2004.
  The term ``current level'' refers to the amounts of spending and 
revenues estimated for each fiscal year based on laws enacted or 
awaiting the President's signature.
  The first table compares the current levels of total budget 
authority, outlays, and revenues with the aggregate levels set forth by 
H. Con. Res. 95. This comparison is needed to enforce section 311(a) of 
the Budget Act, which creates a point of order against measures that 
would breach the budget resolution's aggregate levels. The table does 
not show budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2004 through 
2008, because appropriations for those years have not yet been 
considered.
  The second table compares the current levels of budget authority and 
outlays for discretionary action by each authorizing committee with the 
``section 302(a)'' allocations made under H. Con. Res. 95 for fiscal 
year 2004 and fiscal years 2004 through 2008. ``Discretionary action'' 
refers to legislation enacted after the adoption of the budget 
resolution. A separate allocation for the Medicare program, as 
established under section 401(a)(3) of the budget resolution, is shown 
for fiscal year 2004 and fiscal years 2004 through 2013. This 
comparison is needed to enforce section 302(f) of the Budget Act, which 
creates a point of order against measures that would breach the section 
302(a) discretionary action allocation of new budget authority for the 
committee that reported the measure. It is also needed to implement 
section 311(b), which exempts committees that comply with their 
allocations from the point of order under section 311(a).
  The third table compares the current levels of discretionary 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004 with the ``section 302(b)'' 
suballocations of discretionary budget authority and outlays among 
Appropriations subcommittees. This table also compares the current 
level of total discretionary appropriations with the section 302(a) 
allocation for the Appropriations Committee. These comparisons are 
needed to enforce section 302(f) of the Budget Act because the point of 
order under that section equally applies to measures that would branch 
either the section 302(a) allocation or the applicable section 302(b) 
suballocation.
  The last table gives the current level for 2005 of accounts 
identified for advance appropriations under section 501 of H. Con. Res. 
95. This list is needed to enforce section 501 of the budget 
resolution, which creates a point of order against appropriation bills 
that contain advance appropriations that are: (i) not identified in the 
statement of managers or (ii) would cause the aggregate amount of such 
appropriations to exceed the level specified in the resolution.

  REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET--STATUS OF THE
    FISCAL YEAR 2004 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN H. CON. RES. 95
 [Reflecting action completed as of February 6, 2004--on-budget amounts,
                         in millions of dollars]
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                                                                Fiscal
                                                Fiscal year  years 2004-
                                                    2004         2008
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Approriate Level:
  Budget Authority............................    1,880,555        (\1\)
  Outlays.....................................    1,903,502        (\1\)
  Revenues....................................    1,325,452    8,168,933
Current Level:
  Budget Authority............................    1,875,397        (\1\)
  Outlays.....................................    1,894,792        (\1\)
  Revenues....................................    1,330,756    8,375,403
Current Level over (+)/under (-) Appropriate
 Level:
  Budget Authority............................       -5,158        (\1\)
  Outlays.....................................       -8,710        (\1\)
  Revenues....................................        5,304      206,470
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Not applicable because annual appropriations Acts for fiscal years
  2005 through 2008 will not be considered until future sessions of
  Congress.

                            budget authority

       Enactment of measures providing new budget authority for FY 
     2004 in excess of $5,158,000,000 (if not already included in 
     the current level estimate) would cause FY 2004 budget 
     authority to exceed the appropriate level set by H. Con. Res. 
     95.


                                outlays

       Enactment of measures providing new outlays for FY 2004 in 
     excess of $8,710,000,000 (if not already included in the 
     current level estimate) would cause FY 2004 outlays to exceed 
     the appropriate level set by H. Con. Res. 95.


                                revenues

       Enactment of measures that would result in revenue 
     reduction for FY 2004 in excess of $5,304,000,000 (if not 
     already included in the current level estimate) would cause 
     revenues to fall below level set by H. Con. Res. 95.
       Enactment of measures resulting in revenue reduction for 
     the period FY 2004 through 2008 in excess of $206,470,000,000 
     (if not already included in the current level estimate) would 
     cause revenues to fall below the appropriate levels set by H. 
     Con. Res. 95.

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   DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR
                    DISCRETIONARY ACTION, REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF FEBRUARY 6, 2004
                                     [fiscal years, in millions of dollars]
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                                              2004                 2004-2008 total           2004-2013 total
          House Committee          -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         BA        Outlays         BA        Outlays         BA        Outlays
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Agriculture:
    Allocation....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
Armed Services:
    Allocation....................           70           34           70           70         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................        3,805          347       15,155       12,742         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................        3,735          313       15,085       12,672         n.a.         n.a.
Education and the Workforce:
    Allocation....................           39           47          201          245         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................            9            8            9            9         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................          -30          -39         -192         -236         n.a.         n.a.
Energy and Commerce:
    Allocation....................         -170         -170          439          439         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................        2,202          963        3,451        3,567         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................        2,372        1,133        3,012        3,128         n.a.         n.a.
Financial Services:
    Allocation....................            0          375            0        1,250         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................           -1           -1           -2           -2         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................           -1         -376           -2       -1,252         n.a.         n.a.
Government Reform:
    Allocation....................           -1            0           -3           -1         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................            2            2           24           24         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................            3            2           27           25         n.a.         n.a.
House Administration:
    Allocation....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................            1            1            3            3         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................            1            1            3            3         n.a.         n.a.
International Relations:
    Allocation....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
Judiciary:
    Allocation....................           19           19           95           95         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................           13           13           83           83         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................           -6           -6          -12          -12         n.a.         n.a.
Resources:
    Allocation....................           24           24          522          342         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................           28           28          165          165         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................            4            4         -357         -177         n.a.         n.a.
Science:
    Allocation....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
Small Business:
    Allocation....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
Transportation and Infrastructure:
    Allocation....................        9,256            0       41,134            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................        6,425           -2        7,460         -126         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................       -2,831           -2      -33,674         -126         n.a.         n.a.
Veterans' Affairs:
    Allocation....................            0            0            0            0         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................          -77          -77           -1           -1         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................          -77          -77           -1           -1         n.a.         n.a.
Ways and Means:
    Allocation....................       20,626       20,054       24,079       23,876         n.a.         n.a.
    Current level.................       17,979       17,960       22,810       22,850         n.a.         n.a.
    Difference....................       -2,647       -2,094       -1,269       -1,026         n.a.         n.a.
Medicare:
    Allocation....................            0            0         n.a.         n.a.            0            0
    Current level.................        4,100        3,100         n.a.         n.a.      392,000      392,000
    Difference....................        4,100        3,100         n.a.         n.a.      392,000      392,000
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  DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004--COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
                     302(a) ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                    302(b) Suballocations as  Current level reflecting     Current level minus
                                      of July 22, 2003 (H.     action completed as of        suballocations
    Appropriations Subcommittee           Rpt. 108-228)           February 6, 2004     -------------------------
                                   ----------------------------------------------------
                                         BA           OT           BA           OT           BA           OT
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Agriculture, Rural Development....       17,005       17,686       16,839       17,633         -166          -53
Commerce, Justice, State..........       37,914       41,009       37,582       40,677         -332         -332
National Defense..................      368,662      389,221      368,183      388,648         -479         -573
District of Columbia..............          466          464          542          536           76           72
Energy & Water Development........       27,080       27,211       27,255       27,263          175           52
Foreign Operations................       17,120       20,185       17,611       20,171          491          -14
Homeland Security.................       29,411       30,506       29,238       30,007         -173         -499
Interior..........................       19,627       19,400       19,540       19,346          -87          -54
Labor, HHS & Education............      138,036      134,766      138,987      135,069          951          303
Legislative Branch................        3,512        3,662        3,527        3,603           15          -59
Military Construction.............        9,196       10,282        9,316       10,247          120          -35
Transportation-Treasury...........       27,502       71,360       28,116       71,873          614          513
VA-HUD-Independent Agencies.......       90,034       95,590       90,774       96,404          740          814
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total (Section 302(a)             785,565      861,342      787,510      861,477        1,945          135
       Allocation)................
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Statement of FY2005 advance appropriations under section 501 of H. Con. 
       Res. 95 reflecting action completed as of February 6, 2004

                        [In millions of dollars]

                                                       Budget authority
Appropriate Level................................................23,158
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Current Level:
  Homeland Security Subcommittee:
    Bioshield \1\.................................................2,528
  Interior Subcommittee: Elk Hills.................................. 36
  Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee
    Employment and Training Administration........................2,463
    Education for the Disadvantaged...............................7,383
    School Improvement............................................1,435
    Children and Family Services (head start).....................1,400
    Special Education.............................................5,413
    Vocational and Adult Education..................................791
  Transportation and Treasury Subcommittee
    Payment to Postal Service....................................... 37
    Veterans, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee: Section 8 
      Renewals....................................................4,200
                                                             __________
                                                             
      Total......................................................25,686
                                                               ==========
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Current Level over (+)/under(-) Appropriate Level.................2,528

\1\ This advance appropriation was not on the list of accounts 
identified for advance appropriations included in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference in the conference report to 
accompany H. Con. Res. 95. Still, since the provision has been enacted, 
it is included as part of the current level for advance appropriations.
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