[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 26 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S2103]
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                     CHANGES TO DISCRETIONARY CAPS

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, section 421 of H. Con. Res. 95, the 2004 
Budget Resolution, requires the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee 
to make appropriate adjustments in the appropriate allocations and 
aggregates to reflect the difference between Public Law 108-11, the 
Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003--and the 
corresponding levels assumed in the resolution.
  As enacted, the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 
2003 contains budgetary authority, outlays and revenues that differ 
from those assumed in the budget resolution. On May 5, 2003, the 
allocations and aggregates were revised, but the discretionary caps 
were not appropriately adjusted to reflect the changes.
  I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a table which 
reflects the revised discretionary caps for 2005. These revised caps 
are the appropriate levels to be used for enforcement of the 2004 
Budget Resolution.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

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                                                               New 2005
             Category                2005 cap    Adjustment      cap
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Discretionary:
    BA...........................      812.598        0.175      812.773
    OT...........................      817.883        0.402      818.285
Highway:
    BA...........................        0.000        0.000        0.000
    OT...........................       33.393        0.000       33.393
Mass Transit:
    BA...........................        1.488        0.000        1.488
    OT...........................        6.726        0.000        6.726
Total:
    BA...........................      814.086        0.175      814.261
    OT...........................      858.002        0.402      858.404
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