[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 91 (Friday, July 1, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S7902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the pending legislative branch 
appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R. 2985, as reported by the 
Senate Committee on Appropriations, provides $3.952 billion in budget 
authority and $3.947 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006 for the 
legislative branch and related agencies. Of these totals, $118 million 
in budget authority and $117 million in outlays are for mandatory 
programs in fiscal year 2006.
  The bill provides total discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 
2006 of $3.834 billion. This amount is $194 million less than the 
President's request, $70 million less than the 302(b) allocation 
adopted by the Senate, and is $118 million more than the House-passed 
bill. The 2006 budget authority provided in this bill is $289 million 
more than the fiscal year 2005 enacted level.
  I commend the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee 
for bringing this legislation before the Senate. 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:

                   H.R. 2985, 2006 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
                     [Fiscal Year 2006, $ millions]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        General
                                        purpose    Mandatory     Total
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               SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL
 
Senate-reported bill:
    Budget authority................       3,834         118       3,952
    Outlays.........................       3,830         117       3,947
Senate 302(b) allocation:
    Budget authority................       3,904         118       4,022
    Outlays.........................       3,870         117       3,987
2005 Enacted:
    Budget authority................       3,545         113       3,658
    Outlays.........................       3,785         112       3,897
President's request:
    Budget authority................       4,028         118       4,146
    Outlays.........................       3,959         117       4,076
House-passed bill:
    Budget authority................       3,716         118       3,834
    Outlays.........................       3,771         117       3,888
 
                    SENATE-REPORTED BILL COMPARED TO:
 
Senate 302(b) allocation:
    Budget authority................         -70           0         -70
    Outlays.........................         -70           0         -40
2005 Enacted:
    Budget authority................         289           5         294
    Outlays.........................          45           5          50
President's request:
    Budget authority................        -194           0        -194
    Outlays.........................        -129           0        -129
House-passed bill:
    Budget authority................         118           0         118
    Outlays.........................          59           0          59
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note.--Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Totals adjusted
  for consistency with scorekeeping conventions.

  

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