[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]
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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
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Note.--Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Totals adjusted
for consistency with scorekeeping conventions.
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