[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 121 (Thursday, July 26, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H8732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              REVISIONS TO ALLOCATION FOR HOUSE COMMITTEES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spratt) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, under sections 211 and 307(b) of S. Con. 
Res. 21, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, 
I hereby submit for printing in the Congressional Record a revision to 
the budget allocations and aggregates for certain House committees for 
fiscal years 2007, 2008, and the period of 2008 through 2012. This 
revision represents an adjustment to certain House committee budget 
allocations and aggregates for the purposes of sections 302 and 311 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, and in response to 
the bill H.R. 2419 (Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007). 
Corresponding tables are attached.

  Under section 211 of S. Con. Res. 21, this adjustment to the budget 
allocations and aggregates applies while the measure (H.R. 2419) is 
under consideration. The adjustments will take effect upon enactment of 
the measure (H.R. 2419). For purposes of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended, a revised allocation made under section 211 of S. 
Con. Res. 21 is to be considered as an allocation included in the 
resolution.

                              DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION--AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR RESOLUTION CHANGES
                                                         [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars]
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                                                                  2007                              2008                         2008-2012 Total
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                                                           BA            Outlays             BA            Outlays             BA            Outlays
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House Committee:
    Current allocation:
        Agriculture...............................                0                0                0                0                0                0
        Financial Services........................                0                0                0                0                0                0
        Natural Resources.........................                0                0                0                0                0                0
    Change for Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act
     of 2007 (H.R. 2419):
        Agriculture...............................                0                0            1,900            1,089           11,841            6,259
        Financial Services........................                0                0              -11              -11             -153             -153
        Natural Resources.........................                0                0             -295             -295           -2,235           -2,235
            Total.................................                0                0            1,594              783            9,453            3,871
    Revised allocation:
        Agriculture...............................                0                0            1,900            1,089           11,841            6,259
        Financial Services........................                0                0              -11              -11             -153             -153
        Natural Resources.........................                0                0             -295             -295           -2,235           -2,235
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                                                BUDGET AGGREGATES
                                   [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]
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                                                                    Fiscal Year     Fiscal Year    Fiscal Years
                                                                       2007          2008 \1\        2008-2012
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Current Aggregates: \2\
    Budget Authority............................................       2,255,570       2,350,357            n.a.
    Outlays.....................................................       2,268,649       2,353,992            n.a.
    Revenues....................................................       1,900,340       2,015,841      11,137,671
Change for Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (H.R.
 2419):
    Budget Authority............................................               0           1,594            n.a.
    Outlays.....................................................               0             783            n.a.
    Revenues....................................................               0             433           3,871
Revised Aggregates:
    Budget Authority............................................       2,255,570       2,351,951            n.a.
    Outlays.....................................................       2,268,649       2,354,775            n.a.
    Revenues....................................................       1,900,340       2,016,274      11,141,542
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n.a. = Not applicable because annual appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2009 through 2012 will not be
  considered until future sessions of Congress.
\1\ Pending action by the House Appropriations Committee on spending covered by section 207(d)(1)(E) (overseas
  deployments and related activities), resolution assumptions are not included in the current aggregates.
\2\ Excludes emergency amounts exempt from enforcement in the budget resolution.



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