[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 125 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H9537-H9538]
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. Mr. Speaker, under sections 211, 301(b), 304(a), 305(b), 
314(d), 320(a), and 320(c) 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 made in order by the Committee on Rules, H.R. 3162 (Children's 
Health and Medicare Protection 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. 3162) is 
under consideration. The adjustments will take effect upon enactment of 
the measure (H.R. 3162). 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
            House committee            -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                BA              Outlays               BA              Outlays               BA              Outlays
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Current allocation:
    Energy and Commerce...............                 -1                 -1                134                132                 89                 87

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    Ways and Means....................                  0                  0                -38                -38                -98                -98
Change for Children's Health and
 Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (H.R.
 3162):
    Energy and Commerce...............                  0                  0              2,872              2,872             51,798             51,798
    Ways and Means....................                  0                  0              2,939              2,939            -26,190            -26,190
    Total.............................                  0                  0              5,811              5,811             25,608             25,608
Revised allocation:
    Energy and Commerce...............                 -1                 -1              3,006              3,004             51,887             51,885
    Ways and Means....................                  0                  0              2,901              2,901            -26,288            -26,288
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                                                BUDGET AGGREGATES
                                   [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]
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                                                                             Fiscal year 2008  Fiscal years 2008-
                                                          Fiscal year 2007         \1\                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 Children's Health and Medicare Protection
 Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162):
  Budget Authority.....................................                  0              5,811               n.a.
  Outlays..............................................                  0              5,811               n.a.
  Revenues.............................................                  0              4,516             27,368
Revised Aggregates:
  Budget Authority.....................................          2,255,570          2,356,168               n.a.
  Outlays..............................................          2,268,649          2,359,803               n.a.
  Revenues.............................................          1,900,340          2,020,357        11,165,039
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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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