[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 136 (Thursday, September 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S9834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   FURTHER CHANGES TO S. CON. RES. 13

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I wish to make a series of adjustments to 
the allocation of budget authority and outlays to the Senate 
Appropriations Committee and the section 401(b) Senate discretionary 
spending limits. I am making these adjustments for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010, and for the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2010.
  First, section 401(c)(2)(A) of the 2010 Budget Resolution permits the 
chairman to adjust the section 401(b) discretionary spending limits, 
allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, and aggregates for legislation making appropriations for 
fiscal year 2010 that both appropriates $273 million and provides an 
additional appropriation of up to $485 million to the Social Security 
Administration for continuing disability reviews and Supplemental 
Security Income redeterminations.
  Second, section 401(c)(2)(C) of the 2010 Budget Resolution permits 
the chairman to adjust the section 401(b) discretionary spending 
limits, allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, and aggregates for legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2010 that appropriates up to $311 
million to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program at the 
Department of Health and Human Services.
  Third, section 401(c)(2)(D) of the 2010 Budget Resolution permits the 
chairman to adjust the section 401(b) discretionary spending limits, 
allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, and aggregates for legislation making appropriations for 
fiscal year 2010 that both appropriates $10 million and provides an 
additional appropriation of up to $50 million for in-person 
reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews.
  Fourth, section 401(c)(3) of S. Con. Res. 13, the 2010 Budget 
Resolution, permits the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to 
adjust the section 401(b) discretionary spending limits, allocations 
pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and 
aggregates for legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2010 
that appropriates $3.2 billion in funding for the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program and provides an additional appropriation of 
up to $1.9 billion for that program.
  On August 4, 2009, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 
3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The reported bill contains 
$2.746 billion in funding that satisfies the conditions of sections 
401(c)(2)(A), 401(c)(2(C), 401(c)(2)(D), and 401(c)(3). The 
Congressional Budget Office estimates that the $2.746 billion in budget 
authority will result in $2.197 billion in new outlays in 2010. As a 
result, I am revising both the discretionary spending limits and the 
allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations for discretionary 
budget authority and outlays by those amounts in 2010.
  Finally, section 401(c)(4) of S. Con. Res. 13, the 2010 Budget 
Resolution, permits the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to 
adjust the section 401(b) discretionary spending limits, allocations 
pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and 
aggregates for legislation making appropriations for fiscal years 2009 
and 2010 for overseas deployments and other activities by the amounts 
provided in such legislation for those purposes and so designated 
pursuant to section 401(c)(4). The adjustment is limited to the total 
amount of budget authority specified in section 104(21) of S. Con. Res. 
13. For 2009, that limitation is $90.745 billion, and for 2010, it is 
$130 billion.
  On September 10, 2009, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported 
H.R. 3326, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The reported bill contains 
$128.221 billion in funding that has been designated for overseas 
deployments and other activities pursuant to section 401(c)(4). The 
Congressional Budget Office estimates that the $128.221 billion in 
budget authority will result in $66.653 billion in new outlays in 2010. 
As a result, I am revising both the discretionary spending limits and 
the allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations for 
discretionary budget authority and outlays by those amounts in 2010. 
When combined with previous adjustments made pursuant to section 
401(c)(4), $128.6 billion has been designated so far for overseas 
deployments and other activities for 2010.
  When combining the effects of the adjustments made for both bills, I 
am revising today both the discretionary spending limits and the 
allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations by a total of 
$130,967 million for budget authority and $68,850 million for outlays.
  I ask unanimous consent that the following revisions to S. Con. Res. 
13 be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010--S. CON. RES. 13; FURTHER REVISIONS TO THE CONFERENCE
  AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 401(c)(2), 401(c)(3), AND 401(c)(4) TO THE ALLOCATION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY AND
   OUTLAYS TO THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE SECTION 401(b) SENATE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                              Current                               Revised
                                                          allocation/limit      Adjustment      allocation/limit
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FY 2009 Discretionary Budget Authority.................          1,482,201                  0          1,482,201
FY 2009 Discretionary Outlays..........................          1,247,872                  0          1,247,872
FY 2010 Discretionary Budget Authority.................          1,087,285            130,967          1,218,252
FY 2010 Discretionary Outlays..........................          1,307,200             68,850          1,376,050
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