[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 138 (Friday, September 16, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5704-S5705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MORNING BUSINESS
______
BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENTS
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, last week, pursuant to section 106 of the
Budget Control Act of 2011, I filed new committee allocations, new
budgetary and Social Security aggregates, and a revised pay-as-you-go
scorecard. Today, I am adjusting some of those levels, specifically the
allocation to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2012 and
the budgetary aggregates for fiscal years 2011 and 2012.
First, as specified under section 106(b)(1), I filed new allocations
to the Committee on Appropriations. For 2012, that allocation was set
consistent with the sum of the two limits on discretionary spending set
forth in the Budget Control Act. Section 101 of the Budget Control Act
establishes a limit of $684 billion in new budget authority for the
security category and $359 billion in new budget authority for the
nonsecurity category, for a total of $1,043 billion. To match the
divisions provided by the Budget Control Act, I am subdividing the
initial allocation of $1,043 billion in budget authority provided to
the Committee on Appropriations into two separate amounts, $684 billion
for security funding and $359 billion for nonsecurity funding.
Second, section 101 of the Budget Control Act allows for various
adjustments to the statutory limits on discretionary spending, while
section 106(d) allows the chairman of the Budget Committee to make
revisions to allocations, aggregates, and levels consistent with those
adjustments. The Committee on Appropriations reported three bills last
week that are eligible for adjustments under the Budget Control Act. In
total, I am making adjustments to the 2012 allocation to the Committee
on Appropriations and the budgetary aggregates of $5.769 billion in
budget authority and $1.157 billion in outlays. Those adjustments
reflect the sum of $5.511 billion in budget authority and $0.958
billion in outlays for funding designated for disaster relief, $0 in
budget authority and -$0.007 billion in outlays for funding designated
as an emergency, and $0.258 billion in budget authority and $0.206
billion in outlays for funding designated as being for overseas
contingency operations.
Finally, I am making technical adjustments to the 2011 and 2012
budgetary aggregates. These adjustments are being made to remove
amounts that the Senate allocates to the Appropriations Committee each
year but does not count as part of the spending aggregates. A similar
adjustment will be made at the time the Congress clears the relevant
appropriations bills, such that the adjustments do not change the total
amount of room that is available to the Senate under the aggregates in
either year.
I ask unanimous consent that the following tables detailing the
changes to the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations and the
budgetary aggregates be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
BUDGETARY AGGREGATES.--PURSUANT TO SECTION 106(b)(1)(C) OF THE BUDGET
CONTROL ACT OF 2011 AND SECTION 311 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF
1974
[In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011 2012
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority.............. 3,076,930 2,854,385
Outlays....................... 3,167,997 2,987,419
Adjustments:
Budget Authority.............. -6,045 -396
Outlays....................... -6,023 -4,998
Revised Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority.............. 3,070,885 2,853,989
Outlays....................... 3,161,974 2,982,421
------------------------------------------------------------------------
REVISIONS TO THE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 106 OF THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 2011 AND SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET ACT OF 1974
[In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Initial allocation/ Subdivide 2012 budget Current allocation/ Revised allocation/
limit authority limit Adjustment limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2011:
General Purpose Discretionary Budget Authority................. 1,211,141 n/a 1,211,141 0 1,211,141
General Purpose Discretionary Outlays.......................... 1,391,055 n/a 1,391,055 0 1,391,055
Fiscal Year 2012:
General Purpose Budget Authority............................... 1,043,000 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Security Discretionary Budget Authority........................ n/a 684,000 684,000 4,458 688,458
Nonsecurity Discretionary Budget Authority..................... n/a 359,000 359,000 1,311 360,311
General Purpose Discretionary Outlays.......................... 1,262,000 n/a 1,262,000 1,157 1,263,157
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DETAILS ON ADJUSTMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 2012 ALLOCATIONS TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 106 OF
THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 2011
[In billions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Overseas
Disaster relief Emergency contingency Total
operations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Homeland Security:
Budget Authority................ 4.200 0.000 0.258 4.458
[[Page S5705]]
Outlays......................... 0.084 -0.007 0.206 0.283
Agriculture:
Budget Authority................ 0.266 0.000 0.000 0.266
Outlays......................... 0.107 0.000 0.000 0.107
Energy and Water:
Budget Authority................ 1.045 0.000 0.000 1.045
Outlays......................... 0.767 0.000 0.000 0.767
Total:
Budget Authority................ 5.511 0.000 0.258 5.769
Outlays......................... 0.958 -0.007 0.206 1.157
Memorandum:
Security Budget Authority....... 4.200 0.000 0.258 4.458
Nonsecurity Budget Authority.... 1.311 0.000 0.000 1.311
General Purpose Outlays......... 0.958 -0.007 0.206 1.157
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
____________________