[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

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                         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]
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                                           2011               2012
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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
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   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]
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                                                                       Initial  allocation/    Subdivide 2012  budget    Current  allocation/                              Revised  allocation/
                                                                              limit                  authority                  limit                  Adjustment                 limit
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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
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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]
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                                                                                 Overseas
                                       Disaster relief       Emergency         contingency           Total
                                                                                operations
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Homeland Security:
    Budget Authority................              4.200              0.000              0.258              4.458

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    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
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