[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S361-S363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUDGET ACT ENFORCEMENT DETAILS
Ms. MURRAY. Mr. President, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, which
Congress passed last month, provides relief to families and the economy
from the harmful effects of sequestration, more than offsetting the
costs of providing that relief with savings elsewhere in the Federal
budget. In addition to those changes, the Bipartisan Budget Act also
establishes a congressional budget for 2014 and, if necessary, for
2015, authorizing the Chairmen of the Senate and House Budget
Committees to file allocations, aggregates, and levels in the Senate
and the House for budget year 2014.
Specifically, to provide for continued enforcement in the Senate,
section 111 requires the chairman of the Budget Committee to file: No.
1, an allocation for fiscal year 2014 for the Committee on
Appropriations; No. 2, allocations for fiscal years 2014, 2014 through
2018, and 2014 through 2023 for committees other than the Committee on
Appropriations; No. 3, aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2014;
No. 4, aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2014, 2014 through
2018, and 2014 through 2023; and No. 5, aggregate levels of outlays and
revenue for fiscal years 2014, 2014 through 2018, and 2014 through 2023
for Social Security.
In the case of the Committee on Appropriations for 2014, the
allocation shall be set consistent with the discretionary spending
limits set forth in the Bipartisan Budget Act, which imposes limits on
the amount of budget authority that can be provided under both the
revised security category and the revised nonsecurity category.
Both the discretionary spending limits and the allocation to the
Committee on Appropriations can be revised for certain adjustments
specifically authorized under the Budget Control Act of 2011. H.R.
3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, which the Senate will
soon consider, includes several such adjustments. Consistent with the
funding levels included in H.R. 3547, I am incorporating into the
allocation to the Committee on Appropriations adjustments for overseas
contingency operations and the global war on terrorism, disaster
funding, and the program integrity initiative in the area of continuing
disability reviews. I am also adjusting for a change in outlays
previously designated as an emergency requirement. These adjustments
are authorized by section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as modified by section 101 of the Budget
Control Act, and by section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act.
In the case of allocations for committees other than the Committee on
Appropriations and for the revenue and Social Security aggregates, the
levels shall be set consistent with the Congressional Budget Office's
May 2013 baseline, adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of the
Bipartisan Budget Act and other legislation enacted since the release
of the May 2013 baseline. In other words, in these instances, the new
allocations and levels are set equal to the updated May baseline.
In the case of the spending aggregates for 2014, the levels shall be
set in accordance with the allocation for the Committee on
Appropriations and the allocations for committees other than the
Committee on Appropriations, as described previously.
Section 114 directs the chairman of the Budget Committee also to
reset the Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard to zero for all fiscal years.
Pursuant to section 114, those revisions occurred immediately upon
enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act. I am now notifying the Senate
and including the revised scorecard as part of the submission on
revised enforcement for budget year 2014.
Finally, section 112 of the Bipartisan Budget Act establishes a point
of order in the Senate against appropriations bills that provide
advance appropriations. That act includes limited exceptions to this
prohibition including up to $28.852 billion in advance appropriations
for programs, projects, activities, or accounts included in a statement
submitted by the chairman of the Budget Committee in the Congressional
Record. Pursuant to section 112, the list of allowable advance
appropriations subject to the limit is as follows.
Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations. Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education: Employment and Training Administration;
Job Corps; education for the disadvantaged; school improvement; special
education; and career, technical, and adult education. Financial
Services and General Government: payment to Postal Service.
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development: tenant-based rental
assistance and project-based rental assistance.
My counterpart, the Chairman of the House Budget Committee,
Congressman Ryan, similarly is filing allocations, aggregates, and
levels in the House. The two filings will allow the House and the
Senate to extend budget enforcement measures for 2014, an important
principle of the bipartisan deal that Chairman Ryan and I agreed to
last month.
I ask unanimous consent that the following tables detailing
enforcement in the Senate for budget year 2014, including new committee
allocations, budgetary and Social Security aggregates, as well as
adjustments to those levels, and the pay-as-you-go scorecard, be
printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 111 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF
2013 AND SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT--BUDGET YEAR 2014
[In millions of dollars]
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Direct Spending Legislation Entitlements Funded In Annual
-------------------------------------- Appropriations Acts
Committee -------------------------------------
Budget Authority Outlays Budget Authority Outlays
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Appropriations:
Revised Security Category 605,882 n/a
Discretionary Budget
Authority*.................
Revised Nonsecurity Category 504,843 n/a
Discretionary Budget
Authority*.................
General Purpose n/a 1,201,186
Discretionary Outlays*.....
Memo: on-budget................. 1,105,600 1,196,030
off-budget................ 5,125 5,156
Mandatory................... 834.636 818,871
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Total................... 1,945,361 2,020,057
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 12,852 11,862 122,905 107,615
Armed Services...................... 150,201 149,986 110 107
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 22,231 1,767 0 0
Commerce, Science, and 15,648 10,850 1,460 1,478
Transportation.....................
Energy and Natural Resources........ 2,073 4,917 62 62
Environment and Public Works........ 43,717 3,310 0 0
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Finance............................. 1,311,988 1,304,815 602,099 602,061
Foreign Relations................... 29,118 26,085 159 159
Homeland Security and Governmental 102,892 99,882 9,234 9,234
Affairs............................
Judiciary........................... 20,481 12,651 811 801
Health, Education, Labor, and -1,812 10,196 15,679 15,540
Pensions...........................
Rules and Administration............ 40 6 24 24
Intelligence........................ 0 0 514 514
Veterans' Affairs................... 928 1,144 81,475 81,172
Indian Affairs...................... 907 1,408 0 0
Small Business...................... 0 0 0 0
Unassigned to Committee............. -726.663 -716,686 104 104
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Total................... 2,929,962 2,942,250 834,636 818,871
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*Note: includes adjustments to the budget authority and outlay allocations to the Committee on Appropriations
pursuant to sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 111 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF
2013 AND SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT, 5-YEAR: 2014-2018
[In millions of dollars]
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Direct Spending Legislation-- Entitlements Funded In Annual
-------------------------------------- Appropriations Acts-
Committee- -------------------------------------
Budget Authority- Outlays- Budget Authority- Outlays-
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry- 68,964- 66,695- 618,290- 548,862
...................................
Armed Services-..................... 803,939- 803,677- 522- 514
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs- 114,359- -3,763- 0- 0
Commerce, Science, and 84,098- 60,727- 8,338- 8,106
Transportation-....................
Energy and Natural Resources-....... 21,135- 24,493- 310- 310
Environment and Public Works-....... 219,493- 20,409- 0- 0
Finance-............................ 7,664,235- 7,646,654- 3,494,218- 3,494,377
Foreign Relations-.................. 130,444- 125,264- 795- 795
Homeland Security and Governmental 547,584- 534,512- 45,791- 45,791
Affairs-...........................
Judiciary-.......................... 64,652- 66,854- 4,349- 4,329
Health, Education, Labor, and 55,361- 76,283- 85,937- 85,569
Pensions-..........................
Rules and Administration-........... 189- 71- 130- 130
Intelligence-....................... 0- 0- 2,570- 2,570
Veterans' Affairs-.................. 4,062- 5,177- 437,999- 436,484
Indian Affairs-..................... 3,626- 5,527- 0- 0
Small Business-..................... 0- 0- 0- 0
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SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 111 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF
2013 AND SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT, 10-YEAR: 2014-2023
[In millions of dollars]
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Direct Spending Legislation-- Entitlements Funded In Annual
-------------------------------------- Appropriations Acts-
Committee- -------------------------------------
Budget Authority- Outlays- Budget Authority- Outlays-
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry- 141,305- 137,659- 1,246,249- 1,102,907
...................................
Armed Services-..................... 1,758,840- 1,762,789- 1,034- 1,016
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs- 207,543- -60,746- 0- 0
Commerce, Science, and 174,722- 124,675- 19,036- 18,418
Transportation-....................
Energy and Natural Resources-....... 47,131- 50,524- 620- 620
Environment and Public Works-....... 433,619- 41,574- 0- 0
Finance-............................ 19,084,627- 19,067,886- 8,354,833- 8,354,805
Foreign Relations-.................. 241,385- 235,012- 1,590- 1,590
Homeland Security and Governmental 1,190,302- 1,161,411- 87,036- 87,036
Affairs-...........................
Judiciary-.......................... 118,621- 121,407- 9,519- 9,484
Health, Education, Labor, and 179,501- 200,042- 201,258- 200,530
Pensions-..........................
Rules and Administration-........... 371- 206- 292- 292
Intelligence-....................... 0- 0- 5,140- 5,140
Veterans' Affairs-.................. 6,426- 8,658- 948,052- 945,022
Indian Affairs-..................... 7,829- 9,756- 0- 0
Small Business-..................... 0- 0- 0- 0
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BUDGETARY AGGREGATES
(Pursuant to section 111 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2011 and
section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
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$s in millions 2014- 2014-18 2014-23
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Spending:---
Budget Authority............. 2,924,837- n/a- n/a
Outlays-..................... 2,937,094- n/a- n/a
Revenue:......................... 2,311,026- 13,699,478- 31,095,742
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n/a = Not applicable. Appropriations for fiscal years 2015--2023 will be
determined by future sessions of Congress and enforced through future
Congressional budget resolutions.
SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS
(Pursuant to section 111 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2011 and
section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
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$s in millions 2014- 2014-18 2014-23
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Outlays.......................... 705,515- 3,996,404 9,403,107
Revenue.......................... 730,850- 4,071,103 9,247,283
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ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(Pursuant to sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974)
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Initial Adjusted
In millions of dollars Allocation/ Adjustments- Allocation/
Limit Limit
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Fiscal Year 2014:---
Revised Security Category 520,464 85,418 605,882
Discretionary Budget
Authority..................
Revised Nonsecurity Category 491,773 13,070 504,843
Discretionary Budget
Authority..................
General Purpose 1,154,816 46,370 1,201,186
Discretionary Outlays......
Memorandum: Total Discretionary 1,012,237 98,488 1,110,725
Budget Authority...............
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DETAIL ON ADJUSTMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 2014 ALLOCATIONS TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 302
AND 314(a) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
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Overseas
$s in billions Program Disaster Emergency contingency Total
integrity relief operations
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Agriculture:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Commerce-Justice-Science:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Defense:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 85.191 85.191
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 43.140 43.140
Energy & Water:
Buget Authority.......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Financial Services:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Homeland Security:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 5.626 0.000 0.227 5.853
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.281 0.000 0.182 0.463
Interior and Related Agencies:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Labor-HHS-ED:
Budget Authority......................... 0.924 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.924
Outlays.................................. 0.832 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.832
Legislative Branch:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
MilCon-VA:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
State-Foreign Operations:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 6.520 6.520
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.885 1.885
Transportation-HUD:
Budget Authority......................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.050 0.000 0.050
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Total:
Budget Authority..................... 0.924 5.626 0.000 91.938 98.488
Outlays.............................. 0.832 0.281 0.050 45.207 46.370
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Breakdown of Above Adjustments by Category:
Revised Security Category Budget 0.000 0.000 0.000 85.418 85.418
Authority...............................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Budget 0.924 5.626 0.000 6.520 13.070
Authority...............................
General Purpose Discretionary Outlays.... 0.832 0.281 0.050 45.207 46.370
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PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE SENATE
(Pursuant to section 114(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 *)
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$s in millions Balances
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Fiscal Years 2014 through 2018............................. 0
Fiscal Years 2014 through 2023............................. 0
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* Note: pursuant to section 114, this change became effective upon
enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.
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