[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 66 (Monday, May 5, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2640-S2643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      BUDGET COMMITTEE SUBMISSIONS

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 passed 
in December not only provided relief to families and the economy from 
the harmful effects of sequestration but also put an end to the recent 
fiscal crises and uncertainty by establishing a bipartisan 
congressional budget for 2 years. Specifically, the act authorizes the 
chairmen of the Senate and House Budget Committees to file allocations, 
aggregates, levels, and other enforcement mechanisms in the Senate and 
the House for budget years 2014 and 2015.
  On January 15, I filed the first of the two budgets in the Senate for 
fiscal year 2014. Today, pursuant to section 116 of the Bipartisan 
Budget Act of 2013, I am filing the budget in the Senate for fiscal 
year 2015. Specifically, for the purpose of enforcing the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, section 116 directs the chairman of the Budget 
Committee to file: allocations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for the 
Committee on Appropriations; allocations for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 
2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 for committees other than the 
Committee on Appropriations; aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 
2014 and 2015; aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 
2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024; and aggregate levels of 
outlays and revenue for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 
2015 through 2024 for Social Security. That authority to file 
allocations, aggregates, levels, and other enforcement tools exists 
from April 15 through May 15.
  In the case of the Committee on Appropriations for 2014 and 2015, the 
allocation shall be set consistent with the discretionary spending 
limits set forth in the Bipartisan Budget Act, which imposes limits 
only on the amount of budget authority and divides those limits on 
budget authority between the revised security category and the revised 
nonsecurity category.
  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 most recent baseline of the 
Congressional Budget Office. The CBO last updated its baseline on April 
14, 2014.
  In the case of the spending aggregates for 2014 and 2015, 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.
  Pursuant to section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
the allocations to the Committee on Appropriations and the spending 
aggregates can be revised for certain adjustments specifically 
authorized by section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. The authorized changes include adjustments for 
overseas contingency operations and the global war on terrorism, 
disaster funding, emergency appropriations, and program integrity 
initiatives in the areas of continuing disability reviews and 
redeterminations and health care fraud and abuse control. These 
adjustments will be made after the reporting of a bill or joint 
resolution or the offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of 
a conference report thereon that includes language that qualifies for 
one or more of the authorized adjustments.
  In addition, section 116(c) of the Bipartisan Budget Act authorizes 
the filing for fiscal year 2015 of deficit-neutral reserve funds 
included in sections 114(c) and (d) of the act, updated by 1 year to 
match the new enforcement windows. Accordingly, I am hereby filing and 
updating by 1 year each of the reserve funds included in sections 
114(c) and (d) of the Bipartisan Budget Act. The reserve funds are 
updated to cover the period of the total of fiscal years 2014 through 
2024 in the case of the reserve fund authorized in section 114(c) and 
the period of the total of fiscal years 2014 through 2019 and the 
period of the total of fiscal years 2014 through 2024 in the case of 
the reserve funds authorized in section 114(d). In the case of section 
114(d), the reserve funds filed and updated here include sections 302,

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303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 
317, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 
332, 333, 334, 335, 338, 339, 340, 341, 344, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 
356, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 371, 376, 378, 379, and 
383 of S. Con. Res. 8 (113th Congress), as passed by the Senate.
  Section 114(a) 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(a), I am notifying the Senate and including the 
revised scorecard as part of the submission on revised enforcement for 
budget year 2015.
  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, 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.
  Mr. President, my counterpart, the chairman of the House Budget 
Committee, Congressman Ryan, similarly has filed allocations, 
aggregates, and levels in the House. The two filings will allow the 
House and the Senate to extend budget enforcement measures for 2015, an 
important principle of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.
  I ask unanimous consent that the following tables detailing 
enforcement in the Senate for budget year 2015, including new committee 
allocations, budgetary and Social Security aggregates, detail on 
discretionary spending limits, and the Senate 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:

    BUDGETARY AGGREGATES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 2013 AND SECTION 311 OF THE
                                        CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974
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               $s in millions                       2014             2015           2015-19          2015-24
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Spending:
    Budget Authority........................        2,842,558        2,939,993              n/a              n/a
    Outlays.................................        2,819,514        3,004,163              n/a              n/a
Revenue                                             2,288,175        2,533,388       13,882,333      31,202,135
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n/a = Not applicable. Appropriations for fiscal years 2016-2024 will be determined by future sessions of
  Congress and enforced through future Congressional budget resolutions.


   SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS--PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 2013 AND SECTION 311 OF THE
                                        CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974
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               $s in millions                       2014             2015           2015-19          2015-24
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Outlays.....................................          698,267          736,572        4,174,029        9,952,032
Revenue.....................................          743,395          771,692        4,209,544        9,372,018
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  ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
                2014 PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 302 AND 314(a) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974
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                                                                                                    Adjusted
                 In millions of dollars                  Allocation/limit*     Adjustments      allocation/limit
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Fiscal Year 2014:
    Revised Security Category Discretionary Budget                 605,882                  0            605,882
     Authority**.......................................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget              504,843                  0            504,843
     Authority**.......................................
    General Purpose Discretionary Outlays..............          1,201,186                  0          1,201,186
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Memorandum: Total Discretionary Budget                   1,110,725                  0         1,110,725
         Authority.....................................
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* The allocation to the Committee on Appropriations shown above incorporates adjustments to the discretionary
  spending limits made pursuant to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
  1985 for overseas contingency operations, program integrity initiatives, and disaster relief. For more
  information on these adjustments, see pp. S361-S363 of the Congressional Record (January 15, 2014).
** The amount allocated to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2014 reflects CBO's estimate of P.L.
  113-76, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. An adjustment has been made to ``unassigned to committee''
  to offset the difference between the Congressional Budget Office's April 2014 estimate of discretionary
  spending and the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of P.L. 113-76. For enforcement purposes, the
  allocation to the Committee on Appropriations is considered to be at current level for fiscal year 2014.


  ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
                2015 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/limit     Adjustments*     Allocation/limit
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Fiscal Year 2015:
    Revised Security Category Discretionary Budget                 521,272                  0            521,272
     Authority.........................................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget              492,356                  0            492,356
     Authority.........................................
    General Purpose Discretionary Outlays..............          1,160,500                  0          1,160,500
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Memorandum: Total Discretionary Budget                   1,013,628                  0         1,013,628
         Authority.....................................
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* Pursuant to section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the allocation to the Committee on
  Appropriations will be adjusted following the reporting of bills, offering of amendments, or submission of
  conference reports that qualify for adjustments to the discretionary spending limits as outlined in section
  251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.


SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriations:
    Revised Security Category                   605,882                n/a  .................  .................
     Discretionary Budget Authority*
    Revised Nonsecurity Category                504,843                n/a  .................  .................
     Discretionary Budget Authority*
    General Purpose Discretionary                   n/a          1,201,186  .................  .................
     Outlays........................
    Memo:  on-budget................          1,105,600          1,195,796  .................  .................
          off-budget................              5,125              5,390  .................  .................
      Mandatory.....................            849,184            836,182  .................  .................
                                     --------------------------------------
        Total.......................          1,959,909          2,037,368  .................  .................
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry             14,053             14,161            119,970            107,456
Armed Services......................            145,908            146,180                100                 95
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.             12,324             -9,548                  0                  0
Commerce, Science, and                           26,710             21,759              1,460              1,570
 Transportation.....................

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Energy and Natural Resources........              1,908              4,722                 62                 65
Environment and Public Works........             41,959              2,290                  0                  0
Finance.............................          1,292,745          1,285,443            618,414            618,200
Foreign Relations...................             27,890             27,855                159                159
Homeland Security and Governmental              106,887            103,825             20,498             20,498
 Affairs............................
Judiciary...........................             11,429              9,963                817                787
Health, Education, Labor, and                     3,356             11,515              4,004              3,895
 Pensions...........................
Rules and Administration............                 38                  8                 24                 24
Intelligence........................                  0                  0                514                514
Veterans' Affairs...................              3,114              3,315             83,058             82,815
Indian Affairs......................                827              1,087                  0                  0
Small Business......................               -780               -780                  0                  0
Unassigned to Committee*............           -800,594           -834,259                104                104
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    Total...........................          2,847,683          2,824,904            849,184           836,182
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* The amount allocated to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2014 reflects CBO's estimate of P.L.
  113-76, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. An adjustment has been made to ``Unassigned to Committee''
  to offset the difference between the Congressional Budget Office's April 2014 estimate of discretionary
  spending and the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of P.L. 113-76. For enforcement purposes, the
  allocation to each Committee is considered to be at current level for fiscal year 2014.


SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF
                    2013 AND TO SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT BUDGET YEAR 2015
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Direct spending legislation          Entitlements funded in annual
              Committee              ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Budget authority       Outlays        Budget authority       Outlays
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appropriations:
    Revised Security Category                   521,272                n/a  .................  .................
     Discretionary Budget Authority
     *..............................
    Revised Nonsecunty Category                 492,356                n/a  .................  .................
     Discretionary Budget Authority
     *..............................
    General Purpose Discretionary                   n/a          1,160,500  .................  .................
     Outlays *......................
    Memo:  on-budget................          1,008,146          1,155,120  .................  .................
           off-budget...............              5,482              5,380  .................  .................
      Mandatory.....................            873,284            864,401  .................  .................
                                     --------------------------------------
        Total.......................          1,886,912          2,024,901
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry              8,018              8,190            114,937            107,310
Armed Services......................            150,600            150,412                107                104
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.             24,537              5,071                  0                  0
Commerce, Science, and                           15,506             11,140              1,576              1,580
 Transportation.....................
Energy and Natural Resources........              4,548              5,413                 62                 62
Environment and Public Works........             42,894              3,258                  0                  0
Finance.............................          1,387,460          1,376,610            643,216            642,308
Foreign Relations...................             27,208             26,621                159                159
Homeland Security and Governmental              109,890            107,189             20,839             20,839
 Affairs............................
Judiciary...........................             20,582             12,269                846                837
Health, Education, Labor, and                     2,180              6,074              4,075              4,038
 Pensions...........................
Rules and Administration............                 40                  8                 25                 25
Intelligence........................                  0                  0                514                514
Veterans' Affairs...................              1,018              1,262             86,821             86,519
Indian Affairs......................                732              1,207                  0                  0
Small Business......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
Unassigned to Committee.............           -736,650           -730,082                107                106
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total...........................          2,945,475          3,009,543            873,284           864,401
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* Pursuant to section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the allocation to the Committee on
  Appropriations will be adjusted following the reporting of bills, offering of amendments, or submission of
  conference reports that qualify for adjustments to the discretionary spending limits as outlined in section
  251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.


SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF
                     2013 AND SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT 5-YEAR: 2015-2019
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Direct spending legislation          Entitlements funded in annual
                                     --------------------------------------          appropriations acts
              Committee                                                    -------------------------------------
                                       Budget authority       Outlays        Budget authority       Outlays
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry             58,115             57,023            587,774            532,574
Armed Services......................            805,266            804,736                526                516
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.            114,495             -4,264                  0                  0
Commerce, Science, and                           82,886             59,979              8,784              8,742
 Transportation.....................
Energy and Natural Resources........             23,650             25,444                310                310
Environment and Public Works........            213,617             15,993                  0                  0
Finance.............................          8,300,957          8,290,424          3,711,730          3,709,606
Foreign Relations...................            126,459            123,509                795                795
Homeland Security and Governmental              593,877            580,572            109,735            109,735
 Affairs............................
Judiciary...........................             67,285             71,752              4,503              4,486
Health, Education, Labor, and                    16,997             32,485             22,398             22,084
 Pensions...........................
Rules and Administration............                195                 50                136                136
Intelligence........................                  0                  0              2,570              2,570
Veterans' Affairs...................              4,334              5,205            468,914            467,444
Indian Affairs......................              3,173              5,078                  0                  0
Small Business......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
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SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF
                     2013 AND SECTION 302 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT 10-YEAR: 2015-2024
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Direct spending legislation          Entitlements funded in annual
                                     --------------------------------------          appropriations acts
              Committee                                                    -------------------------------------
                                       Budget authority       Outlays        Budget authority       Outlays
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry            111,731            109,661          1,188,348          1,079,673
Armed Services......................          1,756,596          1,754,927              1,050              1,030
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.            206,853            -56,229                  0                  0
Commerce, Science, and                          168,434            119,655             20,047             19,932
 Transportation.....................

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Energy and Natural Resources........             49,697             52,232                620                620
Environment and Public Works........            422,694             33,513                  0                  0
Finance.............................         20,308,332         20,297,926          8,772,526          8,769,114
Foreign Relations...................            235,490            231,546              1,590              1,590
Homeland Security and Governmental            1,292,529          1,262,703            237,985            237,985
 Affairs............................
Judiciary...........................            122,841            127,325              9,717              9,685
Health, Education, Labor, and                    45,975             64,666             48,100             47,402
 Pensions...........................
Rules and Administration............                361                104                304                304
Intelligence........................                  0                  0              5,140              5,140
Veterans' Affairs...................              6,700              8,463          1,003,084          1,000,104
Indian Affairs......................              7,098              8,957                  0                  0
Small Business......................                  0                  0                  0                  0
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 PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE SENATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 114(a)(2) OF
                    THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 2013
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                    $s in millions                          Balances
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Fiscal Years 2015 through 2019.......................                  0
Fiscal Years 2015 through 2024.......................                  0
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