Congressional Record, Volume 160 Issue 66 (Monday, May 5, 2014)

[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
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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
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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
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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 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 ................. .................
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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]
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Direct spending legislation Entitlements funded in annual
Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget authority Outlays Budget authority Outlays
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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 ................. .................
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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
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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]
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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 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]
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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 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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