[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 151 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H10310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY MATERIAL


  REVISIONS TO THE AGGREGATES AND ALLOCATIONS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2015 
                           BUDGET RESOLUTION

                                         House of Representatives,


                                      Committee on the Budget,

                                Washington, DC, December 11, 2014.
       Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, the Bipartisan Budget 
     Act of 2013 revised the statutory spending limits for fiscal 
     year 2015 base discretionary appropriations in the amount of 
     $521,272 million for defense programs and $492,356 million 
     for non-defense programs. The levels of the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 for the House 
     were published in the Congressional Record on April 29, 2014. 
     These levels set the base discretionary 302(a) allocation to 
     the Committee on Appropriations at $1,013,628 million, which 
     is the sum of the fiscal year 2015 defense and non-defense 
     base discretionary spending limits in statute. Section 251(b) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985 (BBEDCA) allows for adjustments to the base 
     discretionary spending limits for certain purposes including 
     overseas contingencies, disaster relief, and program 
     integrity initiatives. On June 17, 2014, I issued an 
     adjustment to the aggregates and allocations of the House 
     concurrent resolution on the budget in the amount of $6,438 
     million in additional budget authority to accommodate 
     disaster relief funding contained in H.R. 4903, the Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2015.
       H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2015, contains $1,484 million in budget 
     authority for program integrity initiatives, which is within 
     the allowable limits for this purpose as established in 
     section 251(b)(2)(B) and (C) of BBEDCA. Program integrity 
     funding provides for agency activities to increase efficiency 
     and reduce fraud in federal programs. CBO estimates such 
     funding reduces mandatory spending by more than the amount of 
     discretionary funding provided. Accordingly, I am submitting 
     this adjustment to the fiscal year 2015 House concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for an additional $1,484 million in 
     budget authority to accommodate the program integrity funding 
     included in H.R. 83. After making this adjustment, H.R. 83 is 
     within the fiscal year 2015 statutory spending limits 
     established by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and within 
     the 302(a) allocation established by the fiscal year 2015 
     House concurrent resolution on the budget.
       Pursuant to section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974, I hereby submit for printing in the Congressional 
     Record revisions to the aggregates and allocations set forth 
     in the Statement of Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and 
     Other Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Year 2015 published in the 
     Congressional Record on April 29, 2014, as adjusted, pursuant 
     to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, Public Law 113-67. 
     These revisions are provided for bills, joint resolutions, 
     and amendments thereto or conference reports thereon, 
     considered by the House subsequent to this filing, as 
     applicable. For fiscal year 2015, aggregate levels of budget 
     authority and outlays and the allocation to the Committee on 
     Appropriations, included in the levels of the budget 
     resolution found in the Statement published in the 
     Congressional Record on April 29, 2014, are revised. 
     Associated tables are attached.
       The provisions of H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress) have 
     been deemed to be in force by section 115 of the Bipartisan 
     Budget Act of 2013. This revision represents an adjustment 
     for purposes of enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974. For the purposes of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, these revised aggregates 
     and allocations are to be considered as aggregates and 
     allocations included in the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget, pursuant to the Statement published in the 
     Congressional Record on April 29, 2014, as adjusted.
           Sincerely,
                                        Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin,
                                                         Chairman.
       Attachment.

                            BUDGET AGGREGATES
               [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Fiscal Year
                                               -------------------------
                                                    2015      2015-2024
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Aggregates:
    Budget Authority..........................    3,031,744          \1\
    Outlays...................................    3,026,369          \1\
    Revenues..................................    2,535,978   31,202,135
Adjustment for H.R. 83, the Consolidated and
 Further Appropriations Act, 2015:
    Budget Authority..........................        1,484          \1\
    Outlays...................................        1,277          \1\
    Revenues..................................            0            0
Revised Aggregates:
    Budget Authority..........................    3,033,228          \1\
    Outlays...................................    3,027,646          \1\
    Revenues..................................    2,535,978   31,206,399
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  ALLOCATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              2015
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Base Discretionary Action:
    BA...............................................          1,020,066
    OT...............................................          1,142,784
Adjustment for Program Integrity:
    BA...............................................              1,484
    OT...............................................              1,277
Global War on Terrorism:
    BA...............................................             85,357
    OT...............................................             39,981
Total Discretionary Action:
    BA...............................................          1,106,907
    OT...............................................          1,184,042
Current Law Mandatory:
    BA...............................................            868,410
    OT...............................................            861,637
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