[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 153 (Saturday, December 13, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6815-S6816]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUDGETARY REVISIONS
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, which
Congress passed a year ago this month, not only provided relief to
families, servicemembers, 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 budget for two years.
Pursuant to section 116 of the Bipartisan Budget Act, I previously
filed budgetary aggregates and committee allocations for budget year
2015. Today, I am adjusting those levels to account for H.R. 83, the
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 establishes statutory limits on discretionary spending and
allows for various adjustments to those limits, while sections 302 and
314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act allows the Chairman of the
Budget Committee to establish and make revisions to allocations,
aggregates, and levels consistent with those adjustments. H.R. 83,
which has passed the House, is eligible for the following adjustments:
Division A. the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which includes
$91 million in budget authority and $40 million in outlays that is
designated as disaster funding, and $25 million in budget authority and
$7 million in outlays designated as an emergency.
Division C, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, which
includes $64 billion in budget authority and $30.476 billion in outlays
that is designated as Overseas Contingency Operations funding, and $112
million in budget authority and $119 million in outlays that is
designated as emergency funding
Division G, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which includes
$1.484 billion in budget authority and $1.277 billion in outlays for
program integrity initiatives, and $2.742 billion in budget authority
and $933 million in outlays designated as an emergency.
Division I, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which includes $221 million in
budget authority that is designated as Overseas Contingency Operations.
Division J, the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, which includes $9.258 billion in budget authority
and $2.233 billion in outlays that is designated as Overseas
Contingency Operations funding, and $2.526 billion in budget authority
and $468 million in outlays designated as an emergency.
Because I previously filed adjustments for most of these bills after
they were reported by the Committee on Appropriations, the adjustments
I am making today takes into account those existing adjustments and
reflect only the net difference.
In total, I am revising the budgetary aggregates for 2015 by a total
of $11.351 billion in budget authority and $3.983 billion in outlays. I
am also revising the budget authority and outlay allocations to the
appropriations committee for 2015 by a total of $6.048 billion in
revised nonsecurity budget authority, $5.967 billion in revised
security budget authority, and $4.567 billion in total outlays.
I am pleased to note that the funding in the omnibus appropriations
bill is fully consistent with the bipartisan limits on discretionary
spending agreed to in the Bipartisan Budget Act.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following tables
detailing the changes to the allocation to the Committee on
Appropriations and the budgetary aggregates be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
DETAIL BY CATEGORY ON ADJUSTMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 2015 ALLOCATIONS TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 302 AND 314(a) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
[$s in billions]
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Changes to
Adjustments Total Funding Existing
Made for Eligible for Adjustments to
Committee- Adjustments in Match Total
Reported H.R. 83 H.R. 83
Bills* Adjustments
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Overseas Contingency Operations
BA.......................................................... 68.344 73.479 5.135
Outlays..................................................... 30.868 32.709 1.841
Emergency
BA.......................................................... 0.000 5.405 5.405
Outlays..................................................... 0.075 1.527 1.452
Program Integrity Initiatives
BA.......................................................... 0.000 1.484 1.484
Outlays..................................................... 0.000 1.277 1.277
Disaster
BA.......................................................... 0.100 0.091 -0.009
Outlays..................................................... 0.043 0.040 -0.003
Total
BA...................................................... 68.444 80.459 12.015
Outlays................................................. 30.986 35.553 4.567
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* Excludes adjustments made for the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which is funded in H.R.
83 on a temporary basis through February 27th, 2015, and therefore no further adjustments are appropriate at
this time.
DETAIL ON ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS BY SUBCOMMITTEE TO FISCAL YEAR 2015 ALLOCATIONS TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 302 AND 314(a) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
[$s in billions]
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Overseas
Program Disaster Emergency Contingency Total
Integrity Relief Operations
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H.R. 83. Consolidated and
Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2015 *
Agriculture
Budget Authority............ 0.000 -0.009 0.025 0.000 0.016
Outlays..................... 0.000 -0.003 0.007 0.000 0.004
Defense
Budget Authority............ 0.000 0.000 0.112 4.281 4.393
Outlays..................... 0.000 0.000 0.044 2.108 2.152
Labor-HHS-ED
Budget Authority............ 1.484 0.000 2.742 0.000 4.226
Outlays..................... 1.277 0.000 0.933 0.000 2.210
MilCon-VA
Budget Authority............ 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.221 0.221
Outlays..................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
State-Foreign Operations
Budget Authority............ 0.000 0.000 2.526 0.633 3.159
Outlays..................... 0.000 0.000 0.468 -0.267 0.201
Total
Budget Authority............ 1.484 -0.009 5.405 5.135 12.015
Outlays..................... 1.277 -0.003 1.452 1.841 4.567
Breakdown of Above Adjustments
by Category
Revised Security 0.000 0.000 0.112 5.855 5.967
Category Budget
Authority..............
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Revised Nonsecurity 1.484 -0.009 5.293 -0.720 6.048
Category Budget
Authority..............
General Purpose 1.277 -0.003 1.452 1.841 4.567
Discretionary Outlays..
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* This table reflects the additional adjustments needed to match the Congressional Budget Office estimate of
Divisions A-K as well as sections 8, 10, and 11 of H.R. 83, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2015 as passed by the House on December 11, 2014. Division L continues temporary funding for the
Department of Homeland Security (OHS) through February 27th, 2015, and therefore no further adjustments are
appropriate at this time. Adjustments were made in July, 2014, for disaster and overseas contingency
operations funding included in the Senate-reported DH5 bill.
REVISIONS 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
[In millions of dollars]
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Current
Allocation/ Adjustments* Adjusted
Limit Allocation/Limit
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Fiscal Year 2015:
Revised Security Category Discretionary Budget 579,851 5,967 585,818
Authority.........................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 508,872 6,048 514,920
Authority.........................................
General Purpose Discretionary Outlays.............. 1,191,978 4,567 1,196,545
Memorandum: Total Discretionary Budget 1,088,723 12,015 1,100,738
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.
BUDGETARY AGGREGATES PURSUANT TO SECTION 116 OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET
ACT OF 2013 AND SECTION 311 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974
[$s in millions]
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2015
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Current Spending Aggregates:*
Budget Authority................................. 3,015,088
Outlays.......................................... 3,035,641
Adjustments:**
Budget Authority................................. 11,351
Outlays.......................................... 3,983
Revised Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority................................. 3,026,439
Outlays.......................................... 3,039,624
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* 2015 current spending aggregates reflect previous adjustments made for
disaster, overseas contingency operations, and emergency.
** Note: reflects the additional adjustments needed to match the
Congressional Budget Office estimate of Divisions A-K as well as
sections 8, 10, and 11 of H.R. 83, Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2015 as passed by the House on December 11, 2014.
Note that it also excludes the budget authority and outlays for
program integrity initiatives classified as off-budget.
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