[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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