[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 75 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUDGET COMMITTEE COST ESTIMATE--S. 2844
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I offer for the Record the Budget
Committee's cost estimate of S. 2844, the Transportation, Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017.
The reported measure provides $56.5 billion in discretionary budget
authority for fiscal year 2017, which will result in new outlays of
$46.3 billion. When outlays from prior-year budget authority are taken
into account, nonemergency discretionary outlays for the bill will
total $120.5 billion.
The reported bill matches its section 302(b) allocation set forth in
S. Rept. 114-238 for budget authority for both the security and
nonsecurity categories and is below the 302(b) allocation for outlays
by $10 million.
The bill contains emergency-designated appropriations, which are
effectively exempt from budget enforcement. The Budget Act provides a
mechanism to prevent abuse of the emergency designation in the form of
the 314(e) point of order, which allows any Senator to challenge
whether the appropriation is actually needed for an emergency.
Specifically, the bill transfers to the community planning and
development account previously appropriated emergency-designated
Housing and Urban Development spending for administrative costs related
to disaster relief efforts. This transfer does not change budget
authority, but increases outlays by $1 million. I will adjust the
allocations by this amount unless a challenge to the use of the
emergency designation is successful, which would occur if fewer than 60
Senators agree that the appropriation is needed for an emergency
purpose.
I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the table
displaying the Budget Committee scoring of the bill.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
S. 2844, 2017 TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS--SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-
REPORTED BILL
(Fiscal Year 2017, $ millions)
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Budget Authority Outlays
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Security Nonsecurity Total Total
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Senate-reported bill........................ 275- 56,199 56,474 120,461
Senate 302(b) allocation.................... 275 56,199 56,474 120,471
2016 Enacted................................ 210 57,391 57,601 120,469
President's request......................... 211 51,781 51,992 118,800
SENATE-REPORTED BILL COMPARED TO:
Senate 302(b) allocation-----........... 0 0 0 -10
2016 Enacted............................ 65-- -1,192 -1,127 -8---
President's request..................... 64--- 4,418- 4,482- 1,661---------
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Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Includes emergency-designated spending.
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