[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 103 (Monday, June 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4580-S4581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BUDGETARY REVISIONS

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, 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 
of 1974 allow the chairman of the Budget Committee to establish and 
make revisions to allocations, aggregates, and levels consistent with 
those adjustments. The Senate will soon consider the conference report 
to accompany H.R. 2577, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. This conference report 
provides funding to combat the Zika virus. For these efforts, the bill 
provides $991 million in budget authority for fiscal year 2016 and $39 
million and $382 million in outlays for fiscal year 2016 and fiscal 
year 2017, respectively. These figures include rescissions of emergency 
funds that provide a partial offset. This legislation includes language 
that would designate these provisions as emergency funding pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. The inclusion of these designations makes this spending 
eligible for an adjustment under the Congressional Budget Act.
  The conference report to accompany H.R. 2577 also includes funding 
for military construction outside of the United States that is 
designated as overseas contingency operations funding pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii). These provisions provide $172 million in 
budget authority and $1 million in outlays for fiscal year 2017. The 
inclusion of the overseas contingency operations designations with 
these provisions makes this spending eligible for an adjustment under 
the Congressional Budget Act.
  On May 26, 2016, I made adjustments to the budgetary aggregates and 
the Committee on Appropriation's allocations for fiscal years 2016 and 
2017 to accommodate emergency spending found in S. amendment No. 3900 
to combat the Zika virus that qualified for a cap adjustment under 
BBEDCA. The adjustments I make today take these prior adjustments into 
consideration and reflect the appropriate level for overall adjustments 
for considering this legislation.
  As a result, I am decreasing the budgetary aggregate for fiscal year 
2016 by $107 million in budget authority and $108 million in outlays. I 
am increasing the budgetary aggregate for fiscal year 2017 by $172 
million in budget authority and decreasing outlays by $125 million. 
Further, I am revising the budget authority and outlay allocations to 
the Committee on Appropriations by reducing revised nonsecurity budget 
authority by $107 million and outlays by $108 million in fiscal year 
2016. Finally, I am revising the budget authority and outlay 
allocations to the Committee on Appropriations by increasing revised 
security budget authority by $172 million and reducing outlays by $125 
million in fiscal year 2017.
  I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables, which provide 
details about the adjustment, be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                    REVISION TO BUDGETARY AGGREGATES
 (Pursuant to Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and S.
  Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year
                                  2016)
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                 $s in millions                            2016
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Current Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority...........................                3,070,927
    Outlays....................................                3,091,393

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Adjustments:
    Budget Authority...........................                     -107
    Outlays....................................                     -108
Revised Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority...........................                3,070,820
    Outlays....................................                3,091,285
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 REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
                            FISCAL YEAR 2016
 (Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
                                  1974)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 $s in millions                            2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Allocation *:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget                        548,091
     Authority.................................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary                   528,955
     Budget Authority..........................
    General Purpose Outlays....................                1,173,214
Adjustments:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget                              0
     Authority.................................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary                      -107
     Budget Authority..........................
    General Purpose Outlays....................                     -108
Revised Allocation *:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget                        548,091
     Authority.................................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary                   528,848
     Budget Authority..........................
    General Purpose Outlays....................               1,173,106
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* Excludes amounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
  War on Terrorism pursuant to Section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced
  Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.


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                                                      Program        Disaster
  Memorandum: Above Adjustments by Designation       Integrity        Relief         Emergency         Total
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Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.               0               0               0               0
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary                     0               0            -107            -107
 Budget Authority...............................
General Purpose Outlays.........................               0               0            -108            -108
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                    REVISION TO BUDGETARY AGGREGATES
  (Pursuant to Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and
            Section 102 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 $s in millions                            2017
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority...........................                3,212,350
    Outlays....................................                3,219,700
Adjustments:
    Budget Authority...........................                      172
    Outlays....................................                     -125
Revised Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority...........................                3,212,522
    Outlays....................................                3,219,575
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 REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
                            FISCAL YEAR 2017
 (Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
                                  1974)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 $s in millions                            2017
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Allocation:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget                        551,068
     Authority.................................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary                   518,531
     Budget Authority..........................
    General Purpose Outlays....................                1,182,309
Adjustments:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget                            172
     Authority.................................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary                         0
     Budget Authority..........................
    General Purpose Outlays....................                     -125
Revised Allocation:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget                        551,240
     Authority.................................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary                   518,531
     Budget Authority..........................
    General Purpose Outlays....................                1,182,184
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
      Memorandum: Detail of                           Program        Disaster
     Adjustments Made Above             OCO          Integrity        Relief         Emergency         Total
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Revised Security Discretionary               172               0               0               0             172
 Budget Authority...............
Revised Nonsecurity Category                   0               0               0               0               0
 Discretionary Budget Authority.
General Purpose Outlays.........               1               0               0            -126            -125
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