[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1159]
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, BBEDCA, 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 recently considered and passed H.R. 1892
with S. Amdt. 1930, the text of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,
which provided emergency funding for disaster relief.
This legislation includes language that increases security
discretionary budget authority by $1,170 million and nonsecurity
discretionary budget authority by $83,266 million this year. This
measure contains provisions that designate these appropriations as
emergency funding pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA. CBO
estimates that this budget authority will increase discretionary
outlays by $11,185 million in 2018.
As a result of the aforementioned designations, I am revising the
allocation to the Committee on Appropriations by increasing the revised
security and nonsecurity budget authority limits and the amount of
allowable outlays by the amounts listed above. Further, I am increasing
the budgetary aggregates for 2018 by those same amounts.
I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables, which provide
details about the adjustment, be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
REVISION TO BUDGETARY AGGREGATES
(Pursuant to Sections 311 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974)
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$s in millions 2018
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Current Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority....................................... 3,085,147
Outlays................................................ 3,101,424
Adjustments:
Budget Authority....................................... 84,436
Outlays................................................ 11,185
Revised Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority....................................... 3,169,583
Outlays................................................ 3,112,609
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REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2018
(Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974)
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$s in millions 2018
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Current Allocation:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.. 553,743
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 552,266
Authority.......................................
General Purpose Outlays.......................... 1,188,350
Adjustments:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.. 1,170
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 83,266
Authority.......................................
General Purpose Outlays.......................... 11,185
Revised Allocation:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.. 554,913
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 635,532
Authority.......................................
General Purpose Outlays.......................... 1,199,535
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Program Disaster
OCO Integrity Relief Emergency Total
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Memorandum: Detail of Adjustments Made Above:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.... 0 0 0 1,170 1,170
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 0 0 0 83,266 83,266
Authority.........................................
General Purpose Outlays............................ 0 0 0 0 11,185
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