[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 154 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6182-S6183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             BUDGET ENFORCEMENT LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019

  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. In addition, 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 H.R. 6157, a 
spending measure covering programs within the jurisdiction of the 
Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense and Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Labor-HHSE. The 
Defense portion of this legislation includes funding designated as 
overseas contingency operations funding pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of BBEDCA. The Labor-HHSE portion includes spending 
designated for various program integrity efforts pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(B), section 251(b)(2)(C), and section 251(b)(2)(E) of BBEDCA. 
The inclusion of these designations with these provisions makes this 
spending eligible for an adjustment under the Congressional Budget Act.
  On August 16, 2018, I filed an adjustment relating to S. Amdt. 3695 
to H.R. 6157, which contained appropriations for the same two 
appropriations subcommittees. The Defense portion of the amendment 
contained $67,914 million in revised security budget authority 
designated as overseas contingency operations and $37,285 million in 
outlays, and the Labor-HHSE portion contained $1,897 million in revised 
nonsecurity budget authority for program integrity initiatives with 
$1,573 million in outlays. The budgetary adjustment was made to 
accommodate this spending.
  Since the levels of budget authority for overseas contingency 
operations and budget authority and outlays for program integrity 
spending in the conference report are consistent with the previously 
filed levels and appropriately designated, those funds are now 
available for use in this conference report. However, the amount of 
outlays flowing from the overseas contingency operations funding in the 
conference report is estimated to be $214 million less than my earlier 
adjustment. Therefore, I am reducing the general purpose outlay 
allocation to the Appropriations Committee and budgetary aggregates to 
reflect this new estimate at this time.
  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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                    $ in millions                             2019
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Current Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority.................................          3,617,479
    Outlays..........................................          3,546,608
Adjustments:
    Budget Authority.................................                  0
    Outlays..........................................               -214
Revised Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority.................................          3,617,479
    Outlays..........................................          3,546,394
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 REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
                            FISCAL YEAR 2019
 (Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
                                  1974)
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                    $ in millions                             2019
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Current Allocation:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority..            715,835
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget            598,897
     Authority.......................................
    General Purpose Outlays..........................          1,352,999
Adjustments:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority..                  0
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget                  0
     Authority.......................................
    General Purpose Outlays..........................               -214
Revised Allocation:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority..            715,835
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget            598,897
     Authority.......................................
    General Purpose Outlays..........................          1,352,785
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   Memorandum: Detail of Adjustments Made                           Program    Disaster
                   Above                       Regular     OCO     Integrity    Relief     Emergency     Total
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    Revised Security Discretionary Budget             0        0           0           0           0           0
     Authority.............................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category                      0        0           0           0           0           0
     Discretionary Budget Authority........
    General Purpose Outlays................           0     -214           0           0           0        -214
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