[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7195-S7196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUDGET ENFORCEMENT LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020
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 two measures: the House amendment to
the Senate amendment to H.R. 1158, the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2020, and the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1865, the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. These measures contain
spending that qualifies for cap adjustments under current law.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 includes multiple instances
of cap adjustment eligible spending. The measure includes $70,855
million in spending designated as being for overseas contingency
operations, OCO, funding pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of
BBEDCA. This budget authority, all of which falls into the revised
security category, would result in $40,336 million in outlays in fiscal
year 2020. The measure further includes $17,503 million in spending
designated for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of
BBEDCA. This budget authority, all of which falls into the revised
nonsecurity category, would result in $984 million in outlays. The
measure also includes $1,771 million in revised security category
budget authority that is designated as an emergency pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA. CBO estimates that this budget authority, as
well as other emergency designated changes, would increase net outlays
by $914 million this fiscal year.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, also includes $2,500
million in nonsecurity budget authority that is designated as being for
the periodic U.S. Census pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(G) of BBEDCA.
CBO estimates that this budget authority will result in $1,800 million
in outlays in fiscal year 2020. Earlier this year, I made an adjustment
to accommodate funding in this amount for this purpose and reaffirm
those funds for use for this measure.
The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 also includes
multiple instances of cap adjustment eligible spending. The measure
includes $8,645 million in spending designated as being for OCO funding
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of BBEDCA. This budget authority,
$645 million of which falls into the revised security category and
$8,000 million falls into the revised nonsecurity category, would
result in $2,327 million in outlays in fiscal year 2020. The measure
includes $1,842 million in spending designated for program integrity
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(B), section 251(b)(2)(C), and section
251(b)(2)(E) of BBEDCA. This budget authority, all of which falls into
the revised nonsecurity category, would result in $1,481 million in
outlays. The measure also includes $6,764 million in revised
nonsecurity category budget authority that is designated as an
emergency pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA. CBO estimates
that this budget authority, as well as other emergency designated
changes, would increase net outlays by $1,705 million this fiscal year.
The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 also includes
$2,250 million in nonsecurity discretionary budget authority for
wildfire suppression operations pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(F) of
BBEDCA. This budget authority and its associated outlays of $2,250
million qualify for an adjustment under the law. Earlier this year, I
made an adjustment to accommodate funding in this amount for this
purpose and reaffirm those funds for use for this measure. As such, I
am revising the budget authority and outlay allocations to the
Committee on Appropriations by increasing revised nonsecurity budget
authority by $27,880 million, revised security budget authority by
$79,500 million, and general outlays by $47,747 million in fiscal year
2020. Further, I am increasing the budgetary aggregate for fiscal year
2020 by $107,126 million in budget authority and $47,534 million in
outlays.
I ask unanimous consent that this notice and the accompanying tables,
which provide details about the adjustment, be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
REVISION TO BUDGETARY AGGREGATES
(Pursuant to Sections 311 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974)
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$s in millions 2020
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Current Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority........................... 3,708,996
Outlays.................................... 3,685,541
Adjustments:
Budget Authority........................... 107,126
Outlays.................................... 47,534
Revised Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority........................... 3,816,122
Outlays.................................... 3,733,075
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REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2020
(Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974)
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$s in millions 2020
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Current Allocation:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 666,500
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 626,258
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... 1,368,429
Adjustments:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 79,500
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 27,880
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... 47,747
Revised Allocation:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 746,000
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 654,138
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... 1,416,176
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Memorandum: Detail of Adjustments Made Above OCO Program Integrity Disaster Relief Emergency Wildfire Suppression U.S. Census Total
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Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.......... 71,500 0 0 8,000 0 0 79,500
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 8,000 1,842 17,503 535 0 0 27,880
Authority...............................................
General Purpose Outlays.................................. 42,663 1,481 984 2,619 0 0 47,747
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