[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 62 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2086]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BUDGETARY REVISIONS

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 
congressional budget resolution, included authority in section 4004 to 
allow the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to adjust budget 
aggregates and committee allocations related to program integrity, 
disaster relief, wildfire suppression, and veterans medical care 
funding.
  H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, was enacted on 
March 15, 2022, and designates funding eligible for several of these 
adjustments. Specifically, the bill provides $18.9 billion in budget 
authority for disaster relief, $2.1 billion in budget authority for 
program integrity activities to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and 
$2.5 billion in budget authority to fight wildfires. Accordingly, I am 
adjusting the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations and the 
spending aggregates upward by these amounts and by the amount of 
outlays flowing therefrom.
  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:

      REVISIONS TO BUDGET AGGREGATES--BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS
 (Pursuant to Section 4004 of S. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution
                   on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022)
                             ($ in billions)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 2022
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority.......................................    4,146.077
    Outlays................................................    4,500.492
Adjustment:
    Budget Authority.......................................       23.516
    Outlays................................................        3.046
Revised Aggregates:
    Budget Authority.......................................    4,169.593
    Outlays................................................   4,503.538
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Adjustments reflect H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations
  Act, 2022. They exclude $89 million of disaster outlays from H.R.
  5305, the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency
  Assistance Act. The adjustment for H.R. 5305 was filed on February 8,
  2022.


   REVISIONS TO THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
                            FISCAL YEAR 2022
 (Pursuant to Section 4004 of S. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution
                   on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022)
                             ($ in billions)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Current                   Revised
                                    allocation  Adjustments   allocation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Purpose Discretionary:
    Budget Authority.............    1,498.483       23.516    1,521.999
    Outlays......................    1,679.766        3.046   1,682.812
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Adjustments reflect H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations
  Act, 2022. They exclude $89 million of disaster outlays from H.R.
  5305, the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency
  Assistance Act. The adjustment for H.R. 5305 was filed on February 8,
  2022.


      DETAIL ON ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON
                   APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022
 (Pursuant to Section 4004 of S. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution
                   on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022)
                             ($ in billions)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Detail of adjustments made   Disaster   Program     Wildfire
            above              relief   integrity  suppression    Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Financial Services:
    Budget Authority........     0.143      0.000       0.000      0.143
    Outlays.................     0.110      0.000       0.000      0.110
Homeland Security:
    Budget Authority........    18.799      0.000       0.000     18.799
    Outlays.................     0.477      0.000       0.000      0.477
Interior and Environment:
    Budget Authority........     0.000      0.000       2.450      2.450
    Outlays.................     0.000      0.000       0.841      0.841
Labor-HHS-Ed:
    Budget Authority........     0.000      2.124       0.000      2.124
    Outlays.................     0.000      1.707       0.000      1.707
    Total:..................
        Revised                 18.942      2.124        2.45     23.516
         Discretionary
         Budget Authority...
        Revised                  0.587      1.707       0.841     3.135
         Discretionary
         Outlays............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Totals reflect H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
  2022 and also include $89 million of disaster outlays from H.R. 5305,
  the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance
  Act. The adjustment for H.R. 5305 was filed on February 8, 2022.

         

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