[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 21, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2180-S2181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUDGET ENFORCEMENT LEVELS
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam President, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of
2023, P.L. 118-5, which Congress passed earlier this month, resolved a
manufactured default crisis and avoided an economic catastrophe. In
addition, the bipartisan bill provided a congressional budget for 2024.
Specifically, the legislation instructs the chairman of the Senate
Committee on the Budget to file enforceable budgetary levels in the
Senate consistent with current law. Today, I submit the required
filing.
Section 121 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 requires the
chairman to file a spending allocation for the Committee on
Appropriations for 2024; spending allocations for other committees for
2024, 2024 through 2028, and 2024 through 2033; an aggregate spending
level for 2024; aggregate revenue levels for 2024, 2024 through 2028,
and 2024 through 2033; and aggregate levels of Social Security revenues
and outlays for 2024, 2024 through 2028, and 2024 through 2033. Section
121 also requires the chairman to include a list of accounts eligible
for advance appropriations.
The amounts included in this filing are consistent with the
Congressional Budget Office's May 2023 baseline, adjusted for the
passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, including the
discretionary spending limits established by that act. Because the
legislation does not include budget enforcement for fiscal year 2023,
it will not be possible to submit reports required by section 308(b) of
the Congressional Budget Act until fiscal year 2024.
In addition, section 121 allows the deficit-neutral reserve fund in
section 3003 of S. Con. Res. 14--117th Congress--to be updated by 2
fiscal years. Pursuant to that authority, that reserve fund shall be
considered updated and available for use for legislation which does not
increase the deficit for the time period of fiscal year 2024 to fiscal
year 2033.
For purposes of enforcing the Senate's pay-as-you-go rule, which is
found in section 4106 of the fiscal year 2018 congressional budget
resolution, I am resetting the Senate's scorecard to zero for all
fiscal years.
Section 111 of the act requires my counterpart, the chairman of the
House Committee on the Budget, to file similar enforceable budgetary
levels in the House of Representatives consistent with the
discretionary limits in the act. That filing will help both Houses
uphold the bipartisan agreement.
I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables be printed in
the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
ALLOCATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
(Pursuant to Section 121 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and Section 302 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974)
($ in billions)
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Budget Authority Outlays
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Appropriations:
Revised Security Category/Defense..................................... 886.349 N/A
Revised Nonsecurity Category/Nondefense............................... 703.651 N/A
General Purpose Discretionary......................................... N/A 1,813.382
Memo:
On-budget............................................................. 1,583.271 1,806.643
Off-budget............................................................ 6.729 6.739
Mandatory............................................................. 1,473.002 1,452.200
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N/A = not applicable. Budgetary changes related to program integrity initiatives and other adjustments pursuant
to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended by the Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 2023, will be held in reserve until consideration of legislation providing such funding.
``Revised security category'' means discretionary appropriations in budget function 050, while ``revised
nonsecurity category'' means discretionary appropriations other than in budget function 050.
ALLOCATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO SENATE COMMITTEE OTHER THAN APPROPRIATIONS
(Pursuant to Section 121 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and Section 302 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974)
($ in billions)
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2024 2024-2028 2024-2033
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:
Budget Authority................................... 190.758 1,002.518 2,088.798
Outlays............................................ 191.517 972.954 1,974.649
Armed Services:
Budget Authority................................... 277.969 1,193.836 2,117.074
Outlays............................................ 272.144 1,192.368 2,114.710
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Budget Authority................................... 34.273 161.597 333.779
Outlays............................................ 7.051 -12.803 -70.708
Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Budget Authority................................... 24.239 107.446 196.019
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Outlays............................................ 20.356 101.673 185.182
Energy and Natural Resources:
Budget Authority................................... 8.811 39.714 77.966
Outlays............................................ 12.920 68.359 113.543
Environment and Public Works:
Budget Authority................................... 63.847 325.494 654.349
Outlays............................................ 12.649 60.869 87.739
Finance:
Budget Authority................................... 3,449.522 19,587.982 46,205.916
Outlays............................................ 3,458.376 19,589.956 46,199.103
Foreign Relations:
Budget Authority................................... 43.978 220.169 440.898
Outlays............................................ 39.915 215.035 435.773
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Budget Authority................................... 59.175 254.652 504.747
Outlays............................................ 85.410 295.186 521.242
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Budget Authority.................................. 178.828 941.599 1,986.949
Outlays............................................ 182.794 937.140 1,965.386
Indian Affairs:
Budget Authority................................... 0.456 2.329 4.303
Outlays........................................... 1.445 4.304 6.252
Judiciary:
Budget Authority.................................. 20.322 102.547 212.588
Outlays............................................ 24.903 109.571 217.340
Rules and Administration:
Budget Authority................................... 0.045 0.225 0.460
Outlays............................................ 0.024 0.124 0.275
Intelligence:
Budget Authority................................... 0.514 2.570 4.112
Outlays............................................ 0.514 2.570 4.112
Veterans' Affairs:
Budget Authority................................... 210.295 1,243.056 2,961.841
Outlays........................................... 197.725 1,246.361 2,963.470
Small Business:
Budget Authority.................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays............................................ 0.120 0.130 0.130
Unassigned to Committee:
Budget Authority................................... -1,267.733 -6,910.352 -15,632.915
Outlays........................................... -1,257.765 -6,854.818 -15,493.532
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Memorandum: Includes entitlements funded in annual appropriations acts. Budgetary effects of the Fiscal
Responsibility Act are assigned to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, which has
jurisdiction over the majority of the rescissions included in that law.
BUDGET AGGREGATES
(Pursuant to Section 121 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and
Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
($ in billions)
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2024 2024-2028 2024-2033
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Spending:
Budget Authority............. 4,878.570 N/A N/A
Outlays...................... 5,056.741 N/A N/A
Revenue 3,651.838 20,174.716 45,331.678
Social Security:
Outlays...................... 1,322.667 7,504.648 17,473.681
Revenue...................... 1,195.545 6,540.268 14,442.782
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N/A = not applicable. Figures represent current law, including CBO's May
2023 baseline and the enactment of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of
2023.
PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE SENATE
($ in billions)
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Balances
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Fiscal Year 2023.......................................... 0
Fiscal Year 2024.......................................... 0
Fiscal Years 2024-2028.................................... 0
Fiscal Years 2024-2033.................................... 0
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ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS
(Pursuant to Section 121 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023)
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Financial Services and General Government:
Payment to the Postal Service Fund
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education:
Employment and Training Administration
Education for the Disadvantaged
School Improvement Programs
Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Special Education
Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development:
Tenant-based Rental Assistance
Project-based Rental Assistance
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On page S2181, June 21, 2023, in the first column, the following
appears: Financial Services and General Government: Payment to the
Postal Service Fund Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education:
The online Record has been corrected to read remove the indent
in the entry for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.
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