[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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