[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 175 (Tuesday, October 24, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                          Budgetary Revisions

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, H.R. 5860 was the continuing 
resolution signed into law on September 30. It narrowly averted an 
extremist-led government shutdown.
  That act included $16 billion in disaster relief for States like 
Florida, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Louisiana, and others 
that suffered tremendous losses from extreme weather events exacerbated 
by fossil fuel emissions causing climate change. It also provided 
funding for the thousands of firefighters who protect our communities 
from the ravages of wildfires.
  Because that was designated as emergency funding, the Budget 
Committee chairman--i.e., me--is authorized to increase the 
Appropriations Committee's top line by the same amount. With this 
adjustment, the emergency funding will not supplant nondefense 
discretionary funding--which includes important investments for climate 
mitigation, environmental protection, infrastructure, education, job 
training, national parks and forests, and law enforcement--that is 
subject to the fiscal year 2024 discretionary spending limits.
  That funding was designated as emergency funding pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act allows the 
chairman of the committee to revise the allocations, aggregates, and 
levels consistent with the amount of emergency funding. Today, I am 
making that adjustment.
  In addition, section 121(c) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 
contained a reserve fund to allow the Budget chairman to revise budget 
aggregates and committee allocations and to adjust the pay-as-you-go 
ledger for legislation that would not increase the deficit over the 
period of fiscal years 2024 to 2033. The authorizing portion of H.R. 
5860, division B, meets the conditions of that reserve fund. Over the 
10-year period, division B reduces deficits by $2 million. As such, I 
am revising the budget aggregates, committee allocations, and pay-as-
you-go ledger to accommodate H.R. 5860.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables 
which provide details about the adjustment be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

      REVISIONS TO BUDGET AGGREGATES--BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS
(Pursuant to Section 121(c) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and
         Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
                             [$ in billions]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 2024
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority.......................................    4,940.424
    Outlays................................................    5,080.282
Adjustment:
    Budget Authority.......................................       16.642
    Outlays................................................        1.219
Revised Aggregates:
    Budget Authority.......................................    4,957.066
    Outlays................................................    5,081.501
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   REVISIONS TO THE ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
                            FISCAL YEAR 2024
  (Pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
                             [$ in billions]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Current                   Revised
                                    Allocation  Adjustments   Allocation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Revised Security Budget Authority      894.349        0.000      894.349
Revised Nonsecurity Budget             757.849       16.000      773.849
 Authority.......................
General Purpose Outlays..........    1,837.212        0.962    1,838.174
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: The adjustments are emergency-designated funding in the
  jurisdiction of the Homeland Security appropriations subcommittee.


              REVISIONS TO ALLOCATIONS TO SENATE COMMITTEES
  (Pursuant to Section 121(c) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023)
                             [$ in billions]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       2024      2024-2028    2024-2033
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Finance:
    Budget Authority.............    3,449.522   19,587.982   46,205.916
    Outlays......................    3,458.376   19,589.956   46,199.103
Adjustments:
    Budget Authority.............        0.020       -0.623       -0.623
    Outlays......................        0.020       -0.183       -0.623
Revised Allocation:
    Budget Authority.............    3,449.542   19,587.359   46,205.293
    Outlays......................    3,458.396   19,589.773   46,198.480
Health, Education, Labor, and
 Pensions:
    Budget Authority.............       59.175      254.652      504.747
    Outlays......................       85.410      295.186      521.242
Adjustments:
    Budget Authority.............        0.622        0.622        0.622
    Outlays......................        0.237        0.621        0.621
Revised Allocation:
    Budget Authority.............       59.797      255.274      505.369
    Outlays......................       85.647      295.807      521.863
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: The adjustments represent the direct spending effects of Title III
  of Division B of H.R. 5860. Subtitle B is in the jurisdiction of the
  Committee on Health, Labor, Education, and Pensions. Subtitles D and E
  are in the jurisdiction of the Committee on Finance.


                 PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE SENATE
  (Pursuant to Section 121(c) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023)
                             [$ in billions]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Balances
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Balances:
    Fiscal Year 2024.......................................            0
    Fiscal Years 2024-2028.................................            0
    Fiscal Years 2024-2033.................................            0
Revisions:
    Fiscal Year 2024.......................................        0.257
    Fiscal Years 2024-2028.................................        0.438
    Fiscal Years 2024-2033.................................       -0.002
Revised Balances:
    Fiscal Year 2024.......................................        0.257
    Fiscal Years 2024-2028.................................        0.438
    Fiscal Years 2024-2033.................................       -0.002
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  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). The Senator from Rhode 
Island.

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