[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 48 (Thursday, March 13, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUDGETARY REVISIONS
Mr. GRAHAM. Madam 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 revise allocations, aggregates, and levels consistent
with those adjustments.
The Senate will soon consider H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. The measure provides full-year
appropriations for 2025 and contains spending that qualifies for cap
adjustments under BBEDCA.
First, H.R. 1968 includes appropriations designated as emergency
funding pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA. The
Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill's emergency-designated
spending amounts to $12,375 million in nonsecurity budget authority and
$8,600 million in associated outlays in 2025.
Second, the measure also includes $22,884 million in nonsecurity
discretionary budget authority designated for disaster relief pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D) of BBEDCA. This budget authority is expected to
result in $963 million in outlays in 2025.
Third, the measure includes appropriations for certain program
integrity activities that qualify for adjustments pursuant to sections
251(b)(2)(B), 251(b)(2)(C), and 251(b)(2)(E) of BBEDCA. The adjustments
for these activities amount to $2,531 million in nonsecurity budget
authority and $1,894 million in resulting outlays for 2025.
Finally, H.R. 1968 includes $2,750 million in nonsecurity budget
authority for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(F) of BBEDCA, which is associated with $945 million in
outlays.
In total, the adjustments for H.R. 1968 amount to $40,540 million in
nonsecurity budget authority and $12,402 million in outlays.
I am also filing adjustments to reflect the emergency designations in
two bills enacted last year: the Continuing Appropriations and
Extensions Act, 2025, P.L. 118-83, and the American Relief Act, 2025,
P.L. 118-158. Together, the emergency-designated appropriations in
these bills increase security category budget authority by $11,775
million, nonsecurity category budget authority by $105,395 million, and
total outlays by $26,511 million.
Consequently, I am revising the budget authority and outlay
allocations to the Committee on Appropriations by increasing revised
security budget authority by $11,775 million, revised nonsecurity
budget authority by $145,935 million, and outlays by $38,913 million in
fiscal year 2025. I am also increasing the budgetary aggregates for
fiscal year 2025 by $157,374 million in budget authority and $38,611
million in outlays.
I ask unanimous consent that this notice and the accompanying tables,
which provide details about the adjustment, be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
REVISIONS TO BUDGET AGGREGATES
(Pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
($ in billions)
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2025
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Current Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority....................................... 5,302.483
Outlays................................................ 5,473.615
Adjustment:
Budget Authority....................................... 157.374
Outlays................................................ 38.661
Revised Aggregates:
Budget Authority....................................... 5,459.857
Outlays................................................ 5,512.276
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REVISIONS TO THE SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025
(Pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
($ in billions)
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Current Revised
Allocation Adjustments Allocation
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Revised Security Budget Authority 895.212 11.775 906.987----
Revised Nonsecurity Budget 710.688 145.935 856.623
Authority.......................
General Purpose Outlays.......... 1,869.797 38.913 1,908.710
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DETAIL OF ADJUSTMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(Pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
($ in billions)
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Disaster Program Wildfire
Detail of Adjustments Made Above Emergency Relief Integrity Suppression- Total
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Revised Security Budget Authority............. 11.775 0.000 0.000 0.000 11.775--
Revised Nonsecurity Budget Authority.......... 117.770 22.884 2.531 2.750 145.935--
General Purpose Outlays....................... 35.111 0.963- 1.894- 0.945- 38.913--
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Note: Of the program integrity amounts, $336 million of budget authority and $252 million of outlays are from
the Disability Insurance Trust Fund and are off-budget. The off-budget amounts are not included in the
adjustment to the budget aggregates.
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