[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3490-3492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 
 REGARDING INTERIM BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES FOR FISCAL YEARS 
                               1999-2003

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kasich) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. KASICH. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Section 2 of House Resolution 5, 
I submit for printing in the Congressional Record interim budget 
aggregates and allocations for fiscal year 1999 and for the period of 
fiscal years 1999 through fiscal year 2003. This submission includes 
the budget aggregates and allocations to the Committee on 
Appropriations that were not included in my submission on February 25.
  These interim levels will be used to enforce sections 302(f), 303(a) 
and 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Section 303(a) 
prohibits the consideration of legislation that provides new budget 
authority or changes in revenues until Congress has agreed to a budget 
resolution for the appropriate fiscal year. Sections 302(f) and 311(a) 
prohibit the consideration of legislation that exceeds the appropriate 
budgetary levels set forth in budget resolution and the accompanying 
report.
  Without these interim levels, the House would be prohibited under 
section 303(a) of the Budget Act from considering legislation with even 
negligible budgetary effects in certain fiscal years because a budget 
resolution is not in effect for the current fiscal year. There would be 
no levels to make determinations under sections 302(f) and 311(a) for 
fiscal year 1999 and such determinations for the five year period would 
be based on the now-obsolete levels set forth under H. Con. Res. 84 (H. 
Rept. 105-116) in 1997.
  The interim allocations and aggregates are essentially set at current 
law levels. They reflect legislation enacted through the end of the 
105th Congress as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). 
In the case of the Committee on Appropriations, the allocations are 
identical to the levels set forth in H. Res. 477 (H. Rept. 105-585) 
except that they reflect adjustments for emergencies, arrerages and 
other items under section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act.
  These levels are effective until they are superseded by a conference 
report on the concurrent budget resolution.
  If there are any questions on these interim allocations and 
aggregates, please contact Jim Bates, Chief Counsel of the Budget 
Committee, at ext. 6-7270.

                           APPROPRIATE LEVELS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Fiscal years
                                                 -----------------------
                                                     1999      1999-2003
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget Authority................................   1,443,821       (\1\)
Outlays.........................................   1,392,861       (\1\)
Revenues........................................   1,368,374   7,284,605
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\1\ Not applicable because annual appropriations acts for Fiscal Years
  2000-2003 will not be considered until future sessions of Congress.


          ALLOCATIONS OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEES
                        Appropriations Committee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Budget
                                                   Authority    Outlays
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal year 1999:
    Nondefense*.................................     287,107     273,837
    Defense*....................................     279,891     271,403
    Violent Crime Reduction*....................       5,800       4,953
    Highways*...................................           0      21,885
    Mass Transit*...............................           0       4,401
                                                 -----------------------
      Total Discretionary Action................     572,798     576,479
    Current Law Mandatory.......................     291,758     283,468
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Shown for display purposes only.


                              ALLOCATIONS OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEES
                                      Committees Other than Appropriations
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                                                                                                    Total  1999-
         Budget year              1999          2000          2001          2002          2003          2003
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    AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................        17,337         9,727         8,499         6,967         2,738        45,268
  OT........................        14,885         5,927         5,729         4,374            51        30,966
Reauthorizations:
  BA........................             0             0             0             0        28,328        28,328
  OT........................             0             0             0             0        27,801        27,801
  Total:
    BA......................        17,337         9,727         8,499         6,967        31,066        73,596
    OT......................        14,885         5,927         5,729         4,374        27,852        58,767
 

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  ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................        47,809        49,218        50,895        52,579        54,366       254,867
  OT........................        47,672        49,108        50,792        52,476        54,273       254,321
 
    BANKING AND FINANCIAL
     SERVICES COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................         3,442         4,586         5,431         5,297         5,027        23,783
  OT........................           874        -2,016          -473           -24           186        -1,453
 
 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND
        THE WORKFORCE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................         3,303         4,503         5,061         5,495         5,424        23,786
  OT........................         2,744         3,829         4,366         4,835         4,955        20,729
Discretionary Action:
  BA........................             0             0             0           305           305           610
  OT........................             0             0             0            92           275           367
Total:
    BA......................         3,303         4,503         5,061         5,800         5,729        24,396
    OT......................         2,744         3,829         4,366         4,927         5,230        21,096
 
     COMMERCE COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................         8,663        10,247        12,263        15,747        16,015        62,935
  OT........................         5,421         8,351        10,963        16,458        16,942        58,135
 
   INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
          COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................        10,924         9,888         9,982         9,557         8,711        49,062
  OT........................        12,162        11,516        10,860        10,415         9,698        54,651
 
 GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................        57,886        59,661        61,516        63,577        65,822       308,462
  OT........................        56,644        58,365        60,164        62,174        64,396       301,743
Discretionary Action:
  BA........................             0             2             4             4             4            14
  OT........................             0             2             4             4             4            14
  Total:
    BA......................        57,886        59,663        61,520        63,581        65,826       308,476
    OT......................        56,644        58,367        60,168        62,178        64,400       301,757
 
     COMMITTEE ON HOUSE
       ADMINISTRATION
 
Current Law:
  BA........................            93            90            90            90            93           456
  OT........................            56           262            49            13            57           437
 
     RESOURCES COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................         2,296         2,391         2,370         2,319         2,351        11,727
  OT........................         2,253         2,254         2,332         2,205         2,326        11,370
 
     JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................         4,759         4,548         4,550         4,539         4,631        23,027
  OT........................         4,578         4,371         4,461         4,617         4,622        22,649
 
     TRANSPORTATION AND
  INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................        49,121        48,697        49,721        50,714        51,714       249,967
  OT........................        16,114        16,021        16,026        15,834        15,722        79,717
Discretionary Action:
  BA........................         1,205         2,410         2,410         2,410         2,410        10,845
  OT........................             0             0             0             0             0             0
  Total:
    BA......................        50,326        51,107        52,131        53,124        54,124       260,812
    OT......................        16,114        16,021        16,026        15,834        15,722        79,717
 
      SCIENCE COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................            38            38            35            32            32           175
  OT........................            33            36            36            36            34           175
 
  SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................          -414             0             0             0             0          -414
  OT........................          -585          -156          -140          -125          -110        -1,116
 
 VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................         1,182         1,144         1,077           990           931         5,324
  OT........................         1,296         1,358         1,331         1,316         1,355         6,656
Discretionary Action:
  BA........................             0           394           874         1,367         1,868         4,503
  OT........................             0           360           833         1,325         1,824         4,342
  Total:
    BA......................         1,182         1,538         1,951         2,357         2,799         9,827
    OT......................         1,296         1,718         2,164         2,641         3,179        10,998
 
  WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
 
Current Law:
  BA........................       671,063       676,265       692,412       705,685       728,575     3,474,000
  OT........................       659,770       666,279       684,407       696,184       721,486     3,428,126
Reauthorizations:
  BA........................             0             0             0             0        19,553        19,553
  OT........................             0             0             0             0        17,312        17,312
Discretionary Action:
  BA........................             0            -2             0             0             0            -2
  OT........................             0            -2             0             0             0            -2
  Total:
    BA......................       671,063       676,263       692,412       705,685       728,575     3,473,998
    OT......................       659,770       666,277       684,407       696,184       721,486     3,428,124
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