[Senate Report 104-317]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 492
104th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 104-317
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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 1997
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July 11, 1996.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Cochran, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3603]
The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the
bill (H.R. 3603) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for
other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with amendments
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
Total obligational authority, fiscal year 1997
Amount of bill as passed by the House................... $53,052,037,000
Amount of change by Senate Committee.................... +1,224,755,000
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Amount of bill as reported to Senate................ 54,276,792,000
Amount of 1996 appropriations acts to date.............. 63,323,678,000
Amount of estimates, 1997............................... 58,317,314,000
The bill as reported to the Senate:
Under the appropriations provided in 1996........... 9,046,886,000
Under the estimates for 1997........................ 4,040,522,000
Over the House bill................................. 1,224,755,000
breakdown by title
The amounts of obligational authority for each of the six
titles are shown in the following table. A detailed tabulation,
showing comparisons, appears at the end of this report.
Recommendations for individual appropriation items, projects
and activities are carried in this report under the appropriate
item headings.
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1997 Committee
1996 recommendation
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Title I: Agricultural programs.... $16,032,325,000 $7,498,049,000
Title II: Conservation programs... 2,826,968,000 790,385,000
Title III: Rural economic and
community development programs... 2,126,506,000 2,112,726,000
Title IV: Domestic food programs.. 39,762,868,000 41,321,206,000
Title V: Foreign assistance and
related programs................. 1,627,542,000 1,599,920,000
Title VI: Related agencies........ 947,469,000 954,506,000
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Total, new budget
(obligational) authority... 63,323,678,000 54,276,792,000
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compliance with section 308 of the budget control act
Section 308(a) of the Budget Control Act (Public Law 93-
344) requires that this Committee include in its report
specific budgetary information on the status of recommended
appropriations relative to the First Concurrent Resolution. The
following table provides this data:
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays
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Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
allocation bill allocation bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent
Resolution for 1997: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Related Agencies
Defense discretionary................................... ........... ........... ........... ...........
Nondefense discretionary................................ 13,118 13,118 13,411 13,409
Violent crime reduction fund............................ ........... ........... ........... ...........
Mandatory............................................... 42,300 40,783 40,813 38,968
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
1997.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \1\ 45,192
1998.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 5,527
1999.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 588
2000.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 297
2001 and future year.................................... ........... ........... ........... 493
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 1997
in bill.................................................... NA 17,810 NA 15,037