[Senate Report 105-191]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                                SENATE

 2d Session                                                     105-191
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        ALLOCATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES OF BUDGET TOTALS FROM THE 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999





          Submitted pursuant to S. Res. 209 and section 302(b)

          of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended

                                 by the

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                              U.S. Senate

                  May 14, 1998.--Ordered to be printed


105th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE

 2d Session                                                     105-191
_______________________________________________________________________


   ALLOCATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES OF BUDGET TOTALS FROM THE CONCURRENT 
                      RESOLUTION, FISCAL YEAR 1999

                                _______
                                

                  May 14, 1998.--Ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________


   Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

    The Committee on Appropriations submits the following 
report pursuant to Senate Resolution 209 and section 302(b)(1) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.
    The Budget Act requires that as soon as practicable after a 
concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, the Committee 
on Appropriations shall submit to the Senate a report 
subdividing among its subcommittees the new budget authority 
and total outlays allocated to the Committee in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on 
such a resolution.
    Under the provisions of section 301(a) of the Budget Act, 
the Congress shall complete action on a concurrent resolution 
on the budget no later than April 15 of each year. In the 
absence of such congressional action, on April 2, 1998, the 
Senate agreed to Senate Resolution 209 providing section 302 
allocations to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 
1999. Under the terms of the resolution these allocations 
remain in effect in the Senate until a concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 1999 is agreed to by the Senate and 
the House of Representatives.
    This approach is not without precedent. A similar 
resolution (S. Res. 308; 101st Congress) was agreed to in the 
Senate on July 12, 1990, providing allocations for the 
Committee for fiscal year 1991.
    Year 2000 technology problem.--The Committee will recommend 
an additional $2,250,000,000 as an emergency appropriation to 
ensure timely and effective action by the Federal Government to 
respond to the year 2000 computer crisis. These amounts will be 
subject to an emergency designation by the President, and to 
allocation for critical Federal Government information 
technology systems. The amounts provided to specific agencies 
will be subject to consultation and review by the Committee and 
the Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology 
Problem. While not allocated to a specific subcommittee, this 
appropriation will be recommended in the Treasury, General 
Government Subcommittee bill, and will be available for 
transfer to all Federal agencies and departments.

                  AMOUNTS CONTAINED IN THE RESOLUTION

    Pursuant to Senate Resolution 209, the Committee received 
an allocation comprised as follows:

                        [In millions of dollars]                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Budget                    
                Category                     authority        Outlays   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Defense discretionary...................         271,570         266,635
Nondefense discretionary................         255,450         289,547
Violent crime reduction.................           5,800           4,953
Mandatory...............................         299,159         291,731
                                         -------------------------------
      Total.............................         831,979         852,866
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee notes that, under the terms of several 
provisions of the Budget Act, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget may increase the 302(a) allocation of the Committee 
on Appropriations if certain conditions relating to funding of 
specific programs are met. These provisions address such items 
as: funding for the International Monetary Fund (sec. 
314(b)(3)); arrearages for international organizations, 
international peacekeeping, and multilateral development banks 
(sec. 314(b)(4)); funding of continuing disability reviews (sec 
314(b)(2)); funding for the earned income tax credit initiative 
(sec. 314(b)(5)); and adoption incentive payments (sec. 
314(b)(6)).

                                                      SUBCOMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999                                                     
                                                                [In millions of dollars]                                                                
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                                                       Defense             Nondefense         Violent crime          Mandatory              Total       
                                                ------------------------------------------    reduction fund   -----------------------------------------
                  Subcommittee                                                            ---------------------                                         
                                                   Budget    Outlays    Budget    Outlays    Budget               Budget    Outlays    Budget    Outlays
                                                 authority            authority            authority   Outlays  authority            authority          
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Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related                                                                                                             
 Agencies......................................  .........  ........     13,675    14,075  .........  ........     41,460    33,429     55,135    47,504
Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary............        335       326     26,300    25,825      5,524     4,688        554       555     32,713    31,394
Defense........................................    250,220   245,000         26        26  .........  ........        202       202    250,448   245,228
District of Columbia...........................  .........  ........        482       468  .........  ........  .........  ........        482       468
Energy and Water Development...................     12,100    11,772      9,047     8,900  .........  ........  .........  ........     21,147    20,672
Foreign Operations.............................  .........  ........     12,600    12,400  .........  ........         45        45     12,645    12,445
Interior and Related Agencies..................  .........  ........     13,300    13,800  .........  ........         58        58     13,358    13,858
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Educa-                                                                                                            
 tion..........................................  .........  ........     82,175    80,100        144       136    220,740   221,661    303,059   301,897
Legislative Branch.............................  .........  ........      2,400     2,300  .........  ........         94        94      2,494     2,394
Military Construction..........................      8,484     9,110  .........  ........  .........  ........  .........  ........      8,484     9,110
Transportation and Related Agencies............        300       300     12,765    39,200  .........  ........        682       678     13,747    40,178
Treasury and General Government................  .........  ........     12,825    11,800        132       129     13,439    13,439     26,396    25,368
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies..............        131       127     69,855    80,653  .........  ........     21,885    21,570     91,871   102,350
                                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total....................................    271,570   266,635    255,450   289,547      5,800     4,953    299,159   291,731    831,979   852,866
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COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee en 
bloc ordered reported the 302(b) allocation, subject to 
amendment, and granted authority for revisions to allocations 
as necessary, by a recorded vote of 26-1, a quorum being 
present. The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Stevens                    Mr. Kohl
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mr. Faircloth
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Bumpers
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Boxer

                                 
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