[Senate Report 110-226]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
110th Congress Report
SENATE
1st Session 110-226
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FURTHER REVISED ALLOCATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES OF BUDGET TOTALS FROM THE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, FISCAL YEAR 2008
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November 8, 2007.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Byrd, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
REPORT
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following
report revising the section 302(b) allocation to subcommittees
set forth in Senate Report 110-86 (June 18, 2007), Senate
Report 110-87 (June 19, 2007), Senate Report 110-133 (July 24,
2007), Senate Report 110-149 (September 4, 2007), Senate Report
110-186 (October 1, 2007), and Senate Report 110-221 (November
7, 2007).
Section 302(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended, provides that at any time after a committee reports
its allocations such committee may report to its House an
alteration of such allocations. This report is submitted
pursuant to this section.
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. The conference report on the concurrent
resolution for fiscal year 2008 (S. Con. Res. 21) was agreed to
by the Congress on May 17, 2007.
AMOUNTS CONTAINED IN THE RESOLUTION
Pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended, the joint explanatory statement
accompanying the conference report on the concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2008 (H. Rept. 110-153) contains
allocations to the Senate Committee on Appropriations for
fiscal year 2008.
On June 14, 2007, the Committee on the Budget filed a
revised 302(a) allocation for the Committee (Congressional
Record pp. S7721-7723) reflecting an increase in discretionary
spending of $1,000,000 in budget authority and $1,000,000 in
outlays, pursuant to section 207(f) of the budget resolution,
and amending the allocation for mandatory spending contained in
the resolution.
The Committee notes that, under the terms of several
provisions of the budget resolution, 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 programs as: continuing disability reviews and
Supplemental Security Income [SSI] redeterminations (sec.
207(c)(2)(A)); Internal Revenue Service tax enforcement (sec.
207(c)(2)(B)); control of health care fraud and abuse (sec.
207(c)(2)(C)); reviews of improper unemployment insurance
payments (sec. 207(c)(2)(D)); and costs of overseas deployments
and other contingencies (sec. 207(c)(2)(E)).
On July 23, 2007, the Committee on the Budget filed a
revised allocation (Congressional Record, pp. S9771-9772)
reflecting an increase of $1,042,000,000 in budget authority
and $699,000,000 in outlays, pursuant to subparagraphs A, B, C
and D of section 207(c)(2) of Senate Concurrent Resolution 21
(110th Congress).
Set forth below are the revised allocations to
subcommittees:
REVISED SUBCOMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
[In millions of dollars]
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Discretionary Mandatory Total
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Subcommittee Budget Budget Budget
authority Outlays authority Outlays authority Outlays
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Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies.... 18,709 20,072 69,055 55,661 87,764 75,733
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies........ 54,000 54,500 234 225 54,234 54,725
Defense................................................. 459,875 475,980 263 263 460,138 476,243
Energy and Water Development............................ 32,273 33,229 .............. 1 32,273 33,230
Financial Services and General Government............... 21,800 21,625 21,394 21,388 43,194 43,013
Homeland Security....................................... 35,570 39,502 1,072 1,066 36,642 40,568
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies............. 27,150 28,574 54 55 27,204 28,629
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 150,789 148,000 455,281 455,156 606,070 603,156
Related Agencies.......................................
Legislative Branch...................................... 4,051 4,178 126 126 4,177 4,304
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 64,745 55,021 41,384 41,229 106,129 96,250
Agencies...............................................
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs......... 34,243 33,516 159 159 34,402 33,675
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and 50,981 114,900 .............. .............. 50,981 114,900
Related Agencies.......................................
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Total............................................. 954,095 1,029,097 589,022 575,329 1,543,117 1,604,426
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