[House Report 111-148]
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111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    111-148
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                                                  Union Calendar No. 72

                                     

                              R E P O R T

                                 on the

                  SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS

                          FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010

                             together with

                             MINORITY VIEWS

                    SUBMITTED BY MR. OBEY, CHAIRMAN,

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS




 June 12, 2009.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed
                                                                      ?

                                  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                   DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman
 
 JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania       JERRY LEWIS, California
 NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington        C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
 ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia    HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
 MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                 FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
 PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana        JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
 NITA M. LOWEY, New York            RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New
 JOSE E. SERRANO, New York          Jersey
 ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut       TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
 JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia           ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
 JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts       TOM LATHAM, Iowa
 ED PASTOR, Arizona                 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
 DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina     JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
 CHET EDWARDS, Texas                KAY GRANGER, Texas
 PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island   MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
 MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York       JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
 LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California  MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
 SAM FARR, California               ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
 JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois    DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
 CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan    JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
 ALLEN BOYD, Florida                RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
 CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania         KEN CALVERT, California
 STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey      JO BONNER, Alabama
 SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia    STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
 MARION BERRY, Arkansas             TOM COLE, Oklahoma          
 BARBARA LEE, California            
 ADAM SCHIFF, California            
 MICHAEL HONDA, California          
 BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota          
 STEVE ISRAEL, New York             
 TIM RYAN, Ohio                     
 C.A. ``DUTCH'' RUPPERSBERGER,      
Maryland                            
 BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky             
 DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida  
 CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas              
 LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee           
 JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado          
                                    
                                    

                 Beverly Pheto, Clerk and Staff Director

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                          LETTER OF SUBMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                               Committee on Appropriations,
                                     Washington, DC, June 12, 2009.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
The Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.

    Dear Madam Speaker: By direction of the Committee on 
Appropriations, I submit herewith the Committee's report on the 
suballocation of budget allocations for fiscal year 2010.
    As required by section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, this report subdivides the allocation of fiscal 
year 2010 spending authority to the House Committee on 
Appropriations contained in the Joint Explanatory Statement of 
the Committee of Conference on S. Con. Res. 13, the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, as adjusted by 
the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget, pursuant to 
section 422(c)(1) of S. Con. Res. 13.
            Sincerely,
                                             David R. Obey,
                                                          Chairman.

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                                                  Union Calendar No. 72
111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    111-148

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 REPORT ON THE SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010

                                _______
                                

 June 12, 2009.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

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

                                 REPORT

                             together with

                             MINORITY VIEWS

        SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010

    The Committee on Appropriations submits the following 
report on the suballocation of budget allocations for fiscal 
year 2010 pursuant to section 302(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. This report is consistent with the 
``Allocation of Spending Authority to House Committee on 
Appropriations'' presented in the Joint Explanatory Statement 
of the Committee of Conference on S. Con. Res. 13, the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, as 
adjusted by the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget, pursuant to section 422(c)(1) of S. Con. Res. 13.

                                  (1)

  SUBALLOCATIONS TO SUBCOMMITTEES FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET AUTHORITY AND
                                 OUTLAYS
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Subcommittee           Discretionary    Mandatory      Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Rural
 Development, Food and Drug
 Administration:
    Budget authority.........           22,900       99,615      122,515
    Outlays..................           25,000       89,174      114,147
Commerce, Justice, Science:
    Budget authority.........           64,314          222       64,536
    Outlays..................           70,655          257       70,912
Defense:
    Budget authority.........          508,040          291      508,331
    Outlays..................          547,500          291      547,791
Energy and Water Development:
    Budget authority.........           33,300  ...........       33,300
    Outlays..................           42,500  ...........       42,500
Financial Services and
 General Government:
    Budget authority.........           23,550       20,702       44,252
    Outlays..................           25,200       20,699       45,899
Homeland Security:
    Budget authority.........           42,384        1,265       43,649
    Outlays..................           46,062        1,262       47,324
Interior, Environment:
    Budget authority.........           32,300          442       32,742
    Outlays..................           34,300          443       34,743
Labor, Health and Human
 Services, Education:
    Budget authority.........          160,654      551,512      712,166
    Outlays..................          219,692      552,780      772,472
Legislative Branch:
    All except Senate:
        Budget authority.....            3,675          130        3,805
        Outlays..............            3,812          130        3,942
    Senate items:
        Budget authority.....            1,025  ...........        1,025
        Outlays..............              993  ...........          993
    Total Legislative:
        Budget authority.....            4,700          130        4,830
        Outlays..............            4,805          130        4,935
Military Construction,
 Veterans Affairs:
    Budget authority.........           76,500       50,735      127,235
    Outlays..................           76,900       50,533      127,433
State, Foreign Operations:
    Budget authority.........           48,843          142       48,985
    Outlays..................           44,180          142       44,322
Transportation, HUD:
    Budget authority.........           68,821  ...........       68,821
    Outlays..................          134,595  ...........      134,595
Full Committee allowance:
    Budget authority.........  ...............  ...........  ...........
    Outlays..................              711  ...........          711
        Grand total:.........
            Budget authority.        1,086,306      725,056    1,811,362
            Outlays..........        1,272,100      715,684    1,987,784
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                             
                                                             
MINORITY VIEWS OF REPRESENTATIVES LEWIS, YOUNG, ROGERS, WOLF, KINGSTON, 
   FRELINGHUYSEN, TIAHRT, WAMP, LATHAM, ADERHOLT, EMERSON, GRANGER, 
    SIMPSON, CULBERSON, KIRK, CRENSHAW, REHBERG, CARTER, ALEXANDER, 
                 CALVERT, BONNER, LaTOURETTE, AND COLE

    We, the Republican Members of the Appropriations Committee, 
are concerned that the subcommittee allocations approved by the 
Committee Majority are frivolous and unsustainable, completely 
out of touch with our current fiscal reality, and will further 
contribute to our massive budget deficits and prolong our 
economic downturn.
    Sadly, we have arrived at a point in history where growth 
in government is far outpacing real economic growth. It was 
only a few months ago that the Federal Reserve announced a $1.2 
trillion plan designed to push down mortgage rates. Since that 
time, this and other spending programs are having precisely the 
opposite effect. Interest rates on mortgages are rising, making 
it harder for Americans to buy or refinance their homes. 
Inflation rates are rising--causing the average family to be 
squeezed even further in this fragile economic climate.
    This month, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke came to 
Capitol Hill to testify about the state of our economy. In his 
remarks, he told our colleagues on the Budget Committee that 
large budget deficits could threaten financial stability by 
eroding investor confidence and, in turn, endanger our 
economy's prospects for long-term health.
    Chairman Bemanke said, ``Even as we take steps to address 
the recession and threats to financial stability, maintaining 
the confidence of the financial markets requires that we, as a 
nation, begin planning now for the restoration of fiscal 
balance.''
    The Majority's 302(b) subcommittee allocations will not 
inspire any confidence within the financial markets and do not 
represent a step toward restoring fiscal balance. To the 
contrary, these spending allocations lead us further and 
further down a path toward economic catastrophe.

                         The Budget Bottom Line

    The discretionary spending levels contained in the 
Majority's budget resolution were skewed by a variety of budget 
gimmicks and spending schemes design to hide the true total 
cost from American taxpayers. When taken fully into account, 
these tricks will increase the total 302(a) discretionary 
spending cap for Fiscal Year 2010 by almost $3.4 billion. 
Therefore, while the Majority indicates that the total 302(b) 
spending level is $1.086 trillion, the true total 302(b) 
spending will be approximately $1.089 trillion.
    We believe that the Majority's allocation spending plan 
contains rampant and unjustified spending and a backward 
prioritization of national needs. Under their approved 302(b) 
spending allocations, domestic and international spending--
including an unprecedented 33% increase in funding for State 
and Foreign operations--will increase by 12 percent overall. At 
the same time, Defense, Military Construction, and Veterans 
spending only increase by an average of only four percent. The 
following charts compare the Democrats' FY 2010 allocation 
spending plan to last year's levels and to the President's 
request.


                       The Republican Alternative

    We believe that it is this Committee's obligation to make 
difficult choices, set priorities, and root out wasteful 
government spending. It is clear that 302(b) allocations 
approved by the Democratic Majority go against this obligation 
and lead our country in the wrong direction when it comes to 
discretionary spending.
    In order to interject sanity into our spending decisions, 
Committee Republicans proposed alternative subcommittee 
allocations for the Committee's consideration. This alternative 
was defeated on a party line vote.
    In the Republican alternative, defense, military 
construction and veterans programs would have received a 6 
percent increase, and homeland security would have received a 4 
percent increase. All other discretionary spending would have 
been held to the rate of inflation--or a 2 percent increase. 
The remaining funds under the 302(a) spending cap would have 
been left unspent and used to pay down the rapidly expanding 
deficit. Compared to the President's FY 2010 budget request, 
the Republican alternative allocation would have saved the 
taxpayers $43.1 billion. Compared to the Democrats' proposal, 
the Republican alternative would have saved the taxpayers $35.2 
billion.
    The following charts show how the Republican alternative 
compares to the President's request and the Majority's approved 
allocations:


           An Analysis of Spending by the Democratic Majority

    While this year's 12% increase in discretionary spending 
approved by the Majority is perilous and ill-conceived, the 
overall spending picture is even worse.
    Since the Democratic Party took control of Congress in FY 
2007, discretionary spending has skyrocketed to unprecedented 
levels. Between FY 2007 and FY 2009, spending on non-defense 
and non-Veterans Affairs programs have increased by a 
staggering 85 percent. Total discretionary spending during this 
same time period has increased 41 percent. To make matters 
worse, this does not even take into account the billions spent 
on banking, auto, and other industry bailouts approved by the 
Majority over the last two years.
    Committee Republicans remain staunchly opposed to these 
types of massive, across the board spending increases. By 
looking at recent history, we can imagine what the future will 
hold if the Majority's allocation is allowed to stand . . . it 
will no doubt lead to greater and greater increases, year after 
year. Once these new baselines are set, it will be near 
impossible to rein in these spending levels and the Majority 
will again demand similar increases down the road. We need to 
act now to scale back this spending to save our financial and 
economic future.
    The following charts illustrate the discretionary spending 
increases imposed on American taxpayers by the Democratic 
Majority from FY 2007-FY 2009.


                               Conclusion

    The Democrat Majority's double-digit spending increases are 
simply unsustainable, and will further damage our nation's 
financial standing, balloon our deficits, and burden future 
generations with unmanageable debt.
    We, the Appropriations Committee Republicans, believe that 
we must not spend all of the funding allowed in the budget 
resolution or the Committee's 302(b) spending allocation. We 
believe that Congress can provide the necessary funding for 
real national priorities like defense, hold other discretionary 
programs to inflationary levels, and use available balances to 
close our gaping deficit.
    We believe that the Appropriations Committee must start 
immediately to implement spending restraint and follow a path 
of true fiscal responsibility. To do otherwise will no doubt 
put our country in further financial and economic peril.

                                   Jerry Lewis.
                                   Harold Rogers.
                                   Jack Kingston.
                                   Todd Tiahrt.
                                   Tom Latham.
                                   Jo Ann Emerson.
                                   Michael K. Simpson.
                                   Mark Steven Kirk.
                                   C. W. Bill Young.
                                   Frank R. Wolf.
                                   Rodney P. Frelinghuysen.
                                   Zach Wamp.
                                   Robert B. Aderholt.
                                   Kay Granger.
                                   John Abney Culberson.
                                   Ander Crenshaw.
                                   Dennis R. Rehberg.
                                   Rodney Alexander.
                                   Jo Bonner.
                                   Tom Cole.
                                   John R. Carter.
                                   Ken Calvert.
                                   Steven C. LaTourette.

                                  
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