[Senate Report 113-163]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session                                                     113-163

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   ALLOCATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES OF BUDGET TOTALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015

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                  May 22, 2014.--Ordered to be printed

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          Ms. Mikulski, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                                 REPORT

    The Committee on Appropriations submits the following 
report pursuant to section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 and section 116 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2013 (Public Law 113-67).
    The Congressional 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 Congressional 
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 December 26, 
2013, the President approved the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. 
Section 116 of that act provides for the Chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget to file an allocation, consistent with 
the terms of the Bipartisan Budget Act, to serve as a section 
302(a) allocation for purposes of budget enforcement in the 
Senate. The allocation was filed by the Chairman of the Budget 
Committee on May 5, 2014 (Congressional Record, pages S2640-
2643). The allocation will remain in effect until the adoption 
by the Congress of a budget resolution.
    This approach is not without precedent. An identical 
procedure for the providing of an allocation to the Committee 
for fiscal year 2012, and again in fiscal year 2013, was 
contained in the Budget Control Act of 2011. No budget 
resolutions were adopted by Congress for those two years. A 
similar procedure (S. Res. 308; 101st Congress) was agreed to 
in the Senate on July 12, 1990, providing an allocation for the 
Committee for fiscal year 1991. The budget resolution was 
finally adopted on October 9, 1990. A similar resolution (S. 
Res. 209; 105th Congress) was agreed to in the Senate on April 
2, 1998, providing an allocation for the Committee for fiscal 
year 1999. Conferees were unable to resolve their differences 
on budget that year. In August 2004, the President approved the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-
287). Section 14007 of that act set an allocation consistent 
with the conference report on S. Con. Res. 95, the budget 
resolution for fiscal year 2005. That budget conference report 
was never adopted by the Congress. Again, in June 2006, the 
President approved the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane 
Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109-234). Section 7035 of that act 
provided section 302(a) allocations to the Committee on 
Appropriations for fiscal year 2007. Conferees on the fiscal 
year 2007 budget resolution were unable to resolve their 
differences.
    In other years, in the absence of a budget resolution, the 
Committee has proceeded with internal guidance, but without any 
budget enforcement procedures in the Senate. In June 1984, the 
Committee adopted a non-binding allocation of non-defense 
spending. That year the budget resolution was adopted by the 
Congress on October 1. Again, in July 2002, the Committee 
adopted a non-binding allocation. That year the Senate did not 
consider a budget resolution for fiscal year 2003. On July 15, 
2010, the Committee adopted its own ``Committee Guidance''. 
Neither the House nor the Senate considered a budget resolution 
for fiscal year 2011. Again, last year on June 20, 2013, the 
Committee adopted ``Committee Guidance'' for fiscal year 2013, 
which is now superseded by Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.
    The Committee notes that, under the terms of section 251 of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
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: costs of emergencies 
(sec. 251(b)(2)(A)(i)); costs of overseas contingency 
operations (sec. 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)); continuing disability 
reviews and redeterminations (sec. 251(b)(2)(B)); healthcare 
fraud and abuse control (sec. 251(b)(2)(C)); and disaster 
funding (sec. 251(b)(2)(D)).
    Set forth below are the allocations to subcommittees:

                                                                          SUBCOMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015
                                                                                    [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                                           Discretionary                                     Mandatory                         Total
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                          Subcommittee                                           Budget authority
                                                                 ------------------------------------------------  Outlays Total      Budget          Outlays         Budget          Outlays
                                                                     Security       Nonsecurity        Total                         authority                       authority
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Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies............  ..............          20,575          20,575          21,833         114,937         107,310         135,512         129,143
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies................           5,031          46,171          51,202          63,795             317             308          51,519          64,103
Defense.........................................................         489,413             192         489,605         522,323             514             514         490,119         522,837
Energy and Water Development....................................          18,423          15,785          34,208          38,458  ..............  ..............          34,208          38,458
Financial Services and General Government.......................              31          22,487          22,518          23,331          21,498          21,491          44,016          44,822
Homeland Security...............................................           1,629          37,371          39,000          44,341           1,576           1,580          40,576          45,921
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.....................  ..............          29,450          29,450          31,552              62              62          29,512          31,614
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related      ..............         156,773         156,773         169,617         647,268         646,327         804,041         815,944
 Agencies.......................................................
Legislative Branch..............................................  ..............           4,300           4,300           4,250             132             131           4,432           4,381
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies           6,559          65,339          71,898          76,447          86,821          86,519         158,719         162,966
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.................  ..............          39,660          39,660          44,719             159             159          39,819          44,878
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related                186          54,253          54,439         119,834  ..............  ..............          54,439         119,834
 Agencies.......................................................
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      Total.....................................................         521,272         492,356       1,013,628       1,160,500         873,284         864,401       1,886,912       2,024,901
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    In addition to the budget allocation for the budget year, 
the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget filed a section 
302(a) allocation for fiscal year 2014.
    Set forth below are the allocations to subcommittees for 
fiscal year 2014:

                                                                          SUBCOMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014
                                                                                    [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                                           Discretionary                                     Mandatory                         Total
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                          Subcommittee                                           Budget authority
                                                                 ------------------------------------------------  Outlays Total      Budget          Outlays         Budget          Outlays
                                                                     Security       Nonsecurity        Total                         authority                       authority
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Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies............  ..............          20,880          20,880          22,092         119,970         107,456         140,850         129,548
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies................           5,000          46,600          51,600          60,756             317             287          51,917          61,043
Defense.........................................................         571,834             208         572,042         571,847             514             514         572,556         572,361
Energy & Water Development......................................          17,200          16,860          34,060          39,652  ..............  ..............          34,060          39,652
Financial Services and General Government.......................              26          21,825          21,851          23,054          21,125          21,115          42,976          44,169
Homeland Security...............................................           1,828          43,295          45,123          46,508           1,460           1,570          46,583          48,078
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.....................  ..............          30,058          30,058          32,154              62              65          30,120          32,219
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related      ..............         157,697         157,697         160,785         622,391         622,073         780,088         782,858
 Agencies.......................................................
Legislative Branch..............................................  ..............           4,258           4,258           4,192             128             128           4,386           4,320
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies           9,808          63,491          73,299          76,278          83,058          82,815         156,357         159,093
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.................  ..............          49,001          49,001          47,353             159             159          49,160          47,512
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related                186          50,670          50,856         116,515  ..............  ..............          50,856         116,515
 Agencies.......................................................
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      Total.....................................................         605,882         504,843       1,110,725       1,201,186         849,184         836,182       1,959,909       2,037,368
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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, on May 22, 2014, 
the Committee ordered favorably reported the fiscal year 2015 
section 302(b) budget allocations, by a recorded vote of 16-14, 
a quorum being present. The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairwoman Mikulski                 Mr. Shelby
Mr. Leahy                           Mr. Cochran
Mr. Harkin                          Mr. McConnell
Mrs. Murray                         Mr. Alexander
Mrs. Feinstein                      Ms. Collins
Mr. Durbin                          Ms. Murkowski
Mr. Johnson (SD)                    Mr. Graham
Ms. Landrieu                        Mr. Kirk
Mr. Reed                            Mr. Coats
Mr. Pryor                           Mr. Blunt
Mr. Tester                          Mr. Moran
Mr. Udall                           Mr. Hoeven
Mrs. Shaheen                        Mr. Johanns
Mr. Merkley                         Mr. Boozman
Mr. Begich
Mr. Coons

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