[Senate Report 115-219]
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115th Congress      }                                    {    Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session         }                                    {   115-219

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   ALLOCATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES OF BUDGET TOTALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018

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                 March 22, 2018.--Ordered to be printed

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          Mr. Cochran, 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, as amended.
    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. H. Con. Res. 71, the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, included an 
instruction in section 4113 to the Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on the Budget to file enforceable levels in the 
Senate in the event the budget was agreed to without the need 
to appoint a committee of conference on the measure. On 
Thursday, October 19, 2017, the Senate passed H. Con. Res. 71. 
On Thursday, October 26, 2017, the House of Representatives 
passed H. Con. Res. 71 without any changes. Pursuant to section 
4113 of H. Con. Res. 71 and section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended, the Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on the Budget filed an allocation for fiscal year 
2018 for the Committee on Appropriations on October 30, 2017 
(Congressional Record pp. S6869-6871). Those allocations were 
consistent with the discretionary spending limits in section 
251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (BBEDCA), as adjusted by the Office of Management and 
Budget pursuant to section 251A of that Act in May 2017. Those 
allocations also reflected permissible increases in the fiscal 
year 2018 discretionary allocation of $36,517,000,000 in 
nonsecurity budget authority designated as an emergency 
requirement, plus associated outlays, that had been enacted 
prior to the passage of H. Con. Res. 71.
    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)).
    On December 21, 2017, the Committee on the Budget filed a 
revised 302(a) allocation for the Committee (Congressional 
Record pp. S2847-2848) reflecting permissible increases in the 
fiscal year 2018 discretionary allocation. These increases 
reflect $4,686,000,000 in security budget authority designated 
as an emergency requirement, plus associated outlays.
    On February, 15, 2018, the Committee on the Budget filed a 
further revised 302(a) allocation for the Committee 
(Congressional Record pp. S1159) reflecting permissible 
increases in the fiscal year 2018 discretionary allocation. 
These increases reflect $1,170,000,000 in security budget 
authority and $83,266,000,000 in nonsecurity budget authority 
designated as an emergency requirement, plus associated 
outlays.
    On March 22, 2018, the Committee on the Budget filed a 
further revised 302(a) allocation for the Committee reflecting 
permissible increases in the fiscal year 2018 discretionary 
allocation. The revised 302(a) allocation reflects enactment of 
Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, through 
an increase of $79,943,000,000 in security budget authority and 
$63,251,000,000 in nonsecurity budget authority, plus 
associated outlays pursuant to section 4108 of H. Con. Res. 71, 
a provision allowing for adjustments to reflect amendments to 
the discretionary spending limits in section 251(c) of BBEDCA. 
In addition, the revised 302(a) reflects an increase of 
$66,079,000,000 in security budget authority and 
$12,018,000,000 in nonsecurity budget authority designated for 
overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism, plus 
associated outlays. The revised 302(a) also reflects an 
increase of $7,366,000,000 in nonsecurity budget authority 
designated for disaster relief, plus associated outlays, an 
increase of $1,896,000,000 in nonsecurity budget authority 
provided for continuing disability reviews and redeterminations 
and for health care fraud and abuse control, plus associated 
outlays, and an increase of $1,000,000 in outlays designated as 
an emergency requirement.
    Set forth below are the allocations to the subcommittees:

                                                                          SUBCOMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018
                                                                                    [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............  ..............          28,127          28,127          25,279         111,509         100,005         139,636         125,284
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies................           5,413          55,386          60,799          67,719             339             350          61,138          68,069
Defense.........................................................         659,407             132         659,539         598,492             514             514         660,053         599,006
Energy and Water Development....................................          21,800          38,820          60,620          41,704  ..............  ..............          60,620          41,704
Financial Services and General Government.......................              31          25,178          25,209          24,854          22,388          22,380          47,597          47,234
Homeland Security...............................................           2,222         112,353         114,575          70,941           1,673           1,666         116,248          72,607
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.....................  ..............          36,530          36,530          34,953              62              62          36,592          35,015
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related      ..............         182,983         182,983         177,832         778,797         778,320         961,780         956,152
 Agencies.......................................................
Legislative Branch..............................................  ..............           4,714           4,714           4,586             143             143           4,857           4,729
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies          11,762          81,993          93,755          86,208          97,618          97,272         191,373         183,480
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.................  ..............          54,018          54,018          51,768             159             159          54,177          51,927
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related                300          99,829         100,129         124,196  ..............  ..............         100,129         124,196
 Agencies.......................................................
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      Total.....................................................         700,935         720,063       1,420,998       1,308,532       1,013,202       1,000,871       2,434,200       2,309,403
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