69-010 PDF

1st Session

110-230

--FURTHER REVISED ALLOCATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES OF BUDGET TOTALS FROM THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, FISCAL YEAR 2008

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), Senate Report 110-221 (November 7, 2007), and Senate Report 110-226 (November 8, 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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Subcommittee                                                              Discretionary                  Mandatory                    Total           

                                                                       Budget authority   Outlays Budget authority Outlays Budget 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                                                                         459,332   475,164              263     263          459,595   475,427 

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                                                                36,022    40,168            1,072   1,066           37,094    41,234 

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies                                      27,150    28,574               54      55           27,204    28,629 

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies           150,789   148,000          455,281 455,156          606,070   603,156 

Legislative Branch                                                                4,051     4,178              126     126            4,177     4,304 

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies                 64,745    55,021           41,384  41,229          106,129    96,250 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs                                  34,243    33,516              159     159           34,402    33,675 

Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies           50,981   115,050                                    50,981   115,050 

Total                                                                           954,095 1,029,097          589,022 575,329        1,543,117 1,604,426 

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