[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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