[House Report 115-779]
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Union Calendar No. 605
115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-779
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R E P O R T
on the
REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET
ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019
SUBMITTED BY MR. FRELINGHUYSEN, CHAIRMAN,
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
June 22, 2018.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey, Chairman
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky\1\ NITA M. LOWEY, New York
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
KAY GRANGER, Texas PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
KEN CALVERT, California LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
TOM COLE, Oklahoma SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida BARBARA LEE, California
TOM GRAVES, Georgia BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
KEVIN YODER, Kansas TIM RYAN, Ohio
STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas C.A.DUTCHRUPPERSBERGER,Maryland
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine
JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois
DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio DEREK KILMER, Washington
DAVID G. VALADAO, California MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania
ANDY HARRIS, Maryland GRACE MENG, New York
MARTHA ROBY, Alabama MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts
CHRIS STEWART, Utah PETE AGUILAR, California
DAVID YOUNG, Iowa
EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia
STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
SCOTT TAYLOR, Virginia
JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, Florida
Nancy Fox, Clerk and Staff Director
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\1\Chairman Emeritus
LETTER OF SUBMITTAL
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Appropriations,
Washington, DC, June 22, 2018.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: By direction of the Committee on
Appropriations, I submit herewith the Committee's report on the
revised suballocation of budget allocations for fiscal year
2019.
The total of the suballocations noted in the attached
report meets the levels prescribed by the Bipartisan Budget Act
of 2018 and as printed in the Congressional Record by the House
Budget Committee on May 10, 2018, and as subsequently adjusted.
The Committee on Appropriations is acting expeditiously; to
date, the Committee has reported nearly all of the twelve
appropriations bills to the House for consideration.
Sincerely,
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen,
Chairman.
Union Calendar No. 605
115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-779
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REPORT ON THE REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2019
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June 22, 2018.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
_______
Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the
following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2019
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following
report on the revised suballocation of budget allocations for
fiscal year 2019. The 302(b) suballocations and resulting total
302(a) meet the levels prescribed by the Bipartisan Budget Act
of 2018.
Pursuant to section 30104 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of
2018, the House Budget Committee submitted an allocation for
fiscal year 2019 for the Committee on Appropriations. The
funding levels submitted in this Committee report meet the
levels stipulated for the Committee on Appropriations by the
Budget Committee in its submission printed in the Congressional
Record of May 10, 2018. Further, submission of this report
meets the requirement of section 302(b) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and resulting
requirement under the Rules of the House. The Committee is
moving expeditiously and has thus far reported nearly all of
the twelve fiscal year 2019 appropriation bills to the House
for consideration.
REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET
AUTHORITYP AND OUTLAYS
[In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discretionary
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Subcommittee General Mandatory Total
Purpose
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Agriculture:
Budget authority........... 23,273 40,695 63,968
Outlays.................... 24,684 35,345 60,029
Commerce, Justice, Science:
Budget authority........... 62,520 319 62,839
Outlays.................... 72,161 332 72,493
Defense:
Budget authority........... 674,591 514 675,105
Outlays.................... 644,324 514 644,838
Energy and Water:
Budget authority........... 44,700 0 44,700
Outlays.................... 44,485 0 44,485
Financial Services and General
Government:
Budget authority........... 23,423 22,406 45,829
Outlays.................... 24,490 22,398 46,888
Homeland Security:
Budget authority........... 51,403 1,740 53,143
Outlays.................... 47,702 1,736 49,438
Interior, Environment:
Budget authority........... 35,252 62 35,314
Outlays.................... 34,312 62 34,374
Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education:
Budget authority........... 177,100 783,118 960,218
Outlays.................... 185,655 782,757 968,412
Legislative Branch:
All except Senate:
Budget authority........... 3,811 116 3,927
Outlays.................... 3,926 116 4,042
Senate items:
Budget authority........... 1,069 29 1,098
Outlays.................... 844 29 873
Total Legislative:
Budget authority........... 4,880 145 5,025
Outlays.................... 4,770 145 4,915
Military Construction, Veterans
Affairs:
Budget authority........... 98,058 106,125 204,183
Outlays.................... 98,449 105,903 204,352
State, Foreign Operations:
Budget authority........... 46,000 159 46,159
Outlays.................... 48,984 159 49,143
Transportation, HUD:
Budget authority........... 71,800 0 71,800
Outlays.................... 135,000 0 135,000
Grand Total:
General Purpose
(excluding
adjustments):
Budget authority..... 1,313,000 955,283 2,268,283
Outlays.............. 1,365,016 949,351 2,314,367
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MINORITY VIEWS
The Bipartisan Budget Act enacted early this year provided
relief from unworkable discretionary spending caps. The
agreement was supposed to provide the country with stability
following a year of shutdowns, last-minute veto threats, and
general uncertainty in government. That stability lasted long
enough for Congress to pass a bipartisan Omnibus appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, and then Republican chaos
reigned again. The President threatened to veto the bill,
unhappy with Congress' large investments in programs to help
low- and middle-income Americans and rejection of his campaign-
promised border wall.
Even after the President signed the bill, the
Administration and Republican leadership in Congress who voted
for the Bipartisan Budget Act and the Omnibus bill have
continued to attempt to undo those bipartisan agreements. The
House majority passed H.R. 3, a rescissions bill to undo
funding and mollify an angry President. Fortunately, the Senate
has now rejected this misguided effort.
In addition to the unacceptable rescissions proposals, the
majority's lack of transparency in allocating the FY 2019
discretionary budget also endangers future bipartisan
compromise. The majority abandoned longstanding committee
practice of publicizing 302(b) allocations, forcing members to
vote on bills without having the full picture on what impact
each bill would have on the other bills.
Unfortunately, once the majority unveiled their plans, it
became evident that they would dramatically shortchange middle
class families and people struggling to get into the middle
class. There is no increase for the Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education bill; no new resources to protect our
environment; and no new investment in diplomacy to keep our
country safe and strong.
These revised allocations continue the majority's misguided
efforts to undermine domestic and diplomatic priorities. The
only purpose of this revision is to patch a hole created by
bringing the VA Choice program under discretionary spending
without adjusting the budget caps accordingly. In the coming
years, this shift will cannibalize tens of billions of dollars
that would otherwise be spent upholding our commitments to
veterans and making other investments that keep our country,
safe, strong, and moving forward.
When the House considered the Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs bill, I offered an amendment to fix this
problem by ensuring that the VA Choice program wouldn't count
against the caps set by the Budget Control Act. Unfortunately,
the majority blocked consideration of my amendment.
Aside from providing a temporary and imperfect solution to
the serious problem of how to fund VA Choice, these allocations
continue to prioritize President Trump's cruel immigration
policies.
In recent days we have witnessed heartbreaking images of
children separated from their parents as a result of the Trump
administration's zero tolerance policy that forces family
separation. Even after the President signed a hastily-drafted
executive order that may temporarily reduce the number of
forced family separations, it is obvious that he is using
distraught children and anguished parents as bargaining chips
to funds his border wall boondoggle.
Unfortunately, it appears that the majority is acquiescing
to this strategy by dramatically increasing funding for
Homeland Security, which would receive a $3.7 billion increase
over FY 2018, presumably to fund the border wall and attacks on
immigrant communities.
These allocations fail the American people and encourage
the President's disgraceful immigration policies. We can and
must do better.
Nita M. Lowey.
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