[Senate Report 110-393]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
110th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 110-393
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ALLOCATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES OF BUDGET TOTALS FROM THE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION, FISCAL YEAR 2009
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June 19, 2008.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Byrd, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following
report pursuant to section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended.
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 2009 (S. Con. Res. 70) was agreed to
by the Congress on June 5, 2008.
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 2009 (H. Rept. 110-659; filed May
20, 2008) contains allocations to the Senate Committee on
Appropriations for fiscal year 2009.
In summary, the Committee received an allocation comprised
as follows:
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget
Category authority Outlays
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General purpose discretionary........... 1,011,718 1,106,112
Mandatory............................... 621,707 608,653
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Total............................... 1,633,425 1,714,765
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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.
312(c)(2)(A)); Internal Revenue Service tax compliance (sec.
312(c)(2)(B)); control of health care fraud and abuse (sec.
312(c)(2)(C)); reviews of improper unemployment insurance
payments (sec. 312(c)(2)(D)); and costs of overseas deployments
and other contingencies (sec. 312(c)(3)).
Set forth below are the allocations to subcommittees:
SUBCOMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
[In millions of dollars]
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Discretionary Mandatory Total
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Subcommittee Budget Budget Budget
authority Outlays authority Outlays authority Outlays
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Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies.... 20,435 21,543 76,307 63,526 96,742 85,069
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies........ 57,900 58,432 221 224 58,121 58,656
Defense................................................. 487,737 526,031 279 279 488,016 526,310
Energy and Water Development............................ 33,258 32,552 .............. .............. 33,258 32,552
Financial Services and General Government............... 22,380 22,809 20,661 20,663 43,041 43,472
Homeland Security....................................... 42,252 42,792 1,152 1,148 43,404 43,940
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies............. 27,750 29,041 62 63 27,812 29,104
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 152,661 150,482 478,375 478,340 631,036 628,822
Related Agencies.......................................
Legislative Branch...................................... 4,400 4,286 127 127 4,527 4,413
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 73,000 67,377 44,374 44,134 117,374 111,511
Agencies...............................................
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs......... 36,620 35,619 149 149 36,769 35,768
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and 53,325 115,148 .............. .............. 53,325 115,148
Related Agencies.......................................
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Total............................................. 1,011,718 1,106,112 621,707 608,653 1,633,425 1,714,765
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