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BUDGETARY REVISIONS

Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, section 251 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 establishes statutory limits on
discretionary spending and allows for various adjustments to those
limits, while sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 allow the chairman of the Budget Committee to establish and
make revisions to allocations, aggregates, and levels consistent with
those adjustments. The Senate will soon consider the conference report
to accompany H.R. 2577, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. This conference report
provides funding to combat the Zika virus. For these efforts, the bill
provides $991 million in budget authority for fiscal year 2016 and $39
million and $382 million in outlays for fiscal year 2016 and fiscal
year 2017, respectively. These figures include rescissions of emergency
funds that provide a partial offset. This legislation includes language
that would designate these provisions as emergency funding pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act
of 1985. The inclusion of these designations makes this spending
eligible for an adjustment under the Congressional Budget Act.
The conference report to accompany H.R. 2577 also includes funding
for military construction outside of the United States that is
designated as overseas contingency operations funding pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii). These provisions provide $172 million in
budget authority and $1 million in outlays for fiscal year 2017. The
inclusion of the overseas contingency operations designations with
these provisions makes this spending eligible for an adjustment under
the Congressional Budget Act.
On May 26, 2016, I made adjustments to the budgetary aggregates and
the Committee on Appropriation's allocations for fiscal years 2016 and
2017 to accommodate emergency spending found in S. amendment No. 3900
to combat the Zika virus that qualified for a cap adjustment under
BBEDCA. The adjustments I make today take these prior adjustments into
consideration and reflect the appropriate level for overall adjustments
for considering this legislation.
As a result, I am decreasing the budgetary aggregate for fiscal year
2016 by $107 million in budget authority and $108 million in outlays. I
am increasing the budgetary aggregate for fiscal year 2017 by $172
million in budget authority and decreasing outlays by $125 million.
Further, I am revising the budget authority and outlay allocations to
the Committee on Appropriations by reducing revised nonsecurity budget
authority by $107 million and outlays by $108 million in fiscal year
2016. Finally, I am revising the budget authority and outlay
allocations to the Committee on Appropriations by increasing revised
security budget authority by $172 million and reducing outlays by $125
million in fiscal year 2017.
I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables, which provide
details about the adjustment, be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:

REVISION TO BUDGETARY AGGREGATES
(Pursuant to Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and S.
Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year
2016)
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$s in millions 2016
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Current Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority........................... 3,070,927
Outlays.................................... 3,091,393

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Adjustments:
Budget Authority........................... -107
Outlays.................................... -108
Revised Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority........................... 3,070,820
Outlays.................................... 3,091,285
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REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2016
(Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974)
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$s in millions 2016
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Current Allocation *:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 548,091
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 528,955
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... 1,173,214
Adjustments:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 0
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary -107
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... -108
Revised Allocation *:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 548,091
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 528,848
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... 1,173,106
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* Excludes amounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
War on Terrorism pursuant to Section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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Program Disaster
Memorandum: Above Adjustments by Designation Integrity Relief Emergency Total
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Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority. 0 0 0 0
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 0 0 -107 -107
Budget Authority...............................
General Purpose Outlays......................... 0 0 -108 -108
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REVISION TO BUDGETARY AGGREGATES
(Pursuant to Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and
Section 102 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015)
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$s in millions 2017
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Current Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority........................... 3,212,350
Outlays.................................... 3,219,700
Adjustments:
Budget Authority........................... 172
Outlays.................................... -125
Revised Spending Aggregates:
Budget Authority........................... 3,212,522
Outlays.................................... 3,219,575
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REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2017
(Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974)
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$s in millions 2017
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Current Allocation:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 551,068
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 518,531
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... 1,182,309
Adjustments:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 172
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 0
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... -125
Revised Allocation:
Revised Security Discretionary Budget 551,240
Authority.................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 518,531
Budget Authority..........................
General Purpose Outlays.................... 1,182,184
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Memorandum: Detail of Program Disaster
Adjustments Made Above OCO Integrity Relief Emergency Total
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Revised Security Discretionary 172 0 0 0 172
Budget Authority...............
Revised Nonsecurity Category 0 0 0 0 0
Discretionary Budget Authority.
General Purpose Outlays......... 1 0 0 -126 -125
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