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BUDGETARY REVISIONS

Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, on February 9, 2018, the President signed
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 into law, H.R. 1892, P.L. 115-123.
This bill passed the Senate by a vote of 71 to 28 and the House of
Representatives by a vote of 240 to 186. Section 30101 of H.R. 1892
increased the statutory discretionary spending limits for Fiscal Year
2018. More specifically, it increased the Fiscal Year 2018
discretionary spending limit for the revised security category to $629
billion in new budget authority and the revised nonsecurity category to
$579 billion in new budget authority. Section 4108 of the Fiscal Year
2018 congressional budget resolution provides me with the authority to
adjust enforceable levels and allocations for such changes in the
statutory limits. I am therefore adjusting the allocation to the
Committee on Appropriations and the budgetary aggregates to reflect the
new spending limits imposed by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.
In addition to the changes triggered by P.L. 115-123, section 251 of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, BBEDCA,
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 is considering
the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018. This measure provides full-year
appropriations for Federal Government agencies and contains spending
that qualifies for cap adjustments under current statute.
This measure includes $78,097 million in budget authority that is
designated as being for overseas contingency operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of BBEDCA. Of that
amount, $66,079 million is for spending in the security category and
$12,018 million is for nonsecurity spending. CBO estimates that this
budget authority will result in $43,344 million in outlays in, Fiscal
Year 2018.
This measure also includes $7,366 million in nonsecurity
discretionary budget authority designated for disaster relief pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D) of BBEDCA. This designation makes the spending
associated with this provision and its associated outlays of $368
million eligible for an adjustment.
This legislation provides $1,896 million in nonsecurity discretionary
budget authority for program integrity efforts. This funding is
designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(B) and section 251(b)(2)(C) of
BBEDCA. CBO estimates that this budget authority will result in $1,576
million in outlays this fiscal year.
Finally, this legislation repurposes existing emergency funding
increasing outlays by $1 million. This action is designated as an
emergency pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA.
As a result of the aforementioned designations, I am revising the
budget authority and outlay allocations to the Committee on
Appropriations by increasing revised security budget authority by
$146,022 million, revised nonsecurity budget authority by $84,531
million, and outlays by $108,997 million in Fiscal Year 2018. Further,
I am increasing the budgetary aggregate for Fiscal Year 2018 by
$230,553 million in budget authority and $108,997 million in outlays.
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 4108 of H. Con. Res. 71, the Concurrent Resolution
on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 and Sections 311 and 314(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
($ in millions)--
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2018-
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Current Spending Aggregates:--
Budget Authority....................................... 3,169,583
Outlays................................................ 3,112,609
Adjustments:--
Budget Authority....................................... 230,553
Outlays................................................ 108,997
Revised Spending Aggregates:--
Budget Authority....................................... 3,400,136
Outlays................................................ 3,221,606
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REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2018
(Pursuant to Section 4108 of H.Con. Res. 71, the Concurrent Resolution
on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 and Sections 302 and 314(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
($ in millions)
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Current Allocation:----------
Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.. 554,913
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 635,532
Authority-......................................
General Purpose Outlays.......................... 1,199,535
Adjustments:----------
Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.. 146,022
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 84,531
Authority-......................................
General Purpose Outlays.......................... 108,997
Revised Allocation:----------
Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority.. 700,935
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget 720,063
Authority.......................................
General Purpose Outlays.......................... 1,308,532
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Program Disaster
Regular OCO Integrity Relief Emergency Total
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Memorandum: Detail of Adjustments Made Above:------
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Revised Security Discretionary Budget 79,943 66,079 0 0 0 146,022
Authority....................................
Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary 63,251 12,018 1,896 7,366 0 84,531
Budget Authority-............................
General Purpose Outlays....................... 63,708 43,344 1,576 368 1- 108,997
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