BUDGET ENFORCEMENT LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 156
(Senate - September 26, 2019)

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             BUDGET ENFORCEMENT LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, section 3005 of H. Con. Res. 71, 115th 
Congress, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, 
allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise the 
allocations, aggregates and levels in the budget resolution for 
legislation related to the extension of certain healthcare policies. 
This adjustment authority, which was updated by the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2019, is contingent on the legislation not increasing the 
deficit over either the period of fiscal years 2020-2024 or the period 
of fiscal years 2020-2029.
  I find that H.R. 4378, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and 
Health Extenders Act of 2019, meets the conditions of deficit 
neutrality found in section 3005 of H. Con. Res 71. This determination 
has been made by looking at the deficit effects of the revenue and 
direct spending provisions of both Division A and Division B of H.R. 
4378. Accordingly, I am revising the allocations to the Committee on 
Finance and the budgetary aggregates to account for the direct spending 
and revenue effects of the bill. Further, I am temporarily adjusting 
the Senate's PAYGO scorecard to reflect the $667 million deficit 
increase in Fiscal Year 2020 and deficit decreases of $477 million and 
$1 million over the 5- and 10-year periods, respectively. In 
recognition of the instruction to exclude the budgetary effects of 
division B from the PAYGO scorecard in title VII, the table 
accompanying this statement reflects only the prorated revenue effects 
of division A, which are not covered by the exception and whose 
adjustments will remain for PAYGO scorecard purposes.
  Section 124 of division A provides for additional budgetary resources 
for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and designates those 
resources as being for overseas contingency operations/global war on 
terrorism, OCO, pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. This 
designation makes this spending qualify for a discretionary cap 
adjustment under current statute. This provision has no effect on 
budget authority but would increase outlays by $128 million in Fiscal 
Year 2020. Therefore, I am revising the allocation to the Committee on 
Appropriations and further modifying the spending aggregate for Fiscal 
Year 2020 to accommodate these 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:

             BUDGET AGGREGATES--BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS
 (Pursuant to Sections 311 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
 1974 and Section 3005 of H. Con. Res. 71, the Concurrent Resolution on
the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, as Updated by the Bipartisan Budget Act
                                of 2019)
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                    $ in millions                             2020
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Current Aggregates:
    Spending:
        Budget Authority.............................          3,703,553
        Outlays......................................          3,680,696
Adjustments*:
    Spending:
        Budget Authority.............................                693
        Outlays......................................                795
Revised Aggregates:
    Spending:
        Budget Authority.............................          3,704,246
        Outlays......................................          3,681,491
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                                           BUDGET AGGREGATE--REVENUES
    (Pursuant to Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and Section 3005 of H. Con. Res. 71, the
   Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, as Updated by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019)
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                     $ in millions                              2020            2020-2024          2020-2029
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Current Aggregates:
    Revenue............................................          2,740,538         15,073,859         34,847,317
Adjustments:
    Revenue............................................                  *                  *                  *
Revised Aggregates:
    Revenue............................................          2,740,538         15,073,859         34,847,317
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* Denotes budgetary effects between -$500,000 and $500,000.


                               REVISION TO ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
    (Pursuant to Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and Section 3005 of H. Con. Res. 71, the
   Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, as updated by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019)
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                     $ in millions                              2020            2020-2024          2020-2029
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Current Allocation:
    Budget Authority...................................          2,624,780         15,076,375         35,392,167
    Outlays............................................          2,607,237         15,014,396         35,317,440
Adjustments:---
    Budget Authority...................................                693               -477                 -1
    Outlays............................................                667               -477                 -1
Revised Allocation:---
    Budget Authority...................................          2,625,473         15,075,898         35,392,166
    Outlays............................................         2,607,904-         15,013,919         35,317,439
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                 PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE SENATE
   (Pursuant to Section 4106 and Section 3005 of H. Con. Res. 71, the
 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, as Updated by
                   the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019)
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                    $ in millions                           Balances
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Starting Balance:
    Fiscal Year 2019.................................                  0
    Fiscal Year 2020.................................                  0
    Fiscal Years 2019 through 2024...................                  0
    Fiscal Years 2019 through 2029...................                  0
Adjustments:
    Fiscal Year 2019.................................                  0
    Fiscal Year 2020.................................                  *
    Fiscal Years 2019 through 2024...................                  *
    Fiscal Years 2019 through 2029...................                  *
Revised Balance:
    Fiscal Year 2019.................................                  0
    Fiscal Year 2020.................................                  *
    Fiscal Years 2019 through 2024...................                  *
    Fiscal Years 2019 through 2029...................                 *
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* Denotes budgetary effects between -$500,000 and $500,000.
Memorandum: For consideration of H.R. 4378, the Continuing
  Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019, in the
  Senate, the Chairman's reserve fund adjustment covers the total
  deficit effects stemming from direct spending outlays and revenue
  changes in both Division A and Division B. This table reflects the
  final PAYGO recording of deficit effects from the measure consistent
  with exclusions in Title VII of Division B.


 REVISION TO SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR
                            FISCAL YEAR 2020
 (Pursuant to Sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
                                  1974)
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                    $ in millions                             2020
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Current Allocation:----------
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority..            666,500
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget            621,508
     Authority-......................................
    General Purpose Outlays..........................          1,364,251

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Adjustments:----------
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority-.                  0
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget                  0
     Authority-......................................
    General Purpose Outlays..........................                128
Revised Allocation:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority..            666,500
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget            621,508
     Authority.......................................
    General Purpose Outlays..........................          1,364,379
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   Memorandum: Detail of Adjustments Made                           Program    Disaster
              Above-----------                 Regular     OCO     Integrity    Relief     Emergency     Total
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    Revised Security Discretionary Budget             0        0           0           0           0           0
     Authority.............................
    Revised Nonsecurity Category                      0        0           0           0           0           0
     Discretionary Budget Authority........
    General Purpose Outlays................           0      128           0           0           0         128
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