BUDGET ENFORCEMENT LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 83
(Senate - May 04, 2020)

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             BUDGET ENFORCEMENT LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, 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. In addition, 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 recently considered three measures that were signed into 
law to combat the coronavirus. These measures, the Family First 
Coronavirus Response Act, P.L. 116-127; the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and 
Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136; and the Paycheck Protection 
Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, P.L. 116-139, provided 
supplemental emergency appropriations to support activities related to 
public health and response to the coronavirus that qualify for cap 
adjustments under section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA.
  The Family First Coronavirus Response Act included emergency 
appropriations totaling $82 million in revised security budget 
authority and $2,389 million in revised nonsecurity budget authority. 
The Congressional Budget Office, CBO, estimates that these 
appropriations will result in $843 million in outlays in fiscal year 
2020.
  The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act included 
emergency appropriations totaling $10,525 million in revised security 
budget authority and $319,158 million in revised nonsecurity budget 
authority. CBO estimates that these appropriations will result in 
$98,789 million in outlays in fiscal year 2020.
  The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act 
included emergency appropriations totaling $162,100 million in revised 
nonsecurity budget authority. CBO estimates that these appropriations 
will result in $113,132 million in outlays in fiscal year 2020.
  As a result of the emergency designations, I am revising the budget 
authority and outlay allocations to the Committee on Appropriations by 
increasing revised security budget authority by $10,607 million, 
revised nonsecurity budget authority by $483,647 million and outlays by 
$212,764 million in fiscal year 2020. Further, I am increasing the 
budgetary aggregate for fiscal year 2020 by $494,072 million in budget 
authority and $212,655 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 Sections 311 and 314(a) of the  Congressional Budget Act of
                                  1974)
                             ($ in millions)
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                                                                 2020
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Current Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority.......................................    3,824,732
    Outlays................................................    3,734,450
Adjustments:
    Budget Authority.......................................      494,072
    Outlays................................................      212,655
Revised Spending Aggregates:
    Budget Authority.......................................    4,318,804
    Outlays................................................    3,947,105
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 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)
                             ($ in millions)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 2020
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Current Allocation:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority........      746,000
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget            662,748
     Authority.............................................
    General Purpose Outlays................................    1,417,551
Adjustments:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority........       10,607
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget            483,647
     Authority.............................................
    General Purpose Outlays................................      212,764
Revised Allocation:
    Revised Security Discretionary Budget Authority........      756,607
    Revised Nonsecurity Category Discretionary Budget          1,146,395
     Authority.............................................
    General Purpose Outlays................................    1,630,315
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     Memorandum: Detail of                 Program    Disaster                 Wildfire      U.S.
    Adjustments Made Above        OCO     Integrity    Relief     Emergency  Suppression    Census       Total
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    Revised Security                  0           0           0      10,607            0           0      10,607
     Discretionary Budget
     Authority................
    Revised Nonsecurity               0           0           0     483,647            0           0     483,647
     Category Discretionary
     Budget Authority.........
    General Purpose Outlays...        0           0           0     212,764            0           0     212,764
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