Budget Enforcement Levels for Fiscal Year 2020

Floor Speech

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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.

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Memorandum: Detail of Program Disaster Wildfire U.S. Adjustments Made Above OCO Integrity Relief Emergency Suppression Census Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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