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Spending Control Act of 2004

Date: June 24, 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation Infrastructure


Spending Control Act of 2004 -- (House of Representatives - June 24, 2004)

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 692 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 4663.

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Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), the chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for the purpose of a colloquy.

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.

Mr. Chairman, this bill reinstates the discretionary spending caps for fiscal year 2005 and 2006 and extends the highway and transit firewalls for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 at the levels contained in H.R. 3550, as passed by the House earlier this year.

The inclusion of the highway and transit firewalls in the bill before us today is an important statement that the House intends to continue the budget reforms that were achieved for the Highway Trust Fund in TEA-21.

It is my understanding that the level of the highway and transit firewalls will ultimately be determined by the conference of H.R. 3550 in which the gentleman is a member, in accordance with the fiscal year 2005 budget resolution, which provided for an adjustment in the transportation funding levels.

I would like to clarify my views with the gentleman from Iowa and ask for his assistance in ensuring that the highway and transit firewalls ultimately enacted into law will reflect the agreement of the conferees on H.R. 3550.

Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I yield to the gentleman from Iowa.

Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Chairman, the chairman is correct. This will, in no way, limit the decision of the conferees for H.R. 3550, the level of highway and transit firewalls. It will be determined consistent with the fiscal year 2005 budget resolution and the contingency procedure contained therein in the conference report on H.R. 3550.

In either case, this is consistent with the fiscal year 2005 budget resolution, and it allows not as a ceiling but a floor to that conference report.

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for this colloquy.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair would advise that the gentleman from Iowa's (Mr. Nussle) time has expired.

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