Budgetary Revisions

Floor Speech

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Mr. GRAHAM. Madam 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 revise allocations, aggregates, and levels consistent with those adjustments.

The Senate will soon consider H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. The measure provides full-year appropriations for 2025 and contains spending that qualifies for cap adjustments under BBEDCA.

First, H.R. 1968 includes appropriations designated as emergency funding pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill's emergency-designated spending amounts to $12,375 million in nonsecurity budget authority and $8,600 million in associated outlays in 2025.

Second, the measure also includes $22,884 million in nonsecurity discretionary budget authority designated for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of BBEDCA. This budget authority is expected to result in $963 million in outlays in 2025.

Third, the measure includes appropriations for certain program integrity activities that qualify for adjustments pursuant to sections 251(b)(2)(B), 251(b)(2)(C), and 251(b)(2)(E) of BBEDCA. The adjustments for these activities amount to $2,531 million in nonsecurity budget authority and $1,894 million in resulting outlays for 2025.

Finally, H.R. 1968 includes $2,750 million in nonsecurity budget authority for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(F) of BBEDCA, which is associated with $945 million in outlays.

In total, the adjustments for H.R. 1968 amount to $40,540 million in nonsecurity budget authority and $12,402 million in outlays.

I am also filing adjustments to reflect the emergency designations in two bills enacted last year: the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, P.L. 118-83, and the American Relief Act, 2025, P.L. 118-158. Together, the emergency-designated appropriations in these bills increase security category budget authority by $11,775 million, nonsecurity category budget authority by $105,395 million, and total outlays by $26,511 million.

Consequently, I am revising the budget authority and outlay allocations to the Committee on Appropriations by increasing revised security budget authority by $11,775 million, revised nonsecurity budget authority by $145,935 million, and outlays by $38,913 million in fiscal year 2025. I am also increasing the budgetary aggregates for fiscal year 2025 by $157,374 million in budget authority and $38,611 million in outlays.

5,302.483 Outlays................................................ 5,473.615 Adjustment: Budget Authority....................................... 157.374 Outlays................................................ 38.661 Revised Aggregates: Budget Authority....................................... 5,459.857 Outlays................................................ 5,512.276 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REVISIONS TO THE SPENDING ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025

(Pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) ($ in billions) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Current Revised Allocation Adjustments Allocation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Revised Security Budget Authority 895.212 11.775 906.987---- Revised Nonsecurity Budget 710.688 145.935 856.623 Authority....................... General Purpose Outlays.......... 1,869.797 38.913 1,908.710 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DETAIL OF ADJUSTMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (Pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) ($ in billions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaster Program Wildfire

Detail of Adjustments Made Above Emergency Relief Integrity Suppression- Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Security Budget Authority............. 11.775 0.000 0.000 0.000 11.775-- Revised Nonsecurity Budget Authority.......... 117.770 22.884 2.531 2.750 145.935-- General Purpose Outlays....................... 35.111 0.963- 1.894- 0.945- 38.913-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Of the program integrity amounts, $336 million of budget authority and $252 million of outlays are from

the Disability Insurance Trust Fund and are off-budget. The off-budget amounts are not included in the

adjustment to the budget aggregates.

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