Judd Gregg: “the pending Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2006, H.R. 2744, as reported by…”

“the pending Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2006, H.R. 2744, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $86.883 billion in budget authority and $69.248 billion in outlays in FY 2006. Of these totals, $69.535 billion in budget authority and $50.456 billion in outlays are for mandatory programs in FY 2006. The bill provides total discretionary budget authority in FY 2006 of $17.348 billion. This amount is $430 million more than the President's request, equal to the 302(b) allocations adopted by the Senate, $518 million more than the House-passed bill, and $905 million less than FY 2005 enacted levels. I commend the distinguished Chairman of the Appropriations Committee for bringing this legislation before the Senate, and I ask unanimous consent that a table displaying the Budget Committee scoring of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: H.R. 2744, 2006 AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS--SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL [Fiscal Year 2006, $ millions] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Purpose Mandatory Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Senate-reported bill: Budget authority..................... 17,348 69,535 86,883 Outlays..............................…”