Judd Gregg: “the pending Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2006, H.R. 2862, as reported by…”

“the pending Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2006, H.R. 2862, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $48.875 billion in budget authority and $49.495 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006 for the Departments of Commerce, Justice and related agencies. Of these totals, $229 million in budget authority and $241 million in outlays are for mandatory programs in fiscal year 2006. The bill provides total discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2006 of $48.646 billion. This amount is $2 billion less than the President's request, equal to the 302(b) allocations adopted by the Senate, and $36 million more than fiscal year 2005 enacted levels. Mr. President, 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. 2862, 2006 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE APPROPRIATIONS--SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL [Fiscal year 2006, $ millions] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Purpose Mandatory Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Senate-reported bill: Budget authority............. 48,646 229 48,875 Outlays......................…”