Judd Gregg: “The pending Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R.…”

“The pending Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R. 3057, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $31.842 billion in budget authority and $34.998 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006 for the Department of State and foreign assistance programs. Of these totals, $174 million in budget authority and outlays are for mandatory programs in fiscal year 2006. The bill provides total discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2006 of $31.668 billion. This amount is $1 billion below the President's request, $3 million below the 302(b) allocations adopted by the Senate $11.4 billion more than the House-passed bill, and $3.2 billion above fiscal year 2005 enacted levels. I commend the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee for bringing this legislation before the Senate. 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.…”