Judd Gregg: “the pending Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill fiscal year 2006, H.R. 2361, as reported by…”

“the pending Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill fiscal year 2006, H.R. 2361, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $26.261 billion in budget authority and $27.421 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Interior and related agencies. Of these totals, $54 million in budget authority and $60 million in outlays are for mandatory programs in fiscal year 2006. The bill provides total discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2006 of $26.207 billion. This amount is $532 million more than the President's request, equal to the 302(b) allocations adopted by the Senate, $100 million more than the House-passed bill, and $553 million less 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: HR 2361, 2006 INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL [Fiscal Year 2006, $ millions] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Purpose Mandatory Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Senate-reported bill:............ Budget authority.............…”