Judd Gregg: “the pending military quality of life and Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R.…”

“the pending military quality of life and Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R. 2528, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations provides $80.580 billion in budget authority and $78.070 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006 for the Military Construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs programs. Of these totals, $36.198 billion in budget authority and $36.108 billion outlays are for mandatory programs in fiscal year 2006. The bill provides total discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2006 of $44.382 billion. This amount is $797 million above the President's request, at the 302(b) allocations adopted by the Senate, $40.8 billion below the House-passed bill, and $3.6 billion above fiscal year 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.…”