Judd Gregg: “the pending legislative branch appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R. 2985, as reported by the Senate Committee…”

“the pending legislative branch appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006, H.R. 2985, as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations, provides $3.952 billion in budget authority and $3.947 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006 for the legislative branch and related agencies. Of these totals, $118 million in budget authority and $117 million in outlays are for mandatory programs in fiscal year 2006. The bill provides total discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2006 of $3.834 billion. This amount is $194 million less than the President's request, $70 million less than the 302(b) allocation adopted by the Senate, and is $118 million more than the House-passed bill. The 2006 budget authority provided in this bill is $289 million more than the fiscal year 2005 enacted level. 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. 2985, 2006 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH [Fiscal Year 2006, $ millions] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General purpose Mandatory Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL Senate-reported bill: Budget authority................…”