September 8, 1976
Page 29373
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, the Senate has before it H.R. 14238, the legislative branch appropriation bill for fiscal 1977 which provides funds for the Congress, the Library of Congress, the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, and other agencies. I take this opportunity to comment on the relationship between this bill and the targets set out in the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1977.
This bill provides $1,009 million in budget authority and $1,014 million in outlays for fiscal year 1977. Outlays arising from prior year appropriations amounting to $96 million are included in the totals.
The funds provided in this appropriation are virtually the same as the $1 billion in budget authority and outlays allocated by the Senate Appropriations Committee to the Subcommittee on the Legislative branch pursuant to section 302(B) of the Congressional Budget Act. They are also consistent with the Budget Committee's assumptions in the second budget resolution, which will be reported later this week.
This bill provides new budget authority and outlays in three functions of the budget, and is consistent with the assumptions made in the first and second budget resolution with respect to each of these functions. I ask unanimous consent to insert in the RECORD a table showing the distribution of budget authority and outlays in this bill by function.
I wish to commend the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Appropriations Committee, Senator HOLLINGS, who is also a member of the Budget Committee, and the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator McCLELLAN, for their dedicated efforts which resulted in bringing in a bill which is within the guidelines of the budget resolutions.
H.R. 14238, the legislative branch appropriation bill 1977
($ millions)
Senate Reported Bill
Budget Function Authority Outlays
400 — Commerce and Transportation 10 10
500 — Education, Training, Employment and
Social Services 109 107
800 — General Government 889 897
Total 1, 009 1, 014