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Union Calendar No. 104 1 Union Calendar No. 104 113TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113–143 R E P O R T ON THE REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 SUBMITTED BY MR. ROGERS, CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JULY 8, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 29–006 WASHINGTON : 2013 SBDV 2014–2 VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:05 Jul 09, 2013 Jkt 029006 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR143.XXX HR143 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida 1 NITA M. LOWEY, New York FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio JACK KINGSTON, Georgia PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey JOSE´ E. SERRANO, New York TOM LATHAM, Iowa ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia KAY GRANGER, Texas ED PASTOR, Arizona MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida SAM FARR, California JOHN R. CARTER, Texas CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia KEN CALVERT, California BARBARA LEE, California JO BONNER, Alabama ADAM B. SCHIFF, California TOM COLE, Oklahoma MICHAEL M. HONDA, California MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania TIM RYAN, Ohio TOM GRAVES, Georgia DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida KEVIN YODER, Kansas HENRY CUELLAR, Texas STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska WILLIAM L. OWENS, New York THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio DAVID G. VALADAO, California ANDY HARRIS, Maryland ————— 1 Chairman Emeritus WILLIAM E. SMITH, Clerk and Staff Director (II) VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:05 Jul 09, 2013 Jkt 029006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7513 Sfmt 7513 E:\HR\OC\HR143.XXX HR143 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HEARING LETTER OF SUBMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC, July 8, 2013. Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, The Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: By direction of the Committee on Appropria- tions, I submit herewith the Committee’s report on the revised sub- allocation of budget allocations for fiscal year 2014. As required by section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this report subdivides the allocations of fiscal year 2014 spending authority to the House Committee on Appropriations es- tablished in H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress) and the accom- panying report, H. Rept. 113–17, as given force and effect by section 3 of H. Res. 243 (113th Congress). Sincerely, HAROLD ROGERS, Chairman. (III) 3 VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:05 Jul 09, 2013 Jkt 029006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7513 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\HR143.XXX HR143 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HEARING VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:05 Jul 09, 2013 Jkt 029006 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7513 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\HR143.XXX HR143 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HEARING Union Calendar No. 104 113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113–143 REPORT ON THE REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 JULY 8, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. ROGERS, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report on the suballocation of budget allocations for fiscal year 2014 pur- suant to section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. As required by section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this report subdivides the allocations of fiscal year 2014 spending authority to the House Committee on Appropriations es- tablished in H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress) and the accom- panying report, H. Rept. 113–17, as given force and effect by sec- tion 3 of H. Res. 243 (113th Congress). The revised suballocations reflect permissible adjustments to the 302(a) allocations pursuant to section 603 of H. Con. Res. 25 and section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act. (1) VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:05 Jul 09, 2013 Jkt 029006 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR143.XXX HR143 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HEARING 2 REVISED SUBALLOCATION TO SUBCOMMITTEES FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS [In millions of dollars] Discretionary Subcommittee General Overseas Mandatory Total Purpose Contingencies Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration: Budget authority ................................................................... 19,450 .................... 42,981 62,431 Outlays .................................................................................. 21,300 .................... 30,298 51,598 Commerce, Justice, Science: Budget authority ................................................................... 47,396 .................... 347 47,743 Outlays .................................................................................. 58,700 .................... 337 59,037 Defense: Budget authority ................................................................... 512,522 85,769 514 598,805 Outlays .................................................................................. 543,685 42,994 514 587,193 Energy and Water Development: Budget authority ................................................................... 30,426 .................... .................... 30,426 Outlays .................................................................................. 38,363 .................... .................... 38,363 Financial Services and General Government: Budget authority ................................................................... 16,966 .................... 21,229 38,195 Outlays .................................................................................. 19,711 .................... 21,223 40,934 Homeland Security: Budget authority ................................................................... 38,991 .................... 1,460 40,451 Outlays .................................................................................. 45,680 .................... 1,478 47,158 Disaster designated: Budget authority ................................................................... 5,626 .................... .................... 5,626 Outlays .................................................................................. 281 .................... .................... 281 Total Homeland Security: Budget authority ................................................................... 44,617 .................... 1,460 46,077 Outlays .................................................................................. 45,961 .................... 1,478 47,439 Interior, Environment: Budget authority ................................................................... 24,278 .................... 62 24,340 Outlays .................................................................................. 25,207 .................... 62 25,269 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education: Budget authority ................................................................... 121,797 .................... 603,055 724,852 Outlays .................................................................................. 133,809 .................... 604,722 738,531 Legislative Branch: All except Senate: Budget authority ................................................................... 3,233 .................... 104 3,337 Outlays .................................................................................. 3,385 .................... 104 3,489 Senate items: Budget authority ................................................................... 891 .................... 24 915 Outlays .................................................................................. 700 .................... 24 724 Total Legislative: Budget authority ................................................................... 4,124 .................... 128 4,252 Outlays .................................................................................. 4,085 .................... 128 4,213 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs: Budget authority ................................................................... 73,320 .................... 79,465 152,785 Outlays .................................................................................. 76,204 .................... 79,219 155,423 State, Foreign Operations: Budget authority ................................................................... 34,103 6,520 159 40,782 Outlays .................................................................................. 36,308 5,016 159 41,483 Transportation, HUD: Budget authority ................................................................... 44,100 .................... .................... 44,100 Outlays .................................................................................. 114,931 .................... .................... 114,931 Grand total: General Purpose (excluding disaster): Budget authority ................................................. 967,473 92,289 749,400 1,809,162 Outlays ...............................................................
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