§010.43b HCR71 (House-passed). Sec. 302. Allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism.

H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress)

Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement
sec. 302. allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism.

(a) Separate Allocation For Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War On Terrorism.—In the House of Representatives, there shall be a separate allocation of new budget authority and outlays provided to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, which shall be deemed to be an allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Section 302(a)(3) of such Act shall not apply to such separate allocation.

(b) Section 302 Allocations.—The separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) shall be the exclusive allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives may provide suballocations of such separate allocation under such section 302(b).

(c) Application.—For purposes of enforcing the separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ shall be deemed to refer to fiscal year 2018. Section 302(c) of such Act shall not apply to such separate allocation.

(d) Designations.—New budget authority or outlays shall only be counted toward the allocation referred to in subsection (a) if designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)[1] of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

(e) Adjustments.—For purposes of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2018, no adjustment shall be made under section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any adjustment would be made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)[2] of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

Counsel Notes
Endnotes

[1] This is a reference to the “Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism”, which is set forth in section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii).

[2] As stated above in Note #1, this section refers to the Overseas Contingency designation. With the reference found in subsection (d), these two allows a provision to be designated as an “Overseas Contingency” but disallow the possibility of confusion or repeating an adjustment under section 314 since it has already been authorized under this section in subsection (a).

House Budget Committee Report on Budget Resolution
(H. Rept. 115-240 Report on H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress))

Section 302. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.

Subsection (a) provides the Committee on Appropriations with a separate allocation for the purposes of Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism [OCO/GWOT] under section 302(a) of the Budget Act. This separate allocation is included in the 302(a) allocation tables in this report. It exempts the OCO/GWOT allocation from certain display requirements that apply to the overall 302(a) allocation.

Subsection (b) stipulates that this separate 302(a) allocation is the exclusive allocation for OCO/GWOT under section 302(b) of the Budget Act, and it permits the Committee on Appropriations to provide suballocations to its subcommittees as it does for its overall 302(a) allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget Act.

Subsection (c) stipulates that, for purposes of enforcing this separate allocation under section 302(f) of the Budget Act, the ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ refer to fiscal year 2018 only. This provision is necessary because the Committee on Appropriations’ 302(a) allocation is only enforced one year at a time. It also effectively exempts the OCO/GWOT allocation from the requirement that the Committee on Appropriations must suballocate this separate allocation among its relevant subcommittees.

Subsection (d) provides that only appropriations designated for OCO/GWOT under the statutory spending limits will be counted against the separate OCO/GWOT allocation.

Subsection (e) ensures that the budget resolution levels are not inadvertently adjusted for any OCO/GWOT appropriations, because these appropriations are already accommodated in the separate OCO/GWOT allocation. It specifically provides that no adjustment will be made under section 314(a) of the Budget Act if an adjustment would be made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 [Deficit Control Act of 1985].

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