2000 Congressional Budget Resolution


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Clinton Plan Compared to 1997 Budget Agreement, House and Senate Plans
(in billions of dollars)
	^ Budget Authority
		FY 00	FY 01	FY 02	FY 03	FY 04	FY 05	FY 01-05
	1997 BBA *	274.8	281.3	289.1
	2000 Clinton **	291.2	305.3	309.0	315.4	323.1	331.4	1,584.2
	2000 House	288.9	306.3	309.3	315.6	323.4	331.7	1,586.3
	2000 SBC	291.6	305.8	309.1	315.5	323.2	331.5	1,585.1

	2000 Clinton plan compared to
	1997 BBA	16.4	24.0	19.9
	2000 House	2.3	-1.0	-0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-2.1
	2000 SBC	-0.4	-0.5	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.9

	FY 2001 dollars
	1997 BBA	282.6	281.3	283.0
	2000 Clinton	299.4	305.3	302.5	302.0	302.1	302.6	1,514.5
	2000 House	297.1	306.3	302.8	302.2	302.4	302.8	1,516.5
	2000 SBC	299.9	305.8	302.6	302.1	302.2	302.6	1,515.3

	~ Real Change from FY 2000
	1997 BBA		*-6.1%*	-5.5%
	2000 Clinton		*2.0%*	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%
	2000 House		*2.3%*	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%
	2000 SBC		*2.1%*	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	1.1%

	^ Outlays
		FY00	FY01	FY02	FY03	FY04	FY05	FY 00-05
	1997 BBA *	268.4	270.1	272.6
	2000 Clinton **	287.8	293.6	302.1	309.3	317.4	327.8	1,550.1
	2000 House	282.5	297.6	302.0	309.4	317.6	328.1	1,554.7
	2000 SBC	288.1	294.1	302.3	309.4	317.5	327.9	1,551.2

	2000 Clinton plan compared to
	1997 BBA	19.4	23.5	29.5
	2000 House	5.3	-4.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-4.6
	2000 SBC	-0.3	-0.5	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1

	FY 2001 dollars
	1997 BBA	276.0	270.1	267.0
	2000 Clinton	295.9	293.6	295.8	296.8	297.4	300.0	1,483.6
	2000 House	290.5	297.6	295.8	296.9	297.6	300.2	1,488.1
	2000 SBC	296.2	294.1	296.1	296.9	297.5	300.1	1,484.6

	~ Real Change from FY 2000
	1997 BBA		*-8.7%*	-9.8%
	2000 Clinton		*-0.8%*	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%	1.4%
	2000 House		*0.6%*	-0.1%	0.3%	0.6%	1.5%
	2000 SBC		*-0.6%*	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%	1.4%

	* The 1997 balanced budget agreement projected funding for defense only through FY 2002.
	** This is the Clinton Administration's Feb. 2000 defense plan as re-estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. The FY 2000-05 figures are from the administration's Future Years Defense Program (FYDP).
	^ Budget authority is the amount of funding DoD may obligate through hiring and signing contracts. Outlays are the actual cash expenditures made to liquidate these obligations.
	~ Real change is based on an FY 2000 defense budget of $291.2 billion in budget authority and $287.8 billion in outlays.

	Source: Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, March 2000.

Last Updated on 3/31/00