Mr. WHITTEN. Thank you very much. I ask permission to revise and extend my remarks. We know you have been doing a good job, but we have a different job, Mr. Secretary, of making it all work. Secretary WEINBERGER. Thank you very much. With that last comment I would not comment on what you have said.

BALANCES OF BUDGET AUTHORITY

Mr. CHAPPELL. The Chairman brings up some good points but I want to point out that the budget projects that at the end of fiscal year 1988, unexpended balances of budget authority for the entire U.S.. Government will amount to $1.3 trillion. The Defense portion of this unexpended balance amounts to 21.6 percent or a little less than the Defense portion of the overall budget requests for fiscal year 1988. I will insert a table at this point setting forth these balances which illustrates that all sections of the Federal Government carry unexpended balances, not just the Defense Department. [The table follows:]

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TABLE 12.-BALANCES OF BUDGET AUTHORITY (AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1988-ESTIMATED) [In millions of dollars]

'Includes balances of budget authority that are off-budget under current law.

2 Includes balances of allowances for civilian and military pay raises for the Department of Defense.

3 Includes balances of allowances for civilian agency pay raises.

Note.-DoD-Military (051) as percentage of total FY 1988 BA requests-26.6%.