[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 284 Engrossed in House (EH)]
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 284
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 284
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 1998 is hereby revised and replaced and that this is
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1999 and that
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 are
hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for the fiscal years
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are
as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $1,292,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,318,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,331,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,358,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,407,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,452,600,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of
Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $0.
Fiscal year 1999: -$4,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: -$10,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: -$21,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: -$28,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: -$37,800,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new budget
authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $1,359,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,408,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,443,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,477,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,502,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,571,200,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays
are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $1,343,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,401,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,435,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,463,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,473,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,540,700,000,000.
(4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $50,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $83,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $104,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $105,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $65,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $88,100,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the public debt
are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $5,436,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $5,597,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $5,777,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $5,957,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $6,102,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $6,269,400,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of
new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal years 1998 through
2003 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $267,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $268,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $270,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $265,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $274,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $280,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $269,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $288,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $272,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $296,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $279,800,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $15,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $14,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $18,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $17,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $17,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $17,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $17,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, -$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, -$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, -$6,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$6,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, -$700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $24,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $22,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $21,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $20,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $20,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $20,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,500,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $11,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $11,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $10,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $10,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $7,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $4,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $14,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $14,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $14,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $46,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $44,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $43,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $43,600,000,000
(B) Outlays, $41,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $43,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $43,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,600,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $8,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $8,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $7,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $6,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $6,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $6,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,600,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $61,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $61,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $62,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $63,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $63,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $65,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,900,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $136,200,000,000
(B) Outlays, $132,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $143,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $142,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $149,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $149,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $155,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $155,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $162,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $163,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $171,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $172,000,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $199,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $199,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $210,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $211,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $221,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $221,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $239,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $242,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $251,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $248,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $273,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $273,700,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $229,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $234,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $243,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $247,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $255,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $265,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $274,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $271,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $284,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $280,400,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $12,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $13,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $12,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $15,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,300,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $42,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $42,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $43,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $43,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $43,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $44,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,200,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $25,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $25,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $23,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $22,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $22,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $14,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $13,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $290,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $290,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $296,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $297,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $297,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $296,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $296,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $298,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,500,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, -$14,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$14,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, -$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, -$3,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, -$3,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$3,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, -$3,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$3,200,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, -$36,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$36,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, -$36,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$36,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, -$36,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$36,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, -$38,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, -$45,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$45,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, -$35,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$35,900,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Submissions.--Not later than June 26, 1998, the House
committees named in subsection (b) shall submit their recommendations
to the House Committee on the Budget. After receiving those
recommendations, the House Committee on the Budget shall report to the
House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations
without any substantive revision.
(b) Instructions to House Committees.--
(1) Committee on agriculture.--The House Committee on
Agriculture shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction that provide direct spending such that the total
level of direct spending for that committee does not exceed:
$30,400,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and
$157,400,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(2) Committee on banking and financial services.--The House
Committee on Banking and Financial Services shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending such that the total level of direct spending for that
committee does not exceed: -$8,200,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 1999 and -$35,100,000,000 in outlays in fiscal
years 1999 through 2003.
(3) Committee on commerce.--The House Committee on Commerce
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that
provide direct spending such that the total level of direct
spending for that committee does not exceed: $417,900,000,000
in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and $2,437,900,000,000 in
outlays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(4) Committee on education and the workforce.--The House
Committee on Education and the Workforce shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending
such that the total level of direct spending for that committee
does not exceed: $18,700,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
1999 and $100,400,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999
through 2003.
(5) Committee on government reform and oversight.--The
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending such that the total level of direct spending for that
committee does not exceed: $71,600,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 1999 and $384,000,000,000 in outlays in fiscal
years 1999 through 2003.
(6) Committee on the judiciary.--The House Committee on the
Judiciary shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
that provide direct spending such that the total level of
direct spending for that committee does not exceed:
$5,200,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and
$26,500,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(7) Committee on transportation and infrastructure.--The
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending such that the total level of direct spending
for that committee does not exceed: $16,200,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 1999 and $78,900,000,000 in outlays in fiscal
years 1999 through 2003.
(8) Committee on veterans' affairs.--The House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction that provide direct spending such that the total
level of direct spending for that committee does not exceed:
$23,800,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and
$125,000,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(9) Committee on ways and means.--(A) The House Committee
on Ways and Means shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction such that the total level of direct spending for
that committee does not exceed: $411,100,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 1999 and $2,374,800,000,000 in outlays in fiscal
years 1999 through 2003.
(B) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction such that the total
level of revenues for that committee is not less than:
$1,278,500,000,000 in revenues for fiscal year 1999 and
$6,637,700,000,000 in revenues in fiscal years 1999 through
2003.
SEC. 5. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF COMPENSATION AND PAY FOR FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.
In the House, for purposes of enforcing the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, establishing on a prospective basis
compensation or pay for any office or position in the Government at a
specified level, the appropriation for which is provided through annual
discretionary appropriations, shall not be considered as providing new
entitlement authority or new budget authority.
SEC. 6. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury,
in consultation with the trustees of the Social Security trust funds,
should consider issuing marketable interest-bearing securities to the
trust funds for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998.
SEC. 7. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE ACT.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) 33 percent of all American households have no or
negative financial assets and 60 percent of African-American
households have no or negative financial assets;
(2) 47 percent of all children in America live in
households with no financial assets, including 40 percent of
Caucasian children and 75 percent of African-American children;
(3) in order to provide low-income families with more tools
for empowerment in lieu of traditional income support and to
assist them in becoming more involved in planning their future,
new public-private relationships that encourage asset-building
should be undertaken;
(4) individual development account programs are
successfully demonstrating the ability to assist low-income
families in building assets while partnering with community
organizations and States in more than 40 public and private
experiments nationwide; and
(5) Federal support for a trial demonstration program would
greatly assist the creative efforts of existing individual
development account experiments.
(b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that
legislation should be considered to encourage low-income individuals
and families to accumulate assets through contributions to individual
development accounts as a means of achieving economic self-sufficiency.
SEC. 8. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON CLINICAL
CANCER TRIALS.
It is the sense of the Congress that legislation should be
considered that provides Medicare coverage for beneficiaries'
participation in clinical cancer trials.
SEC. 9. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE INTERIM PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOME
HEALTH BENEFITS UNDER MEDICARE.
It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) there is concern that the interim payment system for
home health service has adversely affected some home health
care agencies;
(2) the Administration should ensure that the
implementation of the interim payment system does not adversely
affect the availability of home health services for Medicare
beneficiaries;
(3) Congress should carefully examine the Adminstration's
implementation of the home health payment system and make any
necessary changes to ensure that the needs of Medicare
beneficiaries are being met; and
(4) the Health Care Financing Administration should quickly
implement the prospective payment system that was enacted into
law last year.
SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) Federal courts have found that children with
disabilities are guaranteed an equal opportunity to an
education under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution;
(2) Congress responded to these court decisions by enacting
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to
ensure free and appropriate public education for children with
disabilities;
(3) IDEA authorizes the Federal Government to provide 40
percent of the average per pupil expenditure for children with
disabilities;
(4) the Federal Government has not fully funded IDEA at its
authorized levels; and
(5) if the Federal Government fully funds IDEA, then local
school districts will have the flexibility to invest in new
technology, hire additional teachers, and purchase books and
supplies.
(b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that
the Federal Government should fully fund programs authorized under IDEA
and that such funding is of the highest priority among Federal
education programs.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON BUDGETARY RULES AND TAX CUTS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) in 1990, pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) requirements were
enacted to prevent Congress and the President from increasing
the deficit;
(2) under PAYGO requirements, tax legislation must be
offset by legislation increasing revenues or reducing
entitlement spending;
(3) these requirements prevent Congress from offsetting tax
cuts with discretionary savings or budget surpluses;
(4) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 will produce the first
surplus in the unified budget in 29 years;
(5) under current trends, the Federal Government could run
an on-budget surplus (which excludes Social Security and the
postal service) as early as fiscal year 1999; and
(6) while these requirements were useful during a period of
chronic deficit spending, they now limit the ability of
Congress to allow taxpayers to retain more of their own money.
(b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that
the reconciliation bill to be considered pursuant to the reconciliation
instructions in section 4--
(1) should permit discretionary savings to be used to
offset tax cuts; and
(2) may make on-budget surpluses available to offset tax
cuts.
SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON TAX RELIEF.
It is the sense of the Congress that the revenue levels set forth
in this resolution are predicated on--
(1) eliminating the marriage penalty over an appropriate
period of time; and
(2) providing tax relief targeted at relieving the tax
burden on families, estates, and wages, as well as incentives
to stimulate job creation and economic growth.
Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 1998.
Attest:
Clerk.