[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 284 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 310
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 284

                          [Report No. 105-555]

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 1998

 Mr. Kasich, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                         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.

    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: $1,317,400,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2000: $1,331,000,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2001: $1,358,300,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2002: $1,408,100,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2003: $1,452,900,000,000.
                    (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of 
                Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
                            Fiscal year 1998: $0.
                            Fiscal year 1999: -$4,600,000,000.
                            Fiscal year 2000: -$10,300,000,000.
                            Fiscal year 2001: -$20,800,000,000.
                            Fiscal year 2002: -$27,800,000,000.
                            Fiscal year 2003: -$37,400,000,000.
            (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: $1,408,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2000: $1,443,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001: $1,477,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002: $1,502,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003: $1,571,400,000,000.
            (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: $1,400,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2000: $1,435,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001: $1,463,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002: $1,473,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003: $1,541,000,000,000.
            (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: $82,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2000: $104,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001: $105,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002: $65,600,000,000.
                    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.
                            (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, $209,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $210,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $220,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $219,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $237,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $240,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $248,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $246,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $270,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $270,400,000,000.
            (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, $243,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $247,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $256,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $258,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $267,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $267,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $227,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $274,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $287,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $284,000,000,000.
            (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: $417,100,000,000 
        in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and $2,427,800,000,000 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: 
        $1,277,900,000,000 in revenues for fiscal year 1999 and 
        $6,637,700,000,000 in revenues in fiscal years 1999 through 
        2003.

SEC. 5. RESERVE FUND FOR PERSONAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--In the House, upon the reporting of a bill or 
joint resolution (or immediately preceding the consideration of an 
amendment thereto or upon the filing of a conference report thereon) 
that--
            (1) provides funds for personal retirement savings accounts 
        for individuals, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
        may increase the appropriate allocations and aggregates of new 
        budget authority and outlays for each of fiscal years 1999 
        through 2003 by not more than the amount of outlays resulting 
        from that measure (and the corresponding amount of new budget 
        authority provided by such measure) for such fiscal year; or
            (2) provides preferential tax treatment of contributions to 
        personal retirement savings accounts, the chairman of the 
        Committee on the Budget may reduce revenue aggregates for each 
        of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 by the amount of the revenue 
        loss resulting from that measure for such fiscal year.
However, the sum of any adjustments made under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
for any fiscal year may not exceed an amount that equals an up-to-date 
projection of the surplus in the unified budget made by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office for that fiscal year. In the House, 
these revised allocations and aggregates shall be considered for the 
purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as the aggregates 
contained in this resolution and allocations contained in the 
accompanying report.
    (b) Adjustments and Reversals.--In the House, the adjustments to 
allocations and aggregates made by the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget pursuant to subsection (a) for any measure shall only apply 
while such measure is under consideration in the House and shall 
permanently take effect upon the enactment of such measure.

SEC. 6. 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. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

    It is the sense of Congress that, as managing trustee of the social 
security trust funds, the Secretary of the Treasury should only issue 
marketable interest-bearing securities to the trust funds for fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 1998.

SEC. 8. SENSE OF 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) 46.9 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 Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, in 
carrying out its reconciliation instructions pursuant to this 
concurrent resolution, the Committee on Ways and Means should include 
the text of H.R. 2849 (the Assets for Independence Act) in its 
submission to the House Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON CLINICAL CANCER 
              TRIALS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the committees of jurisdiction 
should consider legislation this session that would establish a 3-year 
demonstration project providing medicare coverage for beneficiaries' 
participation in clinical cancer trials.

SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE INTERIM PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOME 
              HEALTH BENEFITS UNDER MEDICARE.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the interim payment system for home health service has 
        adversely affected some home health care agencies and medicare 
        beneficiaries;
            (2) if home health care is threatened and further reduced, 
        health care costs to Federal and State governments, as well as 
        families, may rise to cover more expensive post-hospital and 
        long-term care;
            (3) the committees of jurisdiction should initiate a 
        revision of the interim payment system, paying particular 
        attention to providing a more gradual reduction in home health 
        care costs and additional time for home health care agencies to 
        adjust to lower rates and reimbursements;
            (4) due to the critical nature of this issue, Congress 
        should enact an equitable and fair revision of the interim 
        payment system before the adjournment of the 105th Congress; 
        and
            (5) the Health Care Financing Administration should fully 
        implement by October 1, 1999, the prospective payment system 
        that was enacted into law last year.

SEC. 11. SENSE OF 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 Congress.--It is the sense of 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.
                                     

                                                 Union Calendar No. 310

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                            H. CON. RES. 284

                          [Report No. 105-555]

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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.

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                              May 27, 1998

Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed