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[H. Con. Res. 128 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 632
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 128

                          [Report No. 115-816]

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2019 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 
                  for fiscal years 2020 through 2028.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2018

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2019 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 
                  for fiscal years 2020 through 2028.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.

    (a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that prior 
concurrent resolutions on the budget are replaced as of fiscal year 
2019 and that this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for 
fiscal year 2019 and sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2020 through 2028.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this concurrent 
resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019.
                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.
              TITLE II--RECONCILIATION AND RELATED MATTERS

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
     TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Sec. 301. Point of order against increasing long-term direct spending.
Sec. 302. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
                            Terrorism.
Sec. 303. Limitation on changes in certain mandatory programs.
Sec. 304. Limitation on advance appropriations.
Sec. 305. Estimates of debt service costs.
Sec. 306. Fair-value credit estimates.
Sec. 307. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources.
Sec. 308. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury 
                            to the Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 309. Prohibition on use of guarantee fees as an offset.
Sec. 310. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.
Sec. 311. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
                            aggregates.
Sec. 312. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 313. Adjustment for changes in the baseline.
Sec. 314. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
        TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Sec. 401. Deficit neutral reserve fund for investments in national 
                            infrastructure.
Sec. 402. Deficit neutral reserve fund for amendments to the Internal 
                            Revenue Code of 1986.
Sec. 403. Reserve fund for extending pro-growth tax policies.
Sec. 404. Reserve fund for the repeal or replacement of President 
                            Obama's health care laws.
Sec. 405. Deficit neutral reserve fund for the clarification of 
                            presumptions of service connection for 
                            veterans who served offshore of the 
                            Republic of Vietnam and Korea.
       TITLE V--POLICY STATEMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Sec. 501. Policy statement on unauthorized appropriations.
Sec. 502. Policy statement on improper payments.
Sec. 503. Policy statement on expenditures from agency fees and 
                            spending.
Sec. 504. Policy statement on combating the opioid epidemic.
Sec. 505. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery, 
                            and innovation.
Sec. 506. Policy statement on Medicaid work requirements.
Sec. 507. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 508. Policy statement on Social Security.
Sec. 509. Policy statement on higher education and workforce 
                            development opportunity.
Sec. 510. Policy statement on the Judgment Fund.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

    The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2028:
            (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this concurrent resolution:
                    (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are 
                as follows:
    Fiscal year 2019: $2,590,496,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2020: $2,736,347,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2021: $2,845,396,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2022: $2,990,130,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2023: $3,164,364,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2024: $3,338,062,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2025: $3,513,201,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2026: $3,807,248,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2027: $4,058,110,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2028: $4,229,859,000,000.
                    (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of 
                Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
    Fiscal year 2019: $0.
    Fiscal year 2020: $0.
    Fiscal year 2021: $0.
    Fiscal year 2022: $0.
    Fiscal year 2023: $0.
    Fiscal year 2024: $0.
    Fiscal year 2025: $0.
    Fiscal year 2026: $0.
    Fiscal year 2027: $0.
    Fiscal year 2028: $0.
            (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
        new budget authority are as follows:
    Fiscal year 2019: $3,478,974,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2020: $3,488,774,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2021: $3,563,231,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2022: $3,669,991,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2023: $3,783,347,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2024: $3,856,688,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2025: $3,899,811,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2026: $4,005,410,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2027: $4,094,293,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2028: $4,125,676,000,000.
            (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
        budget outlays are as follows:
    Fiscal year 2019: $3,379,438,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2020: $3,458,307,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2021: $3,545,070,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2022: $3,673,780,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2023: $3,761,485,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2024: $3,817,215,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2025: $3,870,702,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2026: $3,982,738,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2027: $4,066,253,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2028: $4,131,191,000,000.
            (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-
        budget) are as follows:
    Fiscal year 2019: $788,942,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2020: $721,960,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2021: $699,674,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2022: $683,650,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2023: $597,121,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2024: $479,153,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2025: $357,501,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2026: $175,490,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2027: $8,143,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2028: -$98,668,000,000.
            (5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of debt 
        subject to limit are as follows:
    Fiscal year 2019: $22,356,469,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2020: $23,216,315,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2021: $24,010,615,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2022: $24,735,181,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2023: $25,350,001,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2024: $25,832,181,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2025: $26,124,404,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2026: $26,275,988,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2027: $26,109,909,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2028: $25,750,525,000,000.
            (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of 
        debt held by the public are as follows:
    Fiscal year 2019: $16,568,177,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2020: $17,363,858,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2021: $18,125,630,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2022: $18,869,457,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2023: $19,512,838,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2024: $20,026,824,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2025: $20,412,479,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2026: $20,614,633,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2027: $20,645,322,000,000.
    Fiscal year 2028: $20,560,545,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

    The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of 
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2019 through 2028 for 
each major functional category are:
            (1) National Defense (050):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $656,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $633,352,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $689,121,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $655,961,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $723,190,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $689,135,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $726,804,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $709,118,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $730,442,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $711,516,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $734,111,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $713,215,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $737,806,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $722,903,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $741,523,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $726,681,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $745,277,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $730,451,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $748,489,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $739,313,000,000.
            (2) International Affairs (150):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $47,895,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $43,551,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $49,063,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $44,417,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $49,178,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,351,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $47,379,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,574,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $48,479,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,321,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $49,711,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $47,044,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $50,843,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $47,790,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,031,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $48,809,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $53,207,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $49,880,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $54,401,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $51,019,000,000.
            (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $29,497,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $31,478,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $30,175,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $30,856,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $30,901,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $30,914,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $31,630,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $31,267,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $32,361,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $31,751,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $33,151,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,457,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $33,910,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $33,169,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $34,674,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $33,923,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $35,474,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $34,688,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $36,278,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $35,484,000,000.
            (4) Energy (270):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$2,562,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,224,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $2,737,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $3,644,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$11,118,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$10,770,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $1,118,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $978,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $790,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $158,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $1,116,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $339,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $808,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $35,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $618,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$147,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $625,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $70,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $3,314,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $2,764,000,000.
            (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,244,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $37,591,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $54,086,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $37,858,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $54,651,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $38,560,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $54,507,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $38,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $56,796,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $40,777,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $57,821,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $41,991,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $58,540,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $43,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $60,592,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,923,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $62,269,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $48,204,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $63,955,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $50,499,000,000.
            (6) Agriculture (350):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,466,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,546,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,993,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $21,811,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,323,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,940,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,182,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,551,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,744,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $21,051,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,245,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $21,537,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,777,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,032,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,544,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,826,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,708,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,979,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,423,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,668,000,000.
            (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$4,325,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$9,672,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$10,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$16,540,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$7,681,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$15,519,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$8,337,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$17,403,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$8,456,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$17,850,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$6,951,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$16,399,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$5,095,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$15,392,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$5,225,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$15,083,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$5,211,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$15,850,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$5,714,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$15,759,000,000.
            (8) Transportation (400):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $95,233,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $92,465,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $88,996,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $93,556,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $70,979,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $91,134,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $71,617,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $82,757,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $72,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $79,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $73,241,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $77,767,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $73,995,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $76,819,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $74,919,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $76,375,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $75,995,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $76,730,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $76,947,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $77,208,000,000.
            (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $74,678,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $44,532,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $76,515,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $49,572,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $78,061,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $51,887,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $79,707,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $56,856,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $81,455,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $58,222,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $83,389,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $63,143,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $85,269,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $68,023,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $87,176,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $72,584,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $89,092,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $76,130,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $90,978,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $79,533,000,000.
            (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
        (500):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $89,643,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $105,795,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $98,245,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $98,277,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $99,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $99,773,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $98,956,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $99,596,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $97,736,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $98,801,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $97,412,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $98,190,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $98,529,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $99,054,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $99,359,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $99,997,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $100,277,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $100,930,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $102,041,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $102,520,000,000.
            (11) Health (550):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $577,947,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $529,709,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $535,605,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $513,181,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $493,983,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $484,274,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $539,822,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $526,335,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $562,960,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $547,080,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $574,422,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $567,644,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $598,546,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $591,133,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $624,915,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $615,878,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $634,591,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $633,703,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $656,144,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $652,492,000,000.
            (12) Medicare (570):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $648,039,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $647,663,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $675,326,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $674,993,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $727,232,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $726,856,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $813,149,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $812,779,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $831,639,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $831,271,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $829,127,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $828,754,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $904,939,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $904,559,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $962,152,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $961,762,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,023,360,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,022,973,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,150,826,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,150,437,000,000.
            (13) Income Security (600):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $489,346,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $479,169,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $484,668,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $475,993,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $494,922,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $486,381,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $508,298,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $506,383,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $518,765,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $511,705,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $504,105,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $492,173,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $513,490,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $502,427,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $523,311,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $517,955,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $518,373,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $509,731,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $526,827,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $523,951,000,000.
            (14) Social Security (650):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $35,977,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $35,977,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $39,035,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $39,035,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $42,028,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $42,028,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $45,053,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,053,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $48,312,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $48,312,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $51,893,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $51,893,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $55,894,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $55,894,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $66,328,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $66,328,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $72,886,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $72,886,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $78,066,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $78,066,000,000.
            (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $196,374,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $194,161,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $202,515,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $200,642,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $208,785,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $207,057,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $215,491,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $222,548,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $221,047,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $219,458,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $227,178,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $215,929,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $234,772,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $232,629,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $241,792,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $239,579,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $249,111,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $246,815,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $258,125,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $266,787,000,000.
            (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $58,262,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $62,957,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $64,972,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $64,940,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $65,478,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $68,896,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $67,095,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $68,372,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $69,050,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $69,095,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $70,873,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $70,270,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $72,651,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $72,125,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $74,212,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $73,672,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $76,027,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $75,406,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $77,902,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $77,190,000,000.
            (17) General Government (800):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,291,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,963,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,354,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,926,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,268,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,741,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $25,155,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $24,737,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,792,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $24,375,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $28,409,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $27,797,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $29,010,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $28,575,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $29,009,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $28,564,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $29,276,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $28,819,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $29,539,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $29,076,000,000.
            (18) Net Interest (900):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $468,919,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $468,919,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $557,681,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $557,681,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $634,898,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $634,898,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $693,003,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $693,003,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $731,591,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $731,591,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $747,462,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $747,462,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $756,694,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $756,694,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $768,371,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $768,371,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $778,354,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $778,354,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $784,714,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $784,714,000,000.
            (19) Allowances (920):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$17,572,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$9,243,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$94,357,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$54,296,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$98,283,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$80,340,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $102,752,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$93,350,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $106,018,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$99,424,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $110,314,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$105,251,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $113,655,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$108,861,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $116,726,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$112,133,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $120,207,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$115,437,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $118,070,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$116,294,000,000.
            (20) Government-wide savings and adjustments (930):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$57,938,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$14,621,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$77,022,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$21,022,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$95,693,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$46,793,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $193,392,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$140,888,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $172,195,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$119,359,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $122,509,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$72,158,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $209,017,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$161,896,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $227,777,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$184,208,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $234,560,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$198,851,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $385,389,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$333,720,000,000.
            (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$82,940,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$82,940,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$84,734,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$84,734,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$88,771,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$88,771,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$91,494,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$91,494,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$92,343,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$92,343,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $101,204,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$101,204,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $112,895,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$112,895,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $109,388,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$109,388,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $113,631,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$113,631,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, -
                        $128,120,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$128,120,000,000.
            (22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
        Terrorism (970):
                    Fiscal year 2019:
                            (A) New budget authority, $77,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $38,862,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2020:
                            (A) New budget authority, $60,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $48,555,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2021:
                            (A) New budget authority, $43,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $43,438,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2022:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,507,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2023:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,877,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2024:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $14,622,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2025:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,585,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2026:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,470,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2027:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,274,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2028:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $363,000,000.

              TITLE II--RECONCILIATION AND RELATED MATTERS

SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Submissions Providing for Reconciliation.--Not later than 
September 14, 2018, the committees named in subsection (b) shall submit 
recommendations on changes in laws within their jurisdictions to the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives that would 
achieve the specified reduction in the deficit for the period of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2028.
    (b) Instructions.--
            (1) Committee on agriculture.--The Committee on Agriculture 
        shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 
        to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of 
        fiscal years 2019 through 2028.
            (2) Committee on armed services.--The Committee on Armed 
        Services shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        sufficient to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the 
        period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.
            (3) Committee on education and the workforce.--The 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce shall submit changes 
        in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
        deficit by $20,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 
        through 2028.
            (4) Committee on energy and commerce.--The Committee on 
        Energy and Commerce shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $20,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 
        2028.
            (5) Committee on financial services.--The Committee on 
        Financial Services shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $24,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 
        2028.
            (6) Committee on homeland security.--The Committee on 
        Homeland Security shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by $3,000,000,000 
        for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.
            (7) Committee on the judiciary.--The Committee on the 
        Judiciary shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        sufficient to reduce the deficit by $45,000,000,000 for the 
        period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.
            (8) Committee on natural resources.--The Committee on 
        Natural Resources shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by $5,000,000,000 
        for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.
            (9) Committee on oversight and government reform.--The 
        Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shall submit 
        changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce 
        the deficit by $32,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
        2019 through 2028.
            (10) Committee on veterans' affairs.--The Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 
        for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.
            (11) Committee on ways and means.--The Committee on Ways 
        and Means shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        sufficient to reduce the deficit by $150,000,000,000 for the 
        period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.

     TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG-TERM DIRECT SPENDING.

    (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause a net increase 
in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 
consecutive 10-fiscal year periods described in subsection (b).
    (b) Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Proposals.--The 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent 
practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint resolution 
reported by a committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, would cause, 
relative to current law, a net increase in direct spending in the House 
of Representatives, in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 
consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the first fiscal year 
that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal year.
    (c) Limitation.--In the House of Representatives, the provisions of 
this section shall not apply to any bills or joint resolutions, or 
amendments thereto or conference reports thereon, for which the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget has made adjustments to the allocations, 
aggregates, or other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution.
    (d) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this section, 
the levels of net increases in direct spending shall be determined on 
the basis of estimates provided by the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives.

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 2019. 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) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    (e) Adjustments.--For purposes of subsection (a) for fiscal year 
2019, 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) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    (f) Adjustments to Fund Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism.--In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 
other appropriate budgetary levels related to Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism or the allocation under section 
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 
Appropriations set forth in the report or joint explanatory statement 
of managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent resolution as 
necessary.

SEC. 303. LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN CERTAIN MANDATORY PROGRAMS.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``change in mandatory 
programs'' means a provision that--
            (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending 
        or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to 
        September 30, 2002) if the provision were included in 
        legislation other than appropriation Acts; and
            (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority in the 
        budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays 
        over the total of the current year, the budget year, and all 
        fiscal years covered under the most recently agreed to 
        concurrent resolution on the budget.
    (b) Point of Order in the House of Representatives.--
            (1) In general.--In the House of Representatives, it shall 
        not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution making 
        appropriations for a full fiscal year that includes a provision 
        that proposes a change in mandatory programs, or amendment 
        thereto or conference report thereon, that, if enacted, would 
        cause the absolute value of the total budget authority of all 
        such changes in mandatory programs enacted in relation to a 
        full fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in 
        paragraph (2).
            (2) Amount.--The amount specified in this paragraph is--
                    (A) for fiscal year 2019, $17,000,000,000; and
                    (B) for fiscal year 2020, $15,000,000,000.
    (c) Determination.--For purposes of this section, budgetary levels 
shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the chair of 
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 304. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--In the House of Representatives, except as 
provided for in subsection (b), it shall not be in order to consider 
any general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing 
appropriations, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
provides advance appropriations.
    (b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided for 
programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the report or 
the joint explanatory statement of managers, as applicable, 
accompanying this concurrent resolution under the following headings:
            (1) General.--``Accounts Identified for Advance 
        Appropriations''.
            (2) Veterans.--``Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance 
        Appropriations''.
    (c) Limitations.--The aggregate level of advance appropriations 
shall not exceed the following:
            (1) General.--$29,014,001,000 in new budget authority for 
        all programs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(1).
            (2) Veterans.--$75,550,600,000 in new budget authority for 
        programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs identified 
        pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
    (d) Definition.--The term ``advance appropriation'' means any new 
discretionary budget authority provided in a general appropriation bill 
or bill or joint resolution continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
2019, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first 
becomes available for the first fiscal year following fiscal year 2019.

SEC. 305. ESTIMATES OF DEBT SERVICE COSTS.

    In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may direct the Congressional Budget Office to include, in any 
estimate of a bill or joint resolution prepared under section 402 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, an estimate of any change in debt 
service costs resulting from carrying out such bill or resolution. Any 
estimate of debt service costs provided under this section shall be 
advisory and shall not be used for purposes of enforcement of such Act, 
the rules of the House of Representatives, or this concurrent 
resolution. This section shall not apply to authorizations of programs 
funded by discretionary spending or to appropriation bills or joint 
resolutions, but shall apply to changes in the authorization level of 
appropriated entitlements.

SEC. 306. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES.

    (a) Fair-value Estimates.--Upon the request of chair of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, any estimate 
prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office for a 
measure that establishes or modifies any program providing loans or 
loan guarantees shall, as a supplement to such estimate and to the 
extent practicable, provide a fair-value estimate of such loan or loan 
guarantee program.
    (b) Baseline Estimates.--The Congressional Budget Office shall 
include estimates of loan and loan guarantee programs, on a fair-value 
and credit reform basis, as practicable, in its The Budget and Economic 
Outlook.
    (c) Enforcement in the House of Representatives.--If the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimate pursuant to 
subsection (a), the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives may use such estimate to determine compliance with 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and other budget enforcement 
requirements.

SEC. 307. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES.

    (a) Adjustments of Discretionary and Direct Spending Levels.--In 
the House of Representatives, if a committee (other than the Committee 
on Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
thereto is offered or conference report thereon is submitted, providing 
for a decrease in direct spending (budget authority and outlays flowing 
therefrom) for any fiscal year and also provides for an authorization 
of appropriations for the same purpose, upon the enactment of such 
measure, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may decrease the 
allocation to the applicable authorizing committee that reports such 
measure and increase the allocation of discretionary spending (budget 
authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on 
Appropriations for fiscal year 2019 by an amount equal to the new 
budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided for in a bill 
or joint resolution making appropriations for the same purpose.
    (b) Determinations.--In the House of Representatives, for purposes 
of enforcing this concurrent resolution, the allocations and aggregate 
levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, revenues, 
deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2019 and the total of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2028 shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget and such chair may 
adjust the applicable levels in this concurrent resolution.

SEC. 308. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY 
              TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.

    In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, and the rules or orders of the House of Representatives, a 
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that transfers funds from the general fund of the Treasury to 
the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as new budget authority and 
outlays equal to the amount of the transfer in the fiscal year the 
transfer occurs.

SEC. 309. PROHIBITION ON USE OF GUARANTEE FEES AS AN OFFSET.

    In the House of Representatives, any provision of a bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
increases, or extends the increase of, any guarantee fees of the 
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) shall not be counted for 
purposes of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
concurrent resolution, or clause 10 of rule XXI of the rules of the 
House of Representatives.

SEC. 310. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--In the House of Representatives, notwithstanding 
section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 
13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 
39, United States Code, the report or the joint explanatory statement, 
as applicable, accompanying this concurrent resolution shall include in 
its allocation to the Committee on Appropriations under section 302(a) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 amounts for the discretionary 
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration and the 
United States Postal Service.
    (b) Special Rule.--In the House of Representatives, for purposes of 
enforcing section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
estimates of the levels of total new budget authority and total outlays 
provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts described 
in subsection (a).

SEC. 311. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND 
              AGGREGATES.

    (a) Application.--In the House of Representatives, any adjustments 
of the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels made 
pursuant to this concurrent resolution shall--
            (1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
            (2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
            (3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 
        practicable.
    (b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised 
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments shall be 
considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as 
the allocations and aggregates contained in this concurrent resolution.
    (c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this 
concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels for a fiscal year or period 
of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by 
the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives.
    (d) Aggregates, Allocations and Application.--In the House of 
Representatives, for purposes of this concurrent resolution and budget 
enforcement, the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, for which the chair of 
the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or revisions in the 
allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels of this concurrent 
resolution shall not be subject to the points of order set forth in 
clause 10 of rule XXI of the rules of the House of Representatives or 
section 301 of this concurrent resolution.
    (e) Other Adjustments.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget of 
the House of Representatives may adjust other appropriate levels in 
this concurrent resolution depending on congressional action on pending 
reconciliation legislation.

SEC. 312. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

    In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may adjust the appropriate aggregates, allocations, and other 
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any change in 
budgetary concepts and definitions consistent with section 251(b)(1) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 313. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE.

    In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, reconciliation targets, 
and other appropriate budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution to 
reflect changes resulting from the Congressional Budget Office's update 
to its baseline for fiscal years 2019 through 2028.

SEC. 314. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

    The House of Representatives adopts the provisions of this title 
and title II--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
        Representatives, and as such they shall be considered as part 
        of the rules of the House of Representatives, and such rules 
        shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are 
        inconsistent with such other rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        the House of Representatives to change those rules at any time, 
        in the same manner, and to the same extent as is the case of 
        any other rule of the House of Representatives.

        TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 401. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN NATIONAL 
              INFRASTRUCTURE.

    In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that invests in 
national infrastructure if such measure would not increase the deficit 
for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.

SEC. 402. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL 
              REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

    In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Ways and Means 
reports a bill or joint resolution that amends the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the 
allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any such bill or 
joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if 
such measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2028.

SEC. 403. RESERVE FUND FOR EXTENDING PRO-GROWTH TAX POLICIES.

    In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Ways and Means 
reports a bill or joint resolution that extends the pro-growth tax 
policies of Public Law 115-97, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary 
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon.

SEC. 404. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OR REPLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT 
              OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE LAWS.

    In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, that repeals or replaces any provision of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or title I or subtitle B 
of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 
by the amount of budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom 
provided by such measure for such purpose.

SEC. 405. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF 
              PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR VETERANS WHO 
              SERVED OFFSHORE OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND KOREA.

    In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs reports a bill or joint resolution that clarifies the 
presumptions of service connection for veterans who served offshore of 
the Republic of Vietnam or Korea, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, if such measure would not increase the 
deficit for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.

       TITLE V--POLICY STATEMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 501. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) Article I of the Constitution vests all legislative 
        power in Congress.
            (2) Central to the legislative powers of Congress is the 
        authorization of appropriations necessary to execute the laws 
        that establish agencies and programs and impose obligations.
            (3) Clause 2 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives prohibits the consideration of appropriations 
        measures that provide appropriations for unauthorized programs.
            (4) As of January 2018, more than $713 billion has been 
        appropriated for unauthorized programs, spanning 30 separate 
        laws that include 189 explicit authorizations of appropriations 
        set to expire on or before the end of fiscal year 2018.
            (5) Agencies such as the Department of State have not been 
        authorized for nearly two decades.
            (6) In the 115th Congress, the House adopted as part of H. 
        Res. 5 a requirement for each standing committee of the House 
        to adopt an authorization and oversight plan that enumerates 
        all unauthorized programs and agencies within its jurisdiction 
        that received funding in the prior fiscal year, among other 
        oversight requirements.
    (b) Policy on Unauthorized Appropriations.--In the House, it is the 
policy of this concurrent resolution that legislation should be enacted 
that--
            (1) establishes a schedule for reauthorizing all Federal 
        programs on a staggered five-year basis together with declining 
        spending targets for each year a program is not reauthorized 
        according to such schedule;
            (2) prohibits the consideration of appropriations measures 
        in the House that provide appropriations in excess of spending 
        targets specified for such measures and ensures that such rule 
        should be strictly enforced; and
            (3) limits funding for non-defense or non-security-related 
        Federal programs that are not reauthorized according to the 
        schedule described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 502. POLICY STATEMENT ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) The Government Accountability Office defines improper 
        payments as any reported payment that should not have been made 
        or was made in an incorrect amount.
            (2) Improper payments totaled roughly $1.3 trillion between 
        fiscal years 2003 and 2017.
            (3) Improper payments increased from $107 billion in 2012 
        to $141 billion in 2017.
            (4) The Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, and Medicaid 
        account for 74 percent of total improper payments.
            (5) Eight agencies did not report payment estimates for 18 
        programs that the Comptroller General deems susceptible to 
        significant improper payments.
    (b) Policy on Improper Payments.--It is the policy of this 
concurrent resolution that an independent commission should be 
established with the goal of finding tangible solutions to reduce total 
improper payments by 50 percent within the next 5 years. The commission 
should also develop a more stringent system of agency oversight to 
achieve this goal.

SEC. 503. POLICY STATEMENT ON EXPENDITURES FROM AGENCY FEES AND 
              SPENDING.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) Many Federal departments and agencies have permanent 
        authority to collect and spend fees and other offsetting 
        collections.
            (2) The Office of Management and Budget estimates the total 
        amount of offsetting fees and collections to be $542 billion in 
        fiscal year 2018.
            (3) Agency budget justifications are, in some cases, not 
        fully transparent about the amount of program activity funded 
        through offsetting collections or fees. This lack of 
        transparency prevents effective and accountable Government.
    (b) Policy on Expenditures From Agency Fees and Spending.--It is 
the policy of this concurrent resolution that the House should reassert 
its constitutional prerogative to control Federal spending and exercise 
rigorous oversight over Federal agencies. Congress should subject all 
fees paid by the public to Federal agencies to annual appropriations or 
authorizing legislation and a share of these proceeds should be 
reserved for taxpayers in the form of deficit reduction.

SEC. 504. POLICY STATEMENT ON COMBATING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) According to the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention (CDC), on average, 115 Americans die each day from 
        an opioid overdose.
            (2) Forty percent of deaths from an opioid overdose are 
        attributable to overdose from prescription opioids.
            (3) Opioid overdose deaths involving a prescription opioid 
        were five times higher in 2016 than in 1999.
            (4) Since 1999, the number of prescription opioids sold in 
        the U.S. has nearly quadrupled.
            (5) Since 1999, the number of deaths from prescription 
        opioids has more than quadrupled.
            (6) The CDC asserts that improving opioid prescribing 
        practices will reduce exposure to opioids, prevent abuse, and 
        stop addiction.
            (7) The CDC has found that individuals in rural counties 
        are almost twice as likely to overdose on prescription 
        painkillers as those in urban areas.
            (8) According to the CDC, nearly 7,000 people are treated 
        in emergency rooms every day for using opioids in a non-
        approved manner.
            (9) The 21st Century Cures Act and the Comprehensive 
        Addiction and Recovery Act were signed into law in the 114th 
        Congress in an overwhelming display of congressional and 
        executive branch support in the fight against the opioid 
        epidemic.
            (10) The Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee 
        on Ways and Means have considered dozens of opioid epidemic-
        related bills during the 115th Congress.
            (11) Bipartisan efforts to eliminate opioid abuse and 
        provide relief from addiction for all Americans should 
        continue.
    (b) Policy on Opioid Abuse.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution that--
            (1) combating opioid abuse using available budgetary 
        resources remains a high priority;
            (2) the House, in a bipartisan manner, should continue to 
        examine the Federal response to the opioid abuse epidemic and 
        support essential activities to reduce and prevent substance 
        abuse;
            (3) the House should continue to support initiatives 
        included in the 21st Century Cures Act and the Comprehensive 
        Addiction and Recovery Act;
            (4) the House should continue its oversight efforts, 
        particularly ongoing investigations conducted by the House 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce, to ensure that taxpayer 
        dollars intended to combat opioid abuse are spent appropriately 
        and efficiently; and
            (5) the House should collaborate with State, local, and 
        tribal entities to develop a comprehensive strategy for 
        addressing the opioid addiction crisis.

SEC. 505. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY, 
              AND INNOVATION.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) The Nation's commitment to the discovery, development, 
        and delivery of new treatments and cures has made the United 
        States the biomedical innovation capital of the world for 
        decades.
            (2) The history of scientific discovery and medical 
        breakthroughs in the United States is extensive, including the 
        creation of the polio vaccine, the first genetic mapping, and 
        the invention of the implantable cardiac pacemaker.
            (3) Reuters ranked the United States Health and Human 
        Services Laboratories as first in the world for innovation on 
        its 2017 list of the Top 25 Global Innovators.
            (4) The United States leads the world in the production of 
        medical devices, and the United States medical device market 
        accounts for approximately 40 percent of the global market.
            (5) The United States remains a global leader in 
        pharmaceutical research and development investment, has 
        produced more than half of the world's new molecules in the 
        past decade, and represents the world's largest pharmaceutical 
        market, which is triple the size of the nearest rival, China.
    (b) Policy on Medical Innovation.--It is the policy of this 
concurrent resolution that--
            (1) the Federal Government should foster investment in 
        health care innovation and maintain the Nation's world 
        leadership status in medical science by encouraging 
        competition;
            (2) the House should continue to support the critical work 
        of medical innovators throughout the country through continued 
        funding for agencies, including the National Institutes of 
        Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
        conduct life-saving research and development; and
            (3) the Federal Government should unleash the power of 
        private-sector medical innovation by removing regulatory 
        obstacles that impede the adoption of new medical technology 
        and pharmaceuticals.

SEC. 506. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) Medicaid is a Federal-State program that provides 
        health care coverage for impoverished Americans.
            (2) Medicaid serves four major population categories: the 
        elderly, the blind and disabled, children, and adults.
            (3) The Congressional Budget Office projects the average 
        monthly enrollment in Medicaid for fiscal year 2018 to be 76 
        million people.
            (4) Of this 76 million people, 27 million - more than one 
        third of the enrollees - are non-elderly, non-disabled adults.
            (5) Medicaid continues to grow at an unsustainable rate, 
        and will cost approximately one trillion dollars per year 
        within the decade, between Federal and State spending.
            (6) Congress has a responsibility to preserve limited 
        Medicaid resources for America's most vulnerable - those who 
        cannot provide for themselves.
            (7) In 2016, the Foundation for Government Accountability 
        conducted a first-of-its-kind study on the power of work. It 
        analyzed data from the State of Kansas, which demonstrates that 
        work requirements have led to greater employment, higher 
        incomes, and less poverty.
            (8) The State of Maine implemented work requirements in 
        2014, and saw incomes rise for able-bodied welfare recipients 
        by an average of 114 percent within a year.
            (9) Work is a valuable source of human dignity, and work 
        requirements help lift Americans out of poverty by 
        incentivizing self-reliance.
    (b) Policy on Medicaid Work Requirements.--It is the policy of this 
concurrent resolution that--
            (1) Congress should enact legislation that encourages able-
        bodied, non-elderly, non-pregnant adults without dependents to 
        work, actively seek work, participate in a job-training 
        program, or do community service, in order to receive Medicaid;
            (2) Medicaid work requirements legislation could include 30 
        hours per week of work, of which 20 of those hours should be 
        spent in the core activities of: public or private sector 
        employment, work experience, on-the-job training, job-search or 
        job-readiness assistance program participation, community 
        service, or vocational training and education;
            (3) States should be given flexibility to determine the 
        parameters of qualifying program participation and work-
        equivalent experience;
            (4) States should perform regular case checks to ensure 
        taxpayer dollars are appropriately spent; and
            (5) the Government Accountability Office or the Department 
        of Health and Human Services Inspector General should conduct 
        annual audits of State Medicaid programs to ensure proper 
        reporting and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.

SEC. 507. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) More than 58 million Americans depend on Medicare for 
        their health security.
            (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly recommended 
        that Congress address Medicare's long-term financial 
        challenges. Each year without reform, the financial condition 
        of Medicare becomes more precarious and the threat to those in 
        or near retirement more pronounced. The current challenges that 
        Congress will need to address include--
                    (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be 
                exhausted in 2026 and unable to pay the full scheduled 
                benefits;
                    (B) Medicare enrollment is expected to increase 
                more than 50 percent in the next two decades, as 10,000 
                baby boomers reach retirement age each day;
                    (C) due to extended life spans, enrollees remain in 
                Medicare three times longer than at the outset of the 
                program five decades ago;
                    (D) notwithstanding the program's trust fund 
                arrangement, current workers' payroll tax contributions 
                pay for current Medicare beneficiaries instead of being 
                set aside for their own future use;
                    (E) the number of workers supporting each 
                beneficiary continues to fall; in 1965, the ratio was 
                4.5 workers per beneficiary, and by 2030, the ratio 
                will be only 2.4 workers per beneficiary;
                    (F) the average Medicare beneficiary receives about 
                three dollars in Medicare benefits for every dollar 
                paid into the program;
                    (G) Medicare is growing faster than the economy, 
                with an average projected growth rate of 7 percent per 
                year over the next 10 years; and
                    (H) by 2028, Medicare spending will reach more than 
                $1.5 trillion, more than double the 2017 spending level 
                of $702 billion.
            (3) Failing to address the impending insolvency of Medicare 
        will leave millions of American seniors without adequate health 
        security and younger generations burdened with having to pay 
        for these unsustainable spending levels.
    (b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution to save Medicare for those in or near retirement and to 
strengthen the program's solvency for future beneficiaries.
    (c) Assumptions.--This concurrent resolution assumes transition to 
an improved Medicare program that ensures--
            (1) Medicare is preserved for current and future 
        beneficiaries;
            (2) future Medicare beneficiaries may select from competing 
        guaranteed health coverage options for a managed care plan that 
        best suits their needs;
            (3) traditional fee-for-service Medicare remains a plan 
        option;
            (4) Medicare provides additional assistance for lower-
        income beneficiaries and those with greater health risks; and
            (5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path and 
        becomes solvent over the long term.

SEC. 508. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) More than 60 million retirees, individuals with 
        disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Security. Since 
        enactment, Social Security has served as a vital leg of the 
        ``three-legged stool'' of retirement security, which includes 
        employer provided pensions as well as personal savings.
            (2) Social Security's progressive benefit design provides 
        lower lifetime earners with a Social Security benefit that 
        replaces a higher percentage of their pre-retirement earnings 
        than is the case for higher earners. Reforms should align with 
        Social Security's progressive nature.
            (3) The Social Security Trustees Report has repeatedly 
        recommended that Social Security's long-term financial 
        challenges be addressed soon.
            (4) The financial condition of Social Security and the 
        threat to seniors and those receiving Social Security 
        disability benefits becomes more pronounced each year without 
        reform. For example, according to the Congressional Budget 
        Office (CBO)--
                    (A) in 2025, the Disability Insurance Trust Fund 
                will be exhausted and program revenues will be unable 
                to pay scheduled benefits; and
                    (B) with the exhaustion of the combined Old-Age and 
                Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds in 2030, 
                benefits will be cut by 28 percent across the board.
            (5) The recession and slow recovery exacerbated the looming 
        fiscal crisis facing Social Security. The most recent CBO 
        projections find that Social Security will run a cumulative 
        cash flow deficit of more than $1.5 trillion over the next 10 
        years.
            (6) The Disability Insurance program provides an essential 
        income safety net for those with disabilities and their 
        families. According to CBO, between 1970 and 2018 the number of 
        disabled workers and their dependent family members receiving 
        disability benefits has increased by about 280 percent from 2.7 
        million to close to 10.3 million. This increase is not due 
        strictly to population growth or decreases in health. CBO also 
        attributes program growth to changes in demographics and the 
        composition of the labor force as well as Federal policies.
            (7) In the past, Social Security has been reformed on a 
        bipartisan basis, most notably by the ``Greenspan Commission'', 
        which helped address Social Security shortfalls for more than a 
        generation.
            (8) Americans deserve action by the President and Congress 
        to preserve and strengthen Social Security to ensure that 
        Social Security remains a critical part of the safety net.
    (b) Policy on Social Security.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution that the House should work in a bipartisan manner to make 
Social Security solvent on a sustainable basis. This concurrent 
resolution assumes, under a reform trigger, that--
            (1) if in any year the Board of Trustees of the Federal 
        Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
        Disability Insurance Trust Fund annual Trustees Report 
        determines that the 75-year actuarial balance of the Social 
        Security Trust Funds is in deficit, and the annual balance of 
        the Social Security Trust Funds in the 75th year is in deficit, 
        the Board of Trustees should, no later than September 30 of the 
        same calendar year, submit to the President recommendations for 
        statutory reforms necessary to achieve a positive 75-year 
        actuarial balance and a positive annual balance in the 75th 
        year, and any recommendations provided to the President must be 
        agreed upon by both Public Trustees of the Board of Trustees;
            (2) not later than December 1 of the same calendar year in 
        which the Board of Trustees submit its recommendations, the 
        President should promptly submit implementing legislation to 
        both Houses of Congress including recommendations necessary to 
        achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a positive 
        annual balance in the 75th year, and the majority leader of the 
        Senate and the majority leader of the House should introduce 
        the President's legislation upon receipt;
            (3) within 60 days of the President submitting legislation, 
        the committees of jurisdiction should report a bill, which the 
        House or Senate should consider under expedited procedures; and
            (4) legislation submitted by the President should--
                    (A) protect those in or near retirement;
                    (B) preserve the safety net for those who count on 
                Social Security the most, including those with 
                disabilities and survivors;
                    (C) improve fairness for participants;
                    (D) reduce the burden on and provide certainty for 
                future generations; and
                    (E) secure the future of the Disability Insurance 
                program while addressing the needs of those with 
                disabilities today and improving the determination 
                process.
    (c) Policy on Disability Insurance.--It is the policy of this 
concurrent resolution that the House should consider legislation on a 
bipartisan basis to reform the Disability Insurance program prior to 
the exhaustion of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund in 2025 and 
should not reallocate funds from the Social Security Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund without reforms to the Disability 
Insurance system. This concurrent resolution assumes reform that--
            (1) promotes opportunity for those trying to return to 
        work;
            (2) ensures benefits continue to be paid to individuals 
        with disabilities and their family members who rely on them;
            (3) prevents a 12 percent across-the-board benefit cut; and
            (4) improves the Disability Insurance program.
    (d) Policy on Social Security Solvency.--It is the policy of this 
concurrent resolution that any legislation the House considers to 
improve the solvency of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund must also 
improve the long-term solvency of the combined Old Age and Survivors 
Disability Insurance Trust Funds.

SEC. 509. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE 
              DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

    (a) Findings on Higher Education.--The House finds the following:
            (1) A well-educated, high-skilled workforce is critical to 
        economic, job, and wage growth.
            (2) Average published tuition and fees have increased 
        consistently above the rate of inflation across all types of 
        colleges and universities.
            (3) With an outstanding student loan portfolio of nearly 
        $1.4 trillion, the Federal Government is the largest education 
        lender to undergraduate and graduate students, parents, and 
        other guarantors.
            (4) Students who do not complete their college degree are 
        at a greater risk of defaulting on their loans than those who 
        complete their degree.
            (5) Participation in Federal income-driven repayment plans 
        is rising, in terms of the percent of both borrowers and loan 
        dollars, according to the Government Accountability Office. 
        Because these plans offer loan balance forgiveness after a 
        repayment period, this increased use portends higher projected 
        costs to taxpayers.
    (b) Policy on Higher Education.--It is the policy of this 
concurrent resolution to promote college affordability, access, and 
success by--
            (1) reserving Federal financial aid for those most in need 
        and streamlining grant and loan aid programs to help students 
        and families more easily assess their options for financing 
        postsecondary education; and
            (2) removing regulatory barriers to reduce costs, increase 
        access, and allow for innovative teaching models.
    (c) Findings on Workforce Development.--The House finds the 
following:
            (1) 6.1 million Americans are currently unemployed.
            (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those looking 
        for work are stymied by a broken workforce development system 
        that fails to connect workers with assistance and employers 
        with skilled personnel.
            (3) The House Committee on Education and the Workforce 
        successfully consolidated 15 workforce development programs 
        when Congress enacted the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
        Act in 2014.
    (d) Policy on Workforce Development.--It is the policy of this 
concurrent resolution to build on the success of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act by--
            (1) further streamlining and consolidating Federal 
        workforce development programs; and
            (2) empowering States with the flexibility to tailor 
        funding and programs to the specific needs of their workforce.

SEC. 510. POLICY STATEMENT ON THE JUDGMENT FUND.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) The Judgment Fund (Fund), established in 1956, was 
        created to pay judgments and settlements of lawsuits against 
        the Federal Government.
            (2) As a result of the Fund's design, it is ripe for 
        executive branch exploitation. The Obama Administration used 
        the Fund to make billions of dollars in payments to Federal 
        agencies and foreign entities. For example--
                    (A) on January 17, 2016, the State Department 
                announced the Federal Government agreed to pay the 
                Iranian government $1.7 billion to settle a case 
                related to the sale of military equipment prior to the 
                Iranian revolution, of which $1.3 billion was sourced 
                through the Fund, without prior congressional 
                notification; the Obama Administration's use of the 
                Fund to make this and other payments raises serious 
                concerns by sidestepping Congress; and
                    (B) in 2016, the Department of Health and Human 
                Services announced its intentions to use the Fund for 
                settlements with health insurers who sued the Federal 
                Government over the loss of funds for risk corridors 
                under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
            (3) Failing to address the lack of oversight over the Fund 
        annually costs taxpayers billions of dollars, payments exceeded 
        $3.8 billion in 2017, $4.5 billion in 2016, and almost $29 
        billion in the preceding 10-year period.
    (b) Policy on Judgment Fund.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution that the House should consider legislation that reclaims 
Congress's power of the purse over the Fund. Such legislation should--
            (1) prohibit interest payments paid from the Fund for 
        accounts or assets frozen by the Federal Government and listed 
        on--
                    (A) the Sanctions Programs list of the Office of 
                Foreign Asset Control of the Department of Treasury; or
                    (B) Sponsors of Terrorism list of the Department of 
                State;
            (2) amend sections 2414 and 1304 of titles 28 and 31, 
        United States Code, respectively, to--
                    (A) provide a clear definition and explanation of a 
                ``foreign court or tribunal''; and
                    (B) require congressional notification whenever the 
                Fund makes a settlement or court ordered lump sum or 
                aggregated payment exceeding $500 million; and
            (3) require legislative action to approve payments from the 
        Fund in excess of a specified threshold, increase transparency, 
        and require Federal agencies to reimburse the Fund over a fixed 
        time period.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 632

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                            H. CON. RES. 128

                          [Report No. 115-816]

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2019 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 
                  for fiscal years 2020 through 2028.

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                             July 13, 2018

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