[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H1936-H1968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CONFERENCE REPORT ON HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 68, CONCURRENT 
             RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

  Mr. Kasich submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 68) establishing the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2000 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal 
years 2001 through 2009:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-91)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the concurrent 
     resolution (H. Con. Res. 68), establishing the congressional 
     budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2000 
     and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of 
     fiscal years 2001 through 2009, do pass with the following, 
     having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to 
     recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as 
     follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate to the text of the resolution and 
     agree to the same with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate 
     amendment, insert the following:

     SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 
                   YEAR 2000.

       (a) Declaration.--Congress determines and declares that 
     this resolution is the concurrent resolution on the budget 
     for fiscal year 2000 including the appropriate budgetary 
     levels for fiscal years 2001 through 2009 as authorized by 
     section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (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 2000.

                      TITLE I--LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Social security.
Sec. 103. Major functional categories.
Sec. 104. Reconciliation of revenue reductions in the Senate.
Sec. 105. Reconciliation of revenue reductions in the House of 
              Representatives.

             TITLE II--BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS AND RULEMAKING

Sec. 201. Safe deposit box for social security surpluses.
Sec. 202. Reserve fund for retirement security.
Sec. 203. Reserve fund for medicare.
Sec. 204. Reserve fund for agriculture.
Sec. 205. Tax reduction reserve fund in the Senate.
Sec. 206. Emergency designation point of order in the Senate.
Sec. 207. Pay-as-you-go point of order in the Senate.
Sec. 208. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
              aggregates.
Sec. 209. Establishment of levels for fiscal year 1999.
Sec. 210. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to foster the employment and 
              independence of individuals with disabilities in the 
              Senate.
Sec. 211. Reserve fund for fiscal year 2000 surplus.
Sec. 212. Reserve fund for education in the Senate.
Sec. 213. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

       TITLE III--SENSE OF CONGRESS, HOUSE, AND SENATE PROVISIONS

                Subtitle A--Sense of Congress Provisions

Sec. 301. Sense of Congress on the protection of the social security 
              surpluses.
Sec. 302. Sense of Congress on providing additional dollars to the 
              classroom.
Sec. 303. Sense of Congress on asset-building for the working poor.
Sec. 304. Sense of Congress on child nutrition.
Sec. 305. Sense of Congress concerning funding for special education.

               Subtitle B--Sense of the House Provisions

Sec. 311. Sense of the House on the Commission on International 
              Religious Freedom.
Sec. 312. Sense of the House on assessment of welfare-to-work programs.

               Subtitle C--Sense of the Senate Provisions

Sec. 321. Sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not 
              invest the social security trust funds in private 
              financial markets.
Sec. 322. Sense of the Senate regarding the modernization and 
              improvement of the medicare program.
Sec. 323. Sense of the Senate on education.
Sec. 324. Sense of the Senate on providing tax relief to Americans by 
              returning the non-social security surplus to taxpayers.
Sec. 325. Sense of the Senate on access to medicare services.
Sec. 326. Sense of the Senate on law enforcement.
Sec. 327. Sense of the Senate on improving security for United States 
              diplomatic missions.
Sec. 328. Sense of the Senate on increased funding for the National 
              Institutes of Health.
Sec. 329. Sense of the Senate on funding for Kyoto protocol 
              implementation prior to Senate ratification.
Sec. 330. Sense of the Senate on TEA-21 funding and the States.
Sec. 331. Sense of the Senate that the one hundred sixth Congress, 
              first session should reauthorize funds for the farmland 
              protection program.
Sec. 332. Sense of the Senate on the importance of social security for 
              individuals who become disabled.
Sec. 333. Sense of the Senate on reporting of on-budget trust fund 
              levels.
Sec. 334. Sense of the Senate regarding South Korea's international 
              trade practices on pork and beef.
Sec. 335. Sense of the Senate on funding for natural disasters.

                      TITLE I--LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

     SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

       The following budgetary levels are appropriate for the 
     fiscal years 2000 through 2009:
       (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution--
       (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 
     follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $1,408,082,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $1,434,837,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $1,454,757,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $1,531,512,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $1,584,969,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $1,648,259,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $1,681,438,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $1,735,646,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $1,805,517,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $1,868,515,000,000.
       (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
     revenues should be changed are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $0.
       Fiscal year 2001: -$7,810,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: -$53,519,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: -$31,806,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: -$49,180,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: -$62,637,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: -$109,275,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: -$135,754,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: -$150,692,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: -$177,195,000,000.
       (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement 
     of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new 
     budget authority are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $1,426,720,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $1,455,785,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $1,486,875,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $1,559,079,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $1,612,910,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $1,666,657,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $1,698,214,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $1,753,326,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $1,814,537,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $1,874,778,000,000.
       (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget 
     outlays are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $1,408,082,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $1,434,837,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $1,454,757,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $1,531,512,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $1,583,753,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $1,639,568,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $1,667,838,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $1,717,042,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $1,781,865,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $1,841,858,000,000.
       (4) Deficits or surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement 
     of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits or surpluses 
     are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $0.
       Fiscal year 2001: $0.
       Fiscal year 2002: $0.
       Fiscal year 2003: $0.
       Fiscal year 2004: $1,216,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $8,691,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $13,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $18,604,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $23,652,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $26,657,000,000.
       (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the public debt 
     are as follows:

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       Fiscal year 2000: $5,628,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $5,708,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $5,793,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $5,877,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $5,956,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $6,024,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $6,084,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $6,136,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $6,173,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $6,203,400,000,000.

     SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY.

       (a) Social Security Revenues.--For purposes of Senate 
     enforcement under sections 302, and 311 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $468,020,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $487,744,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $506,293,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $527,326,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $549,876,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $576,840,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $601,834,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $628,277,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $654,422,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $681,313,000,000.
       (b) Social Security Outlays.--For purposes of Senate 
     enforcement under sections 302, and 311 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $327,256,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $339,789,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $350,127,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $362,197,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $375,253,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $389,485,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $404,596,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $420,616,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $438,132,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $459,496,000,000.

     SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

       Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
     levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal 
     years 2000 through 2009 for each major functional category 
     are:
       (1) National Defense (050):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $288,812,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $276,567,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $303,616,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $285,949,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $308,175,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $291,714,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $318,277,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $303,642,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $327,166,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $313,460,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $328,370,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $316,675,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $329,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $315,110,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $330,869,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $313,686,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $332,175,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $317,102,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $333,451,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $318,040,000,000.
       (2) International Affairs (150):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,511,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $14,850,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,679,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $15,212,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,885,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $14,581,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,590,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,977,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,994,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,716,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,151,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,352,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,352,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,069,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,429,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,886,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,498,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,701,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,462,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,560,000,000.
       (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,955,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $18,214,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,946,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,907,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,912,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,880,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,912,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,784,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,912,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,772,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,912,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,768,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,912,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,768,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,912,000,000
       (B) Outlays, $17,768,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,912,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,768,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,912,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,768,000,000.
       (4) Energy (270):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $49,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$650,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, -$1,435,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$3,136,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, -$163,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,138,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, -$84,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,243,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, -$319,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,381,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, -$447,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,452,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, -$452,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,453,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, -$506,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,431,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, -$208,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,137,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$76,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,067,000,000.
       (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,820,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,644,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,833,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,879,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,597,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,223,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,479,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,579,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,992,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,003,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,036,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,929,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,066,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,966,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,167,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,925,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,158,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,861,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,541,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,238,000,000.
       (6) Agriculture (350):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,331,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,160,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,519,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,279,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,788,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,036,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,955,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,252,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,072,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,526,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,553,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,882,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,609,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,083,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,711,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,145,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,763,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,162,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,853,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,223,000,000.
       (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $9,664,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,270,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,620,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,754,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,450,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,188,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,529,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,875,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,859,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,439,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,660,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,437,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,635,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,130,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,666,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,879,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:

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       (A) New budget authority, $12,642,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,450,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,415,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,824,000,000.
       (8) Transportation (400):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $51,825,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,833,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,996,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $47,711,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,845,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $47,265,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,255,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,769,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,285,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,255,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,314,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,071,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,345,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,039,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,378,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,039,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,412,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,056,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,447,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,082,000,000.
       (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,369,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,462,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $4,011,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,298,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,608,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,857,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,851,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,536,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,828,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $3,812,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,819,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $3,012,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,816,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,732,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,810,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,606,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,811,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,522,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,808,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,483,000,000.
       (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
     (500):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $66,347,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $63,806,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $66,030,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $64,574,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $66,476,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $64,847,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $70,963,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $67,460,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $73,277,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $70,162,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $74,093,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $72,672,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $74,858,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $73,843,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $75,762,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $74,748,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $76,773,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $75,738,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $76,680,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $75,688,000,000.
       (11) Health (550):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $156,181,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $152,986,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $164,089,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $162,357,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $173,330,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $173,767,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $184,679,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $185,330,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $197,893,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $198,499,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $212,821,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $212,637,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $228,379,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $228,323,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $246,348,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $245,472,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $265,160,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $264,420,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $285,541,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $284,941,000,000.
       (12) Medicare (570):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $208,652,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $208,698,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $222,104,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $222,252,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $230,593,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $230,222,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $250,743,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $250,871,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $268,558,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $268,738,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $295,574,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $295,188,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $306,772,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $306,929,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $337,566,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $337,761,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $365,642,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $365,225,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $394,078,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $394,249,000,000.
       (13) Income Security (600):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $244,390,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $248,088,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $250,473,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $257,033,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $262,970,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $266,577,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $276,386,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $276,176,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $286,076,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $285,533,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $298,442,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $298,424,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $304,655,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $305,093,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $310,547,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $311,448,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $323,815,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $325,266,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $334,062,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $335,604,000,000.
       (14) Social Security (650):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,239,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $14,348,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,768,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,750,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,573,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $15,555,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $16,299,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $16,281,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,087,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,069,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,961,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,943,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $18,895,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $18,877,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $19,907,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $19,889,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,033,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,015,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,233,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,215,000,000.
       (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $45,424,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,564,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $44,255,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $44,980,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $44,728,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,117,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $45,897,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,385,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $46,248,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,713,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,789,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,292,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $47,266,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $47,812,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $47,805,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,231,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,451,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $48,997,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $49,099,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,671,000,000.
       (16) Administration of Justice (750):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,434,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,349,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,656,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,117,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,657,000,000.

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       (B) Outlays, $24,932,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,561,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,425,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,195,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,084,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,334,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,221,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,370,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,249,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,403,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,285,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,450,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,346,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,481,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,368,000,000.
       (17) General Government (800):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,339,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,476,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,916,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,605,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,060,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,282,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,083,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,150,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,099,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,186,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,112,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,906,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,134,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,839,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,150,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,873,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,169,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,064,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,178,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,931,000,000.
       (18) Net Interest (900):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $275,486,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $275,486,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $271,071,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $271,071,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $267,482,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $267,482,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $265,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $265,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $263,498,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $263,498,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $261,143,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $261,143,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $258,985,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $258,985,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $257,468,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $257,468,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $255,085,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $255,085,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $252,968,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $252,968,000,000.
       (19) Allowances (920):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, -$9,833,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$10,794,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,481,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$12,874,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, -$6,437,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$19,976,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, -$4,394,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$4,835,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, -$4,481,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,002,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, -$4,515,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,067,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, -$4,619,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,192,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,210,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,780,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,279,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,851,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,316,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,889,000,000.
       (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, -$34,275,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$34,275,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, -$36,881,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$36,881,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, -$43,654,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$43,654,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, -$37,102,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$37,102,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, -$37,329,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$37,329,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, -$38,465,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$38,465,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, -$39,364,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$39,364,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, -$40,856,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$40,856,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, -$41,925,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$41,925,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$43,039,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$43,039,000,000.

     SEC. 104. RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS IN THE SENATE.

       Not later than July 23, 1999, the Senate Committee on 
     Finance shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill 
     proposing changes in laws within its jurisdiction necessary 
     to reduce revenues by not more than $0 in fiscal year 2000, 
     $142,315,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2000 through 
     2004, and $777,868,000 for the period of fiscal years 2000 
     through 2009.

     SEC. 105. RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS IN THE HOUSE 
                   OF REPRESENTATIVES.

       Not later than July 16, 1999, the Committee on Ways and 
     Means shall report to the House of Representatives a 
     reconciliation bill proposing changes in laws within its 
     jurisdiction necessary to reduce revenues by not more than $0 
     in fiscal year 2000, $142,315,000,000 for the period of 
     fiscal years 2000 through 2004, and $777,868,000,000 for the 
     period of fiscal years 2000 through 2009.

             TITLE II--BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS AND RULEMAKING

     SEC. 201. SAFE DEPOSIT BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the social 
     security trust funds are off-budget for purposes of the 
     President's budget submission and the concurrent resolution 
     on the budget;
       (2) the social security trust funds have been running 
     surpluses for 17 years;
       (3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly finance 
     the general operations of the Federal Government;
       (4) in fiscal year 2000, the social security surplus will 
     exceed $137 billion;
       (5) for the first time, a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget balances the Federal budget without counting the 
     social security surpluses;
       (6) the only way to ensure that social security surpluses 
     are not diverted for other purposes is to balance the budget 
     exclusive of such surpluses; and
       (7) Congress and the President should take such steps as 
     are necessary to ensure that future budgets are balanced 
     excluding the surpluses generated by the social security 
     trust funds.
       (b) Point of Order.--
       (1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate to consider any revision to 
     this resolution or a concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2001, or any amendment thereto or conference 
     report thereon, that sets forth a deficit for any fiscal 
     year.
       (2) Deficit levels.--For purposes of this subsection--
       (A) a deficit shall be the level (if any) set forth in the 
     most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
     for that fiscal year pursuant to section 301(a)(3) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
       (B) in setting forth the deficit level pursuant to section 
     301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, that level 
     shall not include any adjustments in aggregates that would be 
     made pursuant to any reserve fund that provides for 
     adjustments in allocations and aggregates for legislation 
     that enhances retirement security through structural 
     programmatic reform.
       (3) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the 
     deficit for a fiscal year results solely from legislation 
     enacted pursuant to section 202.
       (4) Budget committee determinations.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, 
     direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, 
     deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year shall be determined 
     on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget 
     of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as applicable.

     SEC. 202. RESERVE FUND FOR RETIREMENT SECURITY.

       Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means of the House or 
     the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a bill, or an 
     amendment thereto is offered, or a conference report thereon 
     is submitted that enhances retirement security through 
     structural programmatic reform, the appropriate chairman of 
     the Committee on the Budget may--
       (1) increase the appropriate allocations and aggregates of 
     new budget authority and outlays by the amount of new budget 
     authority provided by such measure (and outlays flowing 
     therefrom) for that purpose;
       (2) in the Senate, adjust the levels used for determining 
     compliance with the pay-as-you-go requirements of section 
     207; and
       (3) reduce the revenue aggregates by the amount of the 
     revenue loss resulting from that measure for that purpose.

     SEC. 203. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE.

       (a) In General.--Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means 
     of the House or the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
     reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is offered (in the 
     House), or a conference report thereon is submitted that 
     implements structural medicare reform and significantly 
     extends the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust 
     Fund without the use of transfers of new subsidies from the 
     general fund, the appropriate chairman of the Committee on 
     the Budget may change committee allocations and spending 
     aggregates if such legislation will not cause an on-budget 
     deficit for--

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       (1) fiscal year 2000;
       (2) the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004; or
       (3) the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
       (b) Prescription Drug Benefit.--The adjustments made 
     pursuant to subsection (a) may be made to address the cost of 
     the prescription drug benefit.

     SEC. 204. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE.

       (a) Adjustment.--
       (1) In general.--Whenever the Committee on Agriculture of 
     the House or the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry of the Senate reports a bill, or an amendment 
     thereto is offered (in the House), or a conference report 
     thereon is submitted that provides risk management or income 
     assistance for agriculture producers that complies with 
     paragraph (2), the appropriate Chairman of the Committee on 
     the Budget shall increase the allocation of budget authority 
     and outlays to that committee by the amount of budget 
     authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by 
     that legislation for such purpose in accordance with 
     subsection (b).
       (2) Condition.--Legislation complies with this paragraph if 
     it does not cause a net increase in budget authority or 
     outlays for fiscal year 2000 and does not cause a net 
     increase in budget authority that is greater than 
     $2,000,000,000 for any of fiscal years 2001 through 2004.
       (b) Limitations.--The adjustments to the allocations 
     required by subsection (a) shall not exceed--
       (1) $6,000,000,000 in budget authority (and the outlays 
     resulting therefrom) for the period of fiscal years 2000 
     through 2004; and
       (2) $6,000,000,000 in budget authority and outlays for the 
     period of fiscal years 2000 through 2009.

     SEC. 205. TAX REDUCTION RESERVE FUND IN THE SENATE.

       In the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
     may reduce the spending and revenue aggregates and may revise 
     committee allocations for legislation that reduces revenues 
     if such legislation will not increase the deficit or decrease 
     the surplus for--
       (1) fiscal year 2000;
       (2) the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004; or
       (3) the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2009.

     SEC. 206. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.

       (a) Designations.--
       (1) Guidance.--In making a designation of a provision of 
     legislation as an emergency requirement under section 
     251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, the committee report and any 
     statement of managers accompanying that legislation shall 
     analyze whether a proposed emergency requirement meets all 
     the criteria in paragraph (2).
       (2) Criteria.--
       (A) In general.--The criteria to be considered in 
     determining whether a proposed expenditure or tax change is 
     an emergency requirement are whether it is--
       (i) necessary, essential, or vital (not merely useful or 
     beneficial);
       (ii) sudden, quickly coming into being, and not building up 
     over time;
       (iii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling need requiring 
     immediate action;
       (iv) subject to subparagraph (B), unforeseen, 
     unpredictable, and unanticipated; and
       (v) not permanent, temporary in nature.
       (B) Unforeseen.--An emergency that is part of an aggregate 
     level of anticipated emergencies, particularly when normally 
     estimated in advance, is not unforeseen.
       (3) Justification for failure to meet criteria.--If the 
     proposed emergency requirement does not meet all the criteria 
     set forth in paragraph (2), the committee report or the 
     statement of managers, as the case may be, shall provide a 
     written justification of why the requirement should be 
     accorded emergency status.
       (b) Point of Order.--When the Senate is considering a bill, 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, a point 
     of order may be made by a Senator against an emergency 
     designation in that measure and if the Presiding Officer 
     sustains that point of order, that provision making such a 
     designation shall be stricken from the measure and may not be 
     offered as an amendment from the floor.
       (c) Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain 
     an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 
     raised under this section.
       (d) Definition of an Emergency Requirement.--A provision 
     shall be considered an emergency designation if it designates 
     any item an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       (e) Form of the Point of Order.--A point of order under 
     this subsection may be raised by a Senator as provided in 
     section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (f) Conference Reports.--If a point of order is sustained 
     under this section against a conference report the report 
     shall be disposed of as provided in section 313(d) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (g) Exception for Defense Spending.--Subsection (b) shall 
     not apply against an emergency designation for a provision 
     making discretionary appropriations in the defense category.
       (h) Sunset.--This section shall expire on the adoption of 
     the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.

     SEC. 207. PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.

       (a) Purpose.--The Senate declares that it is essential to--
       (1) ensure continued compliance with the balanced budget 
     plan set forth in this resolution; and
       (2) continue the pay-as-you-go enforcement system.
       (b) Point of Order.--
       (1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
     consider any direct spending or revenue legislation that 
     would increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget 
     deficit for any one of the three applicable time periods as 
     measured in paragraphs (5) and (6).
       (2) Applicable time periods.--For purposes of this 
     subsection the term ``applicable time period'' means any one 
     of the three following periods:
       (A) The first year covered by the most recently adopted 
     concurrent resolution on the budget.
       (B) The period of the first five fiscal years covered by 
     the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the 
     budget.
       (C) The period of the five fiscal years following the first 
     five fiscal years covered in the most recently adopted 
     concurrent resolution on the budget.
       (3) Direct-spending legislation.--For purposes of this 
     subsection and except as provided in paragraph (4), the term 
     ``direct-spending legislation'' means any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     affects direct spending as that term is defined by and 
     interpreted for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       (4) Exclusion.--For purposes of this subsection, the terms 
     ``direct-spending legislation'' and ``revenue legislation'' 
     do not include--
       (A) any concurrent resolution on the budget; or
       (B) any provision of legislation that affects the full 
     funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance 
     guarantee commitment in effect on the date of enactment of 
     the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
       (5) Baseline.--Estimates prepared pursuant to this section 
     shall--
       (A) use the baseline used for the most recently adopted 
     concurrent resolution on the budget; and
       (B) be calculated under the requirements of subsections (b) 
     through (d) of section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal years beyond 
     those covered by that concurrent resolution on the budget.
       (6) Prior surplus.--If direct spending or revenue 
     legislation increases the on-budget deficit or causes an on-
     budget deficit when taken individually, then it must also 
     increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit 
     when taken together with all direct spending and revenue 
     legislation enacted since the beginning of the calendar year 
     not accounted for in the baseline under paragraph (5)(A).
       (c) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the 
     Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (d) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of 
     the Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be 
     limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or 
     joint resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative vote of 
     three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 
     sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal 
     of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     this section.
       (e) Determination of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this 
     section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and 
     revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis 
     of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate.
       (f) Conforming Amendment.--Section 202 of House Concurrent 
     Resolution 67 (104th Congress) is repealed.
       (g) Sunset.--Subsections (a) through (e) of this section 
     shall expire September 30, 2002.

     SEC. 208. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS 
                   AND AGGREGATES.

       (a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and 
     aggregates made pursuant to this resolution for any measure 
     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 allocations and aggregates contained in 
     this resolution.
       (c) Enforcement in the House.--In the House, for the 
     purpose of enforcing this resolution, sections 302(f) and 
     311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall apply to 
     fiscal year 2000 and the total for fiscal year 2000 and the 4 
     ensuing fiscal years.

     SEC. 209. ESTABLISHMENT OF LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.

       The levels submitted pursuant to H. Res. 5 of the 106th 
     Congress or S. Res. 312 of the 105th Congress, and any 
     revisions authorized by such resolutions, shall be considered 
     to be the levels and revisions of the concurrent resolution 
     on the budget for fiscal year 1999.

     SEC. 210. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO FOSTER THE 
                   EMPLOYMENT AND INDEPENDENCE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH 
                   DISABILITIES IN THE SENATE.

       (a) In General.--In the Senate, revenue and spending 
     aggregates and other appropriate budgetary levels and limits 
     may be adjusted and

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     allocations may be revised for legislation that finances 
     disability programs designed to allow individuals with 
     disabilities to become employed and remain independent if, to 
     the extent that this concurrent resolution on the budget does 
     not include the costs of that legislation, the enactment of 
     that legislation will not increase the deficit or decrease 
     the surplus in this resolution for--
       (1) fiscal year 2000;
       (2) the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004; or
       (3) the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
       (b) Revised Allocations.--
       (1) Adjustments for legislation.--Upon the consideration of 
     legislation pursuant to subsection (a), the Chairman of the 
     Committee on the Budget of the Senate may file with the 
     Senate appropriately-revised allocations under section 302(a) 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and revised 
     functional levels and aggregates to carry out this section.
       (2) Adjustments for amendments.--If the chairman of the 
     Committee on the Budget of the Senate submits an adjustment 
     under this section for legislation in furtherance of the 
     purpose described in subsection (a), upon the offering of an 
     amendment to that legislation that would necessitate such 
     submission, the Chairman shall submit to the Senate 
     appropriately-revised allocations under section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and revised functional 
     levels and aggregates to carry out this section.

     SEC. 211. RESERVE FUND FOR A FISCAL YEAR 2000 SURPLUS.

       (a) Congressional Budget Office Updated Budget Forecast for 
     Fiscal Year 2000.--Pursuant to section 202(e)(2) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget 
     Office shall update its economic and budget forecast for 
     fiscal year 2000 by July 1, 1999.
       (b) Reporting a Surplus.--If the report provided pursuant 
     to subsection (a) estimates an on-budget surplus for fiscal 
     year 2000, the appropriate Chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget may make the adjustments as provided in subsection 
     (c).
       (c) Adjustments.--The appropriate Chairman of the Committee 
     on the Budget may make the following adjustments in an amount 
     equal to the on-budget surplus for fiscal year 2000 as 
     estimated in the report submitted pursuant to subsection 
     (a)--
       (1) reduce the on-budget revenue aggregate by that amount 
     for fiscal year 2000;
       (2) increase the on-budget surplus levels used for 
     determining compliance with the pay-as-you-go requirements of 
     section 207; and
       (3) adjust the instruction in sections 104 and 105 of this 
     resolution to--
       (A) reduce revenues by that amount for fiscal year 2000; 
     and
       (B) increase the reduction in revenues for the period of 
     fiscal years 2000 through 2004 and for the period of fiscal 
     years 2000 through 2009 by that amount.

     SEC. 212. RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION IN THE SENATE.

       (a) In General.--In the Senate, upon reporting of a bill, 
     the offering of an amendment thereto, or the submission of a 
     conference report thereon that allows local educational 
     agencies to use appropriated funds to carry out activities 
     under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
     Act that complies with subsection (b), the Chairman of the 
     Committee on the Budget of the Senate may--
       (1) increase the outlay aggregate and allocation for fiscal 
     year 2000 by not more than $360,000,000; and
       (2) adjust the levels used for determining compliance with 
     the pay-as-you-go requirements of section 207.
       (b) Condition.--Legislation complies with this subsection 
     if it does not cause a net increase in budget authority or 
     outlays for the periods of fiscal years 2000 through 2004 and 
     2000 through 2009.

     SEC. 213. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

       Congress adopts the provisions of this title--
       (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 
     they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, 
     or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such 
     rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that 
     they are inconsistent therewith; and
       (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change those rules (so far as they relate to 
     that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same 
     extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

       TITLE III--SENSE OF CONGRESS, HOUSE, AND SENATE PROVISIONS

                Subtitle A--Sense of Congress Provisions

     SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PROTECTION OF THE SOCIAL 
                   SECURITY SURPLUSES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) Congress and the President should balance the budget 
     excluding the surpluses generated by the social security 
     trust funds;
       (2) reducing the Federal debt held by the public is a top 
     national priority, strongly supported on a bipartisan basis, 
     as evidenced by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's 
     comment that debt reduction ``is a very important element in 
     sustaining economic growth'', as well as President Clinton's 
     comments that it ``is very, very important that we get the 
     Government debt down'' when referencing his own plans to use 
     the budget surplus to reduce Federal debt held by the public;
       (3) according to the Congressional Budget Office, balancing 
     the budget excluding the surpluses generated by the social 
     security trust funds will reduce debt held by the public by a 
     total of $1,723,000,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2009, 
     $417,000,000,000, or 32 percent, more than it would be 
     reduced under the President's fiscal year 2000 budget 
     submission;
       (4) further, according to the Congressional Budget Office, 
     that the President's budget would actually spend 
     $40,000,000,000 of the social security surpluses in fiscal 
     year 2000 on new spending programs, and spend 
     $158,000,000,000 of the social security surpluses on new 
     spending programs from fiscal year 2000 through 2004; and
       (5) social security surpluses should be used for social 
     security reform, retirement security, or to reduce the debt 
     held by the public and should not be used for other purposes.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the functional totals in this concurrent resolution on the 
     budget assume that Congress shall pass legislation which--
       (1) reaffirms the provisions of section 13301 of the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 that provides that 
     the receipts and disbursements of the social security trust 
     funds shall not be counted for the purposes of the budget 
     submitted by the President, the congressional budget, or the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
     and provides for a point of order within the Senate against 
     any concurrent resolution on the budget, an amendment 
     thereto, or a conference report thereon that violates that 
     section;
       (2) mandates that the social security surpluses are used 
     only for the payment of social security benefits, retirement 
     security, social security reform, or to reduce the Federal 
     debt held by the public and such mandate shall be implemented 
     by establishing a supermajority point of order in the Senate 
     against limits established on the level of debt held by the 
     public;
       (3) provides for a Senate super-majority point of order 
     against any bill, resolution, amendment, motion or conference 
     report that would use social security surpluses on anything 
     other than the payment of social security benefits, social 
     security reform, retirement security, or the reduction of the 
     Federal debt held by the public;
       (4) ensures that all social security benefits are paid on 
     time; and
       (5) accommodates social security reform legislation.

     SEC. 302. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS 
                   TO THE CLASSROOM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) strengthening America's public schools while respecting 
     State and local control is critically important to the future 
     of our children and our Nation;
       (2) education is a local responsibility, a State priority, 
     and a national concern;
       (3) working with the Nation's governors, parents, teachers, 
     and principals must take place in order to strengthen public 
     schools and foster educational excellence;
       (4) education initiatives should boost academic achievement 
     for all students; and excellence in American classrooms means 
     having high expectations for all students, teachers, and 
     administrators, and holding schools accountable to the 
     children and parents served by such schools;
       (5) successful schools and school systems are characterized 
     by parental involvement in the education of their children, 
     local control, emphasis on basic academics, emphasis on 
     fundamental skills and exceptional teachers in the classroom;
       (6) the one-size-fits-all approach to education often 
     creates barriers to innovation and reform initiatives at the 
     local level; America's rural schools face challenges quite 
     different from their urban counterparts; and parents, 
     teachers and State and local officials should have the 
     freedom to tailor their education plans and reforms according 
     to the unique educational needs of their children;
       (7) the consolidation of various Federal education programs 
     will benefit our Nation's children, parents, and teachers by 
     sending more dollars directly to the classroom; and
       (8) our Nation's children deserve an educational system 
     that will provide opportunities to excel.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Congress should enact legislation that would 
     consolidate thirty-one Federal K-12 education programs;
       (2) the Department of Education, the States, and local 
     educational agencies should work together to ensure that not 
     less than 95 percent of all funds appropriated for the 
     purpose of carrying out elementary and secondary education 
     programs administered by the Department of Education is spent 
     for our children in their classrooms;
       (3) increased funding for elementary and secondary 
     education should be directed to States and local school 
     districts; and
       (4) decision making authority should be placed in the hands 
     of States, localities, and families to implement innovative 
     solutions to local educational challenges and to increase the 
     performance of all students, unencumbered by unnecessary 
     Federal rules and regulations.

     SEC. 303. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE WORKING 
                   POOR.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) 33 percent of all American households and 60 percent of 
     African American households have no or negative financial 
     assets.
       (2) 46.9 percent of all children in America live in 
     households with no financial assets, including 40 percent of 
     Caucasian children and 75 percent of African American 
     children.
       (3) In order to provide low-income families with more tools 
     for empowerment, incentives which encourage asset-building 
     should be established.
       (4) Across the Nation, numerous small public, private, and 
     public-private asset-building incentives, including 
     individual development accounts, are demonstrating success at 
     empowering low-income workers.

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       (5) Middle and upper income Americans currently benefit 
     from tax incentives for building assets.
       (6) The Federal Government should utilize the Federal tax 
     code to provide low-income Americans with incentives to work 
     and build assets in order to escape poverty permanently.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the provisions of this resolution assume that Congress should 
     modify the Federal tax law to include provisions which 
     encourage low-income workers and their families to save for 
     buying a first home, starting a business, obtaining an 
     education, or taking other measures to prepare for the 
     future.

     SEC. 304. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CHILD NUTRITION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) both Republicans and Democrats understand that an 
     adequate diet and proper nutrition are essential to a child's 
     general well-being;
       (2) the lack of an adequate diet and proper nutrition may 
     adversely affect a child's ability to perform up to his or 
     her ability in school;
       (3) the Government currently plays a role in funding school 
     nutrition programs; and
       (4) there is a bipartisan commitment to helping children 
     learn.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that in 
     the House the Committee on Education and the Workforce and 
     the Committee on Agriculture and in the Senate the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry should examine our 
     Nation's nutrition programs to determine if they can be 
     improved, particularly with respect to services to low-income 
     children.

     SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SPECIAL 
                   EDUCATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) In the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
     U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) (referred to in this resolution as the 
     ``Act''), Congress found that improving educational results 
     for children with disabilities is an essential element of our 
     national policy of ensuring equality of opportunity, full 
     participation, independent living, and economic self-
     sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.
       (2) In the Act, the Secretary of Education is instructed to 
     make grants to States to assist them in providing special 
     education and related services to children with disabilities.
       (3) The Act represents a commitment by the Federal 
     Government to fund 40 percent of the average per-pupil 
     expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools in the 
     United States.
       (4) The budget submitted by the President for fiscal year 
     2000 ignores the commitment by the Federal Government under 
     the Act to fund special education and instead proposes the 
     creation of new programs that limit the manner in which 
     States may spend the limited Federal education dollars 
     received.
       (5) The budget submitted by the President for fiscal year 
     2000 fails to increase funding for special education, and 
     leaves States and localities with an enormous unfunded 
     mandate to pay for growing special education costs.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the budgetary levels in this resolution assume that part B of 
     the Individuals with Disabilities Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 
     seq.) should be fully funded at the originally promised level 
     before any funds are appropriated for new education programs.

               Subtitle B--Sense of the House Provisions

     SEC. 311. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE COMMISSION ON 
                   INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
       (1) persecution of individuals on the sole ground of their 
     religious beliefs and practices occurs in countries around 
     the world and affects millions of lives;
       (2) such persecution violates international norms of human 
     rights, including those established in the Universal 
     Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on 
     Civil and Political Rights, the Helsinki Accords, and the 
     Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance 
     and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief;
       (3) such persecution is abhorrent to all Americans, and our 
     very Nation was founded on the principle of the freedom to 
     worship according to the dictates of our conscience; and
       (4) in 1998 Congress unanimously passed, and President 
     Clinton signed into law, the International Religious Freedom 
     Act of 1998, which established the United States Commission 
     on International Religious Freedom to monitor facts and 
     circumstances of violations of religious freedom and 
     authorized $3,000,000 to carry out the functions of the 
     Commission for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
       (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House 
     that--
       (1) this resolution assumes that $3,000,000 will be 
     appropriated within function 150 for fiscal year 2000 for the 
     United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 
     to carry out its duties; and
       (2) the House Committee on Appropriations is strongly urged 
     to appropriate such amount for the Commission.

     SEC. 312. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ASSESSMENT OF WELFARE-TO-WORK 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--It is the sense of the House that, 
     recognizing the need to maximize the benefit of the Welfare-
     to-Work Program, the Secretary of Labor should prepare a 
     report on Welfare-to-Work Programs pursuant to section 
     403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act. This report should 
     include information on the following--
       (1) the extent to which the funds available under such 
     section have been used (including the number of States that 
     have not used any of such funds), the types of programs that 
     have received such funds, the number of and characteristics 
     of the recipients of assistance under such programs, the 
     goals of such programs, the duration of such programs, the 
     costs of such programs, any evidence of the effects of such 
     programs on such recipients, and accounting of the total 
     amount expended by the States from such funds, and the rate 
     at which the Secretary expects such funds to be expended for 
     each of the fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002;
       (2) with regard to the unused funds allocated for Welfare-
     to-Work for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, identify 
     areas of the Nation that have unmet needs for Welfare-to-Work 
     initiatives; and
       (3) identify possible Congressional action that may be 
     taken to reprogram Welfare-to-Work funds from States that 
     have not utilized previously allocated funds to places of 
     unmet need, including those States that have rejected or 
     otherwise not utilized prior funding.
       (b) Report.--It is the sense of the House that, not later 
     than January 1, 2000, the Secretary of Labor should submit to 
     the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Ways and 
     Means of the House and the Committee on Finance of the 
     Senate, in writing, the report described in subsection (a).

               Subtitle C--Sense of the Senate Provisions

     SEC. 321. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
                   SHOULD NOT INVEST THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST 
                   FUNDS IN PRIVATE FINANCIAL MARKETS.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions 
     underlying the functional totals in this resolution assume 
     that the Federal Government should not directly invest 
     contributions made to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
     Trust Fund established under section 201 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) in private financial markets.

     SEC. 322. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE MODERNIZATION AND 
                   IMPROVEMENT OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) The health insurance coverage provided under the 
     medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is an integral part of the financial 
     security for retired and disabled individuals, as such 
     coverage protects those individuals against the financially 
     ruinous costs of a major illness.
       (2) Expenditures under the medicare program for hospital, 
     physician, and other essential health care services that are 
     provided to nearly 39,000,000 retired and disabled 
     individuals will be $232,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2000.
       (3) During the nearly 35 years since the medicare program 
     was established, the Nation's health care delivery and 
     financing system has undergone major transformations. 
     However, the medicare program has not kept pace with such 
     transformations.
       (4) Former Congressional Budget Office Director Robert 
     Reischauer has described the medicare program as it exists 
     today as failing on the following 4 key dimensions (known as 
     the ``Four I's''):
       (A) The program is inefficient.
       (B) The program is inequitable.
       (C) The program is inadequate.
       (D) The program is insolvent.
       (5) The President's budget framework does not devote 15 
     percent of the budget surpluses to the medicare program. The 
     Federal budget process does not provide a mechanism for 
     setting aside current surpluses for future obligations. As a 
     result, the notion of saving 15 percent of the surplus for 
     the medicare program cannot practically be carried out.
       (6) The President's budget framework would transfer to the 
     Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund more than 
     $900,000,000,000 over 15 years in new IOUs that must be 
     redeemed later by raising taxes on American workers, cutting 
     benefits, or borrowing more from the public, and these new 
     IOUs would increase the gross debt of the Federal Government 
     by the amounts transferred.
       (7) The Congressional Budget Office has stated that the 
     transfers described in paragraph (6), which are strictly 
     intragovernmental, have no effect on the unified budget 
     surpluses or the on-budget surpluses and therefore have no 
     effect on the debt held by the public.
       (8) The President's budget framework does not provide 
     access to, or financing for, prescription drugs.
       (9) The Comptroller General of the United States has stated 
     that the President's medicare proposal does not constitute 
     reform of the program and ``is likely to create a public 
     misperception that something meaningful is being done to 
     reform the medicare program''.
       (10) The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 enacted changes to the 
     medicare program which strengthen and extend the solvency of 
     that program.
       (11) The Congressional Budget Office has stated that 
     without the changes made to the medicare program by the 
     Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the depletion of the Federal 
     Hospital Insurance Trust Fund would now be imminent.
       (12) The President's budget proposes to cut medicare 
     program spending by $19,400,000,000 over 10 years, primarily 
     through reductions in payments to providers under that 
     program.
       (13) The recommendations by Senator John Breaux and 
     Representative William Thomas received the bipartisan support 
     of a majority of members on the National Bipartisan 
     Commission on the Future of Medicare.
       (14) The Breaux-Thomas recommendations provide for new 
     prescription drug coverage for the neediest beneficiaries 
     within a plan that substantially improves the solvency of the 
     medicare program without transferring new IOUs to the Federal 
     Hospital Insurance Trust Fund that must be redeemed later by 
     raising taxes, cutting benefits, or borrowing more from the 
     public.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the provisions contained in this budget resolution 
     assume the following:

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       (1) This resolution does not adopt the President's 
     proposals to reduce medicare program spending by 
     $19,400,000,000 over 10 years, nor does this resolution adopt 
     the President's proposal to spend $10,000,000,000 of medicare 
     program funds on unrelated programs.
       (2) Congress will not transfer to the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund new IOUs that must be redeemed later by 
     raising taxes on American workers, cutting benefits, or 
     borrowing more from the public.
       (3) Congress should work in a bipartisan fashion to extend 
     the solvency of the medicare program and to ensure that 
     benefits under that program will be available to 
     beneficiaries in the future.
       (4) The American public will be well and fairly served in 
     this undertaking if the medicare program reform proposals are 
     considered within a framework that is based on the following 
     5 key principles offered in testimony to the Senate Committee 
     on Finance by the Comptroller General of the United States:
       (A) Affordability.
       (B) Equity.
       (C) Adequacy.
       (D) Feasibility.
       (E) Public acceptance.
       (5) The recommendations by Senator Breaux and Congressman 
     Thomas provide for new prescription drug coverage for the 
     neediest beneficiaries within a plan that substantially 
     improves the solvency of the medicare program without 
     transferring to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund new 
     IOUs that must be redeemed later by raising taxes, cutting 
     benefits, or borrowing more from the public.
       (6) Congress should move expeditiously to consider the 
     bipartisan recommendations of the Chairmen of the National 
     Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare.
       (7) Congress should continue to work with the President as 
     he develops and presents his plan to fix the problems of the 
     medicare program.

     SEC. 323. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON EDUCATION.

       It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the levels in this resolution assume that--
       (A) increased Federal funding for elementary and secondary 
     education should be directed to States and local school 
     districts;
       (B) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
     U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) should be fully funded at the originally 
     promised level before any funds are appropriated for new 
     education programs;
       (C) decisionmaking authority should be placed in the hands 
     of States, localities, and families to implement innovative 
     solutions to local education challenges and to increase the 
     performance of all students, unencumbered by unnecessary 
     Federal rules and regulations; and
       (D) the Department of Education, the States, and local 
     education agencies should work together to ensure that not 
     less than 95 percent of all funds appropriated for the 
     purpose of carrying out elementary and secondary education 
     programs administered by the Department of Education is spent 
     for our children in their classrooms; and
       (2) within the discretionary allocation provided to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate for 
     function 500 that to the maximum extent practicable--
       (A) the Federal Pell Grant maximum award should be 
     increased;
       (B) funding for the Federal Supplemental Education 
     Opportunity Grants Program should be increased;
       (C) funding for the Federal capital contributions under the 
     Federal Perkins Loan Program should be increased;
       (D) funding for the Leveraging Educational Assistance 
     Partnership Program should be increased;
       (E) funding for the Federal Work-Study Program should be 
     increased; and
       (F) funding for the Federal TRIO Programs should be 
     increased.

     SEC. 324. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PROVIDING TAX RELIEF TO 
                   AMERICANS BY RETURNING THE NON-SOCIAL SECURITY 
                   SURPLUS TO TAXPAYERS.

       It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the levels in this concurrent resolution assume that 
     the Senate not only puts a priority on protecting social 
     security and medicare and reducing the Federal debt, but also 
     on tax reductions for working families in the form of family 
     tax relief and incentives to stimulate savings, investment, 
     job creation and economic growth;
       (2) such tax relief could include an expansion of the 15-
     percent bracket, marginal rate reductions, a significant 
     reduction or elimination of the marriage penalty, retirement 
     savings incentives, estate tax relief, an above-the-line 
     income tax deduction for social security payroll taxes, tax 
     incentives for education savings, parity between the self-
     employed and corporations with respect to the tax treatment 
     of health insurance premiums, and capital gains tax fairness 
     for family farmers;
       (3) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 needs comprehensive 
     reform, and Congress should move expeditiously to consider 
     comprehensive tax reform and simplification proposals; and
       (4) Congress should reject the President's proposed tax 
     increase on investment income of associations as defined 
     under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

     SEC. 325. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ACCESS TO MEDICARE SERVICES.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this 
     resolution assume Congress should review payment levels in 
     the medicare program to ensure beneficiaries have a range of 
     choices available under the Medicare+Choice program and have 
     access to high quality skilled nursing services, home health 
     care services, and inpatient and outpatient hospital services 
     in rural areas.

     SEC. 326. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this 
     resolution assume that--
       (1) significant resources should be provided for strong law 
     enforcement and aggressive crimefighting programs and that 
     funding in fiscal year 2000 for critical programs should be 
     equal to or greater than funding for these programs in 1999;
       (2) critical programs include--
       (A) State and local law enforcement assistance, especially 
     with respect to the development and integration of anticrime 
     technology systems and upgrading forensic laboratories and 
     the information and communications infrastructures upon which 
     they rely;
       (B) continuing efforts to reduce violent crime; and
       (C) significant expansion of intensive Federal firearms 
     prosecutions projects such as the ongoing programs in 
     Richmond and Philadelphia into America's most crime plagued 
     cities; and
       (3) the existence of a strong Federal drug control policy 
     is essential in order to reduce the supplies of illegal drugs 
     internationally and to reduce the number of children who are 
     exposed to or addicted to illegal drugs and this can be 
     furthered by--
       (A) investments in programs authorized in the Western 
     Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act and the proposed Drug Free 
     Century Act; and
       (B) securing adequate resources and authority for the 
     United States Customs Service in any legislation 
     reauthorizing the Service.

     SEC. 327. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON IMPROVING SECURITY FOR 
                   UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this 
     resolution assume that--
       (1) there is an urgent and ongoing requirement to improve 
     security for United States diplomatic missions and personnel 
     abroad; and
       (2) additional budgetary resources should be devoted to 
     programs within function 150 to enable successful 
     international leadership by the United States.

     SEC. 328. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE 
                   NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this 
     resolution and legislation enacted pursuant to this 
     resolution assume that--
       (1) there shall be a continuation of the pattern of 
     budgetary increases for biomedical research; and
       (2) additional resources should be targeted towards autism 
     research.

     SEC. 329. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR KYOTO PROTOCOL 
                   IMPLEMENTATION PRIOR TO SENATE RATIFICATION.

       It is the sense of Senate that the levels in this 
     resolution assume that funds should not be provided to put 
     into effect the Kyoto Protocol prior to its Senate 
     ratification in compliance with the requirements of the Byrd-
     Hagel Resolution and consistent with previous Administration 
     assurances to Congress.

     SEC. 330. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TEA-21 FUNDING AND THE 
                   STATES.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this 
     resolution and any legislation enacted pursuant to this 
     resolution assume that the President's fiscal year 2000 
     budget proposal to change the manner in which any excess 
     Federal gasoline tax revenues are distributed to the States 
     will not be implemented, but rather any of these funds will 
     be distributed to the States pursuant to section 1105 of TEA-
     21.

     SEC. 331. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH 
                   CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION SHOULD REAUTHORIZE 
                   FUNDS FOR THE FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals 
     contained in this resolution assume that the One Hundred 
     Sixth Congress, First Session will reauthorize funds for the 
     Farmland Protection Program.

     SEC. 332. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL 
                   SECURITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO BECOME DISABLED.

       It is the sense of the Senate that levels in the resolution 
     assume that--
       (1) social security plays a vital role in providing 
     adequate income for individuals who become disabled; and
       (2) Congress and the President should take this fact into 
     account when considering proposals to reform the social 
     security program.

     SEC. 333. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REPORTING OF ON-BUDGET TRUST 
                   FUND LEVELS.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this 
     resolution assume, effective for fiscal year 2001, the 
     President's budget and the budget report of CBO required 
     under section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     should include an itemization of the on-budget trust funds 
     for the budget year, including receipts, outlays, and 
     balances.

     SEC. 334. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING SOUTH KOREA'S 
                   INTERNATIONAL TRADE PRACTICES ON PORK AND BEEF.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the Senate--
       (1) believes strongly that while a stable global 
     marketplace is in the best interest of America's farmers and 
     ranchers, the United States should seek a mutually beneficial 
     relationship without hindering the competitiveness of 
     American agriculture;
       (2) calls on South Korea to abide by its trade commitments;
       (3) calls on the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the 
     United States Executive Director of the International 
     Monetary Fund to promote vigorously policies that encourage 
     the opening of markets for beef and pork products by 
     requiring South Korea to abide by its existing international 
     trade commitments and to reduce trade barriers, tariffs, and 
     export subsidies;
       (4) calls on the President and the Secretaries of Treasury 
     and Agriculture to monitor and report to Congress that 
     resources will not be used

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     to stabilize the South Korean market at the expense of United 
     States agricultural goods or services; and
       (5) requests the United States Trade Representative and the 
     United States Department of Agriculture to pursue the 
     settlement of disputes with the Government of South Korea on 
     its failure to abide by its international trade commitments 
     on beef market access, to consider whether Korea's reported 
     plans for subsidizing its pork industry would violate any of 
     its international trade commitments, and to determine what 
     impact Korea's subsidy plans would have on United States 
     agricultural interests, especially in Japan.

     SEC. 335. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR NATURAL 
                   DISASTERS.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this 
     resolution assume that, given that emergency spending for 
     natural disasters continues to have an unpredictable yet 
     substantial impact on the Federal budget and that 
     consequently budgeting for disasters remains difficult, the 
     Administration and Congress should review procedures for 
     funding emergencies, including natural disasters, in any 
     budget process reform legislation that comes before the 
     Congress.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

     From the Committee on the Budget:
     John R. Kasich,
     Saxby Chambliss,
     Christopher Shays,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Pete V. Domenici,
     Chuck Grassley,
     Don Nickles,
     Phil Gramm,
     Slade Gorton,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the Senate and the House at the 
     conference on disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the concurrent resolution (House 
     Concurrent Resolution 68), setting forth the congressional 
     budget for the United States for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 
     2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, submit the 
     following joint statement to the House and the Senate in 
     explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the 
     managers and recommend in the accompanying conference report:
       The Senate amendment struck all out of the House resolution 
     after the resolving clause and inserted a substitute text.
       The House recedes from its disagreement to the amendment of 
     the Senate with an amendment which is a substitute for the 
     House resolution and the Senate amendment.

                          Displays and Amounts

       The contents of concurrent budget resolutions are set forth 
     in section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       House Resolution.--The House budget resolution includes all 
     of the items required as part of a concurrent budget 
     resolution under section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act other than the spending and revenue levels for Social 
     Security (which is used to enforce a point of order 
     applicable only in the Senate).
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment includes all of the 
     items required under section 301(a) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act. As permitted under section 301(b) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act, Section 102 of the Senate amendment 
     includes advisory levels on debt held by the public.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement includes 
     all of the items required by section 301(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act.

                     Aggregates and Function Levels

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                          Economic Assumptions

       Section 301(g)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act requires 
     that the joint explanatory statement accompanying a 
     conference report on a budget resolution set forth the common 
     economic assumptions upon which the joint statement and 
     conference report are based. The conference agreement is 
     built upon the economic forecasts developed by the 
     Congressional Budget Office and presented in CBO's ``The 
     Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2000-2009'' 
     (January 1999). A modification was made to near-term real GDP 
     growth, however, to reflect recent economic strength.
       House Resolution.--The House modified CBO's economic 
     assumptions to reflect the near-term strength of economy 
     which became evident after CBO completed its winter forecast. 
     The assumption for 1999 real GDP growth was increased from 
     2.3 percent to 2.4 percent, while the assumption for 2000 
     real GDP growth was boosted from 1.7 percent to 2.0 percent. 
     In both cases, the modified GDP growth rate assumptions are 
     well below Blue Chip's current forecasts. These changes 
     boosted revenues slightly relative to the CBO baseline in 
     1999, 2000 and 2001.
       Senate Amendment.--CBO's economic assumptions were used.
       Conference Agreement.--House economic assumptions were 
     used, with minor technical adjustments.

                          ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS
                           [By calendar years]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 1999   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004
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Percent change, year over
 year:
    Real GDP..................    2.4    2.0    2.2    2.4    2.4    2.4
    Consumer Price Index......    2.5    2.6    2.6    2.6    2.6    2.6
    GDP Price Index...........    1.7    2.0    2.1    2.1    2.1    2.1
Percent, annual:
    Unemployment rate.........    4.6    5.1    5.4    5.6    5.7    5.7
    Three-month Treasury bill     4.5    4.5    4.5    4.5    4.5    4.5
     rate.....................
    Ten-Year Treasury bond        5.1    5.3    5.4    5.4    5.4    5.4
     rate.....................
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                         Functions and Revenues


                     function 050, national defense

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 050. National 
     Defense, totals $270.7 billion in budget authority [BA] and 
     $268.7 billion in outlays for 1999, excluding one time 
     emergencies enacted in the 105th Congress. This budget 
     function includes funding for the Department of Defense 
     (95 percent of function total), defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy (5 percent), and small amounts 
     expended by the Selective Service, the General Services 
     Administration, the Departments of Transportation and 
     Justice, and other federal agencies.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $288.8 
     billion in BA and $276.6 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $1,546.1 billion in BA and $1,471.3 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $3,200.5 billion in BA and $3,051.9 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $288.8 
     billion in BA and $274.6 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $1,546.0 billion in BA and $1,469.3 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $3,200.5 billion in BA and $3,050.0 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $288.8 billion in BA and $276.6 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $1,546.0 billion in BA and $1,471.3 billion in 
     outlays over 5 fiscal years; and $3,200.5 billion in BA and 
     $3,051.9 billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


                  FUNCTION 150: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 150, International 
     Affairs, totals about $13.7 billion in BA and $14.4 billion 
     in outlays for 1999, excluding emergencies and other one-time 
     spending increases including contributions to the 
     International Monetary Fund and arrears to international 
     organizations. This function includes funding for operation 
     of the foreign affairs establishment including embassies and 
     other diplomatic missions abroad, foreign aid loan and 
     technical assistance activities in developing countries, 
     security assistance to foreign governments, activities of the 
     Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund, U.S. contributions to 
     international financial institutions, Export-Import Bank and 
     other trade promotion activities, and refugee assistance.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $11.2 
     billion in BA and $14.5 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $56.7 billion in BA and $70.8 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $126.1 billion in BA and $133.0 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $12.5 
     billion in BA and $14.9 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $65.3 billion in BA and $73.5 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $139.7 billion in BA and $140.4 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $12.5 billion in BA and $14.9 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $61.7 billion in BA and $72.3 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $133.6 billion in BA and $136.9 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


          FUNCTION 250: GENERAL SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 250, General Science, 
     Space & Technology, totals $18.8 billion in BA and $18.2 
     billion in outlays for 1999. This function includes the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) civilian 
     space program and basic research programs of the National 
     Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE).
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $18.0 
     billion in BA and $18.2 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $89.6 billion in BA and $89.6 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $179.2 billion in BA and $178.4 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $18.0 
     billion in BA and $18.2 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $89.6 billion in BA and $89.6 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $179.2 billion in BA and $178.4 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Amendment.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $18.0 billion in BA and $18.2 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $89.6 billion in BA and $89.6 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $179.2 billion in BA and $178.4 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


                          FUNCTION 270: ENERGY

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 270, Energy, totals 
     about $1.1 billion in BA and $677 million in outlays for 
     1999. This function includes civilian activities of the 
     Department of Energy, the Rural Utilities Service, the power 
     programs of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Mandatory spending in 
     this function contains large levels of offsetting receipts, 
     resulting in net mandary spending of -$1.8 billion in BA and 
     -$2.6 billion in outlays for 1999. Congress provided $3.0 
     billion in discretionary BA for 1999.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $0.0 
     billion in BA and -$0.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; -$2.0 billion in BA and -$7.5 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and -$3.6 billion in BA and $14.1 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The House resolution sets forth $0.0 
     billion in BA and -$0.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; -$2.0 billion in BA and -$7.5 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and -$3.6 billion in BA and $14.1 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $49 million in BA and -$0.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; -$2.0 billion in BA and -$7.5 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and -$3.6 billion in BA and $14.1 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.


            Function 300: Natural Resources and Environment

       Major Programs in Function.--function 300, Natural 
     Resources and Environment, totals about $23.9 billion in BA 
     and $23.3 billion in outlays for 1999, excluding emergency 
     and other one-time spending items. This function includes 
     funding for water resources, conservation and land 
     management, recreation resources, and pollution control and 
     abatement. Agencies with major program activities within the 
     function include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 
     the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Forest Service (within 
     the Department of Agriculture), and the Department of the 
     Interior, including the National Park Service, the Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of 
     Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, among others.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $22.8 
     billion in BA and $22.6 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $113.7 billion in BA and $112.2 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $232.2 billion in BA and $229.6 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $21.7 
     billion in BA and $22.4 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $108.6 billion in BA and $110.3 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $222.1 billion in BA and $222.7 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $22.8 billion in BA and $22.6 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $111.7 billion in BA and $111.3 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $227.7 billion in BA and $226.2 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


                       Function 350: Agriculture

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 350, Agriculture, 
     totals about $16.8 billion in BA and $14.9 billion in outlays 
     for 1999, excluding one-time emergency spending provided for 
     natural disasters and export market losses. This function 
     includes funding for federal programs intended to promote the 
     economic stability of agriculture through direct assistance 
     and loans to food and fiber producers, provide regulatory, 
     inspection and reporting services for agricultural markets, 
     and promote research and education in agriculture and 
     nutrition.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $14.3 
     billion in BA and $13.2 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $63.7 billion in BA and $55.3 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $117.2 billion in BA and $101.7 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $14.8 
     billion in BA and $13.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $63.7 billion in BA and $55.3 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years: and $117.2 billion in BA and $101.7 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $14.3 billion in BA and $13.2 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $63.7 billion in BA and $55.3 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $117.2 billion in BA and $101.7 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


               function 370: commerce and housing credit

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 370, Commerce and 
     Housing Credit, totals about

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     $1.9 billion in BA and $0.8 billion in outlays for 1999. This 
     function includes funding for discretionary housing programs, 
     such as subsidies for single and multifamily housing in rural 
     areas and mortgage insurance provided by the Federal Housing 
     Administration; net spending by the Postal Service; 
     discretionary funding for commerce programs, such as 
     international trade and exports, science and technology, the 
     census, and small business; and mandatory spending for 
     deposit insurance activities related to banks, savings and 
     loans, and credit unions.
       House Resolution.--For on-budget amounts, the House 
     resolution sets forth $9.9 billion in BA and $4.5 billion in 
     outlays in fiscal year 2000; $63.3 billion in BA and $41.7 
     billion in outlays over 5 fiscal years; and $127.4 billion in 
     BA and $86.4 billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--For on-budget amounts, the Senate 
     amendment sets forth $9.7 billion in BA and $4.3 billion in 
     outlays in fiscal year 2000; $63.1 billion in BA and $41.5 
     billion in outlays over 5 fiscal years; and $127.1 billion in 
     BA and $86.2 billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years. For 
     off-budget amounts, the Senate amendment sets forth -$0.2 
     billion in BA and outlays in 2000; -$1.2 billion in BA and 
     outlays over 5 fiscal years; and -$1.2 billion in BA and 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.-- For on-budget amounts, the 
     Conference Agreement sets forth $9.7 billion in BA and $4.3 
     billion in outlays in fiscal year 2000; $63.1 billion in BA 
     and $41.5 billion in outlays over 5 fiscal years; and $127.1 
     billion in BA and $86.2 billion in outlays over 10 fiscal 
     years.


                      function 400: transportation

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 400, Transportation, 
     totals $50.8 billion in BA and $43.8 billion in outlays for 
     1999, excluding one-time emergency spending provided for the 
     Federal Aviation Administration and the Coast Guard. This 
     function includes ground transportation programs, such as the 
     federal-aid highway program, mass transit, and the National 
     Rail Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); air transportation 
     through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airport 
     improvement program, facilities and equipment program, and 
     operation of the air traffic control system; water 
     transportation through the Coast Guard and Maritime 
     Administration; the Surface Transportation Board; the 
     National Transportation Safety Board; and related 
     transportation safety and support activities within the 
     Department of Transportation.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $51.8 
     billion in BA and $45.8 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $258.1 billion in BA and $233.8 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $520.0 billion in BA and $464.1 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $51.3 
     billion in BA and $45.3 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $259.1 billion in BA and $233.7 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $522.4 billion in BA and $463.8 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $51.8 billion in BA and $45.8 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $258.2 billion in BA and $233.8 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $520.1 billion in BA and $464.1 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


            FUNCTION 450: COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 450, Community and 
     Regional Development, totals about $8.8 billion in BA and 
     $11.7 billion in outlays for 1999, excluding emergency 
     funding and other one-time appropriations. This function 
     includes funding for community and regional development and 
     disaster relief. The function includes the Appalachian 
     Regional Commission (ARC), non-power programs of the 
     Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency (FEMA), the Economic Development 
     Administration (EDA) within the Commerce Department, and 
     portions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of 
     Agriculture.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $7.4 
     billion in BA and $10.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $29.3 billion in BA and $38.4 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $57.3 billion in BA and $60.7 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $5.3 
     billion in BA and $10.3 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $14.0 billion in BA and $27.5 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $24.1 billion in BA and $31.9 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $6.4 billion in BA and $10.5 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $21.7 billion in BA and $33.0 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $40.7 billion in BA and $46.3 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


   FUNCTION 500: EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, AND SOCIAL SERVICES

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 500, Education, 
     Training, Employment and Social Services totals about $61 
     billion in BA and $59.8 billion in outlays for 1999, 
     excluding one-time emergency spending items. This function 
     includes funding for elementary and secondary, vocational, 
     and higher education; job training; children and family 
     services programs; adoption and foster care assistance; 
     statistical analysis and research related to these areas; 
     and funding for the arts and humanities.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $65.3 
     billion in BA and $63.6 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $335.0 billion in BA and $325.3 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $696.3 billion in BA and $681.3 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendments sets forth $67.4 
     billion in BA and $64.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $351.2 billion in BA and $336.4 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $746.2 billion in BA and $725.7 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $66.3 billion in BA and $63.8 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $343.1 billion in BA and $330.8 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $721.3 billion in BA and $703.5 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years. The Conference 
     agreement provides that an additional $0.5 billion is 
     available for funding the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act for fiscal year 2000.


                          Function 550: Health

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 550, Health, totals 
     about $147.3 billion in BA and $140.6 billion in outlays for 
     1999, excluding one-time emergency spending. This function 
     covers all health spending except that for Medicare, military 
     health, and veterans' health. The major programs include 
     Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, 
     health benefits for federal workers and retirees, the 
     National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug 
     Administration, the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration, Indian Health Services, the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, and the Substance Abuse and 
     Mental Health Services Administration.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $156.2 
     billion in BA and $153.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $876.2 billion in BA and $873.0 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $2,114.4 billion in BA and $2,108.7 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $156.2 
     billion in BA and $153.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $876.2 billion in BA and $872.9 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $2,114.4 billion in BA and $2,108.7 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $156.2 billion in BA and $153.0 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $876.2 billion in BA and $872.9 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $2,114.4 billion in BA and $2,108.7 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


                         function 570: medicare

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 570, Medicare, totals 
     about $195.2 billion in BA and $194.6 billion in outlays for 
     1999.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $208.7 
     billion in BA and $208.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $1,180.7 billion in BA and $1,180.8 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $2,880.3 billion in BA and $2,880.1 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $208.7 
     billion in BA and $208.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $1,180.7 billion in BA and $1,180.8 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $2,880.3 billion in BA and $2,880.1 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $208.7 billion in BA and $208.7 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $1,180.7 billion in BA and $1,180.8 billion in 
     outlays over 5 fiscal years; and $2,880.3 billion in BA and 
     $2,880.1 billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


                     function 600: income security

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 600, Income Security, 
     totals $234.6 billion in BA and $237.8 billion in outlays for 
     1999, excluding spending which requires a cap adjustment or 
     is for an emergency. This function contains: 1) major cash 
     and in-kind means-tested entitlements; 2) general retirement, 
     disability, and pension programs excluding Social Security 
     and Veterans' compensation programs; 3) federal and military 
     retirement programs; 4) unemployment compensation; 5) low-
     income housing programs; and 6) other low-income support 
     programs. Function 600 is the third largest functional 
     category after Social Security and defense. Mandatory 
     programs account for 86 percent of total spending in this 
     function.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $244.4 
     billion in BA and $248.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $1,320.7 billion in BA and $1,335.3 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $2,892.8 billion in BA and $2,911.8 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $244.4 
     billion in BA and $248.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $1,324.8 billion in BA and $1,336.8 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $2,902.4 billion in BA and $2,918.4 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $244.4 billion in BA and $248.1 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $1,320.3 billion in BA and $1,333.4 billion in 
     outlays over 5 fiscal years; and $2,891.8 billion in BA and 
     $2,909.2 billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years. The 
     Conference Agreement assumes $3 billion in new mandatory 
     spending for families with children to cover child care 
     expenditures.


                     function 650: social security

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 650, Social Security, 
     totals about $14.5 billion in

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     BA and $14.7 billion in outlays for 1999 for on-budget 
     activities. This function includes Social Security benefits 
     and administrative expenses.
       House Resolution.--For on-budget amounts, the House 
     resolution sets forth $14.2 billion in BA and $14.3 billion 
     in outlays in fiscal year 2000; $77.0 billion in BA and $77.0 
     billion in outlays over 5 fiscal years; and $177.0 billion in 
     BA and $177.0 billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $14.2 
     billion in BA and $14.3 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $77.0 billion in BA and $77.0 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $177.0 billion in BA and $176.9 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years. For off-budget amounts, the 
     Senate amendment sets forth $393.0 billion in BA and outlays 
     in 2000; $2,158.9 billion in BA and outlays over 5 fiscal 
     years; and $4,915.7 billion in BA and outlays over 10 fiscal 
     years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $14.2 billion in BA and $14.3 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $77.0 billion in BA and $77.0 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $177.0 billion in BA and $176.9 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


             function 700: veterans' benefits and services

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 700, Veterans 
     Benefits, totals $43.0 billion in BA and $42.9 billion in 
     outlays for 1999. This budget function includes income 
     security needs of disabled veterans, indigent veterans, and 
     survivors of deceased veterans through compensation benefits, 
     pensions, and life insurance programs. Major education, 
     training, and rehabilitation and readjustment programs 
     include the Montgomery GI Bill, the Veterans Educational 
     Assistance Program, and the Vocational Rehabilitation and 
     Counseling program. Veterans can also receive guarantees on 
     home loans. Roughly half of all spending in this function is 
     for the Veterans Health Administration, which is comprised of 
     over 700 hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliaries, and 
     outpatient clinics.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $44.7 
     billion in BA and $45.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $225.9 billion in BA and $228.3 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $467.3 billion in BA and $470.3 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $46.7 
     billion in BA and $47.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $227.1 billion in BA and $229.5 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $466.2 billion in BA and $469.2 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $45.4 billion in BA and $45.6 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $226.6 billion in BA and $228.8 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $468.0 billion in BA and $470.8 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


                function 750: administration of justice

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 750, Administration 
     of Justice, totals about $26.3 billion in BA and $24.8 
     billion in outlays for 1999. This function includes funding 
     for federal law enforcement activities, including criminal 
     investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 
     and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), border 
     enforcement and the control of illegal immigration by the 
     Customs Service and Immigration and Naturalization Service 
     (INS), as well as funding for prison construction, drug 
     treatment, crime prevention programs and the federal 
     Judiciary.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $23.4 
     billion in BA and $25.3 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $123.5 billion in BA and $125.9 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $255.5 billion in BA and $257.4 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $23.4 
     billion in BA and $25.3 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $121.8 billion in BA and $124.2 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and $242.3 billion in BA and $244.1 billion 
     in outlays over 10 years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $23.4 billion in BA and $25.3 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $123.5 billion in BA and $125.9 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $255.5 billion in BA and $257.4 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


                    function 800: general government

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 800, General 
     Government, totals $15.2 billion in BA and $14.8 billion in 
     outlays for 1999, excluding spending which requires a cap 
     adjustment or is for an emergency. This function consists of 
     the activities of the Legislative Branch, the Executive 
     Office of the President, U.S. Treasury fiscal operations 
     (including the Internal Revenue Service), personnel and 
     property management, and general purpose fiscal assistance to 
     states, localities, and U.S. territories. Discretionary 
     spending represents 93 percent of total spending in this 
     function. The Internal Revenue Service accounts for 62 
     percent of the discretionary total.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth $12.3 
     billion in BA and $13.5 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $60.5 billion in BA and $62.7 billion in outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $121.2 billion in BA and $122.3 billion in 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth $12.3 
     billion in BA and $13.5 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $60.5 billion in outlays over 5 fiscal years; and 
     $121.2 billion in BA and $122.3 billion in outlays over 10 
     fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     $12.3 billion in BA and $13.5 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; $60.5 billion in BA and $62.7 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and $121.2 billion in BA and $122.3 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


                       function 900: net interest

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 900, Net Interest, 
     totals $229.4 billion in BA and outlays in 1999. Net interest 
     is a mandatory payment; there are no discretionary programs 
     in Function 900. Net interest includes interest on the public 
     debt after deducting the interest income received by the 
     federal government.
       House Resolution.--For on-budget amounts, the House 
     resolution sets forth $275.5 in BA and outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; $1,342.4 billion in BA and outlays over 5 fiscal years; 
     and $2,626.5 billion in BA and outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--For on-budget amounts, the Senate 
     amendment sets forth $275.7 billion in BA and outlays in 
     fiscal year 2000; $1,344.4 billion in BA and outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and $2,630.8 billion in BA and outlays over 10 
     fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--For on-budget amounts, the 
     Conference Agreement sets forth $375.5 billion in BA and 
     outlays in fiscal year 2000; $1,342.7 billion in BA and 
     outlays over 5 fiscal years; and $2,628.4 billion in BA and 
     outlays over 10 fiscal years.

                              Debt Levels

       The following table compares the levels of debt held by the 
     public and debt subject to limit associated with the 
     Conference Agreement, the President's Budget and the 
     baseline.
       Under the Conference Agreement, debt held by the public 
     declines year by year, and by 2009 would be nearly $1.8 
     trillion below its present level. Debt held by the public 
     under the President's Budget would decline by about $1.4 
     trillion over the next ten years. After ten years, debt held 
     by the public would be $465 billion lower under the 
     Conference Agreement than under the President's Budget.
       The statutory debt limit, which now stands at $5.95 
     trillion, would not have to be increased until the very end 
     of 2004 under the Conference Agreement. Under the President's 
     Budget, the statutory debt limit would have to be raised 
     sometime in 2001.
       Clause 3 of House rule XXIII requires that the joint 
     explanatory statement of managers accompanying a budget 
     resolution provide a statement of the effect of adoption of 
     the concurrent resolution upon the statutory limit on the 
     debt. This resolution will have no direct effect upon the 
     statutory limit on the debt because the House resolution 
     providng for the consideration of H. Con. Res. 68 suspended 
     the automatic engrossment of an increase in the statutory 
     limit upon the adoption of a conference report.

                                                             COMPARISON OF CONFERENCE AGREEMENT WITH PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AND BASELINE
                                                                                    [In billions of dollars]
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                            Debt                                 1999        2000        2001        2002        2003        2004        2005        2006        2007        2008        2009
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Conference agreement:
    Held by Public..........................................     3,627.1     3,502.4     3,370.1     3,229.3     3,080.6     2,920.1     2,738.2     2,540.6     2,326.7     2,098.3     1,861.1
    Subject to limit........................................     5,543.9     5,628.4     5,708.5     5,793.5     5,877.4     5,956.3     6,024.6     6,084.6     6,136.5     6,173.9     6,203.4
President's Budget:
    Held by Public..........................................     3,629.5     3,564.9     3,491.0     3,395.8     3,302.4     3,188.5     3,055.4     2,891.1     2,709.7     2,522.1     2,323.6
    Subject to limit........................................     5,546.3     5,778.6     5,999.8     6,243.0     6,498.4     6,765.1     7,042.9     7,337.9     7,661.1     8.018.6     8,409.0
Baseline:
    Held by Public..........................................     3,627.1     3,515.8     3,389.7     3,215.1     3,021.0     2,781.3     2,501.1     2,152.1     1,751.8     1,311.4       823.3
    Subject to limit........................................     5,543.9     5,641.7     5,728.1     5,779.2     5,817.8     5,817.6     5,787.5     5,696.1     5,561.6     5,387.0     5,165.7
Conference agreement compared to:
    President's Budget:
    Held by Public..........................................        -2.4       -62.5      -120.9      -166.5      -221.8      -268.4      -317.2      -350.5      -383.0      -423.8      -462.5
    Subject to limit........................................        -2.4      -150.2      -291.3      -449.5      -621.0      -808.8    -1,018.3    -1,253.3    -1,524.6    -1,844.7    -2,205.6
Baseline:
    Held by Public..........................................  ..........       -13.3       -19.6        14.3        59.6       138.8       237.1       388.5       574.9       786.9     1,037.8
    Subject to limit........................................  ..........       -13.3       -19.6        14.3        59.6       138.8       237.1       388.5       574.9       786.9     1,037.8
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                        function 920: allowances

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 920, Allowances, 
     usually displays the budgetary effects of proposals that 
     cannot be easily distributed across other budget functions. 
     In past years. Function 920 has included total savings or 
     costs from proposals associated with emergency spending or 
     proposals contingent on certain events that have uncertain 
     chances of occurring, such as the President's proposal for 
     increased discretionary spending from the Social Security 
     Surplus contingent on Social Security reform.
       House Resolution.--The House resolution sets forth -$8.0 
     billion in BA and -$10.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; -$31.8 billion in BA and -$52.8 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and -$56.8 billion in BA and -$80.6 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--The Senate amendment sets forth -10.0 
     billion in BA and -$10.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 
     2000; -$33.8 billion in BA and -$52.8 billion in outlays over 
     5 fiscal years; and -$58.8 billion in BA and -$80.6 billion 
     in outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     -$9.8 billion in BA and -$10.8 billion in outlays in fiscal 
     year 2000; -$33.6 billion in BA and -53.5 billion in outlays 
     over 5 fiscal years; and -$58.6 billion in BA and -$81.3 
     billion in outlays over 10 fiscal years.


            function 950: undistributed offsetting receipts

       Major Programs in Function.--Function 950, Undistributed 
     Offsetting Receipts, totals about $40.1 billion in receipts 
     (BA and outlays) for 1999. This function records offsetting 
     receipts (receipts, not federal revenues or taxes, that the 
     budget shows as offsets to spending programs) that are too 
     large to record in other budget functions. Such receipts are 
     either intrabudgetary (a payment from one federal agency to 
     another, such as agency payments to the retirement trust 
     funds) or proprietary (a payment from the public for some 
     type of business transaction with the government). The main 
     types of receipts recorded as undistributed in this function 
     are: the payments federal agencies make to retirement trust 
     funds for their employees, payments made by companies for the 
     right to explore and produce oil and gas on the Outer 
     Continental Shelf, and payments by those who bid for the 
     right to buy or use the public property or resources, such 
     as the electromagnetic spectrum.
       House Resolution.--For on-budget amounts, the House 
     resolution sets forth -$34.3 billion in BA and outlays in 
     fiscal year 2000; -$188.9 billion in BA and outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and -$388.4 billion in BA and outlays over 10 
     fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.--For on-budget amounts, the Senate 
     amendment sets forth -$34.3 billion in BA and outlays in 
     fiscal year 2000; -$189.8 billion in BA and outlays over 5 
     fiscal years; and -$391.2 billion in BA and outlays over 10 
     fiscal years. For off-budget amounts, the Senate amendment 
     sets forth -$8.0 billion in BA and outlays in 2000; -$45.8 
     billion in BA and outlays over 5 fiscal years; and -$110.2 
     billion in BA and outlays over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference Agreement sets forth 
     -$34.3 billion in BA and outlays in fiscal year 2000; -$189.2 
     billion in BA and outlays over 5 fiscal years; and -$392.9 
     billion in BA and -$392.8 billion in outlays over 10 fiscal 
     years.

                                Revenues

       House Resolution.--For on-budget amounts, the House 
     resolution sets forth $1,408.5 billion in revenues in fiscal 
     year 2000; $7,416.9 billion over 5 fiscal years; and 
     $16,155.8 billion over 10 fiscal years.
       Senate Amendment.-- For on-budget amounts, the Senate 
     amendment sets forth $1,402.0 billion in revenues in fiscal 
     year 2000; $7,408.3 billion over 5 fiscal years; and 
     $16,147.7 billion over 10 fiscal years.
       Conference Agreement.--For on-budget amounts, the 
     Conference Agreement set forth $1,408.1 billion in revenues 
     in fiscal year 2000; $7,414.2 billion over 5 fiscal years; 
     and $16,153.5 billion over 10 fiscal years. The conference 
     agreement assumes that the tax relief provided by this 
     resolution will include tax cuts to help cover the costs of 
     raising a child. Tax cuts for families with children--child 
     care credits--will be no less than $3 billion.

                             Reconciliation

       House Resolution.--Section 4 of the House resolution 
     directs the Committee on Ways and Means to report by 
     September 30, 1999, a reconciliation bill that reduces 
     revenues by $142.5 billion for the total of fiscal year 2000 
     through 2005 and $768.5 billion for fiscal years 2000 through 
     2009. The House resolution does not reconcile a reduction in 
     the statutory limit on the debt.
       Senate Amendment.--Section 104 of the Senate amendment 
     directs the Senate Committee on Finance to report by June 18, 
     1999, a reconciliation bill that reduced revenues by 
     $138.485 billion for the total of fiscal years 2000 
     through 2004 and $765.985 billion for the total of the 
     fiscal years 2000 through 2009. The Senate amendment also 
     instructs the Finance Committee to report a reduction in 
     the statutory limit on the debt of $85 billion for fiscal 
     year 2000 only. In anticipation that the budget resolution 
     might be resolved by the adoption of amendments between 
     the Houses, section 105 of the Senate amendment includes 
     reconciliation instructions for the House Committee on 
     Ways and Means to report legislation by June 11, 1999 that 
     reduces revenues and the statutory limit on the debt by 
     the same amounts set out in section 104.
       Conference Agreement.--The Conference agreement directs the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Finance to report by July 
     16, 1999 and July 23, 1999 respectively, a reconciliation 
     bill that reduces revenues by $0 for fiscal year 2000, $142.3 
     billion for the total of fiscal years 2000 through 2004 and 
     $777.9 billion for the total of fiscal years 2000 through 
     2009. The Conference agreement does not include an 
     instruction to reconcile a reduction in the statutory limit 
     on the debt.

                              Allocations

       As required in section 302 of the Budget Act, the joint 
     statement of the managers includes an allocation, based upon 
     the conference report, of the levels of total budget 
     authority, total budget outlays among each of the appropriate 
     House and Senate committees.
       The allocation for each House consist of a set of two 
     tables for the House and the Senate. The first set of tables 
     shows the allocation for the budget year, fiscal year 2000. 
     The House allocates funding for each fiscal year covered by 
     the budget resolution. The second set of tables shows the 
     amount allocated for the totals of the first five years and 
     the ten years covered by the budget resolution.
       The allocations are as follows:

          ALLOCATIONS OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEES
                        Appropriations Committee
                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Budget
                 Fiscal year 2000                   authority   Outlays
------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Purpose \1\...............................    531,771    536,700
Violent Crime Reduction \1\.......................      4,500      5,554
Highways \1\......................................          0     24,574
Mass Transit \1\..................................          0      4,117
                                                   ---------------------
      Total Discretionary Action..................    536,271    570,945
Current Law Mandatory.............................    321,108    303,938
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                  Rulemaking and Budgetary Procedures

       House Resolution.--Section 5(a) of the House resolution 
     includes findings that Social Security is, by law, off-
     budget; that Social Security has been running surpluses; that 
     these surpluses have been used to balance the Federal budget; 
     that this resolution, for the first time, balances the budget 
     without counting such surpluses, and that the only way to 
     present the diversion of the surpluses for other purposes is 
     to balance the budget exclusive of the surpluses, and both 
     the Congress and the Administration should take the necessary 
     steps to ensure that future budgets are balanced exclusive of 
     the surpluses.
       Section 5(b) of the House resolution prohibits the 
     consideration of any budget resolution that sets forth an on-
     budget deficit. The intent of this provision is to prevent 
     Congresses from considering future budget resolutions that 
     implicitly use the Social Security surplus to finance other 
     governmental operations. Section 5 is enforced by a point of 
     order that, if sustained, precludes further consideration of 
     the measure. In addition to any budget resolution reported by 
     the Budget Committee, the point of order may be raised 
     against amendments to the budget resolution and accompanying 
     conference reports. Consistent with enforcement of key Budget 
     Act requirements in the House and Senate, section 5 may be 
     waived by a simple majority of those present in the House and 
     three-fifths of those Members voting in the Senate. An 
     exception is provided for legislation enhancing retirement 
     security or reforming Medicare pursuant to section 6 of the 
     House resolution.
       Subsection (c)(1) provides a sense of the House that 
     legislation should be enacted that excludes the outlays and 
     receipts of the Social Security trust funds from official 
     budgetary projections of the surplus or deficit. Subsection 
     (c)(2) further provides that legislation should be considered 
     that further safeguards the surpluses, such as modifying pay-
     as-you-go requirements to permit the enactment of retirement 
     security and Medicare legislation or establishing a statutory 
     limit on debt held by the public that would be reduced by the 
     amount of the Social Security surpluses.
       Section 6 of the House resolution establishes a reserve 
     fund for retirement security and Medicare in the House. The 
     Budget Committee chairman is permitted to increase the 
     allocations and aggregates established in the budget 
     resolution for legislation that either enhances retirement 
     security or extends the solvency of the Medicare trust funds 
     or reforms the Medicare benefits or payment structure. The 
     adjustments may be made for bills, amendments, and conference 
     reports.
       The sum of the adjustments for all measures considered 
     under this section may not exceed an amount equal to an up-
     to-date estimate of the Social Security surplus for fiscal 
     year 2000, the total for fiscal years 2000 through 2004, and 
     2000 through 2009. Furthermore, the chairman is prohibited 
     from making any adjustment if the measure, together with any 
     other measure considered under this section, would exceed the 
     estimated surplus for any of these periods.
       For purposes of this section, the projected Social Security 
     surpluses are the levels assumed in the joint statement or 
     the levels set forth in CBO's midsession report. In making 
     this projection, CBO is directed to consult with the Social 
     Security trustees.
       Section 7 of the House resolution establishes a reserve 
     fund in the House for special education. The Budget Committee 
     chairman is permitted to increase the budget aggregates 
     and allocations to the Committee on Appropriations for 
     legislation providing appropriations for special 
     education. The adjustments may be made for bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, and conference reports. Any 
     adjustments must be made in the amount of BA provided by 
     the measure for that purpose (and the resulting outlays) 
     are subject to two limitations. First, the adjustments may 
     not exceed an up-to-date estimate of the on-budget 
     surplus. Second, the adjustments may not exceed the amount 
     necessary to fully fund special education at its authorize 
     levels.
       Section 8 of the House resolution provides that changes in 
     the budgetary aggregates and committee allocations permitted 
     by the resolution shall be made while the measure is pending 
     and upon enactment and shall be published in the 
     Congressional Record. The section also provides that the 
     revised aggregates and allocations shall be, for the purposes 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the aggregates and 
     allocations in this resolution.
       Section 9 of the House resolution requires the Director of 
     the Congressional Budget Office to update CBO's budgetary 
     projections on a quarterly basis.
       Senate Amendment.--In addition to setting forth budgetary 
     levels as called for in the Budget Act, title I of the Senate 
     amendment contains two provisions--the first, to address the 
     fact that Congress did not adopt a fiscal year 1999 budget 
     resolution, and the second, to focus attention on debt held 
     by the public levels. Section 1(a)(2) of the Senate amendment 
     contains language that incorporates the levels in the deeming 
     resolution passed by the Senate at the end of the 105th 
     Congress as the fiscal year 1999 budget resolution. Section 
     101(6) provides advisory debt held by the public levels in 
     the budget resolution. These debt-held-by-the-public levels 
     reflect the fact that the resolution devotes the entire 
     Social Security surplus to the reduction of debt held by the 
     public.
       Title II of the Senate amendment contains ten sections that 
     either modify budget procedures for consideration of 
     legislation or authorize the Chairman of the Budget Committee 
     to alter the levels in the budget resolution to accommodate 
     Senate consideration of certain legislation.
       Section 201 of the Senate amendment provides a reserve fund 
     for Agriculture. The Senate amendment ensures that up to $6 
     billion is made available for legislation that addresses risk 
     management and income assistance to agriculture producers 
     through a reserve fund. If the Senate Agriculture Committee 
     reports legislation that provides risk management and income 
     assistance to agriculture producers, then the Chairman of the 
     Budget Committee is authorized to increase the Agriculture 
     Committee's allocation of budget authority and outlays to 
     accommodate this additional spending. The reserve fund 
     provides that this legislation cannot cause an on-budget 
     deficit. The Senate amendment also permits $500 million 
     (within the $6 billion total) in agriculture spending in 
     fiscal year 2000, but this additional spending must be offset 
     by reductions in direct spending in other programs.
       Section 202 of the Senate amendment provides a tax 
     reduction reserve fund which allows the Chairman of the 
     Budget Committee to adjust the spending and revenue limits 
     for legislation that reduces revenues as long as the 
     legislation does not cause an on-budget deficit for the first 
     fiscal year, the sum of the first five fiscal years covered 
     by the budget resolution, and the sum of the ten fiscal years 
     covered by the resolution.
       Section 203 of the Senate amendment contains a 
     clarification of the Senate's pay-as-you-go rule make it 
     clear that this rule still applies until the budget is 
     balanced excluding the transactions of the Social Security 
     trust fund. This change would prohibit the expenditure of 
     Social Security surpluses, but would allow on-budget 
     surpluses to be used to offset tax reductions or direct 
     spending increases.
       Section 204 of the Senate amendment provides a majority 
     point of order against emergency spending provisions. The 
     Senate amendment would curb the abuse of spending the Social 
     Security surplus on so-called emergencies. Under sections 
     251(1)(b)(2)(A) and 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, if Congress and the 
     President designate a provision of legislation an emergency, 
     it is exempt from the statutory limits on appropriations 
     legislation and the pay-as-you-go requirement for all other 
     legislation. Under the Senate amendment, committee reports 
     and any statement of managers accompanying legislation 
     containing emergency spending must contain an analysis 
     whether the proposed emergency spending satisfies all the 
     criteria set out in the resolution. A point of order is 
     available against any emergency spending provision regardless 
     of whether the criteria are met. The Presiding Officer does 
     not determine whether or not the criteria have been satisfied 
     when ruling on the point of order. If a point of order was 
     raised and sustained against an emergency spending provision 
     then the language making the emergency designation and 
     providing the spending would both be stricken from the 
     measure by way of a procedure similar to the Byrd rule (see 
     section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974).
       Section 205 of the Senate amendment provides authority to 
     the Budget Committee chairmen to provide committee 
     allocations. Section 302 of the Budget Act requires the 
     statement of managers accompanying a conference report on a 
     budget resolution to include an allocation of spending 
     authority to committees. At the time the Senate amendment was 
     adapted there existed the possibility that this budget 
     resolution would not go to conference. Therefore, the Senate 
     amendment requires the Chairman of the Budget Committee to 
     file allocations that are consistent with the budget 
     resolution.
       Section 206 of the Senate amendment provides a reserve fund 
     for use of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) receipts. This 
     section would allow committee allocations to be adjusted for 
     legislation providing new or additional direct spending for 
     historic preservation, recreation and land, water, fish, and 
     wildlife conservation efforts to support coastal needs and 
     activities. This reserve fund is intended to accommodate an 
     increase in spending for these programs if the increases are 
     offset by reductions in direct spending. It would not allow 
     revenue increases to offset spending increases.
       Section 207 of the Senate amendment provides a reserve fund 
     for Medicare managed care plans. This section permits 
     committee allocations to be adjusted for legislation 
     providing new or additional direct spending for Medicare 
     managed care plans agreeing to serve elderly patients for at 
     least 2 years and whose reimbursement was reduced because of 
     risk management regulations. This reserve fund is intended to 
     accommodate an increase in spending for these programs if 
     they are offset by spending reductions. It would not allow 
     revenue increases to offset spending increases.
       Section 208 of the Senate amendment provides a reserve fund 
     for Medicare and prescription drugs. This section permits 
     committee allocations and spending aggregates to be adjusted 
     for legislation that significantly extends the solvency of 
     the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund without the 
     use of transfers of new subsidies from the general fund. This 
     reserve fund is designed to

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     accommodate legislation that reforms the Medicare program and 
     extends the solvency of the HI trust fund. It would not allow 
     revenue increases to offset spending increases. This reserve 
     fund does allow committee allocations and spending aggregates 
     to be adjusted to use an on-budget surplus to offset the 
     additional cost of prescription drugs as part of legislation 
     that reforms Medicare and significantly extends the solvency 
     of the HI trust fund.
       Section 209 of the Senate amendment contains language 
     regarding the rulemaking authority of each of the Houses of 
     Congress.
       Section 210 of the Senate amendment provides a reserve fund 
     to foster the employment and independence of individuals with 
     disabilities so long as the legislation does not increase the 
     deficit or reduce the surplus.
       Conference Agreement.--Title II of the Conference agreement 
     includes the rules and procedures for implementing and 
     enforcing the budget resolution.
       Section 201 of the Conference agreement creates a safe 
     deposit box for Social Security surpluses and reflects the 
     language in section 5 of the House resolution with 
     modifications. The resolution contains the findings from 
     section 5(a) and creates a majority point of order from 
     section 5(b) with modifications in the House and Senate 
     against a budget resolution which sets forth an on-budget 
     deficit unless the deficit results from legislation enacted 
     pursuant to section 202 of this resolution. The Conference 
     agreement does not contain the sense of Congress provisions 
     set forth in section 5(c).
       Section 202 of the Conference agreement provides a reserve 
     fund for retirement security and reflects the language of 
     section 6 of the House resolution with modifications. The 
     reserve fund for retirement security applies in both the 
     House and Senate and permits the Budget Committee chairman to 
     adjust the appropriate budgetary aggregates and 
     allocations for legislation that enhances retirement 
     security through structural programmatic reform. It is the 
     conferees' intention that retirement security includes 
     Medicare.
       Section 203 of the Conference agreement provides a reserve 
     fund for Medicare legislation and reflects the language of 
     section 208 of the Senate amendment with modifications. The 
     Conference agreement applies the reserve fund to the House 
     and Senate, requires the legislation to make structural 
     reforms to Medicare and extend the solvency of the Medicare 
     trust fund without the use of intragovernmental transfers, 
     and provides that it may be used for legislation which 
     includes a prescription drug benefit. The conferees do not 
     intend for the reserve fund to encompass legislation making 
     incremental changes to the Medicare system.
       Section 204 of the Conference agreement reflects the 
     language of section 201 of the Senate amendment regarding a 
     reserve fund which would increase the allocations by an 
     additional $6 billion for agriculture with modifications. The 
     Senate amendment only applied in the Senate. Although the 
     House does not have a comparable provision, it includes $6 
     billion in mandatory spending over 5 years for function 350 
     (Agriculture), and in the allocation to the House Committee 
     on Agriculture. The Conference agreement provides that the 
     reserve fund applies in both the House and the Senate and may 
     be triggered by legislation which provides risk management 
     and/or income assistance to agricultural producers. For the 
     purposes of this section, risk management includes crop 
     insurance.
       Section 205 of the Conference agreement reflects the 
     language of section 202 of the Senate amendment regarding a 
     tax reduction reserve fund in the Senate. The House does not 
     have a comparable provision. The House has standing authority 
     under section 302(g) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to consider 
     legislation reducing taxes in excess of the levels in the 
     budget resolution, if the revenue loss is offset by spending 
     reductions. The Conference agreement retains the Senate 
     language with modifications and only applies in the Senate.
       Section 206 of the Conference agreement reflects the 
     language of section 204 of the Senate amendment regarding an 
     emergency designation point of order with modifications. The 
     House does not have a comparable provision. However, 
     according to the Oversight Plan of the House Committee on the 
     Budget, the Budget Committee will consider budget process 
     reform during the spring of 1999 (which will include a 
     codification of a definition of budgetary emergencies and 
     establish a reserve fund for such emergencies). The 
     Conference agreement provides a super-majority point of order 
     in the Senate against language designating a provision as an 
     emergency and includes an exemption for defense spending.
       Section 207 of the Conference agreement reflects the 
     language of section 203 of the Senate amendment regarding the 
     application of the Senate's pay-go point of order with a 
     modification. The House does not have a comparable provision 
     (the pay-go point of order is not applicable in the House of 
     Representatives). The Conference agreement restates the 
     entire pay-go point of order with modifications which permit 
     on-budget surpluses to be used for the tax reductions or 
     spending increases. The conferees intend that the on-budget 
     surplus be placed on the Senate's pay-as-you-go scorecard. 
     The baseline on-budget surpluses are shown in the table 
     below:

 
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                                                                                Fiscal Year--
                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   5 yr.    10 yr.
                                          2000     2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006      2007      2008      2009
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Baseline on Budget surpluses..........  .......    8.510   54.930   33.301   52.100   72.459   123.375   154.858   174.844   204.332   148.841   878.709
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       Section 208 of the Conference agreement reflects the 
     language of section 8 of the House resolution regarding the 
     application and effect of changes in allocations and 
     aggregates made pursuant to the resolution with 
     modifications. The Senate does not have a comparable 
     provision. Subsections (a) and (b) of the Conference 
     agreement would be applicable in both the House and Senate. 
     Subsection (d) applies only in the House and provides that 
     only the first fiscal year and the five fiscal year totals of 
     the section 302 allocations will be enforced under section 
     302 and 311 of the Budget Act.
       Section 209 of the Conference agreement clarifies the 
     status of the interim House and Senate levels for fiscal year 
     1999. The House resolution does not have a comparable 
     provision. However interim budget allocations and aggregates 
     for the House were printed in the Congressional Record 
     pursuant to H. Res. 5. Section 1(a)(2) of the Senate 
     amendment contains language that incorporates the levels 
     passed by the Senate at the end of the 105th Congress as the 
     fiscal year 1999 budget resolution. The conference agreement 
     reflects the Senate amendment with a modification which 
     clarifies that the levels previously submitted by the House 
     and the Senate constitute a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 1999.
       Section 210 of the Conference agreement reflects the 
     language of section 210 of the Senate amendment regarding a 
     reserve fund in the Senate for legislation that finances 
     certain programs to foster the employment and independence of 
     individuals with disabilities with modifications. The House 
     does not have a comparable provision. The Conference 
     agreement adopts the Senate language with technical 
     amendments which conform the reserve fund to the form of 
     other reserve funds set out in the Conference agreement.
       Section 211 provides for a reserve fund for a fiscal year 
     2000 surplus. The Conference agreement calls upon the 
     Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to complete its update of 
     the economic and budget forecast for the 2000 budget by July 
     1, 1999. If CBO's revised projection shows an on-budget 
     surplus for 2000, this reserve fund allows the Chairman of 
     the Budget Committee to adjust the revenue aggregate, the 
     pay-go balance, and the revenue reconciliation 
     instructions by the amount of the on-budget surplus for 
     2000.
       Section 212 provides for a reserve fund in the Senate for 
     education for legislation that causes an increase in direct 
     spending by virtue of a change in the purpose for which 
     previously appropriated funds may be spent.
       Section 213 contains the boilerplate rulemaking authority 
     of the House and the Senate.
       Section 7 of the House resolution provides a reserve fund 
     for special education. The Senate amendment does not have a 
     comparable provision. The House recedes to the Senate on this 
     issue.
       Section 9 of the House resolution requires the 
     Congressional Budget Office to provide quarterly updates of 
     its projections. The Senate amendment does not have a 
     comparable provision. The House recedes to the Senate on this 
     issue.
       Section 205 of the Senate amendment contained authority for 
     the Chairman of the Budget Committee in the Senate to provide 
     committee allocations in the Congressional Record in the 
     event that there was not a statement of managers accompanying 
     a conference report on the budget resolution. The House 
     resolution does not have a comparable provision. The Senate 
     recedes to the House on this issue.
       Section 206 of the Senate amendment contained a reserve 
     fund for the use of OCS receipts. The House resolution does 
     not have a comparable provision. The Senate recedes to the 
     House on this issue.
       Section 207 of the Senate amendment contained a reserve 
     fund for managed care plans. The House resolution does not 
     have a comparable provision. The Senate recedes to the House 
     on this issue.
       Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Budget Enforcement.--
     Some interpret a surplus to be a negative deficit. The 
     conferees intend that this interpretation not apply for the 
     purposes of this resolution. More specifically, for the 
     purposes of title II, a reduction in the on-budget surplus is 
     not considered an increase in the on-budget deficit.
       Some 301 of the Conference agreement sets forth a sense of 
     the Congress regarding the protection of the Social Security 
     surpluses.

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     The conferees strongly support this language--particularly 
     the language found in subsection (b)(1) and intend that 
     legislation should be enacted that prevents the Social 
     Security surpluses from being used for any purpose other than 
     Social Security, retirement security and the reduction of the 
     federal debt.

             Sense of Congress, House and Senate Provisions

       House Resolution.--The House resolution included the 
     following sense of the House or sense of Congress provisions:
       Sense of Congress on the commission on international 
     religious freedom.
       Sense of the House on providing additional dollars to the 
     classroom.
       Sense of Congress on asset-building for the working poor.
       Sense of Congress on access to health insurance and 
     preserving home health services for all Medicare 
     beneficiaries.
       Sense of the House on medicare payment.
       Sense of the House on assessment of welfare-to-work 
     programs.
       Sense of Congress on providing honor guard services for 
     veterans' funerals.
       Sense of Congress on child nutrition.
       Senate amendment.--The Senate amendment included the 
     following sense of the Senate or sense of the Congress 
     provisions:
       Sense of the Senate on marriage penalty.
       Sense of the Senate on improving security for United States 
     diplomatic missions.
       Sense of the Senate on access to Medicare home health 
     services.
       Sense of the Senate regarding the deductibility of health 
     insurance premiums of the self-employed.
       Sense of the Senate that tax reductions should go to 
     working families.
       Sense of the Senate on the National Guard.
       Sense of the Senate on effects of Social Security reform on 
     women.
       Sense of the Senate on increased funding for the National 
     Institutes of Health.
       Sense of Congress on funding for Kyoto protocol 
     implementation prior to Senate ratification.
       Sense of the Senate on Federal research and development 
     investment.
       Sense of the Senate on counter-narcotics funding.
       Sense of the Senate regarding tribal colleges.
       Sense of the Senate on the Social Security surplus.
       Sense of the Senate on need-based student financial aid 
     programs.
       Findings; sense of Congress on the protection of the Social 
     Security surpluses.
       Sense of the Senate on providing adequate funding for 
     United States international leadership.
       Sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should not 
     invest the Social Security Trust Funds in private financial 
     markets.
       Sense of the Senate concerning on-budget surplus.
       Sense of the Senate on TEA-21 funding and the States.
       Sense of the Senate that agricultural risk management 
     programs should benefit livestock producers.
       Sense of the Senate regarding the modernization and 
     improvement of the medicare program.
       Sense of the Senate on providing tax relief to all 
     Americans by returning non-Social Security surplus to 
     taxpayers.
       Sense of the Senate regarding tax incentives for education 
     savings.
       Sense of the Senate that the One Hundred Sixth Congress, 
     First Session should reauthorize funds for the Farmland 
     Protection Program.
       Sense of the Senate on tax cuts for lower and middle income 
     taxpayers.
       Sense of the Senate regarding reform of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986
       Sense of the Senate regarding Davis-Bacon.
       Sense of the Senate regarding access to items and services 
     under medicare program.
       Sense of the Senate concerning autism.
       Sense of the Senate on women's access to obstetric and 
     gynecological services.
       Sense of the Senate on LIHEAP.
       Sense of the Senate on transportation firewalls.
       Sense of the Senate on funding existing, effective public 
     health programs before creating new programs.
       Sense of the Senate concerning funding for special 
     education.
       Sense of the Senate on the importance of Social Security 
     for individuals who become disabled.
       Sense of the Senate regarding funding for intensive 
     firearms prosecution programs. Honest reporting of the 
     deficit.
       Sense of the Senate concerning fostering the employment and 
     independence of individuals with disabilities.
       Sense of the Senate regarding asset-building for the 
     working poor.
       Sense of the Senate that the provisions of this resolution 
     assume that it is the policy of the United States to provide 
     as soon as is technologically possible an education for every 
     American child that will enable each child to effectively 
     meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
       Sense of the Senate concerning exemption of agricultural 
     commodities and products, medicines, and medical products 
     from unilateral economic sanctions.
       Sense of the Senate regarding capital gains tax fairness 
     for family farmers. Budgeting for the Defense Science and 
     Technology Program.
       Sense of the Senate concerning funding for the Urban Parks 
     and Recreation Recovery (UPARR) program.
       Sense of the Senate on social promotion.
       Sense of the Senate on women and Social Security reform.
       Sense of the Congress regarding South Korea's international 
     trade practices on pork and beef.
       Sense of the Senate regarding support for State and local 
     law enforcement.
       Sense of the Senate on merger enforcement by Department of 
     Justice.
       Sense of the Senate to create a task force to pursue the 
     creation of a natural disaster reserve fund.
       Sense of the Senate concerning Federal tax relief.
       Sense of the Senate on eliminating the marriage penalty and 
     across-the-board income tax rate cuts.
       Sense of the Senate on important of funding for embassy 
     security.
       Sense of the Senate on funding for after school education.
       Sense of the Senate concerning recovery of funds by the 
     Federal Government in tobacco-related litigation.
       Sense of the Senate on offsetting inappropriate emergency 
     spending.
       Findings; sense of Congress on the President's fiscal year 
     2000 budget proposal to tax association investment income.
       Sense of the Senate regarding funding for counter-narcotics 
     initiatives.
       Sense of the Senate on modernizing America's schools.
       Sense of the Senate concerning funding for the land and 
     water conservation fund.
       Sense of the Senate regarding support for Federal, State 
     and local law enforcement and for the Violent Crime Reduction 
     Trust Fund.
       Sense of the Senate regarding Social Security notch babies.
       Conference Agreements.--Title III of the resolution 
     contains the following non-binding language that expresses 
     the will or intent of either or both Houses of the Congress:
       Subtitle A: The Sense of the Congress provisions are as 
     follows:
       Sense of the Congress on the protection of the Social 
     Security surpluses.
       Sense of the Congress on providing addition dollars to the 
     classroom.
       Sense of the Congress on asset-building for the working 
     poor.
       Sense of the Congress on child nutrition.
       Sense of the Congress concerning funding for special 
     education.
       Subtitle B: The Sense of the House provisions are as 
     follows:
       Sense of the House on the commission on international 
     religious freedoms.
       Sense of the House on assessment of welfare-to-work 
     programs.
       Subtitle C: The Sense of the Senate provisions are as 
     follows:
       Sense of the Senate that the federal government should not 
     invest the Social Security trust funds in private financial 
     markets.
       Sense of the Senate regarding the modernization and 
     improvement of the Medicare program.
       Sense of the Senate on education.
       Sense of the Senate on providing tax relief to Americans by 
     returning the non-Social Security surplus to taxpayers.
       Sense of the Senate on access to Medicare services.
       Sense of the Senate on law enforcement.
       Sense of the Senate on improving security for United States 
     diplomatic missions.
       Sense of the Senate on increased funding for the National 
     Institutes of Health.
       Sense of the Senate on funding for Kyoto protocol 
     implementation prior to Senate ratification.
       Sense of the Senate on TEA-21 funding and the States.
       Sense of the Senate that the one hundred sixth Congress, 
     first session, should reauthorize funds for the farmland 
     protection program.
       Sense of the Senate on the importance of Social Security 
     for individuals who become disabled.
       Sense of the Senate on reporting of on-budget trust fund 
     levels.
       Sense of the Senate regarding South Korea's international 
     trade practices on pork and beef.
       Sense of the Senate on funding for natural disasters.
     From the Committee on the Budget:
     John R. Kasich,
     Saxby Chambliss,
     Christopher Shays,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Pete V. Domenici,
     Chuck Grassley,
     Don Nickles,
     Phil Gramm,
     Slade Gorton,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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