[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1828-S1829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 597. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. TO CONVEY CLEAR INFORMATION TO CONGRESS AND THE 
                   PUBLIC ABOUT PROJECTED FEDERAL OUTLAYS, 
                   REVENUES, AND DEFICITS.

       As part of the annual update to the Budget and Economic 
     Outlook required by section 202(e) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S. C. 602(e)), and at any other time 
     the Congressional Budget Office releases projections of 
     Federal deficits over any term of years, the Congressional 
     Budget Office shall publish with its projection a 1-page 
     statement--
       (1) summarizing and categorizing total outlays, receipts, 
     surpluses, and deficits of the Federal Government on a 
     unified basis for that same prospective time period;
       (2) categorizing and subtotaling separately--
       (A) outlays for mandatory programs and for discretionary 
     programs;
       (B) outlays, payroll tax revenue, and offsetting receipts 
     for Social Security and for Medicare;

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       (C) the surplus or deficit of revenues over outlays for 
     Social Security and for Medicare; and
       (D) revenues.
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