[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6126-6131]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

  The text of H. Con. Res. 68, a concurrent resolution setting for the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 
2000 through 2009, as passed by the Senate on March 25, 1999, follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 68

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

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

       The Congress declares that this is the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000 and that the 
     appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2001 through 
     2009 are hereby set forth.

     SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

       The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
     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: $1,408,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $1,435,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $1,456,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $1,532,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $1,584,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $1,651,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $1,684,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $1,733,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $1,802,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $1,867,500,000,000.
       (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
     revenues should be changed are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $0.
       Fiscal year 2001: -$9,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: -$52,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: -$30,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: -$50,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: -$59,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: -$106,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: -$138,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: -$153,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: -$178,200,000,000.
       (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: $1,426,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $1,456,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $1,487,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $1,558,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $1,611,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $1,665,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $1,697,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $1,752,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $1,813,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $1,874,400,000,000.
       (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget 
     outlays are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $1,408,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $1,435,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $1,455,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $1,532,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $1,583,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $1,638,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $1,666,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $1,715,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $1,781,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $1,841,300,000,000.
       (4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
     resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $0.
       Fiscal year 2002: $1,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $12,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $18,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $17,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $21,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $26,200,000,000.
       (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the public debt 
     are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2000: $5,627,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001: $5,707,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002: $5,791,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003: $5,875,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004: $5,954,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005: $6,019,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006: $6,075,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007: $6,128,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008: $6,168,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $6,198,100,000,000.

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     SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

       The 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, $288,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $276,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $303,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $285,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $308,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $291,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $318,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $303,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $327,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $313,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $328,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $316,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $329,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $315,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $330,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $313,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $332,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $317,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $333,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $318,000,000,000.
       (2) International Affairs (150):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $15,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $9,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000
       (B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
       (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $18,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $18,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
       (4) Energy (270):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $0.
       (B) Outlays, -$700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, -$1,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$3,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, -$100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, -$300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, -$400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, -$500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, -$500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
       (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,700,000,000.
       (6) Agriculture (350):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
       (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $9,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
       (8) Transportation (400):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $51,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $51,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $47,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $47,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.

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       (B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
       (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $7,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
       (10) Elementary and Secondary Education, and Vocational 
     Education (501):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $25,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
       (11) Higher Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
     Services (500, except for 501):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $43,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $43,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $41,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $41,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $40,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $42,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $43,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $42,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $43,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $42,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $44,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $43,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $45,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $44,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $46,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $46,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,500,000,000.
       (12) Health (550):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $156,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $153,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $164,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $162,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $173,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $173,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $184,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $185,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $197,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $198,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $212,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $212,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $228,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $228,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $246,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $245,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $265,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $264,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $285,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $284,900,000,000.
       (13) Medicare (570):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $208,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $208,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $222,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $222,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $230,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $230,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $250,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $250,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $268,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $268,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $295,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $295,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $306,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $306,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $337,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $337,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $365,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $365,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $394,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $394,200,000,000.
       (14) Income Security (600):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $244,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $248,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $250,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $257,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $262,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $267,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $277,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $276,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $286,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $286,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $298,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $298,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $304,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $305,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $310,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $311,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $323,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $325,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $334,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $335,700,000,000.
       (15) Social Security (650):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $14,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $15,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $16,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $16,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $17,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $18,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $18,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $19,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $19,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,200,000,000.
       (16) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $44,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $44,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $44,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $45,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $46,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $47,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $47,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $47,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,500,000,000.

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       (B) Outlays, $49,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $49,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,700,000,000.
       (17) Administration of Justice (750):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $24,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $26,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
       (18) General Government (800):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
       (19) Net Interest (900):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, $275,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $275,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, $271,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $271,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, $267,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $267,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, $265,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $265,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, $263,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $263,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, $261,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $261,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, $258,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $258,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, $257,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $257,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $254,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $254,700,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $252,700,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $252,700,000,000.
       (20) Allowances (920):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$10,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$12,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, -$6,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$20,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, -$4,400,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$4,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, -$4,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, -$4,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, -$4,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,200,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,200,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$5,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$5,900,000,000.
       (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
       Fiscal year 2000:
       (A) New budget authority, -$34,300,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$34,300,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2001:
       (A) New budget authority, -$36,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$36,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2002:
       (A) New budget authority, -$43,600,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$43,600,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2003:
       (A) New budget authority, -$37,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$37,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2004:
       (A) New budget authority, -$37,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$37,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2005:
       (A) New budget authority, -$38,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$38,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2006:
       (A) New budget authority, -$38,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$38,800,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2007:
       (A) New budget authority, -$40,100,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$40,100,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, -$40,900,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$40,900,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$41,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$41,800,000,000.

     SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.

       Not later than September 30, 1999, the House Committee on 
     Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation 
     bill that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
     such that the total level of revenues is not less than: 
     $1,408,500,000,000 in revenues for fiscal year 2000, 
     $7,416,800,000,000 in revenues for fiscal years 2000 through 
     2004, and $16,155,700,000,000 in revenues for fiscal years 
     2000 through 2009.

     SEC. 5. 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 social 
     security surpluses; and
       (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.
       (b) Point of Order.--(1) It shall not be in order in the 
     House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
     concurrent resolution on the budget, or any amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that sets forth a deficit for 
     any fiscal year. For purposes of this subsection, 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. In setting forth the deficit level 
     pursuant to such section, 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 
     or extends the solvency of the Medicare trust funds or makes 
     such changes in the Medicare payment or benefit structure as 
     are necessary.
       (2) Paragraph (1) may be waived in the Senate only by the 
     affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members voting.
       (c) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) beginning with fiscal year 2000, legislation should be 
     enacted to require any official statement issued by the 
     Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget 
     Office, or any other agency or instrumentality of the 
     Government of surplus or deficit totals of the budget of the 
     Government as submitted by the President or of the surplus or 
     deficit totals of the congressional budget, and any 
     description of, or reference to, such totals in any official 
     publication or material issued by either of such offices or 
     any other such agency or instrumentality, should exclude the 
     outlays and receipts of the old-age, survivors, and 
     disability insurance program under title II of the Social 
     Security Act (including the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
     Trust Fund) and the related provisions of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986; and
       (2) legislation should be considered to augment subsection 
     (b) by--
       (A) taking such steps as may be required to safeguard the 
     social security surpluses, such as statutory changes 
     equivalent to the reserve fund for retirement security and 
     Medicare set forth in section 6; or
       (B) otherwise establishing a statutory limit on debt held 
     by the public and reducing such limit by the amounts of the 
     social security surpluses.

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     SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR RETIREMENT SECURITY AND, AS NEEDED, 
                   MEDICARE.

       (a) Retirement Security.--Whenever the Committee on Ways 
     and Means of the House reports a bill, or an amendment 
     thereto is offered, or a conference report thereon is 
     submitted that enhances retirement security, the chairman of 
     the Committee on the Budget may--
       (1) increase the appropriate allocations for each of fiscal 
     years 2000 through 2004 and aggregates for each of fiscal 
     years 2000 through 2009 of new budget authority and outlays 
     by the amount of new budget authority provided by such 
     measure (and outlays flowing therefrom) for such fiscal year 
     for that purpose; and
       (2) reduce the revenue aggregates for each of fiscal years 
     2000 through 2009 by the amount of the revenue loss resulting 
     from that measure for such fiscal year for that purpose.
       (b) Medicare Program.--Whenever the Committee on Ways and 
     Means or the Committee on Commerce of the House reports a 
     bill, or an amendment thereto is offered, or a conference 
     report thereon is submitted that extends the solvency or 
     reforms the benefit or payment structure of the Medicare 
     Program, including any measure in response to the National 
     Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, the chairman 
     of the Committee on the Budget may increase the appropriate 
     allocations and aggregates of new budget authority and 
     outlays by the amounts provided in that bill for that 
     purpose.
       (c) Limitation.--(1) The chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget may only make adjustments under subsection (a) or (b) 
     if the net outlay increase plus revenue reduction resulting 
     from any measure referred to in those subsections (including 
     any prior adjustments made for any other such measure) for 
     fiscal year 2000, the period of fiscal years 2000 through 
     2004, or the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2009 is not 
     greater than an amount equal to the projected social security 
     surplus for such period, as set forth in the joint 
     explanatory statement of managers accompanying this 
     concurrent resolution or, if published, the midsession review 
     for fiscal year 2000 of the Director of the Congressional 
     Budget Office. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
     revenue reductions shall be treated as a positive number.
       (2) In the midsession review for fiscal year 2000, the 
     Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in consultation 
     with the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and 
     Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
     Insurance Trust Fund, shall make an up-to-date estimate of 
     the projected surpluses in the social security trust funds 
     for fiscal year 2000, for the period of fiscal years 2000 
     through 2004, and for the period of fiscal years 2000 through 
     2009.
       (3) As used in this subsection, the term ``social security 
     trust funds'' means the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
     Trust Fund.

     SEC. 7. RESERVE FUND FOR PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE 
                   INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.

       (a) In General.--In the House, when the Committee on 
     Appropriations reports a bill or joint resolution, or an 
     amendment thereto is offered, or a conference report thereon 
     is submitted that provides new budget authority for fiscal 
     year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, or 2004 for programs authorized 
     under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 
     the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may increase the 
     appropriate allocations and aggregates of new budget 
     authority and outlays by an amount not to exceed the amount 
     of new budget authority provided by that measure (and outlays 
     flowing therefrom) for that purpose up to the maximum amount 
     consistent with section 611(a) of the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(a)(2)).
       (b) Adjustments.--The adjustments in outlays (and the 
     corresponding amount of new budget authority) made under 
     subsection (a) for any fiscal year may not exceed the amount 
     by which an up-to-date projection of the on-budget surplus 
     made by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office for 
     that fiscal year exceeds the on-budget surplus for that 
     fiscal year set forth in section 2(4) of this resolution.
       (c) CBO Projections.--Upon the request of the chairman of 
     the Committee on the Budget of the House, the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office shall make an up-to-date estimate 
     of the projected on-budget surplus for the applicable fiscal 
     year.

     SEC. 8. 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.

     SEC. 9. UPDATED CBO PROJECTIONS.

       Each calendar quarter the Director of the Congressional 
     Budget Office shall make an up-to-date estimate of receipts, 
     outlays and surplus (on-budget and off-budget) for the 
     current fiscal year.

     SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE COMMISSION ON 
                   INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress 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 Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     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. 11. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS 
                   TO THE CLASSROOM.

       (a) Findings.--The House 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) 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
       (5) our Nation's children deserve an educational system 
     that will provide opportunities to excel.
       (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House 
     that--
       (1) the House should enact legislation that would 
     consolidate thirty-one Federal K-12 education programs; and
       (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.

     SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE 
                   WORKING POOR.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) 33 percent of all American households have no or 
     negative financial assets and 60 percent of African-American 
     households have no or negative financial assets;
       (2) 46.9 percent of all children in America live in 
     households with no financial assets, including 40 percent of 
     caucasian children and 75 percent of African-American 
     children;
       (3) in order to provide low-income families with more tools 
     for empowerment, incentives which encourage asset-building 
     should be established;
       (4) across the Nation numerous small public, private, and 
     public-private asset-building initiatives (including 
     individual development account programs) are demonstrating 
     success at empowering low-income workers;
       (5) the Government currently provides middle and upper 
     income Americans with hundreds of billions of dollars in tax 
     incentives for building assets; and
       (6) the Government should utilize tax laws or other 
     measures to provide low-income Americans with incentives to 
     work and build assets in order to escape poverty permanently.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that any changes in tax law should include provisions which 
     encourage low-income workers and their families to save for 
     buying their first home, starting a business, obtaining an 
     education, or taking other measures to prepare for the 
     future.

     SEC. 13. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE 
                   AND PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL 
                   MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.

       (a) Access to Health Insurance.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--

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       (A) 43.4 million Americans are currently without health 
     insurance, and that this number is expected to rise to nearly 
     60 million people in the next 10 years;
       (B) the cost of health insurance continues to rise, a key 
     factor in increasing the number of uninsured; and
       (C) there is a consensus that working Americans and their 
     families and children will suffer from reduced access to 
     health insurance.
       (2) Sense of the Congress on Improving Access to Health 
     Care Insurance.--It is the sense of the Congress that access 
     to affordable health care coverage for all Americans is a 
     priority of the 106th Congress.
       (b) Preserving Home Health Service For All Medicare 
     Beneficiaries.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reformed Medicare home 
     health care spending by instructing the Health Care Financing 
     Administration to implement a prospective payment system and 
     instituted an interim payment system to achieve savings;
       (B) the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999, reformed the interim payment system 
     to increase reimbursements to low-cost providers, added $900 
     million in funding, and delayed the automatic 15 percent 
     payment reduction for one year, to October 1, 2000; and
       (C) patients whose care is more extensive and expensive 
     than the typical Medicare patient do not receive supplemental 
     payments in the interim payment system but will receive 
     special protection in the home health care prospective 
     payment system.
       (2) Sense of the congress on access to home health care.--
     It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (A) Congress recognizes the importance of home health care 
     for seniors and disabled citizens;
       (B) Congress and the Administration should work together to 
     maintain quality care for patients whose care is more 
     extensive and expensive than the typical Medicare patient, 
     including the sickest and frailest Medicare beneficiaries, 
     while home health care agencies operate in the interim 
     payment system; and
       (C) Congress and the Administration should work together to 
     avoid the implementation of the 15 percent reduction in the 
     interim payment system and ensure timely implementation of 
     the prospective payment system.

     SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICARE PAYMENT.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
       (1) a goal of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 was to expand 
     options for Medicare beneficiaries under the new 
     Medicare+Choice program;
       (2) Medicare+Choice was intended to make these choices 
     available to all Medicare beneficiaries; and unfortunately, 
     during the first two years of the Medicare+Choice program the 
     blended payment was not implemented, stifling health care 
     options and continuing regional disparity among many counties 
     across the United States; and
       (3) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 also established the 
     National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare to 
     develop legislative recommendations to address the long-term 
     funding challenges facing Medicare.
       (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
     this resolution assumes that funding of the Medicare+Choice 
     program is a priority for the House Committee on the Budget 
     before financing new programs and benefits that may 
     potentially add to the imbalance of payments and benefits in 
     Fee-for-Service Medicare and Medicare+Choice.

     SEC. 15. 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).

     SEC. 16. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON PROVIDING HONOR GUARD 
                   SERVICES FOR VETERANS' FUNERALS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that all relevant 
     congressional committees should make every effort to provide 
     sufficient resources so that an Honor Guard, if requested, is 
     available for veterans' funerals.

     SEC. 17. SENSE OF THE 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 the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the 
     Committee on Agriculture should examine our Nation's 
     nutrition programs to determine if they can be improved, 
     particularly with respect to services to low-income children.

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