[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6089-6104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015


                             General Leave

  Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to 
add extraneous material into the Record on H. Con. Res. 96.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania). Is there 
objection to the request of the gentleman from Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 544 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, H. 
Con. Res. 96.
  Will the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) kindly take the 
chair.

                              {time}  0917


                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H. Con. Res. 96) establishing the budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024, with Ms. Foxx 
(Acting Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Wednesday, 
April 9, 2014, amendment No. 3 printed in House Report 113-405 offered 
by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva) had been disposed of.


  Amendment No. 4 in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by Mr. Woodall

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4 
printed in House Report 113-405.
  Mr. WOODALL. Madam Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 
                   YEAR 2015.

       (a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that 
     this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal 
     year 2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for 
     fiscal years 2015 through 2024.
       (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 2015.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.

                      TITLE II--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 201. Limitation on advance appropriations.
Sec. 202. Concepts and definitions.
Sec. 203. Adjustments of aggregates, allocations, and appropriate 
              budgetary levels.
Sec. 204. Limitation on long-term spending.
Sec. 205. Budgetary treatment of certain transactions.
Sec. 206. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
              aggregates.
Sec. 207. Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Sec. 208. Transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 
              Highway Trust Fund that increase public indebtedness.
Sec. 209. Separate allocation for overseas contingency operations/
              global war on terrorism.
Sec. 210. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

                           TITLE III--POLICY

Sec. 301. Policy statement on health care law repeal.
Sec. 302. Policy statement on means-tested welfare programs.
Sec. 303. Policy statement on block granting Medicaid.
Sec. 304. Policy statement on a carbon tax.
Sec. 305. Policy statement on the use of official time by Federal 
              employees for union activities.
Sec. 306. Policy statement on creation of a Committee to Eliminate 
              Duplication and Waste.
Sec. 307. Policy statement on Federal funding of abortion.
Sec. 308. Policy statement on readable legislation.
Sec. 309. Policy statement on work requirements.
Sec. 310. Policy statement on energy production.
Sec. 311. Policy statement on regulation of greenhouse gases by the 
              Environmental Protection Agency.
Sec. 312. Policy statement on reforming the Federal budget process.
Sec. 313. Policy statement on economic growth and putting Americans 
              back to work.
Sec. 314. Policy statement on tax reform.
Sec. 315. Policy statement on replacing the President's health care 
              law.
Sec. 316. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 317. Policy statement on Social Security.
Sec. 318. Policy statement on higher education and workforce 
              development opportunity.
Sec. 319. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the 
              cancellation of unobligated balances.
Sec. 320. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer 
              dollars.
Sec. 321. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction 
              of unnecessary and wasteful spending.
Sec. 322. Policy statement on unauthorized spending.
Sec. 323. Policy statement on Federal regulatory policy.
Sec. 324. Policy statement on trade.
Sec. 325. No Budget, no Pay.
Sec. 326. Policy statement on reform of the Supplemental Nutrition 
              Assistance Program.

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Sec. 327. Policy statement on transportation reform.

                        TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 401. Reserve fund for the repeal of the 2010 health care laws.
Sec. 402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the replacement of 
              Obamacare.
Sec. 403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare 
              provisions of the 2010 health care laws.
Sec. 404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the sustainable growth rate 
              of the Medicare program.
Sec. 405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code.
Sec. 406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements.
Sec. 407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.
Sec. 408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools.
Sec. 409. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation reform.
Sec. 410. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase 
              opportunity and upward mobility.
Sec. 411. Implementation of a deficit and long-term debt reduction 
              agreement.
Sec. 412. Deficit-neutral reserve account for reforming SNAP.
Sec. 413. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security Disability 
              Insurance Reform.

                      TITLE V--EARMARK MORATORIUM

Sec. 501. Earmark moratorium.
Sec. 502. Limitation of authority of the House Committee on Rules.

                 TITLE VI--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 601. Direct spending.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

     SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

       The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
     fiscal years 2015 through 2024:
       (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this concurrent resolution:
       (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 
     follows:
       Fiscal year 2015: $2,533,142,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016: $2,675,941,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017: $2,789,406,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018: $2,890,066,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019: $3,014,538,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020: $3,148,143,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021: $3,294,465,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022: $3,456,164,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $3,626,464,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $3,807,341,000,000.
       (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
     revenues should be changed are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2015: $0.
       Fiscal year 2016: $0.
       Fiscal year 2017: $0.
       Fiscal year 2018: $0.
       Fiscal year 2019: $0.
       Fiscal year 2020: $0.
       Fiscal year 2021: $0.
       Fiscal year 2022: $0.
       Fiscal year 2023: $0.
       Fiscal year 2024: $0.
       (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement 
     of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of 
     total new budget authority are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2015: $2,743,504,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016: $2,778,548,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017: $2,848,957,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018: $2,925,554,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019: $3,033,623,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020: $3,162,619,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021: $3,241,898,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022: $3,361,147,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $3,414,031,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $3,434,808,000,000.
       (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
     budget outlays are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2015: $2,818,544,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016: $2,808,954,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017: $2,840,958,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018: $2,901,664,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019: $3,009,073,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020: $3,124,872,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021: $3,215,785,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022: $3,351,489,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $3,387,409,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $3,405,674,000,000.
       (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement 
     of this concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits 
     (on-budget) are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2015: -$285,402,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016: -$133,013,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017: -$51,552,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018: -$11,598,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019: $5,465,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020: $23,271,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021: $78,680,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022: $104,675,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $239,055,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $401,667,000,000.
       (5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of the 
     public debt are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2015: $18,204,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016: $18,414,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017: $19,013,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018: $19,267,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019: $19,603,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020: $20,055,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021: $20,311,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022: $20,701,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $20,976,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $21,220,000,000.
       (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of 
     debt held by the public are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2015: $13,112,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016: $13,206,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017: $13,640,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018: $13,716,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019: $13,909,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020: $14,255,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021: $14,440,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022; $14,818,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023: $15,074,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024: $15,307,000,000.

     SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

       The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
     levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
     2015 through 2024 for each major functional category are:
       (1) National Defense (050):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, $528,927,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $566,503,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, $573,792,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $573,064,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, $597,895,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $584,252,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, $611,146,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $593,795,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, $624,416,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $611,902,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, $638,697,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $626,175,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, $653,001,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $640,499,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $669,967,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $661,181,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $687,393,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $672,922,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $706,218,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $685,796,000,000.
       (2) International Affairs (150):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.

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       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (4) Energy (270):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (6) Agriculture (350):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (8) Transportation (400):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.

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       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
     (500):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (11) Health (550):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (12) Medicare (570):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (13) Income Security (600):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.

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       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (14) Social Security (650):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (16) Administration of Justice (750):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (17) General Government (800):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (18) Net Interest (900):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, $368,359,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $368,359,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, $408,990,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $408,990,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, $465,411,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $465,411,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018:

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       (A) New budget authority, $525,481,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $525,481,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, $568,468,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $568,468,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, $606,691,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $606,691,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, $626,835,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $626,835,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $643,655,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $643,655,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $656,318,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $656,318,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $660,760,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $660,760,000,000.
       (19) Allowances (920):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,846,217,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,883,682,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,795,765,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,826,890,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,785,651,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,791,295,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,788,927,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,782,388,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,840,739,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,828,703,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,917,231,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,892,007,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, $1,962,061,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,948,451,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, $2,047,525,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,046,652,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, $2,070,320,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,058,169,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, $2,067,830,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,059,117,000,000.
       (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       (21) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
     Terrorism (970):
       Fiscal year 2015:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2016:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2017:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2018:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2019:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2020:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2021:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2022:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2023:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.
       Fiscal year 2024:
       (A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived from 
     function 920.
       (B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 920.

                      TITLE II--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

     SEC. 201. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--In the House, except as provided for in 
     subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
     thereto or conference report thereon, making a general 
     appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for 
     advance appropriations.
       (b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided 
     for programs, projects, activities, or accounts referred to 
     in subsection (c)(1) or identified in the report to accompany 
     this concurrent resolution or the joint explanatory statement 
     of managers to accompany this concurrent resolution under the 
     heading ``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations''.
       (c) Limitations.--For fiscal year 2016, the aggregate level 
     of advance appropriations shall not exceed--
       (1) $58,662,202,000 for the following programs in the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs--
       (A) Medical Services;
       (B) Medical Support and Compliance; and
       (C) Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health 
     Administration; and
       (2) $28,781,000,000 in new budget authority for all 
     programs identified pursuant to subsection (b).
       (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance 
     appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority 
     provided in a bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, making general appropriations 
     or any new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill 
     or joint resolution making continuing appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2016.

     SEC. 202. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

       Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution 
     providing for a change in budgetary concepts or definitions, 
     the chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust any 
     allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 
     concurrent resolution accordingly.

     SEC. 203. ADJUSTMENTS OF AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS, AND 
                   APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS.

       (a) Adjustments of Discretionary and Direct Spending 
     Levels.--If a committee (other than the Committee on 
     Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon, providing for 
     a decrease in direct spending (budget authority and outlays 
     flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year and also provides for 
     an authorization of appropriations for the same purpose, upon 
     the enactment of such measure, the chair of the Committee on 
     the Budget may decrease the allocation to such committee and 
     increase the allocation of discretionary spending (budget 
     authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on 
     Appropriations for fiscal year 2015 by an amount equal to the 
     new budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided 
     for in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for 
     the same purpose.
       (b) Adjustments to Fund Overseas Contingency Operations/
     Global War on Terrorism.--In order to take into account any 
     new information included in the budget submission by the 
     President for fiscal year 2015, the chair of the Committee on 
     the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate budgetary levels for Overseas Contingency 
     Operations/Global War on Terrorism or the section 302(a) 
     allocation to the Committee on Appropriations set forth in 
     the report of this concurrent resolution to conform with 
     section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (as adjusted by section 251A of such 
     Act).
       (c) Revised Congressional Budget Office Baseline.--The 
     chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary 
     levels to reflect changes resulting from technical and 
     economic assumptions in the most recent baseline published by 
     the Congressional Budget Office.
       (d) Determinations.--For the purpose of enforcing this 
     concurrent resolution on the

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     budget in the House, the allocations and aggregate levels of 
     new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new 
     entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for 
     fiscal year 2015 and the period of fiscal years 2015 through 
     fiscal year 2024 shall be determined on the basis of 
     estimates made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
     and such chair may adjust such applicable levels of this 
     concurrent resolution.

     SEC. 204. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING.

       (a) In General.--In the House, it shall not be in order to 
     consider a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee 
     (other than the Committee on Appropriations), or an amendment 
     thereto or a conference report thereon, if the provisions of 
     such measure have the net effect of increasing direct 
     spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 for any period described 
     in subsection (b).
       (b) Time Periods.--The applicable periods for purposes of 
     this section are any of the four consecutive ten fiscal-year 
     periods beginning with fiscal year 2025.

     SEC. 205. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget 
     Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report accompanying 
     this concurrent resolution on the budget or the joint 
     explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on 
     any concurrent resolution on the budget shall include in its 
     allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for 
     the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social 
     Security Administration and the United States Postal Service.
       (b) Special Rule.--For purposes of applying sections 302(f) 
     and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of 
     the level of total new budget authority and total outlays 
     provided by a measure shall include any off-budget 
     discretionary amounts.
       (c) Adjustments.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget 
     may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels for legislation reported by the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform that reforms the Federal retirement 
     system, if such adjustments do not cause a net increase in 
     the deficit for fiscal year 2015 and the period of fiscal 
     years 2015 through 2024.

     SEC. 206. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS 
                   AND AGGREGATES.

       (a) Application.--Any adjustments of the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels made pursuant to 
     this concurrent resolution shall--
       (1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
       (2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
       (3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 
     practicable.
       (b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised 
     allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments 
     shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates included in 
     this concurrent resolution.
       (c) Budget Compliance.--The consideration of any bill or 
     joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
     thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
     makes adjustments or revisions in the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels of this concurrent 
     resolution shall not be subject to the points of order set 
     forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives or section 504.

     SEC. 207. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) Costs of Federal housing loans and loan guarantees are 
     treated unequally in the budget. The Congressional Budget 
     Office uses fair-value accounting to measure the costs of 
     Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but determines the cost of other 
     Federal loan and loan-guarantee programs on the basis of the 
     Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (``FCRA'').
       (2) The fair-value accounting method uses discount rates 
     which incorporate the risk inherent to the type of liability 
     being estimated in addition to Treasury discount rates of the 
     proper maturity length. In contrast, FCRA accounting solely 
     uses the discount rates of the Treasury, failing to 
     incorporate all of the risks attendant to these credit 
     activities.
       (3) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that if fair-
     value were used to estimate the cost of all new credit 
     activity in 2014, the deficit would be approximately $50 
     billion higher than under the current methodology.
       (b) Fair Value Estimates.--Upon the request of the chair or 
     ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, any estimate 
     prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
     for a measure under the terms of title V of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, ``credit reform'', as a supplement to 
     such estimate shall, to the extent practicable, also provide 
     an estimate of the current actual or estimated market values 
     representing the ``fair value'' of assets and liabilities 
     affected by such measure.
       (c) Fair Value Estimates for Housing Programs.--Whenever 
     the Director of the Congressional Budget Office prepares an 
     estimate pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 of the costs which would be incurred in carrying 
     out any bill or joint resolution and if the Director 
     determines that such bill or joint resolution has a cost 
     related to a housing or residential mortgage program under 
     the FCRA, then the Director shall also provide an estimate of 
     the current actual or estimated market values representing 
     the ``fair value'' of assets and liabilities affected by the 
     provisions of such bill or joint resolution that result in 
     such cost.
       (d) Enforcement.--If the Director of the Congressional 
     Budget Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (b) 
     or (c), the chair of the Committee on the Budget may use such 
     estimate to determine compliance with the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 and other budgetary enforcement controls.

     SEC. 208. TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY TO 
                   THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND THAT INCREASE PUBLIC 
                   INDEBTEDNESS.

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

     SEC. 209. SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 
                   OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.

       (a) Allocation.--In the House, there shall be a separate 
     allocation to the Committee on Appropriations for overseas 
     contingency operations/global war on terrorism. For purposes 
     of enforcing such separate allocation under section 302(f) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ``first fiscal 
     year'' and the ``total of fiscal years'' shall be deemed to 
     refer to fiscal year 2015. Such separate allocation shall be 
     the exclusive allocation for overseas contingency operations/
     global war on terrorism under section 302(a) of such Act. 
     Section 302(c) of such Act shall not apply to such separate 
     allocation. The Committee on Appropriations may provide 
     suballocations of such separate allocation under section 
     302(b) of such Act. Spending that counts toward the 
     allocation established by this section shall be designated 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       (b) Adjustment.--In the House, for purposes of subsection 
     (a) for fiscal year 2015, no adjustment shall be made under 
     section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any 
     adjustment would be made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

     SEC. 210. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

                           TITLE III--POLICY

     SEC. 301. POLICY STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE LAW REPEAL.

       It is the policy of this resolution that the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), and 
     the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 
     (Public Law 111-152) should be repealed.

     SEC. 302. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEANS-TESTED WELFARE PROGRAMS.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds that:
       (1) Too many people are trapped at the bottom rungs of the 
     economic ladder, and every citizen should have the 
     opportunity to rise, escape from poverty, and achieve their 
     own potential.
       (2) In 1996, President Bill Clinton and congressional 
     Republicans enacted reforms that have moved families off of 
     Federal programs and enabled them to provide for themselves.
       (3) According to the most recent projections, over the next 
     10 years we will spend approximately $9.7 trillion on means-
     tested welfare programs.
       (4) Today, there are approximately 92 Federal programs that 
     provide benefits specifically to poor and low-income 
     Americans.
       (5) Taxpayers deserve clear and transparent information on 
     how well these programs are working, and how much the Federal 
     Government is spending on means-tested welfare.
       (6) It should be the goal of welfare programs to encourage 
     work and put people on a path to self-reliance.

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       (b) Policy on Means-tested Welfare Programs.--It is the 
     policy of this resolution that--
       (1) the welfare system should be reformed to give states 
     flexibility to implement and improve safety net programs and 
     that to be eligible for benefits, able bodied adults without 
     dependents should be required to work or be preparing for 
     work, including enrolling in educational or job training 
     programs, contributing community service, or participating in 
     a supervised job search; and
       (2) the President's budget should disclose, in a clear and 
     transparent manner, the aggregate amount of Federal welfare 
     expenditures, as well as an estimate of State and local 
     spending for this purpose, over the next ten years.

     SEC. 303. POLICY STATEMENT ON BLOCK GRANTING MEDICAID.

       It is the policy of this resolution that Medicaid and the 
     Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) should be block 
     granted to the States in a manner prescribed by the State 
     Health Flexibility Act of 2013 (H.R. 567, 113th Congress).

     SEC. 304. POLICY STATEMENT ON A CARBON TAX.

       It is the policy of this resolution that a carbon tax would 
     be detrimental to American families and businesses, and is 
     not in the best interest of the United States.

     SEC. 305. POLICY STATEMENT ON THE USE OF OFFICIAL TIME BY 
                   FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR UNION ACTIVITIES.

       It is the policy of this resolution that, as called for in 
     H.R. 107, the Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013, 
     Federal employees shall not use official time to conduct 
     union activities.

     SEC. 306. POLICY STATEMENT ON CREATION OF A COMMITTEE TO 
                   ELIMINATE DUPLICATION AND WASTE.

       It is the policy of this resolution that a new committee, 
     styled after the post-World War II ``Byrd Committee'' shall 
     be created to act on GAO's annual waste and duplication 
     reports as well as Oversight and Government Reform Inspector 
     General reports.

     SEC. 307. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF ABORTION.

       It is the policy of this resolution that no taxpayer 
     dollars shall go to any entity that provides abortion 
     services.

     SEC. 308. POLICY STATEMENT ON READABLE LEGISLATION.

       It is the policy of this resolution that bills should be 
     made more readable and for Members of Congress and more 
     accessible to the public as called for in H.R. 760, the 
     Readable Legislation Act of 2013.

     SEC. 309. POLICY STATEMENT ON WORK REQUIREMENTS.

       It is the policy of this resolution that the work 
     requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
     block grant program should be preserved as called for in H.R. 
     890, 113th Congress.

     SEC. 310. POLICY STATEMENT ON ENERGY PRODUCTION.

       It is the policy of this resolution that the Arctic 
     National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and currently unavailable 
     areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) should be open for 
     energy exploration and production. To ensure States' rights, 
     states are given the option to withdrawal from leasing within 
     certain areas of the OCS. Specifically, a State, through 
     enactment of a State statute, may withdrawal from leasing 
     from all or part of any area within 75 miles of that State's 
     coast.

     SEC. 311. POLICY STATEMENT ON REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES 
                   BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

       It is the policy of this resolution that the Environmental 
     Protection Agency should be prohibited from promulgating any 
     regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking 
     into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to 
     address climate change.

     SEC. 312. POLICY STATEMENT ON REFORMING THE FEDERAL BUDGET 
                   PROCESS.

       It is the policy of this resolution that the Federal budget 
     process should be reformed to promote accountability, 
     increase transparency, and make it easier to reduce spending.

     SEC. 313. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PUTTING 
                   AMERICANS BACK TO WORK.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) Although the United States economy technically emerged 
     from recession nearly five years ago, the subsequent recovery 
     has felt more like a malaise than a rebound. Real gross 
     domestic product (GDP) growth over the past four years has 
     averaged just over 2 percent, well below the 3 percent trend 
     rate of growth in the United States.
       (2) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) did a study in 
     late 2012 examining why the United States economy was growing 
     so slowly after the recession. They found, among other 
     things, that United States economic output was growing at 
     less than half of the typical rate exhibited during other 
     recoveries since World War II. CBO said that about two-thirds 
     of this ``growth gap'' was due to a pronounced sluggishness 
     in the growth of potential GDP--particularly in potential 
     employment levels (such as people leaving the labor force) 
     and the growth in productivity (which is in turn related to 
     lower capital investment).
       (3) The prolonged economic sluggishness is particularly 
     troubling given the amount of fiscal and monetary policy 
     actions taken in recent years to cushion the depth of the 
     downturn and to spark higher rates of growth and employment. 
     In addition to the large stimulus package passed in early 
     2009, many other initiatives have been taken to boost growth, 
     such as the new homebuyer tax credit and the ``cash for 
     clunkers'' program. These stimulus efforts may have led to 
     various short term ``pops'' in activity but the economy and 
     job market has since reverted back to a sub-par trend.
       (4) The unemployment rate has declined in recent years, 
     from a peak of nearly 10 percent in 2009-2010 to 6.7 percent 
     in the latest month. However, a significant chunk of this 
     decline has been due to people leaving the labor force (and 
     therefore no longer being counted as ``unemployed'') and not 
     from a surge in employment. The slow decline in the 
     unemployment rate in recent years has occurred alongside a 
     steep decline in the economy's labor force participation 
     rate. The participation rate stands at 63.2 percent, close to 
     the lowest level since 1978. The flipside of this is that 
     over 90 million Americans are now ``on the sidelines'' and 
     not in the labor force, representing a 10 million increase 
     since early 2009.
       (5) Real median household income declined for the fifth 
     consecutive year in 2012 (latest data available) and, at just 
     over $51,000, is currently at its lowest level since 1995. 
     Weak wage and income growth as a result of a subpar labor 
     market not only means lower tax revenue coming in to the 
     Treasury, it also means higher government spending on income 
     support programs.
       (6) A stronger economy is vital to lowering deficit levels 
     and eventually balancing the budget. According to CBO, if 
     annual real GDP growth is just 0.1 percentage point higher 
     over the budget window, deficits would be reduced by $311 
     billion.
       (7) This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-growth 
     policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that will help 
     foster a stronger economy and more job creation.
       (8) Reining in government spending and lowering budget 
     deficits has a positive long-term impact on the economy and 
     the budget. According to CBO, a significant deficit reduction 
     package (i.e. $4 trillion), would boost longer-term economic 
     output by 1.7 percent. Their analysis concludes that deficit 
     reduction creates long-term economic benefits because it 
     increases the pool of national savings and boosts investment, 
     thereby raising economic growth and job creation.
       (9) The greater economic output that stems from a large 
     deficit reduction package would have a sizeable impact on the 
     Federal budget. For instance, higher output would lead to 
     greater revenues through the increase in taxable incomes. 
     Lower interest rates, and a reduction in the stock of debt, 
     would lead to lower government spending on net interest 
     expenses.
       (b) Policy on Economic Growth and Job Creation.--
       (1) In general.--It is the policy of this resolution to 
     promote faster economic growth and job creation. By putting 
     the budget on a sustainable path, this resolution ends the 
     debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job creators. Reforms to 
     the tax code to put American businesses and workers in a 
     better position to compete and thrive in the 21st century 
     global economy. This resolution targets the regulatory red 
     tape and cronyism that stack the deck in favor of special 
     interests. All of the reforms in this resolution serve as 
     means to the larger end of growing the economy and expanding 
     opportunity for all Americans.
       (2) JOBS act.--It is the policy of this resolution that to 
     create jobs, opportunity, and economic growth, H.R. 4304, the 
     Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions (JOBS) Act, 
     should be enacted. This legislation, introduced by the 
     Republican Study Committee, would unleash North American 
     energy production, reform labor laws, reduce the regulatory 
     burden, and increase access to capital.

     SEC. 314. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) A world-class tax system should be simple, fair, and 
     promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The United 
     States tax code fails on all three counts-it is notoriously 
     complex, patently unfair, and highly inefficient. The tax 
     code's complexity distorts decisions to work, save, and 
     invest, which leads to slower economic growth, lower wages, 
     and less job creation.
       (2) Over the past decade alone, there have been more than 
     4,400 changes to the tax code, more than one per day. Many of 
     the major changes over the years have involved carving out 
     special preferences, exclusions, or deductions for various 
     activities or groups. These loopholes add up to more than $1 
     trillion per year and make the code unfair, inefficient, and 
     highly complex.
       (3) The large amount of tax preferences that pervade the 
     code end up narrowing the tax base. A narrow tax base, in 
     turn, requires much higher tax rates to raise a given amount 
     of revenue.
       (4) It is estimated that American taxpayers end up spending 
     $160 billion and roughly 6

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     billion hours a year complying with the tax code-a waste of 
     time and resources that could be used in more productive 
     activities.
       (5) Standard economic theory shows that high marginal tax 
     rates dampen the incentives to work, save, and invest, which 
     reduces economic output and job creation. Lower economic 
     output, in turn, mutes the intended revenue gain from higher 
     marginal tax rates.
       (6) Roughly half of United States active business income 
     and half of private sector employment are derived from 
     business entities (such as partnerships, S corporations, and 
     sole proprietorships) that are taxed on a ``pass-through'' 
     basis, meaning the income flows through to the tax returns of 
     the individual owners and is taxed at the individual rate 
     structure rather than at the corporate rate. Small 
     businesses, in particular, tend to choose this form for 
     Federal tax purposes, and the top Federal rate on such small 
     business income reaches 44.6 percent. For these reasons, 
     sound economic policy requires lowering marginal rates on 
     these pass-through entities.
       (7) The United States corporate income tax rate (including 
     Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to just over 39 
     percent, the highest rate in the industrialized world. Tax 
     rates this high suppress wages and discourage investment and 
     job creation, distort business activity, and put American 
     businesses at a competitive disadvantage with foreign 
     competitors.
       (8) By deterring potential investment, the United States 
     corporate tax restrains economic growth and job creation. The 
     United States tax rate differential with other countries also 
     fosters a variety of complicated multinational corporate 
     behaviors intended to avoid the tax, which have the effect of 
     moving the tax base offshore, destroying American jobs, and 
     decreasing corporate revenue.
       (9) The ``worldwide'' structure of United States 
     international taxation essentially taxes earnings of United 
     States firms twice, putting them at a significant competitive 
     disadvantage with competitors with more competitive 
     international tax systems.
       (10) Reforming the United States tax code to a more 
     competitive international system would boost the 
     competitiveness of United States companies operating abroad 
     and it would also greatly reduce tax avoidance.
       (11) The tax code imposes costs on American workers through 
     lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and on investors 
     in diminished returns.
       (12) Revenues have averaged about 17.5 percent of the 
     economy throughout modern American history. Revenues rise 
     above this level under current law to 18.4 percent of the 
     economy by the end of the 10-year budget window.
       (13) Attempting to raise revenue through tax increases to 
     meet out-of-control spending would damage the economy.
       (14) This resolution also rejects the idea of instituting a 
     carbon tax in the United States, which some have offered as a 
     ``new'' source of revenue. Such a plan would damage the 
     economy, cost jobs, and raise prices on American consumers.
       (15) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not 
     constitute fundamental tax reform.
       (16) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or eliminate 
     loopholes and use those savings to lower tax rates across the 
     board--not to fund more wasteful Government spending. Tax 
     reform should be revenue-neutral and should not be an excuse 
     to raise taxes on the American people. Washington has a 
     spending problem, not a revenue problem.
       (b) Policy on Tax Reform.--It is the policy of this 
     resolution that Congress should enact legislation that 
     provides for a comprehensive reform of the United States tax 
     code to promote economic growth, create American jobs, 
     increase wages, and benefit American consumers, investors, 
     and workers through revenue-neutral fundamental tax reform 
     that provides for the following:
       (1) Aims for revenue neutrality (relative to the CBO 
     baseline revenue projection) based on a dynamic score that 
     takes into account macroeconomic effects.
       (2) Simplifies the individual rates from seven brackets to 
     two, with a top rate of 25 percent.
       (3) Simplifies the tax code by ensuring that fewer 
     Americans will be required to itemize their deductions.
       (4) Gives equal tax treatment to individual and employer 
     health care expenditures modeled on the American Health Care 
     Reform Act (H.R. 3121).
       (5) Eliminates the current Earned Income Tax Credit that is 
     given in a yearly lump-sum payment and replaces it with a 
     program that would allow workers to exempt a portion of their 
     payroll taxes every month.
       (6) Repeals the death tax or inheritance tax.
       (7) Reduces the rate of double taxation by lowering the top 
     corporate rate to 25 percent and setting a maximum long-term 
     capital gains tax rate at 15 percent.
       (8) Sets a maximum dividend tax rate at 15 percent.
       (9) Encourages (on net) investment and entrepreneurial 
     activity.
       (10) Moves to a competitive international system of 
     taxation.

     SEC. 315. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPLACING THE PRESIDENT'S 
                   HEALTH CARE LAW.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) The President's health care law has failed to reduce 
     health care premiums as promised. Health care premiums were 
     supposed to decline by $2,500. Instead, according to the 2013 
     Employer Health Benefits Survey, health care premiums have 
     increased by 5 percent for individual plans and 4 percent for 
     family since 2012. Moreover, according to a report from the 
     Energy and Commerce Committee, premiums for individual market 
     plans may go up as much as 50 percent because of the law.
       (2) The President pledged that Americans would be able to 
     keep their health care plan if they liked it. But the non-
     partisan Congressional Budget Office now estimates 2 million 
     Americans with employment-based health coverage will lose 
     those plans.
       (3) Then-Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said that the 
     President's health care law would create 4 million jobs over 
     the life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs immediately. 
     Instead, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the 
     law will reduce full-time equivalent employment by about 2.0 
     million hours in 2017 and 2.5 million hours in 2024, 
     ``compared with what would have occurred in the absence of 
     the ACA.''.
       (4) The implementation of the law has been a failure. The 
     main website that Americans were supposed to use in 
     purchasing new coverage was broken for over a month. Since 
     the President's health care law was signed into law, the 
     Administration has announced 23 delays. The President has 
     also failed to submit any nominees to sit on the Independent 
     Payment Advisory Board, a panel of bureaucrats that will cut 
     Medicare by an additional $12.1 billion over the next ten 
     years, according to the President's own budget.
       (5) The President's health care law should be repealed and 
     replaced with reforms that make affordable and quality health 
     care coverage available to all Americans.
       (b) Policy on Replacing the President's Health Care Law.--
     It is the policy of this resolution that the President's 
     health care law must not only be repealed, but also replaced 
     by enacting H.R. 3121, the American Health Care Reform Act.

     SEC. 316. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) More than 50 million Americans depend on Medicare for 
     their health security.
       (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly recommended 
     that Medicare's long-term financial challenges be addressed 
     soon. Each year without reform, the financial condition of 
     Medicare becomes more precarious and the threat to those in 
     or near retirement becomes more pronounced. According to the 
     Congressional Budget Office--
       (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted in 
     2026 and unable to pay scheduled benefits; and
       (B) Medicare spending is growing faster than the economy 
     and Medicare outlays are currently rising at a rate of 6 
     percent per year over the next ten years, and according to 
     the Congressional Budget Office's 2013 Long-Term Budget 
     Outlook, spending on Medicare is projected to reach 5 percent 
     of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2040 and 9.4 percent of 
     GDP by 2088.
       (3) The President's health care law created a new Federal 
     agency called the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) 
     empowered with unilateral authority to cut Medicare spending. 
     As a result of that law--
       (A) IPAB will be tasked with keeping the Medicare per 
     capita growth below a Medicare per capita target growth rate. 
     Prior to 2018, the target growth rate is based on the five-
     year average of overall inflation and medical inflation. 
     Beginning in 2018, the target growth rate will be the five-
     year average increase in the nominal GDP plus one percentage 
     point, which the President has twice proposed to reduce to 
     GDP plus one-half percentage point;
       (B) the fifteen unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats of 
     IPAB will make decisions that will reduce seniors access to 
     care;
       (C) the nonpartisan Office of the Medicare Chief Actuary 
     estimates that the provider cuts already contained in the 
     Affordable Care Act will force 15 percent of hospitals, 
     skilled nursing facilities, and home health agencies to 
     become unprofitable in 2019; and
       (D) additional cuts from the IPAB board will force even 
     more health care providers to close their doors, and the 
     Board should be repealed.
       (4) Failing to address this problem will leave millions of 
     American seniors without adequate health security and younger 
     generations burdened with enormous debt to pay for spending 
     levels that cannot be sustained.
       (b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--It is the policy of this 
     resolution to protect those in or near retirement from any 
     disruptions to their Medicare benefits and offer future 
     beneficiaries the same health care options available to 
     Members of Congress.
       (c) Assumptions.--This resolution assumes reform of the 
     Medicare program such that:
       (1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for those in or 
     near retirement.
       (2) For future generations, when they reach eligibility, 
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     provide a premium support payment and a selection of 
     guaranteed health coverage options from which recipients can 
     choose a plan that best suits their needs.
       (3) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-service as 
     an option.
       (4) Medicare will provide additional assistance for lower-
     income beneficiaries and those with greater health risks.
       (5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path and the 
     Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-term.

     SEC. 317. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals with 
     disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Security. Since 
     enactment, Social Security has served as a vital leg on the 
     ``three-legged stool'' of retirement security, which includes 
     employer provided pensions as well as personal savings.
       (2) The Social Security Trustees Report has repeatedly 
     recommended that Social Security's long-term financial 
     challenges be addressed soon. Each year without reform, the 
     financial condition of Social Security becomes more 
     precarious and the threat to seniors and those receiving 
     Social Security disability benefits becomes more pronounced:
       (A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust Fund will be 
     exhausted and program revenues will be unable to pay 
     scheduled benefits.
       (B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and Survivors and 
     Disability Trust Funds will be exhausted, and program 
     revenues will be unable to pay scheduled benefits.
       (C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds in 2033, 
     benefits will be cut nearly 25 percent across the board, 
     devastating those currently in or near retirement and those 
     who rely on Social Security the most.
       (3) The recession and continued low economic growth have 
     exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis facing Social Security. 
     The most recent CBO projections find that Social Security 
     will run cash deficits of $1.7 trillion over the next 10 
     years.
       (4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Security for a 
     larger proportion of their retirement income. Therefore, 
     reforms should take into consideration the need to protect 
     lower-income Americans' retirement security.
       (5) The Disability Insurance program provides an essential 
     income safety net for those with disabilities and their 
     families. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 
     between 1970 and 2012, the number of people receiving 
     disability benefits (both disabled workers and their 
     dependent family members) has increased by over 300 percent 
     from 2.7 million to over 10.9 million. This increase is not 
     due strictly to population growth or decreases in health. 
     David Autor and Mark Duggan have found that the increase in 
     individuals on disability does not reflect a decrease in 
     self-reported health. CBO attributes program growth to 
     changes in demographics, changes in the composition of the 
     labor force and compensation, as well as Federal policies.
       (6) If this program is not reformed, families who rely on 
     the lifeline that disability benefits provide will face 
     benefit cuts of up to 25 percent in 2016, devastating 
     individuals who need assistance the most.
       (7) In the past, Social Security has been reformed on a 
     bipartisan basis, most notably by the ``Greenspan 
     Commission'' which helped to address Social Security 
     shortfalls for over a generation.
       (8) Americans deserve action by the President, the House, 
     and the Senate to preserve and strengthen Social Security. It 
     is critical that bipartisan action be taken to address the 
     looming insolvency of Social Security. In this spirit, this 
     resolution creates a bipartisan opportunity to find solutions 
     by requiring policymakers to ensure that Social Security 
     remains a critical part of the safety net.
       (b) Policy on Social Security.--It is the policy of this 
     resolution that Congress should work on a bipartisan basis to 
     make Social Security sustainably solvent. This resolution 
     assumes these reforms will include the following:
       (1) Adoption of a more accurate measure for calculating 
     cost of living adjustments.
       (2) Adoption of adjustments to the full retirement age to 
     reflect longevity.
       (c) Policy on Disability Insurance.--It is the policy of 
     this resolution that Congress and the President should enact 
     legislation on a bipartisan basis to reform the Disability 
     Insurance program prior to its insolvency in 2016 and should 
     not raid the Social Security retirement system without 
     reforms to the Disability Insurance system. This resolutions 
     assumes that reforms to the Disability Insurance program will 
     include--
       (1) encouraging work;
       (2) updates of the eligibility rules;
       (3) reducing fraud and abuse; and
       (4) enactment of H.R. 1502, the Social Security Disability 
     Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination 
     Act, to prohibit individuals from drawing benefits from both 
     programs at the same time.

     SEC. 318. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE 
                   DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

       (a) Findings on Higher Education.--The House finds the 
     following:
       (1) A well-educated workforce is critical to economic, job, 
     and wage growth.
       (2) 19.5 million students are enrolled in American colleges 
     and universities.
       (3) Over the last decade, tuition and fees have been 
     growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2002-2003 
     Academic Year and the 2012-2013 Academic Year--
       (A) published tuition and fees for in-State students at 
     public four-year colleges and universities increased at an 
     average rate of 5.2 percent per year beyond the rate of 
     general inflation;
       (B) published tuition and fees for in-State students at 
     public two-year colleges and universities increased at an 
     average rate of 3.9 percent per year beyond the rate of 
     general inflation; and
       (C) published tuition and fees for in-State students at 
     private four-year colleges and universities increased at an 
     average rate of 2.4 percent per year beyond the rate of 
     general inflation.
       (4) Over that same period, Federal financial aid has 
     increased 105 percent.
       (5) This spending has failed to make college more 
     affordable.
       (6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama 
     noted that, ``We can't just keep subsidizing skyrocketing 
     tuition; we'll run out of money.''.
       (7) American students are chasing ever-increasing tuition 
     with ever-increasing debt. According to the Federal Reserve 
     Bank of New York, student debt more than quadrupled between 
     2003 and 2013, and now stands at nearly $1.1 trillion. 
     Student debt now has the second largest balance after 
     mortgage debt.
       (8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too many 
     fail to complete college or end up defaulting on these loans 
     due to their debt burden and a weak economy and job market.
       (9) Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget 
     Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a fiscal shortfall 
     beginning in fiscal year 2016 and continuing in each 
     subsequent year in the current budget window.
       (10) Failing to address these problems will jeopardize 
     access and affordability to higher education for America's 
     young people.
       (b) Policy on Higher Education Affordability.--It is the 
     policy of this resolution to address the root drivers of 
     tuition inflation, by--
       (1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most in need;
       (2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make them 
     more effective;
       (3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at 
     $5,730 in each year of the budget window; and
       (4) removing regulatory barriers in higher education that 
     act to restrict flexibility and innovative teaching, 
     particularly as it relates to non-traditional models such as 
     online coursework and competency-based learning.
       (c) Findings on Workforce Development.--The House finds the 
     following:
       (1) Over ten million Americans are currently unemployed.
       (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those looking 
     for work are stymied by a broken workforce development system 
     that fails to connect workers with assistance and employers 
     with trained personnel.
       (4) According to a 2011 Government Accountability Office 
     (GAO) report, in fiscal year 2009, the Federal Government 
     spent $18 billion across 9 agencies to administer 47 Federal 
     job training programs, almost all of which overlapped with 
     another program in terms of offered services and targeted 
     population.
       (5) Since the release of that GAO report, the Education and 
     Workforce Committee, which has done extensive work in this 
     area, has identified more than 50 programs.
       (3) Without changes, this flawed system will continue to 
     fail those looking for work or to improve their skills, and 
     jeopardize economic growth.
       (d) Policy on Workforce Development.--It is the policy of 
     this resolution to address the failings in the current 
     workforce development system, by--
       (1) streamlining and consolidating Federal job training 
     programs as advanced by the House-passed Supporting Knowledge 
     and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act (SKILLS Act); and
       (2) empowering states with the flexibility to tailor 
     funding and programs to the specific needs of their 
     workforce, including the development of career scholarships.

     SEC. 319. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 
                   CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) According to the most recent estimate from the Office 
     of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were expected to 
     hold $739 billion in unobligated balances at the close of 
     fiscal year 2014.
       (2) These funds represent direct and discretionary spending 
     made available by Congress that remains available for 
     expenditure beyond the fiscal year for which they are 
     provided.
       (3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and it 
     remains available for obligation indefinitely.
       (4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
     1974 requires the Office

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     of Management and Budget to make funds available to agencies 
     for obligation and prohibits the Administration from 
     withholding or cancelling unobligated funds unless approved 
     by an act of Congress.
       (5) Greater congressional oversight is required to review 
     and identify potential savings from unneeded balances of 
     funds.
       (b) Policy on Deficit Reduction Through the Cancellation of 
     Unobligated Balances.--Congressional committees shall through 
     their oversight activities identify and achieve savings 
     through the cancellation or rescission of unobligated 
     balances that neither abrogate contractual obligations of the 
     Government nor reduce or disrupt Federal commitments under 
     programs such as Social Security, veterans' affairs, national 
     security, and Treasury authority to finance the national 
     debt.
       (c) Deficit Reduction.--Congress, with the assistance of 
     the Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, 
     and other appropriate agencies should continue to make it a 
     high priority to review unobligated balances and identify 
     savings for deficit reduction.

     SEC. 320. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF 
                   TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) The budget for the House of Representatives is $188 
     million less than it was when Republicans became the majority 
     in 2011.
       (2) The House of Representatives has achieved significant 
     savings by consolidating operations and renegotiating 
     contracts.
       (b) Policy on Responsible Stewardship of Taxpayer 
     Dollars.--It is the policy of this resolution that:
       (1) The House of Representatives must be a model for the 
     responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources and therefore 
     must identify any savings that can be achieved through 
     greater productivity and efficiency gains in the operation 
     and maintenance of House services and resources like 
     printing, conferences, utilities, telecommunications, 
     furniture, grounds maintenance, postage, and rent. This 
     should include a review of policies and procedures for 
     acquisition of goods and services to eliminate any 
     unnecessary spending. The Committee on House Administration 
     should review the policies pertaining to the services 
     provided to Members and committees of the House, and should 
     identify ways to reduce any subsidies paid for the operation 
     of the House gym, barber shop, salon, and the House dining 
     room.
       (2) No taxpayer funds may be used to purchase first class 
     airfare or to lease corporate jets for Members of Congress.
       (3) Retirement benefits for Members of Congress should not 
     include free, taxpayer-funded health care for life.

     SEC. 321. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 
                   REDUCTION OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) The Government Accountability Office (``GAO'') is 
     required by law to identify examples of waste, duplication, 
     and overlap in Federal programs, and has so identified dozens 
     of such examples.
       (2) In testimony before the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform, the Comptroller General has stated that 
     addressing the identified waste, duplication, and overlap in 
     Federal programs ``could potentially save tens of billions of 
     dollars.''
       (3) In 2011, 2012, and 2013 the Government Accountability 
     Office issued reports showing excessive duplication and 
     redundancy in Federal programs including--
       (A) 209 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 
     education programs in 13 different Federal agencies at a cost 
     of $3 billion annually;
       (B) 200 separate Department of Justice crime prevention and 
     victim services grant programs with an annual cost of $3.9 
     billion in 2010;
       (C) 20 different Federal entities administer 160 housing 
     programs and other forms of Federal assistance for housing 
     with a total cost of $170 billion in 2010;
       (D) 17 separate Homeland Security preparedness grant 
     programs that spent $37 billion between fiscal year 2011 and 
     2012;
       (E) 14 grant and loan programs, and 3 tax benefits to 
     reduce diesel emissions;
       (F) 94 different initiatives run by 11 different agencies 
     to encourage ``green building'' in the private sector; and
       (G) 23 agencies implemented approximately 670 renewable 
     energy initiatives in fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly 
     $15 billion.
       (4) The Federal Government spends about $80 billion each 
     year for approximately 800 information technology 
     investments. GAO has identified broad acquisition failures, 
     waste, and unnecessary duplication in the Government's 
     information technology infrastructure. Experts have estimated 
     that eliminating these problems could save 25 percent-or $20 
     billion-of the Government's annual information technology 
     budget.
       (5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a potential 
     source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO estimated that 
     saving 10 percent of the total or all Federal procurement 
     could generate over $50 billion in savings annually.
       (6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $108 billion in 
     improper payments in fiscal year 2012.
       (7) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives, each standing committee must hold at least 
     one hearing during each 120 day period following its 
     establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in 
     Government programs.
       (8) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by fiscal 
     year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly resulting in $693 
     billion in unauthorized appropriations. Timely 
     reauthorizations of these laws would ensure assessments of 
     program justification and effectiveness.
       (9) The findings resulting from congressional oversight of 
     Federal Government programs should result in programmatic 
     changes in both authorizing statutes and program funding 
     levels.
       (b) Policy on Deficit Reduction Through the Reduction of 
     Unnecessary and Wasteful Spending.--Each authorizing 
     committee annually shall include in its Views and Estimates 
     letter required under section 301(d) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 recommendations to the Committee on the 
     Budget of programs within the jurisdiction of such committee 
     whose funding should be reduced or eliminated.

     SEC. 322. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.

       It is the policy of this resolution that the committees of 
     jurisdiction should review all unauthorized programs funded 
     through annual appropriations to determine if the programs 
     are operating efficiently and effectively. Committees should 
     reauthorize those programs that in the committees' judgment 
     should continue to receive funding.

     SEC. 323. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY POLICY.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) Excessive regulation at the Federal level has hurt job 
     creation and dampened the economy, slowing our recovery from 
     the economic recession.
       (2) In the first two months of 2014 alone, the 
     Administration issued 13,166 pages of regulations imposing 
     more than $13 billion in compliance costs on job creators and 
     adding more than 16 million hours of compliance paperwork.
       (3) The Small Business Administration estimates that the 
     total cost of regulations is as high as $1.75 trillion per 
     year. Since 2009, the White House has generated over $494 
     billion in regulatory activity, with an additional $87.6 
     billion in regulatory costs currently pending.
       (4) The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation (Public 
     Law 111-203) resulted in more than $17 billion in compliance 
     costs and saddled job creators with more than 58 million 
     hours of compliance paperwork.
       (5) Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to date has 
     added 132.9 million annual hours of compliance paperwork, 
     imposing $24.3 billion of compliance costs on the private 
     sector and an $8 billion cost burden on the states.
       (6) The highest regulatory costs come from rules issued by 
     the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); these regulations 
     are primarily targeted at the coal industry. In September 
     2013, the EPA proposed a rule regulating greenhouse gas 
     emissions from new coal-fired power plants. The proposed 
     standards are unachievable with current commercially 
     available technology, resulting in a de-facto ban on new 
     coal-fired power plants. Additional regulations for existing 
     coal plants are expected in the summer of 2014.
       (7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly forty percent 
     of the United States electricity at a low cost. Unfairly 
     targeting the coal industry with costly and unachievable 
     regulations will increase energy prices, disproportionately 
     disadvantaging energy-intensive industries like manufacturing 
     and construction, and will make life more difficult for 
     millions of low-income and middle class families already 
     struggling to pay their bills.
       (8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are being retired 
     or converted as a result of EPA regulations. Combined with 
     the de-facto prohibition on new plants, these retirements and 
     conversions may further increase the cost of electricity.
       (9) A recent study by Purdue University estimates that 
     electricity prices in Indiana will rise 32 percent by 2023, 
     due in part to EPA regulations.
       (10) The Heritage Foundation recently found that a phase 
     out of coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end of 2023, 
     resulting in an aggregate gross domestic product decrease of 
     $2.23 trillion over the entire period and reducing the income 
     of a family of four by $1,200 per year. Of these jobs, 
     330,000 will come from the manufacturing sector, with 
     California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, 
     New York, Indiana, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia 
     seeing the highest job losses.
       (b) Policy on Federal Regulation.--It is the policy of this 
     resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the 
     public burdened by excessive regulation, enact legislation 
     that--
       (1) seeks to promote economic growth and job creation by 
     eliminating unnecessary red tape and streamlining and 
     simplifying Federal regulations;
       (2) pursues a cost-effective approach to regulation, 
     without sacrificing environmental, health, safety benefits or 
     other benefits, rejecting the premise that economic

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     growth and environmental protection create an either/or 
     proposition;
       (3) ensures that regulations do not disproportionately 
     disadvantage low-income Americans through a more rigorous 
     cost-benefit analysis, which also considers who will be most 
     affected by regulations and whether the harm caused is 
     outweighed by the potential harm prevented;
       (4) ensures that regulations are subject to an open and 
     transparent process, rely on sound and publicly available 
     scientific data, and that the data relied upon for any 
     particular regulation is provided to Congress immediately 
     upon request;
       (5) frees the many commonsense energy and water projects 
     currently trapped in complicated bureaucratic approval 
     processes;
       (6) maintains the benefits of landmark environmental, 
     health safety, and other statutes while scaling back this 
     administration's heavy-handed approach to regulation, which 
     has added $494 billion in mostly ideological regulatory 
     activity since 2009, much of which flies in the face of these 
     statutes' intended purposes; and
       (7) seeks to promote a limited government, which will 
     unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs, 
     providing our Nation with a strong and prosperous future and 
     expanding opportunities for the generations to come.

     SEC. 324. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE.

       (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
       (1) Opening foreign markets to American exports is vital to 
     the United States economy and beneficial to American workers 
     and consumers. The Commerce Department estimates that every 
     $1 billion of United States exports supports more than 5,000 
     jobs here at home.
       (2) A modern and competitive international tax system would 
     facilitate global commerce for United States multinational 
     companies and would encourage foreign business investment and 
     job creation in the United States
       (3) The United States currently has an antiquated system of 
     international taxation whereby United States multinationals 
     operating abroad pay both the foreign-country tax and United 
     States corporate taxes. They are essentially taxed twice. 
     This puts them at an obvious competitive disadvantage.
       (4) The ability to defer United States taxes on their 
     foreign operations, which some erroneously refer to as a 
     ``tax loophole,'' cushions this disadvantage to a certain 
     extent. Eliminating or restricting this provision (and others 
     like it) would harm United States competitiveness.
       (5) This budget resolution advocates fundamental tax reform 
     that would lower the United States corporate rate, now the 
     highest in the industrialized world, and switch to a more 
     competitive system of international taxation. This would make 
     the United States a much more attractive place to invest and 
     station business activity and would chip away at the 
     incentives for United States companies to keep their profits 
     overseas (because the United States corporate rate is so 
     high).
       (6) The status quo of the current tax code undermines the 
     competitiveness of United States businesses and costs the 
     United States economy investment and jobs.
       (7) Global trade and commerce is not a zero-sum game. The 
     idea that global expansion tends to ``hollow out'' United 
     States operations is incorrect. Foreign-affiliate activity 
     tends to complement, not substitute for, key parent 
     activities in the United States such as employment, worker 
     compensation, and capital investment. When United States 
     headquartered multinationals invest and expand operations 
     abroad it often leads to more jobs and economic growth at 
     home.
       (8) American businesses and workers have shown that, on a 
     level playing field, they can excel and surpass the 
     international competition.
       (b) Policy on Trade.--It is the policy of this resolution 
     to pursue international trade, global commerce, and a modern 
     and competitive United States international tax system in 
     order to promote job creation in the United States.

     SEC. 325. NO BUDGET, NO PAY.

       It is the policy of this resolution that Congress should 
     agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget every year 
     pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974. If by April 15, a House of Congress has not agreed to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget, the payroll 
     administrator of that House should carry out this policy in 
     the same manner as the provisions of Public Law 113-3, the No 
     Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, and place in an escrow account 
     all compensation otherwise required to be made for Members of 
     that House of Congress. Withheld compensation should be 
     released to Members of that House of Congress the earlier of 
     the day on which that House of Congress agrees to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget, pursuant to section 301 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or the last day of 
     that Congress.

     SEC. 326. POLICY STATEMENT ON REFORM OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL 
                   NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       (a) SNAP.--It is the policy of the resolution that the 
     Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be reformed so 
     that:
       (1) Nutrition assistance funds should be distributed to the 
     states as a block grant with funding subject to the annual 
     discretionary appropriations process.
       (2) Funds from the grant must be used by the states to 
     establish and maintain a work activation program for able-
     bodied adults without dependents.
       (3) It is the goal of this proposal to move those in need 
     off of the assistance rolls and back into the workforce and 
     towards self-sufficiency.
       (4) In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
     is permitted to revise allocations, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels, including discretionary limits, 
     accordingly.
       (b) Assumptions.--This resolution assumes that, pending the 
     enactment of reforms described in (a), the conversion of the 
     Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program into a flexible 
     State allotment tailored to meet each State's needs. 
     Additionally, it assumes that more stringent work 
     requirements and time limits apply under the program.

     SEC. 327. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRANSPORTATION REFORM.

       It is the policy of this resolution that State and local 
     officials are in a much better position to understand the 
     needs of local commuters, not bureaucrats in Washington. 
     Federal funding for transportation should be phased down and 
     limited to core Federal duties, including the interstate 
     highway system, transportation infrastructure on Federal 
     land, responding to emergencies, and research. As the level 
     of Federal responsibility for transportation is reduced, 
     Congress should also concurrently reduce the Federal gas tax.

                        TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS

     SEC. 401. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE 
                   LAWS.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that only consists of a full 
     repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 
     health care-related provisions of the Health Care and 
     Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

     SEC. 402. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF 
                   OBAMACARE.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that reforms or replaces the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care 
     and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such measure 
     would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 
     2015 through 2024.

     SEC. 403. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO THE 
                   MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE 
                   LAWS.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that repeals all or part of the 
     decreases in Medicare spending included in the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and 
     Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such measure would 
     not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 
     through 2024.

     SEC. 404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE SUSTAINABLE 
                   GROWTH RATE OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that includes provisions 
     amending or superseding the system for updating payments 
     under section 1848 of the Social Security Act, if such 
     measure would not increase the deficit for the period of 
     fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

     SEC. 405. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE TAX 
                   CODE.

       In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a 
     bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
     thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure would 
     not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 
     through 2024 when the macroeconomic effects of such reforms 
     are taken into account.

     SEC. 406. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution reported by the 
     Committee on Ways and

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     Means, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 
     that implements a trade agreement, but only if such measure 
     would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 
     2015 through 2024.

     SEC. 407. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE MEASURES.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution reported by the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or 
     conference report thereon, that decreases revenue, but only 
     if such measure would not increase the deficit for the period 
     of fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

     SEC. 408. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RURAL COUNTIES AND 
                   SCHOOLS.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels and limits in this resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that makes changes to or 
     provides for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools 
     and Community Self Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
     393) by the amounts provided by that legislation for those 
     purposes, if such legislation requires sustained yield timber 
     harvests obviating the need for funding under Public Law 106-
     393 in the future and would not increase the deficit or 
     direct spending for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 
     2019, or the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

     SEC. 409. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION 
                   REFORM.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
     or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
     measure reforms the Federal transportation funding system, 
     but only if such measure would not increase the deficit over 
     the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

     SEC. 410. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY AND 
                   INCREASE OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
     or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
     measure reforms policies and programs to reduce poverty and 
     increase opportunity and upward mobility, but only if such 
     measure would neither adversely impact job creation nor 
     increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2015 
     through 2024.

     SEC. 411. IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEFICIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT 
                   REDUCTION AGREEMENT.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution to accommodate the 
     enactment of a deficit and long-term debt reduction agreement 
     if it includes permanent spending reductions and reforms to 
     direct spending programs.

     SEC. 412. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR REFORMING SNAP.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that reforms the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program (SNAP).

     SEC. 413. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SOCIAL SECURITY 
                   DISABILITY INSURANCE REFORM.

       In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 
     effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that reforms the Social 
     Security Disability Insurance program under title II of the 
     Social Security Act.

                      TITLE V--EARMARK MORATORIUM

     SEC. 501. EARMARK MORATORIUM.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House 
     of Representatives to consider--
       (1) a bill or joint resolution reported by any committee, 
     or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
     includes a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or 
     limited tariff benefit; or
       (2) a bill or joint resolution not reported by any 
     committee, or any amendment thereto or conference report 
     thereon, that includes a congressional earmark, limited tax 
     benefit, or limited tariff benefit.
       (b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this resolution, the 
     terms ``congressional earmark'', ``limited tax benefit'', and 
     ``limited tariff benefit'' have the meaning given those terms 
     in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (c) Inapplicability.--This resolution shall not apply to 
     any authorization of appropriations to a Federal entity if 
     such authorization is not specifically targeted to a State, 
     locality, or congressional district.

     SEC. 502. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON 
                   RULES.

       The Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives may 
     not report a rule or order that would waive the point of 
     order set forth in section 501(a).

                 TITLE VI--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

     SEC. 601. DIRECT SPENDING.

       (a) Means-tested Direct Spending.--
       (1) For means-tested direct spending, the average rate of 
     growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 
     period preceding fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent.
       (2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated average 
     rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-
     year period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent 
     under current law.
       (3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 
     resolution for means-tested direct spending:
       (A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a Democratic 
     president reformed welfare by limiting the duration of 
     benefits, giving States more control over the program, and 
     helping recipients find work. In the five years following 
     passage, child-poverty rates fell, welfare caseloads fell, 
     and workers' wages increased. This resolution applies the 
     lessons of welfare reform to both the Supplemental Nutrition 
     Assistance Program and Medicaid.
       (B) For Medicaid, this resolution recommends conversion 
     from direct spending to a discretionary program subject to 
     appropriation. Pending this reform, this resolution assumes 
     the conversion of the Federal share of Medicaid spending into 
     a flexible State allotment tailored to meet each State's 
     needs. Such a reform would end the misguided one-size-fits-
     all approach that has tied the hands of State governments. 
     Instead, each State would have the freedom and flexibility to 
     tailor a Medicaid program that fits the needs of its unique 
     population. Moreover, this resolution assumes the repeal of 
     the Medicaid expansions in the President's health care law, 
     relieving State governments of its crippling one-size-fits-
     all enrollment mandates.
       (C) For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 
     recommends conversion from direct spending to a discretionary 
     program subject to appropriation. Pending this reform, this 
     resolution assumes the conversion of the program into a 
     flexible State allotment tailored to meet each State's needs. 
     The allotment would increase based on the Department of 
     Agriculture Thrifty Food Plan index and beneficiary growth. 
     Such a reform would provide incentives for States to ensure 
     dollars will go towards those who need them most. 
     Additionally, it requires that more stringent work 
     requirements and time limits apply under the program.
       (b) Nonmeans-tested Direct Spending.--
       (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average rate 
     of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 
     period preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent.
       (2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the estimated 
     average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during 
     the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 
     percent under current law.
       (3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 
     resolution for nonmeans-tested direct spending:
       (A) For Medicare, this resolution advances policies to put 
     seniors, not the Federal Government, in control of their 
     health care decisions. Those in or near retirement will see 
     no changes, while future retirees would be given a choice of 
     private plans competing alongside the traditional fee-for-
     service Medicare program. Medicare would provide a premium-
     support payment either to pay for or offset the premium of 
     the plan chosen by the senior, depending on the plan's cost. 
     The Medicare premium-support payment would be adjusted so 
     that the sick would receive higher payments if their 
     conditions worsened; lower-income seniors would receive 
     additional assistance to help cover out-of-pocket costs; and 
     wealthier seniors would assume responsibility for a greater 
     share of their premiums. Putting seniors in charge of how 
     their health care dollars are spent will force providers to 
     compete against each other on price and quality. This market 
     competition will act as a real check on widespread waste and 
     skyrocketing health care costs.
       (B) In keeping with a recommendation from the National 
     Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, this 
     resolution calls for Federal employees--including Members of 
     Congress and congressional staff--to make greater 
     contributions toward their own retirement.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 544, the gentleman 
from Georgia (Mr. Woodall) and a Member opposed each will control 15 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. WOODALL. Madam Chairman, I yield myself 1\1/2\ minutes.
  I rise today on behalf of the Republican Study Committee. As so many 
Members of this Chamber know, the Republican Study Committee is made up 
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serve on the Budget Committee, I have great respect for our Budget 
chairman, Paul Ryan, and I have a great belief in the budget that came 
out of that Budget Committee.
  The Republican Study Committee's role is to try to do even better; 
and, Madam Chair, we have brought just such a budget today. We call it 
the Back to Basics Budget, and it is the budget that balances the 
fastest of any budget that we are going to be debating here on the 
House floor.
  In just 4 years, it will bring us to balance, but I am not here about 
the numbers. I am here about why the numbers matter because, for every 
year that we are not in balance, we are not just borrowing that money 
from our children, we are paying interest on that money that could have 
gone to other priorities.
  You will hear in this debate today about priorities that my friends 
on the other side of the aisle wish we would invest more money in that 
they don't believe our budget invests enough in.
  That may be true, yet what our budget does do is begin to pay back 
the debt in ways that we can take all of that money that we are 
dedicating to interest today and dedicate it to American families 
tomorrow.
  Of all of the things we disagree on in this Chamber, I think we can 
agree that the best use of our dollars is not in their going to pay 
creditors, but in their going to serve constituents, and that is what 
the Back to Basics Budget will do for us today.
  With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the 
gentleman's amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 15 
minutes.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Chairman, what we have got here with this 
particular amendment is more than a doubling down on what was already a 
bad idea.
  We heard, actually, from Mr. Rogers, who is the chairman of the 
Appropriations Committee and a Republican Member of Congress, that the 
Republican version of the budget offered by Mr. Ryan was 
``draconian''--draconian because of the impact it has on important 
investments that have historically helped make our economy grow, make 
us a world leader, make sure that we can keep our competitive edge in a 
global economy. The Republican budget coming out of the Budget 
Committee devastated those important investments.
  Of course, they didn't close one single special interest tax loophole 
for the purpose of reducing the deficit, but they decided to cut deeply 
into investments in our kids' education, everything from early 
education, to K-12, to college ed. They make no secret about it.
  They want to charge college students higher interest rates and, at 
the same time, protect special interest tax breaks. What we have here 
in the Republican Study Committee's amendment is simply a doubling down 
on what the chairman of the Republican Appropriations Committee already 
called draconian.
  The interesting thing to me, Madam Chairman, is that I would have 
thought that the Republican Study Committee would have taken a 
different approach. I would have thought they would have taken an 
approach that didn't require, as part of their budget, the revenues 
from the Affordable Care Act, but if you look at their revenue line, it 
is identical to the revenue line in the House Republican budget, which 
is identical to the Congressional Budget Office's revenue line, which 
The Heritage Foundation--no left-leaning group--has said means that 
these budgets incorporate the tax revenues from the Affordable Care 
Act.
  Again, here is what The Heritage Foundation said:

       Perhaps the biggest shortcoming of this budget is that it 
     keeps the tax increases associated with ObamaCare.

  It is what they have said about the House Republican budget's revenue 
line. This one has the same thing.
  If they are going to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as they say they 
will, that revenue line should go down; yet no matter how you cut it, 
Madam Chairman, the choices remain choices that we do not believe 
reflect the values and priorities of this country, which are of 
protecting those special interest tax breaks for very powerful 
interests while gutting important investments in our future, 
investments that have been proven historically to make the United 
States the leading economic power in the world.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WOODALL. Madam Chairman, I yield myself 15 seconds to thank my 
friend for his fealty for The Heritage Foundation. I share that and 
would remind him that the Heritage action is key voting a ``yes'' vote 
on the budget before us today.
  If he would like to be in line with Heritage, he can vote ``yes'' 
with me today. I would welcome that support.
  With that, Madam Chairman, I would like to yield 4 minutes to the 
gentleman from Louisiana, Chairman Scalise, who is the chairman of the 
Republican Study Committee and a gentleman who has provided huge 
leadership for us in this Conference.
  Mr. SCALISE. I want to thank my colleague from Georgia for yielding 
and for his leadership in bringing forth this budget. As the chairman 
of the Republican Study Committee's Budget and Spending Task Force, Mr. 
Woodall has brought this budget called Back to Basics, and that is 
really what we are here to talk about right now.
  Madam Chair, what are those basics we should get back to?
  I think they are the basic fundamentals that our Founding Fathers 
laid out when they created this great Nation. It is still the greatest 
nation in the history of the world, but it is a nation with serious 
challenges.
  If you look at our economy, our economy is struggling in many ways 
because of policies coming out of Washington, because of Washington's 
failure to confront those challenges.
  People across this country are ready to confront those challenges. 
They are looking to us to finally start laying out a vision that says 
we are going to start living within our means, that we are going to do 
the things that families across this Nation do every single year, and 
that is finally getting back to fiscal discipline.
  When my friend on the other side--I guess the person who is tasked 
with coming and opposing budgets that balance--uses terms like 
``draconian''--Madam Chair, I will tell you what is draconian. What is 
draconian is to deny the opportunity to our children and grandchildren 
that we enjoy today, something that every single generation in the 
history of our country has.
  One of the pure definitions of the American Dream is that every 
generation in our Nation's history, since George Washington led us 
through that Revolution, has had better opportunities than those that 
we enjoy today; yet most people in this country recognize, if we don't 
get our fiscal house in order, our children--my 7- and 4-year-olds, 
whom my wife drove to school this morning--won't have those same 
opportunities, and they all deserve the opportunities that we enjoy.
  So how do we do it? How do we get back to basics?
  We do it by having really good, strong, bold policy--bold policy that 
says we ought to live within our means.
  Our budget balances by year 4. In 2018, we have a balanced Federal 
budget. If you compare that with President Obama's budget, he has got a 
budget that has over $1 trillion in new taxes.
  Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle say: oh, you need to 
stick more taxes on all of these businesses.
  If anybody is making a profit in America, it seems like they want to 
put a bull's-eye on him. If one happens to be successful and make a 
profit and create jobs in this country, that is somehow a bad thing.
  If you take their approach in their budgets--in all of their 
budgets--they have over $1 trillion in new taxes. President Obama has 
nearly $2 trillion in new taxes, so you would think: okay, all of those 
new taxes must be what get you to balance.
  In fact, Madam Chair, all of those new taxes just get you more 
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gets to balance, but he has all of those tax increases that our 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about.
  In our budget, we don't have any new tax increases. What we have is 
good, smart fiscal discipline policy that says let's get our economy 
moving again and let's believe in the American people.
  By not raising taxes and by getting our economy moving, you actually 
get to balance in 4 short years and start creating surpluses, so we can 
pay back that debt, as my friend from Georgia talked about, so that we 
don't have to send all of those interest payments to other countries 
and to other priorities. Let's set those priorities in America.
  How do we do this? How do we actually get back to balance in such a 
short period of time?
  Number one, we save Medicare from bankruptcy, just as Paul Ryan does 
in the House Republican budget that came out of the Budget Committee. 
We share many of those same principles that get us to fiscal 
responsibility by saving Medicare, by not letting it go bankrupt, as 
our colleagues on the other side do and as the President's own budget 
does.
  The President's own budget allows Medicare to go bankrupt. We don't 
think that is responsible, so we take care of those who paid into a 
system over their lifetimes.
  We also invoke smart policy. If you start with health care, in our 
bill, we actually repeal the President's health care law and replace it 
with the American Health Care Reform Act, a bill that actually puts 
patients back in charge of their health care and that allows us to, 
again, have families be in charge of those decisions and to lower 
costs.
  It is good, smart policy. We will talk more about it, but this is the 
right path to getting our economy back on track.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  The gentleman speaks about the importance of fiscal discipline and 
fiscal responsibility, and we agree.
  The question we have is: Why do they exempt from the whole practice 
of fiscal discipline all of these what are called tax expenditures and 
tax preferences that have been put into the Tax Code many times by very 
powerful special interests?
  What does a tax preference mean? It means in many cases that, because 
somebody has well-heeled lobbyists, he is able to escape having to pay 
taxes on something that everybody else has to pay for.

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  What our Republican colleagues are saying is they don't want to take 
away any of those special interest preferences for the purpose of 
reducing the deficit. They would rather cut deeply into our kids' 
education. They would rather charge college students more interest on 
their loans. They would rather increase class sizes in K-12, which is 
what happens when you cut Title I and special education.
  They talk about opportunity, but the opportunities that they are 
protecting are those for the special interests who had their lobbyists 
do very well for them in Washington. Hey, hands off all of that. We 
don't want to touch that. But we are coming after everybody else, 
including, by the way, seniors on Medicare who will immediately see the 
reopening of the doughnut hole.
  So if you are a senior with high prescription drug costs, that is 
going to cost you $1,200 more per year, on average, immediately. And 
then they begin to phase in in their budget their Medicare voucher 
program, which will end the Medicare guarantee.
  This is all about priorities. The interesting thing here is that, 
despite all the talk about fiscal discipline from our Republican 
colleagues, it is hands off imposing any fiscal discipline on powerful 
special interests who have succeeded in getting themselves special 
deals in the Tax Code.
  I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Becerra), chairman of the Democratic Caucus and a member of the 
Ways and Means Committee, who has spent a lot of time focusing on these 
issues.
  Mr. BECERRA. I thank the ranking member on the Budget Committee for, 
first, all the work he has done over the years in trying to get America 
back on track when it comes to what it should do with its budgets.
  Budgets are a testament to our values and our priorities, and I 
believe Mr. Van Hollen has made it very clear what the values and 
priorities of Members of this side of the aisle are. It is about making 
sure that we invest the taxpayer dollars to help our economy grow, help 
grow jobs, and help our kids grow up and get to college.
  But let me remind everyone here of something. Remember those 
brainless, autopilot sequester cuts which had been scheduled for last 
year that led to the Republican shutdown of our government? Well, the 
Republican budget of 2015 is sequester on steroids.
  Remember last year's autopilot sequester cuts that would have kicked 
over 50,000 children out of Head Start classes? Well, the 2015 
Republican budget kicks 170,000 kids out of Head Start classes.
  This Republican budget would kill jobs, with 1.1 million Americans 
likely to lose their job as a result of this budget and probably 3 
million more the following year are the estimates.
  This budget would cut seniors' Social Security benefits by changing 
the way we calculate their cost-of-living increases so that they would 
get less each year, even though we know the cost of living for seniors 
keeps going up.
  They would continue to reduce our investments in very important 
projects that include Medicare, because this Republican budget would 
voucherize Medicare. It would turn it into a privatized version of what 
we have now, without the guarantees, so that seniors will be paying 
more for their prescription drugs.
  This Republican budget would close not one single wasteful corporate 
tax loophole and, instead, it actually offers billionaires a $200,000 
tax cut at the same time that it is increasing taxes for the middle 
class by about $2,000.
  It should surprise no one that, while we are not closing any tax 
loopholes in the Republican budget and while we are increasing the 
taxes for middle class Americans, this Republican budget excludes 
things that we should do.
  Through this budget we could, right now, move to increase the 
economy's capacity, increase the number of jobs, and decrease our 
deficits by finally fixing our broken immigration system.
  Our Democratic budget does that; the Republican budget doesn't. And 
as a result, we give up, through the Republican budget, an opportunity 
to reduce our deficits by close to a trillion dollars over the next 
couple of decades. We give up the opportunity to create close to 3.5 
million jobs over the next 10 to 20 years by doing immigration reform, 
and we give up the chance to strengthen Social Security by doing 
immigration reform. The Democratic budget makes those investments.
  The Democratic budget actually invests in early childhood education. 
The Democratic budget makes it possible for more middle class families 
to afford to send their kids to college.
  The Democratic budget makes those investments because we do close 
corporate tax loopholes. We do go after those who are evading paying 
their fair share of taxes. And we can make those investments in early 
childhood education, in fixing our broken immigration system, in 
investing in our roads and bridges because we go after those who are 
evading paying their taxes. We could do that.
  But, again, I remind you, this is a budget being presented on this 
floor from our colleagues on the other side that actually put the 
brainless cuts under the sequester on autopilot. And we need to defeat 
that.
  Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 15 seconds to just say: 
Nonsense. Nonsense. This is the only budget that is being presented 
that includes the Tax Code Termination Act that terminates every single 
special interest loophole in the entire Tax Code. Both gentlemen know 
that. Every single special interest exemption, exception in the Tax 
Code is gone under this budget.

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  Mr. Chairman, with that, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
Kansas (Mr. Huelskamp), a fantastic member of the Republican Study 
Committee and a member of my class of 2010.
  Mr. HUELSKAMP. Mr. Chairman, over the past 3 years, I have conducted 
over 220 townhall meetings in my district. When we discuss Federal 
spending, my constituents do not want to hear about debt-to-GDP ratios 
or CBO scoring rules when it comes to the budget. What they want to 
know is why Congress has not balanced the budget yet and when we plan 
to do so. They want to know when Washington will stop spending money we 
don't have. They want to know when we will stop piling trillions of 
dollars of debt on the backs of our children and grandchildren.
  This RSC budget would balance the budget the soonest of any of the 
alternatives before us, Mr. Chairman, and it would begin to pay down 
our debt the fastest. It is the type of results the American people 
demand out of Washington.
  I am pleased this budget includes some innovative and responsible 
reforms like Medicaid block grants, food stamp block grants, and a real 
timetable to save and secure Medicare.
  I am also pleased it would repeal ObamaCare. It would call for the 
passage of a real health care reform act like the American Health Care 
Reform Act, the JOBS Act, the REINS Act, throwing out our entire Tax 
Code and starting over, and it would restore work requirements for 
those on welfare and prohibit funding abortion providers.
  In short, this RSC budget is full of the right ideas to get our 
Nation back on track, and I encourage my colleagues to join me in 
voting for the RSC budget.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, it is now my pleasure to yield 2 
minutes to the gentlelady from Florida (Ms. Brown), a distinguished 
member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and someone 
who is focused on investing in America.
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. The documents that we are debating today are 
more than just the Republican budget. It is who they are.
  They constantly quote scripture, yet the Bible says the poor will 
always be with us. Our job is to help raise the standard.
  They remind me of ``The Wizard of Oz.'' The Republicans have no 
heart.
  This is another example of reverse Robin Hood--robbing from the 
working people and the middle class to give huge tax cuts to the rich.
  The latest House Republican goals are to dismantle Medicare by ending 
the guarantee and replacing it with a voucher program and block grant 
and cut Medicaid by $732 billion.
  I was so upset last year when the SNAP program--programs like Meals 
on Wheels and assistance to children--was cut by $40 billion. Now they 
cut it by $125 billion.
  They want to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But let me just mention 
that everybody that talks about repealing it has health care. Every 
single one of them have health care.
  They reject the President's proposal for veterans and Job Corps while 
aiming to reduce the high unemployment rate among veterans. A cut of 24 
percent to nondefense appropriations would mean $146 billion cut from 
veterans' health care.
  They cut transportation and infrastructure projects by $173 billion, 
phasing out the Essential Air Service programs to 160 small 
communities.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Denham). The time of the gentlewoman has 
expired.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. I yield the gentlelady an additional 1 minute.
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. It eliminates Amtrak operational funds, 
resulting in 36 States and more than 20 million people losing Amtrak 
service. The transportation budget assumes no highway or transit 
investment in 2015.
  And while everyone knows that education is critical, they cut 
billions from programs like Head Start.
  To whom God has given much, much is expected. I certainly think more 
is expected from the Republican leadership in this House.
  As I said from the beginning, they remind me of ``The Wizard of Oz.'' 
This Republican House has no heart.
  Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Chairman, at this time, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to 
the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Messer), my good friend.
  Mr. MESSER. Mr. Chairman, the RSC budget balances in 4 years. For 
most Americans, 4 years seems like a very long time. When they see 
budgets that balance in even 10 years, let alone 26 years, or not at 
all, they wonder what we are thinking.
  In the real world, folks can't spend money they don't have. Families 
have to balance their own budgets. They expect Washington to do the 
same. That is why I applaud this budget. It is full of tough choices, 
but it demonstrates that House Republicans aren't afraid to make the 
difficult decisions necessary to secure America's future and preserve 
the American Dream.
  It is called leadership. That means proposing simple answers--even 
when they are not easy ones.
  I commend Chairman Scalise and Mr. Woodall for crafting a plan that 
will balance the budget and create a healthy economy sooner than any 
other budget alternative. The RSC budget proposes a path that embraces 
the responsibility we have to future generations to leave America 
better than we found her.
  The unwillingness of Congress to make tough choices is putting our 
country on a road to ruin. Let's take the road less traveled. It may 
make all the difference.
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Committee will rise informally.
  The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Messer) assumed the chair.

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