[House Report 105-565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-565
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    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. CON. RES. 284, THE CONCURRENT 
             RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999

                                _______
                                

June 3, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Solomon, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                           [To accompany 455]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 455, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 
284, the Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 1999, 
under a modified closed rule. The rule provides three hours of 
general debate with two hours equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Budget, including one hour on economic goals and policies 
equally divided and controlled by Representative Saxton and 
Representative Stark. The rule further provides for 
consideration as an original resolution for the purpose of 
amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed 
in part 1 of this report.
    The rule also makes in order only those amendments in the 
nature of a substitute printed in part 2 of this report to be 
offered only in the order specified, only by the Member 
designated, debatable for one hour each and not be subject to 
amendment. The rule waives all points of order against the 
amendments except that if an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute is adopted, it is not in order to consider further 
substitutes.
    The rule allows for the chairman of the Committee of the 
Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the concurrent 
resolution, and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a 
postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. 
The rule also permits the Chairman of the Budget Committee to 
offer amendments in the House to achieve mathematical 
consistency pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Budget Act. 
Finally, the rule suspends the application of House Rule XLIX 
(relating to the establishment of the statutory limit on the 
public debt) with respect to the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 1999.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(2)(B) of House rule XI the results 
of each rollcall vote on an amendment or motion to report, 
together with the names of those voting for and against, are 
printed below:

                    rules committee rollcall no. 91

    Date: June 3, 1998.
    Measure: H. Con. Res. 284, the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget for Fiscal Year 1999.
    Motion By: Mr. Frost.
    Summary of Motion: To make in order the Minge amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
    Results: Defeated 1 to 7.
    Vote by Member: Dreier--Nay; Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; 
Pryce--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Frost--Yea; Solomon--
Nay.

 summary of amendments made in order by the rule to h. con. res. 284, 
                   the budget resolution for fy 1999

    Neuman: Substitute amendment that limits government 
spending growth to slightly less than the rate of inflation; 
provides $150 billion in tax relief; protects Social Security 
by placing negotiable Treasury bonds in the Social Security 
Trust Fund and guaranteeing their value at redemption; creates 
a Social Security ``lock box'' to dedicate cuts made during the 
consideration of appropriation bills to preserving Social 
Security; increases spending for national defense by $56 
billion over last year's balanced budget agreement; designates 
50% of any additional revenues collected by the federal 
government towards tax relief and the other 50% towards paying 
off the national debt; calls for changes in the PAYGO budget 
rule; and contains numerous Sense of the House provisions.
    Spratt: Substitute amendment that funds the Presidents 
initiatives such as day care and the ``patient bill of 
rights''; reserves all budget surpluses until Congress and the 
President agree on a resolution to Social Security's long-run 
solvency; eliminates provisions for a tax cut; funds 
transportation at the levels of H.R. 2400; established a 
reserve fund for potential tobacco legislation; and includes 
various Sense of Congress provisions.

                                 PART 1

    The amendment in the nature of a substitute considered as 
an original concurrent resolution:
  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.

  The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 1998 is hereby revised and replaced and 
that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 1999 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2000 through 2003 are hereby set forth.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for the fiscal 
years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
                Fiscal year 1998: $1,292,400,000,000.
                Fiscal year 1999: $1,318,000,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2000: $1,331,300,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2001: $1,358,100,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2002: $1,407,800,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2003: $1,452,600,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
                  Fiscal year 1998: $0.
                  Fiscal year 1999: -$4,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: -$10,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: -$21,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: -$28,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: -$37,800,000,000.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 
        of total new budget authority are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1998: $1,359,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999: $1,408,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,443,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,477,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,502,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,571,200,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
        budget outlays are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1998: $1,343,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999: $1,401,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,435,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,463,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,473,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,540,700,000,000.
          (4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as 
        follows:
                  Fiscal year 1998: $50,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999: $83,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $104,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $105,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $65,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $88,100,000,000.
          (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the 
        public debt are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1998: $5,436,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999: $5,597,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $5,777,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $5,957,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $6,102,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $6,269,400,000,000.

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal 
years 1998 through 2003 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $267,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $268,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $270,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $265,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $274,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $267,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $280,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $269,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $288,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $272,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $296,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $279,800,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $18,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$1,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$6,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$6,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,500,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $4,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $2,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,600,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $7,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,600,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $63,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $63,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $63,900,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $136,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $132,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $143,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $142,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $149,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $149,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $155,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $155,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $162,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $163,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $171,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $172,000,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $199,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $199,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $210,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $211,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $221,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $221,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $239,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $242,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $251,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $248,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $273,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $273,700,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $229,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $234,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $243,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $247,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $255,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $257,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $265,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $264,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $274,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $271,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $284,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $280,400,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,300,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,200,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $290,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $290,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $296,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $296,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $297,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $297,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $296,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $296,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $296,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $296,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $298,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $298,500,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$14,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$14,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$2,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$3,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$2,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$3,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$3,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,200,000,000.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 1998:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$36,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$36,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$36,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$36,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$36,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$36,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$38,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$38,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$45,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$45,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$35,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$35,900,000,000.

SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.

  (a) Submissions.--Not later than June 26, 1998, the House 
committees named in subsection (b) shall submit their 
recommendations to the House Committee on the Budget. After 
receiving those recommendations, the House Committee on the 
Budget shall report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying 
out all such recommendations without any substantive revision.
  (b) Instructions to House Committees.--
          (1) Committee on agriculture.--The House Committee on 
        Agriculture shall report changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction that provide direct spending such that the 
        total level of direct spending for that committee does 
        not exceed: $30,400,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 
        1999 and $157,400,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 
        1999 through 2003.
          (2) Committee on banking and financial services.--The 
        House Committee on Banking and Financial Services shall 
        report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that 
        provide direct spending such that the total level of 
        direct spending for that committee does not exceed: 
        -$8,200,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and 
        -$35,100,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999 
        through 2003.
          (3) Committee on commerce.--The House Committee on 
        Commerce shall report changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction that provide direct spending such that the 
        total level of direct spending for that committee does 
        not exceed: $417,900,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 
        1999 and $2,437,900,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 
        1999 through 2003.
          (4) Committee on education and the workforce.--The 
        House Committee on Education and the Workforce shall 
        report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that 
        provide direct spending such that the total level of 
        direct spending for that committee does not exceed: 
        $18,700,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and 
        $100,400,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999 
        through 2003.
          (5) Committee on government reform and oversight.--
        The House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 
        shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        that provide direct spending such that the total level 
        of direct spending for that committee does not exceed: 
        $71,600,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and 
        $384,000,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999 
        through 2003.
          (6) Committee on the judiciary.--The House Committee 
        on the Judiciary shall report changes in laws within 
        its jurisdiction that provide direct spending such that 
        the total level of direct spending for that committee 
        does not exceed: $5,200,000,000 in outlays for fiscal 
        year 1999 and $26,500,000,000 in outlays in fiscal 
        years 1999 through 2003.
          (7) Committee on transportation and infrastructure.--
        The House Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure shall report changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction that provide direct spending such that the 
        total level of direct spending for that committee does 
        not exceed: $16,200,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 
        1999 and $78,900,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 
        1999 through 2003.
          (8) Committee on veterans' affairs.--The House 
        Committee on Veterans' Affairs shall report changes in 
        laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct 
        spending such that the total level of direct spending 
        for that committee does not exceed: $23,800,000,000 in 
        outlays for fiscal year 1999 and$125,000,000,000 in 
outlays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
          (9) Committee on ways and means.--(A) The House 
        Committee on Ways and Means shall report changes in 
        laws within its jurisdiction such that the total level 
        of direct spending for that committee does not exceed: 
        $411,100,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and 
        $2,374,800,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999 
        through 2003.
          (B) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall 
        report changes in laws within its jurisdiction such 
        that the total level of revenues for that committee is 
        not less than: $1,278,500,000,000 in revenues for 
        fiscal year 1999 and $6,637,700,000,000 in revenues in 
        fiscal years 1999 through 2003.

SEC. 5. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF COMPENSATION AND PAY FOR FEDERAL 
                    EMPLOYEES.

  In the House, for purposes of enforcing the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, establishing on a 
prospective basis compensation or pay for any office or 
position in the Government at a specified level, the 
appropriation for which is provided through annual 
discretionary appropriations, shall not be considered as 
providing new entitlement authority or new budget authority.

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

  It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the trustees of the social 
security trust funds, should consider issuing marketable 
interest-bearing securities to the trust funds for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 1998.

SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE ACT.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
          (1) 33 percent of all American households have no or 
        negative financial assets and 60 percent of African-
        American households have no or negative financial 
        assets;
          (2) 47 percent of all children in America live in 
        households with no financial assets, including 40 
        percent of Caucasian children and 75 percent of 
        African-American children;
          (3) in order to provide low-income families with more 
        tools for empowerment in lieu of traditional income 
        support and to assist them in becoming more involved in 
        planning their future, new public-private relationships 
        that encourage asset-building should be undertaken;
          (4) individual development account programs are 
        successfully demonstrating the ability to assist low-
        income families in building assets while partnering 
        with community organizations and States in more than 40 
        public and private experiments nationwide; and
          (5) Federal support for a trial demonstration program 
        would greatly assist the creative efforts of existing 
        individual development account experiments.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
legislation should be considered to encourage low-income 
individuals and families to accumulate assets through 
contributions to individual development accounts as a means of 
achieving economic self-sufficiency.

SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON CLINICAL CANCER 
                    TRIALS.

  It is the sense of Congress that legislation should be 
considered that provides medicare coverage for beneficiaries' 
participation in clinical cancer trials.

SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE INTERIM PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOME HEALTH 
                    BENEFITS UNDER MEDICARE.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) there is concern that the interim payment system 
        for home health service has adversely affected some 
        home health care agencies;
          (2) the Administration should ensure that the 
        implementation of the interim payment system does not 
        adversely affect the availability of home health 
        services for medicare beneficiaries;
          (3) Congress should carefully examine the 
        Adminstration's implementation of the home health 
        payment system and make any necessary changes to ensure 
        that the needs of medicare beneficiaries are being met; 
        and
          (4) the Health Care Financing Administration should 
        quickly implement the prospective payment system that 
        was enacted into law last year.

SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
          (1) Federal courts have found that children with 
        disabilities are guaranteed an equal opportunity to an 
        education under the Fourteenth Amendment to the 
        Constitution;
          (2) Congress responded to these court decisions by 
        enacting the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
        Act (IDEA) to ensure free and appropriate public 
        education for children with disabilities;
          (3) IDEA authorizes the Federal Government to provide 
        40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure for 
        children with disabilities;
          (4) the Federal Government has not fully funded IDEA 
        at its authorized levels; and
          (5) if the Federal Government fully funds IDEA, then 
        local school districts will have the flexibility to 
        invest in new technology, hire additional teachers, and 
        purchase books and supplies.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Federal Government should fully fund programs authorized under 
IDEA and that such funding is of the highest priority among 
Federal education programs.

SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BUDGETARY RULES AND TAX CUTS.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
          (1) in 1990, pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) requirements were 
        enacted to prevent Congress and the President from 
        increasing the deficit;
          (2) under PAYGO requirements, tax legislation must be 
        offset by legislation increasing revenues or reducing 
        entitlement spending;
          (3) these requirements prevent Congress from 
        offsetting tax cuts with discretionary savings or 
        budget surpluses;
          (4) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 will produce the 
        first surplus in the unified budget in 29 years;
          (5) under current trends, the Federal Government 
        could run an on-budget surplus (which excludes social 
        security and the postal service) as early as fiscal 
        year 1999; and
          (6) while these requirements were useful during a 
        period of chronic deficit spending, they now limit the 
        ability of Congress to allow taxpayers to retain more 
        of their own money.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
reconciliation bill to be considered pursuant to the 
reconciliation instructions in section 4--
          (1) should permit discretionary savings to be used to 
        offset tax cuts; and
          (2) may make on-budget surpluses available to offset 
        tax cuts.

SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAX RELIEF.

  It is the sense of Congress that the revenue levels set forth 
in this resolution are predicated on--
          (1) eliminating the marriage penalty over an 
        appropriate period of time; and
          (2) providing tax relief targeted at relieving the 
        tax burden on families, estates, and wages, as well as 
        incentives to stimulate job creation and economic 
        growth.

                                 PART 2

 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neumann of Wisconsin, 
                or a Designee, Debatable for 60 Minutes

  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

                      TITLE I--LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SECTION 101. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.

  The Congress declares that this is the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 1999 and that the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 are hereby 
set forth.

SEC. 102. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for the fiscal 
years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
                          Fiscal year 1999: $1,304,000,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2000: $1,314,300,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2001: $1,348,100,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2002: $1,399,900,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2003: $1,452,300,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
                          Fiscal year 1999: -$18,000,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2000: -$27,000,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2001: -$31,000,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2002: -$36,000,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2003: -$38,000,000,000.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 
        of total new budget authority are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1999: $1,385,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,409,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,448,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,426,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,545,600,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
        budget outlays are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1999: $1,377,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,401,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,433,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,443,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,513,100,000,000.
          (4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as 
        follows:
                  Fiscal year 1999: $73,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $87,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $85,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $43,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $60,800,000,000.
          (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the 
        public debt are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1999: $5,596,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $5,777,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $5,957,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $6,102,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $6,269,300,000,000.

SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal 
years 1999 through 2003 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $278,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $273,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $283,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $277,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $301,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $289,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $315,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $297,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $324,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $306,000,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,100,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,900,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$1,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$1,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$1,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$2,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$3,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$6,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$6,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$1,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$3,100,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,200,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,000,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $3,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $2,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $7,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,000,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $48,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $50,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $47,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $51,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $48,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,100,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $7,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,600,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $60,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $58,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $60,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $59,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $60,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $59,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,000,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $139,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $137,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $141,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $141,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $144,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $144,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $146,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $147,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $151,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $152,400,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $209,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $210,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $220,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $219,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $237,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $240,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $248,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $246,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $270,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $270,400,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $236,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $240,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $245,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $247,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $254,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $254,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $214,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $259,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $271,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $268,300,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,300,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,200,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,600,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,600,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $244,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $244,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $238,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $238,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $230,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $230,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $223,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $223,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $217,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $217,400,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$3,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$3,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$4,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$4,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$9,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$9,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$9,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$6,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$6,000,000,000.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$44,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$44,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$44,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$44,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$46,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$46,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$54,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$54,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget 
                        authority,-$46,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays,-$46,300,000,000.

                  TITLE II--SENSE OF HOUSE PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SOCIAL SECURITY.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The social security program currently collects 
        more in taxes than it pays out in benefits to our 
        country's senior citizens.
          (2) Taxes collected exclusively for the social 
        security program should not be spent on any other 
        program.
          (3) Social security benefits are expected to 
        consistently exceed social security payroll taxes 
        starting in 2013.
          (4) Congress should avoid increasing taxes, 
        increasing borrowing, raising the retirement age, or 
        cutting social security cost-of-living adjustments to 
        pay social security benefits.
          (5) Negotiable treasury bonds are safe, real assets 
        that can be sold for cash when income to thesocial 
security trust funds is not sufficient to pay benefits for seniors in 
2013.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that--
          (1) the amount by which social security payroll taxes 
        exceed social security benefits paid shall be invested 
        in negotiable treasury bonds issued by the United 
        States Government and should not be counted as surplus 
        dollars; and
          (2) such negotiable Treasury bonds should be 
        redeemable at any time at the purchase price.

SEC. 202. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING TAX RELIEF.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds that this concurrent 
resolution dedicates $150,000,000,000 over 5 years to reduce 
the tax burden on American families.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
these funds should be used to--
          (1) provide across-the-board tax relief by expanding 
        the 15 percent tax bracket by 15 percent for married 
        individuals (whether filing a joint or separate 
        return), heads of households, and unmarried 
        individuals;
          (2) eliminate the marriage penalty by making the 
        joint income threshold exactly double that of the 
        individual income threshold in all tax brackets and by 
        making the standard deduction for joint filers exactly 
        double that of individual filers;
          (3) restore the 12-month holding period on capital 
        gains; and
          (4) eliminate the ``death tax''.

SEC. 203. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE BUDGET SURPLUS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Congressional Budget Office in its Spring 
        projections has underestimated the revenues collected 
        by the Federal Government for the last 3 years.
          (2) The United States is experiencing remarkable 
        economic growth with no signs of an economic slowdown 
        because the Federal Government is borrowing less from 
        the private sector.
          (3) Revenues to the Federal Government are growing at 
        an annual rate far greater than projected by the 
        Congressional Budget Office in March 1998.
          (4) The Federal Government will likely receive 
        significantly more revenues in fiscal years 1999 
        through 2003 than projected by the Congressional Budget 
        Office in March 1998.
          (5) Revenues received above and beyond those 
        projected by the Congressional Budget Office inMarch 
1998 should not be spent to create more ineffective Washington 
programs.
          (6) Additional revenues come from American families 
        who are forced to give far too much of their hard-
        earned income to the Federal Government.
          (7) Working Americans deserve to keep more of their 
        income instead of sending it to Washington, D.C., for 
        Congress to spend.
          (8) Congress irresponsibly spent more than it 
        received over the last 30 years, creating 
        $5,500,000,000,000 Federal debt.
          (9) The Congress and the President have a basic moral 
        and ethical responsibility to future generations to 
        repay the Federal debt, including money borrowed from 
        the social security trust funds.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that--
          (1) any additional revenues collected by the Federal 
        Government above and beyond the Congressional Budget 
        Office March 1998 projections for fiscal years 1999 
        through 2003 should be divided equally and used to 
        reduce taxes on American families and to pay off the 
        $5,500,000,000,000 Federal debt, prioritizing social 
        security;
          (2) such tax reductions should be enacted in the 
        following order--
                  (A) expand education individual retirement 
                accounts;
                  (B) index capital gains to the rate of 
                inflation;
                  (C) immediate 100 percent deduction for 
                health insurance premiums for employees and 
                self-employed;
                  (D) eliminate social security earnings limit;
                  (E) repeal 1993 tax increase on social 
                security benefits;
                  (F) repeal the alternative minimum tax for 
                individuals and corporations; and
                  (G) permanently extend the research and 
                development tax credit; and
          (3) efforts to repay the Federal debt should begin by 
        replacing the nonnegotiable Treasury bonds, in the 
        social security trust fund with marketable Treasury 
        bills redeemable at any time for the purchase price.

SEC. 204. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING TAXES AND DISCRETIONARY 
                    SPENDING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) American taxpayers pay too much in taxes to 
        support a Federal Government which is too large.
          (2) Taxpayers should benefit from any changes in law 
        which reduce Federal Government spending.
          (3) Current law prohibits savings from reduced 
        discretionary spending from being passed along to the 
        American people through a reduction in their tax 
        burden.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
budget laws should be changed to allow discretionary spending 
reductions to be dedicated to tax relief.

SEC. 205. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY FIRST.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The President has encouraged the Congress to put 
        social security first by not spending expected unified 
        budget surpluses, though the Congressional Budget 
        Office estimates that the President's budget for fiscal 
        year 1999 does spend unified budget surpluses.
          (2) The Congress currently has no method for 
        dedicating savings from amendments to appropriation 
        bills for the purpose of putting social security first.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
the Congress should establish a procedure that would allow 
amendments to appropriation bills to dedicate all budget 
savings to the President's plan to put social security first.

SEC. 206. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EDUCATION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Children in the United States should be the best 
        students in the world.
          (2) Quality education for our children will ensure 
        the United States can compete effectively in the global 
        marketplace.
          (3) Today's students must learn the knowledge and 
        skills which will lead the world in the next century.
          (4) Involving parents in the education of their 
        children increases children's success at school.
          (5) Recent studies by the National Institute of Child 
        Health and Human Development show that increased 
        parental involvement in children's lives leads to fewer 
        teen pregnancies, less drug use, lower crime rates, and 
        improved learning.
          (6) Education is, and should remain, primarily a 
        State and local responsibility.
          (7) It is important to let community members offer 
        suggestions to improve academic achievement within 
        local schools.
          (8) The Federal role in education has failed to 
        produce the desired results.
          (9) Federal regulations and paperwork consume too 
        much of teachers' and administrators' time and energy, 
        as well as taxpayer dollars which could be used to 
        improve education.
          (10) Creating a national testing program would 
        increase the Federal burden on local schools.
          (11) State, local, and private schools deserve 
        flexibility which will allow them to meet the 
        educational needs of children.
          (12) Increasing the role of parents, teachers, and 
        local community members will improve local schools.
          (13) There is not a significant relationship between 
        Federal education spending and academic achievement.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that--
          (1) the Department of Education, States, and local 
        educational agencies should spend at least 95 percent 
        of Federal education tax dollars in our children's 
        classrooms;
          (2) the Goals 2000 program should be terminated, and 
        funds should be given directly to States and local 
        school districts;
          (3) the Congress should enact legislation to prevent 
        the development and administration of a national 
        testing program; and
          (4) the Department of Education should limit its role 
        in education to functions which cannot be performed by 
        State or local school officials.

SEC. 207. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SCHOOL CHOICE FOR THE CHILDREN 
                    OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Children in our Nation's capital deserve to have 
        the best education available.
          (2) Many parents in the District of Columbia would 
        prefer to send their children to the school of their 
        choice, whether public, private, religious, or home.
          (3) Allowing parents to evaluate and choose the 
        proper school for their children gives them an invested 
        interest in helping their children succeed.
          (4) Giving children an opportunity to attend the 
        school which best meets their needs will best prepare 
        them for the future.
          (5) Letting parents choose a school which reflects 
        the moral or religious beliefs of their children will 
        enhance the children's character and learning 
        experience.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
there should be a Federal pilot program to provide low-income 
children in the District of Columbia with the opportunity to 
attend the public, private, religious, or home school of their 
parents' choice.

SEC. 208. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Partial-birth abortions allow a child to be 
        delivered until only its head remains in the birth 
        canal.
          (2) Partial-birth abortions involve piercing the 
        child's skull and removing its brain.
          (3) A large majority of Americans object to partially 
        delivering a child and then killing it.
          (4) Both Houses of Congress have consistently 
        supported legislation to ban partial-birth abortions.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
partial-birth abortions should be banned in the United States 
unless such a procedure is needed to save the life of the 
mother.

SEC. 209. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED 
                    PROMOTION OF ABORTION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Title X of the Public Health Service Act was 
        enacted to help reduce the unplanned pregnancy rate, 
        especially among teenagers.
          (2) Title X has not only failed to reduce the teenage 
        pregnancy rate, out-of-wedlock births, and sexually 
        transmitted diseases, it has made these problems worse.
          (3) Taxpayer-funded title X family planning clinics 
        are currently required to counsel pregnant girls and 
        women about all of their ``pregnancy management 
        options'', including abortion.
          (4) Title X clinics also require clinic staff, 
        following such ``counseling,'' to refer girls and women 
        who want an abortion to clinics that perform them.
          (5) Many of these abortion clinics are operated by 
        the same organizations that operate title X clinics.
          (6) The United States Government through title X is 
        using taxpayer dollars to subsidize activities 
        destructive to human life.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
taxpayer dollars should not be used to subsidize abortion or 
organizations that promote or perform abortions.

SEC. 210. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING TITLE X FUNDING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The title X of the Public Health Service Act 
        family planning program provides contraceptives, 
        treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual 
        counseling to minors without parental consent or 
        notification.
          (2) Almost 1,500,000 American minors receive title X 
        family planning services each year.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
organizations or businesses which receive funds through Federal 
programs should obtain parental consent or confirmation of 
parental notification before contraceptives are provided to a 
minor.

SEC. 211. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL POPULATION CONTROL 
                    PROGRAMS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) There is international consensus that under no 
        circumstances should abortion be promoted as a method 
        of family planning.
          (2) The United States provides the largest percentage 
        of population control assistance among donor nations.
          (3) The activities of private organizations supported 
        by United States taxpayers are a reflection of United 
        States priorities in developing countries, and United 
        States funds allow these organizations to expand their 
        programs and influence.
          (4) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 
        recently signed a 4-year, $20,000,000 contract with the 
        People's Republic of China (PRC) which persists in 
        coercing its people to obtain abortions and undergo 
        involuntary sterilizations.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that--
          (1) United States taxpayers should not be forced to 
        support international family planning programs;
          (2) if the Congress is unwilling to stop supporting 
        international family planning programs with taxpayer 
        dollars, the Congress should limit such support to 
        organizations that certify they will not perform, or 
        lobby for the legalization of, abortions in other 
        countries; and
          (3) United States taxpayers should not be forced to 
        support the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) if 
        it is conducting activities in the People's Republic of 
        China (PRC) and the PRC's population control program 
        continues to utilize coercive abortion.

SEC. 212. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Human life is a precious resource which should 
        not be created or destroyed simply for scientific 
        experiments.
          (2) A human embryo is a human being that must be 
        accorded the moral status of a person from the time of 
        fertilization.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
Congress should prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for the 
creation of human embryos for research purposes and research in 
which human embryos are knowingly destroyed.

SEC. 213. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING HUMAN CLONING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Scientists around the world are actively 
        participating in experiments which attempt to clone 
        animals.
          (2) Several of these experiments have succeeded in 
        creating genetic clones of animals.
          (3) The technology used in such experiments could be 
        used to create genetically identical human beings;
          (4) It is unethical and immoral to experiment with 
        the creation of human life.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
any research on the cloning of humans should by prohibited by 
Federal law.

SEC. 214. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Traditional marriages consist of one man and one 
        woman.
          (2) Strong families are the cornerstone of our 
        society and our country.
          (3) Children benefit from strong families.
          (4) The Congress passed and the President signed into 
        law legislation defining marriage as the union between 
        one man and one woman for purposes of Federal programs.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
future legislation and regulations should recognize the 
importance of the traditional family in the United States.

SEC. 215. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE 
                    ARTS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Federal Government's involvement in funding 
        for the arts has become increasingly controversial.
          (2) Millions of United States taxpayers have been 
        forced to support both artists and organizations to 
        which they object.
          (3) The National Endowment for the Arts, despite 
        congressional instructions to avoid controversial 
        subject matters, continues to subsidize offensive art.
          (4) More than 99 percent of funding for the arts is 
        obtained from private sources.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
funding for the National Endowment for the Arts should be 
eliminated.

SEC. 216. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING FOREIGN AID.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The nation of Israel has been a reliable and 
        dependable ally to the United States.
          (2) The United States' support for Israel is vital to 
        achieving peace in the Middle East.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
aid to Israel should not be reduced.

SEC. 217. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) One of the most basic human rights is the right 
        to religious freedom.
          (2) The United States has a strong history of 
        protecting individuals' right to religious liberty and 
        encouraging other countries to do the same.
          (3) Recent reports indicate that several countries 
        continue to persecute individuals based on their 
        religious beliefs.
  (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
the United States should encourage other countries to protect 
religious freedom and allow their citizens to practice the 
faith that they choose without retribution.
    Amend the title so as to read: ``A concurrent resolution 
establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 1999 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 
2003.''.
                              ----------                              


    2. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Spratt of South 
           Carolina, Or a Designee, Debatable for 60 Minutes

  Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.

  The Congress declares that this is the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 1999 and that the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 are hereby 
set forth.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for the fiscal 
years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
                        Fiscal year 1999: $1,321,200,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2000: $1,341,200,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2001: $1,379,200,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2002: $1,436,200,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2003: $1,491,000,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
                          Fiscal year 1999: -$900,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2000: -$200,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2001: $100,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2002: $300,000,000.
                          Fiscal year 2003: $700,000,000.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 
        of total new budget authority are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1999: $1,420,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,463,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,503,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,537,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,611,200,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
        budget outlays are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1999: $1,403,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,445,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,484,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,501,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,578,300,000,000.
          (4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as 
        follows:
                  Fiscal year 1999: $82,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $104,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $104,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $64,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $87,300,000,000.
          (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the 
        public debt are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 1999: $5,582,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000: $5,756,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $5,926,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $6,059,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $6,211,100,000,000.

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal 
years 1999 through 2003 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $270,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $265,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $274,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $268,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $280,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $269,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $288,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $272,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $296,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $279,800,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $18,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,000,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,700,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,300,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $4,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $3,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,500,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $51,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $52,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $54,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $48,900,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,100,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $63,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $64,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $63,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $66,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $69,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $68,700,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $145,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $143,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $151,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $151,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $159,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $159,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $166,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $167,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $177,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $178,600,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $209,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $210,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $221,510,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $220,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $239,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $242,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $251,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $248,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $273,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $273,400,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $246,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $247,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $259,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $258,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $270,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $268,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $280,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $278,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $291,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $288,900,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,300,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $47,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $47,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,800,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,600,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,400,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $296,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $296,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $297,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $297,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $296,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $296,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $296,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $296,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $297,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $297,800,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$2,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$1,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$2,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$3,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$800,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 1999:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$37,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$37,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$39,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$39,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$43,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$43,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$51,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$51,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$42,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$42,700,000,000.

SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.

  (a) Submissions.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
adoption of this resolution, the House committees named in 
subsection (b) shall submit their recommendations to the House 
Committee on the Budget. After receiving those recommendations, 
the House Committee on the Budget shall report to the House a 
reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations 
without any substantive revision.
  (b) Instructions to House Committees.--
          (1) Committee on agriculture.--The House Committee on 
        Agriculture shall report changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction that provide direct spending to decrease 
        outlays by $0 for fiscal year 1999 and decrease outlays 
        by $40,000,000 for fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
          (2) Committee on banking and financial services.--The 
        House Committee on Banking and Financial Services shall 
        report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that 
        provide direct spending to decrease outlays by 
        $212,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and decrease outlays 
        by $1,045,000,000 for fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
          (3) Committee on commerce.--The House Committee on 
        Commerce shall report changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction that provide direct spending to decrease 
        outlays by $707,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and 
        decrease outlays by $2,765,000,000 for fiscal years 
        1999 through 2003.
          (4) Committee on education and the workforce.--The 
        House Committee on Education and the Workforce shall 
        report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that 
        that provide direct spending to decrease outlays by 
        $86,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and increase outlays 
        by $3,443,000,000 for fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
          (5) Committee on resources.--The House Committee on 
        Resources shall report changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction that that provide direct spending to 
        decrease outlays by $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and 
        decrease outlays by $381,000,000 for fiscal years 1999 
        through 2003.
          (6) Committee on ways and means.--The House Committee 
        on Ways and Means shall report changes in laws within 
        its jurisdiction that provide direct spending to 
        decrease outlays by $437,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 
        and decrease outlays by $892,000,000 for fiscal years 
        1999 through 2003.

SEC. 5. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF COMPENSATION AND PAY FOR FEDERAL 
                    EMPLOYEES.

  In the House, for purposes of enforcing the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, establishing on a 
prospective basis compensation or pay for any office or 
position in the Government at a specified level, the 
appropriation for which is provided through annual 
discretionary appropriations, shall not be considered as 
providing new entitlement authority or new budget authority.

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TOTAL BUDGET SURPLUSES AND SOCIAL 
                    SECURITY.

  It is the sense of Congress that:
          (1) The total budget surplus should be reserved until 
        the Congress and the President enact comprehensive 
        measures providing for the long-term solvency of Social 
        Security, while preserving its core protections for 
        present and future generations of American families.
          (2) There should be established within the Treasury a 
        ``Save Social Security First Reserve Fund'' to be used 
        to save budget surpluses until a reform measure is 
        enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the Old-
        Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Funds. 
        The Secretary of the Treasury should pay into the 
        account at the end of each fiscal year an amount equal 
        to the surplus, if any, in the total budget of the 
        United States Government for that fiscal year. Balances 
        in that account should be invested in Treasury 
        securities and interest earnings should be credited to 
        the account.

SEC. 7. RESERVE FUND FOR POTENTIAL TOBACCO LEGISLATION.

  (a) In General.--Budget authority and outlays may be 
allocated to a committee or committees for legislation that 
increases funding to promote smoking prevention and cessation, 
curbs cigarette smoking among teenagers, makes payments to the 
States to mitigate the costs incurred of treating smoking-
related illnesses, provides support to tobacco farmers, makes 
payments to other claimants against tobacco companies, or funds 
Federal medical research, within such a committee's 
jurisdiction, if such a committee or the committee of 
conference on such legislation reports such legislation, and 
if, to the extent that the costs of such legislation are not 
included in this concurrent resolution on the budget, the 
enactment of such legislation will not increase (by virtue of 
either contemporaneous or previously passed legislation) the 
deficits in this resolution for--
          (1) fiscal year 1999; and
          (2) the period of fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
  (b) Revised Allocations.--Upon the reporting of legislation 
pursuant to subsection (a), and again upon the submission of a 
conference report on such legislation (if a conference report 
is submitted), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 
the House of Representatives may file with the House 
appropriately revised allocations under section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and revised functional levels 
and aggregates to carry out this subsection. Such revised 
allocations, functional levels, and aggregates shall be 
considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 as allocations, functional levels, and aggregates 
contained in this concurrent resolution on the budget.
  (c) Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (Medicare Part A 
Trust Fund).--Congress intends that any tobacco proceeds not 
used for increased funding under subsection (a) should be 
deposited in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
(established under section 1817 of the Social Security Act).

SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE ACT.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
          (1) 33 percent of all American households have no or 
        negative financial assets and 60 percent of African-
        American households have no or negative financial 
        assets;
          (2) 46.9 percent of all children in America live in 
        households with no financial assets, including 40 
        percent of Caucasian children and 75 percent of 
        African-American children;
          (3) in order to provide low-income families with more 
        tools for empowerment in lieu of traditional income 
        support and to assist them in becoming more involved in 
        planning their future, new public-private relationships 
        that encourage asset-building should be undertaken;
          (4) individual development account programs are 
        successfully demonstrating the ability to assist low-
        income families in building assets while partnering 
        with community organizations and States in more than 40 
        public and private experiments nationwide; and
          (5) Federal support for a trial demonstration program 
        would greatly assist the creative efforts of existing 
        individual development account experiments.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, in 
carrying out its reconciliation instructions pursuant to this 
concurrent resolution, the Committee on Ways and Means should 
include the text of H.R. 2849 (the Assets for Independence Act) 
in its submission to the House Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON CLINICAL CANCER 
                    TRIALS.

  It is the sense of Congress that the committees of 
jurisdiction should consider legislation this session that 
would establish a 3-year demonstration project providing 
medicare coverage for beneficiaries' participation in clinical 
cancer trials.

SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE INTERIM PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOME 
                    HEALTH BENEFITS UNDER MEDICARE.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the interim payment system for home health 
        service has adversely affected some home health care 
        agencies and medicare beneficiaries;
          (2) if home health care is threatened and further 
        reduced, health care costs to Federal and State 
        governments, as well as families, may rise to cover 
        more expensive post-hospital and long-term care;
          (3) the committees of jurisdiction should initiate a 
        revision of the interim payment system,paying 
particular attention to providing a more gradual reduction in home 
health care costs and additional time for home health care agencies to 
adjust to lower rates and reimbursements;
          (4) due to the critical nature of this issue, 
        Congress should enact an equitable and fair revision of 
        the interim payment system before the adjournment of 
        the 105th Congress; and
          (5) the Health Care Financing Administration should 
        fully implement by October 1, 1999, the prospective 
        payment system that was enacted into law last year.

SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAX RELIEF.

  It is the sense of Congress that the committees of 
jurisdiction should accommodate high priority tax relief of 
approximately $30,000,000,000 over 5 years within legislation 
that fully offsets revenues lost by closing or restricting 
unwarranted tax benefits. Such tax relief should--
          (1) accommodate the revenue effects of improving 
        rights for medical patients and providers in managed 
        care health plans;
          (2) expand tax credits to alleviate the costs of 
        child care for families;
          (3) reduce financing costs for primary and secondary 
        public school modernization;
          (4) extend long-supported and previously renewed tax 
        benefits that will soon expire such as the Work 
        Opportunity and Research and Experimentation credits; 
        and
          (5) mitigate tax code ``marriage penalties'' in a 
        manner at least equal in scope to the 1995 tax relief 
        provision of H.R. 2491.
    Amend the title so as to read: ``A concurrent resolution 
establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 1999 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 
2003.''.

                               
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