[House Report 106-77]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 106-77

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    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. CON. RES. 68, THE CONCURRENT 
             RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

                                _______
                                

   March 24, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 131]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 131, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 
68, the Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2000, 
under a structured 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 and one hour on economic goals and policies equally 
divided and controlled by Representative Saxton and 
Representative Stark. The rule further waives clause 4(a) of 
rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee 
report) against consideration of the bill. The rule also 
considers the amendment printed in part 1 of this report as 
adopted upon adoption of this resolution.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments in the nature 
of a substitute printed in part 2 of this report which may be 
offered only in the order specified and only by the Member 
designated in this report. Each of these amendments shall be 
debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent and shall 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 provides, upon the conclusion of consideration of 
the concurrent resolution for amendment, for a final period of 
general debate not to exceed 10 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Budget.
    The rule also permits the Chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget 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 XXIII 
(relating to the establishment of the statutory limit on the 
public debt) with respect to the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2000.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 11

    Date: March 24, 1999.
    Measure: H. Con. Res. 68, the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2000.
    Motion By: Mr. Frost.
    Summary of Motion: To make in order the Clement amendment 
which increases budget authority relating to Veterans Benefits 
and Services (Function 700) for fiscal year 2000 by $1 billion 
and outlays by $900 million. In the out years, it would 
increase budget authority by $3.2 billion adjusted for 
inflation. The offsets for this increase for fiscal year 2000 
would be taken from the Republican increase in defense spending 
over and above the President's increase. The total increase in 
Function 700 for FY 2000 would be $1.9 billion, which is what 
the Veterans' Affairs Committee recommended to the Budget 
Committee.
    Results: Defeated 2 to 8.
    Vote by Member: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

  SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER TO H. CON. RES. 68, CONCURRENT 
             RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

                                 PART 1

Amendment considered as adopted

    Kasich: Makes several technical changes to the committee 
reported bill, adds a sense of the Congress on child nutrition, 
adds $2 billion in budget outlays for defense for FY 2000, and 
requires CBO to consult with the Social Security Trustees when 
re-estimating the Social Security surplus.

                                 PART 2

Amendments made in order under the rule

    Coburn, Shadegg--40 minutes: The President's complete 
budget proposal as scored by CBO. Assumes the enactment of all 
policy changes proposed by the Administration.
    Minge--40 minutes: Reserves 100% of the Social Security 
surplus for Social Security, and devotes one-half of the 
expected on-budget surplus to debt reduction, 25% for tax cuts, 
and the remaining 25% for investments in priority programs.
    Spratt--40 minutes: Provides that any new tax cuts or 
spending initiatives are contingent on first passing 
legislation addressing the solvency problems facing Medicare 
and Social Security. Until such time, both the pay-as-you-go 
rules and the discretionary caps would remain in place. 
Protects 100% of the Social Security surplus in every year and 
runs additional surpluses as well. Requires the Treasury to 
apply 100% of any surplus to the repurchase of government bonds 
held by the public, and transfers that amount of debt reduction 
to the Medicare Part A and Social Security trust funds. 
Provides more funds for priority programs. It provides net tax 
cuts of $116 billion over 2000-2009, contingent on extending 
the solvency of Social Security and Medicare.

                                 PART 1

    The amendment considered as adopted:
  Section 3(1) (relating to National Defense (050) outlays for 
fiscal year 2000) is amended by striking ``$274,600,000,000'' 
and inserting ``$276,600,000,000''.
  Section 3(20) (relating to Allowances (920) outlays for 
fiscal year 2000) is amended by striking ``-$8,100,000,000'' 
and inserting ``-$10,100,000,000''.
  Section 5(c) is amended to read as follows:
  (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) beginning with fiscal year 2000, legislation 
        should be enacted to require any official statement 
        issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the 
        Congressional Budget Office, or any other agency or 
        instrumentality of the Government of surplus or deficit 
        totals of the budget of the Government as submitted by 
        the President or of the surplus or deficit totals of 
        the congressional budget, and any description of, or 
        reference to, such totals in any official publication 
        or material issued by either of such offices or any 
        other such agency or instrumentality, should exclude 
        the outlays and receipts of the old-age, survivors, and 
        disability insurance program under title II of the 
        Social Security Act (including the Federal Old-Age and 
        Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
        Disability Insurance Trust Fund) and the related 
        provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
          (2) legislation should be considered to augment 
        subsection (b) by--
                  (A) taking such steps as may be required to 
                safeguard the social security surpluses, such 
                as statutory changes equivalent to the reserve 
                fund for retirement security and medicare set 
                forth in section 6; or
                  (B) otherwise establishing a statutory limit 
                on debt held by the public and reducing such 
                limit by the amounts of the social security 
                surpluses.
  Section 6(b) is amended by inserting ``, including any 
measure'' before ``in response''.
  Section 6(c)(2) is amended by inserting ``, in consultation 
with the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund,'' after ``Office''.
  Section 15(b) is amended by striking ``October 1, 1999'' and 
inserting ``January 1, 2000''.
  At the end, add the following new section:

SEC. 17. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CHILD NUTRITION.

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

                                 PART 2

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Coburn of Oklahoma, or 
  Representative Shadegg of Arizona, or a Designee, Debatable for 40 
                                minutes:

  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

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

  The Congress declares that this is the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2000 and that the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2001 through 2004 are hereby 
set forth.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2000 through 2004:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
                        Fiscal year 2000: $1,406,000,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2001: $1,445,300,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2002: $1,507,900,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2003: $1,562,800,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2004: $1,631,800,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
                        Fiscal year 2000: $11,000,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2001: $10,600,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2002: $10,600,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2003: $10,000,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2004: $9,500,000,000.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 
        of total new budget authority are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,549,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,588,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,648,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,717,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $1,798,500,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
        budget outlays are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,535,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,564,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,634,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,702,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $1,780,600,000,000.
          (4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as 
        follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $129,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $119,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $126,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $139,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $148,800,000,000.
          (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the 
        public debt are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $5,778,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $5,999,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $6,242,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $6,497,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $6,764,500,000,000.

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal 
years 2000 through 2004 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $280,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $283,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $300,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $265,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $302,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $293,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $312,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $303,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $321,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $313,800,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $18,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,600,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,200,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $-200,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,000,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,000,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,500,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $54,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $48,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $54,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,600,000,000
                          (B) Outlays, $50,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $59,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,800,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,700,000,000.
          (10) Elementary and Secondary Education, and 
        Vocational Education (501):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
                  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, $22,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,800,000,000.
          (11) Higher Education, Training, Employment, and 
        Social Services (500, except for 501):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $47,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $47,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $48,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $47,700,000,000.
          (12) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $157,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $153,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $166,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $165,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $176,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $177,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $188,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $189,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $202,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $202,800,000,000.
          (13) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $207,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $207,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $220,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $220,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $228,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $228,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $248,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $249,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $266,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $266,900,000,000.
          (14) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $256,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $259,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $268,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $271,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $282,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $285,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $291,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $295,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $301,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $304,000,000,000.
          (15) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $99,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $99,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $84,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $84,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $107,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $107,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $106,700,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $106,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $126,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $126,000,000,000.
          (16) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,300,000,000.
          (17) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,600,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $27,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $27,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,000,000,000.
          (18) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,800,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
          (19) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $278,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $278,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $279,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $279,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $282,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $282,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $286,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $286,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $291,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $291,900,000,000.
          (20) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $3,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $2,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $7,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,900,000,000.
          (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$35,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$35,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$39,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$39,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$43,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$43,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$38,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$38,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$38,500,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$38,500,000,000.

SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.

  Not later than September 30, 1999, the House Committee on 
Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation bill 
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction such 
that the total level of revenues for that committee is not less 
than: $1,406,000,000,000 in revenues for fiscal year 2000 and 
$7,533,900,000,000 in revenues for fiscal years 2000 through 
2004.
                              ----------                              


2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Minge of Minnesota, or 
                 a Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes:

  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

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

  The Congress declares that this is the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2000 and that the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2001 through 2004 are hereby 
set forth.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2000 through 2004:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
                        Fiscal year 2000: $1,405,900,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2001: $1,441,600,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2002: $1,496,500,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2003: $1,551,100,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2004: $1,613,600,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
                        Fiscal year 2000: $0.
                        Fiscal year 2001: -$3,900,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2002: -$11,500,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2003: -$11,900,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2004: -$14,300,000,000.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 
        of total new budget authority are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,418,785,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,316,307,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,493,021,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,546,516,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $1,608,848,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
        budget outlays are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,405,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,436,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,468,250,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,527,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $1,583,300,000,000.
          (4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as 
        follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: -$900,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: -$5,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: -$28,250,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: -$23,700,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004: -$30,300,000,000.
          (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the 
        public debt are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $5,620,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $5,704,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $5,763,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $5,802,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $5,828,600,000,000.

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal 
years 2000 through 2004 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $281,773,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $274,595,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $305,158,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $285,949,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $308,046,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $297,646,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $314,507,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $306,937,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $316,033,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $316,593,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,746,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,052,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,651,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,111,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,765,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,381,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,550,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,623,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,483,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,323,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,977,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,257,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,968,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,865,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,934,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,865,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,934,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,743,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $18,208,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,682,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$618,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$141,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,937,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$152,,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,178,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$76,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,282,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$315,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,419,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,809,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,669,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,529,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,057,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,463,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,391,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,484,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,555,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,470,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,483,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,340,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,251,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,294,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,884,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,764,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,893,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,233,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,304,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,501,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $11,851,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,848,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,103,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $10,573,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,711,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,410,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,166,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,540,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,872,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,874,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,438,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $51,744,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,846,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $50,992,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $47,718,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $50,807,000,000
                          (B) Outlays, $47,278,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $52,248,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,806,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $52,278,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,298,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,407,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,642,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,355,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,111,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $4,288,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $7,081,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,650,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,067,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,620,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,475,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,302,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $63,557,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $67,338,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,496,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $68,386,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $66,107,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $71,053,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $68,375,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $73,543,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $70,833,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $156,176,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $152,988,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $165,200,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $163,179,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $174,521,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $174,884,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $186,343,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $186,830,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $201,010,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $201,317,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $208,663,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $208,707,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $222,115,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $222,269,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $230,604,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $230,239,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $250,754,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $250,888,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $268,569,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $268,755,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $246,479,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $248,070,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $248,192,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $257,020,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $264,339,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $266,555,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $276,831,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $276,147,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $285,569,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $285,429,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,455,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,556,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,134,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,034,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,249,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,149,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $16,335,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,235,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,123,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,023,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,536,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,693,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,289,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,632,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $47,236,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $47,517,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $47,987,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $48,447,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $48,363,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $48,939,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,385,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,335,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,622,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,114,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,128,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,292,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,548,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,301,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $27,709,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,463,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,940,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,148,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $11,946,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,639,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,079,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,328,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,093,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,159,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $12,100,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,147,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $270,815,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $270,815,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $266,827,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $266,827,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $262,680,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $262,680,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $258,806,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $258,806,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $262,799,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $262,799,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$8,350,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$8,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$10,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$14,400,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$4,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$15,200,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$14,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$12,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$7,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$9,600,000,000.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$34,260,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$34,260,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$36,876,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$36,876,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$43,626,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$43,626,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$37,004,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$37,004,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        -$37,089,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$37,089,000,000.

SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.

  (a) Not later than September 30, 1999, the House Committee on 
Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation bill 
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction such 
that the total level of revenues for that committee is not less 
than: $0 in revenues for fiscal year 2000 and $41,600,000,000 
in revenues for fiscal years 2000 through 2004.
  (b) Tax Cut Contingent on Saving Social Security.--It shall 
not be in order in the House to consider a reconciliation bill 
reported pursuant to subsection (a) unless the chairman of the 
House Committee on the Budget has received a certification from 
the Board of Trustees of the social security trust funds that 
the funds are in actuarial balance for the 75-year period used 
in the most recent annual report of that Board pursuant to 
section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act.

SEC. 5. SAVING THE SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
          (1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the 
        social security trust funds are required to be off-
        budget for the purposes of the President's budget 
        submission and the concurrent resolution on the budget;
          (2) the social security trust funds have been running 
        surpluses for 17 years;
          (3) these surpluses have been used implicitly to 
        finance the general operations of the Government;
          (4) in fiscal year 2000, the social security surplus 
        will exceed $137,000,000,000;
          (5) for the first time in 24 years, a concurrent 
        resolution on the budget balances the Federal budget 
        without counting social security surpluses; and
          (6) the only way to ensure social security surpluses 
        are not diverted for other purposes is to balance the 
        budget exclusive of such surpluses.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the social security surplus should not be used to 
        fund other operations within the Government;
          (2) the budget of the Government should balance 
        without relying on social security trust funds to hide 
        a deficit or inflate a surplus; and
          (3) surpluses in the social security trust funds 
        should be reserved, to be used exclusively by the 
        social security system.
  (c) Point of Order.--(1) It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
concurrent resolution on the budget, or any amendment thereto 
or conference report thereon, that sets forth a deficit for any 
fiscal year. For purposes of this subsection, a deficit shall 
be the level (if any) set forth in the most recently agreed to 
concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year 
pursuant to section 301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974. In setting forth the deficit level pursuant to such 
section, that level shall not include any adjustments in 
aggregates that would be made pursuant to any reserve fund that 
provides for adjustments in allocations and aggregates for 
legislation that enhances retirement security or extends the 
solvency of the medicare trust funds or makes such changes in 
the medicare payment or benefit structure as are necessary.
  (2) Paragraph (1) may be waived in the Senate only by the 
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members voting.

SEC. 6. REMOVAL OF SOCIAL SECURITY FROM BUDGET PRONOUNCEMENTS.

  It is the sense of Congress that any official statement 
issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Congressional Budget Office, or any other agency or 
instrumentality of the Federal Government of surplus or deficit 
totals of the budget of the United States Government as 
submitted by the President or of the surplus or deficit totals 
of the congressional budget, and any description of, or 
reference to, such totals in any official publication or 
material issued by either of such Offices or any other such 
agency or instrumentality, shall exclude the outlays and 
receipts of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance 
program under title II of the Social Security Act (including 
the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund) and the related 
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ALLOCATION OF ON-BUDGET SURPLUSES.

  As reflected in this resolution, it is the sense of Congress 
that all on-budget surpluses should be distributed as follows:
          (1) 50 percent to debt reduction.--It is the 
        determination of Congress that the national debt is too 
        high. In a time of peace and prosperity, debt reduction 
        is a top national priority. This reduction of debt will 
        better position the Government to finance anticipated 
        depletions of the social security and medicare trust 
        funds. However, the Congress determines that such a 
        reduction in debt shall not be construed as a 
        substitute for needed substantive reforms of those 
        programs to assure their long term financial integrity.
          (2) 25 percent to tax reduction.--Congress determines 
        that 4 types of tax reduction should be accommodated 
        within this budget:
                  (A) Extensions of current temporary provision 
                of the tax code.
                  (B) Targeted tax reduction in settings in 
                which changes are needed for fairness and sound 
                economic planning.
                  (C) Tax reform and simplification to 
                eliminate complicated features of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986.
                  (D) Consideration of across-the-board tax 
                cuts.
          (3) 25 percent to investment in priority areas.--
        Congress recognizes that the budget caps have imposed 
        severe constraints on Government operations for fiscal 
        year 2000, and without relief, programs may be 
        difficult to administer in the ensuing fiscal years. As 
        a result, investments in many priorities will be 
        deferred or not made. The 25 percent of surplus 
        allocated to priority programs is designed to offer 
        opportunity to strengthen these programs in the years 
        ahead. Congress finds that priorities include 
        agriculture, defense, education, and veterans' 
        programs, and others that may be from time-to-time 
        determined.

SEC. 8. SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.

  It is the sense of the Congress that the Social Security and 
Medicare programs are vital to our nation's health and the 
retirement security of our citizens. Enactment of reforms to 
strengthen and preserve these programs must be an urgent 
priority.
            (1) Social security.--After the Congress enacts 
        legislation to reform and extend the solvency of the 
        social security program, the chairman of the Committee 
        on the Budget may adjust allocations for fiscal years 
        2000 through 2004 to allow for general revenue 
        transfers to the social security trust fund, subject to 
        the following limitations: Fiscal year 2001, 
        adjustments not greater than $8,500,000,000; fiscal 
        year 2002, $16,500,000,000; fiscal year 2003, 
        $25,500,000,000; and fiscal year 2004, $34,000,000,000.
            (2) Medicare.--After the Congress enacts 
        legislation to reform and extend the solvency of the 
        medicare program, the chairman of the Committee on the 
        Budget may adjust allocations for fiscal years 2000 
        through 2004 to allow for general revenue transfers to 
        the medicare trust fund, subject to the following 
        limitations: Fiscal year 2001, $2,800,000,000; fiscal 
        year 2002, $5,500,000,000; fiscal year 2003, 
        $8,500,000,000; and fiscal year 2004, $11,000,000,000.

SEC. 9. UPDATING BASELINE PROJECTIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                    2000.

  (a) Up-to-Date Estimates of On-Budget Surpluses.--Upon the 
request of the chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall make an 
up-to-date estimate of the projected on-budget surplus for the 
applicable fiscal year.
  (b) Adjustments.--Upon receipt of an up-to-date estimate of 
an on-budget surplus made pursuant to subsection (a), the 
chairman of the House Committee on the Budget shall adjust the 
aggregates of new budget authority, outlays, revenues, and the 
public debt as follows:
          (1) Reduce the aggregates for public debt for each of 
        fiscal years 2000 through 2001 by an amount equal to 
        \1/2\ of the increase (if any) in on-budget surplus 
        projections above the amounts provided in this 
        resolution.
          (2) Increase the aggregates of new budget authority 
        and outlays for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004 
        by an amount equal to \1/4\ of the increase (if any) in 
        on-budget surplus projections above the amounts 
        provided in this resolution.
          (3) Reduce the revenue aggregates for each of fiscal 
        years 2000 through 2004 by an amount equal to \1/4\ of 
        the increase (if any) in on-budget surplus projections 
        above the amounts provided in this resolution.

SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ENFORCEMENT.

  It is the sense of Congress that before October 1, 2000, 
Congress should enact legislation to modify and extend the pay-
as-you-go requirement through 2009, increase the discretionary 
spending limits set forth under section 251(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal 
years 2001 and 2002, and extend those limits to include fiscal 
years 2003 and 2004, to reflect the new budget authority and 
outlays as set forth in this resolution.

SEC. 11. INTENT OF THE COMMITTEE REGARDING CROP INSURANCE.

  It is the intent of the Committee on the Budget of the House 
that function 350 for agriculture allow for the implementation 
of a new, comprehensive, affordable, and permanent crop and 
revenue insurance program. The cost of the program is assumed 
to be $____ billion in this resolution; but the program design 
has not been developed. When the program is developed such 
committee will take all steps necessary to work the crop and 
revenue insurance initiative into the budget resolution and 
budget process.

SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
          (1) the geographic disparity in payment rates for the 
        medicare managed care program is inherently unfair;
          (2) unfairness disproportionately effects rural areas 
        and efficient health care markets;
          (3) seniors in areas with higher reimbursement can 
        receive additional benefits that are unavailable to 
        seniors in other areas of the country.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Medicare+Choice payment rate must be addressed to correct the 
current inequality, and any expansion of the medicare program 
can be made only after this disparity is addressed.
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An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spratt of South Carolina, 
                or a Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes:

  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

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

  The Congress declares that this is the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2000 and that the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2001 through 2014 are hereby 
set forth.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  (a) Special Rule.--In this resolution, all references to 
years are fiscal years and all amounts are expressed in 
billions.
  (b) On-Budget Levels (Excluding Social Security and Other 
Off-Budget Agencies).--The following budgetary levels are 
appropriate for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2014:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
                        Fiscal year 2000: $1,408.5.
                        Fiscal year 2001: $1,439.2.
                        Fiscal year 2002: $1,497.3.
                        Fiscal year 2003: $1,552.0.
                        Fiscal year 2004: $1,622.2.
                        Fiscal year 2005: $1,697.5.
                        Fiscal year 2006: $1,775.9.
                        Fiscal year 2007: $1,855.9.
                        Fiscal year 2008: $1,940.0.
                        Fiscal year 2009: $2,029.3.
                        Fiscal year 2010: $2,115.9.
                        Fiscal year 2011: $2,207.4.
                        Fiscal year 2012: $2,300.8.
                        Fiscal year 2013: $2,396.6.
                        Fiscal year 2014: $2,494.4.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
                        Fiscal year 2000: $0.0.
                        Fiscal year 2001: -$5.9.
                        Fiscal year 2002: -$11.0.
                        Fiscal year 2003: -$11.3.
                        Fiscal year 2004: -$11.9.
                        Fiscal year 2005: -$13.4.
                        Fiscal year 2006: -$14.8.
                        Fiscal year 2007: -$15.5.
                        Fiscal year 2008: -$16.2.
                        Fiscal year 2009: -$16.4.
                        Fiscal year 2010: -$17.8.
                        Fiscal year 2011: -$17.8.
                        Fiscal year 2012: -$17.8.
                        Fiscal year 2013: -$17.8.
                        Fiscal year 2014: -$17.8.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 
        of total new budget authority are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,425.8.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,481.9.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,507.9.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,573.5.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $1,630.3.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $1,708.3.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $1,754.5.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $1,825.0.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $1,902.2.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $1,979.8.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $2,054.8.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $2,135.6.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $2,218.1.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $2,321.2.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $2,420.5.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total 
        budget outlays are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,408.0.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,432.3.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,495.8.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,551.6.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $1,621.7.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $1,684.8.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $1,735.3.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $1,803.9.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $1,882.9.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $1,958.2.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $2,045.1.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $2,134.8.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $2,226.3.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $2,338.4.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $2,442.0.
          (4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as 
        follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $0.5.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $6.9.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1.5.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $0.2.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $0.5.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $12.9.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $40.7.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $52.1.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $57.0.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $71.0.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $70.8.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $72.6.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $74.6.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $58.2.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $52.4.
  (c) Unified Budget Levels (Including All Federal Programs).--
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2000 through 2014:
          (1) Federal revenues.--(A) The recommended levels of 
        Federal revenues are as follows:
                Fiscal year 2000: $1,876.5.
                Fiscal year 2001: $1,927.0.
                Fiscal year 2002: $2,003.6.
                Fiscal year 2003: $2,079.4.
                Fiscal year 2004: $2,172.1.
                Fiscal year 2005: $2,274.3.
                Fiscal year 2006: $2,377.7.
                Fiscal year 2007: $2,484.2.
                Fiscal year 2008: $2,594.4.
                Fiscal year 2009: $2,710.6.
                Fiscal year 2010: $2,826.5.
                Fiscal year 2011: $2,948.5.
                Fiscal year 2012: $3,073.2.
                Fiscal year 2013: $3,201.0.
                Fiscal year 2014: $3,331.6.
          (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of 
        Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
                Fiscal year 2000: $0.0.
                Fiscal year 2001: -$5.9.
                Fiscal year 2002: -$11.0.
                Fiscal year 2003: -$11.3.
                Fiscal year 2004: -$11.9.
                Fiscal year 2005: -$13.4.
                Fiscal year 2006: -$14.8.
                Fiscal year 2007: -$15.5.
                Fiscal year 2008: -$16.2.
                Fiscal year 2009: -$16.4.
                Fiscal year 2010: -$17.8.
                Fiscal year 2011: -$17.8.
                Fiscal year 2012: -$17.8.
                Fiscal year 2013: -$17.8.
                Fiscal year 2014: -$17.8.
          (2) New budget authority.--The appropriate levels of 
        total new budget authority are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,752.9.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,821.4.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1.857.6.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,935.8.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $2,005.7.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $2,097.8.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $2,159.2.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $2,245.6.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $2,340.5.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $2,439.3.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $2,540.2.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $2,648.4.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $2,762.9.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $2,903.0.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $3,044.0.
          (3) Budget outlays.--The appropriate levels of total 
        budget outlays are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $1,735.1.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $1,771.9.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $1,845.4.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $1,914.0.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $1,997.2.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $2,074.5.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $2,140.1.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $2,224.7.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $2,321.2.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $2,417.9.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $2,530.5.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $2,647.5.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $2,771.2.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $2,920.2.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $3,065.5.
          (4) Surpluses.--The amounts of the surpluses are as 
        follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $141.4.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $155.1.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $158.1.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $165.3.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $174.9.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $199.9.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $237.7.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $259.5.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $273.2.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $292.7.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $296.0.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $301.0.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $302.0.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $280.8.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $266.1.
  (d) Debt Held by the Public.--The appropriate levels of the 
public debt are as follows:
          Fiscal year 2000: $3,500.4.
          Fiscal year 2001: $3,361.3.
          Fiscal year 2002: $3,219.2.
          Fiscal year 2003: $3,070.3.
          Fiscal year 2004: $2,910.7.
          Fiscal year 2005: $2,725.0.
          Fiscal year 2006: $2,500.6.
          Fiscal year 2007: $2,253.4.
          Fiscal year 2008: $1,991.7.
          Fiscal year 2009: $1,710.2.
          Fiscal year 2010: $1,426.2.
          Fiscal year 2011: $1,137.3.
          Fiscal year 2012: $847.2.
          Fiscal year 2013: $577.5.
          Fiscal year 2014: $322.4.
  (e) Transfers From the General Fund to the HI and OASI Trust 
Funds.--
          (1) Amounts transferred to hi trust fund.--The 
        amounts to be transferred from the General Fund to the 
        HI Trust Fund are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $26.2.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $28.2.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $29.9.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $31.5.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $33.3.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $37.8.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $44.2.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $47.8.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $50.2.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $53.1.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $54.3.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $54.9.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $54.9.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $51.6.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $49.3.
          (2) Amounts transferred to oasi trust fund.--The 
        amounts to be transferred from the General Fund to the 
        OASI Trust Fund are as follows:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $108.5.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $116.7.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $123.5.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $130.1.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $137.7.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $156.2.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $182.8.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $197.7.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $207.4.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $219.6.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $224.3.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $226.8.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $226.9.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $213.2.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $203.7.
          (3) Resulting on-budget deficits.--The on-budget 
        deficits resulting from this resolution including the 
        transfers under paragraphs (1) and (2) are the 
        following:
                  Fiscal year 2000: -$110.3.
                  Fiscal year 2001: -$118.0.
                  Fiscal year 2002: -$136.7.
                  Fiscal year 2003: -$151.8.
                  Fiscal year 2004: -$167.0.
                  Fiscal year 2005: -$182.1.
                  Fiscal year 2006: -$191.5.
                  Fiscal year 2007: -$207.1.
                  Fiscal year 2008: -$225.4.
                  Fiscal year 2009: -$238.1.
                  Fiscal year 2010: -$258.9.
                  Fiscal year 2011: -$276.3.
                  Fiscal year 2012: -$292.1.
                  Fiscal year 2013: -$313.1.
                  Fiscal year 2014: -$327.9.
          (4) Resulting off-budget surpluses.--The off-budget 
        surpluses resulting from this resolution including the 
        transfers under paragraphs (1) and (2) are the 
        following:
                  Fiscal year 2000: $251.8.
                  Fiscal year 2001: $273.0.
                  Fiscal year 2002: $294.8.
                  Fiscal year 2003: $316.9.
                  Fiscal year 2004: $341.9.
                  Fiscal year 2005: $382.1.
                  Fiscal year 2006: $429.2.
                  Fiscal year 2007: $466.7.
                  Fiscal year 2008: $498.5.
                  Fiscal year 2009: $530.8.
                  Fiscal year 2010: $554.9.
                  Fiscal year 2011: $577.3.
                  Fiscal year 2012: $594.1.
                  Fiscal year 2013: $593.8.
                  Fiscal year 2014: $594.0.

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal 
years 2000 through 2009 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $280.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $273.6.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $300.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $281.6.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $302.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $291.7.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $312.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $303.6.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $321.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $313.5.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $326.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $318.0.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $330.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $322.5.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $335.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $327.1.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $340.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $331.8.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $345.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $336.5.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.8.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $15.4.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.8.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $13.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.4.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $15.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.5.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $16.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $15.1.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $17.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $15.5.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $17.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $15.8.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $18.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $16.3.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $19.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $16.4.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $18.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $18.2.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $18.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $18.4.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $18.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $18.7.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $18.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $18.8.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $19.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $19.1.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $21.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $21.1.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $22.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $22.1.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $23.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $23.0.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $25.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $24.2.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $27.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $25.8.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, -$0.7.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1.8.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$0.2.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1.2.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$0.1.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1.2.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1.2.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.1.
                          (B) Outlays, -$0.1.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.5.
                          (B) Outlays, -$0.6.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.7.
                          (B) Outlays, -$0.3.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $1.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.0.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $1.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.1.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $24.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $23.6.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $24.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $24.0.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $24.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $23.9.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $24.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $24.1.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $25.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $25.0.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $27.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $26.5.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $28.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $27.8.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $28.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $28.2.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $30.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $29.7.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $32.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $30.6.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $13.3.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.2.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $10.6.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $11.0.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $13.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $11.8.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.5.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $15.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $13.4.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $16.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.2.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $16.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.9.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $17.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $15.1.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $98.
                          (B) Outlays, $4.5.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $7.1.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $16.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $11.9.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $16.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.6.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $16.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.8.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $11.4.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $11.1.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $10.9.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $10.5.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $9.9.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $50.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $45.8.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $52.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $47.7.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $52.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $47.2.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $54.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $48.5
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $54.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $48.7.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $54.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $50.6.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $54.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $53.9.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $54.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $55.1.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $55.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $56.4.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $55.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $56.7.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $8.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $10.6.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $7.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $9.3.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $8.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $8.8.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $8.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $9.2.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $9.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $9.3.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $10.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $10.0.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $11.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $10.7.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $11.6.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $13.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.8.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $13.8.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services:
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $68.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $64.3.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $67.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $66.1.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $67.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $66.7.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $69.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $68.5.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $71.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $70.7.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $74.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $72.5.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $76.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $75.3.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $80.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $78.4.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $83.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $82.5.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $87.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $86.1.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $157.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $153.4.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $167.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $163.9.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $177.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $177.1.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $188.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $189.0.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $203.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $204.2.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $220.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $220.0.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $238.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $238.7.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $259.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $258.7.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $280.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $279.2.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $303.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $302.2.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $208.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $208.8.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $222.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $222.3.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $231.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $230.7.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $251.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $251.4.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $269.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $269.3.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $296.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $295.9.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $307.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $307.8.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $338.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $338.7.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $366.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $366.3.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $395.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $395.5.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $245.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $248.4.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $257.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $258.5.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $267.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $268.3.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $276.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $277.8.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $286.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $287.8.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $300.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $301.6.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $307.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $309.0.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $313.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $316.1.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $327.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $330.7.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $338.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $341.8.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.3.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $13.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $13.8.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $15.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $15.6.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $16.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $16.3.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $17.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $17.1.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $18.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $18.0.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $19.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $19.0.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $20.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $20.1.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $21.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $21.4.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $22.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $22.6.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $45.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $45.5.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $46.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $46.4.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $46.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $46.7.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $48.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $48.3.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $48.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $48.8.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $53.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $53.9.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $52.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $52.5.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $53.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $51.9.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $54.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $55.2.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $57.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $57.4.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $23.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $25.3.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $24.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $24.9.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $24.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $24.9.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $25.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $25.7.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $27.7.
                          (B) Outlays, 27.6.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $29.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $29.3.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $31.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $30.2.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $32.9.
                          (B) Outlays, $32.5.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $34.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $34.0.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $35.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $35.2.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $13.5.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.6.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.3.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.1.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.2.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $12.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.4.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $13.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $12.8.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $13.7.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $13.8.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $14.5.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.3.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, 15.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $14.9.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $275.4.
                          (B) Outlays, $275.4.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $271.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $271.2.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $267.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $267.7.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $265.2.
                          (B) Outlays, $265.2.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $263.3.
                          (B) Outlays, $263.3.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $260.6.
                          (B) Outlays, $260.6.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $257.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $257.7.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $254.8.
                          (B) Outlays, $254.8.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $250.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $250.7.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $246.7.
                          (B) Outlays, $246.7.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$9.3.
                          (B) Outlays, -$9.5.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.5.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4.4.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.3.
                          (B) Outlays, -$5.7.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.1.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4.3.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.4.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4.4.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.5.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4.4.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.3.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4.3.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.3.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4.3.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.4.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4.3.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$4.2.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4.2.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$35.1.
                          (B) Outlays, -$35.1.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$37.9.
                          (B) Outlays, -$37.9.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$44.9.
                          (B) Outlays, -$44.9.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$38.3.
                          (B) Outlays, -$38.3.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$38.6.
                          (B) Outlays, -$38.6.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$39.8.
                          (B) Outlays, -$39.8.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$40.8.
                          (B) Outlays, -$40.8.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$42.5.
                          (B) Outlays, -$42.5.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$43.6.
                          (B) Outlays, -$43.6.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, -$44.8.
                          (B) Outlays, -$44.8.
          (21) Multipurpose (970):
                  Fiscal year 2000:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.0.
                  Fiscal year 2001:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, -$19.0.
                  Fiscal year 2002:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $10.0.
                  Fiscal year 2003:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1.0.
                  Fiscal year 2004:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $10.0.
                  Fiscal year 2005:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.0.
                  Fiscal year 2006:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.0.
                  Fiscal year 2007:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.0.
                  Fiscal year 2008:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.0.
                  Fiscal year 2009:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.0.

SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.

  (a) First Reconciliation Bill.--Not later than July 1, 1999, 
the House Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House 
a reconciliation bill that consists of changes in laws within 
its jurisdiction necessary--
          (1) to ensure (A) that the surplus of all trust fund 
        receipts over outlays of the social security trust 
        funds is invested in special purpose bonds backed by 
        the full faith and credit of the United States, and (B) 
        that such funds are applied by the Treasury solely to 
        pay off the outstanding debt of the United States held 
        by the public; and
          (2) to ensure further that the Treasury shall issue 
        bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the United 
        States Government to the Board of Trustees of the 
        Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance 
        Trust Funds and to the Board of Trustees of the 
        Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund in an amount 
        specified in this resolution which equals the public 
        debt retired through fiscal year 2014. 81\1/2\ percent 
        of such bonds shall be issued to the social security 
        trust funds and 19\1/2\ percent to the Medicare 
        Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
  (b) Second Reconciliation Bill.--If the reconciliation bill 
referred to in subsection (a) is enacted, then, not later than 
the 20th calendar day beginning after the date of such 
enactment, the House Committee on Ways and Means shall submit 
its recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the 
House. After receiving those recommendations, the Committee on 
the Budget shall report to the House a reconciliation bill 
carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive 
revision.
          (1) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall 
        report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        sufficient to reduce revenues as follows: -$40.1 in the 
        period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004 and -$116.5 in 
        the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2009.
          (2) The policy of this concurrent resolution is that 
        the bill reported under section 4(b)(1) accommodate 
        high priority tax relief of approximately $62 billion 
        over five years, $166 billion over ten years, and $295 
        billion over fifteen years upon enactment of 
        legislation that extends solvency of the Social 
        Security trust funds until 2050 and solvency of the 
        Medicare Trust Fund until at least 2020. Of these 
        amounts, $22 billion over five years, $50 billion over 
        ten years, and $90 billion over fifteen years would 
        fully offset revenues lost by closing or restricting 
        unwarranted tax benefits. Such tax relief should--
          (1) expand tax credits to alleviate the costs of 
        child care for working families;
          (2) reduce financing costs for primary and secondary 
        public school modernization;
          (3) mitigate ``marriage penalties'' in the tax code;
          (4) ensure that working families eligible for child 
        tax credits are unaffected by the Alternative Minimum 
        Tax;
          (5) create tax incentives for working families to 
        establish savings accounts for retirement;
          (6) extend long-supported and previously renewed tax 
        benefits that soon will expire, such as the Work 
        Opportunity and Research and Experimentation credits;
          (7) accommodate the revenue effects of enacting the 
        Dingell bill (H.R. 358), legislation improving rights 
        for medical patients and providers in managed care 
        health plans;
          (8) provide tax relief to assist working families 
        with long-term care needs; and
          (9) provide tax credits to purchasers of Better 
        American Bonds which will support State and local 
        environmental protection initiatives.

SEC. 5. EXTENDING THE SOLVENCY OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.

  Until enactment of the legislation required by this section, 
none of any budget surplus shall be obligated or expended. Upon 
enactment of this legislation, the on-budget surplus may be 
used to increase programs or to offset tax reduction, subject 
to the discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go rules 
as enacted by H. Con. Res. 67 (105th Congress) or as 
subsequently amended. It is the objective of this resolution to 
extend the solvency of Social Security at least until 2050 and 
the solvency of Medicare at least until 2020, and to prohibit 
obligation or expenditure of any budget surplus until these 
objectives are met. The Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997 set 
discretionary caps for fiscal years 1998 through 2002 based 
upon explicit funding levels for national defense (Function 
050) for fiscal years 1998 through 2002. The President's budget 
for fiscal year 2000 requests a baseline increase in Function 
050 amounting to $84 billion in budget authority for each of 
the next 5 years. The purpose of the increase is to address 
problems of readiness and retention and to meet requirements 
for modernization of forces, which were not anticipated in the 
Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997. This request changes 
fundamentally the assumptions on which the agreement was made; 
therefore, baseline spending should be increased in order to 
provide sufficient funds for nondefense discretionary spending 
needs while meeting the President's request for additional 
defense spending. Therefore, upon enactment of legislation 
making Social Security and Medicare solvent, as required by 
section 4(a), the discretionary spending caps applicable to 
fiscal years 2001 and 2002 should be adjusted upward to reflect 
the additional defense spending request from the President's 
budget.

SEC. 6. UPDATED CBO PROJECTIONS.

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

SEC. 7. RELINQUISHING THE FEDERAL SHARE OF MEDICAID FUNDS RECOUPED AS A 
                    RESULT OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN THE STATES 
                    AND TOBACCO COMPANIES.

  The resolution assumes the Federal share of Medicaid funds 
recouped as a result of tobacco settlements between the States 
and tobacco companies will be relinquised to the States. The 
resolution assumes that the release of the Federal Government's 
claim to these funds in favor of the States will be made by 
law, and will be subject to certain conditions and activities 
prescribed by law including, but not limited to, programs which 
improve public health, programs designed to prevent youth 
smoking, other health activities or education, and compensation 
for tobacco farmers.

SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
                    FREEDOM.

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

SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.

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

SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND PRESERVING 
                    HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE 
                    BENEFICIARIES.

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

SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICARE PAYMENT.

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

SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ASSESSMENT OF WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMS.

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

SEC. 13. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVIDING HONOR GUARD SERVICES FOR 
                    VETERANS' FUNERALS.

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

SEC. 14. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S LIVABILITY AGENDA 
                    AND LANDS LEGACY INITIATIVE.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
          (1) States and localities across the country are 
        taking steps to address the problems of traffic 
        congestion, urban sprawl, the deterioration of 
        recreational areas, and the disappearance of wildlife 
        habitat and open space;
          (2) the Government should be a strong partner with 
        States and localities as they strive to address these 
        problems and build livable communities for the 21st 
        century;
          (3) the Government can and should also take 
        independent actions to protect critical lands across 
        the country and to preserve America's natural 
        treasures; and
          (4) the President's Lands Legacy Initiative and 
        Livability Agenda represent two comprehensive proposals 
        that advance these goals.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
President's Land Legacy Initiative and Livability Agenda should 
be considered high priorities by the Appropriations Committees 
as they make spending decisions for fiscal year 2000 and 
beyond.

SEC. 15. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CHILD NUTRITION.

  It is the sense of Congress that both Democrats and 
Republicans understand that an adequate diet and proper 
nutrition are essential to a child's general well-being. 
Furthermore, the lack of an adequate diet and proper nutrition 
may adversely affect a child's ability to perform up to his or 
her ability in school. Because of this fact, as well as the 
current Federal role in school nutrition programs and the 
commitment on behalf of both Republicans and Democrats to 
helping children learn, it is the sense of Congress that the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House should examine our Nation's nutrition 
programs to determine if they can be improved, particularly 
with respect to services to low-income children.

SEC. 16. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING STATES' FLEXIBILITY TO HELP LOW-
                    INCOME SENIORS MEET MEDICARE'S COST SHARING 
                    REQUIREMENTS.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
          (1) Congress and the States through Medicaid have 
        established two vital programs to help senior citizens 
        pay medicare premiums, deductibles, and copayments 
        through the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) and 
        the Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB) 
        programs;
          (2) a recent Families, USA study found that between 
        three and four million low-income seniors are not 
        getting the help to which they are legally entitled, 
        which is nearly 40 percent of those eligible for these 
        programs; and
          (3) for many senior citizens with limited means, 
        these medicare premiums, deductibles, and copayments 
        can be a significant burden on their monthly budgets.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
these low-income seniors be enrolled in Medicaid by allowing 
the Social Security Administration to automatically assume that 
these seniors are eligible for Medicaid, while States make 
final determinations.

SEC. 17. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EQUITABLE REIMBURSEMENT FOR FEDERALLY 
                    QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.

  The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 contained a provision to 
phase out Medicaid cost-based reimbursements from States to 
FQHC's beginning in August of 1999 and phasing out completely 
by 2002. It is anticipated that the phase-out of these 
reimbursements will put a tremendous strain on the ability of 
FQHC's to meet the healthcare needs of Medicaid beneficiaries 
and the uninsured, particularly in rural areas of the United 
States. It is the sense of Congress that a fair and equitable 
Medicaid reimbursement policy should be developed for FQHC's in 
recognition of their unique patient and service mix.

SEC. 18. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING STATE'S FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE 
                    CHILDREN WITH HEALTH INSURANCE.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
          (1) according to the 1997 current population survey 
        data from the United States Census Bureau, 11.3 million 
        children are uninsured and 4.4 million of them are 
        eligible for Medicaid;
          (2) under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, States 
        have a new option under Medicaid to grant ``presumptive 
        eligibility'' to children through pediatricians, 
        community health centers, other health providers, Head 
        Start centers, WIC agencies, and State or local child 
        care agencies that determine eligibility for child care 
        subsidies; and
          (3) it is more cost effective to enroll these 
        children in Medicaid and ensure that they are receiving 
        preventive care through a family doctor, rather than 
        through an emergency room where children are sicker and 
        taxpayers will end up paying more through higher 
        Medicaid expenditures, local taxes, or insurance 
        premiums.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
these low-income children be enrolled in Medicaid by allowing 
schools, child care resource and referral centers, child 
support agencies, workers determining eligibility for homeless 
programs, and workers determining eligibility for the 
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to automatically 
assume that these children are eligible for Medicaid, while 
States make final determinations.

                                
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