[House Report 107-30]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 107-30
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. CON. RES. 83, THE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002
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March 27, 2001.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Goss, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 100]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 100, by a non-record vote, report the same to
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res.
83, the Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2002,
under a structured rule. The rule provides 40 minutes of
additional general debate equally divided and controlled by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the
Budget.
The rule waives all points of order against consideration
of the concurrent resolution. The rule makes in order the
concurrent resolution, as modified by the amendment printed in
part A of this report.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in
part B of this report which may be offered only in the order
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not
be subject to amendment. All points of order against the
amendments are waived 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 provides that the concurrent resolution shall
not be subject to a demand for division of the question of its
adoption.
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. 7
Date: March 27, 2001.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 83, the Concurrent Budget Resolution
for Fiscal Year 2002.
Motion by: Ms. Slaughter.
Summary of motion: Make in order an amendment by Rep.
Capuano, which increases the energy funding in Function 270 by
$700 million in 2002, which will allow for doubling of the
weatherization assistance program and for a 10 percent increase
in solar, renewables, and conservation programs. The amendment
also increases Function 600 by $1.7 billion in 2002, which will
allow for an increase in the Low Income Heating and Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
Results: Rejected 2 to 7.
Vote by Member: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Frost--Yea;
Slaughter--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE
Part A--Amendment to be considered as adopted
The amendment authorizes the Appropriations Committee
chairman to adjust the 302(b) allocations for appropriations
for emergencies. Clarifies that the strategic reserve fund
could be used to finance Medicare reform and a prescription
drug benefit. Clarifies that the reserve fund for fiscal year
2001 could be used to cover tax relief in the current fiscal
year. Clarifies that the following reserve funds permit the
Budget Committee chairman to make adjustments in the
reconciliation instructions if appropriate as well as budgetary
totals in the budget resolution: the strategic reserve fund,
the supplemental reserve fund for Medicare, and the reserve
fund for fiscal year 2001. Clarifies that the Appropriations
Committee is permitted to provide a specified level of advanced
appropriations, which would be charged against the budget
resolution in the fiscal year in which the appropriation first
becomes available for obligation.
Part B--Amendments in the nature of a substitute
1. DeFazio/Kucinich--Progressive Caucus Substitute.
Balances the competing demands of the American public for tax
relief, debt reduction, and adequate investment in critical
programs. Makes much larger investments in education, including
new school construction grants and full funding for Head Start;
provides for Medicare prescription drug benefit; provides
funding for election reform; and provides funding for
affordable housing construction. Provides for a 20% reduction
in the Defense budget. Eliminates the deductibility of
excessive CEO compensation and of tobacco advertising and
marketing. Reduces OPIC and the advanced Technology Program.
Divides projected non-Social Security and non-Medicare
surpluses into thirds: one-third for additional debt reduction,
one-third for tax relief, and one-third for needed investments.
If current projections hold, this framework will provide around
$900 billion (including increased interest costs) for each of
these areas. (debatable for 40 minutes)
2. Stenholm/Moore--Blue Dog Substitute. Reserves half of
the on-budget surplus over the next 5 years ($370 billion) for
debt reduction and strengthening Social Security and Medicare.
Devotes one-quarter of the on-budget surplus to tax cuts
retroactive to 2001, and for a net tax cut of $180 billion from
2001-2006. Saves 100% of the Social Security and Medicare trust
fund surpluses for future retirees and prohibits those
surpluses from being used for any other purpose. Provides for
an immediate tax cut of $23 billion in FY 2001 (one-quarter of
the FY 2001 surplus). Allocates 25% of the on-budget surplus
over the next five years for investments in priorities
identified by the President with bipartisan support in
Congress. Enforces discretionary spending levels byestablishing
realistic spending caps for the next 5 years that allow discretionary
spending to increase by 5.4% in FY 2002 and an average of 3.0% a year
from 2003-2006, for an average rate of growth of 3.5% over the entire
five year period. Provides $92 billion over five years for meaningful
prescription drug coverage through a Medicare defined benefit that is
available to all seniors consistent with the plan being developed by
the Blue Dog health care task force, which has a 10-year cost of $320
billion. Provides a total of $57.1 billion more for agriculture
mandatory spending. Increases spending by $20 billion in budget
authority and $25 billion in outlays from FY 2002-2006. Increases
funding for education programs by $23.5 billion above inflation over
the next 5 years, $19 billion more than the Budget Committee
resolution. (debatable for 40 minutes)
3. Flake--Republican Study Committee Substitute. Provides
$2.2 trillion in tax relief between 2002 and 2011 and an
additional $93 billion in tax relief for the current fiscal
year. Sets defense spending at $350 billion in FY 2002, $25
billion more than the Committee Budget. Provides an additional
$290 billion for defense. Total discretionary spending for FY
2002 is 2.9% higher than last year. Spends $6.7 billion less in
FY 2002 on discretionary programs than proposed by the
Committee. Spends $150 billion less over 10 years than the
Committee Budget for discretionary programs. Funds Agriculture,
Veterans, and Social Security at the Committee recommended
levels. Locks away 100% of the Social Security and Medicare
surpluses and achieves the maximum level of public debt
reduction. Requires that any prescription drug benefit be a
part of an overall Medicare reform package that does not weaken
the long-term solvency of the system by increasing baseline
spending. Provides specific protection for Social Security
reform legislation provided that the reforms include private
individual accounts. Includes special provisions to ensure that
the impact of a proposed tax measure on the economy and federal
revenues is taken into account and to ensure that ``triggers''
are not added to any tax measure. Adds an additional provision
to ensure that the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
coordinate their 302(b) allocations. Includes Sense of House/
Congress language regarding unauthorized programs, achieving of
clean financial audits by departments and agencies, adopting of
legislation prohibiting the investment of surplus funds in
private securities, and offsetting any FY '01 supplemental
spending. (debatable for 40 minutes)
4. Spratt--Democratic Substitute. Extends the solvency of
both the Medicare and Social Security programs and calls for
giving the Medicare HI surplus the same off-budget status as
the Social Security surplus and provides that Social Security
and Medicare funds shall be used exclusively to fund benefits
promised in current law. The substitute also divides the non-
Social Security, non-Medicare surplus into thirds with one-
third for tax relief costing $910 billion, one-third for
priority investments including a prescription drug plan, and
one-third for more debt reduction and new resources for
Medicare and Social Security. (debatable for 50 minutes)
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Page 55, line 26, insert ``, and any adjustments permitted
under sections 6, 7, and 8 may include changes in the
appropriate reconciliation instructions'' before the period.
Page 47, strike line 22 and all that follows through page
50, line 15 and insert the following:
SEC. 5. RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES.
(a) Allocations for Emergencies.--(1) In the House, in
addition to the allocation provided under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the joint explanatory
statement of managers accompanying this resolution shall
include a separate allocation of $5,627,000,000 in new budget
authority and $2,617,000,000 in outlays for emergencies for
natural disasters for fiscal year 2002 to the Committee on
Appropriations. Such allocation shall be deemed to be an
allocation made under section 302(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 for purposes of section 302(f)(1).
(2) In the House, after the reporting of a bill or joint
resolution by the Committee on Appropriations, or the offering
of an amendment thereto or the submission of a conference
report thereon, the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
shall suballocate the amounts of new budget authority and
outlays allocated to it under paragraph (1) by the amount
provided by that measure for an emergency for natural disasters
as defined by this section and so designated pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985. Suballocations under this
paragraph may be made only after the Committee on
Appropriations has reported legislation (as adjusted for any
amendments thereto or conference reports thereon) providing at
least $1,923,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year
2002 for accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement
of managers accompanying the conference report on this
resolution. Such suballocations shall be deemed to be
suballocations made under section 302(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 for purposes of section 302(f)(1).
(b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
(1) The term `emergency' means a situation (other
than a threat to national security) that--
(A) requires new budget authority (and
outlays flowing therefrom) to prevent the
imminent loss of life or property or in
response to the loss of life or property; and
(B) is unanticipated.
(2) The term `unanticipated' means that the
underlying situation is--
(A) sudden, which means quickly coming into
being or not building up over time;
(B) urgent, which means a pressing and
compelling need requiring immediate action;
(C) unforeseen, which means not predicted or
anticipated as an emerging need; and
(D) temporary, which means not of a permanent
duration.
(c) Development of Guidelines.--As soon as practicable, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House shall,
after consulting with the chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House, publish in the Congressional
Record guidelines for application of the definition of
emergency set forth in subsection (b).
(d) Committee Explanation of Emergency Legislation.--
Whenever the Committee on Appropriations of the House
(including a committee of conference) reports any bill or joint
resolution that provides new budget authority for any
emergency, the report accompanying that bill or joint
resolution (or the joint explanatory statement of managers in
the case of a conference report on any such bill or joint
resolution) should explain the reasons such amount designated
under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 falls within the definition of
emergency set forth in subsection (b) pursuant to the
guidelines published under subsection (c).
(e) CBO Report on the Budget.--The Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall include in each report
submitted under section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 the average annual enacted levels of discretionary
budget authority and the resulting outlays for emergencies for
the 5 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year of the most
recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget.
(f) Section 314(b)(1) Adjustment.--Section 314(b)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply in the House--
(1) for fiscal year 2001; or
(2) for fiscal year 2002 or any subsequent fiscal
year, except for emergencies affecting national
security.
Page 51, line 1, insert ``, and legislation to provide for
medicare reform and a prescription drug benefit'' before the
semicolon.
Page 52, line 24, insert ``(1)'' before ``by'' and on page
53, line 4, insert ``and (2) by the amount of reduction in
revenue caused by such measure providing immediate tax relief''
before the period.
PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
Page 56, line 23, strike ``in excess of'' and insert ``up
to''.
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeFazio of Oregon 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 2002.
The Congress declares that this is the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 and that the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 through 2011
are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2002 through 2011:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $1,671,613,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,743,536,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,820,660,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,903,395,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,979,608,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,060,355,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,170,035,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,264,741,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,377,927,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,499,618,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be changed are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $34,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $41,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $46,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $49,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $62,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $75,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $84,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $98,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $114,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $130,900,000,000.
(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 2002: $1,644,212,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,691,703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,756,548,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,836,715,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,881,717,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,946,814,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,016,811,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,086,903,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,159,932,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,238,940,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $1,605,871,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,662,777,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,734,976,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,812,019,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,852,444,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,915,721,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,991,123,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,062,464,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,136,979,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,215,937,000,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $65,742,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $80,759,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $85,684,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $91,376,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $127,164,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $144,634,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $178,192,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $202,277,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $240,948,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $283,681,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $5,641,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $5,671,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,696,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $5,712,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $5,700,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $5,665,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $5,596,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $6,006,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $6,361,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $6,737,000,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal
years 2002 through 2011 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$258,495,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $272,550,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$265,998,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,442,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$273,371,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $275,340,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$280,655,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $279,539,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$288,245,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $282,897,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$296,097,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $287,870,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$304,171,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $299,138,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$312,560,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $307,561,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$321,107,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $316,107,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$330,102,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $324,998,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,389,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,327,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,909,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,831,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,357,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,369,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,037,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,589,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,614,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,031,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,598,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,557,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,118,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,995,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,720,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,498,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,287,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,087,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,800,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,583,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,725,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,055,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,361,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,379,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,945,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,839,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,429,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,323,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,847,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,812,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,280,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,303,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,743,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,816,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,339,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,335,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,749,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,879,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,274,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,360,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$19,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,328,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$72,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,309,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$120,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,254,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$91,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,336,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$3,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,411,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,882,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,998,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $579,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,021,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,990,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $691,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,031,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,305,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,826,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,076,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,810,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,152,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,648,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,959,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$33,519,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,842,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,417,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,627,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,341,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,465,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$36,714,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,813,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,761,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$38,787,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,841,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,265,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,593,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,507,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,924,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,562,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,120,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,406,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,915,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,952,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,353,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,583,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,009,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,723,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,134,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,921,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,441,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,053,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,674,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,203,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,819,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,029,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,497,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,246,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,825,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,891,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,593,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,009,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,239,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,982,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,643,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,086,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,904,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,242,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,734,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,313,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,770,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,428,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,722,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,542,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,745,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$64,444,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,167,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$62,392,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,521,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,999,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,662,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$63,601,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,225,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$64,245,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,702,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$64,908,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,577,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$65,597,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,775,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,303,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,221,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$67,035,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,588,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$67,796,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,183,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,892,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,730,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,067,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,731,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,350,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,967,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,664,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,913,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,933,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,936,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,198,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,181,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,476,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,444,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,759,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,696,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,048,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,962,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,340,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,233,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$110,389,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $94,926,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$117,559,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $110,183,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$125,822,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $119,806,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$135,923,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $129,772,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$139,035,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $134,017,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$148,706,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $143,131,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$151,981,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $148,841,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$155,367,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $152,778,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$158,833,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $156,541,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$162,392,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $160,127,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$194,085,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $190,959,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$212,445,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $210,723,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$227,483,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $226,534,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$243,984,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $242,370,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$260,317,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $258,667,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$279,956,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $277,662,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$300,281,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,181,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$321,645,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $319,851,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$346,303,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $344,676,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$373,436,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $371,993,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$284,179,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $282,221,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$299,228,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,278,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$315,675,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $315,495,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$339,054,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $338,782,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$352,860,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $352,265,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$378,665,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $378,812,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$403,469,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $403,292,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$430,768,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $430,412,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$460,355,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $460,520,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$492,688,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $492,601,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$284,148,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $278,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$294,503,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $291,588,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$305,450,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $302,923,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$319,479,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $317,443,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$327,026,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $324,705,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$334,003,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $332,385,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$348,527,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $347,026,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$360,130,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $350,381,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$371,190,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $369,313,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$382,791,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $380,446,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,004,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,004,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,733,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,733,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,496,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,496,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,308,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,308,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,207,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,207,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,168,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,168,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,241,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,241,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,483,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,483,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,878,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,878,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,388,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,388,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,418,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,482,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,615,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,336,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$61,813,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,927,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,036,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,329,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$65,637,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,735,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$65,178,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,601,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$69,313,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,792,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$71,790,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,292,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$73,876,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $73,369,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$76,060,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $75,538,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,431,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,436,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,545,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,809,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,543,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$36,420,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,347,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,466,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,036,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$38,543,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,013,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$39,665,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,152,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$40,822,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,292,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$42,021,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,483,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$43,284,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,278,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,996,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,503,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,925,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,582,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,445,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,060,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,688,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,568,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,115,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,109,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,644,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,791,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,445,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,377,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,882,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,968,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,437,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,599,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,048,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$256,860,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $256,860,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$251,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $251,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$246,030,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $246,030,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$237,809,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $237,809,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$230,958,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $230,958,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$204,040,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $204,040,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$215,519,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $215,519,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$205,519,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $205,519,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$194,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $194,220,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$182,132,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $182,136,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$483,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$457,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$492,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$526,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$499,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$560,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$509,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$583,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
-$519,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$603,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
-$531,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$617,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
-$540,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$629,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
-$551,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$640,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
-$560,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$652,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
-$571,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$665,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$42,303,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$42,303,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$51,812,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$51,812,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$52,692,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$52,692,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$44,962,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$44,962,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
-$45,986,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$45,986,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
-$47,733,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$47,733,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
-$48,728,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$48,728,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
-$49,825,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$49,825,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
-$51,438,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$51,438,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
-$52,988,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$82,988,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the
House a reconciliation bill not later than May 2, 2001, that
consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$34,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $41,200,000,000 for
fiscal year 2003, $46,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$49,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $62,600,000,000 for
fiscal year 2006, and $737,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal
year 2002 through 2011.
SEC. 5. RESERVE FUND FOR ELECTION REFORM.
In the House, whenever a bill is reported, or an amendment
thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted,
to provide comprehensive election reform (that includes
provisions to provide matching grants to States and localities
to upgrade voting equipment with an 80/20 Federal/State-
locality match), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may, for any of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, increase any
allocations and aggregates of new budget authority (and outlays
resulting therefrom) up to the amount provided by that measure
for that purpose (and make all other appropriate adjustments).
The total adjustments made under this section for any fiscal
year may not exceed $500,000,000.
SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS.
In the House, whenever a bill is reported, or an amendment
thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted,
to provide comprehensive medicare prescription drug coverage
for all beneficiaries with an 80/20 Federal/beneficiary match,
and provisions to allow for reimportation and bulk purchase
discounts, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may, for
any of fiscal years 2002 through 2011, increase any allocations
and aggregates of new budget authority (and outlays resulting
therefrom) up to the amount provided by that measure for that
purpose (and make all other appropriate adjustments). The total
adjustments made under this section may not exceed
$500,000,000,000.
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2. An Amendment To be Offered by Representative Stenholm of Texas, or a
Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
Strike all after resolving clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2001 is hereby revised and replaced and
that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2002 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2003 through 2006 are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2001 through 2011:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,606,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,680,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,754,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,832,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,916,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,996,700,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be reduced are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $23,230,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $22,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $27,631,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $31,109,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $33,332,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $43,338,000,000.
(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 2001: $1,535,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,588,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,641,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,700,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,759,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,798,000,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,481,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,550,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,617,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,674,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,738,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,784,000,000,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $90,850,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $84,650,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $100,950,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $113,750,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $121,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $150,750,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $5,637,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $5,585,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $5,542,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,401,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $5,385,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $5,288,300,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budgetoutlays for fiscal
years 2003 through 2011 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$317,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $301,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$329,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $323,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$334,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $329,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$345,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $338,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$357,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $335,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$367,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $359,300,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,400,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,230,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,590,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,680,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,810,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,110,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,540,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,670,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,250,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,350,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,770,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$160,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $0.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,650,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,350,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,820,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,920,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,930,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,330,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,630,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,930,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,730,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,290,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,530,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,560,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,380,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,780,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,560,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,090,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,750,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,230,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,140,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,510,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,920,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$62,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,490,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,600,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$76,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$84,950,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $76,630,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$85,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $83,330,000,00.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$87,770,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,030,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$91,810,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,080,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$95,090,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,800,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$182,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $175,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$192,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $189,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$215,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $211,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$231,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $229,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$248,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $246,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$265,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $263,300,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$217,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $217,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$231,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $231,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$257,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$282,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $282,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$309,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $309,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$382,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $327,800,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$256,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$271,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $271,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$281,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $281,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$292,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $291,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$307,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $305,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$314,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $313,100,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,800,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,850,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,250,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$54,460,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,060,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$56,540,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,220,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,680,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,240,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,260,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,820,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,160,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$33,010,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$33,160,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,850,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,050,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,310,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,690,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$205,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $205,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$184,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $182,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$172,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $171,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$155,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $154,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$134,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $133,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$112,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $112,400,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$4,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$4,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,150,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$4,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,600,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$46,170,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$46,170,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$47,890,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$47,890,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$59,020,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$59,020,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$66,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$66,220,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$57,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$57,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
-$62,590,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$62,590,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Submissions by the House Committee on Ways and Means
for Tax Relief.--The House Committee on Ways and Means shall
submit to the Committee on the Budget recommendations pursuant
to section (c)(2)(D)(ii) not later than July 24, 2001, that
consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$23,230,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $22,440,000,000 for
fiscal year 2002, $27,631,000,000 for fiscal year 2003,
$31,109,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $33,332,000,000 for
fiscal year 2005, and $43,338,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(b) Submissions by House Committees on Energy and Commerce
and Ways and Means for Medicare Reform and Prescription
Drugs.--(1) Not later than July 24, 2001, the House Committees
named in paragraph (2) shall submit their recommendations to
the House Committee on the Budget.
(2)(A) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows: $0
for fiscal year 2001, $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
$14,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $22,000,000,000 for
fiscal year 2004, $26,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
$31,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(c) Other Submissions by House Committees.--(1) Not later
than September 11, 2001, the House Committees named in
paragraph (2) shall submit their recommendations to the House
Committee on the Budget.
(2)(A) The House Committee on Agriculture shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows:
$7,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $10,265,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002, $10,675,000,000 for fiscal year 2003,
$10,619,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $10,022,000,000 for
fiscal year 2005, and $9,848,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(B) The House Committee on Education and the Workforce
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that
provide direct spending sufficient to increase outlays, as
follows: $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $5,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2004, $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(C) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows: $0 for
fiscal year 2001, $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
$1,166,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $1,361,000,000 for fiscal
year 2004, $1,481,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
$1,636,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(D) The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows: $0 for
fiscal year 2001, $1,872,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
$1,951,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $2,057,000,000 for fiscal
year 2004, $2,165,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
$2,379,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(d) ____.--After recieving the recommendations reported
pursuant to subsections (a), (b) and (c), the House Committee
on the Budget shall report to the House a reconciliation bill
carrying out all such reccomendations without any substantive
revision.
(e) Special Rules.--In the House, if any bill reported
pursuant to subsection (a) or subsection (c)(2)(D)(ii),
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, has refundable
tax provisions that increase outlays, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may increase the amount of new budget
authority provided by such provisions (and outlays flowing
therefrom) allocated to the Committee on Ways and Means and
adjust the revenue levels set forth in such subsection
accordingly such that the increase in outlays and reduction in
revenue resulting from such bill does not exceed the amounts
specified in subsection (a) or subsection (c)(2)(D)(ii), as
applicable.
(f) In carrying out reconciliation instructions under this
section respecting any changes in laws within its jurisdiction
to increase outlays or reduce revenues, the applicable House
committees shall only recommend changes that will be fully
phased-in by the close of fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 5. RESERVE FOR DEBT REDUCTION AND STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY
AND MEDICARE.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any reported bill
or joint resolution, or any amendmentthereto or conference
report thereon, that would cause a surplus for any of fiscal years 2001
through 2006 to be less than the sum of the level set forth in
subsection (b) and the level of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund set forth in section 6, except as provided for in subsection (c).
(b) Debt Reduction Reserve.--
(1) The sums referred to in subsection (a) are as
follows:
(A) Fiscal year 2002: $48,650,000,000.
(B) Fiscal year 2003: $61,950,000,000.
(C) Fiscal year 2004: $72,750,000,000.
(D) Fiscal year 2005: $81,500,000,000.
(E) Fiscal year 2006: $106,750,000,000.
(2) The funds in the debt reduction reserve shall be
used exclusively for buying back publicly held debt,
except as provided for in subsection (c).
(c) Exception for Legislation Strengthening Social Security
or Medicare Solvency.--
(1) Subsections (a) shall not apply to social
security reform legislation or medicare reform
legislation.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, social security
reform legislation refers to legislation that the chief
actuary of the Social Security Administration certifies
extends the solvency of the Federal Old Age and
Surivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust fund, taken together, for 75 years.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, Medicare reform
legislation refers to legislation that the chief
actuary of the Health Care Financing Administration
certifies extends the solvency of the Federal beyond
2050.
SEC. 6. ENFORCEMENT OF MEDICARE LEVELS.
(a) It shall not be in order in the House or Senate to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that would cause a decrease in surpluses or
an increase in deficits of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund in any year relative to the levels set forth in subsection
(b). This paragraph shall not apply to amounts to be expended
from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for purposes relating to
programs within part A of Medicare as provided in law on the
date of enactment of this paragraph.
(b) The amounts referred to in subsection (a) are as
follows:
(1) Fiscal year 2002: $36,000,000,000.
(2) Fiscal year 2003: $39,000,000,000.
(3) Fiscal year 2004: $41,000,000,000.
(4) Fiscal year 2005: $40,000,000,000.
(5) Fiscal year 2006: $44,000,000,000.
SEC. 7. USE OF CBO ESTIMATES IN ENFORCEMENT OF RESOLUTION.
For purposes of enforcing the budgetary aggregates and
allocations under this resolution, the chairman of the House
Committee on the Budget shall, in advising the presiding
officer on the cost of any piece of legislation,
relyexclusively on estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget
Office or the Joint Tax Committee, in a form certified by that agency
to be consistent with its own economic and technical estimates, unless
in each case he first receives the approval of the Committee on the
Budget by recorded vote to use a different estimate.
SEC. 8. TAX CUTS AND NEW SPENDING CONTINGENT ON DEBT REDUCTION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, it
shall not be in order to consider a reconciliation bill
pursuant to section 4 of this resolution or any legislation
reducing revenues for the period of fiscal years 2002 to 2006
or increasing outlays for mandatory spending programs unless
there is a certification by Director of the Congressional
Budget Office that the House has approved legislation which--
(1) ensures that a sufficient portion of the on-
budget surplus is reserved for debt retirement to put
the government on a path to reduce the publicly held
debt below $1,700,000,000,000 by the end of fiscal year
2006 under current economic and technical projections;
and
(2) legislation has been enacted which establishes
points of order or other protections to ensure that
funds reserved for debt retirement may not be used for
any other purpose, except for adjustments to reflect
economic and technical changes in budget projections.
SEC. 9. ADJUSTMENT FOR REVISION OF BUDGET SURPLUSES.
(a) Allocation of Increased Surplus Projections.--If the
Congressional Budget Office report referred to in subsection
(b) projects an increase in the surplus for fiscal year 2000,
fiscal year 2001, and the period of fiscal years 2002 through
2006 over the corresponding levels set forth in its economic
and budget forecast for 2001 submitted pursuant to section
202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House shall make the
adjustments as provided in subsection (c).
(b) Congressional Budget Office Updated Budget Forecast for
Fiscal Year 2002.--The report referred to in subsection (a) is
the Congressional Budget Office updated budget forecast for
fiscal year 2002.
(c) Adjustments.--If the Committee on Ways and Means
reports any reconciliation legislation or other legislation
reducing revenues exceeding the revenue aggregates in section
2(1)(B), reduce the revenue aggregates in section 2(1)(A) and
increase the amounts the revenues can be reduced by in section
2(1)(B) by an amount not to exceed one-quarter of the increased
surplus. If the Committees on Agriculture, Appropriations,
Commerce, National Security, or Ways and Means report
legislation increasing spending above the allocation for that
committee, increase the allocation for that committee and the
aggregates set forth in sections 2(2) and 2(3) by an amount not
to exceed one-quarter of the increased surplus.
(d) Application.--Any adjustments made pursuant to
subsection (c) for any measure shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
SEC. 10. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and
aggregates made pursuant to section 10, 11, or 12 for any
measure shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained in
this resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
resolution--
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays,
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of
estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as applicable;
and
(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any other
necessary adjustments to such levels to carry out this
resolution.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING RETIREMENT TRUST FUNDS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Congress has made commitments to balance the
Federal budget without including the surpluses of trust
funds dedicated to particular purposes, such as the
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the
Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund;
(2) the assets of the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund are used to finance the military
retirement and survivor benefit programs of the
Department of Defense;
(3) the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund is facing a long-term unfunded actuarial liability
which will require all of the fund's current surplus to
pay the retirement and survivor benefits promised to
current and future members of the Armed Forces; and
(4) the assets in the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund are included in the calculation of the
Federal budget surplus and account for approximately
$100,000,000,000 of the estimated Federal budget
surplus during the next 10 years.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House of
Representatives that any portion of the Federal budget surplus
attributable to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund should be used exclusively for the financing of the
military retirement and survivor benefit programs of the
Department of Defense, and not forthe financing of tax policy
changes, new Federal spending, or any other purpose.
SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SURPLUS PROJECTIONS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) disagreements on objective budget surplus
figures, in the annual budget and appropriations
process, have led to repetitive and time-consuming
budget votes, decreasing the time available for
consideration and oversight of federal programs,
undermining legislation to provide responsible tax
relief, and delaying enactment of legislation necessary
to fund the Government;
(2) Congress and the Administration want to work
together to do everything possible to maintain a strong
and growing economy;
(3) an agreement on baseline estimates will prevent
us from undermining the fiscal discipline that has
contributed to our economic strength and allow Congress
and the Administration to address their collective
priorities in a responsible, bipartisan manner:
(3) a bipartisan majority of the Members of the House
of Representatives and the Senate have voted to protect
the social security and medicare trust funds;
(4) empirical evidence and the Congressional Budget
Office agree that changes in economic conditions make
projections based on ten-year forecasts highly
uncertain;
(5) the caps on discretionary spending are set to
expire at the end of fiscal year 2002 and no formal
rules will be in place to contain the growth in
discretionary spending;
(6) baseline estimates typically overstate the size
of available surpluses by not assuming costs of
extending or changing policies that affect revenues,
such as expiring tax provisions and the cost of
indexing the alternative minimum tax (AMT) to protect
middle-class families from the AMT; and
(7) current baseline estimates do not recognize
underlying demographic pressures that will incur future
obligations that may threaten projected surpluses
outside the ten-year budget window.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
future budget resolutions, as well as all tax and spending
legislation, should maintain our commitment to fiscal
responsibility by using agreed-upon surplus, tax, and spending
figures derived from the following principles:
(1) The size of the available surplus should exclude
social security and medicare trust funds.
(2) The uncertainty of long-term economic forecasts
should be recognized.
(3) Realistic assumptions for the growth in
discretionary spending should be accounted for.
(4) The projected surplus should be adjusted to
recognize that scoring conventions do not incorporate
the costs of policies that Congress historically
reauthorizes.
(5) There should be a recognition that the Federal
Government will incur sizable, future obligations due
to demographic pressures set to occur upon the
retirement of our baby-boom generation.
SEC. 13. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.
It is the sense of Congress that legislation should be
enact legislation enforcing this resolution by--
(1) establishing a plan to retire half of the
publicly held debt by the end of fiscal year 2006;
(2) setting discretionary spending limits for budget
authority and outlays at the levels set forth in this
resolution for each of the next five years;
(3) extending the pay as you go rules set forth in
Section 252 of the BBEDCA for the next ten years; and
(4) establishing modified line item veto authority
requiring Congressinal votes on rescissions submitted
by the President and reducing the discretionary
spending limits to reflect savings from any rescissions
enacted into law.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE UNCERTAINTY OF BUDGET FORECASTS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has not
produced ten year forecasts frequently enough to
produce meaningful averages of its ten-year projection
errors;
(2) 71 percent of the projected surplus outside of
Social Security and Medicare occurs in the second half
of the ten-year projection, the period more subject to
error;
(3) based on its own record, CBO concludes that the
estimated surpluses could be off in one direction or
the other, on average, by about $52 billion in 2001,
$120 billion in 2002, and $412 billion in 2006.
(4) if this uncertainty continues to grow in years
six through ten at the same rate it has proven to grow
in years one through five, CBO's expected surplus in
2011, excluding Social Security and Medicare, would be
expressed as $524 billion, plus or minus $800 billion;
and
(5) recognizing these uncertainties, the Chairman of
the Federal Reserve Board has warned that ``we need to
resist those policies that could readily resurrect the
deficits of the past and the fiscal imbalances that
followed in their wake'', while the Comptroller General
testified that ``no one should design tax or spending
policies pegged to the precise numbers in any 10-year
forecast'';
(b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress
that--
(1) this resolution recognizes the uncertainty of 10-
year budget projections; and
(2) a reserve fund, consisting of non-Social
Security, non-Medicare surpluses should be created to
ensure that the Social Security and Medicare trust
funds are protected in the event surplus projections do
not materialize; and (3) surplus funds materializing
from this reserve in calendar years six through ten
should be dedicated to new revenue reducing
initiatives.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Flake of Arizona, or a
Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2001 is hereby revised and replaced and
that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2002 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2003 through 2011 are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2001 through 2011:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,537,500,000,000
Fiscal year 2002: $1,601,500,000,000
Fiscal year 2003: $1,658,100,000,000
Fiscal year 2004: $1,726,300,000,000
Fiscal year 2005: $1,802,800,000,000
Fiscal year 2006: $1,851,600,000,000
Fiscal year 2007: $1,908,700,000,000
Fiscal year 2008: $1,988,800,000,000
Fiscal year 2009: $2,066,200,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $2,147,300,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $2,225,900,000,000
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be reduced are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $93,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2002: $102,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2003: $124,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2004: $138,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2005: $147,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2006: $188,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2007: $227,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2008: $254,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2009: $294,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $342,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $393,000,000,000
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,554,200,000,000
Fiscal year 2002: $1,597,400,000,000
Fiscal year 2003: $1,642,500,000,000
Fiscal year 2004: $1,701,700,000,000
Fiscal year 2005: $1,777,600,000,000
Fiscal year 2006: $1,823,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2007: $1,884,200,000,000
Fiscal year 2008: $1,963,200,000,000
Fiscal year 2009: $2,038,800,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $2,120,600,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $2,208,500,000,000
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,502,700,000,000
Fiscal year 2002: $1,564,400,000,000
Fiscal year 2003: $1,612,100,000,000
Fiscal year 2004: $1,672,800,000,000
Fiscal year 2005: $1,750,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2006: $1,791,200,000,000
Fiscal year 2007: $1,851,300,000,000
Fiscal year 2008: $1,934,300,000,000
Fiscal year 2009: $2,010,500,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $2,094,800,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $2,176,500,000,000
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $34,800,000,000
Fiscal year 2002: $37,100,000,000
Fiscal year 2003: $46,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2004: $53,500,000,000
Fiscal year 2005: $52,800,000,000
Fiscal year 2006: $59,900,000,000
Fiscal year 2007: $57,400,000,000
Fiscal year 2008: $54,500,000,000
Fiscal year 2009: $55,700,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $52,500,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $49,400,000,000
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $5,656,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2002: $5,641,900,000,000
Fiscal year 2003: $5,692,400,000,000
Fiscal year 2004: $5,736,600,000,000
Fiscal year 2005: $5,793,300,000,000
Fiscal year 2006: $5,889,600,000,000
Fiscal year 2007: $6,395,300,000,000
Fiscal year 2008: $6,985,500,000,000
Fiscal year 2009: $7,629,900,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $8,687,200,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $9,543,400,000,000
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal
years 2003 through 2011 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$310,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $300,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$349,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $344,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$362,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $354,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$369,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $360,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$379,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $374,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$390,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $381,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$401,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $389,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$412,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $404,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$423,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $416,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$435,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $428,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$435,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $428,400,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,600,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,000,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$2,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$3,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
-$800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
-$700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, -$1,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, -$1,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, -$1,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
-$100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,400,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,200,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002
(A) New budget authority,
$6,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,800,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$62,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$61,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$61,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$61,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$62,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,800,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,400,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$76,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$77,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$77,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$79,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $78,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$82,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$84,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$86,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $83,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$88,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $87,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$92,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$94,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,400,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$180,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $173,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$189,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $187,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$208,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $205,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$223,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $222,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$240,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $238,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$276,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $274,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$297,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $295,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$318,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $316,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$343,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $341,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$370,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $368,800,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$217,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $214,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$229,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $225,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$243,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $240,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$260,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $256,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$283,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $279,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$297,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $293,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$322,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $319,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$347,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $343,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$374,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $370,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$404,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $400,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$435,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $431,700,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$256,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$265,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $265,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$275,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $275,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$286,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $285,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$300,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$307,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $306,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$314,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $312,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$328,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $326,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$339,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $337,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$349,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $348,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$360,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $358,400,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650)
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,400,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$62,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$63,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$64,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$67,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,700,000,000
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$33,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$36,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$38,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,000,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,800,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$278,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $278,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$260,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $260,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$260,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, 260,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$255,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $255,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$249,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $249,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$243,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $243,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$237,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $237,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$236,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $236,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$233,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $233,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$230,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $230,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$229,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $229,100,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,500,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$38,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$42,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$42,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$52,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$53,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$53,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$45,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$45,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
-$46,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$46,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
-$48,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$48,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
-$49,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$49,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
-$50,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$50,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
-$51,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$51,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
-$53,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$53,300,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Submissiosn by the House Committee on Ways and Means
for Tax Relief.--The House Committee on Ways and Means shall--
(1) report to the House a reconciliation bill--
(A) not later than May 2, 2001;
(B) not later than May 23, 2001; and
(C) not later than June 20, 2001; and
(2) submit to the Committee on the Budget
recommendations pursuant to section (c)(2)(F)(ii) not
later than September 11, 2001; that consists of changes
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce
the total level of revenues by not more than
$93,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $102,000,000,000
for fiscal year 2002, $124,000,000,000 for fiscal year
2003, $138,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$147,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $188,000,000,000
for fiscal year 2006, and $2,302,000,000,000 for the
period of fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(b) Submissiosn by House Committees on Energy and Commerce
and Ways and Means for Medicare Reform and Prescription
Drugs.--(1) Not later than July 24, 2001, the House Committees
named in paragraph (2) shall submit their recommendations to
the House Committee on the Budget. After receiving those
recommendations, the House Committee on the Budget shall report
to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such
recommendations without any substantive revision.
(2)(A) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows: $0
for the period of fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(B) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows:$0 for the
period of fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(c) Other Submissions by House Committees.--(1) Not later
than September 11, 2001, the House Committees named in
paragraph (2) shall submit their recommendations to the House
Committee on the Budget. After receiving those recommendations,
the House Committee on the budget shall report to the House a
reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations
without any substantive revision.
(2)(A) The House Committee on Education and the Workforce
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that
provide direct spending sufficient to increase outlays, as
follows: $0 for fiscal year 2001, $0 for fiscal year 2002, $0
for fiscal year 2003, $0 for fiscal year 2004, $0 for fiscal
year 2005, $0 for fiscal year 2006, and $0 for the period of
fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(B) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows: $0 for
fiscal year 2001, $0 for fiscal year 2002, $0 for fiscal year
2003, $0 for fiscal year 2004, $0 for fiscal year 2005, $0 for
fiscal year 2006, and $0 for the period of fiscal year 2001
through 2011.
(C) The House Committee on Financial Services shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to reduce revenues, as follows: $0 for
fiscal year 2001, $139,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
$101,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $92,000,000 for fiscal year
2004, $96,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $101,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006, and $1,112,000,000 for the period of fiscal year
2001 through 2011.
(D) The House Committee on Government Reform shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to reduce outlays, as follows: $0 for
fiscal year 2001, $0 for fiscal year 2002, $0 for fiscal year
2003, $0 for fiscal year 2004, $0 for fiscal year 2005, $0 for
fiscal year 2006, and $0 for the period of fiscal year 2001
through 2011.
(E) The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows: $0 for
fiscal year 2001, $264,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
$479,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $761,000,000 for fiscal year
2004, $816,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $885,000,000 for
fiscal year 2006, and $7,087,000,000 for the period of fiscal
year 2001 through 2011.
(F)(i) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to increase outlays, as follows: $0 for
fiscal year 2001, $0 for fiscal year 2002, $0 for fiscal year
2003, $0 for fiscal year 2004, $0 for fiscal year 2005, $0 for
fiscal year 2006, and $0 for the period of fiscal year 2001
through 2011.
(ii) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce
the total level of revenues as specified in subsection (a).
(d) Special Rules.--In the House, if any bill reported
pursuant to subsection (a) or subsection (c)(2)(F)(ii),
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, has refundable
tax provisions that increase outlays, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may increase the amount of new budget
authority provided by such provisions (and outlays following
therefrom) allocated to the Committee on Ways and Means and
adjust the revenue levels set forth in such subsection
accordingly such that the increase in outlays and reduction in
revenue resulting from such bill does not exceed the amounts
specifiedin subsection (a) or subsection (c)(2)(F)(ii), as
applicable.
SEC. 5. RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES.
(a) Adjustments for Emergencies.--In the House, after the
reporting of a bill or joint resolution by the Committee on
Appropriations, the offering of an amendment thereto, or the
submission of a conference report thereon, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget shall increase the allocation of new
budget authority and outlays under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2002 by the
amount provided by that measure for an emergency that the
chairman so determines and certifies. Adjustments to such
allocation made under this subsection may be made only for
amounts for emergencies in excess of $1,923,000,000 in new
budget authority for fiscal year 2002 and the total of any such
adjustments for such fiscal year shall not exceed
$5,600,000,000 in new budget authority.
(b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
(1) The term `emergency' means a situation (other
than a threat to national security) that--
(A) requires new budget authority (and
outlays flowing therefrom) to prevent the
imminent loss of life or property or in
response to the loss of life or property; and
(B) is unanticipated.
(2) The term `unanticipated' means that the
underlying situation is--
(A) sudden, which means quickly coming into
being or not building up over time;
(B) urgent, which means a pressing and
compelling need requiring immediate action;
(C) unforeseen, which means not predicted or
anticipated as an emerging need; and
(D) temporary, which means not of a permanent
duration.
(c) Development of Guidelines.--As soon as practicable, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House shall,
after consulting with the chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House, publish in the Congressional
Record guidelines for application of the definition of
emergency set forth in subsection (b).
(d) Committee Explanation of Emergency Legislation.--
Whenever the Committee on Appropriations of the House
(including a committee of conference) reports any bill or joint
resolution that provides new budget authority for any
emergency, the report accompanying that bill or joint
resolution (or the joint explanatory statement of managers in
the case of a conference report on any such bill or joint
resolution) shall explain the reasons such amount designated
under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1974 falls within the definition of
emergency set forth in subsection (b) pursuant to the
guidelines published under subsection (c).
(e) CBO Report on the Budget.--The Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall include in each report
submitted under section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 the average annual enacted levels of discretionary
budget authority and the resulting outlays for emergencies for
the 5 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year of the most
recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget.
(f) Section 314(b)(1) Adjustment.--Section 314(b)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply in the House--
(1) for fiscal year 2001; or
(2) for fiscal year 2002 or any subsequent fiscal
year, except for emergencies affecting national
security.
SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR RETIREMENT SECURITY.
Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is
offered (in the House), or a conference report thereon is
submitted that enhances retirement security through structural
programmatic reform and the creation of personal retirement
accounts, provided that such accounts are funded from the taxes
currently collected for the purpose of the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Program, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may--
(1) increase the appropriate allocations and
aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by the
amount of new budget authority provided by such measure
(and outlays flowing therefrom) for that purpose;
(2) reduce the revenue aggregates by the amount of
the revenue loss resulting from that measure for that
purpose; and
(3) make all other appropriate and conforming
adjustments.
SEC. 7. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE REFORM AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION
4(B).
Whenever the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and
Commerce report a bill in compliance with Section 4(b) of this
Concurrent Resolution that achieves long-term Medicare reform
and provides for an expanded prescription drug benefit, the
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may--
(1) increase the appropriate allocations and
aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by the
amount of new budget authority provided by such measure
(and outlays flowing therefrom) for that purpose
provided that--
(A) for the period of fiscal year 2001
through 2011 the increase in new budget
authority is $0; and
(B) the increase for any one fiscal year does
not exceed the amount of surplus credited in
that fiscal year to the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund;
(2) make all other appropriate conforming
adjustments.
SEC. 8. CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES RESULTING FROM REALISTIC
SCORING OF MEASURES AFFECTING REVENUES.
(a) Whenever the House considers a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion or conference report, including measures
filed in compliance with Section 4 of this Concurrent
Resolution, that propose to change federal revenues the impact
of such measure on federal revenues shall be calculated by the
Joint Committee on Taxation in a manner that takes into
account--
(1) the impact of the proposed revenue changes on--
(A) Gross Domestic Product, including the
growth rate for the Gross Domestic Product;
(B) total Domestic Employment;
(C) Gross Private Domestic Investment;
(D) General Price Index;
(E) Interest Rates;
(D) Other economic variables; and
(2) the impact on Federal Revenue of the changes in
economic variables analyzed under subpart (1) of this
paragraph.
(b) The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make
any necessary changes to allocations and aggregates in order to
conform this Concurrent Resolution with the determinations made
by the Joint Committee on Taxation pursuant to paragraph (a) of
this Section.
SEC. 9. PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 4(A)
OF THIS CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
When reporting to the House reconciliation measures in
compliance with Section 4(a) of this Concurrent Resolution, the
Ways and Means Committee shall not report legislation, which--
(1) proposes to provide a graduated or phased-in
reduction over time in--
(A) individual income tax rates;
(B) corporate tax rates; or
(C) the rate of taxes collected on the
proceeds from investments, including taxes
collected on capital gains; or
(2) conditions any changes in tax law upon the
achievement of some level of--
(A) Federal revenue,
(B) Federal surplus, or
(C) level of public debt.
SEC. 10. RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL TAX CUTS AND DEBT REDUCTION.
If the report provided pursuant to section 202(e)(2) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the budget and economic
outlook: update (for fiscal years 2002 through 2011), estimates
an on-budget surplus for any of fiscal years 2001 through 2011
that exceeds the estimated on-budget surplus set forth in the
Congressional Budget Office's January 2001 budget and economic
outlook for such fiscal year, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget of the House may, in an amount not to exceed the
increase in such surplus for that fiscal year--
(1) reduce the recommended level of Federal revenues
and make other appropriate adjustments (including the
reconciliation instructions) for that fiscal year;
(2) reduce the appropriate level of the public debt,
increase the amount of the surplus, and make other
appropriate adjustments for that fiscal year; or
(3) any combination of paragraphs (1) and (2).
SEC. 11. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and
aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained in
this resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
resolution--
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays,
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of
estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any other
necessary adjustments to such levels to carry out this
resolution.
SEC. 12. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF
1990.
(a) In General.--In the House, notwithstanding section
302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section
13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the joint
explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any
concurrent resolution on the budget shall include in its
allocation under section 302(a) of such Act to the Committee on
Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative
expenses of the Social Security Administration.
(b) Special Rule.--In the House, for purposes of applying
section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
estimates of the level of total new budget authority and total
outlays provided by a measure shall include any discretionary
amounts provided for the Social Security Administration.
SEC. 13. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
For purposes of title III of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, advance appropriations shall be scored as new budget
authority for the fiscal year in which the appropriations are
enacted, except that advance appropriations in excess of the
levels specified in the joint explanatory statement of managers
accompanying this resolution for programs, projects, activities
or accounts identified in such joint statement shall continue
to be scored as new budget authority in the year in which they
first become available for obligation.
SEC. 14. ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302(B)(1) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET ACT.
(a) Compliance.--When complying with Section 302(b)(1) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on
Appropriations of each House shall consult with the Committee
on Appropriations of the other House to ensure that the
allocation of budget outlays and new budget authority among
each Committee's subcommittees are identical.
(b) Report.--The Committee on Appropriations of each House
shall report to its House when it determines that the report
made by the Committee pursuant to Section 301(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the report made by the
Committee on Appropriations of the other House pursuant to the
same provision contain identical allocations of budget outlays
and new budget authority among each Committee's subcommittees.
(c) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report providing
new discretionary budget authority for Fiscal Year 2002
allocated to the Committee on Appropriations unless and until
the Committee on Appropriations of that House has made the
report required under paragraph (b) of this Section.
SEC. 15. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE ENFORCEMENT OF CLAUSE 2(A)(1)
OF RULE XXI OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE
(a) Congress finds that:
(1) Each year, the House Appropriations Committee
provides funding to hundreds of programs whose
authorization has expired or were never authorized by
an Act of Congress.
(2) For Fiscal Year 2002, there were over 200
programs funded in 112 laws totaling over $112 billion
whose authorization had expired.
(3) According to the Congressional Budget Office
(CBO), the largest amount for a single program is for
veterans medical care, which was last authorized in
1998 and totals over $20.3 billion. Funding for the
economic support and development assistance programs
was last authorized in 1987 by the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 and
totals just over $7.8 billion in 2001 and much of the
appropriation provided for the Department of Justice in
2001, which totals over $16.8 billion, is unauthorized.
(4) Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives prohibits the funding of an
appropriation, which has not been authorized by law.
(5) The House Rules Committee typically waives Rule
XXI when considering general appropriation bills.
(6) The respective authorizing committees have not
made reauthorization of unauthorized programs a
priority.
(7) The lack of congressional oversight over the
years, as far back in 1979, has led to the
deterioration of the power of the respective
authorizing Committees and thus the loss of
congressional oversight and fiscal responsibility,
which is a blow to the voters of America and their role
in the process.
(8) The lack of congressional oversight over the
years has led to the shift of power away from the
Legislative Branch toward the Executive Branch and
unelected federal bureaucrats.
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that:
(1) The House of Representatives and the Senate give
priority to the authorization of expired programs, with
an emphasis on federal programs which have been expired
for more than five years.
(2) Congress should pass, and the President should
sign into law, legislation to amend the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 to require Congress to fund programs
that are currently unauthorized at 90 percent of prior
fiscal year levels.
(3) Congress should pass, and the President should
sign into law, legislation to require the Congressional
Budget Office to prepare budget baselines based on the
figures where unauthorized programs are frozen and
funded at 90 percent of current levels.
SEC. 16. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY AUDITS AND
WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Each branch of government and every department
and agency has a fiduciary responsibility to ensure
that tax dollars are spent in the most efficient and
effective manner possible and to eliminate
mismanagement, waste, fraud, and abuse.
(2) A minimal measure of whether a department or
agency is upholding its fiduciary responsibility is its
ability to pass an audit.
(3) The most recent audits for Fiscal Year 1999
revealed that nine major agencies--the Departments of
Agriculture, Defense, Education, Housing and Urban
Development, Justice, and Treasury and the Agency for
International Development, Environmental Protection
Agency, and Office of Personnel Management--could not
provide clean financial statements.
(4) Mismanagement, waste, fraud, and abuse cost
American taxpayers billions of dollars.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
no agency or department which has failed its most recent audit
should receive an increase in their budget over the previous
year, unless the availability of the increased funds is
contingent upon the completion of a clean audit.
SEC. 17. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE USE OF FEDERAL SURPLUS FUNDS TO
INVEST IN PRIVATE SECURITIES.
It is the Sense of Congress that Congress should pass, and
the President should sign into law, legislation codifying a
general prohibition on the use of Federal surplus by the
Secretary of the Treasury to make investments in securities
(within the meaning of the securities laws of the United
States) other than government securities.
SEC. 18. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FULLY FUNDING SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(a) Congress finds that--
(1) all children deserve a quality education,
including children with disabilities;
(2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
provides that the Federal, State and local governments
are to share in the expense of educating children with
disabilities and commits the Federal Government to pay
up to 40 percent of the national average per pupil
expenditure for children with disabilities;
(3) the high cost of educating children with
disabilities and the Federal Government's failure to
fully meet its obligation under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act stretches limited State and
local education funds, creating difficulty in providing
a quality education to all students, including children
with disabilities;
(4) the current level of Federal funding to States
and localities under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act is contrary to the goal of ensuring that
children with disabilities receive a quality education;
(5) the Federal Government has failed to fully fund
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and
appropriate 40 percent of the national average per
pupil expenditure per child with a disability as
required under the Act to assist States and localities
to educate children with disabilities;
(6) the levels in function 500 (Education) for fiscal
year 2002 assume sufficient discretionary budget
authority to accommodate fiscal year 2002
appropriations for IDEA at least $10.6 billion above
such funding levels 2000, thus, fully funding the
Federal Government's commitment to special education;
(7) the levels in function 500 (Education) to
accommodate the fiscal year 2001 appropriation for
fully funding IDEA may be reached by eliminating
inefficient, ineffective and unauthorized education
programs.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Congress and the President should increase
function 500 (Education) fiscal year 2002 funding for
programs under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act by at least $10.6 billion above fiscal
year 2001 appropriated levels, thus fully funding the
Federal Government's commitment;
(2) Congress and the President can accomplish the
goal by eliminating inefficient, ineffective and
unauthorized education programs.
SEC. 19. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FISCAL YEAR 2001 SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING.
It is the sense of Congress that, to the extent that any
additional funding is required in fiscal year 2001 for the
Department of Defense, for assistance for producers of program
crops and specialty crops, and for other critical needs, such
funding should be offset through rescissions in other Federal
programs.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spratt of South
Carolina, or a Designee, Debatable for 50 Minutes
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.
The Congress declares that this is the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 and that the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 through 2011
are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2002 through 2011:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $1,676,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,727,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,800,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,885,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,972,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,065,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,166,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,279,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,402,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,536,000,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be changed are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2002: -$27,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: -$54,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: -$63,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: -$64,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: -$67,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: -$70,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: -$76,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: -$80,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: -$86,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: -$91,900,000,000.
(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 2002: $1,638,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,692,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,757,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,837,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,904,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,974,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,056,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,138,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,228,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,314,100,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $1,590,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,658,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,727,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,809,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,872,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,941,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,022,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,105,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,197,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,283,200,000,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $85,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $69,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $73,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $75,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $100,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $124,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $143,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $173,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $206,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $252,600,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2002: $2,969,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $2,732,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $2,477,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $2,197,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,873,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,504,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,095,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $639,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $528,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $418,000,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal
years 2002 through 2011 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050): This function includes
funding for the Department of Defense, the nuclear-
weapons-related activities of the Department of Energy,
and miscellaneous national security activities in
various other agencies such as the Coast Guard and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. The policy of this
resolution is that there shall be budget authority of
$327,200,000,000 and outlays of $320,500,000,000 in
fiscal year 2002, and budget authority of
$3,732,100,000,000 and outlays of $3,640,200,000,000
over fiscal years 2002 through 2011. This is greater
than the level of the Committee-passed resolution by
$2.6 billion of budget authority and $1.2 billion of
outlays in fiscal year 2002, and $48.1 billion of
budget authority and $28.9 billion of outlays over
fiscal years 2002 through 2011, better to address
priorities such as but not limited to: maintaining a
high level of military readiness; improving the quality
of life for military personnel and their families,
specifically including pay and housing, ensuring health
care for active-duty members, their families, and all
military retirees and their families; transforming our
military to meet post-Cold-War threats; and modernizing
conventional forces required to execute the national
military strategy.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$327,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $320,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$334,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $325,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$345,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $334,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$356,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $349,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$368,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $358,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$379,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $366,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$390,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $380,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$400,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $391,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$409,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $402,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$420,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $412,500,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150): This function
includes virtually all United States international
activities, such as: operating United States embassies
and consulates throughout the world, military
assistance to allies, aid to underdeveloped nations,
economic assistance to fledgling democracies, promotion
of United States exports abroad, United States payments
to international organizations, and United States
contributions to international peacekeeping efforts.
The policy of this resolution is that there shall be
budget authority of $23,900,000,000 and outlays of
$19,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and budget
authority of $264,200,000,000 and outlays of
$219,800,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011,
which is $0.7 billion of discretionary budget authority
and $0.7 billion of discretionary outlays greater than
the CBO current services baseline in 2002, and $7.6
billion of discretionary budget authority and $6.7
billion of discretionary outlays greater than the CBO
current services baseline over fiscal years 2002
through 2011, to address priorities such as but not
limited to: providing greater security for foreign-
service personnel and embassies, improving health care
in poor countries, with particular emphasis on
combating HIV/AIDS, providing a supplemental
appropriation to advance the national security
interests of Israel, supporting drug-interdiction
efforts, and promoting the economic, environmental,
political, and national security interests of the
United States.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,000,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
This function includes funding for the National Science
Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (except air transportation programs),
and general science research programs of the Department
of Energy. The policy of this resolution is that there
shall be budget authority of $22,500,000,000 and
outlays of $21,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and
budget authority of $250,000,000,000 and outlays of
$243,100,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011,
which is $0.3 billion of budget authority and $0.2
billion of outlays greater than the Committee-passed
resolution in 2002, and $3.1 billion of budget
authority and $2.8 billion of outlays greater than the
Committee-passed resolution over fiscal years 2002
through 2011, and will allow for substantial expansion
of programs in this function to reflect the important
role that scientific research plays in fostering the
future prosperity and security of the Nation. These
amounts will be used to address priorities including
but not limited to: expanding research, and math and
science educational activities, undertaken by the
National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, and the Office of Science of
the Department of Energy.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,200,000,000.
(4) Energy (270): This function includes funding for
the nondefense programs of the Department of Energy as
well as for the Tennessee Valley Authority, rural
electrification loans, and the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. The programs supported by this function are
intended to increase the supply of energy, encourage
energy conservation, facilitate an emergency supply of
energy, and safeguard energy production. The policy of
this resolution is that there shall be budget authority
of $1,400,000,000 and outlays of $0 in fiscal year
2002, and budget authority of $17,000,000,000 and
outlays of $2,900,000,000 over fiscal years 2002
through 2011, which is $0.6 billion of budget authority
and $0.2 billion of outlays greater than the Committee-
passed resolution in 2002, and $2.4 billion of budget
authority and $2.1 billion of outlays greater than the
Committee-passed resolution over fiscal years 2002
through 2011, to maintain funding for appropriated
energy programs after full adjustment for inflation, to
address priorities such as but not limited to: funding
energy research, stabilizing energy supplies,
addressing rising energy costs, increasing energy
production, conserving energy, using energy more
efficiently, protecting the environment, reducing
pollution through development of clean-coal
technologies, and assisting low-income families who are
hard-pressed by high home heating and cooling costs by
protecting programs such as the Weatherization
Assistance Program.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $900,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): This
function includes programs in a variety of Federal
agencies concerned with the development and management
of the Nation's land, water, and mineral resources, and
recreation and wildlife areas; and environmental
protection and enhancement. The policy of this
resolution is that there shall be budget authority of
$30,300,000,000 and outlays of $28,400,000,000 in
fiscal year 2002, and budget authority of
$348,400,000,000 and outlays of $338,300,000,000 over
fiscal years 2002 through 2011, which is $3.6 billion
of budget authority and $2.0 billion of outlays greater
than the Committee-passed resolution in 2002, and $59.0
billion of budget authority and $53.0 billion of
outlays greater than the Committee-passed resolution
over fiscal years 2002 through 2011, better to address
priorities such as but not limited to: full funding
levels for the Land Conservation, Preservation, and
Infrastructure Improvement Program, established last
year as part of the Interior Appropriations Act. In
establishing this program, Congress recognized land
conservation and related activities as critical
national priorities and provided a mechanism to
guarantee significantly increased funding. Congress
resolved to provide $1.76 billion for fiscal year 2002
and $12 billion from 2001-2006 for
conservation,preservation, and recreation programs, and to set this
funding aside in a new dedicated conservation budget category. The
President's budget request would breach last year's agreement, and
rewrite the funding levels of the conservation budget category,
reducing the fiscal year 2002 level to $1.5 billion and reducing the
six-year funding total by $2.7 billion. It is the policy of this
resolution to maintain and fully fund the new budget category for
conservation; to increase grants to states and local governments for
improvements in our nation's safe drinking water and wastewater
treatment infrastructure; to continue funding needed to reduce the
threat of wildfires on Federal lands and to fight fires when they
occur; to provide high-priority funding for Pacific Northwest salmon
recovery; to fund grants for States and Tribes for administration of
environmental programs, within the Department of Commerce; to continue
current funding levels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration; to fund continued procurement of an advanced weather
satellite system being developed jointly with the Department of
Defense; to continue current funding levels for the Army Corps of
Engineers and to increase funding to deal with the deferred maintenance
backlog in the National Park system; to provide funds to protect
wetlands and endangered species and their habitats on public and
private lands.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$33,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$36,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$38,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$39,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,600,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350): This function includes
programs administered by the Department of Agriculture,
including such activities as agricultural research and
the stabilization of farm incomes through loans,
subsidies, and other payments to farmers. The policy of
this resolution is that there shall be budgetauthority
of $27,300,000,000 and outlays of $25,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2002,
and budget authority of $219,300,000,000 and outlays of
$204,000,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011, which is $8.2
billion of budget authority and $8.1 billion of outlays greater than
the Committee-passed resolution in 2002, and $46.9 billion of budget
authority and $46.6 billion of outlays greater than the Committee-
passed resolution over fiscal years 2002 through 2011, better to
address priorities such as but not limited to: maintaining the
inflation-adjusted funding for appropriated agriculture programs over
ten years, including food safety protection, conservation, and vital
agriculture research, which is cut in the Committee-passed resolution;
increasing mandatory programs for agriculture by $8 billion in fiscal
year 2002, $6 billion in fiscal year 2003, and $4 billion per year
thereafter, reflecting spending levels consistent with recent needs;
providing farmers with a more stable, dependable source of
supplementary income assistance, rather than continued unpredictable
ad-hoc assistance, minimizing the need for continued emergency
assistance, and making spending assumptions more realistic, in
preparation for the upcoming reauthorization of the farm program.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,800,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): This function
includes deposit insurance and financial regulatory
agencies; the mortgage credit programs of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); the
Department of Commerce's Census Bureau, its business
promotion programs, and its technology development
programs; rural housing loans; the Small Business
Administration's business loans; the Postal Service;
and other regulatory agencies such as the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC). The policy of this
resolution is that there shall be budget authority of
$7,400,000,000 and outlays of $4,400,000,000 in fiscal
year 2002, and budget authority of $127,900,000,000 and
outlays of $84,300,000,000 over fiscal years 2002
through 2011, to address priorities such as but not
limited to: an increase in the limit on the maximum
loan that may be guaranteed, thereby making home
ownership in high-cost housing areas more affordable,
and consequent increased premium collections for the
Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage
Insurance (MMI) Fund, which will finance other
important housing activities; increased premium
collections from allowing FHA to insure hybrid
adjustable-rate mortgages; continuation of the Advanced
Technology Program in the Department of Commerce, and
increased funding by 18 percent, or $9 million, for the
collection and calculation of basic economic
statistics, to improve key measures used by government
and business policy makers.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400): This function is comprised
mostly of the programs administered by the Department
of Transportation, including programs for highways,
mass transit, aviation, and maritime activities. The
function also includes several small transportation-
related agencies, and the civilian aviation research
program of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). The policy of this resolution is
that there shall be budget authority of $63,700,000,000
and outlays of $55,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and
budget authority of $641,200,000,000 and outlays of
$647,300,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011,
which is $2.7 billion of budget authority greater than
the Committee-passed resolution in 2002, and $33.2
billion of budget authority and $7.7 billion of outlays
greater than the Committee-passed resolution (which
imposes a cut in nominal dollars) over fiscal years
2002 through 2011, better to address priorities such as
but not limited to full funding of the authorized
levels provided for highways and transit under the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-
21), full funding of the levels authorized for the
Federal Aviation Administration under the Aviation
Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-
21), the funding needed to keep the Federal commitment
to Amtrak, and the funding needed to meet the ongoing
requirements of the Coast Guard, at a level higher than
requested by the President, to improve personnel
training, eliminate spare parts shortages, operate drug
interdiction more effectively, and ensure maritime
safety.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$63,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$61,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$62,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$62,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$63,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$64,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$64,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$65,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,200,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450): This
function includes programs that support the development
of physical and financial infrastructure intended to
promote viable community economies. It covers certain
activities of the Department of Commerce and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development. This
function also includes spending to help communities and
families recover from natural disasters, and spending
for the rural development activities of the Department
of Agriculture, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other
agencies. The policy of this resolution is that there
shall be budget authority of $10,500,000,000 and
outlays of $11,400,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and
budget authority of $116,300,000,000 and outlays of
$110,800,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011,
which is $0.4 billion of budget authority greater than
the Committee-passed resolution in 2002, and $2.7
billion of budget authority and $1.8 billion of outlays
greater than the Committee-passed resolution over
fiscal years 2002 through 2011, better to address
priorities such as but not limited to full inflation-
adjusted funding of appropriations, including: the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which
is frozen in the Committee-passed resolution, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Empowerment
Zones, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
(CDFI), and the Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500): This function primarily includes
Federal spending within the Departments of Education,
Labor, and Health and Human Services for programs that
directly provide or assist states and localities in
providing services to young people and adults. The
activities that it covers include providing
developmental services to low-income children, helping
disadvantaged and other elementary and secondary school
students, offering grants and loans to post-secondary
students, and funding job-training and employment
services for people of all ages. The policy of this
resolution is that there shall be budget authority of
$87,700,000,000 and outlays of $79,200,000,000 in
fiscal year 2002, and budget authority of
$1,050,300,000,000 and outlays of $995,800,000,000 over
fiscal years 2002 through 2011. This is greater than
the level of the Committee-passed resolution by $5.6
billion of budget authority and $3.0 billion of outlays
in fiscal year 2002, and $132.8 billion of budget
authority and $104 billion of outlays over fiscal years
2002 through 2011, better to address priorities such as
but not limited to: reducing class sizes by recruiting
and adequately compensating qualified teachers;
improving teacher quality through professional
development programs, especially for math and science
teachers; facilitating school renovation by providing
grants and subsidizing interest-free loans to local
school districts; ensuring the effectiveness of all of
our schools through increased funding of the title I
program; enhancing the performance of our schools
through investments in technology, school counselors,
and after-school programs; expanding the Federal
commitment to special education under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act by no less than $1.5
billion per year, expanding access to higher education
by sufficiently funding higher education programs,
including an increase in the maximum Pell Grant award;
sustaining the strength of the Nation's vocational
rehabilitation programs, ensuring that each year more
of those children eligible for Head Start are enrolled
in the program and are well prepared for elementary
education, sustaining the competitiveness of our
economy through sufficient funding for workforce
investment programs, and strengthening the safety net
provided to our nation s most vulnerable people
through, for example, increased funding levels for
child welfare programs and the Social Services Block
Grant (title XX).
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$87,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$89,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$92,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$96,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$99,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $96,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$102,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $99,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$109,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $102,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$116,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $108,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$124,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $116,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$132,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $123,800,000,000.
(11) Health (550): This function includes Federal
spending for health care services, disease prevention,
consumer and occupational safety, health-related
research, and similar activities. The largest component
of spending is the Federal/State Medicaid program,
which pays for health services for some low-income
women, children, and elderly people, as well as people
with disabilities. The policy of this resolution is
that there shall be budget authority of
$194,300,000,000 and outlays of $190,200,000,000 in
fiscal year 2002, and budget authority of
$2,898,600,000,000 and outlays of $2,873,100,000,000
over fiscal years 2002 through 2011. This is greater
than the level of the Committee-passed resolution by
$1.7 billion of discretionary budget authority and $400
million of discretionary outlays in fiscal year 2002,
and $4.0 billion of discretionary budget authority and
$2.6 billion of discretionary outlays over fiscal years
2002 through 2011, better to address priorities such as
but not limited to: doubling funding for the National
Institutes of Health relative to the 1998 level by
2003, maintaining inflation-adjusted funding for other
discretionary health programs, expanding access to
health insurance for working families by allowing
states to cover families under the Medicaid or State
Children's Health Insurance Program, and allowing a
buy-in to Medicaid for families with special-needs
children if family income is under 300 percent of
poverty, increasing funding for community health
centers, providing low-income Medicare beneficiaries
protection against premiums and cost-sharing
requirements of a Medicare prescription drug benefit,
and restoring Medicaid benefits to certain legal
immigrants.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$194,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $190,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$217,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $213,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$235,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $233,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$255,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $253,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$276,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $274,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$296,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $293,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$319,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $316,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$341,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $338,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$366,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $365,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$395,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $393,200,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570): This function is comprised of
spending for Medicare, the Federal health insurance
program for elderly and eligible disabled people.
Medicare consists of two parts, each tied to a trust
fund. Hospital Insurance (HI, also known as Part A)
reimburses providers for inpatient care that
beneficiaries receive in hospitals, as well as care at
skilled nursing facilities, home health care related to
a hospital stay, and hospice services. Supplementary
Medical Insurance (Part B) pays for physicians'
services, outpatient services at hospitals, home health
care, and other services. The policy of this resolution
is that there shall be budget authority of
$229,200,000,000 and outlays of $229,100,000,000 in
fiscal year 2002, and budget authority of
$3,487,100,000,000 and outlays of $3,486,800,000,000
over fiscal years 2002 through 2011. This is greater
than the level of the Committee-passed resolution by
$100 million of budget authority in fiscal year 2002,
and $179.5 billion of budget authority and $179.2
billion of outlays over fiscal years 2002 through 2011,
better to address priorities such as but not limited
to: extending the solvency of the Medicare HI (Part A)
Trust Fund, by transferring surplus funds from outside
the program to the HI Trust Fund, creating a voluntary
prescription drug benefit within the Medicare program
for all Medicare beneficiaries, and providing $330
billion to fund it, and taking the Medicare HI (Part A)
Trust Fund off-budget to ensure that it is used solely
for current-law Medicare benefits.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$229,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $229,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$257,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$281,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $281,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$307,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $307,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$324,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $324,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$353,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $354,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$382,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $382,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$414,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $414,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$449,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $449,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$487,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $487,400,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600): This function covers
Federal income-security programs that provide cash or
in-kind benefits to individuals. Some of those benefits
(such as food stamps, Supplemental Security Income,
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, housing, and
the earned income tax credit) are means-tested, whereas
others (such as unemployment compensation and Civil
Service Retirement and Disability payments) do not
depend on a person's income or assets. The policy of
this resolution is that there shall be budget authority
of $273,800,000,000 and outlays of $272,000,000,000 in
fiscal year 2002, and budget authority of
$3,230,300,000,000 and outlays of $3,217,300,000,000
over fiscal years 2002 through 2011. This is greater
than the level of the Committee-passed resolution by
$2.3 billion of budget authority (but $100 million less
of outlays) in fiscal year 2002, and $17.6 billion of
budget authority and $15.7 billion of outlays over
fiscal years 2002 through 2011, better to address
priorities such as but not limited to: enhancing
America's nutritional safety net through improvements
that facilitate access to the Food Stamp program,
providing increased funding for the Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP) and emergency funds
in response to escalating energy prices; ensuring that
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants and children (WIC) funds supplying nutritional
benefits and counseling for pregnant women, infants and
children increase with inflation; giving states more
resources to support families moving from welfare to
work through child care and critical TANF assistance
programs; addressing the Nation's affordable housing
crisis by maintaining public housing Capital Fund and
Drug Elimination programs at inflation-adjusted levels;
renewing all expiring section 8 contracts, maintaining
adequate section 8 reserves, and adding 84,000 new
section 8 housing assistance vouchers and maintaining
them for ten years, increasing housing resources for
the low-income elderly in preparation for the aging of
the baby boom generation, maintaining Congress'
commitment to the flexible HOME Investment Partnership
Program, ensuring that grants to state and local
governments for affordable rental housing and home
ownership activities at least keep pace with inflation,
as opposed to the Committee-passed resolution which
diminishes HOME program grants through new set-asides,
and restoring SSI and food stamp benefits to certain
legal immigrants.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$273,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $272,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$284,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $282,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$295,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $293,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$309,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $308,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$317,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $316,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$323,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $323,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$338,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $338,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$350,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $349,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$361,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $360,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$373,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $372,300,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650): This function is
comprised of spending for the Old-Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance programs, commonly known as Social
Security. Social Security consists of two parts, each
tied to a trust fund. The Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance (OASI) program provides monthly benefits to
eligible retired workers and their families and
survivors. The Disability Insurance (DI) program
provides monthly benefits to eligible disabled workers
and their families. The policy of this resolution is
that there shall be budget authority of $11,000,000,000
and outlays of $11,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and
budget authority of $150,900,000,000 and outlays of
$150,900,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011.
This is greater than the level of the Committee-passed
resolution by $100 billion of discretionary budget
authority in fiscal year 2002, and $3.1 billion of
discretionary budget authority and $2.7 billion of
discretionary outlays over fiscal years 2002 through
2011, better to address priorities such as but not
limited to: protecting the Social Security Trust Fund
from any diversion of its surplus, to extend the
solvency of this essential program for today's retirees
and for future generations, and maintaining the
inflation-adjusted level of appropriations for social
security administrative costs, with $3 billion more in
funding than provided in the Committee-approved
Republican Budget Resolution, thereby protecting the
level of service for all elderly, disabled, and
survivor beneficiaries.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,400,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): This
function covers programs that offer benefits to
military veterans. Those programs, most of which are
run by the Department of Veterans Affairs, provide
health care, disability compensation, pensions, life
insurance, education and training, and guaranteed
loans. The policy of this resolution is that there
shall be budget authority of $52,400,000,000 and
outlays of $51,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and
budget authority of $606,400,000,000 and outlays of
$602,000,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011.
This is greater than the level of the Committee-passed
resolution by $100 million of budget authority and $100
million of outlays in fiscal year 2002, and $12.4
billion of budget authority and $11.9 billion of
outlays over fiscal years 2002 through 2011, better to
address priorities such as but not limited to:
increasing funding for appropriated veterans programs
by $100 million for 2002 over the levels in the
Committee-approved Republican resolution, to meet the
needs of the VHA, and to increase Department of
Veterans Affairs personnel and technology for claims
processing and administration, reaffirming our
commitment to veterans by adequately funding the
Department of Veterans Affairs; avoiding shifts from
one program to another to meet current crises; ensuring
that veterans are able to receive, in a timely manner,
the benefits Congress intended for them; and increasing
mandatory programs for veterans by raising the
education benefit in the Montgomery GI bill from $650
to $1100, and enhancing certain burial benefits as
provided in H.R. 801.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$52,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$56,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$63,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$65,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$67,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$69,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,600,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750): This function
covers programs that provide judicial services, law
enforcement, and prison operation. The Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the Customs Service, the Drug
Enforcement Administration, and the Federal court
system are all supported under this function. The
policy of this resolution is that there shall be budget
authority of $32,400,000,000 and outlays of
$31,400,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and budget
authority of $378,400,000,000 and outlays of
$374,700,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011.
This is greater than the level of the Committee-passed
resolution (which cuts funding for the Justice
Department in nominal dollars) by $1.5 billion of
budget authority and $1.1 billion of outlays in fiscal
year 2002, and $19.1 billion of budget authority and
$18 billion of outlays over fiscal years 2002 through
2011, better to address priorities such as but not
limited to maintaining inflation-adjusted levels of
appropriations for every program, specifically
including: the Community Oriented Policing Services
(COPS) program, which provides funds to local
communities to hire additional community police
officers; all of the Department of Justice's law
enforcement and legal divisions, the Treasury
Department's United States Customs Service; the
Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms (ATF); and State and local law enforcement
assistance.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$36,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$38,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$39,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$40,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$42,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$43,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,700,000,000.
(17) General Government (800): This function covers
the central management and policy responsibilities of
both the legislative and executive branches of the
Federal Government. Among the agencies it funds are the
General Services Administration and the Internal
Revenue Service. The policy of this resolution is that
there shall be budget authority of $17,200,000,000 and
outlays of $16,800,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and
budget authority of $177,100,000,000 and outlays of
$174,600,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011.
This is greater than the level of the Committee-passed
resolution by $500 million of budget authority and $500
million of outlays in fiscal year 2002, and $600
million of budget authority and $1.2 billion of outlays
over fiscal years 2002 through 2011, better to address
priorities such as but not limited to maintaining
inflation-adjusted levels of appropriations, above the
level of the Committee-approved Republican Budget
Resolution, and enactment of election reform
legislation guaranteeing State and local election
jurisdictions sufficient funds to replace outdated and
outmoded voting technologies.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900): This function includes the
debt-servicing obligation of the Federal Government for
the sum of all of its past budget deficits. The policy
of this resolution is that there shall be budget
authority of $259,600,000,000 and outlays of
$259,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and budget
authority of $2,311,000,000,000 and outlays of
$2,311,000,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011,
which is $71.6 billion of budget authority and $71.6
billion of outlays less than the Committee-passed
resolution over fiscal years 2002 through 2011, to
address priorities such as but not limited to: the most
rapid retirement of debt possible, faster than under
the President's budget, and faster still than under the
Committee-approved Republican Budget Resolution, and
the consequent maximum reduction in the Federal
Government's net interest costs, to strengthen the
budget and the economy for the demographic challenges
ahead.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$259,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $259,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$254,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $254,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$249,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $249,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$241,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $241,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$236,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $236,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$230,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $230,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$223,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $223,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$215,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $215,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$205,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $205,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$195,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $195,300,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920): This function may include
amounts to reflect proposals that would affect multiple
budget functions. The policy of this resolution is that
there shall be budget authority of $5,000,000,000 and
outlays of $1,800,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and
budget authority of $50,000,000,000 and outlays of
$45,500,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011, to
address priorities such as but not limited to a reserve
fund for unforeseen contingencies such as floods,
earthquakes, and other natural disasters.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,000,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): This
function comprises major offsetting receipt items that
would distort the funding levels of other functional
categories if they were distributed to them. The policy
of this resolution is that there shall be budget
authority of -$38,700,000,000 and outlays of
-$38,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, and budget
authority of -$514,900,000,000 and outlays of
-$514,900,000,000 over fiscal years 2002 through 2011,
to address priorities such as but not limited to
adjusting rates of compensation for civilian employees
of the United States at the same time, and in the same
proportion, as are rates of compensation for members of
the uniformed services. The budget resolution does not
include the provision contained in the President's
budget that assumes the opening of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil drilling. The budget
resolution does not extend a provision included in the
February Blueprint and the Committee-approved
Republican Budget Resolution that increases agency
contributions for employees covered by the civil
service retirement system.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$38,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$49,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$49,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$57,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$57,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$55,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$55,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
-$48,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$48,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
-$46,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$46,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
-$51,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$51,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
-$52,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$52,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
-$54,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$54,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
-$60,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$60,300,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Submission by House Committee on Ways and Means for Tax
Relief in Fiscal Year 2001.--Not later than May 1, 2001, the
House Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a
reconciliation bill that consists of changes in laws within its
jurisdiction to reduce revenues by not more than $60 billion
during fiscal year 2001.
(b) Submissions by the House Committee on Ways and Means
for Enhanced Statutory Protections and Solvency Extension for
Medicare and Social Security.--
(1) Taking medicare off-budget and re-affirming the
off-budget status of social security.--Not later than
June 8, 2001, the House Committee on Ways and Means
shall report to the House Committee on the Budget a
reconciliation bill that changes laws within its
jurisdiction to designate the Medicare HI surplus as
having the same off-budget status as the Social
Security surplus, and that reaffirms the off-budget
status of the Social Security surplus. Pursuant to this
and without exception:
(A) 100 percent of the Social Security
surplus in each fiscal year from 2002 through
2011 shall be saved by purchasing from the
Treasury special non-marketable bonds, which
can be redeemed only to pay for Social Security
benefits stipulated in current law;
(B) 100 percent of the Medicare HI surplus in
each fiscal year from 2002 through 2011 shall
be saved by purchasing from the Treasury
special non-marketable bonds for the Medicare
HI trust fund, which can be redeemed only to
pay for Medicare HI benefits stipulated in
current law; and
(C) the Treasury shall use the proceeds of
sales of special non-marketable bonds to the
Social Security and Medicare HI trust funds
exclusively for redeeming publicly held debt.
(2) Extending social security and medicare
solvency.--Not later than June 8, 2001, the House
Committee on Ways and Means shall submit legislation to
the House Committee on the Budget providing for the
annual remittance from the General Fund of the Treasury
to the Hospital Insurance (Medicare Part A) Trust Fund
and to the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
of an amount equal to one-third of the projected on-
budget, that is non-Social Security, non-Medicare HI,
surplus, currently projected to be $910 billion from
fiscal year 2002 through fiscal year 2011. Such
remittances shall be equally divided between the two
trust funds, with the objective of extending their
solvency to at least 2040 and 2050, respectively. Such
remittances shall be derived exclusively from the on-
budget, that is non-Social Security, non-Medicare HI,
surplus over that ten-year period.
(c) Submissions by the house committee on ways and means
for responsible tax relief.--
(1) Submission.--Not later than June 8, 2001, the
House Committee on Ways and Means shall submit
legislation to the House Committee onthe Budget
reducing revenues in amounts which, when combined with the debt service
costs of tax adjustments made in fiscal year 2001, does not exceed $34
billion in fiscal year 2002, $300 billion for fiscal years 2002 through
2006, and $737 billion for fiscal years 2002 through 2011.
(2) Policy assumptions.--Within the framework of this
budget resolution, which provides for the extension of
the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare trust
funds, the policy of this resolution is that there
shall be net tax relief, which when combined with the
debt service costs of tax adjustments made in fiscal
year 2001, does not exceed $34 billion in fiscal year
2002, $300 billion in fiscal years 2002 through 2006,
or $737 billion in fiscal years 2002 through 2011. Such
tax relief shall include but not be limited to
provisions that--
(A) create a new income tax bracket, taxing
income at a rate below the current 15 percent
rate;
(B) mitigate the marriage penalty including
that created through the earned income credit;
(C) increase the earned income credit for
working families with children;
(D) eliminate estate taxes on all but the
very largest estates; and
(E) grant other tax relief, such as
modification of the individual alternative
minimum tax and enhancement of tax incentives
for retirement savings.
(3) Flexibility for the committee on ways and
means.--If the reconciliation submission by the
Committee on Ways and Means alters the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 in ways that are scored by the Joint
Committee on Taxation as outlay changes, as through
legislation affecting refundable tax credits, the
submission shall be considered to meet the revenue
requirements of the reconciliation directive if the net
cost of the revenue and outlay changes does not exceed
the revenue amount set forth for that committee in
paragraph 1 of this subsection. Upon the submission of
such legislation, the chairman of the House Committee
on the Budget shall adjust the budget aggregates in
this resolution and allocations made under this
resolution accordingly.
(d) Submissions by House Committees on Energy and Commerce
and Ways and Means for Medicare Prescription Drugs.--
(1) Not later than June 8, 2001, the House Committees
named in paragraph (2) shall report the following
changes in laws within their jurisdiction to the House
Committee on the Budget. After receiving those
recommendations, the House Committee on the Budget
shall report to the House a reconciliation bill
carrying out all such recommendations without any
substantive revision.
(2)(A) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce
shall increase outlays by not more than the following:
$94,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $97,865,000,000 for
the period fiscal year 2002 through 2006, and
$330,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal year 2002
through 2011.
(B) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall
increase outlays by not more than the following:
$94,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $97,865,000,000 for
the period fiscal year 2002 through 2006, and
$330,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal year 2002
through 2011.
(e) Other Submissions by House Committees.--
(1) Submissions.--Not later than June 8, 2001, the
House Committees named in paragraph (2) shall report
the following changes in laws within their jurisdiction
to the House Committee on theBudget. After receiving
those recommendations, the House Committee on the Budget shall report
to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such
recommendations without any substantive revision.
(2)(A) Submission by house committee on agriculture
for assistance to farmers, restoring food stamps for
legal immigrants, and enhancing the nutritional safety
net.--The House Committee on Agriculture shall increase
outlays by not more than the following: $8,381,000,000
for fiscal year 2002, $29,158,000,000 for the period
fiscal year 2002 through 2006, and $54,019,000,000 for
the period of fiscal year 2002 through 2011.
(B) Submission by house committee on education and
workforce for student loan forgiveness for math and
science teachers.--The House Committee on Education and
the Workforce shall increase outlays by not more than
the following: $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $32,000,000 for the
period fiscal year 2002 through 2006, and $82,000,000
for the period of fiscal year 2002 through 2011.
(C) Submission by house committee on energy and
commerce for the family opportunity act and for
providing access to health insurance for low-income
families.--The House Committee on Energy and Commerce
shall increase outlays by not more than the following:
$97,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $13,475,000,000 for
the period fiscal year 2002 through 2006, and
$50,021,000,000 for the period of fiscal year 2002
through 2011.
(D) Submission by house committee on veterans affairs
for expansion of montgomery gi bill education benefits,
burial benefits, and other benefits.--The House
Committee on Veterans Affairs shall increase outlays by
not more than the following: $264,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002, $3,205,000,000 for the period fiscal year
2002 through 2006, and $7,087,000,000 for the period of
fiscal year 2002 through 2011.
(E) Submission by house committee on ways and means
for extending tanf supplemental grants, increasing
title xx (social services block grant), promoting safe
and stable families, providing independent living
vouchers for foster children, increasing the child care
and development fund, and restoring equity in ssi and
medicaid benefits for certain legal immigrants.--The
House Committee on Ways and Means shall increase
outlays by not more than the following: $714,000,000
for fiscal year 2002, $9,411,000,000 for the period
fiscal year 2002 through 2006, and $31,091,000,000 for
the period of fiscal year 2002 through 2011.
SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF OASDI ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
In the House, in addition to amounts in this resolution,
allocations to the Committee on Appropriations shall include
the following amounts, which are assumed to be used for the
Administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration,
and, for purposes of section 302(f)(1) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, those allocations shall be considered to be
allocations made under section 302(a) of that Act:
$3,597,000,000 in new budget authority and $3,542,000,000 in
outlays.
SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
In the House, whenever the Committee on Appropriations
reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is
offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that
provides new budget authority for any fiscal year from 2002
through 2011 of at least the level appropriated in the previous
fiscal year adjusted for inflation for programs authorized
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
part B grants to States, the Committee on the Budget shall
increase the appropriate allocations of new budget authority
and outlays for that fiscal year by $1,500,000,000 (and adjust
any other appropriate levels), an amount to be used solely for
programs authorized under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), part B grants to States. However, no such
adjustment shall exceed the amount by which the bill exceeds
the applicable allocation.
SEC. 7. FUNDS ALREADY APPROPRIATED FOR ARREARAGES TO THE UNITED
NATIONS.
For purposes of enforcing the allocations in this
resolution, any outlays scored from authorizing legislation
releasing previously appropriated funding for the United
Nations is assumed not to be new outlays.
SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE STABILIZATION OF CERTAIN
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO STATES, COUNTIES, AND BOROUGHS.
It is the sense of Congress that Federal revenue-sharing
payments to States, counties, and boroughs pursuant to the Act
of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500),the Act of March
1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of August 28, 1937
(chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), the Act of May 24, 1939
(chapter 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq.), and sections
13982 and 13983 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
(Public Law 103-66; 16 U.S.C. 500 note; 43 U.S.C. 1181f note) should be
stabilized and maintained for the long-term benefit of schools, roads,
public services, and communities, and that providing such permanent,
stable funding is a priority of the 106th Congress.
SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the levels in this concurrent budget resolution
for function 250 (General Science, Space, and
Technology) for fiscal year 2002 are $300,000,000 above
the level in the House Republican budget resolution and
over ten years (fiscal years 2002 to 2011), the levels
in this concurrent resolution are $3,100,000,000 above
the levels in the House Republican budget resolution;
(2) the National Science Foundation is the largest
supporter of basic research in the Federal Government;
(3) the National Science Foundation is the second
largest supporter of university-based research;
(4) research conducted by the grantees of the
National Science Foundation has led to innovations that
have dramatically improved the quality of life of all
Americans;
(5) because basic research funded by the National
Science Foundation is high-risk, cutting edge,
fundamental, and may not produce tangible benefits for
over a decade, the Federal Government is uniquely
suited to support such research; and
(6) the National Science Foundation's focus on peer-
reviewed, merit-based grants represents a model for
research agencies across the Federal Government.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the function 250 levels assume an increase for National Science
Foundation that is sufficient for it to continue its critical
role in funding basic research, cultivating America's
intellectual infrastructure, and leading to innovations that
assure the Nation's economic future.
SEC. 10. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) Members of the uniformed services and civilian
employees of the United States make significant
contributions to the general welfare of the Nation.
(2) Increases in the pay of members of the uniformed
services and of civilian employees of the United States
have not kept pace with increases in the overall pay
levels of workers in the private sector, so that there
now exists--
(A) a 32 percent gap between compensation
levels of Federal civilian employees and
compensation levels of private sector workers;
and
(B) an estimated 10 percent gap between
compensation levels of members of the uniformed
services and compensation levels of private
sector workers.
(3) The President's budget proposal for fiscal year
2002 includes a 4.6 percent pay raise for military
personnel.
(4) The Office of Management and Budget has requested
that Federal agencies plan their fiscal year 2002
budgets with a 3.6 percent pay raise for civilian
Federal employees.
(5) In almost every year during the past 2 decades,
there have been equal adjustments in the compensation
of members of the uniformed services and the
compensation of civilian employees of the United
States.
(b) Sense of the House of Representatives.--It is the sense
of the House of Representatives that rates of compensation for
civilian employees of the United States should be adjusted at
the same time, and in the same proportion, as are rates of
compensation for members of the uniformed services.
SEC. 11. ASSET BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.
(a) Findings.--Congress find the following:
(1) For the vast majority of United States
households, the pathway to the economic mainstream and
financial security is not through spending and
consumption, but through savings, investing, and the
accumulation of assets.
(2) One-third of all Americans have no assets
available for investment and another 20 percent have
only negligible assets. The situation is even more
serious for minority households; for example, 60
percent of African-American households have no or
negative financial assets.
(3) Nearly 50 percent of all children in America live
in households that have no assets available for
investment, including 40 percent of Caucasian children
and 73 percent of African-American children.
(4) Up to 20 percent of all United States households
do not deposit their savings in financial institutions
and, thus, do not have access to the basic financial
tools that make asset accumulation possible.
(5) Public policy can have either a positive or a
negative impact on asset accumulation. Traditional
public assistance programs based on income and
consumption have rarely been successful in supporting
the transition to economic self-sufficiency. Tax
policy, through $288,000,000,000 in annual tax
incentives, has helped lay the foundation for the great
middle class.
(6) Lacking an income tax liability, low-income
working families cannot take advantage of asset
development incentives available through the Federal
tax code.
(7) Individual Development Accounts have proven to be
successful in helping low-income working families save
and accumulate assets. Individual Development Accounts
have been used to purchase long-term, high-return
assets, including homes, postsecondary education and
training, and small business.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Federal tax code should support a significant expansion of
Individual Development Accounts so that millions of low-income,
working families can save, build assets, and move their lives
forward; thus, making positive contributions to the economic
and social well-being of the United States, as well as to its
future.
SEC. 12. FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION ASSISTANCE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Increased demands on firefighting and emergency
medical personnel have made it difficult for local
governments to adequately fund necessary fire safety
precautions.
(2) The Government has an obligation to protect the
health and safety of the firefighting personnel of the
United States and to ensure that they have the
financial resources to protect the public.
(3) The high rates in the United States of death,
injury, and property damage caused by fires
demonstrates a critical need for Federal investment in
support of firefighting personnel.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Government should support the core operations of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency by providing needed fire
grant programs to assist our firefighters and rescue personnel
as they respond to more than 17,000,000 emergency calls
annually. To accomplish this task, Congress supports
preservation of the Assistance to Firefighters grant program.
Continued support of the Assistance to Firefighters grant
program will enable local firefighters to adequately protect
the lives of countless Americans put at risk by insufficient
fire protection.
SEC. 13. FUNDING FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AT CHILDREN'S TEACHING
HOSPITALS
It is the sense of Congress that:
(1) Function 550 of the President's budget should
include an appropriate level of funding for graduate
medical education conducted at independent children's
teaching hospitals in order to ensure access to care by
millions of children nationwide.
(2) An emphasis should be placed on the role played
by community health centers in underserved rural and
urban communities. An increase in funding for community
health centers should not come at the expense of the
Community Access Program. Both programs should be
funded adequately, with the intention of doubling
funding for increased capacity for community health
centers, in addition to keeping the Community Access
Program operational.
(3) The medicare program should emphasize such
preventive medical services as those provided by vision
rehabilitation professionals in saving Government funds
and preserving the independence of a growing number of
seniors in the coming years.
(4) Funding under function 550 should also reflect
the importance of the Ryan White CARE Act to persons
afflicted with HIV/AIDS. Funds allocated from the CARE
Act serve as the safety net for thousands of low-income
people living with HIV/AIDS who reside in metropolitan
areas but are ineligible for entitlement programs.
Moreover, the CARE Act provides critically needed
grants directly to existing community-based clinics and
public health providers to develop and deliver both
early and ongoing comprehensive services to persons
with HIV/AIDS.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON PRESERVING HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE TRAINING.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) it recognizes the need to maintain the national
network devoted to providing health care services and
supports its continuation;
(2) without adequate resources devoted to research
and development of new technologies, modern medicine
cannot meet the challenges of the new century; and
(3) without adequate resources devoted to the
recruitment and training of skilled caregivers in all
setting, the latest technologies may never benefit the
American people.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress
that to preserve funding for vital health care services,
address shortages in health care professions, such as nursing,
as well as health care research, the Congress should support
fully funding these programs, specifically including health
care professions training, and other health-related programs,
at a level sufficient to support continuation of current
services.