[House Report 114-49]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress   }                                       {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session     }                                       {       114-49

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (H. CON. RES. 
27) ESTABLISHING THE BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL 
  YEAR 2016 AND SETTING FORTH APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL 
                        YEARS 2017 THROUGH 2025

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   March 23, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 163]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 163, by a record vote of 6 to 3, 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. 
25, establishing the budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, under a structured 
rule. The resolution provides four hours of general debate with 
three hours confined to the congressional budget equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on the Budget and one hour on the subject of 
economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by 
Rep. Brady of Texas and Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York or 
their respective designees. The resolution waives all points of 
order against consideration of the concurrent resolution and 
provides that the concurrent resolution shall be considered as 
read. The resolution makes in order only those amendments 
printed in this report. Each such amendment may be offered only 
in the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in this report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. The resolution 
waives all points of order against the amendments printed in 
this report. The resolution provides that if more than one such 
amendment is adopted, then only the one receiving the greater 
number of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally 
adopted. In the case of a tie for the greater number of 
affirmative votes, then only the last amendment to receive that 
number of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally 
adopted. The resolution provides, upon the conclusion of 
consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment, a 
final period of general debate, which shall not exceed 10 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Budget. The resolution 
permits the chair of the Budget Committee to offer amendments 
in the House pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The 
resolution provides that the concurrent resolution shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question of its 
adoption.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the concurrent resolution, the Committee is 
not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in 
nature.
    The waiver of all points of order against amendments 
printed in this report, includes a waiver of clause 10(c) of 
rule XVIII, which prohibits amendments from proposing to change 
the appropriate level of public debt set forth in the 
concurrent resolution. The waiver is necessary for all 
amendments printed in this report except for amendment #5, 
offered by Mr. Price of Georgia, printed in this report.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    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. 33

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by Rep. McGovern 
(MA), which prevents cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program (SNAP) by exempting SNAP from reconciliation 
instructions and prevents SNAP from being converted into a 
block grant. Defeated: 3-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................  ............  Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 34

    Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 6-3

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................  ............  Ms. Slaughter.....................          Nay
Mr. Cole........................................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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                SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

    1. Grijalva (AZ), Ellison (MN), Pocan (WI), Lee, Barbara 
(CA), Schakowsky (IL), Conyers (MI), McDermott (WA): 
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE establishes funding 
levels to fix an economy that, for too long, has failed to 
provide the opportunities American families need to get ahead. 
The budget creates 8.4 million high quality jobs, while 
reducing the deficit and providing a boost to America's long-
term global competitiveness. (30 minutes)
    2. Butterfield (NC), Scott, Bobby (VA), Lee, Barbara (CA), 
Moore, Gwen (WI): CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE makes 
significant investments in education, job training, 
transportation and infrastructure, and advanced research and 
development programs that will accelerate our economic 
recovery. It includes funding for a comprehensive jobs bill and 
targeted investments to reduce and eradicate poverty in 
America. Additionally, the CBC budget protects the social 
safety net without cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, 
or SNAP. The CBC budget makes tough but responsible decisions 
to raise new revenue by making our tax system fairer, saving 
more than $1.9 trillion on the deficit over the next decade. 
The CBC Budget will put our nation on a sustainable fiscal path 
by reducing our annual budget deficit to 2.3% of GDP by FY 
2025. (30 minutes)
    3. Stutzman (IN), Flores (TX): REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE 
SUBSTITUTE establishes the budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. Balances 
in six years, encourages pro-growth tax reform, and provides 
for our national defense. (30 minutes)
    4. Van Hollen (MD): DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE reflects 
policies that will boost the economy to create more broadly 
shared prosperity while putting the federal budget on a 
fiscally responsible path, with debt declining as a share of 
the economy. It provides for tax policies that help the middle 
class and those working their way into the middle class by 
raising the take-home pay of hard-working Americans, and 
rejects the sequester caps to make needed investments that 
create jobs for those still seeking work, that educate our 
children and prepare them for success, and that sharpen the 
nation's competitive edge. (30 minutes)
    5. Price, Tom (GA): SUBSTITUTE This amendment is identical 
to the reported resolution. The total level of new budget 
authority for the Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism function (Function 970) remains at $94 billion in 
Fiscal Year 2016. The amendment also retains a deficit-neutral 
reserve fund for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism in section 513. This section permits the Chair of the 
Committee on the Budget to adjust the 302(a) allocations to the 
Committee on Appropriations, and other appropriate levels, for 
any appropriations measure that provides new budget authority 
for Overseas Contingency Operations in excess of $73.5 billion 
up to $94 billion in Fiscal Year 2016. (10 minutes)
    6. Price, Tom (GA): SUBSTITUTE The amendment increases new 
budget authority for the Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism function (Function 970) by $2 billion, from 
$94 billion to $96 billion in Fiscal Year 2016. The amendment 
increases the outlay amounts for OCO over the period of Fiscal 
Years 2016 to 2025. As a consequence of the increase in OCO/
GWOT, conforming increases are made in total budget authority 
and outlays, deficits, interest, debt subject to limit, and 
debt held by the public. Even with the increase in overall 
budget and outlays, the budget resolution remains in balance in 
Fiscal Year 2024 and thereafter. The amendment also strikes a 
deficit-neutral reserve fund for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism in section 513 of the 
reported resolution. This section would have permitted the 
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget to adjust the 302(a) 
allocations to the Committee on Appropriations for any 
appropriations measure that provided new budget authority in 
excess of $73.5 billion up to $94 billion in Fiscal Year 2016. 
(30 minutes)

                    TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grijalva of Arizona or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.

  (a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 
and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal year 2015 and for fiscal years 2017 through 
2025.
  (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.

                 TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

                 TITLE II--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 201. Direct spending.

               TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 301. Point of order against advance appropriations.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2015 through 2025:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $2,397,906,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $3,011,600,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $3,363,689,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $3,484,023,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,611,419,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,764,354,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,936,524,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $4,113,414,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $4,305,297,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,511,276,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,723,308,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: -$29,871,00,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $340,098,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $611,103,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $639,800,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $656,337,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $686,652,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $722,007,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $760,933,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $794,669,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $836,409,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $868,535,000,000.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
        budgetary levels of total new budget authority are as 
        follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $3,364,224,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $3,700,423,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $3,671,036,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $3,715,311,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,879,230,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $4,055,790,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $4,200,058,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $4,434,308,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $4,575,085,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,705,499,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,935,827,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels of 
        total budget outlays are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $3,307,153,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $3,688,702,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $3,630,273,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $3,676,002,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,851,980,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $4,012,330,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $4,165,094,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $4,401,070,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $4,524,231,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,636,441,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,881,361,000,000.
          (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts 
        of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: -$909,247,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: -$677,102,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: -$266,584,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: -$191,979,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: -$240,561,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: -$247,976,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: -$228,570,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: -$287,656,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: -$218,934,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: -$125,165,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: -$158,053,000,000.
          (5) Debt subject to limit.--The budgetary levels of 
        the public debt are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $18,874,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $19,720,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $20,193,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $20,607,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $21,061,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $21,522,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $21,964,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $22,442,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $22,872,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $23,231,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $23,610,000,000.
          (6) Debt held by the public.--The budgetary levels of 
        debt held by the public are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $13,767,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $14,503,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $14,827,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $15,088,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $15,421,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $15,785,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $16,156,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $16,613,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $17,039,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $17,411,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $17,867,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the budgetary 
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
2015 through 2024 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $596,720,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $590,195,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $540,897,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $570,644,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $550,795,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $555,424,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $560,791,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $552,067,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $571,839,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $562,468,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $586,141,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $573,944,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $600,467,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $586,697,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $615,501,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $605,662,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $630,886,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $615,621,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $648,903,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $627,135,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $664,060,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $647,739,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $64,111,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $54,445,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $58,607,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $58,004,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $63,812,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,796,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,354,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,103,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $60,995,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,785,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,073,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,494,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $63,155,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,905,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $64,489,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,595,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $66,282,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,741,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $68,136,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,267,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $70,014,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,907,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $33,555,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,588,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $37,823,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $35,245,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,918,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,558,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,364,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,711,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,815,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,677,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,054,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $41,282,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,588,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,048,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,250,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,159,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,156,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,309,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,225,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,477,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,349,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $13,057,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,783,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $19,255,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,944,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,526,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,945,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,929,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,982,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,414,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,166,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,494,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,771,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,596,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,852,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,698,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,879,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,511,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,382,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,331,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,151,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,185,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,978,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $40,203,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,149,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $45,346,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,322,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $48,757,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $48,914,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,001,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,788,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $48,904,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,699,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $50,582,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,736,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $51,124,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $51,328,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $52,129,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $52,147,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,509,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,412,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,023,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $54,171,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,690,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $55,718,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $20,856,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,038,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $19,874,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,785,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,441,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,332,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,444,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,695,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,083,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,257,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,090,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,512,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,536,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,994,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,415,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,860,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,062,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,505,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,142,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,558,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,462,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,934,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $13,573,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$27,482,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $22,596,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,784,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,213,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,423,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,032,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,653,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $907,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,632,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,269,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,396,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,513,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,413,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,735,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,809,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,738,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,651,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,205,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,536,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $3,995,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $160,537,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $164,218,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $201,058,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $205,978,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $171,812,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $177,425,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $172,680,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $177,406,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $163,577,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $168,774,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $159,506,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $165,356,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $150,440,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $156,858,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $152,880,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $159,980,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $155,363,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $163,113,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $157,903,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $166,022,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $160,484,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $169,482,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $21,665,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,322,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $19,549,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,333,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,631,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,763,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,963,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,471,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,029,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,094,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,120,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,152,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,116,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,773,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,129,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,473,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,530,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,273,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,008,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,686,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,534,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,108,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $272,498,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $272,495,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $328,498,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $323,907,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $200,312,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $195,293,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $173,602,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $171,432,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $168,570,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $167,804,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $173,767,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $172,246,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $177,659,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $176,414,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $181,815,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $179,952,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $186,704,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $184,267,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $190,822,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $188,075,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $194,350,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $191,490,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $495,569,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $486,108,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $534,967,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $541,531,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $585,819,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $585,963,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $609,092,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $610,103,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $632,934,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $634,452,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $666,788,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $657,365,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $690,145,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $690,026,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $726,916,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $726,254,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $763,443,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $762,573,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $802,035,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $801,277,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $840,653,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $839,972,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $542,269,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $541,942,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $581,875,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $580,231,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $581,353,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $581,261,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $589,432,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $589,302,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $656,196,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $655,941,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $700,224,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $700,013,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $748,937,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $748,712,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $843,411,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $843,073,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $864,642,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $863,476,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $876,647,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $875,217,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $972,674,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $977,111,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $614,473,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $602,805,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $664,717,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $654,441,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $670,301,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $655,937,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $648,386,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $636,318,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $661,408,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $656,010,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $684,016,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $677,559,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $703,622,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $697,277,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $728,814,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $727,605,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $747,206,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $740,590,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $768,296,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $755,384,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $795,550,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $787,126,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $31,554,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,621,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $33,885,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,928,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,535,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $36,563,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,407,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,424,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,104,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,455,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,455,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,546,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,751,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $160,579,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $159,625,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $181,292,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $182,078,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $184,608,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $184,426,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $180,332,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $179,790,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $189,726,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $189,769,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $194,649,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $193,880,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $198,924,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $197,982,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $211,288,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $210,116,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $208,612,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $207,036,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $206,159,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $204,371,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $220,777,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $218,909,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $59,793,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,048,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $77,732,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $59,566,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $69,470,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,795,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $67,904,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,498,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $68,310,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,295,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $70,010,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,460,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $71,895,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,925,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $74,399,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $66,997,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $76,600,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $68,698,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $78,856,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $70,439,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $84,772,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $75,860,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $24,945,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,831,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $25,248,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,908,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,566,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,282,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,307,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,939,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $27,072,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,534,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $27,830,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,295,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $28,631,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $28,106,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $29,449,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $28,938,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,243,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,733,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,836,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,351,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,693,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,151,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $326,529,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $326,529,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $377,249,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $377,249,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $430,763,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $430,763,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $499,872,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $499,872,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $557,611,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $557,611,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $608,177,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $608,177,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $645,267,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $645,267,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $682,266,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $682,266,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $716,017,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $716,017,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $742,865,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $742,865,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $760,812,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $760,812,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $5,709,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,719,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $7,967,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,838,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $4,849,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,181,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $838,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,881,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $2,043,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$398,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $7,633,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4,727,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $10,868,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$7,855,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $13,111,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$11,070,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $13,541,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$12,146,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $12,881,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$12,413,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $13,641,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$13,025,000,000.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $106,825,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$106,825,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $78,012,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$78,012,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $88,445,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$88,445,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $93,810,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$93,810,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,497,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,497,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $89,327,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$89,327,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $92,978,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$92,978,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $95,188,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$95,188,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $97,408,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$97,408,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $102,090,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$102,090,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $105,007,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$105,007,000,000.

                 TITLE II--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 201. DIRECT SPENDING.

  (a) Means-tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For means-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 
        percent.
          (2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated 
        average rate of growth in the total level of outlays 
        during the 11-year period beginning with fiscal year 
        2015 is 5.1 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spending:
                  (A) The People's Budget implements a new tax 
                credit to reward Americans for their hard work. 
                This policy would provide a refundable tax 
                credit for two years for up to $800 for working 
                individuals earning less than $95,000 and up to 
                $1200 for households earning less than 
                $190,000. Modeled off the Making Work Pay tax 
                credit, this targeted tax credit would 
                immediately raise disposable income for low and 
                middle-income families.
                  (B) The People's Budget adopts President 
                Obama's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to 
                expand eligibility, including for childless 
                workers. Continues enhanced credits originally 
                implemented under the American Recovery and 
                Reinvestment Act to target those most in need. 
                This includes extending the Child and Dependent 
                Care Credit and the American Opportunity Tax 
                Credit through 2024.
                  (C) The People's Budget includes the 
                President's proposal to boost the Child Tax 
                Credit maximum deduction to $3,000. It makes 
                key expansions permanent to protect 50 million 
                Americans who would otherwise be at jeopardy 
                for losing part or all of their EITC or CTC.
                  (D) The People's Budget creates a debt free 
                college that provides Federal matching program 
                to supports state efforts to expand investments 
                in higher education, bring down costs for 
                students, and increase aid to students to help 
                them cover the total cost of college attendance 
                without taking on debt. The program would 
                encourage innovation by states and colleges to 
                improve efficiency and enable speedy and less-
                costly degree completion. By treating higher 
                education as a public good worth investing in, 
                we can once again make higher education 
                accessible to all.
                  (E) The People's Budget allows students 
                refinance their student loans at low rates and 
                allows private borrowers to shift to more 
                affordable government loans. Allowing student 
                borrowers to reduce the value of their debt 
                will free up income for purchases and will 
                create a job-creating ripple effect throughout 
                the entire economy.
                  (F) The People's Budget restores cuts made to 
                the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
                (SNAP) and permanently adopts the enhanced 
                levels established in the American Recovery and 
                Reinvestment Act. The vast majority of SNAP 
                recipients are households with children, 
                seniors and individuals with disabilities, but 
                recent cuts lowered average benefits by $216 in 
                2014. Providing families with basic food 
                security through SNAP is one of the most 
                effective ways the Federal Government can 
                stimulate the economy.
                  (G) The People's Budget provides an 
                additional $10 billion for child nutrition 
                programs including program expansion and 
                improvements for summer meals; essential 
                improvements and expansion funding for 
                preschool nutrition including increases in meal 
                reimbursements to fulfill the new meal pattern, 
                an additional meal or snack for children in 
                long-term care, and expanded program 
                eligibility; and investments in school meals 
                and school kitchens.
                  (H) The People's Budget replaces the 40 
                percent excise tax with a public option to 
                allow the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services to offer a public insurance option 
                within the health insurance marketplaces. This 
                ensures choice, competition, and stability in 
                coverage. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) 
                estimates the premium costs for Americans under 
                the public option will be 7 to 8 percent lower 
                than costs in private exchange plans. The 
                repeal of the excise tax costs $87 billion 
                while savings from the public option are $218 
                billion.
                  (I) The People's Budget continues funding for 
                the entire CHIP program until 2019.
                  (J) The People's Budget protects States 
                programs by fully retaining maintenance of 
                effort requirements and eliminating any States 
                ability to arbitrarily implement enrollment 
                caps. Without action, Federal funding for CHIP 
                will expire jeopardizing the health care 
                coverage of more than 10 million children and 
                pregnant women.
                  (K) The People's Budget permits the Secretary 
                of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate 
                prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical 
                manufacturers. Giving HHS the ability to 
                negotiate prices, as the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs currently does, will save Medicare $157 
                billion and will reduce costs for seniors.
  (b) Nonmeans-tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For non means-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 
        percent.
          (2) For non means-tested direct spending, the 
        estimated average rate of growth in the total level of 
        outlays during the 11-year period beginning with fiscal 
        year 2014 is 5.5 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for non means-tested direct 
        spending:
                  (A) The People's Budget allows those who have 
                lost a job through no fault of their own to 
                claim up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits 
                in high-unemployment states for up to two 
                years. According to the Economic Policy 
                Institute, this would boost real GDP growth by 
                0.4 percentage points and increase employment 
                by 539,000 jobs in 2015.
                  (B) The People's Budget also adopts President 
                Obama's reforms to improve system solvencies 
                and incentivize job training.
                  (C) The People's Budget includes funding to 
                replace SGR with a payment system that focuses 
                on equity for primary care and protections for 
                low-income beneficiaries. The budget pays for 
                the reform through added overall revenues, 
                which does not require cost to be passed to 
                Medicare beneficiaries in any form.
                  (D) The People's Budget improves the 
                Affordable Care Act by repealing the excise tax 
                on high-priced health plans. Proponents of the 
                provision hoped that this tax would slow the 
                rate of growth of health costs, while raising 
                revenue. However, in an effort to avoid the 
                tax, employers who traditionally offer 
                excellent benefits have started offering less 
                generous plans. This is an ineffective tool to 
                bend the cost curve. Since the tax is attached 
                to premiums instead of coverage it has the 
                potential to hit plans it wasn't intended to 
                impact.
                  (E) The People's Budget establishes a 
                representative democracy that truly reflects 
                the diversity and values of our nation by 
                providing funding for the public financing of 
                campaigns. This gives a voice to small donors 
                that have been drowned out by dark money. 
                Public financing keeps politicians accountable 
                to the voters that elect them instead of to 
                special interest money. In the era of the 
                devastating Citizens United decision, big money 
                has taken the reins of our election process. It 
                is now more important than ever to provide 
                candidates with effective alternatives to 
                finance their campaigns.
                  (F) The People's Budget uses the Experimental 
                Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) to 
                calculate Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for 
                Federal retirement programs other than Social 
                Security. Affected programs include civil 
                service retirement, military retirement, 
                Supplemental Security Income, veteran's 
                pensions and compensations. CPI-E is the most 
                sensible and accurate measure of the real costs 
                that seniors face in retirement, current 
                underpricing of costs amount to cutting 
                benefits for those on fixed incomes.
                  (G) The People's Budget makes a down payment 
                of $820 billion to help close the nation's 
                infrastructure deficit while protecting against 
                climate change and creating millions of living 
                wage jobs. The budget also helps boost private 
                financing for critical state and local projects 
                by creating a public-private infrastructure 
                bank. The American Society of Civil Engineers 
                (ASCE) estimates that the United States will 
                need to invest upwards of $1 trillion above 
                current levels over the next decade just to 
                make required repairs to roads, bridges, water, 
                and energy systems.

              TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

  (a) In General.--In the House, except as provided in 
subsection (b), any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report making a general appropriation or continuing 
appropriation may not provide for advance appropriations.
  (b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided for 
all programs administered by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
  (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance 
appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority 
provided in a bill or joint resolution making general 
appropriations or any new discretionary budget authority 
provided in a bill or joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that first becomes 
available for any fiscal year after 2016.

  Amend the title so as to read: ``Concurrent resolution 
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2016 and including the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2015 and fiscal years 2017 
through 2025.''.
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 2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Butterfield of North 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.

  (a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that 
this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal 
year 2016 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
  (b) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.
Sec. 2. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 3. Major functional categories.
Sec. 4. Direct spending.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,885,946,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $3,001,837,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $3,122,928,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,262,675,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,412,112,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,570,317,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,739,136,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,923,276,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,117,015,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,321,625,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $209,444,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $226,261,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $253,208,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $280,546,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $305,165,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $323,097,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $346,345,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $369,052,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $393,236,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $415,719,000,000.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
        budgetary levels of total new budget authority are as 
        follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $3,491,530,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $3,462,637,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $3,553,354,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,698,090,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,869,284,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $4,023,836,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $4,186,946,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $4,377,127,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,568,349,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,742,339,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels of 
        total budget outlays are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $3,257,091,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $3,452,451,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $3,568,341,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,707,443,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,848,991,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,990,253,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $4,163,913,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $4,336,870,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,513,283,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,700,933,000,000.
          (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts 
        of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: -$371,145,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: -$450,614,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: -$445,413,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: -$444,768,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: -$436,879,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: -$419,936,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: -$424,777,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: -$413,594,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: -$396,268,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: -$379,308,000,000.
          (5) Debt subject to limit.--The budgetary levels of 
        the public debt are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $19,024,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $19,703,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $20,395,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $21,078,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $21,753,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $22,413,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $23,061,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $23,719,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $24,385,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $25,022,000,000,000.
          (6) Debt held by the public.--The budgetary levels of 
        debt held by the public are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $13,807,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $14,338,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $14,876,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $15,438,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $16,016,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $16,605,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $17,232,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $17,886,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $18,566,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $19,278,000,000,000.

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
2016 through 2025 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $570,380,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $582,430,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $582,126,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $573,904,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $593,364,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $575,837,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $601,639,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $588,174,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $607,930,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $597,134 ,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $620,245,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $606,885,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $632,525,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $622,398,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $645,784,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $630,255,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $659,080,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $638,461,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $672,415,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $655,940,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,611,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $51,973,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,862,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,951,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $51,103,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,224,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $51,779,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,273,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $52,192,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,558,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,269,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,887,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $54,555,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $51,578,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,647,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $52,330,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,743,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,251,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,872,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $54,149,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,059,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,705,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,672,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,712,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,302,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,768,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,623,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,517000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,948,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,822,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,606,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,040,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $35,279,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,618,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $35,962,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $35,276,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,658,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $35,952,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $37,372,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $36,650,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $9,210,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,041,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,587,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,554,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,559,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,074,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,491,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,427,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,512,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,737,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,614,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,920,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,714,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,074,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,846,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,280,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,966,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,467,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,102,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $6,635,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,870,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,455,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,024,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,590,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,212,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,919,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,685,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,574,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,638,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,001,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,839,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,057,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,963,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,257,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,633,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,866,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,398,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,915,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,321,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,727,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,384,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,078,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,162,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,089,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,304,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,533,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,879,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,060,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,301,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,994,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,723,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,260,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,575,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,046,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,192,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,650,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,243,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,660,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,503,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,975,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,582,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,936,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,976,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$730.000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,606,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,487,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,994,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$5,176,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,383,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,656,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,902,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$406,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,460,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$2,066,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,422,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,341,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,755,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4,309,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,425,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4,736,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $245,892,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $122,661,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $176,674,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $146,865,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $131,913,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $156,511,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $123,250,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $155,123,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $122,563,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $141,858,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $124,274,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $124,077,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $105,359,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $117,792,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $107,204,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $116,434,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $109,091,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $116,058,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $111,012,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $116,517,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $48,976,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,311,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $28,102,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,794,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $18,642,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,629,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,820,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,036,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,754,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,819,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,835,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,687,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $17,049,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,708,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,556,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,790,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,642,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,922,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,712,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $167,660,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $116,847,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $166,304,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $170,992,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $147,556,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $161,185,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $144,976,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $148,166,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $149,874,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $146,275,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $147,897,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $149,495,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $152,965,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $149,868,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $156,609,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $153,664,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $158,238,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $157,731,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $159,178,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $160,116,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $523,793,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $534,537,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $567,859,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $571,527,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $592,821,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $594,697,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $618,482,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $619,697,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $650,054,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $640,838,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $669,658,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $669,578,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $703,692,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $702,828,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $736,968,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $736,533,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $772,527,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $772,045,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $808,904,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $808,818,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $597,870,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $578,208,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $582,723,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $582,652,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $592,008,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $591,924,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $659,492,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $659,296,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $705,139,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $704,988,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $755,603,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $755,441,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $853,270,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $852,997,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $876,724,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $875,621,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $891,991,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $890,628,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $989,930,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $994,440,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $552,562,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $542,072,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $562,214,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $553,285,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $565,415,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $554,225,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $578,484,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $574,423,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $591,965,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $586,272,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $605,932,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $599,737,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $626,224,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $625,034,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $637,171,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $631,084,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $648,928,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $636,719,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $671,986,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $664,262,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,885,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,928,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,535,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $36,563,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,407,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,424,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,104,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,455,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,445,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,546,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,751,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $178,175,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $177,617,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $177,070,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $179,863,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $173,734,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $173,836,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $182,946,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $183,353,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $187,113,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $186,926,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $190,682,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $190,233,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $202,554,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $201,895,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $198,729,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $197,995,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $195,068,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $194,255,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $208,439,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $207,621,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,250,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $63,064,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $64,731,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,147,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,804,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,595,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,227,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,039,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,656,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $63,043,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $63,787,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,359,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,489,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,777,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $66,525,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $66,622,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $67,581,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $67,525,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $72,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $72,319,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,301,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,743,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,432,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,122,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,244,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,463,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,966,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,318,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,683,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,130,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,267,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,679,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,835,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,245,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,396,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,795,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,729,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,155,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $35,308,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,666,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $368,027,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $368,027,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $421,270,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $421,270,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $495,009,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $495,009,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $560,645,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $560,645,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $620,300,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $620,300,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $666,257,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $666,257,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $712,670,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $712,670,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $756,488,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $756,488,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $794,483,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $794,483,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $824,027,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $824,027,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $36,770,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$36,776,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $20,241,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$9,339,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $29,161,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,429,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $6,425,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$5,314,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $10,498,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$7,449,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $165,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,458,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $52,229,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$52,706,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,072,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,647,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $78,623,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $78,180,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,333,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,313,000,000.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $78,016,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$78,016,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $88,445,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$88,445,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $93,810,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$93,810,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,497,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,497,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $89,327,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$89,327,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $92,987,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$92,987,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $95,188,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$95,188,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $97,408,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$97,408,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $102,090,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$102,090,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $105,007,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$105,007,000,000.
          (21) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
        Terrorism (970):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,997,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,250,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,085,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $7,357,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $3,675,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,312,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $644,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $202,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $69,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $47,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,000,000.

SEC. 4. DIRECT SPENDING.

  (a) Means-tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For means-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 
        percent.
          (2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated 
        average rate of growth in the total level of outlays 
        during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 
        2016 is 4.6 percent under current law.
          (3) This concurrent resolution retains the social 
        safety net that has lifted millions of Americans out of 
        poverty and protects both the Supplemental Nutrition 
        Assistance Program and Medicaid from draconian spending 
        cuts.
  (b) Nonmeans-tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 5.4 
        percent.
          (2) For nonmeans-test direct spending, the estimated 
        average rate of growth in the total level of outlays 
        during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 
        2016 is 5.5 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct 
        spending:
                  (A) For Medicare, this budget rejects 
                proposals to end the Medicare guarantee and 
                shift rising health care costs onto seniors by 
                replacing Medicare with vouchers or premium 
                support for the purchase of private insurance. 
                Such proposals will expose seniors and persons 
                with disabilities on fixed incomes to 
                unacceptable financial risks, and they will 
                weaken the traditional Medicare program. 
                Instead, this budget builds on the success of 
                the Affordable Care Act, which made significant 
                strides in health-care cost containment and put 
                into place a framework for continuous 
                innovation. This budget supports comprehensive 
                reforms to give physicians and other care 
                providers incentives to provide high-quality, 
                coordinated, efficient care, in a manner 
                consistent with the goals of fiscal 
                sustainability. It makes no changes that reduce 
                benefits available to seniors and individuals 
                with disabilities in Medicare.
                  (B) Any savings derived from changes or 
                reforms to Medicare and Social Security should 
                be used to extend the solvency of these vital 
                programs and not be used to offset the cost of 
                cutting taxes.
                              ----------                              


3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stutzman of Indiana or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.

  (a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that 
this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal 
year 2016 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
  (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.

                 TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 202. Reconciliation procedures.
Sec. 203. Additional guidance for reconciliation.
Sec. 204. Policy statement on reconcilation to repeal Obamacare.

                      TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 301. Cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate 
          macroeconomic effects.
Sec. 302. Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency.
Sec. 303. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.
Sec. 304. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury 
          to the Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 305. Limitation on advance appropriations.
Sec. 306. Fair value credit estimates.
Sec. 307. Limitation on long-term spending.
Sec. 308. Allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on 
          terrorism.
Sec. 309. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources.
Sec. 310. Concepts, aggregates, allocations and application.
Sec. 311. Rulemaking powers.

                 TITLE IV--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 401. Direct spending.

                         TITLE V--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the 2010 health care laws.
Sec. 502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the replacement of Obamacare.
Sec. 503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare 
          provisions of the 2010 health care laws.
Sec. 504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the sustainable growth rate 
          of the Medicare program.
Sec. 505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code.
Sec. 506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements.
Sec. 507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.
Sec. 508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation reform.
Sec. 509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase 
          opportunity and upward mobility.
Sec. 510. Implementation of a deficit and long-term debt reduction 
          agreement.
Sec. 511. Deficit-neutral reserve account for reforming SNAP.
Sec. 512. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security Disability 
          Insurance Reform.
Sec. 513. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children's Health 
          Insurance Program.
Sec. 514. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education.
Sec. 515. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform.
Sec. 516. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for defense sequester 
          replacement.

                       TITLE VI--POLICY STATEMENTS

Sec. 601. Policy statement on health care law repeal.
Sec. 602. Policy statement on replacing the President's health care law.
Sec. 603. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 604. Policy statement on Medicaid State flexibility block grants.
Sec. 605. Policy statement on Social Security.
Sec. 606. Policy statement on means-tested welfare programs.
Sec. 607. Policy statement on reform of the Supplemental Nutrition 
          Assistance Program.
Sec. 608. Policy statement on work requirements.
Sec. 609. Policy statement on a carbon tax.
Sec. 610. Policy statement on regulation of greenhouse gases by the 
          Environmental Protection Agency.
Sec. 611. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation.
Sec. 612. Policy statement on tax reform.
Sec. 613. Policy statement on trade.
Sec. 614. Policy statement on energy production.
Sec. 615. Policy statement on Federal regulatory policy.
Sec. 616. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development 
          opportunity.
Sec. 617. Policy statement on Federal funding of abortion.
Sec. 618. Policy statement on transportation reform.
Sec. 619. Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 620. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and 
          unauthorized spending.
Sec. 621. Policy statement on balanced budget amendment.
Sec. 622. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation 
          of unobligated balances.
Sec. 623. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer 
          dollars.
Sec. 624. Policy statement on creation of a Committee to Eliminate 
          Duplication and Waste.
Sec. 625. Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform.
Sec. 626. Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies.
Sec. 627. Policy statement on scorekeeping for outyear budgetary effects 
          in appropriation Acts.
Sec. 628. Policy statement on agency fees and spending.
Sec. 629. No Budget, no Pay.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,666,755,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,763,328,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,858,131,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $2,974,147,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,099,410,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,241,963,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,388,688,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,550,388,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $3,722,144,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $3,905,648,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $0.
  Fiscal year 2017: $0.
  Fiscal year 2018: $0.
  Fiscal year 2019: $0.
  Fiscal year 2020: $0.
  Fiscal year 2021: $0.
  Fiscal year 2022: $0.
  Fiscal year 2023: $0.
  Fiscal year 2024: $0.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
        budgetary levels of total new budget authority are as 
        follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,804,255,329,803.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,795,462,458,903.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,865,997,991,741.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,000,376,760,861.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,108,966,585,790.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,172,280,451,129.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,271,239,346,757.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,353,376,032,969.
  Fiscal year 2024: $3,385,534,274,531.
  Fiscal year 2025: $3,492,980,109,634.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels of 
        total budget outlays are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,875,014,856,384.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,814,832,468,381.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,849,474,859,887.
  Fiscal year 2019: $2,972,316,101,289.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,068,172,096,646.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,144,578,956,503.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,261,322,193,088.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,323,765,840,982.
  Fiscal year 2024: $3,340,157,830,662.
  Fiscal year 2025: $3,464,735,098,225.
          (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts 
        of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: -$208,259,856,384.
  Fiscal year 2017: -$51,504,468,381.
  Fiscal year 2018: $8,656,140,113.
  Fiscal year 2019: $1,830,898,711.
  Fiscal year 2020: $31,237,903,354.
  Fiscal year 2021: $97,384,043,497.
  Fiscal year 2022: $127,365,806,912.
  Fiscal year 2023: $226,622,159,018.
  Fiscal year 2024: $381,986,169,338.
  Fiscal year 2025: $440,912,901,775.
          (5) Debt subject to limit.--The budgetary levels of 
        the public debt are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $18,913,744,958,460.
  Fiscal year 2017: $19,314,491,964,331.
  Fiscal year 2018: $19,563,830,455,326.
  Fiscal year 2019: $19,857,958,879,371.
  Fiscal year 2020: $20,123,855,366,287.
  Fiscal year 2021: $20,351,214,337,587.
  Fiscal year 2022: $20,715,329,820,423.
  Fiscal year 2023: $20,901,532,189,180.
  Fiscal year 2024: $20,717,769,565,646.
  Fiscal year 2025: $20,684,027,272,338.
          (6) Debt held by the public.--The budgetary levels of 
        debt held by the public are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $13,703,981,750,475.
  Fiscal year 2017: $13,960,949,960,296.
  Fiscal year 2018: $14,067,434,872,731.
  Fiscal year 2019: $14,248,184,941,570.
  Fiscal year 2020: $14,422,683,320,242.
  Fiscal year 2021: $14,587,672,210,472.
  Fiscal year 2022: $14,936,858,695,742.
  Fiscal year 2023: $15,125,854,409,576.
  Fiscal year 2024: $14,963,760,099,108.
  Fiscal year 2025: $15,014,505,127,509.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the budgetary 
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
2016 through 2024 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $578,280,777,857.
                          (B) Outlays, $613,862,153,570.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $582,506,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $572,025,184,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $607,744,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $586,422,160,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $620,019,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $604,237,912,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $632,310,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $617,552,672,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $644,627,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $630,610,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $657,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $648,269,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $670,997,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $656,389,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $683,771,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $663,936,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $698,836,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $683,350,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $37,513,493,257.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,995,505,479.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $38,762,853,450.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,934,846,949.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,651,643,950.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,866,220,775.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,528,536,020.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,354,273,029.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $41,461,865,977.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,697,741,578.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $41,925,063,701.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,232,179,719.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,126,001,914.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,982,610,336.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,095,485,241.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,732,800,911.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,103,629,772.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,553,888,595.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,133,401,274.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,416,153,641.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $28,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,003,392,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $28,932,305,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $28,924,301,820.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $29,578,662,625.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,357,268,851.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,226,743,853.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,798,265,570.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,904,449,193.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,387,989,039.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,583,742,872.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,957,291,773.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,292,588,187.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,636,998,973.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,002,947,480.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,338,214,946.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,741,782,114.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,058,954,535.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,488,239,558.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,794,801,398.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority $-
                        5,761,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,930,371,957.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,819,314,062.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,757,967,962.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $10,728,702,937.
                          (B) Outlays, -$2,111,452,050.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $8,096,589,163.
                          (B) Outlays, -$2,078,305,078.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $5,254,611,266.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,969,957,520.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,171,638,088.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,763,905,675.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $2,599,805,029.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,680,623,026.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $2,195,039,484.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,596,392,352.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $2,064,102,846.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,606,962,951.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,109,301,299.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,918,880,787.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $31,299,572,447.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,745,933,147.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,804,397,584.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,763,424,433.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,940,706,078.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,072,114,262.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,545,716,150.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,019,236,283.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,800,053,945.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,914,442,144.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,731,162,151.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,002,142,690.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,463,492,711.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,583,695,102.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,834,190,867.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,011,836,980.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,301,960,627.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,902,619,669.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,926,499,137.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,416,919,831.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $19,898,010,335.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,942,095,280.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,827,846,850.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,957,388,865.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,738,376,840.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,154,062,249.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,657,292,553.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,032,522,337.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,587,456,346.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,144,471,168.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,048,816,297.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,608,414,371.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $18,995,149,863.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,586,093,026.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,569,077,258.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,145,484,076.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,766,828,555.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,306,333,800.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,999,880,260.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,600,090,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $3,269,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$16,616,676,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $12,373,102,500.
                          (B) Outlays, -$26,620,296,710.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $10,252,355,063.
                          (B) Outlays, -$24,997,848,520.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $8,800,690,294.
                          (B) Outlays, -$28,586,750,251.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $6,903,060,242.
                          (B) Outlays, -$27,479,356,095.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $6,522,465,808.
                          (B) Outlays, -$21,768,710,970.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $5,741,907,919.
                          (B) Outlays, -$22,819,106,102.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $4,965,387,525.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,305,538,861.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,990,905,601.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,635,008,871.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,370,433,193.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,844,501,407.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $32,470,539,628.
                          (B) Outlays, $69,973,708,016.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,354,221,079.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,459,750,057.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,202,314,885.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,144,457,480.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $67,630,814,158.
                          (B) Outlays, $67,324,272,537.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $68,886,671,678.
                          (B) Outlays, $68,004,790,643.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $70,163,658,354.
                          (B) Outlays, $69,472,273,861.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $71,515,161,060.
                          (B) Outlays, $70,923,592,736.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $72,915,482,431.
                          (B) Outlays, $72,212,261,043.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $74,164,815,548.
                          (B) Outlays, $73,292,369,608.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $75,667,811,114.
                          (B) Outlays, $74,468,932,745.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $7,082,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,927,516,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,688,082,500.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,753,320,710.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,088,559,563.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,382,887,620.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,381,194,111.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,788,745,754.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,408,701,972.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,567,244,658.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,304,604,699.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,095,209,451.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,303,596,421.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,936,853,095.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,358,935,928.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,345,212,395.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,446,554,262.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,890,070,466.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,578,595,232.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,930,419,157.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $80,620,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,389,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $84,652,371,460.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,413,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $86,829,771,467.
                          (B) Outlays, $87,166,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $85,313,474,733.
                          (B) Outlays, $85,090,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $87,600,206,105.
                          (B) Outlays, $87,369,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $88,609,236,615.
                          (B) Outlays, $88,976,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $89,849,057,844.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,167,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $90,938,338,847.
                          (B) Outlays, $91,346,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $92,345,533,818.
                          (B) Outlays, $92,701,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $94,001,410,265.
                          (B) Outlays, $94,334,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $356,215,596,566.
                          (B) Outlays, $365,098,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $360,899,454,985.
                          (B) Outlays, $365,047,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $362,983,956,484.
                          (B) Outlays, $364,881,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $363,685,568,372.
                          (B) Outlays, $364,491,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $373,679,065,768.
                          (B) Outlays, $364,281,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $363,974,828,600.
                          (B) Outlays, $364,016,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $363,806,363,913.
                          (B) Outlays, $363,895,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $363,626,231,239.
                          (B) Outlays, $363,693,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $363,258,019,916.
                          (B) Outlays, $363,340,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $362,556,573,042.
                          (B) Outlays, $362,722,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $577,726,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $577,635,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $574,936,390,472.
                          (B) Outlays, $574,877,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $576,281,682,302.
                          (B) Outlays, $576,241,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $635,992,586,992.
                          (B) Outlays, $635,913,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $676,174,392,195.
                          (B) Outlays, $676,081,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $721,343,299,702.
                          (B) Outlays, $721,248,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $799,902,931,815.
                          (B) Outlays, $799,800,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $815,174,505,146.
                          (B) Outlays, $814,979,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $821,746,349,714.
                          (B) Outlays, $821,637,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $914,308,332,995.
                          (B) Outlays, $914,192,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $511,965,047,286.
                          (B) Outlays, $513,309,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $477,846,923,208.
                          (B) Outlays, $473,264,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $477,561,645,878.
                          (B) Outlays, $467,611,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $474,689,337,990.
                          (B) Outlays, $468,970,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $502,140,825,023.
                          (B) Outlays, $496,703,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $487,249,815,351.
                          (B) Outlays, $482,256,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $502,185,290,642.
                          (B) Outlays, $502,042,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $508,544,506,797.
                          (B) Outlays, $502,891,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $515,858,098,800.
                          (B) Outlays, $504,805,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $531,835,180,620.
                          (B) Outlays, $525,361,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $33,878,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,919,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,535,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $36,535,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,407,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,407,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,104,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,455,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,455,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,546,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,751,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $166,579,024,441.
                          (B) Outlays, $170,021,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $164,542,167,817.
                          (B) Outlays, $164,087,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $162,507,078,640.
                          (B) Outlays, $161,885,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        174,058,258,503$.
                          (B) Outlays, $173,248,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $178,729,646,992.
                          (B) Outlays, $177,778,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $182,762,771,139.
                          (B) Outlays, $181,819,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $194,775,102,635.
                          (B) Outlays, $193,755,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $191,156,854,593.
                          (B) Outlays, $190,134,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $187,957,947,124.
                          (B) Outlays, $186,853,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $201,405,233,201.
                          (B) Outlays, $200,283,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $47,707,173,265.
                          (B) Outlays, $51,229,224,208.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $50,772,740,952.
                          (B) Outlays, $52,693,526,677.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $50,372,110,771.
                          (B) Outlays, $51,732,859,609.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $51,813,152,904.
                          (B) Outlays, $51,556,175,542.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,466,802,554.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,290,287,822.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,249,674,911.
                          (B) Outlays, $54,787,383,199.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,676,483,435.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,175,876,713.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $59,454,977,724.
                          (B) Outlays, $58,940,292,949.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,272,247,363.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,740,753,844.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,947,151,651.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,414,282,909.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $23,593,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,576,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,761,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,202,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,817,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,279,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,252,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,084,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,947,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,602,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,192,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,309,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,981,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,114,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,695,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,840,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,010,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,878,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,968,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,825,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $364,527,455,629.
                          (B) Outlays, $364,527,455,629.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $410,767,708,539.
                          (B) Outlays, $410,767,708,539.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $469,730,877,172.
                          (B) Outlays, $469,730,877,172.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $517,032,292,681.
                          (B) Outlays, $517,032,292,681.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $557,654,430,424.
                          (B) Outlays, $557,654,430,424.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $583,121,216,629.
                          (B) Outlays, $583,121,216,629.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $603,387,733,236.
                          (B) Outlays, $603,387,733,236.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $618,088,639,892.
                          (B) Outlays, $618,088,639,892.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $623,301,410,548.
                          (B) Outlays, $623,301,410,548.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $620,928,755,085.
                          (B) Outlays, $620,928,755,085.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $85,168,180,447.
                          (B) Outlays, -$79,367,705,942.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $88,768,588,431.
                          (B) Outlays, -$73,377,282,997.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $99,007,336,916.
                          (B) Outlays, -$91,392,129,561.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $107,257,928,704.
                          (B) Outlays, -$101,115,606,117.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $120,538,310,875.
                          (B) Outlays, -$112,317,659,215.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $126,001,335,995.
                          (B) Outlays, -$119,487,538,544.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $176,422,893,971.
                          (B) Outlays, -$157,543,531,001.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $148,027,713,468.
                          (B) Outlays, -$134,530,970,997.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $149,789,895,183.
                          (B) Outlays, -$138,129,598,581.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $178,976,219,310.
                          (B) Outlays, -$156,393,874,346.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $73,514,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$73,514,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $83,832,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$83,832,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,115,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,115,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,594,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,594,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $92,193,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$92,193,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $96,623,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$96,623,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $99,437,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$99,437,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $104,343,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$104,343,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $111,213,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$111,213,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $117,896,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$117,896,000,000.
          (21) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
        Terrorism (970):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $57,900,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,289,626,954.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,715,564,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,758,382,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,117,067,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

  (a) Submission Providing for Repeal of Obamacare.--Not later 
than July 15, 2015, the committees named in subsection (b) 
shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives to carry out this 
section.
  (b) Instructions.--
          (1) Committee on education and the workforce.--The 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce shall submit 
        changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
        reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of 
        fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
          (2) Committee on energy and commerce.--The Committee 
        on Energy and Commerce shall submit changes in laws 
        within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
        deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
        years 2016 through 2025.
          (3) Committee on ways and means.--The Committee on 
        Ways and Means shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.

SEC. 202. RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES.

  (a) Estimating Assumptions.--
          (1) Assumptions.--In the House, for purposes of 
        titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974, the chair of the Committee on the Budget shall 
        use the baseline underlying the Congressional Budget 
        Office's Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 
        (January 2015) when making estimates of any bill or 
        joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or 
        conference report thereon. If adjustments to the 
        baseline are made subsequent to the adoption of this 
        concurrent resolution, then such chair shall determine 
        whether to use any of these adjustments when making 
        such estimates.
          (2) Intent.--The authority set forth in paragraph (1) 
        should only be exercised if the estimates used to 
        determine the compliance of such measures with the 
        budgetary requirements included in the concurrent 
        resolution are inaccurate because adjustments made to 
        the baseline are inconsistent with the assumptions 
        underlying the budgetary levels set forth in this 
        concurrent resolution. Such inaccurate adjustments made 
        after the adoption of this concurrent resolution may 
        include selected adjustments for rulemaking, judicial 
        actions, adjudication, and interpretative rules that 
        have major budgetary effects and are inconsistent with 
        the assumptions underlying the budgetary levels set 
        forth in this concurrent resolution.
          (3) Congressional budget office estimates.--Upon the 
        request of the chair of the Committee on the Budget of 
        the House for any measure, the Congressional Budget 
        Office shall prepare an estimate based on the baseline 
        determination made by such chair pursuant to paragraph 
        (1).
  (b) Repeal of the President's Health Care Law Through 
Reconciliation.--In preparing their submissions under section 
201(a) to the Committee on the Budget, the committees named in 
section 201(b) shall--
          (1) note the policies described in the report 
        accompanying this concurrent resolution on the budget 
        that repeal the Affordable Care Act and the health 
        care-related provisions of the Health Care and 
        Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; and
          (2) determine the most effective methods by which the 
        health care laws referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
        repealed in their entirety.
  (c) Revision of Budgetary Levels.--
          (1) Submission.--Upon the submission to the Committee 
        on the Budget of the House of a recommendation that has 
        complied with its reconciliation instructions solely by 
        virtue of section 310(b) of the Congressional Budget 
        Act of 1974, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
        may file with the House appropriately revised 
        allocations under section 302(a) of such Act and 
        revised functional levels and aggregates.
          (2) Conference report.--Upon the submission to the 
        House of a conference report recommending a 
        reconciliation bill or resolution in which a committee 
        has complied with its reconciliation instructions 
        solely by virtue of this section, the chair of the 
        Committee on the Budget of the House may file with the 
        House appropriately revised allocations under section 
        302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels and 
        aggregates.
          (3) Revision.--Allocations and aggregates revised 
        pursuant to this subsection shall be considered to be 
        allocations and aggregates established by the 
        concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 
        301 of such Act.

SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR RECONCILIATION.

  (a) Guidance.--In the House, the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget may develop additional guidelines providing further 
information, budgetary levels and amounts, and other 
explanatory material to supplement the instructions included in 
this concurrent resolution pursuant to section 310 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and set forth in section 201.
  (b) Publication.--In the House, the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget may cause the material prepared pursuant to 
subsection (a) to be printed in the Congressional Record on the 
appropriate date, but not later than the date set forth in this 
title on which committees must submit their recommendations to 
the Committee on the Budget in order to comply with the 
reconciliation instructions set forth in section 201.

SEC. 204. POLICY STATEMENT ON RECONCILATION TO REPEAL OBAMACARE.

  It is the policy of this resolution that the reconciliation 
submissions set forth in section 201 shall fully repeal the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
148), and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111-152).

                     TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 301. COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR LEGISLATION TO INCORPORATE 
                    MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS.

  (a) CBO Estimates.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of 
fiscal year 2016, an estimate provided by the Congressional 
Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 for any major legislation considered in the House or 
the Senate during fiscal year 2016 shall, to the extent 
practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in 
economic output, employment, capital stock, and other 
macroeconomic variables resulting from such legislation.
  (b) Joint Committee on Taxation Estimates.--For purposes of 
the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, any estimate 
provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for any major legislation 
shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary 
effects of changes in economic output, employment, capital 
stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from such 
legislation.
  (c) Contents.--Any estimate referred to in this section 
shall, to the extent practicable, include--
          (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary effects 
        (including macroeconomic variables described in 
        subsections (a) and (b)) of such legislation in the 20-
        fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal year 
        of this concurrent resolution sets forth budgetary 
        levels required by section 301 of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974; and
          (2) an identification of the critical assumptions and 
        the source of data underlying that estimate.
  (d) Definitions.--As used in this section--
          (1) the term ``major legislation'' means any bill or 
        joint resolution--
                  (A) for which an estimate is required to be 
                prepared pursuant to section 402 of the 
                Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and that 
                causes a gross budgetary effect (before 
                incorporating macroeconomic effects) in any 
                fiscal year over the years of the most recently 
                agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
                equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of the 
                current projected gross domestic product of the 
                United States for that fiscal year; or
                  (B) designated as such by the chair of the 
                Committee on the Budget for all direct spending 
                legislation other than revenue legislation or 
                the Member who is chair or vice chair, as 
                applicable, of the Joint Committee on Taxation 
                for revenue legislation; and
          (2) the term ``budgetary effects'' means changes in 
        revenues, budget authority, outlays, and deficits.

SEC. 302. LIMITATION ON MEASURES AFFECTING SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY.

  (a) In General.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of 
fiscal year 2016, it shall not be in order to consider in the 
House or the Senate a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, that reduces the 
actuarial balance by at least .01 percent of the present value 
of future taxable payroll of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201(a) of the 
Social Security Act for the 75-year period utilized in the most 
recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursuant 
to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act.
  (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a measure 
that would improve the actuarial balance of the combined 
balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the 
75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the 
Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the 
Social Security Act.

SEC. 303. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

  (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget 
Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report accompanying this 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation under 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the 
Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary 
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration 
and the United States Postal Service.
  (b) Special Rule.--For purposes of enforcing sections 302(f) 
and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of 
the level of total new budget authority and total outlays 
provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts 
described in subsection (a).

SEC. 304. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY 
                    TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.

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

SEC. 305. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

  (a) In General.--In the House, except as provided for in 
subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, making a general 
appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for 
advance appropriations.
  (b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided for 
programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the 
report to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint 
explanatory statement of managers to accompany this concurrent 
resolution under the heading:
          (1) General.--``Accounts Identified for Advance 
        Appropriations''; and
          (2) Veterans.--``Veterans Accounts Identified for 
        Advance Appropriations''.
  (c) Limitations.--The aggregate level of advance 
appropriations shall not exceed--
          (1) General.--$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority 
        for all programs identified pursuant to subsection 
        (b)(1); and
          (2) Veterans.--$63,271,000,000 in new budget 
        authority for programs in the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
  (d) Definition.--The term ``advance appropriation'' means any 
new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint 
resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, making general appropriations or continuing 
appropriations, for the fiscal year following fiscal year 2016.

SEC. 306. FAIR VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES.

  (a) Fair Value Estimates.--Upon the request of the chair or 
ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, any estimate of 
the budgetary effects of a measure prepared by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office under the terms of title V of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ``credit reform'' shall, 
as a supplement to such estimate, and to the extent 
practicable, also provide an estimate of the current actual or 
estimated market values representing the ``fair value'' of 
assets and liabilities affected by such measure.
  (b) Fair Value Estimates for Housing and Student Loan 
Programs.--Whenever the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office prepares an estimate pursuant to section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 of the budgetary effects which 
would be incurred in carrying out any bill or joint resolution 
and if the Director determines that such bill or joint 
resolution has a budgetary effect related to a housing, 
residential mortgage or student loan program under title V of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, then the Director shall 
also provide an estimate of the current actual or estimated 
market values representing the ``fair value'' of assets and 
liabilities affected by the provisions of such bill or joint 
resolution that result in such effect.
  (c) Enforcement.--If the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), 
the chair of the Committee on the Budget may use such estimate 
to determine compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 and other budgetary enforcement controls.

SEC. 307. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING.

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

SEC. 308. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON 
                    TERRORISM.

  (a) Separate OCO/GWOT Allocation.--In the House, there shall 
be a separate allocation of new budget authority and outlays 
provided to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.
  (b) Application.--For purposes of enforcing the separate 
allocation referred to in subsection (a) under section 302(f) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ``first fiscal 
year'' and the ``total of fiscal years'' shall be deemed to 
refer to fiscal year 2016. Section 302(c) of such Act shall not 
apply to such separate allocation.
  (c) Designations.--New budget authority or outlays counting 
toward the allocation established by subsection (a) shall be 
designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
  (d) Adjustments.--For purposes of subsection (a) for fiscal 
year 2016, no adjustment shall be made under section 314(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any adjustment would be 
made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 309. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES.

  (a) Adjustments of Discretionary and Direct Spending 
Levels.--In the House, if a committee (other than the Committee 
on Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or 
offers any amendment thereto or submits a conference report 
thereon, providing for a decrease in direct spending (budget 
authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year 
and also provides for an authorization of appropriations for 
the same purpose, upon the enactment of such measure, the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget may decrease the allocation to 
such committee and increase the allocation of discretionary 
spending (budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to 
the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2016 by an 
amount equal to the new budget authority (and outlays flowing 
therefrom) provided for in a bill or joint resolution making 
appropriations for the same purpose.
  (b) Determinations.--In the House, for the purpose of 
enforcing this concurrent resolution, the allocations and 
aggregate levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct 
spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and 
surpluses for fiscal year 2016 and the period of fiscal years 
2016 through fiscal year 2025 shall be determined on the basis 
of estimates made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
and such chair may adjust applicable levels of this concurrent 
resolution.

SEC. 310. CONCEPTS, AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICATION.

  (a) Concepts, Allocations, and Application.--In the House--
          (1) upon a change in budgetary concepts or 
        definitions, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
        may adjust any allocations, aggregates, and other 
        budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution 
        accordingly;
          (2) any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, 
        and other budgetary levels made pursuant to this 
        concurrent resolution shall--
                  (A) apply while that measure is under 
                consideration;
                  (B) take effect upon the enactment of that 
                measure; and
                  (C) be published in the Congressional Record 
                as soon as practicable;
          (3) section 202 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) 
        shall have no force or effect for any reconciliation 
        bill reported pursuant to instructions set forth in 
        this concurrent resolution;
          (4) the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
        adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 
        appropriate budgetary levels to reflect changes 
        resulting from the most recently published or adjusted 
        baseline of the Congressional Budget Office; and
          (5) the term ``budget year'' means the most recent 
        fiscal year for which a concurrent resolution on the 
        budget has been adopted.
  (b) Aggregates, Allocations and Application.--In the House, 
for purposes of this concurrent resolution and budget 
enforcement--
          (1) the consideration of any bill or joint 
        resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
        thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on the 
        Budget makes adjustments or revisions in the 
        allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels of 
        this concurrent resolution shall not be subject to the 
        points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of 
        the Rules of the House of Representatives or section 
        207 of this concurrent resolution; and
          (2) revised allocations and aggregates resulting from 
        these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes 
        of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations 
        and aggregates included in this concurrent resolution.

SEC. 311. RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

                 TITLE IV--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 401. DIRECT SPENDING.

  (a) Means-tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For means-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 
        percent.
          (2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated 
        average rate of growth in the total level of outlays 
        during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 
        2016 is 4.6 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spending:
                  (A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a 
                Democratic president reformed welfare by 
                limiting the duration of benefits, giving 
                States more control over the program, and 
                helping recipients find work. In the five years 
                following passage, child-poverty rates fell, 
                welfare caseloads fell, and workers' wages 
                increased. This resolution applies the lessons 
                of welfare reform to both the Supplemental 
                Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid.
                  (B) For Medicaid, this resolution recommends 
                conversion from direct spending to a 
                discretionary program subject to appropriation. 
                Pending this reform, this resolution assumes 
                the conversion of the Federal share of Medicaid 
                spending into a flexible State allotment 
                tailored to meet each State's needs. Such a 
                reform would end the misguided one-size-fits-
                all approach that has tied the hands of State 
                governments. Instead, each State would have the 
                freedom and flexibility to tailor a Medicaid 
                program that fits the needs of its unique 
                population. Moreover, this resolution assumes 
                the repeal of the Medicaid expansions in the 
                President's health care law, relieving State 
                governments of its crippling one-size-fits-all 
                enrollment mandates.
                  (C) For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
                Program, recommends conversion from direct 
                spending to a discretionary program subject to 
                appropriation. Pending this reform, this 
                resolution assumes the conversion of the 
                program into a flexible State allotment 
                tailored to meet each State's needs. The 
                allotment would increase based on the 
                Department of Agriculture Thrifty Food Plan 
                index and beneficiary growth. Such a reform 
                would provide incentives for States to ensure 
                dollars will go towards those who need them 
                most. Additionally, it requires that more 
                stringent work requirements and time limits 
                apply under the program.
  (b) Nonmeans-tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 5.4 
        percent.
          (2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the 
        estimated average rate of growth in the total level of 
        outlays during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal 
        year 2016 is 5.5 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct 
        spending:
                  (A) For Medicare, this resolution advances 
                policies to put seniors, not the Federal 
                Government, in control of their health care 
                decisions. Those in or near retirement will see 
                no changes, while future retirees would be 
                given a choice of private plans competing 
                alongside the traditional fee-for-service 
                Medicare program. Medicare would provide a 
                premium-support payment either to pay for or 
                offset the premium of the plan chosen by the 
                senior, depending on the plan's cost. The 
                Medicare premium-support payment would be 
                adjusted so that the sick would receive higher 
                payments if their conditions worsened; lower-
                income seniors would receive additional 
                assistance to help cover out-of-pocket costs; 
                and wealthier seniors would assume 
                responsibility for a greater share of their 
                premiums. Putting seniors in charge of how 
                their health care dollars are spent will force 
                providers to compete against each other on 
                price and quality. This market competition will 
                act as a real check on widespread waste and 
                skyrocketing health care costs.
                  (B) In keeping with a recommendation from the 
                National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility 
                and Reform, this resolution calls for Federal 
                employees--including Members of Congress and 
                congressional staff--to make greater 
                contributions toward their own retirement.

                         TITLE V--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 501. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE LAWS.

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

SEC. 502. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF 
                    OBAMACARE.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 
of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, replaces the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such measure would not increase 
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 503. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO THE MEDICARE 
                    PROVISIONS OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE LAWS.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 
of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, that repeals all or part of the 
decreases in Medicare spending included in the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and 
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such measure would not 
increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 
through 2025.

SEC. 504. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE 
                    OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 
of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, that includes provisions amending or 
superseding the system for updating payments under section 1848 
of the Social Security Act, if such measure would not increase 
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 505. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE TAX CODE.

  In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a 
bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, if such measure would not increase 
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025 
when the macroeconomic effects of such reforms are taken into 
account.

SEC. 506. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 
of any bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on 
Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that implements a trade agreement, but only if such 
measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 507. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE MEASURES.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 
of any bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on 
Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that decreases revenue, but only if such measure would 
not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 
through 2025.

SEC. 508. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION REFORM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure 
reforms the Federal transportation funding system, but only if 
such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 509. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY AND INCREASE 
                    OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure 
reforms policies and programs to reduce poverty and increase 
opportunity and upward mobility, but only if such measure would 
neither adversely impact job creation nor increase the deficit 
over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 510. IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEFICIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT REDUCTION 
                    AGREEMENT.

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

SEC. 511. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR REFORMING SNAP.

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

SEC. 512. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY 
                    INSURANCE REFORM.

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

SEC. 513. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH 
                    INSURANCE PROGRAM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure extends the State Children's Health Insurance Program, 
but only if such measure would not increase the deficit over 
the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 514. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms, expands access to, and improves, as determined 
by such chair, graduate medical education programs, but only if 
such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 515. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FEDERAL RETIREMENT REFORM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms, improves and updates the Federal retirement 
system, as determined by such chair, but only if such measure 
would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 
2016 through 2025.

SEC. 516. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEFENSE SEQUESTER 
                    REPLACEMENT.

  The chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure 
supports the following activities: Department of Defense 
training and maintenance associated with combat readiness, 
modernization of equipment, auditability of financial 
statements, or military compensation and benefit reforms, by 
the amount provided for these purposes, but only if such 
measure would not increase the deficit (without counting any 
net revenue increases in that measure) over the period of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

                      TITLE VI--POLICY STATEMENTS

SEC. 601. POLICY STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE LAW REPEAL.

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

SEC. 602. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPLACING THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE 
                    LAW.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The President's health care law put Washington's 
        priorities first, and not patients'. The Affordable 
        Care Act (ACA) has failed to reduce health care 
        premiums as promised; instead, the law mandated 
        benefits and coverage levels, denying patients the 
        opportunity to choose the type of coverage that best 
        suits their health needs and driving up health coverage 
        costs. A typical family's health care premiums were 
        supposed to decline by $2,500 a year; instead, 
        according to the 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey, 
        health care premiums have increased by 7 percent for 
        individuals and families since 2012.
          (2) The President pledged ``If you like your health 
        care plan, you can keep your health care plan.'' 
        Instead, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office 
        now estimates 9 million Americans with employment-based 
        health coverage will lose those plans due to the 
        President's health care law, further limiting patient 
        choice.
          (3) Then-Speaker of the House, Pelosi, said that the 
        President's health care law would create 4 million jobs 
        over the life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs 
        immediately. Instead, the Congressional Budget Office 
        estimates that the reduction in hours worked due to 
        Obamacare represents a decline of about 2.0 to 2.5 
        million full-time equivalent workers, compared with 
        what would have occurred in the absence of the law. The 
        full impact on labor represents a reduction in 
        employment by 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent, while 
        additional studies show less modest results. A recent 
        study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University 
        estimates that Obamacare will reduce employment by up 
        to 3 percent, or about 4 million full-time equivalent 
        workers.
          (4) The President has charged the Independent Payment 
        Advisory Board, a panel of unelected bureaucrats, with 
        cutting Medicare by an additional $20.9 billion over 
        the next ten years, according to the President's most 
        recent budget.
          (5) Since ACA was signed into law, the administration 
        has repeatedly failed to implement it as written. The 
        President has unilaterally acted to make a total of 28 
        changes, delays, and exemptions. The President has 
        signed into law another 17 changes made by Congress. 
        The Supreme Court struck down the forced expansion of 
        Medicaid; ruled the individual ``mandate'' could only 
        be characterized as a tax to remain constitutional; and 
        rejected the requirement that closely held companies 
        provide health insurance to their employees if doing so 
        violates these companies' religious beliefs. Even now, 
        almost five years after enactment, the Supreme Court 
        continues to evaluate the legality of how the 
        President's administration has implemented the law. All 
        of these changes prove the folly underlying the entire 
        program health care in the United States cannot be run 
        from a centralized bureaucracy.
          (6) The President's health care law is unaffordable, 
        intrusive, overreaching, destructive, and unworkable. 
        The law should be fully repealed, allowing for real, 
        patient-centered health care reform: the development of 
        real health care reforms that puts patients first, that 
        make affordable, quality health care available to all 
        Americans, and that build on the innovation and 
        creativity of all the participants in the health care 
        sector.
  (b) Policy on Replacing the President's Health Care Law.--It 
is the policy of this resolution that the President's health 
care law must not only be repealed, but also replaced by 
enacting the American Health Care Reform Act.

SEC. 603. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) More than 50 million Americans depend on Medicare 
        for their health security.
          (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly 
        recommended that Medicare's long-term financial 
        challenges be addressed soon. Each year without reform, 
        the financial condition of Medicare becomes more 
        precarious and the threat to those in or near 
        retirement becomes more pronounced. According to the 
        Medicare Trustees Report--
                  (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be 
                exhausted in 2030 and unable to pay scheduled 
                benefits;
                  (B) Medicare enrollment is expected to 
                increase by over 50 percent in the next two 
                decades, as 10,000 baby boomers reach 
                retirement age each day;
                  (C) enrollees remain in Medicare three times 
                longer than at the outset of the program;
                  (D) current workers' payroll contributions 
                pay for current beneficiaries;
                  (E) in 2013, the ratio was 3.2 workers per 
                beneficiary, but this falls to 2.3 in 2030 and 
                continues to decrease over time;
                  (F) most Medicare beneficiaries receive about 
                three dollars in Medicare benefits for every 
                one dollar paid into the program; and
                  (G) Medicare spending is growing faster than 
                the economy and Medicare outlays are currently 
                rising at a rate of 6.5 percent per year over 
                the next 10 years. According to the 
                Congressional Budget Office's 2014 Long-Term 
                Budget Outlook, spending on Medicare is 
                projected to reach 5 percent of gross domestic 
                product (GDP) by 2043 and 9.3 percent of GDP by 
                2089.
          (3) Failing to address this problem will leave 
        millions of American seniors without adequate health 
        security and younger generations burdened with enormous 
        debt to pay for spending levels that cannot be 
        sustained.
  (b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--It is the policy of this 
resolution to protect those in or near retirement from any 
disruptions to their Medicare benefits and offer future 
beneficiaries the same health care options available to Members 
of Congress.
  (c) Assumptions.--This resolution assumes reform of the 
Medicare program such that:
          (1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for those 
        in or near retirement.
          (2) For future generations, when they reach 
        eligibility, Medicare is reformed to provide a premium 
        support payment and a selection of guaranteed health 
        coverage options from which recipients can choose a 
        plan that best suits their needs.
          (3) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-
        service as an option.
          (4) Medicare will provide additional assistance for 
        lower-income beneficiaries and those with greater 
        health risks.
          (5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path 
        and the Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-
        term.
          (6) The Medicare eligibility age is gradually 
        increased to keep pace with increases in longevity.
          (7) Medicare is simplified by combining parts A and B 
        and reforms to Medigap plans are implemented.

SEC. 604. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAID STATE FLEXIBILITY BLOCK GRANTS.

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

SEC. 605. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals with 
        disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Security. 
        Since enactment, Social Security has served as a vital 
        leg on the ``three-legged stool'' of retirement 
        security, which includes employer provided pensions as 
        well as personal savings.
          (2) The Social Security Trustees Report has 
        repeatedly recommended that Social Security's long-term 
        financial challenges be addressed soon. Each year 
        without reform, the financial condition of Social 
        Security becomes more precarious and the threat to 
        seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 
        benefits becomes more pronounced:
                  (A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust 
                Fund will be exhausted and program revenues 
                will be unable to pay scheduled benefits.
                  (B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and 
                Survivors and Disability Trust Funds will be 
                exhausted, and program revenues will be unable 
                to pay scheduled benefits.
                  (C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds in 
                2033, benefits will be cut nearly 25 percent 
                across the board, devastating those currently 
                in or near retirement and those who rely on 
                Social Security the most.
          (3) The recession and continued low economic growth 
        have exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis facing 
        Social Security. The most recent CBO projections find 
        that Social Security will run cash deficits of $1.7 
        trillion over the next 10 years.
          (4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Security 
        for a larger proportion of their retirement income. 
        Therefore, reforms should take into consideration the 
        need to protect lower-income Americans' retirement 
        security.
          (5) The Disability Insurance program provides an 
        essential income safety net for those with disabilities 
        and their families. According to the Congressional 
        Budget Office (CBO), between 1970 and 2012, the number 
        of people receiving disability benefits (both disabled 
        workers and their dependent family members) has 
        increased by over 300 percent from 2.7 million to over 
        10.9 million. This increase is not due strictly to 
        population growth or decreases in health. David Autor 
        and Mark Duggan have found that the increase in 
        individuals on disability does not reflect a decrease 
        in self-reported health. CBO attributes program growth 
        to changes in demographics, changes in the composition 
        of the labor force and compensation, as well as Federal 
        policies.
          (6) If this program is not reformed, families who 
        rely on the lifeline that disability benefits provide 
        will face benefit cuts of up to 25 percent in 2016, 
        devastating individuals who need assistance the most.
          (7) In the past, Social Security has been reformed on 
        a bipartisan basis, most notably by the ``Greenspan 
        Commission'' which helped to address Social Security 
        shortfalls for over a generation.
          (8) Americans deserve action by the President, the 
        House, and the Senate to preserve and strengthen Social 
        Security. It is critical that bipartisan action be 
        taken to address the looming insolvency of Social 
        Security. In this spirit, this resolution creates a 
        bipartisan opportunity to find solutions by requiring 
        policymakers to ensure that Social Security remains a 
        critical part of the safety net.
  (b) Policy on Social Security.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress should work on a bipartisan basis to 
make Social Security sustainably solvent. This resolution 
assumes these reforms will include the following:
          (1) Adoption of a more accurate measure for 
        calculating cost of living adjustments.
          (2) Adoption of adjustments to the full retirement 
        age to reflect longevity.
          (3) Makes Social Security benefits more progressive 
        over the long term, providing those most in need with a 
        safety net in retirement.
  (c) Policy on Disability Insurance.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress and the President should enact 
legislation on a bipartisan basis to reform the Disability 
Insurance program prior to its insolvency in 2016 and should 
not raid the Social Security retirement system without reforms 
to the Disability Insurance system. This resolutions assumes 
that reforms to the Disability Insurance program will include--
          (1) encouraging work;
          (2) updates of the eligibility rules;
          (3) reducing fraud and abuse; and
          (4) enactment of H.R. 918, the Social Security 
        Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double 
        Dip Elimination Act, to prohibit individuals from 
        drawing benefits from both programs at the same time.

SEC. 606. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEANS-TESTED WELFARE PROGRAMS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds that:
          (1) Too many people are trapped at the bottom rungs 
        of the economic ladder, and every citizen should have 
        the opportunity to rise, escape from poverty, and 
        achieve their own potential.
          (2) In 1996, President Bill Clinton and congressional 
        Republicans enacted reforms that have moved families 
        off of Federal programs and enabled them to provide for 
        themselves.
          (3) According to the most recent projections, over 
        the next 10 years we will spend approximately $9.7 
        trillion on means-tested welfare programs.
          (4) Today, there are approximately 92 Federal 
        programs that provide benefits specifically to poor and 
        low-income Americans.
          (5) Taxpayers deserve clear and transparent 
        information on how well these programs are working, and 
        how much the Federal Government is spending on means-
        tested welfare.
          (6) It should be the goal of welfare programs to 
        encourage work and put people on a path to self-
        reliance.
  (b) Policy on Means-tested Welfare Programs.--It is the 
policy of this resolution that--
          (1) the welfare system should be reformed to give 
        states flexibility to implement and improve safety net 
        programs and that to be eligible for benefits, able 
        bodied adults without dependents should be required to 
        work or be preparing for work, including enrolling in 
        educational or job training programs, contributing 
        community service, or participating in a supervised job 
        search; and
          (2) the President's budget should disclose, in a 
        clear and transparent manner, the aggregate amount of 
        Federal welfare expenditures, as well as an estimate of 
        State and local spending for this purpose, over the 
        next ten years.

SEC. 607. POLICY STATEMENT ON REFORM OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 
                    ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

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

SEC. 608. POLICY STATEMENT ON WORK REQUIREMENTS.

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

SEC. 609. POLICY STATEMENT ON A CARBON TAX.

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

SEC. 610. POLICY STATEMENT ON REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES BY THE 
                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

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

SEC. 611. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Although the United States economy technically 
        emerged from recession more than 5 years ago, the 
        subsequent recovery has felt more like a malaise than a 
        rebound. Real gross domestic product GDP growth over 
        the past 5 years has averaged slightly more than 2 
        percent, well below the 3.2 percent historical trend 
        rate of growth in the United States. Although the 
        economy has shown some welcome signs of improvement of 
        late, the Nation remains in the midst of the weakest 
        economic recovery of the modern era.
          (2) Looking ahead, CBO expects the economy to grow by 
        an average of just 2.3 percent over the next 10 years. 
        That level of economic growth is simply unacceptable 
        and insufficient to expand opportunities and the 
        incomes of millions of middle-income Americans.
          (3) Sluggish economic growth has also contributed to 
        the country's fiscal woes. Subpar growth means that 
        revenue levels are lower than they would otherwise be 
        while government spending (e.g. welfare and income-
        support programs) is higher. Clearly, there is a dire 
        need for policies that will spark higher rates of 
        economic growth and greater, higher-quality job 
        opportunities
          (4) Although job gains have been trending up of late, 
        other aspects of the labor market remain weak. The 
        labor force participation rate, for instance, is 
        hovering just under 63 percent, close to the lowest 
        level since 1978. Long-term unemployment also remains a 
        problem. Of the roughly 8.7 million people who are 
        currently unemployed, 2.7 million (more than 30 
        percent) have been unemployed for more than 6 months. 
        Long-term unemployment erodes an individual's job 
        skills and detaches them from job opportunities. It 
        also undermines the long-term productive capacity of 
        the economy.
          (5) Perhaps most important, wage gains and income 
        growth have been subpar for middle-class Americans. 
        Average hourly earnings of private-sector workers have 
        increased by just 1.6 percent over the past year. Prior 
        to the recession, average hourly earnings were tracking 
        close to 4 percent. Likewise, average income levels 
        have remained flat in recent years. Real median 
        household income is just under $52,000, one of the 
        lowest levels since 1995.
          (6) The unsustainable fiscal trajectory has cast a 
        shadow on the country's economic outlook. investors and 
        businesses make decisions on a forward-looking basis. 
        they know that today's large debt levels are simply 
        tomorrow's tax hikes, interest rate increases, or 
        inflation and they act accordingly. This debt overhang, 
        and the uncertainty it generates, can weigh on growth, 
        investment, and job creation.
          (7) Nearly all economists, including those at the 
        CBO, conclude that reducing budget deficits (thereby 
        bending the curve on debt levels is a net positive for 
        economic growth over time. The logic is that deficit 
        reduction creates long-term economic benefits because 
        it increases the pool of national savings and boosts 
        investment, thereby raising economic growth and job 
        creation.
          (8) CBO analyzed the House Republican fiscal year 
        2016 budget resolution and found it would increase real 
        output per capita (a proxy for a country's standard of 
        living) by about $1,000 in 2025 and roughly $5,000 by 
        2040 relative to the baseline path. That means more 
        income and greater prosperity for all Americans.
          (9) In contrast, if the Government remains on the 
        current fiscal path, future generations will face ever-
        higher debt service costs, a decline in national 
        savings, and a ``crowding out'' of private investment. 
        This dynamic will eventually lead to a decline in 
        economic output and a diminution in our country's 
        standard of living.
          (10) The key economic challenge is determining how to 
        expand the economic pie, not how best to divide up and 
        re-distribute a shrinking pie.
          (11) A stronger economy is vital to lowering deficit 
        levels and eventually balancing the budget. According 
        to CBO, if annual real GDP growth is just 0.1 
        percentage point higher over the budget window, 
        deficits would be reduced by $326 billion.
          (12) This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-
        growth policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that 
        will help foster a stronger economy, greater 
        opportunities and more job creation.
  (b) Policy on Economic Growth and Job Creation.--It is the 
policy of this resolution to promote faster economic growth and 
job creation. By putting the budget on a sustainable path, this 
resolution ends the debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job 
creators. Reforms to the tax code will put American businesses 
and workers in a better position to compete and thrive in the 
21st century global economy. This resolution targets the 
regulatory red tape and cronyism that stack the deck in favor 
of special interests. All of the reforms in this resolution 
serve as means to the larger end of helping the economy grow 
and expanding opportunity for all Americans.

SEC. 612. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) A world-class tax system should be simple, fair, 
        and promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The 
        United States tax code fails on all three counts - it 
        is notoriously complex, patently unfair, and highly 
        inefficient. The tax code's complexity distorts 
        decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads to 
        slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job 
        creation.
          (2) Over the past decade alone, there have been more 
        than 4,400 changes to the tax code, more than one per 
        day. Many of the major changes over the years have 
        involved carving out special preferences, exclusions, 
        or deductions for various activities or groups. These 
        loopholes add up to more than $1 trillion per year and 
        make the code unfair, inefficient, and highly complex.
          (3) The large amount of tax preferences that pervade 
        the code end up narrowing the tax base. A narrow tax 
        base, in turn, requires much higher tax rates to raise 
        a given amount of revenue.
          (4) It is estimated that American taxpayers end up 
        spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours a 
        year complying with the tax code - a waste of time and 
        resources that could be used in more productive 
        activities.
          (5) Standard economic theory shows that high marginal 
        tax rates dampen the incentives to work, save, and 
        invest, which reduces economic output and job creation. 
        Lower economic output, in turn, mutes the intended 
        revenue gain from higher marginal tax rates.
          (6) Roughly half of United States active business 
        income and half of private sector employment are 
        derived from business entities (such as partnerships, S 
        corporations, and sole proprietorships) that are taxed 
        on a ``pass-through'' basis, meaning the income flows 
        through to the tax returns of the individual owners and 
        is taxed at the individual rate structure rather than 
        at the corporate rate. Small businesses, in particular, 
        tend to choose this form for Federal tax purposes, and 
        the top Federal rate on such small business income 
        reaches 44.6 percent. For these reasons, sound economic 
        policy requires lowering marginal rates on these pass-
        through entities.
          (7) The United States corporate income tax rate 
        (including Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to 
        just over 39 percent, the highest rate in the 
        industrialized world. Tax rates this high suppress 
        wages and discourage investment and job creation, 
        distort business activity, and put American businesses 
        at a competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors.
          (8) By deterring potential investment, the United 
        States corporate tax restrains economic growth and job 
        creation. The United States tax rate differential with 
        other countries also fosters a variety of complicated 
        multinational corporate behaviors intended to avoid the 
        tax, which have the effect of moving the tax base 
        offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing 
        corporate revenue.
          (9) The ``worldwide'' structure of United States 
        international taxation essentially taxes earnings of 
        United States firms twice, putting them at a 
        significant competitive disadvantage with competitors 
        with more competitive international tax systems.
          (10) Reforming the United States tax code to a more 
        competitive international system would boost the 
        competitiveness of United States companies operating 
        abroad and it would also greatly reduce tax avoidance.
          (11) The tax code imposes costs on American workers 
        through lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and 
        on investors in diminished returns.
          (12) Revenues have averaged about 17.5 percent of the 
        economy throughout modern American history. Revenues 
        rise above this level under current law to 18.3 percent 
        of the economy by the end of the 10-year budget window.
          (13) Attempting to raise revenue through tax 
        increases to meet out-of-control spending would damage 
        the economy.
          (14) This resolution also rejects the idea of 
        instituting a carbon tax in the United States, which 
        some have offered as a ``new'' source of revenue. Such 
        a plan would damage the economy, cost jobs, and raise 
        prices on American consumers.
          (15) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not 
        constitute fundamental tax reform.
          (16) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or 
        eliminate loopholes and use those savings to lower tax 
        rates across the board--not to fund more wasteful 
        Government spending. Tax reform should be revenue-
        neutral and should not be an excuse to raise taxes on 
        the American people. Washington has a spending problem, 
        not a revenue problem.
  (b) Policy on Tax Reform.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress should enact legislation that provides 
for a comprehensive reform of the United States tax code to 
promote economic growth, create American jobs, increase wages, 
and benefit American consumers, investors, and workers through 
fundamental tax reform that is revenue-neutral on a dynamic 
basis that provides for the following:
          (1) Targets revenue neutrality (relative to CBO's 
        baseline revenue projection) based on a dynamic score 
        that takes into account the macroeconomic effects of 
        reform.
          (2) Collapses the current seven brackets for 
        individuals into just two, with a top rate of 25 
        percent.
          (3) Simplifies the tax code to ensure that fewer 
        Americans will be required to itemize deductions.
          (4) Gives equal tax treatment to individual and 
        employer healthcare expenditures modeled on the 
        American Health Care Reform Act.
          (5) Encourages charitable giving.
          (6) Repeals the Death Tax.
          (7) Eliminates marriage penalties and encourages 
        families.
          (8) Repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax.
          (9) Reforms the current Earned Income Tax Credit 
        (EITC) that is given in a yearly lump-sum payment and 
        replaces it with a program that would allow workers to 
        exempt a portion of their payroll taxes every month.
          (10) Reduces double taxation by lowering the top 
        corporate rate to 25 percent and setting a maximum 
        long-term capital gains tax rate at 15 percent.
          (11) Sets a maximum dividend tax rate at 15 percent.
          (12) Encourages net investment, savings, and 
        entrepreneurial activity.
          (13) Moves to a competitive international system of 
        taxation.
          (14) Ends distortionary special interest giveaways, 
        such as the Wind Production Tax Credit.

SEC. 613. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE.

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

SEC. 614. POLICY STATEMENT ON ENERGY PRODUCTION.

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

SEC. 615. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY POLICY.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Excessive regulation at the Federal level has 
        hurt job creation and dampened the economy, slowing our 
        recovery from the economic recession.
          (2) In the first two months of 2014 alone, the 
        Administration issued 13,166 pages of regulations 
        imposing more than $13 billion in compliance costs on 
        job creators and adding more than 16 million hours of 
        compliance paperwork.
          (3) The Small Business Administration estimates that 
        the total cost of regulations is as high as $1.75 
        trillion per year. Since 2009, the White House has 
        generated over $494 billion in regulatory activity, 
        with an additional $87.6 billion in regulatory costs 
        currently pending.
          (4) The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation 
        (Public Law 111-203) resulted in more than $17 billion 
        in compliance costs and saddled job creators with more 
        than 58 million hours of compliance paperwork.
          (5) Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to date 
        has added 132.9 million annual hours of compliance 
        paperwork, imposing $24.3 billion of compliance costs 
        on the private sector and an $8 billion cost burden on 
        the states.
          (6) The highest regulatory costs come from rules 
        issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); 
        these regulations are primarily targeted at the coal 
        industry. In September 2013, the EPA proposed a rule 
        regulating greenhouse gas emissions from new coal-fired 
        power plants. The proposed standards are unachievable 
        with current commercially available technology, 
        resulting in a de-facto ban on new coal-fired power 
        plants. Additional regulations for existing coal plants 
        are expected in the summer of 2014.
          (7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly forty 
        percent of the United States electricity at a low cost. 
        Unfairly targeting the coal industry with costly and 
        unachievable regulations will increase energy prices, 
        disproportionately disadvantaging energy-intensive 
        industries like manufacturing and construction, and 
        will make life more difficult for millions of low-
        income and middle class families already struggling to 
        pay their bills.
          (8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are being 
        retired or converted as a result of EPA regulations. 
        Combined with the de-facto prohibition on new plants, 
        these retirements and conversions may further increase 
        the cost of electricity.
          (9) A recent study by Purdue University estimates 
        that electricity prices in Indiana will rise 32 percent 
        by 2023, due in part to EPA regulations.
          (10) The Heritage Foundation recently found that a 
        phase out of coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end of 
        2023, resulting in an aggregate gross domestic product 
        decrease of $2.23 trillion over the entire period and 
        reducing the income of a family of four by $1,200 per 
        year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will come from the 
        manufacturing sector, with California, Texas, Ohio, 
        Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Indiana, 
        North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia seeing the 
        highest job losses.
  (b) Policy on Federal Regulation.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the 
public burdened by excessive regulation, enact legislation 
that--
          (1) seeks to promote economic growth and job creation 
        by eliminating unnecessary red tape and streamlining 
        and simplifying Federal regulations;
          (2) pursues a cost-effective approach to regulation, 
        without sacrificing environmental, health, safety 
        benefits or other benefits, rejecting the premise that 
        economic growth and environmental protection create an 
        either/or proposition;
          (3) ensures that regulations do not 
        disproportionately disadvantage low-income Americans 
        through a more rigorous cost-benefit analysis, which 
        also considers who will be most affected by regulations 
        and whether the harm caused is outweighed by the 
        potential harm prevented;
          (4) ensures that regulations are subject to an open 
        and transparent process, rely on sound and publicly 
        available scientific data, and that the data relied 
        upon for any particular regulation is provided to 
        Congress immediately upon request;
          (5) frees the many commonsense energy and water 
        projects currently trapped in complicated bureaucratic 
        approval processes;
          (6) maintains the benefits of landmark environmental, 
        health safety, and other statutes while scaling back 
        this administration's heavy-handed approach to 
        regulation, which has added $494 billion in mostly 
        ideological regulatory activity since 2009, much of 
        which flies in the face of these statutes' intended 
        purposes; and
          (7) seeks to promote a limited government, which will 
        unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs, 
        providing our Nation with a strong and prosperous 
        future and expanding opportunities for the generations 
        to come.
          (8) Requires congressional approval of all new major 
        regulations (those with an impact of $50 million or 
        more) before enactment as opposed to current law in 
        which Congress must expressly disapprove of regulation 
        to prevent it from becoming law, which would keep 
        Congress engaged as to pending regulatory policy and 
        prevent costly and unsound policies from being 
        implemented and becoming effective.

SEC. 616. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE 
                    DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

  (a) Findings on Higher Education.--The House finds the 
following:
          (1) A well-educated workforce is critical to 
        economic, job, and wage growth.
          (2) Roughly 20 million students are enrolled in 
        American colleges and universities.
          (3) Over the past decade, tuition and fees have been 
        growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2004-2005 
        Academic Year and the 2014-2015 Academic Year--
                  (A) published tuition and fees at public 4-
                year colleges and universities increased at an 
                average rate of 3.5 percent per year above the 
                rate of inflation;
                  (B) published tuition and fees at public two-
                year colleges and universities increased at an 
                average rate of 2.5 percent per year above the 
                rate of inflation; and
                  (C) published tuition and fees at private 
                nonprofit 4-year colleges and universities 
                increased at an average rate of 2.2 percent per 
                year above the rate of inflation.
          (4) Federal financial aid for higher education has 
        also seen a dramatic increase. The portion of the 
        Federal student aid portfolio composed of Direct Loans, 
        Federal Family Education Loans, and Perkins Loans with 
        outstanding balances grew by 119 percent between fiscal 
        year 2007 and fiscal year 2014.
          (5) This spending has failed to make college more 
        affordable.
          (6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President 
        Obama noted: ``We can't just keep subsidizing 
        skyrocketing tuition; we'll run out of money''.
          (7) American students are chasing ever-increasing 
        tuition with ever-increasing debt. According to the 
        Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student debt now 
        stands at nearly $1.2 trillion. This makes student 
        loans the second largest balance of consumer debt, 
        after mortgage debt.
          (8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too 
        many fail to complete college or end up defaulting on 
        these loans due to their debt burden and a weak economy 
        and job market.
          (9) Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget 
        Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a fiscal 
        shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2017 and continuing 
        in each subsequent year in the current budget window.
          (10) Failing to address these problems will 
        jeopardize access and affordability to higher education 
        for America's young people.
  (b) Policy on Higher Education Affordability.--It is the 
policy of this resolution to address the root drivers of 
tuition inflation, by--
          (1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most in 
        need;
          (2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make 
        them more effective;
          (3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at 
        $5,775 in each year of the budget window; and
          (4) removing regulatory barriers in higher education 
        that act to restrict flexibility and innovative 
        teaching, particularly as it relates to non-traditional 
        models such as online coursework and competency-based 
        learning.
  (c) Findings on Workforce Development.--The House finds the 
following:
          (1) 8.7 million Americans are currently unemployed.
          (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those 
        looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce 
        development system that fails to connect workers with 
        assistance and employers with trained personnel.
          (3) The House Education and Workforce Committee 
        successfully consolidated 15 job training programs in 
        the recently enacted Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act.
  (d) Policy on Workforce Development.--It is the policy of 
this resolution to address the failings in the current 
workforce development system, by--
          (1) further streamlining and consolidating Federal 
        job training programs; and
          (2) empowering states with the flexibility to tailor 
        funding and programs to the specific needs of their 
        workforce, including the development of career 
        scholarships.

SEC. 617. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF ABORTION.

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

SEC. 618. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRANSPORTATION REFORM.

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

SEC. 619. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) For years, there has been serious concern 
        regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
        bureaucratic mismanagement and continuous failure to 
        provide veterans timely access to health care and 
        benefits.
          (2) In 2014, reports started breaking across the 
        Nation that VA medical centers were manipulating wait-
        list documents to hide long delays veterans were facing 
        to receive health care. The VA hospital scandal led to 
        the immediate resignation of then-Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.
          (3) In 2015, for the first time ever, VA health care 
        was added to the ``high-risk'' list of the Government 
        Accountability Office (GAO), due to management and 
        oversight failures that have directly resulted in risks 
        to the timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and quality of 
        health care.
          (4) In response to the scandal, the House Committee 
        on Veterans' Affairs held several oversight hearings 
        and ultimately enacted the Veterans' Access, Choice and 
        Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA) (Public Law 113-146) 
        to address these problems. VACAA provided $15 billion 
        in emergency resources to fund internal health care 
        needs within the department and provided veterans 
        enhanced access to private-sector health care under the 
        new Veterans Choice Program.
  (b) Policy on the Department of Veterans Affairs.--This 
budget supports the continued oversight efforts by the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to ensure the VA is not only 
transparent and accountable, but also successful in achieving 
its goals in providing timely health care and benefits to 
America's veterans. The Budget Committee will continue to 
closely monitor the VA's progress to ensure resources provided 
by Congress are sufficient and efficiently used to provide 
needed benefits and services to veterans.

SEC. 620. POLICY STATEMENT ON REDUCING UNNECESSARY, WASTEFUL, AND 
                    UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is 
        required by law to identify examples of waste, 
        duplication, and overlap in Federal programs, and has 
        so identified dozens of such examples.
          (2) In its report to Congress on Government 
        Efficiency and Effectiveness, the Comptroller General 
        has stated that addressing the identified waste, 
        duplication, and overlap in Federal programs could 
        ``lead to tens of billions of dollars of additional 
        savings.''
          (3) In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 the GAO issued 
        reports showing excessive duplication and redundancy in 
        Federal programs including--
                  (A) two hundred nine Science, Technology, 
                Engineering, and Mathematics education programs 
                in 13 different Federal agencies at a cost of 
                $3 billion annually;
                  (B) two hundred separate Department of 
                Justice crime prevention and victim services 
                grant programs with an annual cost of $3.9 
                billion in 2010;
                  (C) twenty different Federal entities 
                administer 160 housing programs and other forms 
                of Federal assistance for housing with a total 
                cost of $170 billion in 2010;
                  (D) seventeen separate Homeland Security 
                preparedness grant programs that spent $37 
                billion between fiscal year 2011 and 2012;
                  (E) fourteen grant and loan programs, and 
                three tax benefits to reduce diesel emissions;
                  (F) ninety-four different initiatives run by 
                11 different agencies to encourage ``green 
                building'' in the private sector; and
                  (G) twenty-three agencies implemented 
                approximately 670 renewable energy initiatives 
                in fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly $15 
                billion.
          (4) The Federal Government spends more than $80 
        billion each year for approximately 1,400 information 
        technology investments. GAO has identified broad 
        acquisition failures, waste, and unnecessary 
        duplication in the Government's information technology 
        infrastructure. experts have estimated that eliminating 
        these problems could save 25 percent or $20 billion.
          (5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a 
        potential source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO 
        estimated that saving 10 percent of the total or all 
        Federal procurement could generate more than $50 
        billion in savings annually.
          (6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $106 
        billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2013.
          (7) Under clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, each standing committee must 
        hold at least one hearing during each 120 day period 
        following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or 
        mismanagement in Government programs.
          (8) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 
        fiscal year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly 
        resulting in $693 billion in unauthorized 
        appropriations. Timely reauthorizations of these laws 
        would ensure assessments of program justification and 
        effectiveness.
          (9) The findings resulting from congressional 
        oversight of Federal Government programs should result 
        in programmatic changes in both authorizing statutes 
        and program funding levels.
  (b) Policy on Reducing Unnecessary, Wasteful, and 
Unauthorized Spending.--
          (1) Each authorizing committee annually should 
        include in its Views and Estimates letter required 
        under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of 
        programs within the jurisdiction of such committee 
        whose funding should be reduced or eliminated.
          (2) Committees of jurisdiction should review all 
        unauthorized programs funded through annual 
        appropriations to determine if the programs are 
        operating efficiently and effectively.
          (3) Committees should reauthorize those programs that 
        in the committees' judgment should continue to receive 
        funding.
          (4) For those programs not reauthorized by 
        committees, the House of Representatives should enforce 
        the limitations on funding such unauthorized programs 
        in the House rules. If the strictures of the rules are 
        deemed to be too rapid in prohibiting spending on 
        unauthorized programs, then milder measures should be 
        adopted and enforced until a return to the full 
        prohibition of clause 2(a)(1) of rule XXI of the Rules 
        of the House.

SEC. 621. POLICY STATEMENT ON BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Federal Government collects approximately $3 
        trillion annually in taxes, but spends more than $3.5 
        trillion to maintain the operations of government. The 
        Federal Government must borrow 14 cents of every 
        Federal dollar spent.
          (2) At the end of the year 2014, the national debt of 
        the United States was more than $18.1 trillion.
          (3) A majority of States have petitioned the Federal 
        Government to hold a Constitutional Convention for the 
        consideration of adopting a Balanced Budget Amendment 
        to the United States Constitution.
          (4) Forty-nine States have fiscal limitations in 
        their State Constitutions, including the requirement to 
        annually balance the budget.
          (5) H.J. Res. 2, sponsored by Rep. Robert W. 
        Goodlatte (R-VA), was considered by the House of 
        Representatives on November 18, 2011, though it 
        received 262 aye votes, it did not receive the two-
        thirds required for passage.
          (6) Numerous balanced budget amendment proposals have 
        been introduced on a bipartisan basis in the House. 
        Twelve were introduced in the 113th Congress alone, 
        including H.J. Res. 4 by Democratic Representative John 
        J. Barrow of Georgia, and H.J. Res. 38 by Republican 
        Representative Jackie Walorski of Indiana.
          (7) The joint resolution providing for a balanced 
        budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution referred to 
        in paragraph (5) prohibited outlays for a fiscal year 
        (except those for repayment of debt principal) from 
        exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except 
        those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a 
        three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes 
        a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
          (8) In 1995, a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. 
        Constitution passed the House with bipartisan support, 
        but failed of passage by one vote in the United States 
        Senate.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of this resolution 
that Congress should pass a joint resolution incorporating the 
provisions set forth in subsection (b), and send such joint 
resolution to the States for their approval, to amend the 
Constitution of the United States to require an annual balanced 
budget.

SEC. 622. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 
                    CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) According to the most recent estimate from the 
        Office of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were 
        expected to hold $844 billion in unobligated balances 
        at the close of fiscal year 2015.
          (2) These funds represent direct and discretionary 
        spending previously made available by Congress that 
        remains available for expenditure.
          (3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and 
        it remains available for obligation indefinitely.
          (4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
        Act of 1974 requires the Office of Management and 
        Budget to make funds available to agencies for 
        obligation and prohibits the Administration from 
        withholding or cancelling unobligated funds unless 
        approved by an Act of Congress.
          (5) Greater congressional oversight is required to 
        review and identify potential savings from canceling 
        unobligated balances of funds that are no longer 
        needed.
  (b) Policy on Deficit Reduction Through the Cancellation of 
Unobligated Balances.--Congressional committees should through 
their oversight activities identify and achieve savings through 
the cancellation or rescission of unobligated balances that 
neither abrogate contractual obligations of the Government nor 
reduce or disrupt Federal commitments under programs such as 
Social Security, veterans' affairs, national security, and 
Treasury authority to finance the national debt.
  (c) Deficit Reduction.--Congress, with the assistance of the 
Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, and 
other appropriate agencies should continue to make it a high 
priority to review unobligated balances and identify savings 
for deficit reduction.

SEC. 623. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER 
                    DOLLARS.

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

SEC. 624. POLICY STATEMENT ON CREATION OF A COMMITTEE TO ELIMINATE 
                    DUPLICATION AND WASTE.

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

SEC. 625. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET PROCESS AND BASELINE REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--
          (1) In 1974, after more than 50 years of executive 
        dominance over fiscal policy, Congress acted to 
        reassert its ``power of the purse'', and passed the 
        Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.
          (2) The measure explicitly sought to establish 
        congressional control over the budget process, to 
        provide for annual congressional determination of the 
        appropriate level of taxes and spending, to set 
        important national budget priorities, and to find ways 
        in which Members of Congress could have access to the 
        most accurate, objective, and highest quality 
        information to assist them in discharging their duties.
          (3) Far from achieving its intended purpose, however, 
        the process has instituted a bias toward higher 
        spending and larger government. The behemoth of the 
        Federal Government has largely been financed through 
        either borrowing or taking ever greater amounts of the 
        national income through high taxation.
          (4) The process does not treat programs and policies 
        consistently and shows a bias toward higher spending 
        and higher taxes.
          (5) It assumes extension of spending programs (of 
        more than $50 million per year) scheduled to expire.
          (6) Yet it does not assume the extension of tax 
        policies in the same way. consequently, extending 
        existing tax policies that may be scheduled to expire 
        is characterized as a new tax reduction, requiring 
        offsets to ``pay for'' merely keeping tax policy the 
        same even though estimating conventions would not 
        require similar treatment of spending programs.
          (7) The original goals set for the congressional 
        process are admirable in their intent, but because the 
        essential mechanisms of the process have remained the 
        same, and ``reforms'' enacted over the past 40 years 
        have largely taken the form of layering greater levels 
        of legal complexity without reforming or reassessing 
        the very fundamental nature of the process.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution on the budget that as the primary branch of 
Government, Congress must:
          (1) Restructure the fundamental procedures of budget 
        decision making;
          (2) Reassert Congress's ``power of the purse'', and 
        reinforce the balance of powers between Congress and 
        the President, as the 1974 Act intended.
          (3) Create greater incentives for lawmakers to do 
        budgeting as intended by the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974, especially adopting a budget resolution every 
        year.
          (4) Encourage more effective control over spending, 
        especially currently uncontrolled direct spending.
          (5) Consider innovative fiscal tools such as: zero 
        based budgeting, which would require a department or 
        agency to justify its budget as if it were a new 
        expenditure; and direct spending caps to enhance 
        oversight of automatic pilot spending that increases 
        each year without congressional approval.
          (6) Promote efficient and timely budget actions, so 
        that lawmakers complete their budget actions by the 
        time the new fiscal year begins.
          (7) Provide access to the best analysis of economic 
        conditions available and increase awareness of how 
        fiscal policy directly impacts overall economic growth 
        and job creation,
          (9) Remove layers of complexity that have complicated 
        the procedures designed in 1974, and made budgeting 
        more arcane and opaque.
          (10) Remove existing biases that favor higher 
        spending.
          (11) Include procedures by which current tax laws may 
        be extended and treated on a basis that is not 
        different from the extension of entitlement programs.
  (c) Budget Process Reform.--Comprehensive budget process 
reform should also remove the bias in the baseline against the 
extension of current tax laws in the following ways:
          (1) Permanent extension of tax laws should not be 
        used as a means to increase taxes on other taxpayers;
          (2) For those expiring tax provisions that are 
        proposed to be permanently extended, Congress should 
        use a more realistic baseline that does not require 
        them to be offset; and,
          (3) Tax-reform legislation should not include tax 
        increases just to offset the extension of current tax 
        laws.
  (d) Legislation.--The Committee on the Budget intends to 
draft legislation during the 114th Congress that will rewrite 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to 
fulfill the goals of making the congressional budget process 
more effective in ensuring taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely 
and efficiently.

SEC. 626. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGIES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Given the thousands of Federal programs and 
        trillions of dollars the Federal Government spends each 
        year, assessing and accounting for Federal fiscal 
        activities and liabilities is a complex undertaking.
          (2) Current methods of accounting leave much to be 
        desired in capturing the full scope of government and 
        in presenting information in a clear and compelling way 
        that illuminates the best options going forward.
          (3) Most fiscal analysis produced by the 
        Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is conducted over a 
        relatively short time horizon: 10 or 25 years. While 
        this time frame is useful for most purposes, it fails 
        to consider the fiscal consequences over the longer 
        term.
          (4) Additionally, current accounting methodology does 
        not provide an analysis of how the Federal Government's 
        fiscal situation over the long run affects Americans of 
        various age cohorts.
          (5) Another consideration is how Federal programs 
        should be accounted for. The ``accrual method'' of 
        accounting records revenue when it is earned and 
        expenses when they are incurred, while the ``cash 
        method'' records revenue and expenses when cash is 
        actually paid or received.
          (6) The Federal budget accounts for most programs 
        using cash accounting. Some programs, however, 
        particularly loan and loan guarantee programs, are 
        accounted for using accrual methods.
          (7) GAO has indicated that accrual accounting may 
        provide a more accurate estimation of the Federal 
        Government's liabilities than cash accounting for some 
        programs specifically those that provide some form of 
        insurance.
          (8) Where accrual accounting is used, it is almost 
        exclusively calculated by CBO according to the 
        methodology outlined in the Federal Credit Reform Act 
        of 1990 (FCRA). CBO uses fair value methodology instead 
        of FCRA to measure the cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie 
        Mac, for example.
          (9) FCRA methodology, however, understates the risk 
        and thus the true cost of Federal programs. An 
        alternative is fair value methodology, which uses 
        discount rates that incorporate the risk inherent to 
        the type of liability being estimated in addition to 
        Treasury discount rates of the proper maturity length.
          (10) The Congressional Budget Office has concluded 
        that ``adopting a fair-value approach would provide a 
        more comprehensive way to measure the costs of Federal 
        credit programs and would permit more level comparisons 
        between those costs and the costs of other forms of 
        federal assistance'' than the current approach under 
        FCRA.
  (b) Policy on Federal Accounting Methodologies.--It is the 
policy of this resolution that Congress should, in consultation 
with the Congressional Budget Office and the public affected by 
Federal budgetary choices, adopt Governmentwide reforms of 
budget and accounting practices so the American people and 
their representatives can more readily understand the fiscal 
situation of the Government of the United States and the 
options best suited to improving it. Such reforms may include 
but should not be limited to the following:
          (1) Providing additional metrics to enhance our 
        current analysis by considering our fiscal situation 
        comprehensively, over an extended time horizon, and as 
        it affects Americans of various age cohorts.
          (2) Expanding the use of accrual accounting where 
        appropriate.
          (3) Accounting for certain Federal credit programs 
        using fair value accounting as opposed to the current 
        approach under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.

SEC. 627. POLICY STATEMENT ON SCOREKEEPING FOR OUTYEAR BUDGETARY 
                    EFFECTS IN APPROPRIATION ACTS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 directs the Committee on the Budget to provide an 
        allocation of budgetary resources to the Committee on 
        Appropriations for the budget year covered by a 
        concurrent resolution on the budget.
          (2) The allocation of budgetary resources provided by 
        the Committee on the Budget to the Committee on 
        Appropriations covers a period of one fiscal year only, 
        which is effective for the budget year.
          (3) An appropriation Act, joint resolution, amendment 
        thereto or conference report thereon may contain 
        changes to programs that result in direct budgetary 
        effects that occur beyond the budget year and beyond 
        the period for which the allocation of budgetary 
        resources provided by the Committee on the Budget is 
        effective.
          (4) The allocation of budgetary resources provided to 
        the Committee on Appropriations does not currently 
        anticipate or capture direct outyear budgetary effects 
        to programs.
          (5) Budget enforcement could be improved by capturing 
        the direct outyear budgetary effects caused by 
        appropriation Acts and using this information to 
        determine the appropriate allocations of budgetary 
        resources to the Committee on Appropriations when 
        considering future concurrent resolutions on the 
        budget.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of the House of 
Representatives to more effectively allocate budgetary 
resources and accurately enforce budget targets by agreeing to 
a procedure by which the Committee on the Budget should 
consider the direct outyear budgetary effects of changes to 
mandatory programs enacted in appropriations bills, joint 
resolutions, amendments thereto or conference reports thereon 
when setting the allocation of budgetary resources for the 
Committee on Appropriations in a concurrent resolution on the 
budget. The relevant committees of jurisdiction are directed to 
consult on a procedure during fiscal year 2016 and include 
recommendations for implementing such procedure in the fiscal 
year 2017 concurrent resolution on the budget.

SEC. 628. POLICY STATEMENT ON AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) A number of Federal agencies and organizations 
        have permanent authority to collect fees and other 
        offsetting collections and to spend these collected 
        funds.
          (2) The total amount of offsetting fees and 
        offsetting collections is estimated by the Office of 
        Management and Budget to be $525 billion in fiscal year 
        2016.
          (3) Agency budget justifications are, in some cases, 
        not fully transparent about the amount of program 
        activity funded through offsetting collections or fees. 
        This lack of transparency prevents effective and 
        accountable government.
  (b) Policy on Agency Fees and Spending.--It is the policy of 
this resolution that Congress must reassert its constitutional 
prerogative to control spending and conduct oversight. To do 
so, Congress should enact legislation requiring programs that 
are funded through fees, offsetting receipts, or offsetting 
collections to be allocated new budget authority annually. Such 
allocation may arise from--
          (1) legislation originating from the authorizing 
        committee of jurisdiction for the agency or program; or
          (2) fee and account specific allocations included in 
        annual appropriation Acts.

SEC. 629. NO BUDGET, NO PAY.

  It is the policy of this resolution that Congress should 
agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget every year 
pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. If by April 15, a House of Congress has not agreed to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget, the payroll administrator 
of that House should carry out this policy in the same manner 
as the provisions of Public Law 113-3, the No Budget, No Pay 
Act of 2013, and place in an escrow account all compensation 
otherwise required to be made for Members of that House of 
Congress. Withheld compensation should be released to Members 
of that House of Congress the earlier of the day on which that 
House of Congress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget, pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, or the last day of that Congress.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Van Hollen of Maryland 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.

  (a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 
and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal year 2015 and for fiscal years 2017 through 
2025.
  (b) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.

                 TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

                         TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 201. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for job creation through 
          investments and incentives.
Sec. 202. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform the tax system to work 
          for hard working Americans.
Sec. 203. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the extension of expired or 
          expiring tax provisions.
Sec. 204. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicare improvement.
Sec. 205. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and children's 
          health improvement.
Sec. 206. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for initiatives that benefit 
          children.
Sec. 207. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for college affordability and 
          completion.
Sec. 208. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a competitive workforce.
Sec. 209. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and 
          service members.
Sec. 210. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for modernizing unemployment 
          compensation.
Sec. 211. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for increasing energy 
          independence and security.
Sec. 212. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for full funding of the Land and 
          Water Conservation Fund.
Sec. 213. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools.
Sec. 214. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for additional funding for the 
          Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Sec. 215. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the health care workforce.
Sec. 216. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving the availability of 
          long-term care services and supports.

                 TITLE III--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 301. Direct spending.

                    TITLE IV--ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Point of order against advance appropriations.
Sec. 402. Adjustments to discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 403. Costs of emergency needs, Overseas Contingency Operations and 
          disaster relief.
Sec. 404. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative 
          expenses.
Sec. 405. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
          aggregates.
Sec. 406. Reinstatement of pay-as-you-go.
Sec. 407. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

                       TITLE V--POLICY STATEMENTS

Sec. 501. Policy of the House on job creation.
Sec. 502. Policy of the House on surface transportation.
Sec. 503. Policy of the House on tax reform that works for hardworking 
          families.
Sec. 504. Policy of the House on building ladders of opportunity to help 
          hardworking families join the middle class.
Sec. 505. Policy of the House on women's economic empowerment, and 
          health and safety improvement.
Sec. 506. Policy of the House on the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 507. Policy of the House on the Federal workforce.
Sec. 508. Policy of the House on a national strategy to eradicate 
          poverty and increase opportunity.
Sec. 509. Policy of the House on rejecting the sequester.
Sec. 510. Policy of the House on Social Security.
Sec. 511. Policy of the House on protecting the Medicare guarantee for 
          seniors.
Sec. 512. Policy of the House on affordable health care coverage for 
          working families.
Sec. 513. Policy of the House on Medicaid.
Sec. 514. Policy of the House on investments that help children succeed.
Sec. 515. Policy of the House on immigration reform.
Sec. 516. Policy of the House on national security.
Sec. 517. Policy of the House on climate change science.
Sec. 518. Policy of the House on financial consumer protection.
Sec. 519. Policy of the House on the use of taxpayer funds.
Sec. 520. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction of 
          unnecessary and wasteful spending.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2015 through 2025:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $2,439,277,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,775,502,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,882,276,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,989,720,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,114,729,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,251,847,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,398,020,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,561,491,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,783,024,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,010,679,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,426,906,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $11,000,000,000
  Fiscal year 2016: $99,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $106,700,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $120,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $132,600,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $144,900,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $150,800,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $168,700,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $228,800,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $286,900,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $341,000,000,000.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
        appropriate levels of total new budget authority are as 
        follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $2,961,412,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $3,211,302,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $3,292,123,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $3,468,445,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,650,176,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,828,418,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,993,651,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $4,162,919,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $4,357,628,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,550,966,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,725,021,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels 
        of total budget outlays are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $2,941,778,000,000
  Fiscal year 2016: $3,165,536,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $3,288,919,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $3,422,685,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,603,529,000,000
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,776,636,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,947,247,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $4,138,897,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $4,318,454,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $4,497,245,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $4,685,225,000,000.
          (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts 
        of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: -$502,501,000,000
  Fiscal year 2016: -$390,034,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: -$406,643,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: -$432,965,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: -$488,800,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: -$524,789,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: -$549,227,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: -$577,406,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: -$535,430,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: -$486,566,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: -$438,319,000,000.
          (5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of 
        the public debt are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $18,468,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2016: $19,032,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $19,667,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $20,347,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $21,074,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $21,836,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $22,625,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $23,426,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $24,206,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $24,963,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $25,659,000,000,000.
          (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels 
        of debt held by the public are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2015: $13,360,000,000,000
  Fiscal year 2016: $13,815,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $14,302,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $14,828,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $15,433,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $16,099,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $16,818,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $17,597,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $18,373,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $19,143,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $19,915,000,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
2015 through 2025 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $596,720,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $590,195,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $570,380,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $582,430,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $582,126,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $573,904,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $593,364,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $575,837,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $601,639,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $588,174,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $607,930,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $597,134,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $620,245,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $606,885,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $632,525,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $622,398,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $645,784,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $630,255,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $659,080,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $638,461,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $672,414,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $655,940,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,611,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,492,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $47,443,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,338,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $48,862,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $48,904,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $50,103,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $48,923,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $50,779,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,193,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $51,192,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,467,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $52,269,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,904,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,555,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $50,595,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $54,647,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $51,347,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,743,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $52,232,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,872,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,166,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $29,805,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,612,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,059,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,489,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,672,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,226,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,302,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,881,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,623,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,250,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,948,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,619,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,606,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,030,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,279,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,635,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,962,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,293,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $35,658,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,969,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,372,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $35,667,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,557,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,830,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,210,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $2,933,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,587,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $3,811,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,559,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $3,867,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,491,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,378,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,512,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,673,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,641,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,937,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,714,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,091,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,846,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,927,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $5,966,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,484,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $6,102,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $5,652,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,453,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,173,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $38,870,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,239,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,024,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,523,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $41,212,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,593,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $41,685,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,721,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,638,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,611,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,839,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,935,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $43,463,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,510,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,133,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,298,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,898,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,394,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,821,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,222,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,856,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,038,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,384,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,024,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,162,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,954,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,304,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,514,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,879,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,073,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,801,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,247,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,223,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,692,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,075,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,525,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,692,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,145,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,743,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,168,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,003,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,483,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $17,323,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$29,458,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,582,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,936,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,976,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$730,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,606,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,487,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,994,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$5,176,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,383,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,656,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,902,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$406,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,460,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$2,066,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,422,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,341,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $14,755,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4,309,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $15,425,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$4,736,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $85,569,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $89,236,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $107,892,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $95,061,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $108,674,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $98,765,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $109,913,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $100,611,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $111,250,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $102,623,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $112,563,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $103,958,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $114,274,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $105,377,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $95,359,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $106,192,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $97,204,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $106,234,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $99,091,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $106,058,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $101,012,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $106,517,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $17,915,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,346,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $28,976,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $22,511,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,127,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,794,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,677,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,694,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,865,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,894,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,754,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,758,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,687,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,858,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,708,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,573,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,790,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,659,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $13,922,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $14,979,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $102,248,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $107,566,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $107,660,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $101,847,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $121,304,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $114,742,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $127,556,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $122,435,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $134,976,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $130,666,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $139,874,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $136,275,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $142,897,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $140,745,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $147,965,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $144,868,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $151,609,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $148,664,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $153,238,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $152,731,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $154,178,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $155,116,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $487,040,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $481,126,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $515,793,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $529,317,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $565,428,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $567,738,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $590,501,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $592,459,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $616,322,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $617,964,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $647,554,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $638,478,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $667,158,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $667,120,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $701,192,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $700,370,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $734,468,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $734,075,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $770,027,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $769,587,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $806,404,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $806,360,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $539,669,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $539,342,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $583,270,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $581,608,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $584,123,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $584,052,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $588,208,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $588,124,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $656,892,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $656,696,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $704,939,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $704,788,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $756,903,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $756,741,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $854,870,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $854,597,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $877,624,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $876,521,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $890,991,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $889,628,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $986,230,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $990,740,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $516,580,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $512,007,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $539,209,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $533,999,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $548,714,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $542,073,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $553,915,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $543,191,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $573,984,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $567,378,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $587,465,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $580,673,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $601,432,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $594,862,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $621,724,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $620,430,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $632,671,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $626,669,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $644,428,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $632,304,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $667,486,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $659,847,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,554,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,621,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,885,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,928,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,535,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $36,563,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,407,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,424,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,104,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,455,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,455,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,546,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,751,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $153,079,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $155,672,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $168,175,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $172,347,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $169,070,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $172,607,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $166,734,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $166,775,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $177,946,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $177,528,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $182,113,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $181,595,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $185,682,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $185,175,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $197,554,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $196,926,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $193,729,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $193,080,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $190,068,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $189,340,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $203,439,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $202,706,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,043,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,048,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $58,250,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,956,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,731,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,350,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $60,804,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,253,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,227,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $60,498,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,656,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,823,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $62,787,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $63,291,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $64,489,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,767,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,525,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,639,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $66,581,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $66,542,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $71,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $71,336,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,920,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,806,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,876,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,938,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $27,007,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,276,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $27,819,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $27,295,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $28,541,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $28,044,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $29,258,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $28,763,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $29,842,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,312,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,410,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,878,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,971,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,428,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,304,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,788,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,883,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,299,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $325,962,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $325,962,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $368,173,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $368,173,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $420,786,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $420,786,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $493,610,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $493,610,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $559,871,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $559,871,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $622,059,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $622,059,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $672,197,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $672,197,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $723,968,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $723,968,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $773,014,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $773,014,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $815,026,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $815,026,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $847,334,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $847,334,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $21,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$11,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $36,770,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$36,776,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $23,340,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$11,059,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $28,661,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,139,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $6,925,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$6,058,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $10,998,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$8,030,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $665,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$2,028,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $52,729,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$53,206,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $4,572,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $4,147,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $78,123,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $77,680,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,833,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,813,000,000.
          (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $106,825,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$106,825,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $78,012,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$78,012,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $88,445,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$88,445,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $93,810,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$93,810,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,497,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,497,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $89,327,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$89,327,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $92,978,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$92,978,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $95,188,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$95,188,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $97,408,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$97,408,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $102,090,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$102,090,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $105,007,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$105,007,000,000.
          (21) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
        Terrorism (970):
                  Fiscal year 2015:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,997,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,250,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,085,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $7,357,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $3,675,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,312,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $644,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $202,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $69,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $47,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,000,000.

                        TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 201. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR JOB CREATION THROUGH 
                    INVESTMENTS AND INCENTIVES.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides for robust Federal investments 
in America's infrastructure, incentives for businesses, and 
support for communities or other measures that create jobs for 
Americans and boost the economy. The revisions may be made for 
measures that--
          (1) provide for additional investments in rail, 
        aviation, harbors (including harbor maintenance 
        dredging), seaports, inland waterway systems, public 
        housing, broadband, energy, water, and other 
        infrastructure;
          (2) provide for additional investments in other areas 
        that would help businesses and other employers create 
        new jobs; and
          (3) provide additional incentives, including tax 
        incentives, to help small businesses, nonprofits, 
        States, and communities expand investment, train, hire, 
        and retain private-sector workers and public service 
        employees;
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure does 
not increase the deficit for either of the following time 
periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 
2015 to fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 202. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM THE TAX SYSTEM TO WORK 
                    FOR HARD WORKING AMERICANS.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that reforms the tax system to reward 
American workers, incentivize higher pay, and increase the 
after-tax take home income of working families, such as 
paycheck tax credits for American workers; incentives for 
workers to save a portion of their income; incentives for 
corporations to raise employee pay and/or provide employees 
with ownership and profit-sharing opportunities; incentives for 
investments in apprenticeships and other training programs that 
result in higher skills and better pay; provide tax relief to 
offset the additional and unique costs faced by two-earner 
families; a modernized and expanded Child and Dependent Care 
Tax Credit; or other reforms to the tax system to make it work 
for the middle class and those working to join the middle 
class, by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 
would not increase the deficit for either of the following time 
periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 
2015 to fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 203. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE EXTENSION OF EXPIRED OR 
                    EXPIRING TAX PROVISIONS.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that extends provisions of the tax code that 
have expired or will expire in the future, including tax 
incentives for research and development, renewable energy 
investments, charitable giving, economic and community 
development, and tax relief for working families and small 
businesses, by the amounts provided in such measure if such 
measure would not increase the deficit for either of the 
following time periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or 
fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 204. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that makes improvements to Medicare, such 
as--
          (1) new incentives to encourage efficiency and higher 
        quality care in a manner consistent with the goals of 
        fiscal sustainability;
          (2) payment accuracy improvements to encourage 
        efficient use of resources;
          (3) innovative programs to improve coordination of 
        care among all providers serving a patient in all 
        appropriate settings;
          (4) policies to hold providers accountable for their 
        utilization patterns and quality of care;
          (5) improvements to Medicare's benefit design to make 
        care more affordable and accessible for people with 
        Medicare, including improvements to programs that 
        provide assistance with premiums and cost-sharing to 
        beneficiaries with limited incomes; and
          (6) extension of expiring provisions;
excluding any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
report that makes any changes that reduce benefits available to 
seniors and individuals with disabilities in Medicare; by the 
amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 
increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: 
fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2015 to 
fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 205. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID AND CHILDREN'S 
                    HEALTH IMPROVEMENT.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that improves Medicaid or other children's 
health programs, by the amounts provided in such measure if 
such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the 
following time periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or 
fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2025. Such improvements may 
include--
          (1) restoring the enhanced Medicaid reimbursement 
        rates for certain primary care services to Medicare 
        levels using Federal funds, and expanding the enhanced 
        rates to rates to additional health care providers;
          (2) providing States with tools to streamline 
        enrollment into Medicaid and CHIP and ensure continuity 
        of care, and may include permanently extending the 
        Express Lane Eligibility option for children or 
        creating an option to provide 12-month continuous 
        eligibility for adults in Medicaid; and
          (3) providing more options for States to expand 
        access to home and community based long-term care 
        services for seniors and persons with disabilities, and 
        to improve benefits.

SEC. 206. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT 
                    CHILDREN.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that improves the lives of children by the 
amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 
increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: 
fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2015 to 
fiscal year 2025. Improvements may include any of the 
following:
          (1) Changes to foster care to expand the number of 
        at-risk children for whom effective supportive, 
        prevention, and post-permanency services are provided 
        to promote safety, well-being, and permanency for 
        vulnerable children.
          (2) Changes to encourage increased parental support 
        for children, including legislation that results in a 
        greater share of collected child support reaching the 
        child and policies to encourages States to provide 
        access and visitation services to improve fathers' 
        relationships with their children. Such changes could 
        reflect efforts to ensure that States have the 
        necessary resources to collect all child support that 
        is owed to families and to allow them to pass 100 
        percent of support on to families without financial 
        penalty.
          (3) Regular increases in funding for the Individuals 
        with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to put the 
        Federal Government on a 10-year path to fulfill its 
        commitment to America's children and schools by 
        providing 40 percent of the average per pupil 
        expenditure for special education.
          (4) Funding for research designed to improve program 
        effectiveness in creating positive outcomes for low-
        income children and families.

SEC. 207. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY AND 
                    COMPLETION.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that makes college more affordable and 
increases college completion, including efforts to: encourage 
States and higher education institutions to improve educational 
outcomes and access for low- and moderate-income students; 
ensure continued full funding for Pell grants; or help 
borrowers lower and manage their student loan debt through 
refinancing and expanded repayment options, by the amounts 
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the 
deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 
2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 
2025.

SEC. 208. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that helps ensure that all Americans have 
access to good-paying jobs, including: fully reauthorizing the 
Trade Adjustment Assistance program; funding proven effective 
job training and employment programs, such as year-round and 
summer jobs for youth; or new initiatives such as 
apprenticeships involving collaborations between employers, 
educators, and providers and job training services, by the 
amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 
increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: 
fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2015 to 
fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 209. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS AND 
                    SERVICE MEMBERS.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that--
          (1) improves access and enhances the delivery of 
        timely health care to the Nation's veterans and service 
        members;
          (2) improves the treatment of post-traumatic stress 
        disorder and other mental illnesses, and increasing the 
        capacity to address health care needs unique to women 
        veterans;
          (3) makes improvements to the Post 9/11 GI Bill to 
        ensure that veterans receive the educational benefits 
        they need to maximize their employment opportunities;
          (4) improves disability benefits or evaluations for 
        wounded or disabled military personnel or veterans, 
        including measures to expedite the claims process;
          (5) expands eligibility to permit additional disabled 
        military retirees to receive both disability 
        compensation and retired pay (concurrent receipt); or
          (6) eliminates the offset between Survivor Benefit 
        Plan annuities and veterans' dependency and indemnity 
        compensation;
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 
not increase the deficit for either of the following time 
periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 
2015 to fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 210. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MODERNIZING UNEMPLOYMENT 
                    COMPENSATION.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that modernizes unemployment compensation, 
including providing additional learning opportunities and 
training for unemployed workers, expanding program eligibility 
to more workers, or making the program more responsive to 
economic downturns, by the amounts provided in such measure if 
such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the 
following time periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or 
fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 211. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASING ENERGY 
                    INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that--
          (1) provides tax incentives for or otherwise 
        encourages the production of renewable energy or 
        increased energy efficiency;
          (2) encourages investment in emerging clean energy or 
        vehicle technologies or carbon capture and 
        sequestration;
          (3) provides additional resources for oversight and 
        expanded enforcement activities to crack down on 
        speculation in and manipulation of oil and gas markets, 
        including derivatives markets;
          (4) limits and provides for reductions in greenhouse 
        gas emissions;
          (5) assists businesses, industries, States, 
        communities, the environment, workers, or households as 
        the United States moves toward reducing and offsetting 
        the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions; or
          (6) facilitates the training of workers for these 
        industries (``clean energy jobs'');
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 
not increase the deficit for either of the following time 
periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 
2015 to fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 212. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND 
                    WATER CONSERVATION FUND.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides full funding for the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund by the amounts provided in such measure 
if such measure would not increase the deficit for either of 
the following time periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 
2020 or fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 213. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RURAL COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that makes changes to or provides for the 
reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self 
Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393) by the amounts 
provided by that legislation for those purposes, if such 
legislation requires sustained yield timber harvests obviating 
the need for funding under Public Law 106-393 in the future and 
would not increase the deficit for either of the following time 
periods: fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 
2015 to fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 214. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE 
                    AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides additional funding for the 
Affordable Housing Trust Fund beyond the base levels provided 
by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) by the 
amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 
increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: 
fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2015 to 
fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 215. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that improves the contemporary health care 
workforce's ability to meet emerging demands, by the amounts 
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the 
deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 
2015 to fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 
2025.

SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVING THE AVAILABILITY 
                    OF LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS.

  The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that improves the availability of long-term 
care services and supports for senior citizens and individuals 
with disabilities, by the amounts provided in such measure if 
such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the 
following time periods: fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2020 or 
fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2025. Such improvements may 
include creation of a comprehensive long-term care insurance 
program; pilot programs or studies to determine the best 
options for improving access to long-term care services; or 
other improvements to Medicare, Medicaid, or other programs to 
provide increased access to long-term care.

                TITLE III--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 301. DIRECT SPENDING.

  (a) Means-Tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For means-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 
        percent.
          (2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated 
        average rate of growth in the total level of outlays 
        during the 11-year period beginning with fiscal year 
        2015 is 5.1 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spending: 
        The resolution rejects cuts to the social safety net 
        that lifts millions of people out of poverty. It 
        assumes extension of the tax credits from the American 
        Taxpayer Relief Act due to expire at the end of 2017. 
        These credits include an increase in refundability of 
        the child tax credit, relief for married earned income 
        tax credit filers, and a larger earned income tax 
        credit for larger families. It also assumes expansion 
        of the earned income tax credit for childless workers, 
        a group that has seen limited support from safety net 
        programs, and other impacts of a middle class and pro-
        work tax reform.
  (b) Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 5.4 
        percent.
          (2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the 
        estimated average rate of growth in the total level of 
        outlays during the 11-year period beginning with fiscal 
        year 2015 is 5.5 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct 
        spending: For Medicare, this budget rejects proposals 
        to end the Medicare guarantee and shift rising health 
        care costs onto seniors by replacing Medicare with 
        vouchers or premium support for the purchase of private 
        insurance. Such proposals will expose seniors and 
        persons with disabilities on fixed incomes to 
        unacceptable financial risks, and they will weaken the 
        traditional Medicare program. Instead, this budget 
        builds on the success of the Affordable Care Act, which 
        made significant strides in health care cost 
        containment and put into place a framework for 
        continuous innovation. This budget supports 
        comprehensive reforms to give physicians and other care 
        providers incentives to provide high-quality, 
        coordinated, efficient care, in a manner consistent 
        with the goals of fiscal sustainability. It makes no 
        changes that reduce benefits available to seniors and 
        individuals with disabilities in Medicare. In other 
        areas, the resolution assumes additional funding for 
        child care, early education, and children's health; 
        extension and expansion of the American Opportunity Tax 
        Credit, which assists with higher education expenses; 
        and funding certain tribal support costs that have been 
        previously annually appropriated. It also would create 
        a National Infrastructure Bank, an Apprenticeship 
        Training Fund, and a Paid Leave Partnership Initiative, 
        which would help States establish paid leave programs. 
        The resolution repeals the mandatory sequester required 
        under the Budget Control Act.

                    TITLE IV--ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

  (a) In General.--In the House, except as provided in 
subsection (b), any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report making a general appropriation or continuing 
appropriation may not provide for advance appropriations.
  (b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
          (1) for fiscal year 2017 for programs, projects, 
        activities, or accounts identified in the joint 
        explanatory statement of managers to accompany this 
        resolution under the heading ``Accounts Identified for 
        Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to 
        exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and for 
        2018, accounts separately identified under the same 
        heading; and
          (2) for all discretionary programs administered by 
        the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance 
appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority 
provided in a bill or joint resolution making general 
appropriations or any new discretionary budget authority 
provided in a bill or joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that first becomes 
available for any fiscal year after 2016.

SEC. 402. ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

  (a) Program Integrity Initiatives Under the Budget Control 
Act.--
          (1) Social security administration program integrity 
        initiatives.--In the House, prior to consideration of 
        any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
        report making appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that 
        appropriates amounts as provided under section 
        251(b)(2)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
        Deficit Control Act of 1985, the allocation to the 
        House Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by 
        the amount of additional budget authority and outlays 
        resulting from that budget authority for fiscal year 
        2016.
          (2) Health care fraud and abuse control program.--In 
        the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint 
        resolution, amendment, or conference report making 
        appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that appropriates 
        amounts as provided under section 251(b)(2)(C) of the 
        Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
        1985, the allocation to the House Committee on 
        Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of 
        additional budget authority and outlays resulting from 
        that budget authority for fiscal year 2016.
  (b) Additional Program Integrity Initiatives.--
          (1) Internal revenue service tax compliance.--In the 
        House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint 
        resolution, amendment, or conference report making 
        appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that appropriates 
        $9,572,000,000 for the Internal Revenue Service for 
        enhanced enforcement to address the Federal tax gap 
        (taxes owed but not paid) and provides an additional 
        appropriation of up to $667,000,000, to the Internal 
        Revenue Service and the amount is designated for 
        enhanced tax enforcement to address the tax gap, the 
        allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations 
        shall be increased by the amount of additional budget 
        authority and outlays resulting from that budget 
        authority for fiscal year 2016.
          (2) Unemployment insurance program integrity 
        activities.--In the House, prior to consideration of 
        any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
        report making appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that 
        appropriates $151,000,000 for in-person reemployment 
        and eligibility assessments, reemployment services and 
        training referrals, and unemployment insurance improper 
        payment reviews for the Department of Labor and 
        provides an additional appropriation of up to 
        $30,000,000, and the amount is designated for in-person 
        reemployment and eligibility assessments, reemployment 
        services and training referrals, and unemployment 
        insurance improper payment reviews for the Department 
        of Labor, the allocation to the House Committee on 
        Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of 
        additional budget authority and outlays resulting from 
        that budget authority for fiscal year 2016.
  (c) Procedure for Adjustments.--In the House, prior to 
consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report, the chairman of the House Committee on the 
Budget shall make the adjustments set forth in this subsection 
for the incremental new budget authority in that measure and 
the outlays resulting from that budget authority if that 
measure meets the requirements set forth in this section.

SEC. 403. COSTS OF EMERGENCY NEEDS, OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AND 
                    DISASTER RELIEF.

  (a) Emergency Needs.--If any bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, or conference report makes appropriations for 
discretionary amounts and such amounts are designated as 
necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to this subsection, 
then new budget authority and outlays resulting from that 
budget authority shall not count for the purposes of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or this resolution.
  (b) Overseas Contingency Operations.--
          (1) In general.--If any bill, joint resolution, 
        amendment, or conference report makes appropriations 
        for fiscal year 2016 for Overseas Contingency 
        Operations and such amounts are so designated pursuant 
        to this paragraph, then the Chairman of the House 
        Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocation to 
        the House Committee on Appropriations by the amounts 
        provided in such legislation for that purpose up to, 
        but not to exceed, the total amount of budget authority 
        specified in section 102(21).
          (2) Limitation.--Adjustments made pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall only include funding appropriated 
        to the Overseas Contingency Operations title of an 
        appropriations bill for war activities and related 
        diplomatic and development operations, or for 
        activities related to countering urgent national 
        security threats, and shall not include funding for 
        regular, base budget activities.
  (c) Disaster Relief.--In the House, if any bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, or conference report makes 
appropriations for discretionary amounts and such amounts are 
designated for disaster relief pursuant to this subsection, 
then the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations, and as 
necessary, the aggregates in this resolution, shall be adjusted 
by the amount of new budget authority and outlays up to the 
amounts provided under section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as adjusted 
by subsection (d).
  (d) Wildfire Suppression Operations.--
          (1) Cap adjustment.--In the House, if any bill, joint 
        resolution, amendment, or conference report making 
        appropriations for wildfire suppression operations for 
        fiscal year 2016 that appropriates a base amount equal 
        to 70 percent of the average cost of wildfire 
        suppression operations over the previous 10 years and 
        provides an additional appropriation of up to but not 
        to exceed $1.5 billion for wildfire suppression 
        operations and such amounts are so designated pursuant 
        to this paragraph, then the allocation to the House 
        Committee on Appropriations may be adjusted by the 
        additional amount of budget authority above the base 
        amount and the outlays resulting from that additional 
        budget authority.
          (2) Deficit-neutral adjustment.--The total allowable 
        discretionary adjustment for disaster relief pursuant 
        to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be reduced 
        by an amount equivalent to the sum of allocation 
        increases made pursuant to paragraph (1) in the 
        previous year.
  (e) Procedure for Adjustments.--In the House, prior to 
consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report, the chairman of the House Committee on the 
Budget shall make the adjustments set forth in subsections (b), 
(c), and (d) for the incremental new budget authority in that 
measure and the outlays resulting from that budget authority if 
that measure meets the requirements set forth in this section.

SEC. 404. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE 
                    EXPENSES.

  (a) In General.--In the House, notwithstanding section 
302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 
13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any 
concurrent resolution on the budget shall include in its 
allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 to the House Committee on Appropriations amounts for 
the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social 
Security Administration and of the Postal Service.
  (b) Special Rule.--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 off-budget discretionary amounts.

SEC. 405. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND 
                    AGGREGATES.

  (a) Application.--In the House, 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 included in 
this resolution.
  (c) Adjustments.--The chairman of the House Committee on the 
Budget may adjust the aggregates, allocations, and other levels 
in this resolution for legislation which has received final 
congressional approval in the same form by the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, but has yet to be presented to 
or signed by the President at the time of final consideration 
of this resolution.

SEC. 406. REINSTATEMENT OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO.

  In the House, and pursuant to section 301(b)(8) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for the remainder of the 
114th Congress, the following shall apply in lieu of ``CUTGO'' 
rules and principles:
          (1)(A) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), 
        it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint 
        resolution, amendment, or conference report if the 
        provisions of such measure affecting direct spending 
        and revenues have the net effect of increasing the on-
        budget deficit or reducing the on-budget surplus for 
        the period comprising either--
                          (i) the current year, the budget 
                        year, and the four years following that 
                        budget year; or
                          (ii) the current year, the budget 
                        year, and the nine years following that 
                        budget year.
                  (B) The effect of such measure on the deficit 
                or surplus shall be determined on the basis of 
                estimates made by the Committee on the Budget.
                  (C) For the purpose of this section, the 
                terms ``budget year'', ``current year'', and 
                ``direct spending'' have the meanings specified 
                in section 250 of the Balanced Budget and 
                Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except 
                that the term ``direct spending'' shall also 
                include provisions in appropriation Acts that 
                make outyear modifications to substantive law 
                as described in section 3(4) (C) of the 
                Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
          (2) If a bill, joint resolution, or amendment is 
        considered pursuant to a special order of the House 
        directing the Clerk to add as a new matter at the end 
        of such measure the provisions of a separate measure as 
        passed by the House, the provisions of such separate 
        measure as passed by the House shall be included in the 
        evaluation under paragraph (1) of the bill, joint 
        resolution, or amendment.
          (3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
        evaluation under paragraph (1) shall exclude a 
        provision expressly designated as an emergency for 
        purposes of pay-as-you-go principles in the case of a 
        point of order under this clause against consideration 
        of--
                          (i) a bill or joint resolution;
                          (ii) an amendment made in order as 
                        original text by a special order of 
                        business;
                          (iii) a conference report; or
                          (iv) an amendment between the Houses.
                  (B) In the case of an amendment (other than 
                one specified in subparagraph (A)) to a bill or 
                joint resolution, the evaluation under 
                paragraph (1) shall give no cognizance to any 
                designation of emergency.
                  (C) If a bill, a joint resolution, an 
                amendment made in order as original text by a 
                special order of business, a conference report, 
                or an amendment between the Houses includes a 
                provision expressly designated as an emergency 
                for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles, the 
                Chair shall put the question of consideration 
                with respect thereto.

SEC. 407. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

                       TITLE V--POLICY STATEMENTS

SEC. 501. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON JOB CREATION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
          (1) the economy entered a deep recession in December 
        2007 that was worsened by a financial crisis in 2008--
        by January 2009, the private sector was shedding nearly 
        800,000 jobs per month;
          (2) actions by the President, Congress, and the 
        Federal Reserve helped stem the crisis, and job 
        creation resumed in 2010, with the economy creating 12 
        million private jobs over the past 60 consecutive 
        months;
          (3) United States manufacturing has shared in this 
        recovery with manufacturing employment having grown 
        over the last five years, the first such extended 
        period of growth since the 1990s;
          (4) despite the job gains already made, job growth 
        needs to accelerate and continue for an extended period 
        for the economy to fully recover from the recession;
          (5) millions of Americans remain unemployed or 
        underemployed, in danger of seeing a middle-class 
        lifestyle slip away or remain out of reach, and this 
        issue is especially acute in the African-American and 
        Latino communities, making it imperative that we push 
        for extended job creation which is broadly-shared; and
          (6) further job creation is vital to ensure that the 
        economy continues to recover and that the benefits of 
        the recovery are more broadly shared.
  (b) Policy.--
          (1) In general.--It is the policy of this resolution 
        that Congress should make it a priority to enact 
        legislation to help create jobs in the United States, 
        remove incentives to out-source jobs overseas and 
        instead support incentives that bring jobs back to the 
        United States.
          (2) Jobs.--This resolution--
                  (A) supports funding for President Obama's 
                six-year, $478 billion surface transportation 
                reauthorization proposal;
                  (B) supports efforts for additional job 
                creation measures, including further 
                infrastructure improvements, such as a National 
                Infrastructure Bank that can be used for a wide 
                range of infrastructure investments, including 
                investments in expanding clean energy 
                production and energy efficiency, and support 
                for biomedical and other research that both 
                creates jobs and advances scientific knowledge 
                and health, or other spending or revenue 
                proposals;
                  (C) protects jobs in the United States by 
                eliminating unjustified corporate tax breaks 
                that encourage firms to ship jobs and capital 
                overseas and shelter their profits in foreign 
                tax havens, including provisions that permit 
                U.S. companies to ``invert'' and pretend to 
                move overseas purely to reduce taxes--revenues 
                raised by the elimination or reduction of such 
                tax breaks can then be invested in 
                infrastructure improvements and other job 
                creation efforts; and
                  (D) supports a ``Make it in America'' agenda 
                that seeks to expand on the recent recovery in 
                manufacturing jobs and help encourage a 
                resurgence of manufacturing in the United 
                States through job creation measures, including 
                the development of new domestic manufacturing 
                institutes to conduct research into innovative 
                products and materials, the establishment of a 
                new investment fund of up to $10 billion to 
                help American-made advanced manufacturing 
                technologies reach commercial scale production, 
                and passage of other legislation to support 
                manufacturing in the United States.

SEC. 502. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Supporting the President's six-year, $478 billion 
        surface transportation reauthorization investment will 
        sharpen America's global competitive edge in the 21st 
        century by allowing infrastructure expansion and 
        modernization.
          (2) Many of our roads, bridges, and transit systems 
        are in disrepair, and fail to move as many goods and 
        people as the economy demands. The American Society of 
        Engineers gives the United States infrastructure an 
        overall grade of D+.
          (3) Deep cuts to our transportation funding over the 
        next 10 years will hurt families and businesses at a 
        time when we have major infrastructure needs and 
        workers ready to do the job.
          (4) Increasing transportation investments improves 
        our quality of life by building new ladders of 
        opportunity--improving our competitive edge, 
        facilitating American exports, creating new jobs and 
        increasing access to existing ones, and fostering 
        economic growth, while also providing critical safety 
        improvements and reduced commute times.
          (5) The highway trust fund provides critical funding 
        for repairing, expanding, and modernizing roads, 
        bridges, and transit systems, and according to recent 
        CBO projections, it is expected to become insolvent 
        this summer. This could force a halt to construction 
        projects, which would put hundreds of thousands of jobs 
        at risk.
  (a) Policy.--It is the policy of the House to provide funding 
in support of the President's proposed six-year, $478 billion 
surface transportation reauthorization that prevents the 
imminent insolvency of the highway trust fund and increases 
investment in our highway and transit programs. Such an 
investment sharpens our competitive edge, increases access to 
jobs, reduces commute times, makes our highways and transit 
systems safer, facilitates American exports, creates jobs, and 
fosters economic growth.

SEC. 503. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON TAX REFORM THAT WORKS FOR HARDWORKING 
                    FAMILIES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Americans today are working harder than ever, but 
        their paychecks are flat.
          (2) American families lost economic ground during the 
        2000s and the Great Recession. U.S. Census data shows 
        that median household income fell 8.6 percent in real 
        terms between 2000 and 2013, and is still no higher 
        than it was in 1989.
          (3) Studies by the Organisation for Economic Co-
        operation and Development (OECD), the International 
        Monetary Fund (IMF), and Standard and Poor's, among 
        others, have concluded that increased income inequality 
        is a threat to economic growth.
          (4) American workers are getting a smaller share of 
        the growing economic pie. For the period 1948-1973, 
        labor productivity increased 97 percent, and real 
        hourly compensation for workers increased at a similar 
        rate: 91 percent. But from 1973-2013, productivity rose 
        by 146 percent and workers' compensation rose by only 
        18 percent.
          (5) Since the 1970s, economic gains have gone 
        overwhelmingly to the highest-income Americans, while 
        the middle class and most other hard working Americans 
        have been left behind. According to the Congressional 
        Budget Office, between 1979 and 2011, after-tax incomes 
        rose five times as fast for the top one percent of 
        households, whose annual incomes average more than $1 
        million, than they did for the middle 60 percent of 
        Americans.
          (6) The tax code treats income from wealth more 
        favorably than income from work by giving preferential 
        tax rates on unearned income, and contains numerous, 
        wasteful tax breaks for special interests.
          (7) The top one percent of households receives a 
        disproportionate share--17 percent--of the benefit of 
        major tax expenditures, according to the Congressional 
        Budget Office. These preferences have exacerbated 
        income and wealth inequality.
          (8) Past Republican tax plans have made reducing 
        taxes for the wealthiest Americans the top priority. 
        Republicans also would repeal Affordable Care Act tax 
        credits which help millions of families buy affordable 
        health insurance, abandon important expansions to the 
        Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, and cut 
        higher education benefits by allowing the American 
        Opportunity Tax Credit to expire. The result has been 
        legislation that increased deficits while giving a 
        disproportionate share of any tax cuts to the wealthy. 
        Such a tax increase would--
                  (A) make it even harder for working families 
                to make ends meet;
                  (B) cost the economy millions of jobs over 
                the coming years by reducing consumer spending, 
                which will greatly weaken economic growth; and
                  (C) further widen the income gap between the 
                wealthiest households and the middle class by 
                making the tax code more regressive.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of this resolution to reform 
the tax code to work for hard working Americans, to cut special 
interest tax breaks for the top one percent, and to close 
unproductive special interest corporate tax breaks and 
loopholes, without increasing the tax burden on middle-class 
taxpayers.

SEC. 504. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON BUILDING LADDERS OF OPPORTUNITY TO 
                    HELP HARDWORKING FAMILIES JOIN THE MIDDLE CLASS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Even as the economy grows, wage stagnation and 
        income inequality persist, requiring additional ladders 
        of opportunity to help hard-working families join the 
        middle class.
          (2) Young adults with a college degree are much more 
        likely to be employed than those with just a high 
        school diploma. In 2013, the unemployment rate for 
        young college graduates was 7 percent versus 17 percent 
        for those with only a high school degree, but the 
        difference was even bigger during the economic 
        downturn.
          (3) More than 8 million low-income students each year 
        rely on Federal Pell grants to help pay for college. 
        Pell grants are well-targeted; more than 73 percent of 
        Pell grant recipients have family incomes of less than 
        $30,000 per year. More than 10 million college students 
        also rely on the American Opportunity Tax Credit to 
        help defray the cost of college, but that tax credit 
        expires at the end of 2017.
          (4) As college costs have continued to rise, total 
        student loan debt has quadrupled over the past ten 
        years to more than $1.3 trillion. More than 80 percent 
        of that debt is from Federal student loans. In 2013, 
        more than two thirds of those graduating from college 
        had student loan debt, and the average debt had grown 
        to $28,400.
          (5) The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child 
        Tax Credit (CTC) encourage work and are some of our 
        most effective anti-poverty programs, and they have 
        generally enjoyed strong, bipartisan support from 
        Members of Congress and Presidents of each party.
          (6) Enhancements to the EITC and CTC enacted in 2009 
        lifted 1.6 million people out of poverty, including 
        nearly one million children. Many military families are 
        among the beneficiaries of these vital policies.
          (7) Wage inequality still exists in this country. 
        Women make only 78 cents for every dollar earned by 
        men, and the pay gap for African American women and 
        Latinas is even larger.
          (8) More than 40 million private sector workers in 
        this country - including more than 13 million working 
        women - are not able to take a paid sick day when they 
        are ill. Millions more lack paid sick time to care for 
        a sick child.
          (9) Nearly one-quarter of adults in the United States 
        report that they have lost a job or have been 
        threatened with job loss for taking time off due to 
        illness or to care for a sick child or relative, and 87 
        percent of the United States workforce does not have 
        paid family leave through their employer.
          (10) The real value of the Federal minimum wage today 
        is at historically low levels, and has not been 
        increased since 2009.
          (11) Increasing the minimum wage would give a raise 
        to millions of workers, lift many Americans out of 
        poverty, and put more money in the pockets of 
        individuals who are likely to spend additional income. 
        This would help expand the economy and create jobs.
          (12) A higher minimum wage will reduce Government 
        spending on Medicaid, public housing, nutrition 
        assistance and other income-support programs that 
        provide assistance to minimum wage workers. A higher 
        minimum wage will also benefit businesses by increasing 
        productivity, reducing absenteeism, and reducing 
        turnover.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of this resolution to 
accomplish the following:
          (1) That the House should broaden access to college, 
        including through new initiatives to make college more 
        affordable, increase college completion rates, and 
        lower student debt. This includes, but is not limited 
        to, helping millions of families afford the cost of 
        college by: permanently extending and improving the 
        American Opportunity Tax Credit; maintaining Pell 
        grants as the primary source of Federal grant aid; and 
        accommodating legislation to help borrowers lower and 
        manage their student loan debt through refinancing and 
        expanded repayment options.
          (2) That the House should preserve key work and 
        family supports by permanently extending enhanced 
        refundability of the Child Tax Credit, permanently 
        extending the increased Earned Income Tax Credit 
        benefits for married couples and families with 3 or 
        more children, and expanding the Earned Income Tax 
        Credit for childless workers and non-custodial parents.
          (3) That the House should make a positive difference 
        in the lives of women, enacting measures to address 
        economic equality and support work and family balance 
        through earned paid sick leave, and earned paid and 
        expanded family and medical leave. The resolution 
        provides funding to help States establish paid leave 
        programs.
          (4) That women receive equal pay for equal work.
          (5) That the House should pass an increase in the 
        minimum wage. A higher minimum wage will benefit both 
        workers and the economy as a whole.

SEC. 505. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, AND 
                    HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Wage inequality still exists in this country. 
        Women make only 78 cents for every dollar earned by 
        men, and the pay gap for African American women and 
        Latinas is even larger.
          (2) Nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers are 
        women, and the minimum wage has not kept up with 
        inflation over the last 45 years.
          (3) More than 40 million private sector workers in 
        this country--including more than 13 million working 
        women--are not able to take a paid sick day when they 
        are ill. Millions more lack paid sick time to care for 
        a sick child.
          (4) Nearly one-quarter of adults in the U.S. report 
        that they have lost a job or have been threatened with 
        job loss for taking time off due to illness or to care 
        for a sick child or relative.
          (5) Fully 87 percent of the U.S. workforce does not 
        have paid family leave through their employers, and 
        more than 60 percent of the workforce does not have 
        paid personal medical leave through an employer-
        provided temporary disability program, which some new 
        mothers use.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that Congress 
should make a positive difference in the lives of women, 
enacting measures to address economic equality and women's 
health and safety. Those measures include the following:
          (1) To address economic fairness, Congress should 
        enact the Paycheck Fairness Act, increase the minimum 
        wage, support women entrepreneurs and small businesses, 
        and support work and family balance through earned paid 
        sick leave, and earned paid and expanded Family and 
        Medical leave.
          (2) To address health and safety concerns, Congress 
        should increase funding for the prevention and 
        treatment of women's health issues such as breast 
        cancer and heart disease, support access to family 
        planning, and enact measures to prevent and protect 
        women from domestic violence.

SEC. 506. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Over the years, the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs (VA) has faced funding shortfalls and was 
        unprepared to meet the demands of a new generation of 
        returning veterans.
          (2) Access to quality health care and veterans' 
        benefits has been an ongoing challenge for the VA, 
        highlighted most recently in the ongoing claims backlog 
        and veterans waiting months for health care 
        appointments.
          (3) Providing health care where veterans live and 
        ensuring a sufficient number of health care 
        professionals, especially in the area of mental health 
        treatment, have also been challenges.
          (4) The Government shutdown in the fall of 2013 led 
        to furloughs at the VA that slowed the processing of 
        benefit claims.
          (5) The President's budget includes an 8 percent 
        increase over current year funding, which provides the 
        resources to improve the timely delivery and the 
        quality of health care services, and to address other 
        urgent issues, such as ending veterans' homelessness.
          (6) The VA currently has advance appropriations for 
        85 percent of its discretionary budget. The residual 15 
        percent, which includes funding for the day-to-day 
        operations at the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
        remains vulnerable to a Government shutdown.
          (7) Congress provided the authority to expand advance 
        appropriations for VA's three largest mandatory 
        programs in the FY 2015 Omnibus; Consolidated and 
        Further Continuing Appropriations Act (Public Law 113-
        235).
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that--
          (1) the President's requested level for veterans' 
        discretionary programs be fully supported so that the 
        VA has the resources it needs to ensure veterans get 
        the benefits they earned in a timely fashion;
          (2) advance appropriations be expanded to cover all 
        of VA's discretionary budget to prevent delays in 
        veterans' benefits and services during a Government 
        shutdown;
          (3) the VA submit along with its annual budget a 
        ``Future-Years Veterans Program'' that projects its 
        needs over five years to help facilitate the 
        appropriations and oversight processes; and
          (4) sufficient resources are provided for the VA's 
        Office of the Inspector General to guarantee veterans 
        are properly served and that resources are spent 
        efficiently.

SEC. 507. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Federal workforce provides vital services to 
        our nation on a daily basis. It includes those who 
        patrol and secure our borders, take care of our 
        veterans, help run our airports, counter cyber-attacks, 
        find cures to deadly diseases, and keep our food supply 
        safe.
          (2) Last year alone, Federal employees addressed a 
        wide range of national priorities, from responding to 
        the Ebola outbreak to helping reduce veterans' 
        homelessness to helping millions obtain affordable 
        health care.
          (3) Veterans make up 30 percent of the Federal 
        workforce.
          (4) Many Federal workers are paid at a rate that is 
        far below their private sector counterparts.
          (5) The Federal workforce is older than in past 
        decades and older than the private sector workforce. It 
        is estimated that twenty-five percent of the Federal 
        workforce intends to retire over the next five years.
          (6) Over the last five years, the Federal workforce 
        has contributed more than $150 billion toward reducing 
        the country's deficits in the form of pay freezes, pay 
        raises insufficient to keep pace with inflation, and 
        increased retirement contributions.
          (7) The Federal workforce endured furloughs from 
        sequestration and the 16-day Government shutdown.
          (8) Since 1975, the security and non-security parts 
        of the Federal workforce have declined 33 and 38 
        percent, respectively, relative to the population.
          (9) Nearly all of the increase in the Federal 
        civilian workforce from 2001 and 2014 is due to 
        increases at security-related agencies, including the 
        Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of 
        Justice.
          (10) Proposals to reduce the size of the workforce at 
        non-security agencies by 10 percent have excluded an 
        assessment of their impact on Government services.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that Federal 
employees should not be targeted to achieve further reductions 
in the deficit as they have already contributed more than their 
fair share, that Federal workers should be compensated with pay 
and benefits at a level that enables the Government to attract 
high quality people--which is especially important during this 
period when more workers will be retiring--and that no proposal 
to reduce the size of the workforce should be considered 
without an assessment of its impact on Government services.

SEC. 508. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO ERADICATE 
                    POVERTY AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Access to opportunity should be the right of 
        every American.
          (2) Poverty has declined by more than one-third since 
        1967. Federal programs and tax policies that strengthen 
        economic security and increase opportunity have played 
        an important role in this decline. Continued Federal 
        support is essential to build on these gains.
          (3) Social Security has played a major role in 
        reducing poverty. Without it, the poverty rate in 2013 
        would have been 8.6 percentage points higher. Its 
        positive impact on older Americans is even starker, 
        lowering the poverty rate among this group by nearly 40 
        percentage points.
          (4) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
        alone lifts nearly 5 million people out of poverty, 
        including over 2 million children. School breakfast and 
        lunch programs help keep children ready to learn, 
        allowing them to reach their full potential.
          (5) Medicaid improves health, access to health care, 
        and financial security. Medicaid coverage lowers 
        infant, child, and adult mortality rates. Medicaid 
        coverage virtually eliminates catastrophic out-of-
        pocket medical expenditures, providing much needed 
        financial security and peace of mind.
          (6) The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax 
        Credit (CTC) together lift over 9 million people, 
        including 5 million children, out of poverty. President 
        Ronald Reagan proposed the major EITC expansion in the 
        1986 Tax Reform Act, which he referred to as ``the best 
        antipoverty, the best pro-family, the best job creation 
        measure to come out of Congress''. Studies indicate 
        that children in families that receive the type of 
        income supports EITC and CTC offer do better at school 
        and have higher incomes as adults.
          (7) Antipoverty programs have increasingly been 
        focused on encouraging and rewarding work for those who 
        are able. The programs can empower their beneficiaries 
        to rise to the middle class through job training, 
        educational assistance, adequate nutrition, housing and 
        health care.
          (8) Despite our progress, there is still work to be 
        done. Nearly 50 million Americans still live below the 
        poverty line. Parental income still has a major impact 
        on children's income after they become adults.
          (9) There remain significant disparities across 
        racial and ethnic lines. At the end of 2013, the 
        unemployment rate for whites was 6.0 percent but was 
        8.4 percent for Hispanics and 11.8 percent for African 
        Americans. The poverty rate among African Americans and 
        Hispanics is nearly double that for whites. Disparities 
        in wealth are even starker, with white households 
        having nearly 13 times the median wealth of African 
        American households and 11 times the median wealth of 
        Hispanic households.
          (10) The minimum wage has not changed since 2007 and 
        is worth less today than it was in real terms at the 
        beginning of 1950. Raising the minimum could lift 
        millions out of poverty.
          (11) Some areas of the country have been left behind. 
        They face persistent high levels of poverty and 
        joblessness. Residents of these areas often lack access 
        to quality schools, affordable health care, and 
        adequate job opportunities.
  (b) Policy.--It is the sense of the House to support a goal 
of developing a national strategy to eliminate poverty, with 
the initial goal of cutting poverty in half in ten years, and 
to extend equitable access to economic opportunity to all 
Americans. The strategy must include a multi-pronged approach 
that would:
          (1) Ensure a livable wage for workers, including 
        raising the minimum wage so that a full time worker 
        earns enough to be above the poverty line.
          (2) Provide education and job training to make sure 
        workers have the skills to succeed.
          (3) Provide supports for struggling families in 
        difficult economic times and while developing skills.
          (4) Remove barriers and obstacles that prevent 
        individuals from taking advantage of economic and 
        educational opportunities.
          (5) Provide supports for the most vulnerable who are 
        not able to work: seniors, the severely disabled, and 
        children.
As the strategy is developed and implemented, Congress must 
work to protect low-income and middle-class Americans from the 
negative impacts of budget cuts on the critical domestic 
programs that help millions of struggling American families. 
The strategy should maximize the impact of antipoverty programs 
across Federal, state, and local governments. Improving the 
effective coordination and oversight across agencies and 
implementing a true unity of programs under a ``whole of 
government'' approach to shared goals and client-based outcomes 
will help to streamline access, improve service delivery, and 
strengthen and extend the reach of every Federal dollar to 
fight poverty. The plan should consider additional targeting of 
spending toward persistent poverty areas to revitalize these 
areas of pervasive historical poverty, unemployment, and 
general distress. For example, the idea of targeting ten 
percent of certain Federal funding to areas where twenty 
percent or more of the population has been living below the 
poverty line for at least thirty years should be explored.

SEC. 509. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON REJECTING THE SEQUESTER.

  (b) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Reductions to discretionary programs necessitated 
        by the Budget Control Act of 2011 caps will harm 
        national security and important domestic investments.
          (2) The caps took effect when Congress could not 
        reach agreement on the deficit reduction goal 
        established in that Act. They were never intended to be 
        implemented. Rather they were designed to be a sword of 
        Damocles, so austere and infeasible that they would 
        motivate compromise on spending reductions and revenue 
        increases.
          (3) An important feature of the Act was its equal 
        treatment for the defense and non-defense portions of 
        the budget, which was to serve as an incentive to reach 
        agreement for Members with varying priorities.
          (4) The Act provided special procedures for certain 
        program integrity efforts to encourage full funding. 
        These efforts pay for themselves by making sure 
        benefits go only to those who are eligible and taxes 
        are paid as required by law. These procedures should be 
        expanded where there is well documented evidence of 
        effective efforts.
          (4) Providing relief from unrealistically low 
        spending caps by circumventing existing law is neither 
        responsible nor transparent. Emergency and overseas 
        contingency operations adjustments, which are not 
        controlled by the caps, should not be used to fund base 
        spending.
          (5) The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 took an 
        important first step in correcting the overly 
        restrictive caps, providing relief in 2014 and 2015 in 
        a fiscally responsible way. This budget continues that 
        effort.
  (a) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that--
          (1) the Budget Control Act should be amended to 
        increase its overly austere spending limits to the 
        levels included in this resolution;
          (2) increases in both defense and non-defense will 
        make room for a range of domestic and security 
        investments that will accelerate growth and expand 
        opportunity; and
          (3) additional special procedures should be 
        established to improve tax code enforcement and to 
        reduce improper payments in the unemployment insurance 
        program as permitted in this resolution.

SEC. 510. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) More than 59 million Americans currently receive 
        earned Social Security benefits and, for most, Social 
        Security's modest benefits provide the majority of 
        their income.
          (2) Social Security benefits are becoming more 
        critical to providing retirement income as fewer and 
        fewer workers have access to traditional defined 
        benefit retirement plans and many workers are unable to 
        save adequate resources in retirement savings accounts.
          (3) More than half of disabled workers receiving 
        Social Security insurance payments would have fallen 
        into poverty if they had not earned Social Security to 
        protect them when they became severely disabled or 
        terminally ill.
          (4) The Social Security trust funds have a combined 
        balance of $2.8 trillion, built by contributions from 
        American workers, enough to pay 100 percent of earned 
        benefits until 2033.
          (5) Social Security's Disability Insurance (DI) and 
        Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) systems are 
        intertwined both in their benefit structure and in 
        their revenues--DI recipients who reach retirement age 
        receive OASI benefits and beneficiaries in each 
        category have helped finance the other category even if 
        they will never receive those benefits.
          (6) In the short-term, the projected shortfall in the 
        DI trust fund should be addressed through changes that 
        permit Social Security to use its existing overall 
        resources to fund DI benefits.
  (a) Policy.--This resolution assumes action by the House of 
Representatives to enact legislation that uses Social 
Security's existing reserves to prevent cuts in Social 
Security's earned benefits, and makes no changes to Social 
Security that involve reductions in earned Social Security 
benefits.

SEC. 511. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON PROTECTING THE MEDICARE GUARANTEE FOR 
                    SENIORS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
          (1) senior citizens and persons with disabilities 
        highly value the Medicare program and rely on Medicare 
        to guarantee their health and financial security;
          (2) in 2015, 55,300,000 people will rely on Medicare 
        for coverage of hospital stays, physician visits, 
        prescription drugs, and other necessary medical goods 
        and services;
          (3) the Medicare program has lower administrative 
        costs than private insurance, and Medicare program 
        costs per enrollee have grown at a slower rate than 
        private insurance for a given level of benefits;
          (4) people with Medicare already have the ability to 
        choose a private insurance plan within Medicare through 
        the Medicare Advantage option, yet more than 70 percent 
        of Medicare beneficiaries chose the traditional fee-
        for-service program instead of a private plan in 2014;
          (5) rising health care costs are not unique to 
        Medicare or other Federal health programs, they are 
        endemic to the entire health care system;
          (6) converting Medicare into a voucher for the 
        purchase of health insurance will merely force seniors 
        and individuals with disabilities to pay much higher 
        premiums if they want to use their voucher to purchase 
        traditional Medicare coverage;
          (7) a voucher system in which the voucher payment 
        fails to keep pace with growth in health costs would 
        expose seniors and persons with disabilities on fixed 
        incomes to unacceptable financial risks;
          (8) shifting more health care costs onto Medicare 
        beneficiaries would not reduce overall health care 
        costs, instead it would mean beneficiaries would face 
        higher premiums, eroding coverage, or both; and
          (9) versions of voucher policies that do not 
        immediately end the traditional Medicare program will 
        merely set it up for a death spiral as private plans 
        siphon off healthier and less expensive beneficiaries, 
        leaving the sickest beneficiaries in a program that 
        will wither away.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that the Medicare 
guarantee for seniors and persons with disabilities should be 
preserved and strengthened, and that any legislation to end the 
Medicare guarantee, financially penalize people for choosing 
traditional Medicare, or shift rising health care costs onto 
seniors by replacing Medicare with vouchers or premium support 
for the purchase of health insurance, should be rejected.

SEC. 512. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR 
                    WORKING FAMILIES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
          (1) making health care coverage affordable and 
        accessible for all American families will improve 
        families' health and economic security, which will make 
        the economy stronger;
          (2) 16,400,000 uninsured individuals have gained 
        health coverage so far as a result of the Affordable 
        Care Act, and the uninsured rate for working-age adults 
        has dropped from 20.3 percent to 13.2 percent since 
        October 2013, when the ACA marketplaces opened for 
        business;
          (3) the Affordable Care Act will expand affordable 
        coverage for up to 25,000,000 people by the end of the 
        decade who would otherwise be uninsured;
          (4) the Affordable Care Act ensures the right to 
        equal treatment for people who have preexisting health 
        conditions and for women;
          (5) the Affordable Care Act ensures that health 
        insurance coverage will always include basic necessary 
        services such as prescription drugs, mental health 
        care, and maternity care and that insurance companies 
        cannot impose lifetime or annual limits on these 
        benefits;
          (6) the Affordable Care Act increases transparency in 
        health care, helping to reduce health care cost growth 
        by requiring transparency around hospital charges, 
        insurer cost-sharing, and kick-back payments from 
        pharmaceutical companies to physicians;
          (7) the Affordable Care Act reforms Federal health 
        entitlements by using nearly every health cost-
        containment provision experts recommend, including new 
        incentives to reward quality and coordination of care 
        rather than simply quantity of services provided, new 
        tools to crack down on fraud, and the elimination of 
        excessive taxpayer subsidies to private insurance 
        plans, and since 2011, national health expenditures 
        have grown at the slowest rate on record;
          (8) health care spending per capita in the United 
        States grew in 2011, 2012, and 2013 at the lowest rates 
        on record, and the Congressional Budget Office now 
        projects that the Affordable Care Act's coverage 
        provisions will cost a full 33 percent less in 2019 
        than the agency originally estimated when the Act 
        became law in 2010; and
          (7) the Affordable Care Act will reduce the Federal 
        deficit by more than $1,000,000,000,000 over the next 
        20 years.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that the law of 
the land should support making affordable health care coverage 
available to every American family, and therefore the 
Affordable Care Act should not be repealed.

SEC. 513. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICAID.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
          (1) Medicaid is a central component of the Nation's 
        health care safety net, and will provide health 
        coverage to 69,000,000 Americans in 2015, including 1 
        in 3 children;
          (2) Medicaid improves health outcomes, access to 
        health services, and financial security;
          (3) seniors, people with disabilities, and children 
        account for about three-fourths of Medicaid program 
        spending and would be at risk of losing access to 
        health care under any policy to sever the link between 
        Medicaid funding and the actual costs of providing 
        services to the currently eligible Medicaid population;
          (4) Medicaid is the primary payer for long-term care 
        in the United States, providing financial assistance to 
        seniors and people with disabilities facing significant 
        out-of-pocket costs for in-home and nursing home 
        services; and
          (5) an estimated 7 in 10 Americans aged 65 or older 
        will need long-term services and supports at some point 
        in their lives.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that the important 
health care safety net for children, senior citizens, people 
with disabilities, and vulnerable Americans provided by 
Medicaid should be preserved and should not be dismantled by 
converting Medicaid into a block grant, per capita cap, or 
other financing arrangement that would limit Federal 
contributions and render the program incapable of responding to 
increased need that may result from trends in demographics or 
health care costs or from economic conditions.

SEC. 514. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON INVESTMENTS THAT HELP CHILDREN 
                    SUCCEED.

  (b) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Investments in early childhood benefit the 
        economy as a whole, generating at least $7 in return 
        for every $1 invested by lowering the need for spending 
        on other services--such as remedial education, grade 
        repetition, and special education--and increasing 
        productivity and earnings for those children as adults.
          (2) High-quality, affordable child care helps two 
        generations to succeed, increasing employment and 
        earnings for parents while promoting a healthy growing 
        and learning environment for children.
          (3) Unfortunately, only one out of every six eligible 
        children is able to access care through the child care 
        and development block grant, and only three out of 
        every ten 4-year-olds are enrolled in high-quality 
        early childhood education programs in the United 
        States.
          (4) In particular, children from low-income families 
        are less likely to have access to high-quality, 
        affordable preschool programs that will prepare them 
        for kindergarten. By third grade, children from low-
        income families who are not reading at grade level are 
        six times less likely to graduate from high school than 
        students who are proficient.
          (5) Voluntary home visits to families with young 
        children in at-risk communities have been shown to 
        improve maternal and child health, promote child 
        development and school readiness, and help prevent 
        child abuse and neglect. Home visiting programs have 
        created savings, reducing Medicaid costs by lowering 
        the number of preterm births and use of hospital 
        emergency rooms, reducing the need for public benefits 
        and child protective services, and increasing tax 
        revenues through higher parental earnings.
          (6) The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is 
        an important source of health care coverage for more 
        than 8 million children in families who earn too much 
        to qualify for Medicaid but who struggle to meet 
        everyday expenses. Due in large part to CHIP, the rate 
        of uninsured children in the U.S. fell from 13.9 
        percent to 7.1 percent between 1997 and 2012.
  (a) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that this 
resolution supports funding for, and assumes enactment of, the 
following:
          (1) A 10-year child care initiative that would ensure 
        that all low- and moderate-income working families with 
        children aged three and below would have access to 
        affordable, quality child care.
          (2) A 10-year investment to provide access to high-
        quality early education for all 4-year-olds. Early 
        education programs must meet quality benchmarks that 
        are linked to better outcomes for children, including a 
        rigorous curriculum tied to State-level standards, 
        qualified teachers, small class sizes, and effective 
        evaluation and review of programs.
          (3) Extension of the Children's Health Insurance 
        Program (CHIP) and extension and expansion of the 
        existing highly effective voluntary home-visiting 
        program for at-risk children.

SEC. 515. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Fixing the country's broken immigration system 
        will mean a stronger economy and lower budget deficits.
          (2) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates 
        that enacting the Border Security, Economic 
        Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, as 
        introduced by House Democrats in the 113th Congress, 
        will reduce the deficit by $900 billion over the next 
        two decades, boost the economy by 5.4 percent, and 
        increase productivity by 1.0 percent.
          (3) The Social Security Actuary estimates that 
        immigration reform will reduce the Social Security 
        shortfall by 8 percent and will extend the life of the 
        Social Security Trust Fund by two years.
          (4) The passage of the Border Security, Economic 
        Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act 
        recognizes that the primary tenets of its success 
        depend on securing the sovereignty of the United States 
        of America and establishing a coherent and just system 
        for integrating those who seek to join American 
        society.
          (5) We have a right, and duty, to maintain and secure 
        our borders, and to keep our country safe and 
        prosperous. As a Nation founded, built and sustained by 
        immigrants we also have a responsibility to harness the 
        power of that tradition in a balanced way that secures 
        a more prosperous future for America.
          (6) We have always welcomed newcomers to the United 
        States and will continue to do so. But in order to 
        qualify for the honor and privilege of eventual 
        citizenship, our laws must be followed. The world 
        depends on America to be strong--economically, 
        militarily and ethically. The establishment of a 
        stable, just, and efficient immigration system only 
        supports those goals. As a Nation, we have the right 
        and responsibility to make our borders safe, to 
        establish clear and just rules for seeking citizenship, 
        to control the flow of legal immigration, and to 
        eliminate illegal immigration, which in some cases has 
        become a threat to our national security.
          (7) All parts of the Border Security, Economic 
        Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act are 
        premised on the right and need of the United States to 
        achieve these goals, and to protect its borders and 
        maintain its sovereignty.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that the full 
House vote on comprehensive immigration reform--such as the 
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration 
Modernization Act--to boost our economy, lower deficits, 
establish clear and just rules for citizenship, and secure our 
borders.

SEC. 516. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON NATIONAL SECURITY.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
          (1) we must continue to support a strong military 
        that is second to none and the size and the structure 
        of our military have to be driven by a strategy;
          (2) those who serve in uniform are our most important 
        security resource and the Administration and Congress 
        shall continue to provide the support they need to 
        successfully carry out the missions the country gives 
        them;
          (3) in testimony before the House Armed Service 
        Committee on March 18, 2015, Secretary of Defense 
        Ashton Carter stated that the Defense Department needs 
        funding it requests for regular, ``base budget'' 
        activities appropriated in the base budget because it 
        provides stability in planning for the future;
          (4) in testimony before the House Armed Service 
        Committee on March 18, 2015, Under Secretary of Defense 
        Michael McCord said the Pentagon does not need $36 
        billion or $38 billion extra in the Overseas 
        Contingency Operations (OCO) budget;
          (5) OCO designation has been used as a backdoor 
        loophole to fund regular base budget activities. This 
        gimmick avoids confronting the problem of sequestration 
        and does not address the country's priorities in a 
        comprehensive and transparent manner. In addition to 
        undermining the integrity of the budget process, it 
        perpetuates funding uncertainty for all Government 
        agencies, including the Department of Defense;
          (6) a growing economy is the foundation of our 
        security and enables the country to provide the 
        resources for a strong military, sound homeland 
        security agencies, and effective diplomacy and 
        international development;
          (7) the Nation's projected long-term debt could have 
        serious consequences for our economy and security, and 
        that more efficient military spending has to be part of 
        an overall plan that effectively deals with this 
        problem;
          (8) reining in wasteful spending at the Nation's 
        security agencies, including the Department of 
        Defense--the last department still unable to pass an 
        audit--such as the elimination of duplicative programs 
        that have been identified by the Government 
        Accountability Office needs to continue as a priority;
          (9) according to GAO, 42 percent of the Department of 
        Defense's major weapons system acquisition programs had 
        unit cost growth of 25 percent or more and effective 
        implementation of weapons acquisition reforms at the 
        Department of Defense can help control excessive cost 
        growth in the development of new weapons systems and 
        help ensure that weapons systems are delivered on time 
        and in adequate quantities to equip our servicemen and 
        servicewomen;
          (10) the Department of Defense should continue to 
        review defense plans and requirements to ensure that 
        weapons developed to counter Cold War-era threats are 
        not redundant and are applicable to 21st century 
        threats, which should include, with the participation 
        of the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
        examination of requirements for the nuclear weapons 
        stockpile, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and 
        nuclear weapons and infrastructure modernization;
          (11) weapons technologies should be proven to work 
        through adequate testing before advancing them to the 
        production phase of the acquisition process;
          (12) the Pentagon's operation and maintenance budget 
        has grown for decades between 2.5 percent and 3.0 
        percent above inflation each year on a per service 
        member basis, and it is imperative that unsustainable 
        cost growth be controlled in this area;
          (13) nearly all of the increase in the Federal 
        civilian workforce from 2001 to 2014 is due to 
        increases at security-related agencies--Department of 
        Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of 
        Veterans Affairs, and Department of Justice--and the 
        increase, in part, represents a transition to ensure 
        civil servants, as opposed to private contractors, are 
        performing inherently governmental work and an increase 
        to a long-depleted acquisition and auditing workforce 
        at the Pentagon to ensure effective management of 
        weapons systems programs, to eliminate the use of 
        contractors to oversee other contractors, and to 
        prevent waste, fraud, and abuse;
          (14) proposals to implement an indiscriminate 10 
        percent across-the-board cut to the Federal civilian 
        workforce would adversely affect security agencies, 
        leaving them unable to manage their total workforce, 
        which includes contractors, and their operations in a 
        cost-effective manner; and
          (15) cooperative threat reduction and other 
        nonproliferation programs (securing ``loose nukes'' and 
        other materials used in weapons of mass destruction), 
        which were highlighted as high priorities by the 9/11 
        Commission, need to be funded at a level that is 
        commensurate with the evolving threat.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that--
          (1) the sequester required by the Budget Control Act 
        of 2011 for fiscal years 2016 through 2021 should be 
        rescinded and replaced by a deficit reduction plan that 
        is balanced, that makes smart spending cuts, that 
        requires everyone to pay their fair share, and that 
        takes into account a comprehensive national security 
        strategy that includes careful consideration of 
        international, defense, homeland security, and law 
        enforcement programs; and
          (2) efficiencies can be achieved in the national 
        defense budget without compromising our security 
        through greater emphasis on eliminating duplicative and 
        wasteful programs, reforming the acquisition process, 
        identifying and constraining unsustainable operating 
        costs, and through careful analysis of our national 
        security needs.

SEC. 517. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The United States Government Accountability 
        Office described climate change as, ``a complex, 
        crosscutting issue that poses risks to many 
        environmental and economic systems--including 
        agriculture, infrastructure, ecosystems, and human 
        health--and presents a significant financial risk to 
        the Federal Government''.
          (2) The Department of Defense's Climate Change 
        Adaptation Roadmap warns, ``Climate change will affect 
        the Department of Defense's ability to defend the 
        Nation and poses immediate risks to U.S. national 
        security''.
          (3) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration's National Climatic Data Center reported 
        14 of the 15 warmest years on record occurred in the 
        first 15 years of this century. Furthermore, 2014 was 
        the warmest year on record across global land and ocean 
        surfaces.
          (4) The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on 
        Climate Change concluded the effects of climate change 
        are occurring worldwide, ``The impacts of climate 
        change have already been felt in recent decades on all 
        continents and across the oceans''.
          (5) The United States National Research Council's 
        National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory 
        Committee found climate change affects, ``human health, 
        water supply, agriculture, transportation, energy, 
        coastal areas, and many other sectors of society, with 
        increasingly adverse impacts on the American economy 
        and quality of life''.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that climate 
change presents a significant financial risk to the Federal 
Government. Climate change science provides critical 
information for protecting human health, defending the United 
States, and preserving economic and environmental systems 
throughout the world.

SEC. 518. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON FINANCIAL CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
          (1) the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the 
        Bureau) created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
        and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 is an important 
        component of the country's response to the financial 
        crisis and recession;
          (2) the Bureau is playing a critical role in 
        protecting student loan borrowers, older Americans, 
        service members, and other consumers, especially in 
        minority and low-income communities. It has implemented 
        new rules for mortgage markets and prepaid cards, and 
        also successfully recovered $5.3 billion on behalf of 
        more than 15 million consumers and service members;
          (3) the Bureau's funding from the Federal Reserve's 
        operations help give it important independence from 
        efforts to interfere with its vital mission and 
        activities, independence on par with every other 
        banking regulator; and
          (4) the Bureau has already faced and overcome efforts 
        to obstruct its operations.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House Congress will 
continue to support the vital work of the Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau and retain its current financing structure to 
fund its resource needs.

SEC. 519. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON THE USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.

  It is the policy of this resolution that the House should 
lead by example and identify any savings that can be achieved 
through greater productivity and efficiency gains in the 
operation and maintenance of House services and resources like 
printing, conferences, utilities, telecommunications, 
furniture, grounds maintenance, postage, and rent. This should 
include a review of policies and procedures for acquisition of 
goods and services to eliminate any unnecessary spending. The 
Committee on House Administration shall review the policies 
pertaining to the services provided to Members of Congress and 
House Committees, and shall identify ways to reduce any 
subsidies paid for the operation of the House gym, Barbershop, 
Salon, and the House dining room. Further, it is the policy of 
this resolution that no taxpayer funds may be used to purchase 
first class airfare or to lease corporate jets for Members of 
Congress.

SEC. 520. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE REDUCTION 
                    OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Government Accountability Office (``GAO'') is 
        required by law to identify examples of waste, 
        duplication, and overlap in Federal programs, and has 
        so identified dozens of such examples.
          (2) The Comptroller General has stated that 
        addressing the identified waste, duplication, and 
        overlap in Federal programs ``could lead to tens of 
        billions of dollars of additional savings, with 
        significant opportunities for improved efficiencies, 
        cost savings, or revenue enhancements''.
          (3) The Federal Government spends about $80 billion 
        each year for information technology. GAO has 
        identified opportunities for savings and improved 
        efficiencies in the Government's information technology 
        infrastructure.
          (4) Federal agencies reported an estimated $125 
        billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2014.
          (5) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, each standing committee must 
        hold at least one hearing during each 120 day period 
        following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or 
        mismanagement in Government programs.
          (6) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 
        fiscal year 2016, 35 laws will expire. Timely 
        reauthorizations of these laws would ensure assessments 
        of program justification and effectiveness.
          (7) The findings resulting from congressional 
        oversight of Federal Government programs may result in 
        programmatic changes in both authorizing statutes and 
        program funding levels.
  (b) Policy.--Each authorizing committee annually shall 
include in its Views and Estimates letter required under 
section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of programs 
within the jurisdiction of such committee whose funding should 
be changed.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Price of Georgia or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.

  (a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that 
this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal 
year 2016 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
  (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.

                 TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 202. Reconciliation procedures.
Sec. 203. Additional guidance for reconciliation.

  TITLE III--SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE

Sec. 301. Submissions of findings for the elimination of waste, fraud, 
          and abuse.

                      TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 401. Cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate 
          macroeconomic effects.
Sec. 402. Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency.
Sec. 403. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.
Sec. 404. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury 
          to the Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 405. Limitation on advance appropriations.
Sec. 406. Fair value credit estimates.
Sec. 407. Limitation on long-term spending.
Sec. 408. Allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on 
          terrorism.
Sec. 409. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources.
Sec. 410. Concepts, aggregates, allocations and application.
Sec. 411. Rulemaking powers.

                         TITLE V--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the President's health care 
          law.
Sec. 502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting real health care 
          reform.
Sec. 503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare 
          provisions of the President's health care law.
Sec. 504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children's Health 
          Insurance Program.
Sec. 505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education.
Sec. 506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements.
Sec. 507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code.
Sec. 508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.
Sec. 509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase 
          opportunity and upward mobility.
Sec. 510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation.
Sec. 511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform.
Sec. 512. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for defense sequester 
          replacement.
Sec. 513. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for overseas contingency 
          operations/global war on terrorism.

                 TITLE VI--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 601. Direct spending.

                 TITLE VII--RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM LEVELS

Sec. 701. Long-term budgeting.

                      TITLE VIII--POLICY STATEMENTS

Sec. 801. Policy statement on balanced budget amendment.
Sec. 802. Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform.
Sec. 803. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation.
Sec. 804. Policy statement on tax reform.
Sec. 805. Policy statement on trade.
Sec. 806. Policy statement on Social Security.
Sec. 807. Policy statement on repealing the President's health care law 
          and promoting real health care reform.
Sec. 808. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 809. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery 
          and innovation.
Sec. 810. Policy statement on Federal regulatory reform.
Sec. 811. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development 
          opportunity.
Sec. 812. Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 813. Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies.
Sec. 814. Policy statement on scorekeeping for outyear budgetary effects 
          in appropriation Acts.
Sec. 815. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and 
          unauthorized spending.
Sec. 816. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation 
          of unobligated balances.
Sec. 817. Policy statement on agency fees and spending.
Sec. 818. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer 
          dollars.
Sec. 819. Policy statement on ``No Budget, No Pay''.
Sec. 820. Policy statement on national security funding.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,666,755,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,763,328,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,858,131,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $2,974,147,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,099,410,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,241,963,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,388,688,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,550,388,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $3,722,144,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $3,905,648,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $0.
  Fiscal year 2017: $0.
  Fiscal year 2018: $0.
  Fiscal year 2019: $0.
  Fiscal year 2020: $0.
  Fiscal year 2021: $0.
  Fiscal year 2022: $0.
  Fiscal year 2023: $0.
  Fiscal year 2024: $0.
  Fiscal year 2025: $0.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
        budgetary levels of total new budget authority are as 
        follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,934,975,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,873,969,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,944,013,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,091,040,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,248,109,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,327,968,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,462,962,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,529,073,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $3,586,467,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $3,715,272,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels of 
        total budget outlays are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $3,009,033,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,893,883,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,927,040,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,062,131,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,205,489,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,298,907,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,452,463,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,497,911,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $3,538,398,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $3,685,320,000,000.
          (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts 
        of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: -$342,278,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: -$130,555,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: -$68,909,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: -$87,984,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: -$106,079,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: -$56,944,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: -$63,775,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $52,477,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $183,746,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $220,418,000,000.
          (5) Debt subject to limit.--The budgetary levels of 
        the public debt are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $19,047,763,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $19,393,542,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $19,641,396,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $19,947,774,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $20,261,172,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $20,505,542,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $20,906,471,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $21,075,678,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $20,916,009,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $20,904,522,000,000.
          (6) Debt held by the public.--The budgetary levels of 
        debt held by the public are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $13,838,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $14,040,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $14,145,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $14,338,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $14,560,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $14,742,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $15,128,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $15,300,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $15,162,000,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $15,235,000,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the budgetary 
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
2016 through 2025 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $531,334,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $564,027,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $582,506,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $572,025,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $607,744,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $586,422,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $620,019,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $604,238,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $632,310,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $617,553,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $644,627,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $630,610,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $657,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $648,269,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $670,997,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $656,389,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $683,771,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $663,936,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $698,836,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $683,350,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $38,342,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,923,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,623,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,821,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,539,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,736,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $41,437,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,214,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,390,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,564,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,861,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,108,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,081,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,868,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,070,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,633,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,098,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,470,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $47,148,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,349,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $28,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,003,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $28,932,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $28,924,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $29,579,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,357,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,227,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,798,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,904,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,388,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,584,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,957,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,293,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,637,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,003,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,338,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,742,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,059,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,488,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,795,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $3,581,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $654,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,410,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $649,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,189,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $234,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,196,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $307,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,259,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $472,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,309,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $728,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,335,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $863,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,375,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,332,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,037,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $964,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,215,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $35,350,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,113,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,047,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,268,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,385,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $37,674,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $37,206,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $37,747,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $38,171,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,304,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $38,367,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,685,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,221,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,361,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,108,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,319,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,962,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,486,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,095,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,471,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $20,109,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,164,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,064,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,194,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,987,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,396,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,907,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,275,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,835,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,386,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,296,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,849,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,245,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,830,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,821,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,391,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,020,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,553,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,256,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,851,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $3,269,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$16,617,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $12,373,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$26,620,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $10,252,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$24,998,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $8,801,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$28,587,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $6,903,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$27,479,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $6,522,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$21,769,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $5,742,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$22,819,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $4,965,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,306,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,991,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,635,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,370,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,845,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $36,743,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $79,181,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $69,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $69,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $70,298,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $73,623,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $76,397,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $76,051,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $77,763,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $76,767,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $79,149,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $78,369,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $80,613,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $79,946,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $82,128,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $81,336,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $83,709,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $82,724,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $85,335,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $83,983,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $7,082,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,928,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,688,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,753,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,089,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,383,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,789,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,409,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,567,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,305,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,095,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,304,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,937,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,359,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,345,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,447,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,890,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,579,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,930,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $80,620,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,389,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $84,746,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,513,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $87,029,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $87,366,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $85,514,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $85,290,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $87,901,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $87,669,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $88,908,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $89,276,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $90,148,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,467,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $91,237,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $91,646,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $92,744,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $93,101,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $94,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $94,734,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $416,475,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $426,860,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $360,678,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $364,823,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $358,594,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $360,468,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $367,103,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $367,916,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $387,076,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $377,341,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $388,981,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $389,025,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $398,136,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $398,233,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $408,454,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $408,529,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $425,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $425,477,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $433,945,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $434,143,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $577,726,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $577,635,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $580,837,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $580,777,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $580,782,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $580,741,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $639,293,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $639,213,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $680,575,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $680,481,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $726,644,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $726,548,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $808,204,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $808,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $825,577,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $825,379,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $834,148,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $834,037,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $927,410,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $927,292,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $512,364,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $513,709,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $479,836,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $475,234,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $481,994,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $471,951,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $483,293,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $477,470,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $516,193,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $510,603,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $502,001,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $496,856,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $518,690,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $518,542,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $525,230,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $519,391,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $532,515,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $521,105,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $550,057,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $543,361,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $33,878,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,919,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,535,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $36,535,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,407,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,407,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,104,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,455,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,455,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,546,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,751,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $166,677,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $170,121,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $164,843,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $164,387,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $163,009,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $162,385,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $174,862,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $174,048,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $179,735,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $178,778,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $183,969,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $183,019,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $196,283,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $195,255,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $192,866,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $191,834,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $189,668,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $188,553,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $203,517,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $202,383,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $52,156,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,006,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,450,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,547,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,169,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,659,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,854,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,572,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $58,585,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $58,392,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $60,498,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $59,992,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $63,032,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,485,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $64,917,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,355,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $66,844,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $66,264,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $68,632,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $68,051,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $23,593,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,576,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,761,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,202,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,817,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,279,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,252,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,084,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,947,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,602,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,192,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,309,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,981,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,114,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,695,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,840,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,010,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,878,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,968,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,825,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $366,527,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $366,527,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $414,768,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $414,768,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $477,731,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $477,731,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $531,032,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $531,032,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $578,654,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $578,654,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $612,121,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $612,121,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $642,388,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $642,388,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $667,089,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $667,089,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $684,301,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $684,301,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $695,929,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $695,929,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $33,462,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$17,275,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $29,863,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$24,277,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $32,175,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$28,249,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $34,261,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$31,078,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $39,009,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$35,136,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $42,221,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$38,438,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $46,013,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$42,205,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $49,123,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$45,430,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $50,652,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$47,736,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $48,913,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$48,058,000,000.
          (20) Government-wide savings (930):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $27,465,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,416,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $15,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,005,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $32,429,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$20,148,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $41,554,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$32,383,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $50,240,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$42,168,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $55,831,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$50,276,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $63,954,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$57,849,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $71,850,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$65,124,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $78,889,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$71,689,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $113,903,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$93,929,000,000.
          (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $73,514,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$73,514,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $83,832,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$83,832,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,115,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,115,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,594,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,594,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $92,193,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$92,193,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $96,623,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$96,623,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $99,437,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$99,437,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $104,343,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$104,343,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $111,213,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$111,213,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $117,896,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$117,896,000,000.
          (22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
        Terrorism (970):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $94,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $44,304,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,716,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,758,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,117,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,862,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,776,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,956,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $2,869,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $278,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
          (23) Across-the-Board Adjustment (990):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $21,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$17,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $22,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$20,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $23,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$21,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $23,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$22,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $24,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $24,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $25,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$24,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $26,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$25,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $26,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$25,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $27,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$26,000,000.

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

  (a) Submission Providing for Deficit Reduction.--Not later 
than July 15, 2015, the committees named in subsection (b) 
shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives to carry out this 
section.
  (b) Instructions.--
          (1) Committee on agriculture.--The Committee on 
        Agriculture shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (2) Committee on armed services.--The Committee on 
        Armed Services shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (3) Committee on education and the workforce.--The 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce shall submit 
        changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
        reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of 
        fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
          (4) Committee on energy and commerce.--The Committee 
        on Energy and Commerce shall submit changes in laws 
        within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
        deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
        years 2016 through 2025.
          (5) Committee on financial services.--The Committee 
        on Financial Services shall submit changes in laws 
        within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
        deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
        2016 through 2025.
          (6) Committee on homeland security.--The Committee on 
        Homeland Security shall submit changes in laws within 
        its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $15,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 
        2025.
          (7) Committee on the judiciary.--The Committee on the 
        Judiciary shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (8) Committee on natural resources.--The Committee on 
        Natural Resources shall submit changes in laws within 
        its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (9) Committee on oversight and government reform.--
        The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shall 
        submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        sufficient to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for 
        the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
          (10) Committee on science, space, and technology.--
        The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology shall 
        submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        sufficient to reduce the deficit by $15,000,000 for the 
        period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
          (11) Committee on transportation and 
        infrastructure.--The Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (12) Committee on veterans' affairs.--The Committee 
        on Veterans' Affairs shall submit changes in laws 
        within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
        deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
        2016 through 2025.
          (13) Committee on ways and means.--The Committee on 
        Ways and Means shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.

SEC. 202. RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES.

  (a) Estimating Assumptions.--
          (1) Assumptions.--In the House, for purposes of 
        titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974, the chair of the Committee on the Budget shall 
        use the baseline underlying the Congressional Budget 
        Office's Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 
        (January 2015) when making estimates of any bill or 
        joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or 
        conference report thereon. If adjustments to the 
        baseline are made subsequent to the adoption of this 
        concurrent resolution, then such chair shall determine 
        whether to use any of these adjustments when making 
        such estimates.
          (2) Intent.--The authority set forth in paragraph (1) 
        should only be exercised if the estimates used to 
        determine the compliance of such measures with the 
        budgetary requirements included in the concurrent 
        resolution are inaccurate because adjustments made to 
        the baseline are inconsistent with the assumptions 
        underlying the budgetary levels set forth in this 
        concurrent resolution. Such inaccurate adjustments made 
        after the adoption of this concurrent resolution may 
        include selected adjustments for rulemaking, judicial 
        actions, adjudication, and interpretative rules that 
        have major budgetary effects and are inconsistent with 
        the assumptions underlying the budgetary levels set 
        forth in this concurrent resolution.
          (3) Congressional budget office estimates.--Upon the 
        request of the chair of the Committee on the Budget of 
        the House for any measure, the Congressional Budget 
        Office shall prepare an estimate based on the baseline 
        determination made by such chair pursuant to paragraph 
        (1).
  (b) Repeal of the President's Health Care Law Through 
Reconciliation.--In preparing their submissions under section 
201(a) to the Committee on the Budget, the committees named in 
section 201(b) shall--
          (1) note the policies described in the report 
        accompanying this concurrent resolution on the budget 
        that repeal the Affordable Care Act and the health 
        care-related provisions of the Health Care and 
        Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; and
          (2) determine the most effective methods by which the 
        health care laws referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
        repealed in their entirety.
  (c) Revision of Budgetary Levels.--
          (1) Submission.--Upon the submission to the Committee 
        on the Budget of the House of a recommendation that has 
        complied with its reconciliation instructions solely by 
        virtue of section 310(b) of the Congressional Budget 
        Act of 1974, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
        may file with the House appropriately revised 
        allocations under section 302(a) of such Act and 
        revised functional levels and aggregates.
          (2) Conference report.--Upon the submission to the 
        House of a conference report recommending a 
        reconciliation bill or resolution in which a committee 
        has complied with its reconciliation instructions 
        solely by virtue of this section, the chair of the 
        Committee on the Budget of the House may file with the 
        House appropriately revised allocations under section 
        302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels and 
        aggregates.
          (3) Revision.--Allocations and aggregates revised 
        pursuant to this subsection shall be considered to be 
        allocations and aggregates established by the 
        concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 
        301 of such Act.

SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR RECONCILIATION.

  (a) Guidance.--In the House, the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget may develop additional guidelines providing further 
information, budgetary levels and amounts, and other 
explanatory material to supplement the instructions included in 
this concurrent resolution pursuant to section 310 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and set forth in section 201.
  (b) Publication.--In the House, the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget may cause the material prepared pursuant to 
subsection (a) to be printed in the Congressional Record on the 
appropriate date, but not later than the date set forth in this 
title on which committees must submit their recommendations to 
the Committee on the Budget in order to comply with the 
reconciliation instructions set forth in section 201.

 TITLE III--SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE

SEC. 301. SUBMISSIONS OF FINDINGS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, 
                    AND ABUSE.

  (a) Submissions Providing for the Elimination of Waste, 
Fraud, and Abuse.--In the House, not later than October 1, 
2015, the committees named in subsection (d) shall submit to 
the Committee on the Budget findings that identify changes in 
law within their jurisdictions that would achieve the specified 
level of savings through the elimination of waste, fraud, and 
abuse.
  (b) Recommendations Submitted.--After receiving those 
recommendations --
          (1) the Committee on the Budget may use them in the 
        development of future concurrent resolutions on the 
        budget; and
          (2) the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 
        House shall make such recommendations publicly 
        available in electronic form and cause them to be 
        placed in the Congressional Record not later than 30 
        days after receipt.
  (c) Specified Levels of Savings.--For purposes of this 
section, a specified level of savings for each committee may be 
inserted in the Congressional Record by the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget.
  (d) House Committees.--The following committees shall submit 
findings to the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives pursuant to subsection (a): the Committee on 
Agriculture, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
Committee on House Administration, the Committee on the 
Judiciary, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, the Committee on Small Business, the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means.
  (e) Report by the Government Accountability Office.--By 
August 1, 2015, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives a 
comprehensive report identifying instances in which the 
committees referred to in subsection (d) may make legislative 
changes to improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness 
of programs within their jurisdiction.

                      TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 401. COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR LEGISLATION TO INCORPORATE 
                    MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS.

  (a) CBO Estimates.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of 
fiscal year 2016, an estimate provided by the Congressional 
Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 for any major legislation considered in the House or 
the Senate during fiscal year 2016 shall, to the extent 
practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in 
economic output, employment, capital stock, and other 
macroeconomic variables resulting from such legislation.
  (b) Joint Committee on Taxation Estimates.--For purposes of 
the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, any estimate 
provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for any major legislation 
shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary 
effects of changes in economic output, employment, capital 
stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from such 
legislation.
  (c) Contents.--Any estimate referred to in this section 
shall, to the extent practicable, include--
          (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary effects 
        (including macroeconomic variables described in 
        subsections (a) and (b)) of such legislation in the 20-
        fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal year 
        of this concurrent resolution sets forth budgetary 
        levels required by section 301 of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974; and
          (2) an identification of the critical assumptions and 
        the source of data underlying that estimate.
  (d) Definitions.--As used in this section--
          (1) the term ``major legislation'' means any bill or 
        joint resolution--
                  (A) for which an estimate is required to be 
                prepared pursuant to section 402 of the 
                Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and that 
                causes a gross budgetary effect (before 
                incorporating macroeconomic effects) in any 
                fiscal year over the years of the most recently 
                agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
                equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of the 
                current projected gross domestic product of the 
                United States for that fiscal year; or
                  (B) designated as such by the chair of the 
                Committee on the Budget for all direct spending 
                legislation other than revenue legislation or 
                the Member who is chair or vice chair, as 
                applicable, of the Joint Committee on Taxation 
                for revenue legislation; and
          (2) the term ``budgetary effects'' means changes in 
        revenues, budget authority, outlays, and deficits.

SEC. 402. LIMITATION ON MEASURES AFFECTING SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY.

  (a) In General.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of 
fiscal year 2016, it shall not be in order to consider in the 
House or the Senate a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, that reduces the 
actuarial balance by at least .01 percent of the present value 
of future taxable payroll of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201(a) of the 
Social Security Act for the 75-year period utilized in the most 
recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursuant 
to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act.
  (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a measure 
that would improve the actuarial balance of the combined 
balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the 
75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the 
Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the 
Social Security Act.

SEC. 403. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

  (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget 
Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report accompanying this 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation under 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the 
Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary 
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration 
and the United States Postal Service.
  (b) Special Rule.--For purposes of enforcing sections 302(f) 
and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of 
the level of total new budget authority and total outlays 
provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts 
described in subsection (a).

SEC. 404. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY 
                    TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.

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

SEC. 405. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

  (a) In General.--In the House, except as provided for in 
subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, making a general 
appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for 
advance appropriations.
  (b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided for 
programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the 
report to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint 
explanatory statement of managers to accompany this concurrent 
resolution under the heading:
          (1) General.--``Accounts Identified for Advance 
        Appropriations''; and
          (2) Veterans.--``Veterans Accounts Identified for 
        Advance Appropriations''.
  (c) Limitations.--The aggregate level of advance 
appropriations shall not exceed--
          (1) General.--$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority 
        for all programs identified pursuant to subsection 
        (b)(1); and
          (2) Veterans.--$63,271,000,000 in new budget 
        authority for programs in the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
  (d) Definition.--The term ``advance appropriation'' means any 
new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint 
resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, making general appropriations or continuing 
appropriations, for the fiscal year following fiscal year 2016.

SEC. 406. FAIR VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES.

  (a) Fair Value Estimates.--Upon the request of the chair or 
ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, any estimate of 
the budgetary effects of a measure prepared by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office under the terms of title V of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ``credit reform'' shall, 
as a supplement to such estimate, and to the extent 
practicable, also provide an estimate of the current actual or 
estimated market values representing the ``fair value'' of 
assets and liabilities affected by such measure.
  (b) Fair Value Estimates for Housing and Student Loan 
Programs.--Whenever the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office prepares an estimate pursuant to section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 of the budgetary effects which 
would be incurred in carrying out any bill or joint resolution 
and if the Director determines that such bill or joint 
resolution has a budgetary effect related to a housing, 
residential mortgage or student loan program under title V of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, then the Director shall 
also provide an estimate of the current actual or estimated 
market values representing the ``fair value'' of assets and 
liabilities affected by the provisions of such bill or joint 
resolution that result in such effect.
  (c) Enforcement.--If the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), 
the chair of the Committee on the Budget may use such estimate 
to determine compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 and other budgetary enforcement controls.

SEC. 407. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING.

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

SEC. 408. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON 
                    TERRORISM.

  (a) Separate OCO/GWOT Allocation.--In the House, there shall 
be a separate allocation of new budget authority and outlays 
provided to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.
  (b) Application.--For purposes of enforcing the separate 
allocation referred to in subsection (a) under section 302(f) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ``first fiscal 
year'' and the ``total of fiscal years'' shall be deemed to 
refer to fiscal year 2016. Section 302(c) of such Act shall not 
apply to such separate allocation.
  (c) Designations.--New budget authority or outlays counting 
toward the allocation established by subsection (a) shall be 
designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
  (d) Adjustments.--For purposes of subsection (a) for fiscal 
year 2016, no adjustment shall be made under section 314(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any adjustment would be 
made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 409. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES.

  (a) Adjustments of Discretionary and Direct Spending 
Levels.--In the House, if a committee (other than the Committee 
on Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or 
offers any amendment thereto or submits a conference report 
thereon, providing for a decrease in direct spending (budget 
authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year 
and also provides for an authorization of appropriations for 
the same purpose, upon the enactment of such measure, the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget may decrease the allocation to 
such committee and increase the allocation of discretionary 
spending (budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to 
the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2016 by an 
amount equal to the new budget authority (and outlays flowing 
therefrom) provided for in a bill or joint resolution making 
appropriations for the same purpose.
  (b) Determinations.--In the House, for the purpose of 
enforcing this concurrent resolution, the allocations and 
aggregate levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct 
spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and 
surpluses for fiscal year 2016 and the period of fiscal years 
2016 through fiscal year 2025 shall be determined on the basis 
of estimates made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
and such chair may adjust applicable levels of this concurrent 
resolution.

SEC. 410. CONCEPTS, AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICATION.

  (a) Concepts, Allocations, and Application.--In the House--
          (1) upon a change in budgetary concepts or 
        definitions, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
        may adjust any allocations, aggregates, and other 
        budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution 
        accordingly;
          (2) any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, 
        and other budgetary levels made pursuant to this 
        concurrent resolution shall--
                  (A) apply while that measure is under 
                consideration;
                  (B) take effect upon the enactment of that 
                measure; and
                  (C) be published in the Congressional Record 
                as soon as practicable;
          (3) section 202 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) 
        shall have no force or effect for any reconciliation 
        bill reported pursuant to instructions set forth in 
        this concurrent resolution;
          (4) the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
        adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 
        appropriate budgetary levels to reflect changes 
        resulting from the most recently published or adjusted 
        baseline of the Congressional Budget Office; and
          (5) the term ``budget year'' means the most recent 
        fiscal year for which a concurrent resolution on the 
        budget has been adopted.
  (b) Aggregates, Allocations and Application.--In the House, 
for purposes of this concurrent resolution and budget 
enforcement--
          (1) the consideration of any bill or joint 
        resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
        thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on the 
        Budget makes adjustments or revisions in the 
        allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels of 
        this concurrent resolution shall not be subject to the 
        points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of 
        the Rules of the House of Representatives or section 
        407 of this concurrent resolution; and
          (2) revised allocations and aggregates resulting from 
        these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes 
        of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations 
        and aggregates included in this concurrent resolution.

SEC. 411. RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

                         TITLE V--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 501. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE 
                    LAW.

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

SEC. 502. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROMOTING REAL HEALTH CARE 
                    REFORM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, that promotes real health care reform, if such 
measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 503. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO THE MEDICARE 
                    PROVISIONS OF THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, that repeals all or part of the decreases in 
Medicare spending included in the Affordable Care Act or the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such 
measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 504. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH 
                    INSURANCE PROGRAM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure extends the State Children's Health Insurance Program, 
but only if such measure would not increase the deficit over 
the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 505. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms, expands access to, and improves, as determined 
by such chair, graduate medical education programs, but only if 
such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 506. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and 
Means, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
implements a trade agreement, but only if such measure would 
not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 
through 2025.

SEC. 507. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE TAX CODE.

  In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a 
bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any such 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, if such measure would not increase the deficit 
for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 508. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE MEASURES.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and 
Means, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
decreases revenue, but only if such measure would not increase 
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 509. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY AND INCREASE 
                    OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms policies and programs to reduce poverty and 
increase opportunity and upward mobility, but only if such 
measure would neither adversely impact job creation nor 
increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 
through 2025.

SEC. 510. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure maintains the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, but 
only if such measure would not increase the deficit over the 
period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 511. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FEDERAL RETIREMENT REFORM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms, improves and updates the Federal retirement 
system, as determined by such chair, but only if such measure 
would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 
2016 through 2025.

SEC. 512. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEFENSE SEQUESTER 
                    REPLACEMENT.

  The chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure 
supports the following activities: Department of Defense 
training and maintenance associated with combat readiness, 
modernization of equipment, auditability of financial 
statements, or military compensation and benefit reforms, by 
the amount provided for these purposes, but only if such 
measure would not increase the deficit (without counting any 
net revenue increases in that measure) over the period of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 513. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 
                    OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.

  The chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure 
is related to the support of Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terrorism by the amounts provided in such 
legislation in excess of $73.5 billion but not to exceed $94 
billion, but only if such measure would not increase the 
deficit (without counting any net revenue increases in that 
measure) over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

                 TITLE VI--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 601. DIRECT SPENDING.

  (a) Means-Tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For means-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 
        percent.
          (2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated 
        average rate of growth in the total level of outlays 
        during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 
        2016 is 4.6 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spending:
                  (A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a 
                Democratic president reformed welfare by 
                limiting the duration of benefits, giving 
                States more control over the program, and 
                helping recipients find work. In the five years 
                following passage, child-poverty rates fell, 
                welfare caseloads fell, and workers' wages 
                increased. This budget applies the lessons of 
                welfare reform to both the Supplemental 
                Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid.
                  (B) For Medicaid, this budget assumes the 
                conversion of the Federal share of Medicaid 
                spending into flexible State allotments, which 
                States will be able to tailor to meet their 
                unique needs. Such a reform would end the 
                misguided one-size-fits-all approach that ties 
                the hands of State governments and would 
                provide States with the freedom and flexibility 
                they have long requested in the Medicaid 
                program. Moreover, this budget assumes the 
                repeal of the Medicaid expansions in the 
                President's health care law, relieving State 
                governments of the crippling one-size-fits-all 
                enrollment mandates, as well as the 
                overwhelming pressure the law's Medicaid 
                expansion puts on an already-strained system.
                  (C) For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
                Program, this budget assumes the conversion of 
                the program into a flexible State allotment 
                tailored to meet each State's needs. The 
                allotment would increase based on the 
                Department of Agriculture Thrifty Food Plan 
                index and beneficiary growth. Such a reform 
                would provide incentives for States to ensure 
                dollars will go towards those who need them 
                most.
  (b) Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 5.4 
        percent.
          (2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the 
        estimated average rate of growth in the total level of 
        outlays during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal 
        year 2016 is 5.5 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct 
        spending:
                  (A) For Medicare, this budget advances 
                policies to put seniors, not the Federal 
                Government, in control of their health care 
                decisions. Future retirees would be able to 
                choose from a range of guaranteed coverage 
                options, with private plans competing alongside 
                the traditional fee-for-service Medicare 
                program. Medicare would provide a premium-
                support payment either to pay for or offset the 
                premium of the plan chosen by the senior, 
                depending on the plan's cost. The Medicare 
                premium-support payment would be adjusted so 
                that the sick would receive higher payments if 
                their conditions worsened; lower-income seniors 
                would receive additional assistance to help 
                cover out-of-pocket costs; and wealthier 
                seniors would assume responsibility for a 
                greater share of their premiums. Putting 
                seniors in charge of how their health care 
                dollars are spent will force providers to 
                compete against each other on price and 
                quality. This market competition will act as a 
                real check on widespread waste and skyrocketing 
                health care costs. As with previous budgets, 
                this program will begin in 2024 and makes no 
                changes to those in or near retirement.
                  (B) In keeping with a recommendation from the 
                National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility 
                and Reform, this budget calls for Federal 
                employees--including Members of Congress and 
                congressional staff--to make greater 
                contributions toward their own retirement.

                TITLE VII--RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM LEVELS

SEC. 701. LONG-TERM BUDGETING.

  The following are the recommended revenue, spending, and 
deficit levels for each of fiscal years 2030, 2035, and 2040 as 
a percent of the gross domestic product of the United States:
          (1) Revenues.--The budgetary levels of Federal 
        revenues are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2030: 18.7 percent.
  Fiscal year 2035: 19.0 percent.
  Fiscal year 2040: 19.0 percent.
          (2) Outlays.--The budgetary levels of total budget 
        outlays are not to exceed:
  Fiscal year 2030: 18.4 percent.
  Fiscal year 2035: 17.8 percent.
  Fiscal year 2040: 16.9 percent.
          (3) Deficits.--The budgetary levels of deficits are 
        not to exceed:
  Fiscal year 2030: -0.3 percent.
  Fiscal year 2035: -1.2 percent.
  Fiscal year 2040: -2.1 percent.
          (4) Debt.--The budgetary levels of debt held by the 
        public are not to exceed:
  Fiscal year 2030: 44.0 percent.
  Fiscal year 2035: 32.0 percent.
  Fiscal year 2040: 18.0 percent.

                     TITLE VIII--POLICY STATEMENTS

SEC. 801. POLICY STATEMENT ON BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Federal Government collects approximately $3 
        trillion annually in taxes, but spends more than $3.5 
        trillion to maintain the operations of government. The 
        Federal Government must borrow 14 cents of every 
        Federal dollar spent.
          (2) At the end of the year 2014, the national debt of 
        the United States was more than $18.1 trillion.
          (3) A majority of States have petitioned the Federal 
        Government to hold a Constitutional Convention for the 
        consideration of adopting a Balanced Budget Amendment 
        to the United States Constitution.
          (4) Forty-nine States have fiscal limitations in 
        their State Constitutions, including the requirement to 
        annually balance the budget.
          (5) H.J. Res. 2, sponsored by Rep. Robert W. 
        Goodlatte (R-VA), was considered by the House of 
        Representatives on November 18, 2011, though it 
        received 262 aye votes, it did not receive the two-
        thirds required for passage.
          (6) Numerous balanced budget amendment proposals have 
        been introduced on a bipartisan basis in the House. 
        Twelve were introduced in the 113th Congress alone, 
        including H.J. Res. 4 by Democratic Representative John 
        J. Barrow of Georgia, and H.J. Res. 38 by Republican 
        Representative Jackie Walorski of Indiana.
          (7) The joint resolution providing for a balanced 
        budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution referred to 
        in paragraph (5) prohibited outlays for a fiscal year 
        (except those for repayment of debt principal) from 
        exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except 
        those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a 
        three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes 
        a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
          (8) In 1995, a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. 
        Constitution passed the House with bipartisan support, 
        but failed of passage by one vote in the United States 
        Senate.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of this resolution 
that Congress should pass a joint resolution incorporating the 
provisions set forth in subsection (b), and send such joint 
resolution to the States for their approval, to amend the 
Constitution of the United States to require an annual balanced 
budget.

SEC. 802. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET PROCESS AND BASELINE REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--
          (1) In 1974, after more than 50 years of executive 
        dominance over fiscal policy, Congress acted to 
        reassert its ``power of the purse'', and passed the 
        Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.
          (2) The measure explicitly sought to establish 
        congressional control over the budget process, to 
        provide for annual congressional determination of the 
        appropriate level of taxes and spending, to set 
        important national budget priorities, and to find ways 
        in which Members of Congress could have access to the 
        most accurate, objective, and highest quality 
        information to assist them in discharging their duties.
          (3) Far from achieving its intended purpose, however, 
        the process has instituted a bias toward higher 
        spending and larger government. The behemoth of the 
        Federal Government has largely been financed through 
        either borrowing or taking ever greater amounts of the 
        national income through high taxation.
          (4) The process does not treat programs and policies 
        consistently and shows a bias toward higher spending 
        and higher taxes.
          (5) It assumes extension of spending programs (of 
        more than $50 million per year) scheduled to expire.
          (6) Yet it does not assume the extension of tax 
        policies in the same way. consequently, extending 
        existing tax policies that may be scheduled to expire 
        is characterized as a new tax reduction, requiring 
        offsets to ``pay for'' merely keeping tax policy the 
        same even though estimating conventions would not 
        require similar treatment of spending programs.
          (7) The original goals set for the congressional 
        process are admirable in their intent, but because the 
        essential mechanisms of the process have remained the 
        same, and ``reforms'' enacted over the past 40 years 
        have largely taken the form of layering greater levels 
        of legal complexity without reforming or reassessing 
        the very fundamental nature of the process.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution on the budget that as the primary branch of 
Government, Congress must:
          (1) Restructure the fundamental procedures of budget 
        decision making;
          (2) Reassert Congress's ``power of the purse'', and 
        reinforce the balance of powers between Congress and 
        the President, as the 1974 Act intended.
          (3) Create greater incentives for lawmakers to do 
        budgeting as intended by the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974, especially adopting a budget resolution every 
        year.
          (4) Encourage more effective control over spending, 
        especially currently uncontrolled direct spending.
          (5) Consider innovative fiscal tools such as: zero 
        based budgeting, which would require a department or 
        agency to justify its budget as if it were a new 
        expenditure; and direct spending caps to enhance 
        oversight of automatic pilot spending that increases 
        each year without congressional approval.
          (6) Promote efficient and timely budget actions, so 
        that lawmakers complete their budget actions by the 
        time the new fiscal year begins.
          (7) Provide access to the best analysis of economic 
        conditions available and increase awareness of how 
        fiscal policy directly impacts overall economic growth 
        and job creation,
          (9) Remove layers of complexity that have complicated 
        the procedures designed in 1974, and made budgeting 
        more arcane and opaque.
          (10) Remove existing biases that favor higher 
        spending.
          (11) Include procedures by which current tax laws may 
        be extended and treated on a basis that is not 
        different from the extension of entitlement programs.
  (c) Budget Process Reform.--Comprehensive budget process 
reform should also remove the bias in the baseline against the 
extension of current tax laws in the following ways:
          (1) Permanent extension of tax laws should not be 
        used as a means to increase taxes on other taxpayers;
          (2) For those expiring tax provisions that are 
        proposed to be permanently extended, Congress should 
        use a more realistic baseline that does not require 
        them to be offset; and,
          (3) Tax-reform legislation should not include tax 
        increases just to offset the extension of current tax 
        laws.
  (d) Legislation.--The Committee on the Budget intends to 
draft legislation during the 114th Congress that will rewrite 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to 
fulfill the goals of making the congressional budget process 
more effective in ensuring taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely 
and efficiently.

SEC. 803. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Although the United States economy technically 
        emerged from recession more than 5 years ago, the 
        subsequent recovery has felt more like a malaise than a 
        rebound. Real gross domestic product GDP growth over 
        the past 5 years has averaged slightly more than 2 
        percent, well below the 3.2 percent historical trend 
        rate of growth in the United States. Although the 
        economy has shown some welcome signs of improvement of 
        late, the Nation remains in the midst of the weakest 
        economic recovery of the modern era.
          (2) Looking ahead, CBO expects the economy to grow by 
        an average of just 2.3 percent over the next 10 years. 
        That level of economic growth is simply unacceptable 
        and insufficient to expand opportunities and the 
        incomes of millions of middle-income Americans.
          (3) Sluggish economic growth has also contributed to 
        the country's fiscal woes. Subpar growth means that 
        revenue levels are lower than they would otherwise be 
        while government spending (e.g. welfare and income-
        support programs) is higher. Clearly, there is a dire 
        need for policies that will spark higher rates of 
        economic growth and greater, higher-quality job 
        opportunities
          (4) Although job gains have been trending up of late, 
        other aspects of the labor market remain weak. The 
        labor force participation rate, for instance, is 
        hovering just under 63 percent, close to the lowest 
        level since 1978. Long-term unemployment also remains a 
        problem. Of the roughly 8.7 million people who are 
        currently unemployed, 2.7 million (more than 30 
        percent) have been unemployed for more than 6 months. 
        Long-term unemployment erodes an individual's job 
        skills and detaches them from job opportunities. It 
        also undermines the long-term productive capacity of 
        the economy.
          (5) Perhaps most important, wage gains and income 
        growth have been subpar for middle-class Americans. 
        Average hourly earnings of private-sector workers have 
        increased by just 1.6 percent over the past year. Prior 
        to the recession, average hourly earnings were tracking 
        close to 4 percent. Likewise, average income levels 
        have remained flat in recent years. Real median 
        household income is just under $52,000, one of the 
        lowest levels since 1995.
          (6) The unsustainable fiscal trajectory has cast a 
        shadow on the country's economic outlook. investors and 
        businesses make decisions on a forward-looking basis. 
        they know that today's large debt levels are simply 
        tomorrow's tax hikes, interest rate increases, or 
        inflation and they act accordingly. This debt overhang, 
        and the uncertainty it generates, can weigh on growth, 
        investment, and job creation.
          (7) Nearly all economists, including those at the 
        CBO, conclude that reducing budget deficits (thereby 
        bending the curve on debt levels is a net positive for 
        economic growth over time. The logic is that deficit 
        reduction creates long-term economic benefits because 
        it increases the pool of national savings and boosts 
        investment, thereby raising economic growth and job 
        creation.
          (8) CBO analyzed the House Republican fiscal year 
        2016 budget resolution and found it would increase real 
        output per capita (a proxy for a country's standard of 
        living) by about $1,000 in 2025 and roughly $5,000 by 
        2040 relative to the baseline path. That means more 
        income and greater prosperity for all Americans.
          (9) In contrast, if the Government remains on the 
        current fiscal path, future generations will face ever-
        higher debt service costs, a decline in national 
        savings, and a ``crowding out'' of private investment. 
        This dynamic will eventually lead to a decline in 
        economic output and a diminution in our country's 
        standard of living.
          (10) The key economic challenge is determining how to 
        expand the economic pie, not how best to divide up and 
        re-distribute a shrinking pie.
          (11) A stronger economy is vital to lowering deficit 
        levels and eventually balancing the budget. According 
        to CBO, if annual real GDP growth is just 0.1 
        percentage point higher over the budget window, 
        deficits would be reduced by $326 billion.
          (12) This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-
        growth policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that 
        will help foster a stronger economy, greater 
        opportunities and more job creation.
  (b) Policy on Economic Growth and Job Creation.--It is the 
policy of this resolution to promote faster economic growth and 
job creation. By putting the budget on a sustainable path, this 
resolution ends the debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job 
creators. Reforms to the tax code will put American businesses 
and workers in a better position to compete and thrive in the 
21st century global economy. This resolution targets the 
regulatory red tape and cronyism that stack the deck in favor 
of special interests. All of the reforms in this resolution 
serve as means to the larger end of helping the economy grow 
and expanding opportunity for all Americans.

SEC. 804. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) A world-class tax system should be simple, fair, 
        and promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The 
        United States tax code fails on all three counts: It is 
        notoriously complex, patently unfair, and highly 
        inefficient. The tax code's complexity distorts 
        decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads to 
        slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job 
        creation.
          (2) Over the past decade alone, there have been 4,107 
        changes to the tax code, more than one per day. Many of 
        the major changes over the years have involved carving 
        out special preferences, exclusions, or deductions for 
        various activities or groups. These loopholes add up to 
        more than $1 trillion per year and make the code 
        unfair, inefficient, and highly complex.
          (3) In addition, these tax preferences are 
        disproportionately used by upper-income individuals.
          (4) The large amount of tax preferences that pervade 
        the code end up narrowing the tax base. A narrow tax 
        base, in turn, requires much higher tax rates to raise 
        a given amount of revenue.
          (5) It is estimated that American taxpayers end up 
        spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours a 
        year complying with the tax code waste of time and 
        resources that could be used in more productive 
        activities.
          (6) Standard economic theory shows that high marginal 
        tax rates dampen the incentives to work, save, and 
        invest, which reduces economic output and job creation. 
        Lower economic output, in turn, mutes the intended 
        revenue gain from higher marginal tax rates.
          (7) Roughly half of U.S. active business income and 
        half of private sector employment are derived from 
        business entities (such as partnerships, S 
        corporations, and sole proprietorships) that are taxed 
        on a ``pass-through'' basis, meaning the income flows 
        through to the tax returns of the individual owners and 
        is taxed at the individual rate structure rather than 
        at the corporate rate. Small businesses, in particular, 
        tend to choose this form for Federal tax purposes, and 
        the top Federal rate on such small business income can 
        reach nearly 45 percent. For these reasons, sound 
        economic policy requires lowering marginal rates on 
        these pass-through entities.
          (8) The U.S. corporate income tax rate (including 
        Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to slightly more 
        than 39 percent, the highest rate in the industrialized 
        world. Tax rates this high suppress wages and 
        discourage investment and job creation, distort 
        business activity, and put American businesses at a 
        competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors.
          (9) By deterring potential investment, the U.S. 
        corporate tax restrains economic growth and job 
        creation. The U.S. tax rate differential with other 
        countries also fosters a variety of complicated 
        multinational corporate behaviors intended to avoid the 
        tax, which have the effect of moving the tax base 
        offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing 
        corporate revenue.
          (10) The ``worldwide'' structure of U.S. 
        international taxation essentially taxes earnings of 
        United States firms twice, putting them at a 
        significant competitive disadvantage with competitors 
        with more competitive international tax systems.
          (11) Reforming the United States tax code to a more 
        competitive international system would boost the 
        competitiveness of United States companies operating 
        abroad and it would also greatly reduce tax avoidance.
          (12) The tax code imposes costs on American workers 
        through lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and 
        on investors in diminished returns.
          (13) Revenues have averaged about 17.4 percent of the 
        economy throughout modern American history. Revenues 
        rise above this level under current law to 18.3 percent 
        of the economy by the end of the 10-year budget window.
          (14) Attempting to raise revenue through new tax 
        increases to meet out-of-control spending would sink 
        the economy and Americans' ability to save for their 
        retirement and their children's education.
          (15) This resolution also rejects the idea of 
        instituting a carbon tax in the United States, which 
        some have offered as a new source of revenue. Such a 
        plan would damage the economy, cost jobs, and raise 
        prices on American consumers.
          (16) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not 
        constitute fundamental tax reform.
          (17) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or 
        eliminate loopholes and use those savings to lower tax 
        rates across the board not to fund more wasteful 
        Government spending. Washington has a spending problem, 
        not a revenue problem.
          (18) Many economists believe that fundamental tax 
        reform (i.e. a broader tax base and lower tax rates) 
        would lead to greater labor supply and increased 
        investment, which, over time, would have a positive 
        impact on total national output.
          (19) Heretofore, the congressional scorekeepers the 
        Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint 
        Committee on Taxation (JCT).
          (20) Static scoring implicitly assumes that the size 
        of the economy (and therefore key economic variables 
        such as labor supply and investment) remains fixed 
        throughout the considered budget horizon. This is an 
        abstraction from reality.
          (21) A new House rule was adopted at the beginning of 
        the 114th Congress to help correct this problem. This 
        rule requires CBO and JCT to incorporate the 
        macroeconomic effects of major legislation into their 
        official cost estimates.
          (22) This rule seeks to bridge the divide between 
        static estimates and scoring that incorporates economic 
        feedback effects by providing policymakers with a 
        greater amount of information about the likely economic 
        impact of policies under their consideration while at 
        the same time preserving traditional scoring methods 
        and reporting conventions.
  (b) Policy on Tax Reform.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress should enact legislation that provides 
for a comprehensive reform of the United States tax code to 
promote economic growth, create American jobs, increase wages, 
and benefit American consumers, investors, and workers through 
fundamental tax reform that--
          (1) simplifies the tax code to make it fairer to 
        American families and businesses and reduces the amount 
        of time and resources necessary to comply with tax 
        laws;
          (2) substantially lowers tax rates for individuals 
        and consolidates the current seven individual income 
        tax brackets into fewer brackets;
          (3) repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax;
          (4) reduces the corporate tax rate; and
          (5) transitions the tax code to a more competitive 
        system of international taxation in a manner that does 
        not discriminate against any particular type of income 
        or industry.

SEC. 805. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Opening foreign markets to American exports is 
        vital to the United States economy and beneficial to 
        American workers and consumers. The Commerce Department 
        estimates that every $1 billion of United States 
        exports supports more than 5,000 jobs here at home.
          (2) The United States can increase economic 
        opportunities for American workers and businesses 
        through the expansion of trade, adherence to trade 
        agreement rules by the United States and its trading 
        partners, and the elimination of foreign trade barriers 
        to United States goods and services.
          (3) Trade Promotion Authority is a bipartisan and 
        bicameral effort to strengthen the role of Congress in 
        setting negotiating objectives for trade agreements, to 
        improve consultation with Congress by the 
        Administration, and to provide a clear framework for 
        congressional consideration and implementation of trade 
        agreements.
          (4) Global trade and commerce is not a zero-sum game. 
        The idea that global expansion tends to ``hollow out'' 
        United States operations is incorrect. Foreign-
        affiliate activity tends to complement, not substitute 
        for, key parent activities in the United States such as 
        employment, worker compensation, and capital 
        investment. When United States headquartered 
        multinationals invest and expand operations abroad it 
        often leads to more jobs and economic growth at home.
          (5) Trade agreements have saved the average American 
        family of four more than $10,000 per year, as a result 
        of lower duties. Trade agreements also lower the cost 
        of manufacturing inputs by removing duties.
          (6) American businesses and workers have shown that, 
        on a level playing field, they can excel and surpass 
        the international competition.
          (7) When negotiating trade agreements, United States 
        laws on Intellectual Property (IP) protection should be 
        used as a benchmark for establishing global IP 
        frameworks. Strong IP protections have contributed 
        significantly to the United States status as a world 
        leader in innovation across sectors, including in the 
        development of life-saving biologic medicines. The data 
        protections afforded to biologics in United States law, 
        including 12 years of data protection, allow continued 
        development of pioneering medicines to benefit patients 
        both in the United States and abroad. To maintain the 
        cycle of innovation and achieve truly 21st century 
        trade agreements, it is vital that our negotiators 
        insist on the highest standards for IP protections.
          (8) The status quo of the current tax code also 
        undermines the competitiveness of United States 
        businesses and costs the United States economy 
        investment and jobs.
          (9) The United States currently has an antiquated 
        system of international taxation whereby United States 
        multinationals operating abroad pay both the foreign-
        country tax and United States corporate taxes. They are 
        essentially taxed twice. This puts them at an obvious 
        competitive disadvantage. A modern and competitive 
        international tax system would facilitate global 
        commerce for United States multinational companies and 
        would encourage foreign business investment and job 
        creation in the United States.
          (10) The ability to defer United States taxes on 
        their foreign operations, which some erroneously refer 
        to as a ``tax loophole,'' cushions this disadvantage to 
        a certain extent. Eliminating or restricting this 
        provision (and others like it) would harm United States 
        competitiveness.
          (11) This budget resolution advocates fundamental tax 
        reform that would lower the United States corporate 
        rate, now the highest in the industrialized world, and 
        switch to a more competitive system of international 
        taxation. This would make the United States a much more 
        attractive place to invest and station business 
        activity and would chip away at the incentives for 
        United States companies to keep their profits overseas 
        (because the United States corporate rate is so high).
  (b) Policy on Trade.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution to pursue international trade, global commerce, and 
a modern and competitive United States international tax system 
to promote job creation in the United States. The United States 
should continue to seek increased economic opportunities for 
American workers and businesses through the expansion of trade 
opportunities, adherence to trade agreements and rules by the 
United States and its trading partners, and the elimination of 
foreign trade barriers to United States goods and services by 
opening new markets and by enforcing United States rights. To 
that end, Congress should pass Trade Promotion Authority to 
strengthen the role of Congress in setting negotiating 
objectives for trade agreements, to improve consultation with 
Congress by the Administration, and to provide a clear 
framework for congressional consideration and implementation of 
trade agreements.

SEC. 806. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals with 
        disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Security. 
        Since enactment, Social Security has served as a vital 
        leg on the ``three-legged stool'' of retirement 
        security, which includes employer provided pensions as 
        well as personal savings.
          (2) The Social Security Trustees Report has 
        repeatedly recommended that Social Security's long-term 
        financial challenges be addressed soon. Each year 
        without reform, the financial condition of Social 
        Security becomes more precarious and the threat to 
        seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 
        benefits becomes more pronounced:
                  (A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust 
                Fund will be exhausted and program revenues 
                will be unable to pay scheduled benefits.
                  (B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and 
                Survivors and Disability Trust Funds will be 
                exhausted, and program revenues will be unable 
                to pay scheduled benefits.
                  (C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds in 
                2033, benefits will be cut nearly 23 percent 
                across the board, devastating those currently 
                in or near retirement and those who rely on 
                Social Security the most.
          (3) The recession and continued low economic growth 
        have exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis facing 
        Social Security. The most recent Congressional Budget 
        Office (CBO) projections find that Social Security will 
        run cash deficits of more than $2 trillion over the 
        next 10 years.
          (4) Lower income Americans rely on Social Security 
        for a larger proportion of their retirement income. 
        Therefore, reforms should take into consideration the 
        need to protect lower income Americans' retirement 
        security.
          (5) The Disability Insurance program provides an 
        essential income safety net for those with disabilities 
        and their families. According to the CBO, between 1970 
        and 2012, the number of people receiving disability 
        benefits (both disabled workers and their dependent 
        family members) has increased by more than 300 percent 
        from 2.7 million to over 10.9 million. This increase is 
        not due strictly to population growth or decreases in 
        health. David Autor and Mark Duggan have found that the 
        increase in individuals on disability does not reflect 
        a decrease in self-reported health. CBO attributes 
        program growth to changes in demographics, changes in 
        the composition of the labor force and compensation, as 
        well as Federal policies.
          (6) If this program is not reformed, families who 
        rely on the lifeline that disability benefits provide 
        will face benefit cuts of up to 20 percent in 2016, 
        devastating individuals who need assistance the most.
          (7) In the past, Social Security has been reformed on 
        a bipartisan basis, most notably by the ``Greenspan 
        Commission'' which helped to address Social Security 
        shortfalls for more than a generation.
          (8) Americans deserve action by the President, the 
        House, and the Senate to preserve and strengthen Social 
        Security. It is critical that bipartisan action be 
        taken to address the looming insolvency of Social 
        Security. In this spirit, this resolution creates a 
        bipartisan opportunity to find solutions by requiring 
        policymakers to ensure that Social Security remains a 
        critical part of the safety net.
  (b) Policy on Social Security.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress should work on a bipartisan basis to 
make Social Security sustainably solvent. This resolution 
assumes reform of a current law trigger, such that:
          (1) If in any year the Board of Trustees of the 
        Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
        the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund annual 
        Trustees Report determines that the 75-year actuarial 
        balance of the Social Security Trust Funds is in 
        deficit, and the annual balance of the Social Security 
        Trust Funds in the 75th year is in deficit, the Board 
        of Trustees should, no later than September 30 of the 
        same calendar year, submit to the President 
        recommendations for statutory reforms necessary to 
        achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a 
        positive annual balance in the 75th-year. 
        Recommendations provided to the President must be 
        agreed upon by both Public Trustees of the Board of 
        Trustees.
          (2) Not later than 1 December of the same calendar 
        year in which the Board of Trustees submit their 
        recommendations, the President should promptly submit 
        implementing legislation to both Houses of Congress 
        including his recommendations necessary to achieve a 
        positive 75-year actuarial balance and a positive 
        annual balance in the 75th year. The Majority Leader of 
        the Senate and the Majority Leader of the House should 
        introduce the President's legislation upon receipt.
          (3) Within 60 days of the President submitting 
        legislation, the committees of jurisdiction to which 
        the legislation has been referred should report a bill, 
        which should be considered by the full House or Senate 
        under expedited procedures.
          (4) Legislation submitted by the President should--
                  (A) protect those in or near retirement;
                  (B) preserve the safety net for those who 
                count on Social Security the most, including 
                those with disabilities and survivors;
                  (C) improve fairness for participants;
                  (D) reduce the burden on, and provide 
                certainty for, future generations; and
                  (E) secure the future of the Disability 
                Insurance program while addressing the needs of 
                those with disabilities today and improving the 
                determination process.
  (c) Policy on Disability Insurance.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress and the President should enact 
legislation on a bipartisan basis to reform the Disability 
Insurance program prior to its insolvency in 2016 and should 
not raid the Social Security retirement system without reforms 
to the Disability Insurance system. This resolution assumes 
reform that--
          (1) ensure benefits continue to be paid to 
        individuals with disabilities and their family members 
        who rely on them;
          (2) prevents a 20 percent across-the-board benefit 
        cut;
          (3) makes the Disability Insurance program work 
        better; and
          (4) promotes opportunity for those trying to return 
        to work.
  (d) Policy on Social Security Solvency.--Any legislation that 
Congress considers to improve the solvency of the Disability 
Insurance trust fund also must improve the long-term solvency 
of the combined Old Age and Survivors Disability Insurance 
(OASDI) trust fund.

SEC. 807. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPEALING THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW 
                    AND PROMOTING REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The President's health care law put Washington's 
        priorities first, and not patients'. The Affordable 
        Care Act (ACA) has failed to reduce health care 
        premiums as promised; instead, the law mandated 
        benefits and coverage levels, denying patients the 
        opportunity to choose the type of coverage that best 
        suits their health needs and driving up health coverage 
        costs. A typical family's health care premiums were 
        supposed to decline by $2,500 a year; instead, 
        according to the 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey, 
        health care premiums have increased by 7 percent for 
        individuals and families since 2012.
          (2) The President pledged ``If you like your health 
        care plan, you can keep your health care plan.'' 
        Instead, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office 
        now estimates 9 million Americans with employment-based 
        health coverage will lose those plans due to the 
        President's health care law, further limiting patient 
        choice.
          (3) Then-Speaker of the House, Pelosi, said that the 
        President's health care law would create 4 million jobs 
        over the life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs 
        immediately. Instead, the Congressional Budget Office 
        estimates that the reduction in hours worked due to 
        Obamacare represents a decline of about 2.0 to 2.5 
        million full-time equivalent workers, compared with 
        what would have occurred in the absence of the law. The 
        full impact on labor represents a reduction in 
        employment by 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent, while 
        additional studies show less modest results. A recent 
        study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University 
        estimates that Obamacare will reduce employment by up 
        to 3 percent, or about 4 million full-time equivalent 
        workers.
          (4) The President has charged the Independent Payment 
        Advisory Board, a panel of unelected bureaucrats, with 
        cutting Medicare by an additional $20.9 billion over 
        the next ten years, according to the President's most 
        recent budget.
          (5) Since ACA was signed into law, the administration 
        has repeatedly failed to implement it as written. The 
        President has unilaterally acted to make a total of 28 
        changes, delays, and exemptions. The President has 
        signed into law another 17 changes made by Congress. 
        The Supreme Court struck down the forced expansion of 
        Medicaid; ruled the individual ``mandate'' could only 
        be characterized as a tax to remain constitutional; and 
        rejected the requirement that closely held companies 
        provide health insurance to their employees if doing so 
        violates these companies' religious beliefs. Even now, 
        almost five years after enactment, the Supreme Court 
        continues to evaluate the legality of how the 
        President's administration has implemented the law. All 
        of these changes prove the folly underlying the entire 
        program health care in the United States cannot be run 
        from a centralized bureaucracy.
          (6) The President's health care law is unaffordable, 
        intrusive, overreaching, destructive, and unworkable. 
        The law should be fully repealed, allowing for real, 
        patient-centered health care reform: the development of 
        real health care reforms that puts patients first, that 
        make affordable, quality health care available to all 
        Americans, and that build on the innovation and 
        creativity of all the participants in the health care 
        sector.
  (b) Policy on Promoting Real Health Care Reform.--It is the 
policy of this resolution that the President's health care law 
should be fully repealed and real health care reform promoted 
in accordance with the following principles:
          (1) In general.--Health care reform should enhance 
        affordability, accessibility, quality, innovation, 
        choices and responsiveness in health care coverage for 
        all Americans, putting patients, families, and doctors 
        in charge, not Washington, DC. These reforms should 
        encourage increased competition and transparency. Under 
        the President's health care law, government controls 
        Americans' health care choices. Under true, patient-
        centered reform, Americans would.
          (2) Affordability.--Real reform should be centered on 
        ensuring that all Americans, no matter their age, 
        income, or health status, have the ability to afford 
        health care coverage. The health care delivery 
        structure should be improved, and individuals should 
        not be priced out of the health insurance market due to 
        pre-existing conditions, but nationalized health care 
        is not only unnecessary to accomplish this, it 
        undermines the goal. Individuals should be allowed to 
        join together voluntarily to pool risk through 
        mechanisms such as Individual Membership Associations 
        and Small Employer Membership Associations.
          (3) Accessability.--Instead of Washington outlining 
        for Americans the ways they cannot use their health 
        insurance, reforms should make health coverage more 
        portable. Individuals should be able to own their 
        insurance and have it follow them in and out of jobs 
        throughout their career. Small business owners should 
        be permitted to band together across State lines 
        through their membership in bona fide trade or 
        professional associations to purchase health coverage 
        for their families and employees at a low cost. This 
        will increase small businesses' bargaining power, 
        volume discounts, and administrative efficiencies while 
        giving them freedom from State-mandated benefit 
        packages. Also, insurers licensed to sell policies in 
        one State should be permitted to offer them to 
        residents in any other State, and consumers should be 
        permitted to shop for health insurance across State 
        lines, as they are with other insurance products 
        online, by mail, by phone, or in consultation with an 
        insurance agent.
          (4) Quality.--Incentives for providers to deliver 
        high-quality, responsive, and coordinated care will 
        promote patient outcomes and drive down health care 
        costs. likewise, reforms that work to restore the 
        patient-physician relationship by reducing 
        administrative burdens and allowing physicians to do 
        what they do best: care for patients
          (5) Choices.--Individuals and families should be free 
        to secure the health care coverage that best meets 
        their needs, rather than instituting one-size-fits-all 
        directives from Federal bureaucracies such as the 
        Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Health and 
        Human Services, and the Independent Payment Advisory 
        Board.
          (6) Innovation.--Instead of stifling innovation in 
        health care technologies, treatments, medications, and 
        therapies with Federal mandates, taxes, and price 
        controls, a reformed health care system should 
        encourage research, development and innovation.
          (7) Responsiveness.--Reform should return authority 
        to States wherever possible to make the system more 
        responsive to patients and their needs. Instead of 
        tying States' hands with Federal requirements for their 
        Medicaid programs, the Federal Government should return 
        control of this program to the States. Not only does 
        the current Medicaid program drive up Federal debt and 
        threaten to bankrupt State budgets, but States are 
        better positioned to provide quality, affordable care 
        to those who are eligible for the program and to track 
        down and weed out waste, fraud and abuse. Beneficiary 
        choices in the State Children's Health Insurance 
        Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid should be improved. States 
        should make available the purchase of private insurance 
        as an option to their Medicaid and SCHIP populations 
        (though they should not require enrollment).
          (8) Reforms.--Reforms should be made to prevent 
        lawsuit abuse and curb the practice of defensive 
        medicine, which are significant drivers increasing 
        health care costs. The burden of proof in medical 
        malpractice cases should be based on compliance with 
        best practice guidelines, and States should be free to 
        implement those policies to best suit their needs.

SEC. 808. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) More than 50 million Americans depend on Medicare 
        for their health security.
          (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly 
        recommended that Medicare's long-term financial 
        challenges be addressed soon. Each year without reform, 
        the financial condition of Medicare becomes more 
        precarious and the threat to those in or near 
        retirement becomes more pronounced. According to the 
        Medicare Trustees Report--
                  (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be 
                exhausted in 2030 and unable to pay scheduled 
                benefits;
                  (B) Medicare enrollment is expected to 
                increase by over 50 percent in the next two 
                decades, as 10,000 baby boomers reach 
                retirement age each day;
                  (C) enrollees remain in Medicare three times 
                longer than at the outset of the program;
                  (D) current workers' payroll contributions 
                pay for current beneficiaries;
                  (E) in 2013, the ratio was 3.2 workers per 
                beneficiary, but this falls to 2.3 in 2030 and 
                continues to decrease over time;
                  (F) most Medicare beneficiaries receive about 
                three dollars in Medicare benefits for every 
                one dollar paid into the program; and
                  (G) Medicare spending is growing faster than 
                the economy and Medicare outlays are currently 
                rising at a rate of 6.5 percent per year over 
                the next 10 years. According to the 
                Congressional Budget Office's 2014 Long-Term 
                Budget Outlook, spending on Medicare is 
                projected to reach 5 percent of gross domestic 
                product (GDP) by 2043 and 9.3 percent of GDP by 
                2089.
          (3) Failing to address this problem will leave 
        millions of American seniors without adequate health 
        security and younger generations burdened with enormous 
        debt to pay for spending levels that cannot be 
        sustained.
  (b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--It is the policy of this 
resolution to preserve the program for those in or near 
retirement and strengthen Medicare for future beneficiaries.
  (c) Assumptions.--This resolution assumes reform of the 
Medicare program such that--
          (1) current Medicare benefits are preserved for those 
        in or near retirement;
          (2) permanent reform of the sustainable growth rate 
        is responsibly accounted for to ensure physicians 
        continue to participate in the Medicare program and 
        provide quality health care for beneficiaries;
          (3) when future generations reach eligibility, 
        Medicare is reformed to provide a premium support 
        payment and a selection of guaranteed health coverage 
        options from which recipients can choose a plan that 
        best suits their needs;
          (4) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-
        service as a plan option;
          (5) Medicare will provide additional assistance for 
        lower income beneficiaries and those with greater 
        health risks; and
          (6) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path 
        and the Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-
        term.

SEC. 809. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY 
                    AND INNOVATION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) For decades, the Nation's commitment to the 
        discovery, development, and delivery of new treatments 
        and cures has made the United States the biomedical 
        innovation capital of the world, bringing life-saving 
        drugs and devices to patients and well over a million 
        high-paying jobs to local communities.
          (2) Thanks to the visionary and determined leadership 
        of innovators throughout America, including industry, 
        academic medical centers, and the National Institutes 
        of Health (NIH), the United States has led the way in 
        early discovery. The United States leadership role is 
        being threatened, however, as other countries 
        contribute more to basic research from both public and 
        private sources.
          (3) The Organisation for Economic Development and 
        Cooperation predicts that China, for example, will 
        outspend the United States in total research and 
        development by the end of the decade.
          (4) Federal policies should foster innovation in 
        health care, not stifle it. America should maintain its 
        world leadership in medical science by encouraging 
        competitive forces to work through the marketplace in 
        delivering cures and therapies to patients.
          (5) Too often the bureaucracy and red-tape in 
        Washington hold back medical innovation and prevent new 
        lifesaving treatments from reaching patients. This 
        resolution recognizes the valuable role of the NIH and 
        the indispensable contributions to medical research 
        coming from outside Washington.
          (6) America is the greatest, most innovative Nation 
        on Earth. Her people are innovators, entrepreneurs, 
        visionaries, and relentless builders of the future. 
        Americans were responsible for the first telephone, the 
        first airplane, the first computer, for putting the 
        first man on the moon, for creating the first vaccine 
        for polio and for legions of other scientific and 
        medical breakthroughs that have improved and prolonged 
        human health and life for countless people in America 
        and around the world.
  (b) Policy on Medical Innovation.--
          (1) It is the policy of this resolution to support 
        the important work of medical innovators throughout the 
        country, including private-sector innovators, medical 
        centers and the National Institutes of Health.
          (2) At the same time, the budget calls for continued 
        strong funding for the agencies that engage in valuable 
        research and development, while also urging Washington 
        to get out of the way of researchers, discoverers and 
        innovators all over the country.

SEC. 810. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY REFORM.

  (a) Findings.-- The House finds the following:
          (1) Excessive regulation at the Federal level has 
        hurt job creation and dampened the economy, slowing the 
        Nation's recovery from the economic recession.
          (2) Since President Obama's inauguration in 2009, the 
        administration has issued more than 468,500 pages of 
        regulations in the Federal Register including 70,066 
        pages in 2014.
          (3) The National Association of Manufacturers 
        estimates the total cost of regulations is as high as 
        $2.03 trillion per year. Since 2009, the White House 
        has generated more than $494 billion in regulatory 
        activity, with an additional $87.6 billion in 
        regulatory costs currently pending.
          (4) The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation 
        (Public Law 111-203) has resulted in more than $32 
        billion in compliance costs and saddled job creators 
        with more than 63 million hours of compliance 
        paperwork.
          (5) Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to date 
        has added 132.9 million annual hours of compliance 
        paperwork, imposing $24.3 billion of compliance costs 
        on the private sector and an $8 billion cost burden on 
        the States.
          (6) The highest regulatory costs come from rules 
        issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); 
        these regulations are primarily targeted at the coal 
        industry. In June 2014, the EPA proposed a rule to cut 
        carbon pollution from the Nation's power plants. The 
        proposed standards are unachievable with current 
        commercially available technology, resulting in a de-
        facto ban on new coal-fired power plants.
          (7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly 40 
        percent of the United States electricity at a low cost. 
        Unfairly targeting the coal industry with costly and 
        unachievable regulations will increase energy prices, 
        disproportionately disadvantaging energy-intensive 
        industries like manufacturing and construction, and 
        will make life more difficult for millions of low-
        income and middle class families already struggling to 
        pay their bills.
          (8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are being 
        retired or converted as a result of EPA regulations. 
        Combined with the de-facto prohibition on new plants, 
        these retirements and conversions may further increase 
        the cost of electricity.
          (9) A recent study by the energy market analysis 
        group Energy Ventures Analysis Inc. estimates the 
        average energy bill in West Virginia will rise $750 per 
        household by 2020, due in part to EPA regulations. West 
        Virginia receives 95 percent of its electricity from 
        coal.
          (10) The Heritage Foundation found that a phase-out 
        of coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end of 2023, 
        resulting in an aggregate gross domestic product 
        decrease of $2.23 trillion over the entire period and 
        reducing the income of a family of four by $1,200 per 
        year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will come from the 
        manufacturing sector, with California, Texas, Ohio, 
        Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Indiana, 
        North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia seeing the 
        highest job losses.
  (b) Policy on Federal Regulatory Reform.--It is the policy of 
this resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the 
public burdened by excessive regulation, enact legislation 
that--
          (1) promotes economic growth and job creation by 
        eliminating unnecessary red tape and streamlining and 
        simplifying Federal regulations;
          (2) requires the implementation of a regulatory 
        budget to be allocated amongst Government agencies, 
        which would require congressional approval and limit 
        the maximum costs of regulations in a given year;
          (3) requires congressional approval of all new major 
        regulations (those with an impact of $100 million or 
        more) before enactment as opposed to current law in 
        which Congress must expressly disapprove of regulation 
        to prevent it from becoming law, which would keep 
        Congress engaged as to pending regulatory policy and 
        prevent costly and unsound policies from being 
        implemented and becoming effective;
          (4) requires a three year retrospective cost-benefit 
        analysis of all new major regulations, to ensure that 
        regulations operate as intended;
          (5) reinforces the requirement of regulatory impact 
        analysis for regulations proposed by executive branch 
        agencies but also expands the requirement to 
        independent agencies so that by law they consider the 
        costs and benefits of proposed regulations rather than 
        merely being encouraged to do so as is current 
        practice; and
          (6) requires a formal rulemaking process for all 
        major regulations, which would increase transparency 
        over the process and allow interested parties to 
        communicate their views on proposed legislation to 
        agency officials.

SEC. 811. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE 
                    DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

  (a) Findings on Higher Education.--The House finds the 
following:
          (1) A well-educated workforce is critical to 
        economic, job, and wage growth.
          (2) Roughly 20 million students are enrolled in 
        American colleges and universities.
          (3) Over the past decade, tuition and fees have been 
        growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2004-2005 
        Academic Year and the 2014-2015 Academic Year--
                  (A) published tuition and fees at public 4-
                year colleges and universities increased at an 
                average rate of 3.5 percent per year above the 
                rate of inflation;
                  (B) published tuition and fees at public two-
                year colleges and universities increased at an 
                average rate of 2.5 percent per year above the 
                rate of inflation; and
                  (C) published tuition and fees at private 
                nonprofit 4-year colleges and universities 
                increased at an average rate of 2.2 percent per 
                year above the rate of inflation.
          (4) Federal financial aid for higher education has 
        also seen a dramatic increase. The portion of the 
        Federal student aid portfolio composed of Direct Loans, 
        Federal Family Education Loans, and Perkins Loans with 
        outstanding balances grew by 119 percent between fiscal 
        year 2007 and fiscal year 2014.
          (5) This spending has failed to make college more 
        affordable.
          (6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President 
        Obama noted: ``We can't just keep subsidizing 
        skyrocketing tuition; we'll run out of money''.
          (7) American students are chasing ever-increasing 
        tuition with ever-increasing debt. According to the 
        Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student debt now 
        stands at nearly $1.2 trillion. This makes student 
        loans the second largest balance of consumer debt, 
        after mortgage debt.
          (8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too 
        many fail to complete college or end up defaulting on 
        these loans due to their debt burden and a weak economy 
        and job market.
          (9) Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget 
        Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a fiscal 
        shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2017 and continuing 
        in each subsequent year in the current budget window.
          (10) Failing to address these problems will 
        jeopardize access and affordability to higher education 
        for America's young people.
  (b) Policy on Higher Education Affordability.--It is the 
policy of this resolution to address the root drivers of 
tuition inflation, by--
          (1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most in 
        need;
          (2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make 
        them more effective;
          (3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at 
        $5,775 in each year of the budget window; and
          (4) removing regulatory barriers in higher education 
        that act to restrict flexibility and innovative 
        teaching, particularly as it relates to non-traditional 
        models such as online coursework and competency-based 
        learning.
  (c) Findings on Workforce Development.--The House finds the 
following:
          (1) 8.7 million Americans are currently unemployed.
          (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those 
        looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce 
        development system that fails to connect workers with 
        assistance and employers with trained personnel.
          (3) The House Education and Workforce Committee 
        successfully consolidated 15 job training programs in 
        the recently enacted Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act.
  (d) Policy on Workforce Development.--It is the policy of 
this resolution to address the failings in the current 
workforce development system, by--
          (1) further streamlining and consolidating Federal 
        job training programs; and
          (2) empowering states with the flexibility to tailor 
        funding and programs to the specific needs of their 
        workforce, including the development of career 
        scholarships.

SEC. 812. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) For years, there has been serious concern 
        regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
        bureaucratic mismanagement and continuous failure to 
        provide veterans timely access to health care and 
        benefits.
          (2) In 2014, reports started breaking across the 
        Nation that VA medical centers were manipulating wait-
        list documents to hide long delays veterans were facing 
        to receive health care. The VA hospital scandal led to 
        the immediate resignation of then-Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.
          (3) In 2015, for the first time ever, VA health care 
        was added to the ``high-risk'' list of the Government 
        Accountability Office (GAO), due to management and 
        oversight failures that have directly resulted in risks 
        to the timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and quality of 
        health care.
          (4) In response to the scandal, the House Committee 
        on Veterans' Affairs held several oversight hearings 
        and ultimately enacted the Veterans' Access, Choice and 
        Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA) (Public Law 113-146) 
        to address these problems. VACAA provided $15 billion 
        in emergency resources to fund internal health care 
        needs within the department and provided veterans 
        enhanced access to private-sector health care under the 
        new Veterans Choice Program.
  (b) Policy on the Department of Veterans Affairs.--This 
budget supports the continued oversight efforts by the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to ensure the VA is not only 
transparent and accountable, but also successful in achieving 
its goals in providing timely health care and benefits to 
America's veterans. The Budget Committee will continue to 
closely monitor the VA's progress to ensure resources provided 
by Congress are sufficient and efficiently used to provide 
needed benefits and services to veterans.

SEC. 813. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGIES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Given the thousands of Federal programs and 
        trillions of dollars the Federal Government spends each 
        year, assessing and accounting for Federal fiscal 
        activities and liabilities is a complex undertaking.
          (2) Current methods of accounting leave much to be 
        desired in capturing the full scope of government and 
        in presenting information in a clear and compelling way 
        that illuminates the best options going forward.
          (3) Most fiscal analysis produced by the 
        Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is conducted over a 
        relatively short time horizon: 10 or 25 years. While 
        this time frame is useful for most purposes, it fails 
        to consider the fiscal consequences over the longer 
        term.
          (4) Additionally, current accounting methodology does 
        not provide an analysis of how the Federal Government's 
        fiscal situation over the long run affects Americans of 
        various age cohorts.
          (5) Another consideration is how Federal programs 
        should be accounted for. The ``accrual method'' of 
        accounting records revenue when it is earned and 
        expenses when they are incurred, while the ``cash 
        method'' records revenue and expenses when cash is 
        actually paid or received.
          (6) The Federal budget accounts for most programs 
        using cash accounting. Some programs, however, 
        particularly loan and loan guarantee programs, are 
        accounted for using accrual methods.
          (7) GAO has indicated that accrual accounting may 
        provide a more accurate estimation of the Federal 
        Government's liabilities than cash accounting for some 
        programs specifically those that provide some form of 
        insurance.
          (8) Where accrual accounting is used, it is almost 
        exclusively calculated by CBO according to the 
        methodology outlined in the Federal Credit Reform Act 
        of 1990 (FCRA). CBO uses fair value methodology instead 
        of FCRA to measure the cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie 
        Mac, for example.
          (9) FCRA methodology, however, understates the risk 
        and thus the true cost of Federal programs. An 
        alternative is fair value methodology, which uses 
        discount rates that incorporate the risk inherent to 
        the type of liability being estimated in addition to 
        Treasury discount rates of the proper maturity length.
          (10) The Congressional Budget Office has concluded 
        that ``adopting a fair-value approach would provide a 
        more comprehensive way to measure the costs of Federal 
        credit programs and would permit more level comparisons 
        between those costs and the costs of other forms of 
        federal assistance'' than the current approach under 
        FCRA.
  (b) Policy on Federal Accounting Methodologies.--It is the 
policy of this resolution that Congress should, in consultation 
with the Congressional Budget Office and the public affected by 
Federal budgetary choices, adopt Governmentwide reforms of 
budget and accounting practices so the American people and 
their representatives can more readily understand the fiscal 
situation of the Government of the United States and the 
options best suited to improving it. Such reforms may include 
but should not be limited to the following:
          (1) Providing additional metrics to enhance our 
        current analysis by considering our fiscal situation 
        comprehensively, over an extended time horizon, and as 
        it affects Americans of various age cohorts.
          (2) Expanding the use of accrual accounting where 
        appropriate.
          (3) Accounting for certain Federal credit programs 
        using fair value accounting as opposed to the current 
        approach under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.

SEC. 814. POLICY STATEMENT ON SCOREKEEPING FOR OUTYEAR BUDGETARY 
                    EFFECTS IN APPROPRIATION ACTS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 directs the Committee on the Budget to provide an 
        allocation of budgetary resources to the Committee on 
        Appropriations for the budget year covered by a 
        concurrent resolution on the budget.
          (2) The allocation of budgetary resources provided by 
        the Committee on the Budget to the Committee on 
        Appropriations covers a period of one fiscal year only, 
        which is effective for the budget year.
          (3) An appropriation Act, joint resolution, amendment 
        thereto or conference report thereon may contain 
        changes to programs that result in direct budgetary 
        effects that occur beyond the budget year and beyond 
        the period for which the allocation of budgetary 
        resources provided by the Committee on the Budget is 
        effective.
          (4) The allocation of budgetary resources provided to 
        the Committee on Appropriations does not currently 
        anticipate or capture direct outyear budgetary effects 
        to programs.
          (5) Budget enforcement could be improved by capturing 
        the direct outyear budgetary effects caused by 
        appropriation Acts and using this information to 
        determine the appropriate allocations of budgetary 
        resources to the Committee on Appropriations when 
        considering future concurrent resolutions on the 
        budget.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of the House of 
Representatives to more effectively allocate budgetary 
resources and accurately enforce budget targets by agreeing to 
a procedure by which the Committee on the Budget should 
consider the direct outyear budgetary effects of changes to 
mandatory programs enacted in appropriations bills, joint 
resolutions, amendments thereto or conference reports thereon 
when setting the allocation of budgetary resources for the 
Committee on Appropriations in a concurrent resolution on the 
budget. The relevant committees of jurisdiction are directed to 
consult on a procedure during fiscal year 2016 and include 
recommendations for implementing such procedure in the fiscal 
year 2017 concurrent resolution on the budget.

SEC. 815. POLICY STATEMENT ON REDUCING UNNECESSARY, WASTEFUL, AND 
                    UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is 
        required by law to identify examples of waste, 
        duplication, and overlap in Federal programs, and has 
        so identified dozens of such examples.
          (2) In its report to Congress on Government 
        Efficiency and Effectiveness, the Comptroller General 
        has stated that addressing the identified waste, 
        duplication, and overlap in Federal programs could 
        ``lead to tens of billions of dollars of additional 
        savings.''
          (3) In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 the GAO issued 
        reports showing excessive duplication and redundancy in 
        Federal programs including--
                  (A) two hundred nine Science, Technology, 
                Engineering, and Mathematics education programs 
                in 13 different Federal agencies at a cost of 
                $3 billion annually;
                  (B) two hundred separate Department of 
                Justice crime prevention and victim services 
                grant programs with an annual cost of $3.9 
                billion in 2010;
                  (C) twenty different Federal entities 
                administer 160 housing programs and other forms 
                of Federal assistance for housing with a total 
                cost of $170 billion in 2010;
                  (D) seventeen separate Homeland Security 
                preparedness grant programs that spent $37 
                billion between fiscal year 2011 and 2012;
                  (E) fourteen grant and loan programs, and 
                three tax benefits to reduce diesel emissions;
                  (F) ninety-four different initiatives run by 
                11 different agencies to encourage ``green 
                building'' in the private sector; and
                  (G) twenty-three agencies implemented 
                approximately 670 renewable energy initiatives 
                in fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly $15 
                billion.
          (4) The Federal Government spends more than $80 
        billion each year for approximately 1,400 information 
        technology investments. GAO has identified broad 
        acquisition failures, waste, and unnecessary 
        duplication in the Government's information technology 
        infrastructure. experts have estimated that eliminating 
        these problems could save 25 percent or $20 billion.
          (5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a 
        potential source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO 
        estimated that saving 10 percent of the total or all 
        Federal procurement could generate more than $50 
        billion in savings annually.
          (6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $106 
        billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2013.
          (7) Under clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, each standing committee must 
        hold at least one hearing during each 120 day period 
        following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or 
        mismanagement in Government programs.
          (8) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 
        fiscal year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly 
        resulting in $693 billion in unauthorized 
        appropriations. Timely reauthorizations of these laws 
        would ensure assessments of program justification and 
        effectiveness.
          (9) The findings resulting from congressional 
        oversight of Federal Government programs should result 
        in programmatic changes in both authorizing statutes 
        and program funding levels.
  (b) Policy on Reducing Unnecessary, Wasteful, and 
Unauthorized Spending.--
          (1) Each authorizing committee annually should 
        include in its Views and Estimates letter required 
        under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of 
        programs within the jurisdiction of such committee 
        whose funding should be reduced or eliminated.
          (2) Committees of jurisdiction should review all 
        unauthorized programs funded through annual 
        appropriations to determine if the programs are 
        operating efficiently and effectively.
          (3) Committees should reauthorize those programs that 
        in the committees' judgment should continue to receive 
        funding.
          (4) For those programs not reauthorized by 
        committees, the House of Representatives should enforce 
        the limitations on funding such unauthorized programs 
        in the House rules. If the strictures of the rules are 
        deemed to be too rapid in prohibiting spending on 
        unauthorized programs, then milder measures should be 
        adopted and enforced until a return to the full 
        prohibition of clause 2(a)(1) of rule XXI of the Rules 
        of the House.

SEC. 816. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 
                    CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) According to the most recent estimate from the 
        Office of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were 
        expected to hold $844 billion in unobligated balances 
        at the close of fiscal year 2015.
          (2) These funds represent direct and discretionary 
        spending previously made available by Congress that 
        remains available for expenditure.
          (3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and 
        it remains available for obligation indefinitely.
          (4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
        Act of 1974 requires the Office of Management and 
        Budget to make funds available to agencies for 
        obligation and prohibits the Administration from 
        withholding or cancelling unobligated funds unless 
        approved by an Act of Congress.
          (5) Greater congressional oversight is required to 
        review and identify potential savings from canceling 
        unobligated balances of funds that are no longer 
        needed.
  (b) Policy on Deficit Reduction Through the Cancellation of 
Unobligated Balances.--Congressional committees should through 
their oversight activities identify and achieve savings through 
the cancellation or rescission of unobligated balances that 
neither abrogate contractual obligations of the Government nor 
reduce or disrupt Federal commitments under programs such as 
Social Security, veterans' affairs, national security, and 
Treasury authority to finance the national debt.
  (c) Deficit Reduction.--Congress, with the assistance of the 
Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, and 
other appropriate agencies should continue to make it a high 
priority to review unobligated balances and identify savings 
for deficit reduction.

SEC. 817. POLICY STATEMENT ON AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) A number of Federal agencies and organizations 
        have permanent authority to collect fees and other 
        offsetting collections and to spend these collected 
        funds.
          (2) The total amount of offsetting fees and 
        offsetting collections is estimated by the Office of 
        Management and Budget to be $525 billion in fiscal year 
        2016.
          (3) Agency budget justifications are, in some cases, 
        not fully transparent about the amount of program 
        activity funded through offsetting collections or fees. 
        This lack of transparency prevents effective and 
        accountable government.
  (b) Policy on Agency Fees and Spending.--It is the policy of 
this resolution that Congress must reassert its constitutional 
prerogative to control spending and conduct oversight. To do 
so, Congress should enact legislation requiring programs that 
are funded through fees, offsetting receipts, or offsetting 
collections to be allocated new budget authority annually. Such 
allocation may arise from--
          (1) legislation originating from the authorizing 
        committee of jurisdiction for the agency or program; or
          (2) fee and account specific allocations included in 
        annual appropriation Acts.

SEC. 818. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER 
                    DOLLARS.

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

SEC. 819. POLICY STATEMENT ON ``NO BUDGET, NO PAY''.

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

SEC. 820. POLICY STATEMENT ON NATIONAL SECURITY FUNDING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Russian aggression, the growing threats of the 
        Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Middle 
        East, North Korean and Iranian nuclear and missile 
        programs, and continued Chinese investments in high-end 
        military capabilities and cyber warfare shape the 
        parameters of an increasingly complex and challenging 
        security environment.
          (2) All four current service chiefs testified that 
        the National Military Strategy could not be executed at 
        sequestration levels.
          (3) The independent and bipartisan National Defense 
        Panel conducted risk assessments of force structure 
        changes triggered by the Budget Control Act of 2011 
        (BCA) and concluded that in addition to previous cuts 
        to defense dating back to 2009, the sequestration of 
        defense discretionary spending has ``caused significant 
        shortfalls in U.S. military readiness and both present 
        and future capabilities''.
          (4) The President's fiscal year 2016 budget 
        irresponsibly ignores current law and requests a 
        defense budget $38 billion above the caps for 
        rhetorical gain. By creating an expectation of spending 
        without a plan to avoid the BCA's guaranteed sequester 
        upon breaching of its caps, the White House's proposal 
        compounds the fiscal uncertainty that has affected the 
        military's ability to adequately plan for future 
        contingencies and make investments crucial for the 
        Nation's defense.
          (5) The President's budget proposes $1.8 trillion in 
        tax increases, in addition to the $1.7 trillion in tax 
        hikes the Administration has already imposed. The 
        President's tax increases would further burden economic 
        growth and is not a realistic source for offsets to 
        fund defense sequester replacement.
  (b) Policy on Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Funding.--In 
fiscal year 2015, the House-passed budget resolution 
anticipated $566 billion for national defense in the 
discretionary base budget for fiscal year 2016. With no 
necessary statutory change yet provided by Congress, the BCA 
statute would require limiting national defense discretionary 
base funding to $523 billion in fiscal year 2016. However, in 
total with $90 billion, the House Budget estimate for Overseas 
Contingency Operations funding for the Department of Defense, 
the fiscal year 2016 budget provides over $613 billion total 
for defense spending that is higher than the President's budget 
request for the fiscal year. This concurrent resolution 
provides $22 billion above the President's Five Year Defense 
Plan and $151 billion above the 10-year totals. This would also 
be $387 billion above the 10-year total for current levels.
  (c) Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund.--(1) The budget 
resolution recognizes the need to ensure robust funding for 
national defense while maintaining overall fiscal discipline. 
The budget resolution prioritizes our national defense and the 
needs of the warfighter by providing needed dollars through the 
creation of the ``Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund''.
  (2) The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund provides the 
mechanism for Congress to responsibly allocate in a deficit-
neutral way the resources the military needs to secure the 
safety and liberty of United States citizens from threats at 
home and abroad. The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund 
will provide the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House the ability to increase allocations to support 
legislation that would provide for the Department of Defense 
warfighting capabilities, modernization, a temporary increase 
in end strength, training and maintenance associated with 
combat readiness, activities to reach full auditability of the 
Department of Defense's financial statements, and 
implementation of military and compensation reforms.
  (d) Sequester Replacement for National Defense.--This 
concurrent resolution encourages an immediate reevaluation of 
Federal Government priorities to maintain the strength of 
America's national security posture. In identifying policies to 
restructure and stabilize the Government's major entitlement 
programs which, along with net interest, will consume all 
Federal revenue in less than 20 years. The budget also charts a 
course that can ensure the availability of needed national 
security resources.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Price of Georgia or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

  Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.

  (a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that 
this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal 
year 2016 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
  (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.

                 TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 202. Reconciliation procedures.
Sec. 203. Additional guidance for reconciliation.

  TITLE III--SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE

Sec. 301. Submissions of findings for the elimination of waste, fraud, 
          and abuse.

                      TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 401. Cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate 
          macroeconomic effects.
Sec. 402. Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency.
Sec. 403. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.
Sec. 404. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury 
          to the Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 405. Limitation on advance appropriations.
Sec. 406. Fair value credit estimates.
Sec. 407. Limitation on long-term spending.
Sec. 408. Allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on 
          terrorism.
Sec. 409. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources.
Sec. 410. Concepts, aggregates, allocations and application.
Sec. 411. Rulemaking powers.

                         TITLE V--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the President's health care 
          law.
Sec. 502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting real health care 
          reform.
Sec. 503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare 
          provisions of the President's health care law.
Sec. 504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children's Health 
          Insurance Program.
Sec. 505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education.
Sec. 506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements.
Sec. 507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code.
Sec. 508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.
Sec. 509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase 
          opportunity and upward mobility.
Sec. 510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation.
Sec. 511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform.
Sec. 512. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for defense sequester 
          replacement.

                 TITLE VI--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 601. Direct spending.

                 TITLE VII--RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM LEVELS

Sec. 701. Long-term budgeting.

                      TITLE VIII--POLICY STATEMENTS

Sec. 801. Policy statement on balanced budget amendment.
Sec. 802. Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform.
Sec. 803. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation.
Sec. 804. Policy statement on tax reform.
Sec. 805. Policy statement on trade.
Sec. 806. Policy statement on Social Security.
Sec. 807. Policy statement on repealing the President's health care law 
          and promoting real health care reform.
Sec. 808. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 809. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery 
          and innovation.
Sec. 810. Policy statement on Federal regulatory reform.
Sec. 811. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development 
          opportunity.
Sec. 812. Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 813. Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies.
Sec. 814. Policy statement on scorekeeping for outyear budgetary effects 
          in appropriation Acts.
Sec. 815. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and 
          unauthorized spending.
Sec. 816. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation 
          of unobligated balances.
Sec. 817. Policy statement on agency fees and spending.
Sec. 818. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer 
          dollars.
Sec. 819. Policy statement on ``No Budget, No Pay''.
Sec. 820. Policy statement on national security funding.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

  The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025:
          (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
                  (A) The recommended levels of Federal 
                revenues are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,666,755,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,763,328,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,858,131,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $2,974,147,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,099,410,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,241,963,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,388,688,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,550,388,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $3,722,144,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $3,905,648,000,000.
                  (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels 
                of Federal revenues should be changed are as 
                follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $0.
  Fiscal year 2017: $0.
  Fiscal year 2018: $0.
  Fiscal year 2019: $0.
  Fiscal year 2020: $0.
  Fiscal year 2021: $0.
  Fiscal year 2022: $0.
  Fiscal year 2023: $0.
  Fiscal year 2024: $0.
  Fiscal year 2025: $0.
          (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
        budgetary levels of total new budget authority are as 
        follows:
  Fiscal year 2016: $2,936,989,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2017: $2,874,003,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2018: $2,944,067,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2019: $3,091,104,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2020: $3,248,181,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2021: $3,328,045,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2022: $3,463,044,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2023: $3,529,161,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2024: $3,586,560,000,000.
  Fiscal year 2025: $3,715,369,000,000.
          (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels of 
        total budget outlays are as follows:
          Fiscal year 2016: $3,010,185,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2017: $2,894,439,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2018: $2,927,276,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2019: $3,062,270,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2020: $3,205,614,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2021: $3,298,984,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2022: $3,452,546,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2023: $3,497,999,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2024: $3,538,491,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2025: $3,685,327,000,000.
          (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the 
        enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts 
        of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
          Fiscal year 2016: -$343,430,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2017: -$131,111,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2018: -$69,145,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2019: -$88,123,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2020: -$106,204,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2021: -$57,021,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2022: -$63,858,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2023: $52,389,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2024: $183,653,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2025: $220,321,000,000.
          (5) Debt subject to limit.--The budgetary levels of 
        the public debt are as follows:
          Fiscal year 2016: $19,048,915,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2017: $19,395,251,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2018: $19,643,341,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2019: $19,949,858,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2020: $20,263,382,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2021: $20,507,829,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2022: $20,908,840,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2023: $21,078,135,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2024: $20,918,559,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2025: $20,907,169,000,000.
          (6) Debt held by the public.--The budgetary levels of 
        debt held by the public are as follows:
          Fiscal year 2016: $13,839,152,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2017: $14,041,709,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2018: $14,146,945,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2019: $14,340,084,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2020: $14,562,210,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2021: $14,744,287,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2022: $15,130,369,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2023: $15,302,457,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2024: $15,164,550,000,000.
          Fiscal year 2025: $15,237,647,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

  The Congress determines and declares that the budgetary 
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
2016 through 2025 for each major functional category are:
          (1) National Defense (050):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $531,334,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $564,027,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $582,506,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $572,025,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $607,744,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $586,422,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $620,019,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $604,238,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $632,310,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $617,553,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $644,627,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $630,610,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $657,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $648,269,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $670,997,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $656,389,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $683,771,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $663,936,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $698,836,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $683,350,000,000.
          (2) International Affairs (150):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $38,342,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,923,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,623,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,821,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,539,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,736,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $41,437,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,214,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,390,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,564,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,861,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,108,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $44,081,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,868,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $45,070,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $41,633,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,098,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,470,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $47,148,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $43,349,000,000.
          (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $28,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,003,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $28,932,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $28,924,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $29,579,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,357,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,227,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $29,798,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $30,904,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,388,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $31,584,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $30,957,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $32,293,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $31,637,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,003,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $32,338,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $33,742,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,059,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $34,488,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,795,000,000.
          (4) Energy (270):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $3,581,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $654,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,410,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $649,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,189,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $234,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,196,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $307,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,259,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $472,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,309,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $728,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,335,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $863,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,375,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $1,332,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $1,037,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $964,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$1,215,000,000.
          (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $35,350,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,113,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,047,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,268,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,385,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $37,674,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $37,206,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $37,747,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $38,171,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,304,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $38,367,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,685,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,221,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,361,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,108,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,319,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $40,962,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $40,486,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,095,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $38,471,000,000.
          (6) Agriculture (350):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $20,109,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,164,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,064,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,194,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $21,987,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $21,396,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,907,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $20,275,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,835,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,386,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,296,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,849,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,245,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,830,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $19,821,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,391,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,020,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,553,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $20,256,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,851,000,000.
          (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $3,269,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$16,617,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $12,373,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$26,620,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $10,252,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$24,998,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $8,801,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$28,587,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $6,903,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$27,479,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $6,522,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$21,769,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $5,742,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$22,819,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $4,965,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,306,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,991,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,635,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $3,370,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,845,000,000.
          (8) Transportation (400):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $36,743,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $79,181,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $69,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $69,500,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $70,298,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $73,623,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $76,397,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $76,051,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $77,763,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $76,767,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $79,149,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $78,369,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $80,613,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $79,946,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $82,128,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $81,336,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $83,709,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $82,724,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $85,335,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $83,983,000,000.
          (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $7,082,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $19,928,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $7,688,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $16,753,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,089,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $15,383,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $13,789,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,409,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,567,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,305,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $12,095,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,304,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $10,937,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,359,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,345,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,447,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,890,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $8,579,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $8,930,000,000.
          (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $80,620,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,389,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $84,746,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,513,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $87,029,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $87,366,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $85,514,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $85,290,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $87,901,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $87,669,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $88,908,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $89,276,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $90,148,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $90,467,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $91,237,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $91,646,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $92,744,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $93,101,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $94,400,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $94,734,000,000.
          (11) Health (550):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $416,475,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $426,860,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $360,678,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $364,823,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $358,594,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $360,468,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $367,103,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $367,916,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $387,076,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $377,341,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $388,981,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $389,025,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $398,136,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $398,233,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $408,454,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $408,529,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $425,381,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $425,477,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $433,945,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $434,143,000,000.
          (12) Medicare (570):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $577,726,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $577,635,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $580,837,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $580,777,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $580,782,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $580,741,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $639,293,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $639,213,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $680,575,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $680,481,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $726,644,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $726,548,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $808,204,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $808,100,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $825,577,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $825,379,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $834,148,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $834,037,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $927,410,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $927,292,000,000.
          (13) Income Security (600):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $512,364,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $513,709,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $479,836,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $475,234,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $481,994,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $471,951,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $483,293,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $477,470,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $516,193,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $510,603,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $502,001,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $496,856,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $518,690,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $518,542,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $525,230,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $519,391,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $532,515,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $521,105,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $550,057,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $543,361,000,000.
          (14) Social Security (650):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $33,878,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $33,919,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $36,535,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $36,535,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $39,407,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $39,407,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $42,634,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $46,104,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $49,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $53,547,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $57,455,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,455,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $61,546,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $65,751,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000.
          (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $166,677,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $170,121,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $164,843,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $164,387,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $163,009,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $162,385,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $174,862,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $174,048,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $179,735,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $178,778,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $183,969,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $183,019,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $196,283,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $195,255,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $192,866,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $191,834,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $189,668,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $188,553,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $203,517,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $202,383,000,000.
          (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $52,156,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,006,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,450,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $57,547,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $55,169,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,659,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $56,854,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $56,572,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $58,585,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $58,392,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $60,498,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $59,992,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $63,032,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $62,485,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $64,917,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $64,355,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $66,844,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $66,264,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $68,632,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $68,051,000,000.
          (17) General Government (800):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $23,593,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,576,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,761,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,202,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $22,817,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,279,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,252,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,084,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $23,947,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $23,602,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,192,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,309,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $24,981,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,114,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $25,695,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,840,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,010,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,878,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,968,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,825,000,000.
          (18) Net Interest (900):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $366,542,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $366,542,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $414,802,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $414,802,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $477,785,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $477,785,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $531,097,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $531,097,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $578,726,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $578,726,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $612,198,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $612,198,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $642,470,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $642,470,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $667,176,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $667,176,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $684,394,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $684,394,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $696,025,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $696,025,000,000.
          (19) Allowances (920):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $33,462,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$17,275,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $29,863,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$24,277,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $32,175,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$28,249,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $34,261,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$31,078,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $39,009,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$35,136,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $42,221,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$38,438,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $46,013,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$42,205,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $49,123,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$45,430,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $50,652,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$47,736,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $48,913,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$48,058,000,000.
          (20) Government-wide savings (930):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $27,465,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $18,416,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $15,712,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$3,005,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $32,429,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$20,148,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $41,554,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$32,383,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $50,240,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$42,168,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $55,831,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$50,276,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $63,954,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$57,849,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $71,850,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$65,124,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $78,889,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$71,689,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $113,903,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$93,929,000,000.
          (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $73,514,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$73,514,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $83,832,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$83,832,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,115,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,115,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $90,594,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$90,594,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $92,193,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$92,193,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $96,623,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$96,623,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $99,437,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$99,437,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $104,343,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$104,343,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $111,213,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$111,213,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $117,896,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$117,896,000,000.
          (22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
        Terrorism (970):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority 
                        $96,000,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $45,442,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $34,238,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,940,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $26,191,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $25,916,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, 
                        $26,666,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, $24,776,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $9,956,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $2,869,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $278,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, $0.
                          (B) Outlays, $0.
          (23) Across-the-Board Adjustment (990):
                  Fiscal year 2016:
                          (A) New budget authority -
                        $21,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$17,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2017:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $22,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$20,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2018:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $23,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$21,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2019:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $23,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$22,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2020:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $24,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2021:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $24,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$23,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2022:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $25,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$24,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2023:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $26,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$25,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2024:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $26,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$25,000,000.
                  Fiscal year 2025:
                          (A) New budget authority, -
                        $27,000,000.
                          (B) Outlays, -$26,000,000.

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

  (a) Submission Providing for Deficit Reduction.--Not later 
than July 15, 2015, the committees named in subsection (b) 
shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives to carry out this 
section.
  (b) Instructions.--
          (1) Committee on agriculture.--The Committee on 
        Agriculture shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (2) Committee on armed services.--The Committee on 
        Armed Services shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (3) Committee on education and the workforce.--The 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce shall submit 
        changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
        reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of 
        fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
          (4) Committee on energy and commerce.--The Committee 
        on Energy and Commerce shall submit changes in laws 
        within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
        deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
        years 2016 through 2025.
          (5) Committee on financial services.--The Committee 
        on Financial Services shall submit changes in laws 
        within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
        deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
        2016 through 2025.
          (6) Committee on homeland security.--The Committee on 
        Homeland Security shall submit changes in laws within 
        its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $15,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 
        2025.
          (7) Committee on the judiciary.--The Committee on the 
        Judiciary shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (8) Committee on natural resources.--The Committee on 
        Natural Resources shall submit changes in laws within 
        its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (9) Committee on oversight and government reform.--
        The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shall 
        submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        sufficient to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for 
        the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
          (10) Committee on science, space, and technology.--
        The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology shall 
        submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction 
        sufficient to reduce the deficit by $15,000,000 for the 
        period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
          (11) Committee on transportation and 
        infrastructure.--The Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.
          (12) Committee on veterans' affairs.--The Committee 
        on Veterans' Affairs shall submit changes in laws 
        within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
        deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
        2016 through 2025.
          (13) Committee on ways and means.--The Committee on 
        Ways and Means shall submit changes in laws within its 
        jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
        $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2025.

SEC. 202. RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES.

  (a) Estimating Assumptions.--
          (1) Assumptions.--In the House, for purposes of 
        titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974, the chair of the Committee on the Budget shall 
        use the baseline underlying the Congressional Budget 
        Office's Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 
        (January 2015) when making estimates of any bill or 
        joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or 
        conference report thereon. If adjustments to the 
        baseline are made subsequent to the adoption of this 
        concurrent resolution, then such chair shall determine 
        whether to use any of these adjustments when making 
        such estimates.
          (2) Intent.--The authority set forth in paragraph (1) 
        should only be exercised if the estimates used to 
        determine the compliance of such measures with the 
        budgetary requirements included in the concurrent 
        resolution are inaccurate because adjustments made to 
        the baseline are inconsistent with the assumptions 
        underlying the budgetary levels set forth in this 
        concurrent resolution. Such inaccurate adjustments made 
        after the adoption of this concurrent resolution may 
        include selected adjustments for rulemaking, judicial 
        actions, adjudication, and interpretative rules that 
        have major budgetary effects and are inconsistent with 
        the assumptions underlying the budgetary levels set 
        forth in this concurrent resolution.
          (3) Congressional budget office estimates.--Upon the 
        request of the chair of the Committee on the Budget of 
        the House for any measure, the Congressional Budget 
        Office shall prepare an estimate based on the baseline 
        determination made by such chair pursuant to paragraph 
        (1).
  (b) Repeal of the President's Health Care Law Through 
Reconciliation.--In preparing their submissions under section 
201(a) to the Committee on the Budget, the committees named in 
section 201(b) shall--
          (1) note the policies described in the report 
        accompanying this concurrent resolution on the budget 
        that repeal the Affordable Care Act and the health 
        care-related provisions of the Health Care and 
        Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; and
          (2) determine the most effective methods by which the 
        health care laws referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
        repealed in their entirety.
  (c) Revision of Budgetary Levels.--
          (1) Submission.--Upon the submission to the Committee 
        on the Budget of the House of a recommendation that has 
        complied with its reconciliation instructions solely by 
        virtue of section 310(b) of the Congressional Budget 
        Act of 1974, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
        may file with the House appropriately revised 
        allocations under section 302(a) of such Act and 
        revised functional levels and aggregates.
          (2) Conference report.--Upon the submission to the 
        House of a conference report recommending a 
        reconciliation bill or resolution in which a committee 
        has complied with its reconciliation instructions 
        solely by virtue of this section, the chair of the 
        Committee on the Budget of the House may file with the 
        House appropriately revised allocations under section 
        302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels and 
        aggregates.
          (3) Revision.--Allocations and aggregates revised 
        pursuant to this subsection shall be considered to be 
        allocations and aggregates established by the 
        concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 
        301 of such Act.

SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR RECONCILIATION.

  (a) Guidance.--In the House, the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget may develop additional guidelines providing further 
information, budgetary levels and amounts, and other 
explanatory material to supplement the instructions included in 
this concurrent resolution pursuant to section 310 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and set forth in section 201.
  (b) Publication.--In the House, the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget may cause the material prepared pursuant to 
subsection (a) to be printed in the Congressional Record on the 
appropriate date, but not later than the date set forth in this 
title on which committees must submit their recommendations to 
the Committee on the Budget in order to comply with the 
reconciliation instructions set forth in section 201.

 TITLE III--SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE

SEC. 301. SUBMISSIONS OF FINDINGS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, 
                    AND ABUSE.

  (a) Submissions Providing for the Elimination of Waste, 
Fraud, and Abuse.--In the House, not later than October 1, 
2015, the committees named in subsection (d) shall submit to 
the Committee on the Budget findings that identify changes in 
law within their jurisdictions that would achieve the specified 
level of savings through the elimination of waste, fraud, and 
abuse.
  (b) Recommendations Submitted.--After receiving those 
recommendations --
          (1) the Committee on the Budget may use them in the 
        development of future concurrent resolutions on the 
        budget; and
          (2) the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 
        House shall make such recommendations publicly 
        available in electronic form and cause them to be 
        placed in the Congressional Record not later than 30 
        days after receipt.
  (c) Specified Levels of Savings.--For purposes of this 
section, a specified level of savings for each committee may be 
inserted in the Congressional Record by the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget.
  (d) House Committees.--The following committees shall submit 
findings to the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives pursuant to subsection (a): the Committee on 
Agriculture, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
Committee on House Administration, the Committee on the 
Judiciary, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, the Committee on Small Business, the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means.
  (e) Report by the Government Accountability Office.--By 
August 1, 2015, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives a 
comprehensive report identifying instances in which the 
committees referred to in subsection (d) may make legislative 
changes to improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness 
of programs within their jurisdiction.

                      TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 401. COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR LEGISLATION TO INCORPORATE 
                    MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS.

  (a) CBO Estimates.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of 
fiscal year 2016, an estimate provided by the Congressional 
Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 for any major legislation considered in the House or 
the Senate during fiscal year 2016 shall, to the extent 
practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in 
economic output, employment, capital stock, and other 
macroeconomic variables resulting from such legislation.
  (b) Joint Committee on Taxation Estimates.--For purposes of 
the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, any estimate 
provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for any major legislation 
shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary 
effects of changes in economic output, employment, capital 
stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from such 
legislation.
  (c) Contents.--Any estimate referred to in this section 
shall, to the extent practicable, include--
          (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary effects 
        (including macroeconomic variables described in 
        subsections (a) and (b)) of such legislation in the 20-
        fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal year 
        of this concurrent resolution sets forth budgetary 
        levels required by section 301 of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974; and
          (2) an identification of the critical assumptions and 
        the source of data underlying that estimate.
  (d) Definitions.--As used in this section--
          (1) the term ``major legislation'' means any bill or 
        joint resolution--
                  (A) for which an estimate is required to be 
                prepared pursuant to section 402 of the 
                Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and that 
                causes a gross budgetary effect (before 
                incorporating macroeconomic effects) in any 
                fiscal year over the years of the most recently 
                agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
                equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of the 
                current projected gross domestic product of the 
                United States for that fiscal year; or
                  (B) designated as such by the chair of the 
                Committee on the Budget for all direct spending 
                legislation other than revenue legislation or 
                the Member who is chair or vice chair, as 
                applicable, of the Joint Committee on Taxation 
                for revenue legislation; and
          (2) the term ``budgetary effects'' means changes in 
        revenues, budget authority, outlays, and deficits.

SEC. 402. LIMITATION ON MEASURES AFFECTING SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY.

  (a) In General.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of 
fiscal year 2016, it shall not be in order to consider in the 
House or the Senate a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, that reduces the 
actuarial balance by at least .01 percent of the present value 
of future taxable payroll of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201(a) of the 
Social Security Act for the 75-year period utilized in the most 
recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursuant 
to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act.
  (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a measure 
that would improve the actuarial balance of the combined 
balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the 
75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the 
Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the 
Social Security Act.

SEC. 403. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

  (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget 
Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report accompanying this 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation under 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the 
Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary 
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration 
and the United States Postal Service.
  (b) Special Rule.--For purposes of enforcing sections 302(f) 
and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of 
the level of total new budget authority and total outlays 
provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts 
described in subsection (a).

SEC. 404. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY 
                    TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.

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

SEC. 405. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

  (a) In General.--In the House, except as provided for in 
subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, making a general 
appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for 
advance appropriations.
  (b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided for 
programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the 
report to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint 
explanatory statement of managers to accompany this concurrent 
resolution under the heading:
          (1) General.--``Accounts Identified for Advance 
        Appropriations''; and
          (2) Veterans.--``Veterans Accounts Identified for 
        Advance Appropriations''.
  (c) Limitations.--The aggregate level of advance 
appropriations shall not exceed--
          (1) General.--$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority 
        for all programs identified pursuant to subsection 
        (b)(1); and
          (2) Veterans.--$63,271,000,000 in new budget 
        authority for programs in the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
  (d) Definition.--The term ``advance appropriation'' means any 
new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint 
resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, making general appropriations or continuing 
appropriations, for the fiscal year following fiscal year 2016.

SEC. 406. FAIR VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES.

  (a) Fair Value Estimates.--Upon the request of the chair or 
ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, any estimate of 
the budgetary effects of a measure prepared by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office under the terms of title V of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ``credit reform'' shall, 
as a supplement to such estimate, and to the extent 
practicable, also provide an estimate of the current actual or 
estimated market values representing the ``fair value'' of 
assets and liabilities affected by such measure.
  (b) Fair Value Estimates for Housing and Student Loan 
Programs.--Whenever the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office prepares an estimate pursuant to section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 of the budgetary effects which 
would be incurred in carrying out any bill or joint resolution 
and if the Director determines that such bill or joint 
resolution has a budgetary effect related to a housing, 
residential mortgage or student loan program under title V of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, then the Director shall 
also provide an estimate of the current actual or estimated 
market values representing the ``fair value'' of assets and 
liabilities affected by the provisions of such bill or joint 
resolution that result in such effect.
  (c) Enforcement.--If the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), 
the chair of the Committee on the Budget may use such estimate 
to determine compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 and other budgetary enforcement controls.

SEC. 407. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING.

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

SEC. 408. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON 
                    TERRORISM.

  (a) Separate OCO/GWOT Allocation.--In the House, there shall 
be a separate allocation of new budget authority and outlays 
provided to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.
  (b) Application.--For purposes of enforcing the separate 
allocation referred to in subsection (a) under section 302(f) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ``first fiscal 
year'' and the ``total of fiscal years'' shall be deemed to 
refer to fiscal year 2016. Section 302(c) of such Act shall not 
apply to such separate allocation.
  (c) Designations.--New budget authority or outlays counting 
toward the allocation established by subsection (a) shall be 
designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
  (d) Adjustments.--For purposes of subsection (a) for fiscal 
year 2016, no adjustment shall be made under section 314(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any adjustment would be 
made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 409. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES.

  (a) Adjustments of Discretionary and Direct Spending 
Levels.--In the House, if a committee (other than the Committee 
on Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or 
offers any amendment thereto or submits a conference report 
thereon, providing for a decrease in direct spending (budget 
authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year 
and also provides for an authorization of appropriations for 
the same purpose, upon the enactment of such measure, the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget may decrease the allocation to 
such committee and increase the allocation of discretionary 
spending (budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to 
the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2016 by an 
amount equal to the new budget authority (and outlays flowing 
therefrom) provided for in a bill or joint resolution making 
appropriations for the same purpose.
  (b) Determinations.--In the House, for the purpose of 
enforcing this concurrent resolution, the allocations and 
aggregate levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct 
spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and 
surpluses for fiscal year 2016 and the period of fiscal years 
2016 through fiscal year 2025 shall be determined on the basis 
of estimates made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
and such chair may adjust applicable levels of this concurrent 
resolution.

SEC. 410. CONCEPTS, AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICATION.

  (a) Concepts, Allocations, and Application.--In the House--
          (1) upon a change in budgetary concepts or 
        definitions, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
        may adjust any allocations, aggregates, and other 
        budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution 
        accordingly;
          (2) any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, 
        and other budgetary levels made pursuant to this 
        concurrent resolution shall--
                  (A) apply while that measure is under 
                consideration;
                  (B) take effect upon the enactment of that 
                measure; and
                  (C) be published in the Congressional Record 
                as soon as practicable;
          (3) section 202 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) 
        shall have no force or effect for any reconciliation 
        bill reported pursuant to instructions set forth in 
        this concurrent resolution;
          (4) the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
        adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 
        appropriate budgetary levels to reflect changes 
        resulting from the most recently published or adjusted 
        baseline of the Congressional Budget Office; and
          (5) the term ``budget year'' means the most recent 
        fiscal year for which a concurrent resolution on the 
        budget has been adopted.
  (b) Aggregates, Allocations and Application.--In the House, 
for purposes of this concurrent resolution and budget 
enforcement--
          (1) the consideration of any bill or joint 
        resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
        thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on the 
        Budget makes adjustments or revisions in the 
        allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels of 
        this concurrent resolution shall not be subject to the 
        points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of 
        the Rules of the House of Representatives or section 
        407 of this concurrent resolution; and
          (2) revised allocations and aggregates resulting from 
        these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes 
        of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations 
        and aggregates included in this concurrent resolution.

SEC. 411. RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

                         TITLE V--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 501. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE 
                    LAW.

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

SEC. 502. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROMOTING REAL HEALTH CARE 
                    REFORM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, that promotes real health care reform, if such 
measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 503. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO THE MEDICARE 
                    PROVISIONS OF THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, that repeals all or part of the decreases in 
Medicare spending included in the Affordable Care Act or the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such 
measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 504. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH 
                    INSURANCE PROGRAM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure extends the State Children's Health Insurance Program, 
but only if such measure would not increase the deficit over 
the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 505. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms, expands access to, and improves, as determined 
by such chair, graduate medical education programs, but only if 
such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 506. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and 
Means, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
implements a trade agreement, but only if such measure would 
not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 
through 2025.

SEC. 507. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE TAX CODE.

  In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a 
bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any such 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, if such measure would not increase the deficit 
for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 508. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE MEASURES.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any 
bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and 
Means, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
decreases revenue, but only if such measure would not increase 
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 509. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY AND INCREASE 
                    OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms policies and programs to reduce poverty and 
increase opportunity and upward mobility, but only if such 
measure would neither adversely impact job creation nor 
increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 
through 2025.

SEC. 510. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure maintains the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, but 
only if such measure would not increase the deficit over the 
period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

SEC. 511. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FEDERAL RETIREMENT REFORM.

  In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms, improves and updates the Federal retirement 
system, as determined by such chair, but only if such measure 
would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 
2016 through 2025.

SEC. 512. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEFENSE SEQUESTER 
                    REPLACEMENT.

  The chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure 
supports the following activities: Department of Defense 
training and maintenance associated with combat readiness, 
modernization of equipment, auditability of financial 
statements, or military compensation and benefit reforms, by 
the amount provided for these purposes, but only if such 
measure would not increase the deficit (without counting any 
net revenue increases in that measure) over the period of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

                 TITLE VI--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 601. DIRECT SPENDING.

  (a) Means-Tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For means-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 
        percent.
          (2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated 
        average rate of growth in the total level of outlays 
        during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 
        2016 is 4.6 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spending:
                  (A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a 
                Democratic president reformed welfare by 
                limiting the duration of benefits, giving 
                States more control over the program, and 
                helping recipients find work. In the five years 
                following passage, child-poverty rates fell, 
                welfare caseloads fell, and workers' wages 
                increased. This budget applies the lessons of 
                welfare reform to both the Supplemental 
                Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid.
                  (B) For Medicaid, this budget assumes the 
                conversion of the Federal share of Medicaid 
                spending into flexible State allotments, which 
                States will be able to tailor to meet their 
                unique needs. Such a reform would end the 
                misguided one-size-fits-all approach that ties 
                the hands of State governments and would 
                provide States with the freedom and flexibility 
                they have long requested in the Medicaid 
                program. Moreover, this budget assumes the 
                repeal of the Medicaid expansions in the 
                President's health care law, relieving State 
                governments of the crippling one-size-fits-all 
                enrollment mandates, as well as the 
                overwhelming pressure the law's Medicaid 
                expansion puts on an already-strained system.
                  (C) For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
                Program, this budget assumes the conversion of 
                the program into a flexible State allotment 
                tailored to meet each State's needs. The 
                allotment would increase based on the 
                Department of Agriculture Thrifty Food Plan 
                index and beneficiary growth. Such a reform 
                would provide incentives for States to ensure 
                dollars will go towards those who need them 
                most.
  (b) Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending.--
          (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average 
        rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 
        10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 5.4 
        percent.
          (2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the 
        estimated average rate of growth in the total level of 
        outlays during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal 
        year 2016 is 5.5 percent under current law.
          (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 
        concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct 
        spending:
                  (A) For Medicare, this budget advances 
                policies to put seniors, not the Federal 
                Government, in control of their health care 
                decisions. Future retirees would be able to 
                choose from a range of guaranteed coverage 
                options, with private plans competing alongside 
                the traditional fee-for-service Medicare 
                program. Medicare would provide a premium-
                support payment either to pay for or offset the 
                premium of the plan chosen by the senior, 
                depending on the plan's cost. The Medicare 
                premium-support payment would be adjusted so 
                that the sick would receive higher payments if 
                their conditions worsened; lower-income seniors 
                would receive additional assistance to help 
                cover out-of-pocket costs; and wealthier 
                seniors would assume responsibility for a 
                greater share of their premiums. Putting 
                seniors in charge of how their health care 
                dollars are spent will force providers to 
                compete against each other on price and 
                quality. This market competition will act as a 
                real check on widespread waste and skyrocketing 
                health care costs. As with previous budgets, 
                this program will begin in 2024 and makes no 
                changes to those in or near retirement.
                  (B) In keeping with a recommendation from the 
                National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility 
                and Reform, this budget calls for Federal 
                employees--including Members of Congress and 
                congressional staff--to make greater 
                contributions toward their own retirement.

                TITLE VII--RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM LEVELS

SEC. 701. LONG-TERM BUDGETING.

  The following are the recommended revenue, spending, and 
deficit levels for each of fiscal years 2030, 2035, and 2040 as 
a percent of the gross domestic product of the United States:
          (1) Revenues.--The budgetary levels of Federal 
        revenues are as follows:
  Fiscal year 2030: 18.7 percent.
  Fiscal year 2035: 19.0 percent.
  Fiscal year 2040: 19.0 percent.
          (2) Outlays.--The budgetary levels of total budget 
        outlays are not to exceed:
  Fiscal year 2030: 18.4 percent.
  Fiscal year 2035: 17.8 percent.
  Fiscal year 2040: 16.9 percent.
          (3) Deficits.--The budgetary levels of deficits are 
        not to exceed:
  Fiscal year 2030: -0.3 percent.
  Fiscal year 2035: -1.2 percent.
  Fiscal year 2040: -2.1 percent.
          (4) Debt.--The budgetary levels of debt held by the 
        public are not to exceed:
  Fiscal year 2030: 44.0 percent.
  Fiscal year 2035: 32.0 percent.
  Fiscal year 2040: 18.0 percent.

                     TITLE VIII--POLICY STATEMENTS

SEC. 801. POLICY STATEMENT ON BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Federal Government collects approximately $3 
        trillion annually in taxes, but spends more than $3.5 
        trillion to maintain the operations of government. The 
        Federal Government must borrow 14 cents of every 
        Federal dollar spent.
          (2) At the end of the year 2014, the national debt of 
        the United States was more than $18.1 trillion.
          (3) A majority of States have petitioned the Federal 
        Government to hold a Constitutional Convention for the 
        consideration of adopting a Balanced Budget Amendment 
        to the United States Constitution.
          (4) Forty-nine States have fiscal limitations in 
        their State Constitutions, including the requirement to 
        annually balance the budget.
          (5) H.J. Res. 2, sponsored by Rep. Robert W. 
        Goodlatte (R-VA), was considered by the House of 
        Representatives on November 18, 2011, though it 
        received 262 aye votes, it did not receive the two-
        thirds required for passage.
          (6) Numerous balanced budget amendment proposals have 
        been introduced on a bipartisan basis in the House. 
        Twelve were introduced in the 113th Congress alone, 
        including H.J. Res. 4 by Democratic Representative John 
        J. Barrow of Georgia, and H.J. Res. 38 by Republican 
        Representative Jackie Walorski of Indiana.
          (7) The joint resolution providing for a balanced 
        budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution referred to 
        in paragraph (5) prohibited outlays for a fiscal year 
        (except those for repayment of debt principal) from 
        exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except 
        those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a 
        three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes 
        a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
          (8) In 1995, a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. 
        Constitution passed the House with bipartisan support, 
        but failed of passage by one vote in the United States 
        Senate.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of this resolution 
that Congress should pass a joint resolution incorporating the 
provisions set forth in subsection (b), and send such joint 
resolution to the States for their approval, to amend the 
Constitution of the United States to require an annual balanced 
budget.

SEC. 802. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET PROCESS AND BASELINE REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--
          (1) In 1974, after more than 50 years of executive 
        dominance over fiscal policy, Congress acted to 
        reassert its ``power of the purse'', and passed the 
        Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.
          (2) The measure explicitly sought to establish 
        congressional control over the budget process, to 
        provide for annual congressional determination of the 
        appropriate level of taxes and spending, to set 
        important national budget priorities, and to find ways 
        in which Members of Congress could have access to the 
        most accurate, objective, and highest quality 
        information to assist them in discharging their duties.
          (3) Far from achieving its intended purpose, however, 
        the process has instituted a bias toward higher 
        spending and larger government. The behemoth of the 
        Federal Government has largely been financed through 
        either borrowing or taking ever greater amounts of the 
        national income through high taxation.
          (4) The process does not treat programs and policies 
        consistently and shows a bias toward higher spending 
        and higher taxes.
          (5) It assumes extension of spending programs (of 
        more than $50 million per year) scheduled to expire.
          (6) Yet it does not assume the extension of tax 
        policies in the same way. consequently, extending 
        existing tax policies that may be scheduled to expire 
        is characterized as a new tax reduction, requiring 
        offsets to ``pay for'' merely keeping tax policy the 
        same even though estimating conventions would not 
        require similar treatment of spending programs.
          (7) The original goals set for the congressional 
        process are admirable in their intent, but because the 
        essential mechanisms of the process have remained the 
        same, and ``reforms'' enacted over the past 40 years 
        have largely taken the form of layering greater levels 
        of legal complexity without reforming or reassessing 
        the very fundamental nature of the process.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution on the budget that as the primary branch of 
Government, Congress must:
          (1) Restructure the fundamental procedures of budget 
        decision making;
          (2) Reassert Congress's ``power of the purse'', and 
        reinforce the balance of powers between Congress and 
        the President, as the 1974 Act intended.
          (3) Create greater incentives for lawmakers to do 
        budgeting as intended by the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974, especially adopting a budget resolution every 
        year.
          (4) Encourage more effective control over spending, 
        especially currently uncontrolled direct spending.
          (5) Consider innovative fiscal tools such as: zero 
        based budgeting, which would require a department or 
        agency to justify its budget as if it were a new 
        expenditure; and direct spending caps to enhance 
        oversight of automatic pilot spending that increases 
        each year without congressional approval.
          (6) Promote efficient and timely budget actions, so 
        that lawmakers complete their budget actions by the 
        time the new fiscal year begins.
          (7) Provide access to the best analysis of economic 
        conditions available and increase awareness of how 
        fiscal policy directly impacts overall economic growth 
        and job creation,
          (9) Remove layers of complexity that have complicated 
        the procedures designed in 1974, and made budgeting 
        more arcane and opaque.
          (10) Remove existing biases that favor higher 
        spending.
          (11) Include procedures by which current tax laws may 
        be extended and treated on a basis that is not 
        different from the extension of entitlement programs.
  (c) Budget Process Reform.--Comprehensive budget process 
reform should also remove the bias in the baseline against the 
extension of current tax laws in the following ways:
          (1) Permanent extension of tax laws should not be 
        used as a means to increase taxes on other taxpayers;
          (2) For those expiring tax provisions that are 
        proposed to be permanently extended, Congress should 
        use a more realistic baseline that does not require 
        them to be offset; and,
          (3) Tax-reform legislation should not include tax 
        increases just to offset the extension of current tax 
        laws.
  (d) Legislation.--The Committee on the Budget intends to 
draft legislation during the 114th Congress that will rewrite 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to 
fulfill the goals of making the congressional budget process 
more effective in ensuring taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely 
and efficiently.

SEC. 803. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Although the United States economy technically 
        emerged from recession more than 5 years ago, the 
        subsequent recovery has felt more like a malaise than a 
        rebound. Real gross domestic product GDP growth over 
        the past 5 years has averaged slightly more than 2 
        percent, well below the 3.2 percent historical trend 
        rate of growth in the United States. Although the 
        economy has shown some welcome signs of improvement of 
        late, the Nation remains in the midst of the weakest 
        economic recovery of the modern era.
          (2) Looking ahead, CBO expects the economy to grow by 
        an average of just 2.3 percent over the next 10 years. 
        That level of economic growth is simply unacceptable 
        and insufficient to expand opportunities and the 
        incomes of millions of middle-income Americans.
          (3) Sluggish economic growth has also contributed to 
        the country's fiscal woes. Subpar growth means that 
        revenue levels are lower than they would otherwise be 
        while government spending (e.g. welfare and income-
        support programs) is higher. Clearly, there is a dire 
        need for policies that will spark higher rates of 
        economic growth and greater, higher-quality job 
        opportunities
          (4) Although job gains have been trending up of late, 
        other aspects of the labor market remain weak. The 
        labor force participation rate, for instance, is 
        hovering just under 63 percent, close to the lowest 
        level since 1978. Long-term unemployment also remains a 
        problem. Of the roughly 8.7 million people who are 
        currently unemployed, 2.7 million (more than 30 
        percent) have been unemployed for more than 6 months. 
        Long-term unemployment erodes an individual's job 
        skills and detaches them from job opportunities. It 
        also undermines the long-term productive capacity of 
        the economy.
          (5) Perhaps most important, wage gains and income 
        growth have been subpar for middle-class Americans. 
        Average hourly earnings of private-sector workers have 
        increased by just 1.6 percent over the past year. Prior 
        to the recession, average hourly earnings were tracking 
        close to 4 percent. Likewise, average income levels 
        have remained flat in recent years. Real median 
        household income is just under $52,000, one of the 
        lowest levels since 1995.
          (6) The unsustainable fiscal trajectory has cast a 
        shadow on the country's economic outlook. investors and 
        businesses make decisions on a forward-looking basis. 
        they know that today's large debt levels are simply 
        tomorrow's tax hikes, interest rate increases, or 
        inflation and they act accordingly. This debt overhang, 
        and the uncertainty it generates, can weigh on growth, 
        investment, and job creation.
          (7) Nearly all economists, including those at the 
        CBO, conclude that reducing budget deficits (thereby 
        bending the curve on debt levels is a net positive for 
        economic growth over time. The logic is that deficit 
        reduction creates long-term economic benefits because 
        it increases the pool of national savings and boosts 
        investment, thereby raising economic growth and job 
        creation.
          (8) CBO analyzed the House Republican fiscal year 
        2016 budget resolution and found it would increase real 
        output per capita (a proxy for a country's standard of 
        living) by about $1,000 in 2025 and roughly $5,000 by 
        2040 relative to the baseline path. That means more 
        income and greater prosperity for all Americans.
          (9) In contrast, if the Government remains on the 
        current fiscal path, future generations will face ever-
        higher debt service costs, a decline in national 
        savings, and a ``crowding out'' of private investment. 
        This dynamic will eventually lead to a decline in 
        economic output and a diminution in our country's 
        standard of living.
          (10) The key economic challenge is determining how to 
        expand the economic pie, not how best to divide up and 
        re-distribute a shrinking pie.
          (11) A stronger economy is vital to lowering deficit 
        levels and eventually balancing the budget. According 
        to CBO, if annual real GDP growth is just 0.1 
        percentage point higher over the budget window, 
        deficits would be reduced by $326 billion.
          (12) This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-
        growth policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that 
        will help foster a stronger economy, greater 
        opportunities and more job creation.
  (b) Policy on Economic Growth and Job Creation.--It is the 
policy of this resolution to promote faster economic growth and 
job creation. By putting the budget on a sustainable path, this 
resolution ends the debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job 
creators. Reforms to the tax code will put American businesses 
and workers in a better position to compete and thrive in the 
21st century global economy. This resolution targets the 
regulatory red tape and cronyism that stack the deck in favor 
of special interests. All of the reforms in this resolution 
serve as means to the larger end of helping the economy grow 
and expanding opportunity for all Americans.

SEC. 804. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) A world-class tax system should be simple, fair, 
        and promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The 
        United States tax code fails on all three counts: It is 
        notoriously complex, patently unfair, and highly 
        inefficient. The tax code's complexity distorts 
        decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads to 
        slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job 
        creation.
          (2) Over the past decade alone, there have been 4,107 
        changes to the tax code, more than one per day. Many of 
        the major changes over the years have involved carving 
        out special preferences, exclusions, or deductions for 
        various activities or groups. These loopholes add up to 
        more than $1 trillion per year and make the code 
        unfair, inefficient, and highly complex.
          (3) In addition, these tax preferences are 
        disproportionately used by upper-income individuals.
          (4) The large amount of tax preferences that pervade 
        the code end up narrowing the tax base. A narrow tax 
        base, in turn, requires much higher tax rates to raise 
        a given amount of revenue.
          (5) It is estimated that American taxpayers end up 
        spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours a 
        year complying with the tax code waste of time and 
        resources that could be used in more productive 
        activities.
          (6) Standard economic theory shows that high marginal 
        tax rates dampen the incentives to work, save, and 
        invest, which reduces economic output and job creation. 
        Lower economic output, in turn, mutes the intended 
        revenue gain from higher marginal tax rates.
          (7) Roughly half of U.S. active business income and 
        half of private sector employment are derived from 
        business entities (such as partnerships, S 
        corporations, and sole proprietorships) that are taxed 
        on a ``pass-through'' basis, meaning the income flows 
        through to the tax returns of the individual owners and 
        is taxed at the individual rate structure rather than 
        at the corporate rate. Small businesses, in particular, 
        tend to choose this form for Federal tax purposes, and 
        the top Federal rate on such small business income can 
        reach nearly 45 percent. For these reasons, sound 
        economic policy requires lowering marginal rates on 
        these pass-through entities.
          (8) The U.S. corporate income tax rate (including 
        Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to slightly more 
        than 39 percent, the highest rate in the industrialized 
        world. Tax rates this high suppress wages and 
        discourage investment and job creation, distort 
        business activity, and put American businesses at a 
        competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors.
          (9) By deterring potential investment, the U.S. 
        corporate tax restrains economic growth and job 
        creation. The U.S. tax rate differential with other 
        countries also fosters a variety of complicated 
        multinational corporate behaviors intended to avoid the 
        tax, which have the effect of moving the tax base 
        offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing 
        corporate revenue.
          (10) The ``worldwide'' structure of U.S. 
        international taxation essentially taxes earnings of 
        United States firms twice, putting them at a 
        significant competitive disadvantage with competitors 
        with more competitive international tax systems.
          (11) Reforming the United States tax code to a more 
        competitive international system would boost the 
        competitiveness of United States companies operating 
        abroad and it would also greatly reduce tax avoidance.
          (12) The tax code imposes costs on American workers 
        through lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and 
        on investors in diminished returns.
          (13) Revenues have averaged about 17.4 percent of the 
        economy throughout modern American history. Revenues 
        rise above this level under current law to 18.3 percent 
        of the economy by the end of the 10-year budget window.
          (14) Attempting to raise revenue through new tax 
        increases to meet out-of-control spending would sink 
        the economy and Americans' ability to save for their 
        retirement and their children's education.
          (15) This resolution also rejects the idea of 
        instituting a carbon tax in the United States, which 
        some have offered as a new source of revenue. Such a 
        plan would damage the economy, cost jobs, and raise 
        prices on American consumers.
          (16) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not 
        constitute fundamental tax reform.
          (17) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or 
        eliminate loopholes and use those savings to lower tax 
        rates across the board not to fund more wasteful 
        Government spending. Washington has a spending problem, 
        not a revenue problem.
          (18) Many economists believe that fundamental tax 
        reform (i.e. a broader tax base and lower tax rates) 
        would lead to greater labor supply and increased 
        investment, which, over time, would have a positive 
        impact on total national output.
          (19) Heretofore, the congressional scorekeepers the 
        Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint 
        Committee on Taxation (JCT).
          (20) Static scoring implicitly assumes that the size 
        of the economy (and therefore key economic variables 
        such as labor supply and investment) remains fixed 
        throughout the considered budget horizon. This is an 
        abstraction from reality.
          (21) A new House rule was adopted at the beginning of 
        the 114th Congress to help correct this problem. This 
        rule requires CBO and JCT to incorporate the 
        macroeconomic effects of major legislation into their 
        official cost estimates.
          (22) This rule seeks to bridge the divide between 
        static estimates and scoring that incorporates economic 
        feedback effects by providing policymakers with a 
        greater amount of information about the likely economic 
        impact of policies under their consideration while at 
        the same time preserving traditional scoring methods 
        and reporting conventions.
  (b) Policy on Tax Reform.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress should enact legislation that provides 
for a comprehensive reform of the United States tax code to 
promote economic growth, create American jobs, increase wages, 
and benefit American consumers, investors, and workers through 
fundamental tax reform that--
          (1) simplifies the tax code to make it fairer to 
        American families and businesses and reduces the amount 
        of time and resources necessary to comply with tax 
        laws;
          (2) substantially lowers tax rates for individuals 
        and consolidates the current seven individual income 
        tax brackets into fewer brackets;
          (3) repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax;
          (4) reduces the corporate tax rate; and
          (5) transitions the tax code to a more competitive 
        system of international taxation in a manner that does 
        not discriminate against any particular type of income 
        or industry.

SEC. 805. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Opening foreign markets to American exports is 
        vital to the United States economy and beneficial to 
        American workers and consumers. The Commerce Department 
        estimates that every $1 billion of United States 
        exports supports more than 5,000 jobs here at home.
          (2) The United States can increase economic 
        opportunities for American workers and businesses 
        through the expansion of trade, adherence to trade 
        agreement rules by the United States and its trading 
        partners, and the elimination of foreign trade barriers 
        to United States goods and services.
          (3) Trade Promotion Authority is a bipartisan and 
        bicameral effort to strengthen the role of Congress in 
        setting negotiating objectives for trade agreements, to 
        improve consultation with Congress by the 
        Administration, and to provide a clear framework for 
        congressional consideration and implementation of trade 
        agreements.
          (4) Global trade and commerce is not a zero-sum game. 
        The idea that global expansion tends to ``hollow out'' 
        United States operations is incorrect. Foreign-
        affiliate activity tends to complement, not substitute 
        for, key parent activities in the United States such as 
        employment, worker compensation, and capital 
        investment. When United States headquartered 
        multinationals invest and expand operations abroad it 
        often leads to more jobs and economic growth at home.
          (5) Trade agreements have saved the average American 
        family of four more than $10,000 per year, as a result 
        of lower duties. Trade agreements also lower the cost 
        of manufacturing inputs by removing duties.
          (6) American businesses and workers have shown that, 
        on a level playing field, they can excel and surpass 
        the international competition.
          (7) When negotiating trade agreements, United States 
        laws on Intellectual Property (IP) protection should be 
        used as a benchmark for establishing global IP 
        frameworks. Strong IP protections have contributed 
        significantly to the United States status as a world 
        leader in innovation across sectors, including in the 
        development of life-saving biologic medicines. The data 
        protections afforded to biologics in United States law, 
        including 12 years of data protection, allow continued 
        development of pioneering medicines to benefit patients 
        both in the United States and abroad. To maintain the 
        cycle of innovation and achieve truly 21st century 
        trade agreements, it is vital that our negotiators 
        insist on the highest standards for IP protections.
          (8) The status quo of the current tax code also 
        undermines the competitiveness of United States 
        businesses and costs the United States economy 
        investment and jobs.
          (9) The United States currently has an antiquated 
        system of international taxation whereby United States 
        multinationals operating abroad pay both the foreign-
        country tax and United States corporate taxes. They are 
        essentially taxed twice. This puts them at an obvious 
        competitive disadvantage. A modern and competitive 
        international tax system would facilitate global 
        commerce for United States multinational companies and 
        would encourage foreign business investment and job 
        creation in the United States.
          (10) The ability to defer United States taxes on 
        their foreign operations, which some erroneously refer 
        to as a ``tax loophole,'' cushions this disadvantage to 
        a certain extent. Eliminating or restricting this 
        provision (and others like it) would harm United States 
        competitiveness.
          (11) This budget resolution advocates fundamental tax 
        reform that would lower the United States corporate 
        rate, now the highest in the industrialized world, and 
        switch to a more competitive system of international 
        taxation. This would make the United States a much more 
        attractive place to invest and station business 
        activity and would chip away at the incentives for 
        United States companies to keep their profits overseas 
        (because the United States corporate rate is so high).
  (b) Policy on Trade.--It is the policy of this concurrent 
resolution to pursue international trade, global commerce, and 
a modern and competitive United States international tax system 
to promote job creation in the United States. The United States 
should continue to seek increased economic opportunities for 
American workers and businesses through the expansion of trade 
opportunities, adherence to trade agreements and rules by the 
United States and its trading partners, and the elimination of 
foreign trade barriers to United States goods and services by 
opening new markets and by enforcing United States rights. To 
that end, Congress should pass Trade Promotion Authority to 
strengthen the role of Congress in setting negotiating 
objectives for trade agreements, to improve consultation with 
Congress by the Administration, and to provide a clear 
framework for congressional consideration and implementation of 
trade agreements.

SEC. 806. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals with 
        disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Security. 
        Since enactment, Social Security has served as a vital 
        leg on the ``three-legged stool'' of retirement 
        security, which includes employer provided pensions as 
        well as personal savings.
          (2) The Social Security Trustees Report has 
        repeatedly recommended that Social Security's long-term 
        financial challenges be addressed soon. Each year 
        without reform, the financial condition of Social 
        Security becomes more precarious and the threat to 
        seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 
        benefits becomes more pronounced:
                  (A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust 
                Fund will be exhausted and program revenues 
                will be unable to pay scheduled benefits.
                  (B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and 
                Survivors and Disability Trust Funds will be 
                exhausted, and program revenues will be unable 
                to pay scheduled benefits.
                  (C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds in 
                2033, benefits will be cut nearly 23 percent 
                across the board, devastating those currently 
                in or near retirement and those who rely on 
                Social Security the most.
          (3) The recession and continued low economic growth 
        have exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis facing 
        Social Security. The most recent Congressional Budget 
        Office (CBO) projections find that Social Security will 
        run cash deficits of more than $2 trillion over the 
        next 10 years.
          (4) Lower income Americans rely on Social Security 
        for a larger proportion of their retirement income. 
        Therefore, reforms should take into consideration the 
        need to protect lower income Americans' retirement 
        security.
          (5) The Disability Insurance program provides an 
        essential income safety net for those with disabilities 
        and their families. According to the CBO, between 1970 
        and 2012, the number of people receiving disability 
        benefits (both disabled workers and their dependent 
        family members) has increased by more than 300 percent 
        from 2.7 million to over 10.9 million. This increase is 
        not due strictly to population growth or decreases in 
        health. David Autor and Mark Duggan have found that the 
        increase in individuals on disability does not reflect 
        a decrease in self-reported health. CBO attributes 
        program growth to changes in demographics, changes in 
        the composition of the labor force and compensation, as 
        well as Federal policies.
          (6) If this program is not reformed, families who 
        rely on the lifeline that disability benefits provide 
        will face benefit cuts of up to 20 percent in 2016, 
        devastating individuals who need assistance the most.
          (7) In the past, Social Security has been reformed on 
        a bipartisan basis, most notably by the ``Greenspan 
        Commission'' which helped to address Social Security 
        shortfalls for more than a generation.
          (8) Americans deserve action by the President, the 
        House, and the Senate to preserve and strengthen Social 
        Security. It is critical that bipartisan action be 
        taken to address the looming insolvency of Social 
        Security. In this spirit, this resolution creates a 
        bipartisan opportunity to find solutions by requiring 
        policymakers to ensure that Social Security remains a 
        critical part of the safety net.
  (b) Policy on Social Security.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress should work on a bipartisan basis to 
make Social Security sustainably solvent. This resolution 
assumes reform of a current law trigger, such that:
          (1) If in any year the Board of Trustees of the 
        Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
        the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund annual 
        Trustees Report determines that the 75-year actuarial 
        balance of the Social Security Trust Funds is in 
        deficit, and the annual balance of the Social Security 
        Trust Funds in the 75th year is in deficit, the Board 
        of Trustees should, no later than September 30 of the 
        same calendar year, submit to the President 
        recommendations for statutory reforms necessary to 
        achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a 
        positive annual balance in the 75th-year. 
        Recommendations provided to the President must be 
        agreed upon by both Public Trustees of the Board of 
        Trustees.
          (2) Not later than 1 December of the same calendar 
        year in which the Board of Trustees submit their 
        recommendations, the President should promptly submit 
        implementing legislation to both Houses of Congress 
        including his recommendations necessary to achieve a 
        positive 75-year actuarial balance and a positive 
        annual balance in the 75th year. The Majority Leader of 
        the Senate and the Majority Leader of the House should 
        introduce the President's legislation upon receipt.
          (3) Within 60 days of the President submitting 
        legislation, the committees of jurisdiction to which 
        the legislation has been referred should report a bill, 
        which should be considered by the full House or Senate 
        under expedited procedures.
          (4) Legislation submitted by the President should--
                  (A) protect those in or near retirement;
                  (B) preserve the safety net for those who 
                count on Social Security the most, including 
                those with disabilities and survivors;
                  (C) improve fairness for participants;
                  (D) reduce the burden on, and provide 
                certainty for, future generations; and
                  (E) secure the future of the Disability 
                Insurance program while addressing the needs of 
                those with disabilities today and improving the 
                determination process.
  (c) Policy on Disability Insurance.--It is the policy of this 
resolution that Congress and the President should enact 
legislation on a bipartisan basis to reform the Disability 
Insurance program prior to its insolvency in 2016 and should 
not raid the Social Security retirement system without reforms 
to the Disability Insurance system. This resolution assumes 
reform that--
          (1) ensure benefits continue to be paid to 
        individuals with disabilities and their family members 
        who rely on them;
          (2) prevents a 20 percent across-the-board benefit 
        cut;
          (3) makes the Disability Insurance program work 
        better; and
          (4) promotes opportunity for those trying to return 
        to work.
  (d) Policy on Social Security Solvency.--Any legislation that 
Congress considers to improve the solvency of the Disability 
Insurance trust fund also must improve the long-term solvency 
of the combined Old Age and Survivors Disability Insurance 
(OASDI) trust fund.

SEC. 807. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPEALING THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW 
                    AND PROMOTING REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The President's health care law put Washington's 
        priorities first, and not patients'. The Affordable 
        Care Act (ACA) has failed to reduce health care 
        premiums as promised; instead, the law mandated 
        benefits and coverage levels, denying patients the 
        opportunity to choose the type of coverage that best 
        suits their health needs and driving up health coverage 
        costs. A typical family's health care premiums were 
        supposed to decline by $2,500 a year; instead, 
        according to the 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey, 
        health care premiums have increased by 7 percent for 
        individuals and families since 2012.
          (2) The President pledged ``If you like your health 
        care plan, you can keep your health care plan.'' 
        Instead, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office 
        now estimates 9 million Americans with employment-based 
        health coverage will lose those plans due to the 
        President's health care law, further limiting patient 
        choice.
          (3) Then-Speaker of the House, Pelosi, said that the 
        President's health care law would create 4 million jobs 
        over the life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs 
        immediately. Instead, the Congressional Budget Office 
        estimates that the reduction in hours worked due to 
        Obamacare represents a decline of about 2.0 to 2.5 
        million full-time equivalent workers, compared with 
        what would have occurred in the absence of the law. The 
        full impact on labor represents a reduction in 
        employment by 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent, while 
        additional studies show less modest results. A recent 
        study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University 
        estimates that Obamacare will reduce employment by up 
        to 3 percent, or about 4 million full-time equivalent 
        workers.
          (4) The President has charged the Independent Payment 
        Advisory Board, a panel of unelected bureaucrats, with 
        cutting Medicare by an additional $20.9 billion over 
        the next ten years, according to the President's most 
        recent budget.
          (5) Since ACA was signed into law, the administration 
        has repeatedly failed to implement it as written. The 
        President has unilaterally acted to make a total of 28 
        changes, delays, and exemptions. The President has 
        signed into law another 17 changes made by Congress. 
        The Supreme Court struck down the forced expansion of 
        Medicaid; ruled the individual ``mandate'' could only 
        be characterized as a tax to remain constitutional; and 
        rejected the requirement that closely held companies 
        provide health insurance to their employees if doing so 
        violates these companies' religious beliefs. Even now, 
        almost five years after enactment, the Supreme Court 
        continues to evaluate the legality of how the 
        President's administration has implemented the law. All 
        of these changes prove the folly underlying the entire 
        program health care in the United States cannot be run 
        from a centralized bureaucracy.
          (6) The President's health care law is unaffordable, 
        intrusive, overreaching, destructive, and unworkable. 
        The law should be fully repealed, allowing for real, 
        patient-centered health care reform: the development of 
        real health care reforms that puts patients first, that 
        make affordable, quality health care available to all 
        Americans, and that build on the innovation and 
        creativity of all the participants in the health care 
        sector.
  (b) Policy on Promoting Real Health Care Reform.--It is the 
policy of this resolution that the President's health care law 
should be fully repealed and real health care reform promoted 
in accordance with the following principles:
          (1) In general.--Health care reform should enhance 
        affordability, accessibility, quality, innovation, 
        choices and responsiveness in health care coverage for 
        all Americans, putting patients, families, and doctors 
        in charge, not Washington, DC. These reforms should 
        encourage increased competition and transparency. Under 
        the President's health care law, government controls 
        Americans' health care choices. Under true, patient-
        centered reform, Americans would.
          (2) Affordability.--Real reform should be centered on 
        ensuring that all Americans, no matter their age, 
        income, or health status, have the ability to afford 
        health care coverage. The health care delivery 
        structure should be improved, and individuals should 
        not be priced out of the health insurance market due to 
        pre-existing conditions, but nationalized health care 
        is not only unnecessary to accomplish this, it 
        undermines the goal. Individuals should be allowed to 
        join together voluntarily to pool risk through 
        mechanisms such as Individual Membership Associations 
        and Small Employer Membership Associations.
          (3) Accessability.--Instead of Washington outlining 
        for Americans the ways they cannot use their health 
        insurance, reforms should make health coverage more 
        portable. Individuals should be able to own their 
        insurance and have it follow them in and out of jobs 
        throughout their career. Small business owners should 
        be permitted to band together across State lines 
        through their membership in bona fide trade or 
        professional associations to purchase health coverage 
        for their families and employees at a low cost. This 
        will increase small businesses' bargaining power, 
        volume discounts, and administrative efficiencies while 
        giving them freedom from State-mandated benefit 
        packages. Also, insurers licensed to sell policies in 
        one State should be permitted to offer them to 
        residents in any other State, and consumers should be 
        permitted to shop for health insurance across State 
        lines, as they are with other insurance products 
        online, by mail, by phone, or in consultation with an 
        insurance agent.
          (4) Quality.--Incentives for providers to deliver 
        high-quality, responsive, and coordinated care will 
        promote patient outcomes and drive down health care 
        costs. likewise, reforms that work to restore the 
        patient-physician relationship by reducing 
        administrative burdens and allowing physicians to do 
        what they do best: care for patients
          (5) Choices.--Individuals and families should be free 
        to secure the health care coverage that best meets 
        their needs, rather than instituting one-size-fits-all 
        directives from Federal bureaucracies such as the 
        Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Health and 
        Human Services, and the Independent Payment Advisory 
        Board.
          (6) Innovation.--Instead of stifling innovation in 
        health care technologies, treatments, medications, and 
        therapies with Federal mandates, taxes, and price 
        controls, a reformed health care system should 
        encourage research, development and innovation.
          (7) Responsiveness.--Reform should return authority 
        to States wherever possible to make the system more 
        responsive to patients and their needs. Instead of 
        tying States' hands with Federal requirements for their 
        Medicaid programs, the Federal Government should return 
        control of this program to the States. Not only does 
        the current Medicaid program drive up Federal debt and 
        threaten to bankrupt State budgets, but States are 
        better positioned to provide quality, affordable care 
        to those who are eligible for the program and to track 
        down and weed out waste, fraud and abuse. Beneficiary 
        choices in the State Children's Health Insurance 
        Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid should be improved. States 
        should make available the purchase of private insurance 
        as an option to their Medicaid and SCHIP populations 
        (though they should not require enrollment).
          (8) Reforms.--Reforms should be made to prevent 
        lawsuit abuse and curb the practice of defensive 
        medicine, which are significant drivers increasing 
        health care costs. The burden of proof in medical 
        malpractice cases should be based on compliance with 
        best practice guidelines, and States should be free to 
        implement those policies to best suit their needs.

SEC. 808. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) More than 50 million Americans depend on Medicare 
        for their health security.
          (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly 
        recommended that Medicare's long-term financial 
        challenges be addressed soon. Each year without reform, 
        the financial condition of Medicare becomes more 
        precarious and the threat to those in or near 
        retirement becomes more pronounced. According to the 
        Medicare Trustees Report--
                  (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be 
                exhausted in 2030 and unable to pay scheduled 
                benefits;
                  (B) Medicare enrollment is expected to 
                increase by over 50 percent in the next two 
                decades, as 10,000 baby boomers reach 
                retirement age each day;
                  (C) enrollees remain in Medicare three times 
                longer than at the outset of the program;
                  (D) current workers' payroll contributions 
                pay for current beneficiaries;
                  (E) in 2013, the ratio was 3.2 workers per 
                beneficiary, but this falls to 2.3 in 2030 and 
                continues to decrease over time;
                  (F) most Medicare beneficiaries receive about 
                three dollars in Medicare benefits for every 
                one dollar paid into the program; and
                  (G) Medicare spending is growing faster than 
                the economy and Medicare outlays are currently 
                rising at a rate of 6.5 percent per year over 
                the next 10 years. According to the 
                Congressional Budget Office's 2014 Long-Term 
                Budget Outlook, spending on Medicare is 
                projected to reach 5 percent of gross domestic 
                product (GDP) by 2043 and 9.3 percent of GDP by 
                2089.
          (3) Failing to address this problem will leave 
        millions of American seniors without adequate health 
        security and younger generations burdened with enormous 
        debt to pay for spending levels that cannot be 
        sustained.
  (b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--It is the policy of this 
resolution to preserve the program for those in or near 
retirement and strengthen Medicare for future beneficiaries.
  (c) Assumptions.--This resolution assumes reform of the 
Medicare program such that--
          (1) current Medicare benefits are preserved for those 
        in or near retirement;
          (2) permanent reform of the sustainable growth rate 
        is responsibly accounted for to ensure physicians 
        continue to participate in the Medicare program and 
        provide quality health care for beneficiaries;
          (3) when future generations reach eligibility, 
        Medicare is reformed to provide a premium support 
        payment and a selection of guaranteed health coverage 
        options from which recipients can choose a plan that 
        best suits their needs;
          (4) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-
        service as a plan option;
          (5) Medicare will provide additional assistance for 
        lower income beneficiaries and those with greater 
        health risks; and
          (6) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path 
        and the Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-
        term.

SEC. 809. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY 
                    AND INNOVATION.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) For decades, the Nation's commitment to the 
        discovery, development, and delivery of new treatments 
        and cures has made the United States the biomedical 
        innovation capital of the world, bringing life-saving 
        drugs and devices to patients and well over a million 
        high-paying jobs to local communities.
          (2) Thanks to the visionary and determined leadership 
        of innovators throughout America, including industry, 
        academic medical centers, and the National Institutes 
        of Health (NIH), the United States has led the way in 
        early discovery. The United States leadership role is 
        being threatened, however, as other countries 
        contribute more to basic research from both public and 
        private sources.
          (3) The Organisation for Economic Development and 
        Cooperation predicts that China, for example, will 
        outspend the United States in total research and 
        development by the end of the decade.
          (4) Federal policies should foster innovation in 
        health care, not stifle it. America should maintain its 
        world leadership in medical science by encouraging 
        competitive forces to work through the marketplace in 
        delivering cures and therapies to patients.
          (5) Too often the bureaucracy and red-tape in 
        Washington hold back medical innovation and prevent new 
        lifesaving treatments from reaching patients. This 
        resolution recognizes the valuable role of the NIH and 
        the indispensable contributions to medical research 
        coming from outside Washington.
          (6) America is the greatest, most innovative Nation 
        on Earth. Her people are innovators, entrepreneurs, 
        visionaries, and relentless builders of the future. 
        Americans were responsible for the first telephone, the 
        first airplane, the first computer, for putting the 
        first man on the moon, for creating the first vaccine 
        for polio and for legions of other scientific and 
        medical breakthroughs that have improved and prolonged 
        human health and life for countless people in America 
        and around the world.
  (b) Policy on Medical Innovation.--
          (1) It is the policy of this resolution to support 
        the important work of medical innovators throughout the 
        country, including private-sector innovators, medical 
        centers and the National Institutes of Health.
          (2) At the same time, the budget calls for continued 
        strong funding for the agencies that engage in valuable 
        research and development, while also urging Washington 
        to get out of the way of researchers, discoverers and 
        innovators all over the country.

SEC. 810. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY REFORM.

  (a) Findings.-- The House finds the following:
          (1) Excessive regulation at the Federal level has 
        hurt job creation and dampened the economy, slowing the 
        Nation's recovery from the economic recession.
          (2) Since President Obama's inauguration in 2009, the 
        administration has issued more than 468,500 pages of 
        regulations in the Federal Register including 70,066 
        pages in 2014.
          (3) The National Association of Manufacturers 
        estimates the total cost of regulations is as high as 
        $2.03 trillion per year. Since 2009, the White House 
        has generated more than $494 billion in regulatory 
        activity, with an additional $87.6 billion in 
        regulatory costs currently pending.
          (4) The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation 
        (Public Law 111-203) has resulted in more than $32 
        billion in compliance costs and saddled job creators 
        with more than 63 million hours of compliance 
        paperwork.
          (5) Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to date 
        has added 132.9 million annual hours of compliance 
        paperwork, imposing $24.3 billion of compliance costs 
        on the private sector and an $8 billion cost burden on 
        the States.
          (6) The highest regulatory costs come from rules 
        issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); 
        these regulations are primarily targeted at the coal 
        industry. In June 2014, the EPA proposed a rule to cut 
        carbon pollution from the Nation's power plants. The 
        proposed standards are unachievable with current 
        commercially available technology, resulting in a de-
        facto ban on new coal-fired power plants.
          (7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly 40 
        percent of the United States electricity at a low cost. 
        Unfairly targeting the coal industry with costly and 
        unachievable regulations will increase energy prices, 
        disproportionately disadvantaging energy-intensive 
        industries like manufacturing and construction, and 
        will make life more difficult for millions of low-
        income and middle class families already struggling to 
        pay their bills.
          (8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are being 
        retired or converted as a result of EPA regulations. 
        Combined with the de-facto prohibition on new plants, 
        these retirements and conversions may further increase 
        the cost of electricity.
          (9) A recent study by the energy market analysis 
        group Energy Ventures Analysis Inc. estimates the 
        average energy bill in West Virginia will rise $750 per 
        household by 2020, due in part to EPA regulations. West 
        Virginia receives 95 percent of its electricity from 
        coal.
          (10) The Heritage Foundation found that a phase-out 
        of coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end of 2023, 
        resulting in an aggregate gross domestic product 
        decrease of $2.23 trillion over the entire period and 
        reducing the income of a family of four by $1,200 per 
        year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will come from the 
        manufacturing sector, with California, Texas, Ohio, 
        Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Indiana, 
        North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia seeing the 
        highest job losses.
  (b) Policy on Federal Regulatory Reform.--It is the policy of 
this resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the 
public burdened by excessive regulation, enact legislation 
that--
          (1) promotes economic growth and job creation by 
        eliminating unnecessary red tape and streamlining and 
        simplifying Federal regulations;
          (2) requires the implementation of a regulatory 
        budget to be allocated amongst Government agencies, 
        which would require congressional approval and limit 
        the maximum costs of regulations in a given year;
          (3) requires congressional approval of all new major 
        regulations (those with an impact of $100 million or 
        more) before enactment as opposed to current law in 
        which Congress must expressly disapprove of regulation 
        to prevent it from becoming law, which would keep 
        Congress engaged as to pending regulatory policy and 
        prevent costly and unsound policies from being 
        implemented and becoming effective;
          (4) requires a three year retrospective cost-benefit 
        analysis of all new major regulations, to ensure that 
        regulations operate as intended;
          (5) reinforces the requirement of regulatory impact 
        analysis for regulations proposed by executive branch 
        agencies but also expands the requirement to 
        independent agencies so that by law they consider the 
        costs and benefits of proposed regulations rather than 
        merely being encouraged to do so as is current 
        practice; and
          (6) requires a formal rulemaking process for all 
        major regulations, which would increase transparency 
        over the process and allow interested parties to 
        communicate their views on proposed legislation to 
        agency officials.

SEC. 811. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE 
                    DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

  (a) Findings on Higher Education.--The House finds the 
following:
          (1) A well-educated workforce is critical to 
        economic, job, and wage growth.
          (2) Roughly 20 million students are enrolled in 
        American colleges and universities.
          (3) Over the past decade, tuition and fees have been 
        growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2004-2005 
        Academic Year and the 2014-2015 Academic Year--
                  (A) published tuition and fees at public 4-
                year colleges and universities increased at an 
                average rate of 3.5 percent per year above the 
                rate of inflation;
                  (B) published tuition and fees at public two-
                year colleges and universities increased at an 
                average rate of 2.5 percent per year above the 
                rate of inflation; and
                  (C) published tuition and fees at private 
                nonprofit 4-year colleges and universities 
                increased at an average rate of 2.2 percent per 
                year above the rate of inflation.
          (4) Federal financial aid for higher education has 
        also seen a dramatic increase. The portion of the 
        Federal student aid portfolio composed of Direct Loans, 
        Federal Family Education Loans, and Perkins Loans with 
        outstanding balances grew by 119 percent between fiscal 
        year 2007 and fiscal year 2014.
          (5) This spending has failed to make college more 
        affordable.
          (6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President 
        Obama noted: ``We can't just keep subsidizing 
        skyrocketing tuition; we'll run out of money''.
          (7) American students are chasing ever-increasing 
        tuition with ever-increasing debt. According to the 
        Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student debt now 
        stands at nearly $1.2 trillion. This makes student 
        loans the second largest balance of consumer debt, 
        after mortgage debt.
          (8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too 
        many fail to complete college or end up defaulting on 
        these loans due to their debt burden and a weak economy 
        and job market.
          (9) Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget 
        Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a fiscal 
        shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2017 and continuing 
        in each subsequent year in the current budget window.
          (10) Failing to address these problems will 
        jeopardize access and affordability to higher education 
        for America's young people.
  (b) Policy on Higher Education Affordability.--It is the 
policy of this resolution to address the root drivers of 
tuition inflation, by--
          (1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most in 
        need;
          (2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make 
        them more effective;
          (3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at 
        $5,775 in each year of the budget window; and
          (4) removing regulatory barriers in higher education 
        that act to restrict flexibility and innovative 
        teaching, particularly as it relates to non-traditional 
        models such as online coursework and competency-based 
        learning.
  (c) Findings on Workforce Development.--The House finds the 
following:
          (1) 8.7 million Americans are currently unemployed.
          (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those 
        looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce 
        development system that fails to connect workers with 
        assistance and employers with trained personnel.
          (3) The House Education and Workforce Committee 
        successfully consolidated 15 job training programs in 
        the recently enacted Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act.
  (d) Policy on Workforce Development.--It is the policy of 
this resolution to address the failings in the current 
workforce development system, by--
          (1) further streamlining and consolidating Federal 
        job training programs; and
          (2) empowering states with the flexibility to tailor 
        funding and programs to the specific needs of their 
        workforce, including the development of career 
        scholarships.

SEC. 812. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) For years, there has been serious concern 
        regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
        bureaucratic mismanagement and continuous failure to 
        provide veterans timely access to health care and 
        benefits.
          (2) In 2014, reports started breaking across the 
        Nation that VA medical centers were manipulating wait-
        list documents to hide long delays veterans were facing 
        to receive health care. The VA hospital scandal led to 
        the immediate resignation of then-Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.
          (3) In 2015, for the first time ever, VA health care 
        was added to the ``high-risk'' list of the Government 
        Accountability Office (GAO), due to management and 
        oversight failures that have directly resulted in risks 
        to the timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and quality of 
        health care.
          (4) In response to the scandal, the House Committee 
        on Veterans' Affairs held several oversight hearings 
        and ultimately enacted the Veterans' Access, Choice and 
        Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA) (Public Law 113-146) 
        to address these problems. VACAA provided $15 billion 
        in emergency resources to fund internal health care 
        needs within the department and provided veterans 
        enhanced access to private-sector health care under the 
        new Veterans Choice Program.
  (b) Policy on the Department of Veterans Affairs.--This 
budget supports the continued oversight efforts by the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to ensure the VA is not only 
transparent and accountable, but also successful in achieving 
its goals in providing timely health care and benefits to 
America's veterans. The Budget Committee will continue to 
closely monitor the VA's progress to ensure resources provided 
by Congress are sufficient and efficiently used to provide 
needed benefits and services to veterans.

SEC. 813. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGIES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Given the thousands of Federal programs and 
        trillions of dollars the Federal Government spends each 
        year, assessing and accounting for Federal fiscal 
        activities and liabilities is a complex undertaking.
          (2) Current methods of accounting leave much to be 
        desired in capturing the full scope of government and 
        in presenting information in a clear and compelling way 
        that illuminates the best options going forward.
          (3) Most fiscal analysis produced by the 
        Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is conducted over a 
        relatively short time horizon: 10 or 25 years. While 
        this time frame is useful for most purposes, it fails 
        to consider the fiscal consequences over the longer 
        term.
          (4) Additionally, current accounting methodology does 
        not provide an analysis of how the Federal Government's 
        fiscal situation over the long run affects Americans of 
        various age cohorts.
          (5) Another consideration is how Federal programs 
        should be accounted for. The ``accrual method'' of 
        accounting records revenue when it is earned and 
        expenses when they are incurred, while the ``cash 
        method'' records revenue and expenses when cash is 
        actually paid or received.
          (6) The Federal budget accounts for most programs 
        using cash accounting. Some programs, however, 
        particularly loan and loan guarantee programs, are 
        accounted for using accrual methods.
          (7) GAO has indicated that accrual accounting may 
        provide a more accurate estimation of the Federal 
        Government's liabilities than cash accounting for some 
        programs specifically those that provide some form of 
        insurance.
          (8) Where accrual accounting is used, it is almost 
        exclusively calculated by CBO according to the 
        methodology outlined in the Federal Credit Reform Act 
        of 1990 (FCRA). CBO uses fair value methodology instead 
        of FCRA to measure the cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie 
        Mac, for example.
          (9) FCRA methodology, however, understates the risk 
        and thus the true cost of Federal programs. An 
        alternative is fair value methodology, which uses 
        discount rates that incorporate the risk inherent to 
        the type of liability being estimated in addition to 
        Treasury discount rates of the proper maturity length.
          (10) The Congressional Budget Office has concluded 
        that ``adopting a fair-value approach would provide a 
        more comprehensive way to measure the costs of Federal 
        credit programs and would permit more level comparisons 
        between those costs and the costs of other forms of 
        federal assistance'' than the current approach under 
        FCRA.
  (b) Policy on Federal Accounting Methodologies.--It is the 
policy of this resolution that Congress should, in consultation 
with the Congressional Budget Office and the public affected by 
Federal budgetary choices, adopt Governmentwide reforms of 
budget and accounting practices so the American people and 
their representatives can more readily understand the fiscal 
situation of the Government of the United States and the 
options best suited to improving it. Such reforms may include 
but should not be limited to the following:
          (1) Providing additional metrics to enhance our 
        current analysis by considering our fiscal situation 
        comprehensively, over an extended time horizon, and as 
        it affects Americans of various age cohorts.
          (2) Expanding the use of accrual accounting where 
        appropriate.
          (3) Accounting for certain Federal credit programs 
        using fair value accounting as opposed to the current 
        approach under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.

SEC. 814. POLICY STATEMENT ON SCOREKEEPING FOR OUTYEAR BUDGETARY 
                    EFFECTS IN APPROPRIATION ACTS.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 directs the Committee on the Budget to provide an 
        allocation of budgetary resources to the Committee on 
        Appropriations for the budget year covered by a 
        concurrent resolution on the budget.
          (2) The allocation of budgetary resources provided by 
        the Committee on the Budget to the Committee on 
        Appropriations covers a period of one fiscal year only, 
        which is effective for the budget year.
          (3) An appropriation Act, joint resolution, amendment 
        thereto or conference report thereon may contain 
        changes to programs that result in direct budgetary 
        effects that occur beyond the budget year and beyond 
        the period for which the allocation of budgetary 
        resources provided by the Committee on the Budget is 
        effective.
          (4) The allocation of budgetary resources provided to 
        the Committee on Appropriations does not currently 
        anticipate or capture direct outyear budgetary effects 
        to programs.
          (5) Budget enforcement could be improved by capturing 
        the direct outyear budgetary effects caused by 
        appropriation Acts and using this information to 
        determine the appropriate allocations of budgetary 
        resources to the Committee on Appropriations when 
        considering future concurrent resolutions on the 
        budget.
  (b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of the House of 
Representatives to more effectively allocate budgetary 
resources and accurately enforce budget targets by agreeing to 
a procedure by which the Committee on the Budget should 
consider the direct outyear budgetary effects of changes to 
mandatory programs enacted in appropriations bills, joint 
resolutions, amendments thereto or conference reports thereon 
when setting the allocation of budgetary resources for the 
Committee on Appropriations in a concurrent resolution on the 
budget. The relevant committees of jurisdiction are directed to 
consult on a procedure during fiscal year 2016 and include 
recommendations for implementing such procedure in the fiscal 
year 2017 concurrent resolution on the budget.

SEC. 815. POLICY STATEMENT ON REDUCING UNNECESSARY, WASTEFUL, AND 
                    UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is 
        required by law to identify examples of waste, 
        duplication, and overlap in Federal programs, and has 
        so identified dozens of such examples.
          (2) In its report to Congress on Government 
        Efficiency and Effectiveness, the Comptroller General 
        has stated that addressing the identified waste, 
        duplication, and overlap in Federal programs could 
        ``lead to tens of billions of dollars of additional 
        savings.''
          (3) In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 the GAO issued 
        reports showing excessive duplication and redundancy in 
        Federal programs including--
                  (A) two hundred nine Science, Technology, 
                Engineering, and Mathematics education programs 
                in 13 different Federal agencies at a cost of 
                $3 billion annually;
                  (B) two hundred separate Department of 
                Justice crime prevention and victim services 
                grant programs with an annual cost of $3.9 
                billion in 2010;
                  (C) twenty different Federal entities 
                administer 160 housing programs and other forms 
                of Federal assistance for housing with a total 
                cost of $170 billion in 2010;
                  (D) seventeen separate Homeland Security 
                preparedness grant programs that spent $37 
                billion between fiscal year 2011 and 2012;
                  (E) fourteen grant and loan programs, and 
                three tax benefits to reduce diesel emissions;
                  (F) ninety-four different initiatives run by 
                11 different agencies to encourage ``green 
                building'' in the private sector; and
                  (G) twenty-three agencies implemented 
                approximately 670 renewable energy initiatives 
                in fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly $15 
                billion.
          (4) The Federal Government spends more than $80 
        billion each year for approximately 1,400 information 
        technology investments. GAO has identified broad 
        acquisition failures, waste, and unnecessary 
        duplication in the Government's information technology 
        infrastructure. experts have estimated that eliminating 
        these problems could save 25 percent or $20 billion.
          (5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a 
        potential source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO 
        estimated that saving 10 percent of the total or all 
        Federal procurement could generate more than $50 
        billion in savings annually.
          (6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $106 
        billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2013.
          (7) Under clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, each standing committee must 
        hold at least one hearing during each 120 day period 
        following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or 
        mismanagement in Government programs.
          (8) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 
        fiscal year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly 
        resulting in $693 billion in unauthorized 
        appropriations. Timely reauthorizations of these laws 
        would ensure assessments of program justification and 
        effectiveness.
          (9) The findings resulting from congressional 
        oversight of Federal Government programs should result 
        in programmatic changes in both authorizing statutes 
        and program funding levels.
  (b) Policy on Reducing Unnecessary, Wasteful, and 
Unauthorized Spending.--
          (1) Each authorizing committee annually should 
        include in its Views and Estimates letter required 
        under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of 
        programs within the jurisdiction of such committee 
        whose funding should be reduced or eliminated.
          (2) Committees of jurisdiction should review all 
        unauthorized programs funded through annual 
        appropriations to determine if the programs are 
        operating efficiently and effectively.
          (3) Committees should reauthorize those programs that 
        in the committees' judgment should continue to receive 
        funding.
          (4) For those programs not reauthorized by 
        committees, the House of Representatives should enforce 
        the limitations on funding such unauthorized programs 
        in the House rules. If the strictures of the rules are 
        deemed to be too rapid in prohibiting spending on 
        unauthorized programs, then milder measures should be 
        adopted and enforced until a return to the full 
        prohibition of clause 2(a)(1) of rule XXI of the Rules 
        of the House.

SEC. 816. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 
                    CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) According to the most recent estimate from the 
        Office of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were 
        expected to hold $844 billion in unobligated balances 
        at the close of fiscal year 2015.
          (2) These funds represent direct and discretionary 
        spending previously made available by Congress that 
        remains available for expenditure.
          (3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and 
        it remains available for obligation indefinitely.
          (4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
        Act of 1974 requires the Office of Management and 
        Budget to make funds available to agencies for 
        obligation and prohibits the Administration from 
        withholding or cancelling unobligated funds unless 
        approved by an Act of Congress.
          (5) Greater congressional oversight is required to 
        review and identify potential savings from canceling 
        unobligated balances of funds that are no longer 
        needed.
  (b) Policy on Deficit Reduction Through the Cancellation of 
Unobligated Balances.--Congressional committees should through 
their oversight activities identify and achieve savings through 
the cancellation or rescission of unobligated balances that 
neither abrogate contractual obligations of the Government nor 
reduce or disrupt Federal commitments under programs such as 
Social Security, veterans' affairs, national security, and 
Treasury authority to finance the national debt.
  (c) Deficit Reduction.--Congress, with the assistance of the 
Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, and 
other appropriate agencies should continue to make it a high 
priority to review unobligated balances and identify savings 
for deficit reduction.

SEC. 817. POLICY STATEMENT ON AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) A number of Federal agencies and organizations 
        have permanent authority to collect fees and other 
        offsetting collections and to spend these collected 
        funds.
          (2) The total amount of offsetting fees and 
        offsetting collections is estimated by the Office of 
        Management and Budget to be $525 billion in fiscal year 
        2016.
          (3) Agency budget justifications are, in some cases, 
        not fully transparent about the amount of program 
        activity funded through offsetting collections or fees. 
        This lack of transparency prevents effective and 
        accountable government.
  (b) Policy on Agency Fees and Spending.--It is the policy of 
this resolution that Congress must reassert its constitutional 
prerogative to control spending and conduct oversight. To do 
so, Congress should enact legislation requiring programs that 
are funded through fees, offsetting receipts, or offsetting 
collections to be allocated new budget authority annually. Such 
allocation may arise from--
          (1) legislation originating from the authorizing 
        committee of jurisdiction for the agency or program; or
          (2) fee and account specific allocations included in 
        annual appropriation Acts.

SEC. 818. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER 
                    DOLLARS.

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

SEC. 819. POLICY STATEMENT ON ``NO BUDGET, NO PAY''.

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

SEC. 820. POLICY STATEMENT ON NATIONAL SECURITY FUNDING.

  (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
          (1) Russian aggression, the growing threats of the 
        Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Middle 
        East, North Korean and Iranian nuclear and missile 
        programs, and continued Chinese investments in high-end 
        military capabilities and cyber warfare shape the 
        parameters of an increasingly complex and challenging 
        security environment.
          (2) All four current service chiefs testified that 
        the National Military Strategy could not be executed at 
        sequestration levels.
          (3) The independent and bipartisan National Defense 
        Panel conducted risk assessments of force structure 
        changes triggered by the Budget Control Act of 2011 
        (BCA) and concluded that in addition to previous cuts 
        to defense dating back to 2009, the sequestration of 
        defense discretionary spending has ``caused significant 
        shortfalls in U.S. military readiness and both present 
        and future capabilities''.
          (4) The President's fiscal year 2016 budget 
        irresponsibly ignores current law and requests a 
        defense budget $38 billion above the caps for 
        rhetorical gain. By creating an expectation of spending 
        without a plan to avoid the BCA's guaranteed sequester 
        upon breaching of its caps, the White House's proposal 
        compounds the fiscal uncertainty that has affected the 
        military's ability to adequately plan for future 
        contingencies and make investments crucial for the 
        Nation's defense.
          (5) The President's budget proposes $1.8 trillion in 
        tax increases, in addition to the $1.7 trillion in tax 
        hikes the Administration has already imposed. The 
        President's tax increases would further burden economic 
        growth and is not a realistic source for offsets to 
        fund defense sequester replacement.
  (b) Policy on Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Funding.--In 
fiscal year 2015, the House-passed budget resolution 
anticipated $566 billion for national defense in the 
discretionary base budget for fiscal year 2016. With no 
necessary statutory change yet provided by Congress, the BCA 
statute would require limiting national defense discretionary 
base funding to $523 billion in fiscal year 2016. However, in 
total with $90 billion, the House Budget estimate for Overseas 
Contingency Operations funding for the Department of Defense, 
the fiscal year 2016 budget provides over $613 billion total 
for defense spending that is higher than the President's budget 
request for the fiscal year. This concurrent resolution 
provides $22 billion above the President's Five Year Defense 
Plan and $151 billion above the 10-year totals. This would also 
be $387 billion above the 10-year total for current levels.
  (c) Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund.--(1) The budget 
resolution recognizes the need to ensure robust funding for 
national defense while maintaining overall fiscal discipline. 
The budget resolution prioritizes our national defense and the 
needs of the warfighter by providing needed dollars through the 
creation of the ``Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund''.
  (2) The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund provides the 
mechanism for Congress to responsibly allocate in a deficit-
neutral way the resources the military needs to secure the 
safety and liberty of United States citizens from threats at 
home and abroad. The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund 
will provide the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House the ability to increase allocations to support 
legislation that would provide for the Department of Defense 
warfighting capabilities, modernization, a temporary increase 
in end strength, training and maintenance associated with 
combat readiness, activities to reach full auditability of the 
Department of Defense's financial statements, and 
implementation of military and compensation reforms.
  (d) Sequester Replacement for National Defense.--This 
concurrent resolution encourages an immediate reevaluation of 
Federal Government priorities to maintain the strength of 
America's national security posture. In identifying policies to 
restructure and stabilize the Government's major entitlement 
programs which, along with net interest, will consume all 
Federal revenue in less than 20 years. The budget also charts a 
course that can ensure the availability of needed national 
security resources.

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