[House Report 106-535]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-535
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 290, THE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
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March 23 (legislative day, March 22), 2000.--Referred to the House
Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Goss, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 446]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 446, by a non-record vote, report the same of
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
summary of provisions of resolution
The resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res.
290, the Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2001,
under a structured rule. The rule provides three hours of
general debate with two hours equally divided and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
the Budget and one hour on economic goals and policies equally
divided and controlled by Representative Saxton and
Representative Stark. The rule further waives clause 4(a) of
rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee
report) against consideration of the concurrent resolution.
The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a
substitute printed in Part A of this report as an original
concurrent resolution for the purpose of amendment. All points
of order against the amendment printed in Part A are waived.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in
part B of this report which may be offered only in the order
printed in 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 rule waives all points
of order against the amendments except that if an amendment in
the nature of a substitute is adopted, it is not in order to
consider further substitutes.
The rule provides, upon the conclusion of consideration of
the concurrent resolution for amendment, for a final period of
general debate not to exceed 10 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on the Budget.
The rule also permits the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget to offer amendments in the House to achieve mathematical
consistency pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Budget Act.
Finally, the rule suspends the application of House Rule XXIII
(relating to the establishment of the statutory limit on the
public debt) with respect to the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2001.
committee votes
Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed
below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 87
Date: March 22, 2000.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 290, the Concurrent Resolution on the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2001.
Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Mr. Markey which directs the House to consider, through
reconciliation, Presidential candidate George W. Bush's
proposed tax cut.
Results: Defeated 1 to 6.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Hastings--Nay;
Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 88
Date: March 22, 2000.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 290, the Concurrent Resolution on the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2001.
Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Mr. Tierney increasing funds for housing, low-income home
energy assistance, hunger relief, and health care which is paid
for by eliminating some corporate tax shelters and closing tax
loopholes.
Results: Defeated 1 to 6.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Hastings--Nay;
Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 89
Date: March 22, 2000.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 290, the Concurrent Resolution on the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2001.
Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Ms. Tauscher which would make clear Congress should increase
the dependent care tax credit for families that make less than
$60,000 and provide that offsets should come from taxes on
activities harmful to the environment and from indexing
cigarette and liquor tax rates for inflation.
Results: Defeated 1 to 6.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Hastings--Nay;
Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 90
Date: March 22, 2000.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 290, the Concurrent Resolution on the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2001.
Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendments offered
by Mr. Holt which would increase funding for education to fund
the President's 100,000 teachers, to assist school renovation
and construction, and to increase the maximum Pell grant amount
to $3,500 and to increase funding for the National Science
Foundation to the level of the President's request.
Results: Defeated 1 to 6.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Hastings--Nay;
Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 91
Date: March 22, 2000.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 290, the Concurrent Resolution on the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2001.
Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
Summary of motion: To strike from the budget resolution
those sections establishing new points of order.
Results: Defeated 1 to 6.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Hastings--Nay;
Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
amendments proposed to be made in order under the rule
Part A--Summary of the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Made in
Order as an Original Text
Same as H. Con. Res. 290, except: changes the Function 250
(General Science, Space, and Technology) levels in section 3(3)
to reflect increased funding for basic research; changes the
Function 920 (allowances) levels in section 3(19) to reflect
additional government-wide savings; changes the reserve fund
for the health-related tax provisions in section 4(a)(2) of the
reported resolution that is within the $150 billion of assumed
tax cuts (reflected in the revenue aggregates) into a sense of
Congress in section 8(b) of the amendment stating that funding
for these provisions is assumed within the $50 billion reserve
fund in section 8(a); drops the point of order in section 7
that prohibits the consideration of legislation that reduces
the on-budget surplus in FY 2000; changes the reserve fund for
increasing participation in the Thrift Savings Plan in section
13 of the reported resolution that is within the $150 billion
of assumed tax cuts (reflected in the revenue aggregates) into
a sense of Congress in section 8(b) of the amendment stating
that funding for this initiative is assumed within the $50
billion reserve fund in section 8(c); modifies the sense of
Congress on Special Education in section 27 of the reported
resolution to clarify in section 26 of the amendment that
Congress may under specified circumstances, rather than should,
consider providing the flexibility described in section (b)(3)
(to allow the LEAs to use amounts appropriated for certain
education programs to be used for IDEA programs) and that such
flexibility would be limited to elementary and secondary
education programs; makes the necessary redesignations and
conforming changes in the appropriate budgetary totals for
budget authority, outlays, surpluses, interest, and debt
subject to limit; and establishes a point of order against the
use of directed score keeping and advance appropriations.
Part B--Summary of the Amendments Made in Order
Clyburn--Congressional Black Caucus Amendment in the Nature
of a Substitute. Proposes to use the projected $1.9 trillion
surplus to fund designated priorities: at least 10% would be
devoted to investments in education and other programs; another
10% would be allotted for investments in working class families
for safety net programs. The budget does not take away from
Defense or undermine Social Security. (40 minutes)
DeFazio--Congressional Progressive Caucus Amendment in the
Nature of a Substitute. Maintains fiscal discipline by
following the President's general framework for debt reduction;
reserves the Social Security surplus to pay down our national
debt and extend the solvency of Social Security; reserves a
portion of the non-Social Security surplus to pay down debt and
extend the solvency of Medicare; supports the use of additional
non-Social Security surpluses to create a Medicare prescription
drug benefit: offsets the increases made in priority areas such
as education, housing, health care, veterans care, and social
services, with reductions in spending at the Pentagon, reducing
waste and fraud in the Medicare program, cutting corporate
welfare, and making targeted tax reforms which impact only
large corporations and the wealthiest Americans; includes
targeted tax cuts such as the expansion of the Earned Income
Tax Credit, the increase of the Dependent Care Tax Credit, the
$3,000 long-term care tax credit, and; makes the Dependent Care
Tax Credit refundable. (40 minutes)
Stenholm--The Coalition's Amendment in the Nature of a
Substitute. Puts the budget on a path to eliminate the publicly
held debt by 2012 with a strong, immediate commitment to debt
reduction; provides room for a fiscally responsible tax cut;
sets realistic discretionary spending levels that provide room
for investments in defense, agriculture, education, health care
and veterans programs; establishes a $40 billion Medicare
reserve fund that can be used to fund Medicare reform, a
prescription drug benefit and Medicare provider relief, and;
allocates funds in the baseline for mandatory initiatives to
address needs in agriculture, access to health insurance and
health care for military retirees. (40 minutes)
Sununu--Conservative Action Team's Amendment in the Nature
of a Substitute. Provides sufficient tax relief ($270 billion
over 5 years) to provide for the House-passed marriage penalty
relief, the House-passed health care access provisions, the
House-passed Small Business relief package, the Senate-passed
Education IRA's; repeals the 4.3 cent gas tax, the 1993 tax
increase on Social Security, and the estate tax; provides for
the Breaux-Thomas Medicare Reform bill including prescription
drugs; permits the enactment of Social Security reform provided
the reform includes Individual Private Accounts; provides $187
billion increase for defense over five years; sets aside $50
billion specifically for Public Debt Retirement; and includes
all Budget Committee-adopted enforcement mechanisms as well as
requires joint House-Senate 302(b) allocations. (40 minutes)
Spratt--Democratic Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute.
Extends the solvency of Social Security and Medicare; repays
the entire publicly held debt by 2013, provides targeted tax
cuts to working families; invests in several domestic priority
areas while saving 100% of the Social Security surplus; and
provides for our national security needs. Includes initiatives
for: (1) education improvements such as school modernization
and the hiring of more teachers; (2) Medicare prescription drug
coverage for all beneficiaries and protections for low-income
persons; (3) improved access to affordable health insurance for
children, families, and other vulnerable people; (4)
environmental priorities such as clean water and land
acquisition; and (5) expansion of economic opportunities for
working families. (40 minutes)
Part A--Summary of the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Made in
Order as an Original Text
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2000 is hereby revised and replaced and
that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2001 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2002 through 2005 are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2000 through 2005:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,465,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,504,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,549,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,598,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,650,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,719,100,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be reduced are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $0.
Fiscal year 2001: $10,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $22,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $31,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $42,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $45,000,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,478,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,524,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,557,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,603,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,653,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,712,200,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,460,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,490,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,536,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,581,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,630,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,689,200,000,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $14,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $12,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $16,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $20,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $29,900,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $5,640,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $5,710,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $5,787,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $5,869,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,944,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $6,007,800,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal
years 2000 through 2005 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$288,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $282,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$306,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $297,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$309,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $302,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$315,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $309,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$323,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $317,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$331,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $328,100,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,800,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,500,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$900,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$6,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,600,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$54,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,100,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,800,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$72,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$74,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$75,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $73,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$76,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $73,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$77,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $74,200,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$159,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $152,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$169,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $167,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$179,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $177,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$191,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $190,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$205,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $205,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$221,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $220,300,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$199,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $199,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$215,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $216,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$221,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $221,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$239,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $239,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$255,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $255,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$278,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $278,700,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$238,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $248,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$252,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $254,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$263,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$272,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $273,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$281,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $283,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$294,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $295,900,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,400,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$47,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$49,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$52,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,900,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,100,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$284,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $284,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$288,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $288,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$290,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $290,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$285,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $285,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$280,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $280,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$275,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $275,400,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$4,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$8,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$2,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$2,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$4,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$4,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$4,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$4,300,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
-$34,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$34,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$38,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$41,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$41,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$40,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$40,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$38,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$39,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$39,200,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Legislation Providing $150 Billion in Tax Relief Over a
5-Year Period.--The House Committee on Ways and Means shall
report to the House a reconciliation bill--
(1) not later than May 26, 2000;
(2) not later than June 23, 2000;
(3) not later than July 28, 2000; and
(4) not later than September 22, 2000;
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce the total level of revenues by not more
than: $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
$150,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001 through
2005.
(b) Submissions Regarding Debt Held by the Public.--The House
Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a
reconciliation bill--
(1) not later than May 26, 2000, that consists of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the debt held by the public by $10,000,000,000
for fiscal year 2001; and
(2) not later than September 22, 2000, that consists
of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce the debt held by the public by not more than
$20,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 5. LOCK-BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the
social security trust funds are off-budget for purposes
of the President's budget submission and the concurrent
resolution on the budget;
(2) the social security trust funds have been running
surpluses for 17 years;
(3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly
finance the general operations of the Federal
Government;
(4) in fiscal year 2001, the social security surplus
will be $166 billion;
(5) this resolution balances the Federal budget
without counting the social security surpluses;
(6) the only way to ensure that social security
surpluses are not diverted for other purposes is to
balance the budget exclusive of such surpluses; and
(7) Congress and the President should take such steps
as are necessary to ensure that futurebudgets are
balanced excluding the surpluses generated by the social security trust
funds.
(b) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
revision to this resolution or a concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2002, or any amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that sets forth a
deficit for any fiscal year.
(2) Deficit levels.--For purposes of this subsection,
a deficit shall be the level (if any) set forth in the
most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget for that fiscal year pursuant to section
301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
legislation should be enacted in this session of Congress that
would enforce the reduction in debt held by the public assumed
in this resolution by the imposition of a statutory limit on
such debt or other appropriate means.
SEC. 6. DEBT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any reported bill or
joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, that would cause a surplus for fiscal year 2001 to be
less than the level (as adjusted for reconciliation or other
tax-related legislation, medicare, or agriculture as considered
pursuant to section 4, 7, 8(a) or (c), 9, 10, 11, or 12) set
forth in section 2(4) for that fiscal year.
(b) Special Rule.--The level of the surplus for purposes of
subsection (a) shall take into account amounts adjusted under
section 314(a)(2)(B) or (C) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
SEC. 7. SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO SAFEGUARD TAX RELIEF.
(a) Adjustments To Preserve Surpluses.--Upon the reporting of
a reconciliation bill by the Committee on Ways and Means
pursuant to section 4(a) or, the offering of an amendment to,
or the submission of a conference report on, H.R. 3081, H.R. 6,
or H.R. 2990, whichever occurs first, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House shall reduce to zero the
amounts by which aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be
reduced as set forth in section 2(1)(B) (and make all other
appropriate conforming adjustments).
(b) Adjustments for Revenue Bills.--After making the
adjustments referred to in paragraph (1), and whenever the
Committee on Ways and Means reports any reconciliation bill
pursuant to section 4(a) (or an amendment thereto is offered or
a conference report thereon is submitted) or an amendment to
H.R. 3081, H.R. 6, or H.R. 2990 is offered or a conference
report thereon is submitted after the date of adoption of this
resolution, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
House shall increase the levels by which Federal revenues
should be reduced by the reduction in revenue caused by such
measure for each applicable year or period, but not to exceed,
after taking into account any other bill or joint resolution
enacted during this session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress
that causes a reduction in revenues for such year or period,
$10,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $150,000,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 (and make all
other appropriate conforming adjustments).
SEC. 8. RESERVE FUND PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL $50 BILLION FOR ADDITIONAL
TAX RELIEF AND DEBT REDUCTION.
(a) Additional Tax Relief and Debt Reduction.--Whenever the
Committee on Ways and Means reports any reconciliation bill
pursuant to section 4(a) (or an amendment thereto is offered or
a conference report thereon is submitted), or an amendment to
H.R. 3081, H.R. 2990, or to H.R. 6 is offered or a conference
report thereon is submitted after the date of adoption of this
resolution (after taking into account any other bill or joint
resolution enacted during this session of the One Hundred Sixth
Congress that would cause a reduction in revenues for fiscal
year 2001 or the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005) that
would cause the level by which Federal revenues should be
reduced, as set forth in section 2(1)(B) for such fiscal year
or for such period, as adjusted, to be exceeded, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House may increase the
levels by which Federal revenues should be reduced by the
amount exceeding such level resulting from such measure, but
not to exceed $5,155,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and
$50,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001 through
2005 (and make all other appropriate conforming adjustments,
including reconciliation instructions set forth in section
4(a)).
(b) Sense of Congress on Additional Health-related Tax
Relief.--It is the sense of Congress that the reserve fund set
forth in subsection (a) assumes $446,000,000 in fiscal year
2001 and $4,352,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001
through 2005 for health-related tax provisions comparable to
those contained in H.R. 2990 (as passed the House).
(c) Sense of Congress on Federal Employees Benefit Package.--
It is the sense of Congress that the reserve fund set forth in
subsection (a) assumes $17,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and
$107,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001 through
2005 for legislation that permits Federal employees to
immediately participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.
SEC. 9. RESERVE FUND FOR AUGUST UPDATE REVISION OF BUDGET SURPLUSES.
(a) Reporting a Surplus.--If the Congressional Budget Office
report referred to in subsection (c) projects an increase in
the surplus for fiscal year 2000, fiscal year 2001, and the
period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 over the corresponding
levels set forth in its March 2000 economic and budget forecast
for fiscal year 2001, submitted pursuant to section 202(e)(1)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House may make the adjustments
as provided in subsection (b).
(b) Adjustments.--Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means
reports any reconciliation bill pursuant to section 4(a) (or an
amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is
submitted), or an amendment to H.R. 3081, H.R. 6, or H.R. 2990
is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted after
the date of adoption of this resolution that (after taking into
account any other bill or joint resolution enacted during this
session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress that would cause a
reduction in revenues for such year or period) would cause the
level by which Federal revenues should be reduced, as set forth
in section 2(1)(B) for fiscal year 2001 or for the period of
fiscal years 2001 through 2005, as adjusted, to be exceeded,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House may
increase the levels by which Federal revenues should be reduced
by the amount exceeding such level resulting from such measure
for each applicable year or period (or for fiscal year 2000 may
increase the level of the surplus and make all other
appropriate conforming adjustments, including reconciliation
instructions set forth in section 4(a)), but not to exceed the
increase in the surplus for such year or period in the report
referred to in subsection (a).
(c) Congressional Budget Office Updated Budget Forecast for
Fiscal Year 2001.--The report referred to in subsection (a) is
the Congressional Budget Office updated budget forecast for
fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 10. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE.
Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or Committee on
Commerce of the House reports a bill or joint resolution, or an
amendment thereto is offered (in the House), or a conference
report thereon is submitted that reforms the medicare program
and provides coverage for prescription drugs, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may increase the aggregates and
allocations of new budget authority (and outlays resulting
therefrom) by the amount provided by that measure for that
purpose, but not to exceed $2,000,000,000 in new budget
authority and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $40,000,000,000
in new budget authority and outlays for the period of fiscal
years 2001 through 2005 (and make all other appropriate
conforming adjustments).
SEC. 11. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE IN FISCAL YEAR 2000.
Whenever the Committee on Agriculture of the House reports a
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered
(in the House), or a conference report thereon is submitted
that provides income support to owners and producers of farms,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may increase the
allocation of new budget authority and outlays to that
committee for fiscal year 2000 by the amount of new budget
authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by
that measure for that purpose not to exceed $6,000,000,000 in
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2000, $0 in
new budget authority and outlays for the period of fiscal years
2001 through 2004, and $6,000,000,000 in new budget authority
and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004
(and make all other appropriate conforming adjustments).
SEC. 12. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE IN FISCAL YEAR 2001.
Whenever the Committee on Agriculture of the House reports a
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered
(in the House), or a conference report thereon is submitted
that provides risk management or income assistance for
agricultural producers, the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget may increase the allocation of new budget authority and
outlays to that committee by the amount of new budget authority
(and the outlays resulting therefrom) if such legislation does
not exceed $1,355,000,000 in new budget authority and
$595,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $8,359,000,000
in new budget authority and $7,223,000,000 in outlays for the
period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 (and make all other
appropriate conforming adjustments).
SEC. 13. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and
aggregates made pursuant to section 7(b), 8(a) or (c), 9, 10,
11, or 12 for any measure shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained in
this resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
resolution--
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays,
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of
estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as applicable;
and
(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any other
necessary adjustments to such levels to carry out this
resolution.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.
(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) while the budget may be in balance, it continues
to be ridden with waste, fraud, and abuse;
(2) just last month, auditors documented more than
$19,000,000,000 in improper payments each year by such
agencies as the Agency of International Development,
the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security
Administration, and the Department of Defense;
(3) the General Accounting Office (GAO) recently
reported that the financial management practices of
some Federal agencies are so poor that it is unable to
determine the full extent of improper government
payments; and
(4) the GAO now lists a record number of 25 Federal
programs that are at ``high risk'' of waste, fraud, and
abuse.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
the Committee on the Budget has created task forces to address
this issue and that the President should take immediate steps
to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse within the Federal Government
and report on such actions to the Congress and that the
resolution should include reconciliation directives to the
appropriate committees of jurisdiction to dedicate the
resulting savings to debt reduction and tax relief.
SEC. 15. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THE
CLASSROOM.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) strengthening America's public schools while
respecting State and local control is critically
important to the future of our children and our Nation;
(2) education is a local responsibility, a State
priority, and a national concern;
(3) a partnership with the Nation's governors,
parents, teachers, and principals must take place in
order to strengthen public schools and foster
educational excellence;
(4) the consolidation of various Federal education
programs will benefit our Nation's children, parents,
and teachers by sending more dollars directly to the
classroom; and
(5) our Nation's children deserve an educational
system that will provide opportunities to excel.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Congress should enact legislation that would
consolidate thirty-one Federal K-12 education programs;
and
(2) the Department of Education, the States, and
local educational agencies should work together to
ensure that not less than 95 percent of all funds
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out elementary
and secondary education programs administered by the
Department of Education is spent for our children in
their classrooms.
SEC. 16. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EMERGENCY SPENDING.
It is the sense of Congress that, as a part of a
comprehensive reform of the budget process, the Committees on
the Budget should develop a definition of, and a process for,
funding emergencies consistent with the applicable provisions
of H.R. 853, the Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of
1999, that could be incorporated into the Rules of the House of
Representatives and the Standing Rules of the Senate.
SEC. 17. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ESTIMATES OF THE IMPACT OF REGULATIONS
ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) the Federal regulatory system sometimes adversely
affects many Americans and businesses by imposing
financial burdens with little corresponding public
benefit;
(2) currently, Congress has no general mechanism for
assessing the financial impact of regulatory activities
on the private sector;
(3) Congress is ultimately responsible for making
sure agencies act in accordance with congressional
intent and, while the executive branch is responsible
for promulgating regulations, Congress should curb
ineffective regulations by using its oversight and
regulatory powers; and
(4) a variety of reforms have been suggested to
increase congressional oversight over regulatory
activity, including directing the President to prepare
an annual accounting statement containing several cost/
benefit analyses, recommendations to reform inefficient
regulatory programs, and an identification and analysis
of duplications and inconsistencies among such
programs.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
the House should reclaim its role as reformer and take the
first step toward curbing inefficient regulatory activity by
passing legislation authorizing the Congressional Budget Office
to prepare regular estimates on the impact of proposed Federal
regulations on the private sector.
SEC. 18. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON BIENNIAL BUDGET.
It is the sense of the House that there is a wide range of
views on the advisability of biennial budgeting and this issue
should be considered only within the context of comprehensive
budget process reform.
SEC. 19. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND PRESERVING
HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE
BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Access to Health Insurance.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(A) 44.4 million Americans are currently
without health insurance, and that this number
is expected to rise to nearly 60 million people
in the next 10 years;
(B) the cost of health insurance continues to
rise, a key factor in increasing the number of
uninsured; and
(C) there is a consensus that working
Americans and their families will suffer from
reduced access to health insurance.
(2) Sense of congress on improving access to health
care insurance.--It is the sense of Congress that
access to affordable health care coverage for all
Americans is a priority of the 106th Congress.
(b) Preserving Home Health Service For All Medicare
Beneficiaries.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reformed
Medicare home health care spending by
instructing the Health Care Financing
Administration to implement a prospective
payment system and instituted an interim
payment system to achieve savings;
(B) the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
Balanced Budget Refinement Act, 1999, reformed
the interim payment system to increase
reimbursements to low-cost providers and
delayed the automatic 15 percent payment
reduction until after the first year of the
implementation of the prospective payment
system; and
(C) patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient do
not receive supplemental payments in the
interim payment system but will receive special
protection in the home health care prospective
payment system.
(2) Sense of congress on access to home health
care.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(A) Congress recognizes the importance of
home health care for seniors and disabled
citizens;
(B) Congress and the Administration should
work together to maintain quality care for
patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient,
including the sickest and frailest Medicare
beneficiaries, while home health care agencies
operate in the interim payment system; and
(C) Congress and the Administration should
work together to avoid the implementation of
the 15 percent reduction in the prospective
payment system and ensured timely
implementation of that system.
SEC. 20. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAMS/
REIMBURSEMENT RATES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Medicare+Choice regional
disparity among reimbursement rates is unfair, and that full
funding of the Medicare+Choice program is a priority as
Congress deals with any medicare reform legislation.
SEC. 21. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DIRECTING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
TO ACCEPT NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN FARM INCOME
AVERAGING.
(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) farmers' and ranchers' incomes vary widely from
year to year due to uncontrollable markets and
unpredictable weather;
(2) in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Congress
enacted 3-year farm income averaging to protect
agricultural producers from excessive tax rates in
profitable years;
(3) last year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
proposed final regulations for averaging farm income
which fail to make clear that taxable income in a given
year may be a negative number; and
(4) this IRS interpretation can result in farmers
having to pay additional taxes during years in which
they experience a loss in income.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
during this session of the 106th Congress, legislation should
be considered to direct the Internal Revenue Service to count
any net loss of income in determining the proper rate of
taxation.
SEC. 22. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE STABILIZATION OF CERTAIN
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO STATES, COUNTIES, AND BOROUGHS.
It is the sense of the House that Federal revenue-sharing
payments to States, counties, and boroughs pursuant to the Act
of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of March
1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of August 28,
1937 (chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), the Act of
May 24, 1939 (chapter 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et
seq.), and sections 13982 and 13983 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66; 16 U.S.C. 500
note; 43 U.S.C. 1181f note) should be stabilized and maintained
for the long-term benefit of schools, roads, public services,
and communities, and that providing such permanent, stable
funding is a priority of the 106th Congress.
SEC. 23. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the year 2000 will mark the 50th Anniversary of
the National Science Foundation;
(2) the National Science Foundation is the largest
supporter of basic research in the Federal Government;
(3) the National Science Foundation is the second
largest supporter of university-based research;
(4) research conducted by the grantees of the
National Science Foundation has led to innovations that
have dramatically improved the quality of life of all
Americans;
(5) grants made by the National Science Foundation
have been a crucial factor in the development of
important technologies that Americans take for granted,
such as lasers, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Doppler
Radar, and the Internet;
(6) because basic research funded by the National
Science Foundation is high-risk, cutting edge,
fundamental, and may not produce tangible benefits for
over a decade, the Federal Government is uniquely
suited to support such research; and
(7) the National Science Foundation's focus on peer-
reviewed merit based grants represents a model for
research agencies across the Federal Government.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
function 250 (Basic Science) levels assume an amount of funding
which ensures that the National Science Foundation is a
priority in the resolution; recognizing the National Science
Foundation's critical role in funding basic research, which
leads to the innovations that assure the Nation's economic
future, and in cultivating America's intellectual
infrastructure.
SEC. 24. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Medicare Payment
Advisory Commission continue to carefully monitor the medicare
skilled nursing benefit to determine if payment rates are
sufficient to provide quality care, and that if reform is
recommended, Congress should pass legislation as quickly as
possible to assure quality skilled nursing care.
SEC. 25. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) all children deserve a quality education,
including children with disabilities;
(2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
provides that the Federal, State, and local governments
are to share in the expense of educating children with
disabilities and commits the Federal Government to pay
up to 40 percent of the national average per pupil
expenditure for children with disabilities;
(3) the high cost of educating children with
disabilities and the Federal Government's failure to
fully meet its obligation under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act stretches limited State and
local education funds, creating difficulty in providing
a quality education to all students, including children
with disabilities;
(4) the current level of Federal funding to States
and localities under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act is contrary to the goal of ensuring that
children with disabilities receive a quality education;
(5) the Federal Government has failed to appropriate
40 percent of the national average per pupil
expenditure per child with a disability as required
under the Individuals with Disabilities Act to assist
States and localities to educate children with
disabilities; and
(6) the levels in function 500 (Education) for fiscal
year 2001 assume sufficient discretionary budget
authority to accommodate fiscal year 2001
appropriations for IDEA at least $2,000,000,000 above
such funding levels appropriated in fiscal year 2000.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Congress and the President should increase fiscal
year 2001 funding for programs under the Individuals
with Disabilities Act by at least $2,000,000,000 above
fiscal year 2000 appropriated levels;
(2) Congress and the President should give programs
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
the highest priority among Federal elementary and
secondary education programs by meeting the commitment
to fund the maximum State grant allocation for
educating children with disabilities under such Act
prior to authorizing or appropriating funds for any new
education initiative;
(3) Congress and the President may consider, if new
or increased funding is authorized or appropriated for
any elementary and secondary education initiative that
directs funds to local educational agencies, providing
the flexibility in such authorization or appropriation
necessary to allow local educational agencies the
authority to use such funds for programs under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and
(4) if a local educational agency chooses to utilize
the authority under section 613(a)(2)(C)(i) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to treat as
local funds up to 20 percent of the amount of funds the
agency receives under part B of such Act that exceeds
the amount it received under that part for the previous
fiscal year, then the agency should use those local
funds to provide additional funding for any Federal,
State, or local education program.
SEC. 26. ASSUMED FUNDING LEVELS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
It is the sense of Congress that function 500 (Education)
levels assume at least a $2,000,000,000 increase in fiscal year
2001 over the current fiscal year to reflect the commitment of
Congress to appropriate 40 percent of the national per pupil
expenditure for children with disabilities by a date certain.
SEC. 27. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY RAISE.
It is the sense of Congress that the pay increase for Federal
employees in January 2001 should be at least 3.7 percent.
SEC. 28. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HCFA DRAFT GUIDELINES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) on February 15, 2000, the Health Care Financing
Administration in the Department of Health and Human
Services issued a draft Medicaid School-Based
Administrative Claiming (MAC) Guide; and
(2) in its introduction, the stated purpose of the
draft MAC guide is to provide information for schools,
State medicaid agencies, HCFA staff, and other
interested parties on the existing requirements for
claiming Federal funds under the medicaid program for
the costs of administrative activities, such as
medicaid outreach, that are performed in the school
setting associated with school-based health services
programs.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) many school-based health programs provide a broad
range of services that are covered by medicaid,
affording access to care for children who otherwise
might well go without needed services;
(2) such programs also can play a powerful role in
identifying and enrolling children who are eligible for
medicaid, as well as the State Children's Health
Insurance programs;
(3) undue administrative burdens may be placed on
school districts and States and deter timely
application approval;
(4) the Health Care Financing Administration should
substantially revise or abandon the current draft MAC
guide because it appears to promulgate new rules that
place excessive administrative burdens on participating
school districts;
(5) the goal of the revised guide should be to
encourage the appropriate use of Medicaid school-based
services without undue administrative burdens; and
(6) the best way to ensure the continued viability of
medicaid school-based services is to guarantee that the
guidelines are fair and responsible.
SEC. 29. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) 33 percent of all American households and 60
percent of African American households have either no
financial assets or negative financial assets;
(2) 46.9 percent of children in America live in
households with no financial assets, including 40
percent of Caucasian children and 75 percent of African
American children;
(3) in order to provide low-income families with more
tools for empowerment, incentives, including individual
development accounts, are demonstrating success at
empowering low-income workers;
(5) middle and upper income Americans currently
benefit from tax incentives for building assets; and
(6) the Federal Government should utilize the Federal
tax code to provide low-income Americans with
incentives to work and build assets in order to escape
poverty permanently.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
provisions of this resolution assume that Congress should
modify the Federal tax law to include Individual Development
Account provisions in order to encourage low-income workers and
their families to save for buying a first home, starting a
business, obtaining an education, or taking other measures to
prepare for the future.
SEC. 30. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE NATION'S
EMERGENCY FIRST-RESPONDERS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) over 1.2 million men and women work as fire and
emergency services personnel in 32,000 fire and
emergency medical services departments across the
Nation;
(2) over eighty percent of those who serve do so as
volunteers;
(3) the Nation's firefighters responded to more than
18 million calls in 1998, including over 1.7 million
fires;
(4) an average of 100 firefighters per year lose
their lives in the course of their duties; and
(5) the Federal Government has a role in protecting
the health and safety of the Nation's fire fighting
personnel.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) recognizing the Nation's firefighters and
emergency services crucial role in preserving and
protecting life and property, such Federal assistance
as low-interest loan programs, community development
block grant reforms, emergency radio spectrum
reallocations, and volunteer fire assistance programs,
should be considered; and
(2) additional resources should be set aside for such
assistance.
SEC. 31. ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY LIMITS.
(a) Prohibition on Use of Directed Scorekeeping.--
(1) It shall not be in order in the House to consider
any reported bill or joint resolution, or amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that contains a
directed scorekeeping provision.
(2) As used in this subsection, the term ``directed
scorekeeping'' means directing the Congressional Budget
Office or the Office of Management and Budget to
estimate any provision providing discretionary new
budget authority in a bill or joint resolution making
general appropriations for a fiscal year for budgetary
enforcement purposes.
(b) Prohibition on Use of Advance Appropriations.--(1) It
shall not be in order in the House to consider any reported
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, that would cause the total level of
discretionary advance appropriations provided for fiscal years
after 2001 to exceed $23 billion (which represents the total
level of advance appropriations for fiscal year 2001).
(2) As used in this subsection, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any discretionary new budget authority in
a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations for
fiscal year 2001 that first becomes available for any fiscal
year after 2001.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall cease to have any
force or effect on January 1, 2001.
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Part B--Text of Amendments Made in Order
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Clyburn of South
Carolina, or a Designee, Debatable for 40 minutes
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
The Congress declares that concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2001 and that the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2002 through 2005 are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2001 through 2005:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $2,026,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $2,097,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $2,171,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $2,262,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $2,352,000,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be reduced are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $96,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $109,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $129,994,500,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $154,043,480,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $182,241,520,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,548,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,618,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,918,041,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $2,272,878,500,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $2,693,361,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,525,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,589,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,883,202,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $2,231,594,300,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $2,644,439,200,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $20,000,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $3,287,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $3,100,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $2,903,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $2,690,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $2,465,000,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal
years 2001 through 2005 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$255,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $252,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$262,080,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $261,080,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$268,081,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$271,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $270,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$286,090,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $287,071,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,070,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,892,950,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,892,950,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,608,145,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$36,608,145,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,380,651,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,656,500,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,922,952,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,922,952,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,793,698,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,793,698,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,380,532,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $600,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,818,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,818,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,818,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,818,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,818,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,418,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,546,500,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,176,500,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,497,602,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,689,152,500
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,809,658,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,481,645,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,000,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,900,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,905,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,114,082,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,114,082,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,325,793,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,325,793,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,540,679,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$78,875,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $76,875,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$89,875,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,005,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$77,875,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,910,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$89,250,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,764,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,750,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,984,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$198,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $198,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$215,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $214,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$233,602,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $231,661,300,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$253,224,560,000.
(B) Outlays, $249,962,540,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$274,495,420,000.
(B) Outlays, $269,709,580,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$222,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $218,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$232,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $223,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$242,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $241,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$258,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $255,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$287,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $277,500,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$241,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $217,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$241,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $229,700,000,000,.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$241,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $240,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$242,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $221,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$243,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $234,300,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,662,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,100,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$44,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$45,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,902,400,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,124,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$47,196,405,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,011,440,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$48,329,118,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,072,126,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,565,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,030,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,830,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,495,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,295,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $208,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $198,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $189,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $177,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $163,600,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $0.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,600,000,000.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeFazio of Oregon, or a
Designee, Debatable for 40 minutes
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
The Congress declares that concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2001 and that the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2002 through 2005 are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2001 through 2005:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,533,703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,582,252,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,634,316,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,702,913,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,766,406,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be reduced are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $0.
Fiscal year 2002: $4,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $10,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $17,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $24,000,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,558,245,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,595,233,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,640,506,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,706,914,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,775,092,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,502,313,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,566,294,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,616,960,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,682,278,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,752,016,000,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $31,390,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $15,958,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $17,357,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $20,636,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $14,390,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $ .
Fiscal year 2002: $ .
Fiscal year 2003: $ .
Fiscal year 2004: $ .
Fiscal year 2005: $ .
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal
years 2001 through 2005 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$276,216,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $274,507,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$279,140,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $276,447,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$284,794,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $283,017,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$291,766,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $287,368,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$299,355,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,317,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,710,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,979,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,306,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,691,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,615,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,617,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,120,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,998,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,777,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,284,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,527,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,857,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,883,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,508,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,141,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,727,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,732,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,129,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,573,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,238,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $197,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,310,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,186,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$83,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,265,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$131,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,297,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$31,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,862,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,926,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,621,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,619,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,325,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,416,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,004,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,626,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,518,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,851,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,697,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,923,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,848,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,583,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,093,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,633,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,498,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,944,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,230,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,642,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$6,827,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,656,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,988,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,089,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,711,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,016,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,144,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,099,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,150,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,076,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,756,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,537,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,580,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,270,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,017,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,712,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,439,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,403,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,077,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,326,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,048,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,279,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,420,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,144,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,780,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,710,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,723,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,944,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,542,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,855,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$85,882,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $74,768,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$86,635,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$87,788,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$89,453,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $87,708,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$91,570,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,757,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$171,749,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $166,795,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$184,237,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $181,297,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$197,553,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $194,924,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$213,097,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $211,383,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$231,207,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $230,061,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$218,227,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $214,711,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$227,226,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $225,737,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$243,556,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $242,517,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$265,454,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $265,253,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$289,877,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $289,519,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$265,819,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $260,890,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$276,396,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $277,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$287,353,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $289,509,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$299,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $301,594,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$313,203,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $316,095,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,723,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,723,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,567,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,567,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,266,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,266,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,013,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,013,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,833,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,833,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$47,791,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,428,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,125,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$51,903,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,606,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,248,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,906,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$56,651,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,285,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,392,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,814,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,869,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,297,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,655,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,472,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,866,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,077,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,579,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,503,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,924,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,190,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,053,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,512,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,131,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,816,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,392,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,465,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,619,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,512,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$287,910,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $287,910,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$288,957,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $288,956,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$284,821,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $284,821,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$280,128,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $280,128,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$275,160,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $275,160,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$38,073,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,073,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$41,230,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$41,230,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$40,381,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$40,381,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$37,629,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$37,629,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$38,652,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,652,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the
House a reconciliation bill not later than May 26, 2000, that
consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to increase the total level of revenues by $9,345,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, and $151,574,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 2001 through 2005.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stenholm of Texas, or a
Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2000 is hereby revised and replaced and
that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2001 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2002 through 2005 are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2000 through 2005:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,405,500,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,509,718,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,557,246,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,610,844,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,610,757,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,738,810,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be reduced are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $0.
Fiscal year 2001: $5,082,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $6,254,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $7,556,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $8,281,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $9,919,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,475,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,527,000,000,00.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,569,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,619,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,704,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,753,000,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,465,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,504,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,507,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,551,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,603,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,737,000,000,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $8,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $14,017,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $16,547,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $19,112,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $16,429,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $20,103,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $5,640,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $5,710,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $5,766,007,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $5,866,788,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,947,471,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $6,018,197,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal
years 2000 through 2005 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$287,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $282,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$308,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$311,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $303,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$317,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $311,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$327,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $320,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$336,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $332,400,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,510,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,640,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,080,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,990,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,030,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,750,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,480,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,840,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,280,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,460,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,670,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,260,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,740,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,150,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,840,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,240,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,240,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,640,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,540,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,150,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
-$1,020,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,328,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$167,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,731,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$140,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,728,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$110,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,730,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$120,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,817,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $3,850,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,160,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,010,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,780,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,080,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,070,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,150,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,220,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,280,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,170,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,350,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,070,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,910,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,130,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,090,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,150,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,480,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,020,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,350,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,770,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$51,820,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,580,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,960,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,260,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$54,060,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,520,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,360,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$56,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,050,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$56,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,860,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,760,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,030,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,220,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,870,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,340,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,040,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,180,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,490,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,480,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,740,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,450,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$74,380,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,650,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$76,380,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $74,820,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$78,050,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $76,920,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$79,660,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $78,420,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$82,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $80,640,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$159,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $152,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$170,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $167,172,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$181,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $181,272,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$193,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $191,572,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$207,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $206,372,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$224,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $222,172,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$199,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $199,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$218,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $218,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$227,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $227,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$247,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $246,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$269,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $269,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$295,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $295,700,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$238,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $247,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$252,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $255,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$263,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$272,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $274,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$294,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $285,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$295,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $297.200,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,400,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,180,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$48,760,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,160,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,070,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,670,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$52,520,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,720,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,340,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,410,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,330,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,290,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,750,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,010,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,940,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,080,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,760,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,850,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,550,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,680,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,640,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,240,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,570,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,860,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,540,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,740,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,530,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,560,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,520,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$284,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $284,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$288,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $288,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$290,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $290,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$286,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $286,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$281,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $281,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$278,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $278,700,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,732,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,730,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$-3,430,000,000.
(B) Outlays,-$7,270,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget
authority,-$1,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays,- $3,130,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$1,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$2,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,220,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$2,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,500,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
-$41,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$41,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$46,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$46,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$50,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$50,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$50,020,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$50,020,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$48,210,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$48,210,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$50,130,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$50,130,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Submissions Regarding Revenues.--The House Committee on
Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation
bill--
(1) not later than May 26, 2000;
(2) not later than June 23, 2000;
(3) not later than July 28, 2000; and
(4) not later than September 22, 2000;
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce the total level of revenues by not more
than: $5,082,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $35,680,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
(b) Submissions Regarding Debt Held by the Public.--The House
Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a
reconciliation bill--
(1) not later than May 26, 2000; and
(2) not later than September 22, 2000;
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce the debt held by the public by not more
than $8,189,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and$80,580,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
SEC. 5. USE OF CBO ESTIMATES IN ENFORCEMENT OF RESOLUTION.
For purposes of enforcing the budgetary aggregates and
allocations under this resolution, the Chairman of the House
Committee on the Budget shall, in advising the presiding
officer on the cost of any piece of legislation, rely
exclusively on estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget
Office or the Joint Tax Committee, in a form certified by that
agency to be consistent with its own economic and technical
estimates, unless in each case he first receives the approval
of the Committee on the Budget by recorded vote to use a
different estimate.
SEC. 6. TAX CUTS AND NEW SPENDING CONTINGENT ON DEBT REDUCTION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, it
shall not be in order to consider a reconciliation bill
pursuant to Section 4 of this resolution or any legislation
reducing revenues for the period of fiscal years 2001 to 2005
or increasing outlays for mandatory spending programs unless
there is a certification by Director of the Congressional
Budget Office that the House has approved legislation which:
(1) ensures that a sufficient portion of the on-
budget surplus is reserved for debt retirement to put
the government on a path to eliminate the publicly held
debt by 2013 under current economic and technical
projections;
(2) legislation has been enacted which establishes
points of order or other protections to ensure that
funds reserved for debt retirement may not be used for
any other purpose, except for adjustments to reflect
economic and technical changes in budget projections.
SEC. 7. RESERVE FUND FOR AUGUST UPDATE REVISION OF BUDGET SURPLUSES.
(a) Allocation of Increased Surplus Projections.--If the
Congressional Budget Office report referred to in subsection
(b) projects an increase in the surplus for fiscal year 2000,
fiscal year 2001, and the period of fiscal years 2001 through
2005 over the corresponding levels set forth in its economic
and budget forecast for 2001 submitted pursuant to section
202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House shall make the
adjustments as provided in subsection (c).
(b) Congressional Budget Office Updated Budget Forecast for
Fiscal Year 2001.--The report referred to in subsection (a) is
the Congressional Budget Office updated budget forecast for
fiscal year 2001.
(c) Adjustments.--If the Committee on Ways and Means reports
any reconciliation legislation or other legislation reducing
revenues exceeding the revenue aggregates in section 2(1)(B),
reduce the revenue aggregates in section 2(1)(A) and increase
the amounts the revenues can be reduced by in section 2(1)(B)
by an amount not to exceed one-quarter of the increased
surplus. If the Committees on Agriculture, Appropriations,
Commerce, National Security, or Ways and Means report
legislation increasing spending above the allocation for that
committee, increase the allocation for that committee and the
aggregates set forth in sections 2(2) and 2(3) by an amount not
to exceed one-quarter of the increased surplus.
(d) Application.--Any adjustments made pursuant to subsection
(c) for any measure shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
SEC. 8. SAFE DEPOSIT BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the
social security trust funds are off-budget for purposes
of the President's budget submission and the concurrent
resolution on the budget;
(2) the social security trust funds have been running
surpluses for 17 years;
(3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly
finance the general operations of the Federal
Government;
(4) in fiscal year 2001, the social security surplus
will exceed $166 billion;
(5) for the first time, a concurrent resolution on
the budget balances the Federal budget without counting
the social security surpluses;
(6) the only way to ensure that social security
surpluses are not diverted for other purposes is to
balance the budget exclusive of such surpluses; and
(7) Congress and the President should take such steps
as are necessary to ensure that future budgets are
balanced excluding the surpluses generated by the
social security trust funds.
(b) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
revision to this resolution or a concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2002, or any amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that sets forth a
deficit for any fiscal year.
(2) Deficit levels.--For purposes of this subsection,
a deficit shall be the level (if any) set forth in the
most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget for that fiscal year pursuant to section
301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
SEC. 9. DEBT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX.
Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any reported bill or
joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, that would cause a surplus for fiscal year 2001 to be
less than the level (as adjusted pursuant to section 7) set
forth in section 2(4) for that fiscal year.
(b) Special Rule.--The level of the surplus for purposes of
subsection (a) shall not take into account any adjustment made
under section 314(a)(2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
SEC. 10. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE.
If the Committee on Ways and Means or Committee on Commerce
of the House reports a bill or joint resolution, or an
amendment thereto is offered (in the House), or a conference
report thereon is submitted that reforms medicare, provides
coverage for medicare prescription drugs, or adjusts medicare
reimbursement for health care providers, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may increase the aggregates and
allocations of new budget authority (and outlays resulting
therefrom) by the amount provided by that measure for that
purpose, but not to exceed $2,000,000,000 in new budget
authority and $2,000,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2001
and $40,000,000,000 in new budget authority and $40,000,000,000
in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005
(and make all other appropriate conforming adjustments).
SEC. 11. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE.
(a) Fiscal Year 2000.--If the Committee on Agriculture of the
House reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment
thereto is offered (in the House), or a conference report
thereon is submitted that provides income support to owners and
producers of farms, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may increase the allocation of new budget authority and outlays
to that committee for fiscal year 2000 by the amount of new
budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided
by that measure for that purpose not to exceed $6,000,000,000
in new budget authority and $6,000,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 2000, $0 in new budget authority and outlays for
the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2004, and
$6,000,000,000 in new budget authority and $6,000,000,000 in
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004 (and
make all other appropriate conforming adjustments).
(b) Fiscal Year 2001.--If the Committee on Agriculture of the
House reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment
thereto is offered (in the House), or a conference report
thereon is submitted that provides risk management or income
support or other assistance for agricultural producers, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may increase the
allocation of new budget authority and outlays to that
committee by the amount of new budget authority (and the
outlays resulting therefrom) if such legislation does not
exceed $4,998,000,000 in new budget authority and
$4,354,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2001 and
$24,761,000,000 in new budget authority and $23,610,000,000 in
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 (and
make all other appropriate conforming adjustments).
SEC. 13. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and
aggregates made pursuant to section 10, 11, or 12 for any
measure shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained in
this resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
resolution--
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays,
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of
estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as applicable;
and
(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any other
necessary adjustments to such levels to carry out this
resolution.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.
It is the sense of Congress that legislation should be
enacting enforcing this resolution by--
(1) establishing a plan to eliminate the publicly
held debt by 2012;
(2) setting discretionary spending limits for budget
authority and outlays at the levels set forth in this
resolution for each of the next five years; and
(3) extending the pay as you go rules set forth in
Section 252 of the BBEDCA for the next ten years.
SEC. 15. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE STABILIZATION OF CERTAIN
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO STATES, COUNTIES, AND BOROUGHS.
It is the sense of the House that Federal revenue-sharing
payments to States, counties, and boroughs pursuant to the Act
of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of March
1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of August 28,
1937 (chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), the Act of
May 24, 1939 (chapter 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et
seq.), and sections 13982 and 13983 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66; 16 U.S.C. 500
note; 43 U.S.C. 1181f note) should be stabilized and maintained
for the long-term benefit of schools, roads, public services,
and communities, and that providing such permanent, stable
funding is a priority of the 106th Congress.
SEC. 16. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DIRECTING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
TO ACCEPT NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN FARM INCOME
AVERAGING.
(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) farmers' and ranchers' income vary widely from
year to year due to uncontrollable markets and
unpredictable weather;
(2) in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Congress
enacted 3-year farm income averaging to protect
agricultural producers from excessive tax rates in
profitable years;
(3) last year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
proposed final regulations for averaging farm income
which fail to make clear that taxable income in a given
year may be a negative number; and
(4) this IRS interpretation can result in farmers
having to pay additional taxes during years in which
they experience a loss in income.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
during this session of the 106th Congress, legislation should
be considered to direct the Internal Revenue Service to count
any net loss of income in determining the proper rate of
taxation.
SEC. 17. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ESTIMATES OF THE IMPACT OF REGULATIONS
ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) the Federal regulatory system sometimes adversely
affects many Americans and businesses by imposing
financial burdens with little corresponding public
benefit;
(2) currently, Congress has no general mechanism for
assessing the financial impact of regulatory activities
on the private sector;
(3) Congress is ultimately responsible for making
sure agencies act in accordance with congressional
intent and while the executive branch is responsible
for promulgating regulations, Congress ultimately can
and should curb ineffective regulations by using its
oversight and regulatory powers; and
(4) a variety of reforms have been suggested to
increase congressional oversight over regulatory
activity, including directing the President to prepare
an annual accounting statement containing several cost/
benefit analyses, recommendations to reform inefficient
regulatory programs, and an identification and analysis
of duplications and inconsistencies among such
programs.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
the House should reclaim its role as reformer and take the
first step toward curbing inefficient regulatory activity by
passing legislation authorizing the Congressional Budget Office
to prepare regular estimates on the impact of proposed Federal
regulations on the private sector.
SEC. 18. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EDUCATION REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) strengthening America's public schools while
respecting State and local control is critically
important to the future of our children and our Nation;
(2) education is a local responsibility, a State
priority, and a national concern;
(3) a partnership with the Nation's governors,
parents, teachers, and principals must take place in
order to strengthen public schools and foster
educational excellence;
(4) the consolidation of various Federal education
programs will benefit our Nation's children, parents,
and teachers by sending more dollars directly to the
classroom;
(5) our Nation's children deserve an educational
system that will provide opportunities to excel; and
(6) our children and society will benefit from States
and local educators working together with the Federal
Government to raise standards and improve educational
opportunities, particularly for America's poorest
children.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Federal funding should be increased to States and
local schools, with funds targeted to the poorest
schools;
(2) the role of Federal education policy is to raise
standards for all children, and close the achievement
gap between groups of students;
(3) legislation should be enacted which gives States
and local schools flexibility with Federal funds coupled
with increased accountability for performance and results,
including the requirement that states to ensure that all
students have fully qualified teachers; and
(4) the Federal Government should demand increased
student performance, with consequences for schools and
school districts that continuously fail.
SEC. 19. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(a) Congress finds that--
(1) all children deserve a quality education,
including children with disabilities;
(2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
provides that the Federal, State, and local governments
are to share in the expense of educating children with
disabilities and commits the Federal Government to pay
up to 40 percent of the national average per pupil
expenditure for children with disabilities;
(3) the high cost of educating children with
disabilities and the Federal Government's failure to
fully meet its obligation under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act stretches limited State and
local education funds, creating difficulty in providing
a quality education to all students, including children
with disabilities;
(4) the current level of Federal funding to States
and localities under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act is contrary to the goal of ensuring that
children with disabilities receive a quality education;
(5) the Federal Government has failed to appropriate
40 percent of the national average per pupil
expenditure per child with a disability as required
under the Individuals with Disabilities Act to assist
States and localities to educate children with
disabilities; and
(6) the levels in function 500 (Education) for fiscal
year 2001 assume sufficient discretionary budget
authority to accommodate fiscal year 2001
appropriations for IDEA at least $2,000,000,000 above
such funding levels appropriated in fiscal year 2000.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Congress and the President should increase
function 500 (Education) fiscal year 2001 funding for
programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Act by
at least $2,000,000,000 above fiscal year 2000
appropriated levels;
(2) Congress and the President should give programs
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
the highest priority among Federal elementary and
secondary education programs by meeting the commitment
to fund the maximum State grant allocation for
educating children with disabilities under such Act
prior to authorizing or appropriating funds for any new
education initiative;
(3) Congress and the President should, if new or
increased funding is authorized or appropriated for any
education initiative, provide the flexibility in such
authorization or appropriation necessary to allow local
educational agencies the authority to use such funds
for programs under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act; and
(4) if a local educational agency chooses to utilize
the authority under section 613(a)(2)(C)(i) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to treat as
local funds up to 20 percent of the amount of funds the
agency receives under part B of such Act that exceeds
the amount it received under that part for the previous
fiscal year, then the agency should use those local
funds to provide additional funding for any Federal,
State, or local education program.
SEC. 20. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND
PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE
BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Access to Health Insurance.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(A) 43.4 million Americans are currently
without health insurance, and that this number
is expected to rise to nearly 60 million people
in the next 10 years;
(B) the cost of health insurance continues to
rise, a key factor in increasing the number of
uninsured; and
(C) there is a consensus that working
Americans and their families and children will
suffer from reduced access to health insurance.
(2) Sense of Congress on Improving Access to Health
Care Insurance.--It is the sense of Congress that
access to affordable health care coverage for all
Americans is a priority of the 106th Congress.
(b) Preserving Home Health Service For All Medicare
Beneficiaries.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reformed
Medicare home health care spending
by instructing the Health Care Financing
Administration to implement a prospective
payment system and instituted an interim
payment system to achieve savings;
(B) the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, reformed
the interim payment system to increase
reimbursements to low-cost providers, added
$900 million in funding, and delayed the
automatic 15 percent payment reduction for one
year, to October 1, 2000; and
(C) patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient do
not receive supplemental payments in the
interim payment system but will receive special
protection in the home health care prospective
payment system.
(2) Sense of congress on access to home health
care.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(A) Congress recognizes the importance of
home health care for seniors and disabled
citizens;
(B) Congress and the Administration should
work together to maintain quality care for
patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient,
including the sickest and frailest Medicare
beneficiaries, while home health care agencies
operate in the interim payment system; and
(C) Congress and the Administration should
work together to avoid the implementation of
the 15 percent reduction in the interim payment
system and ensure timely implementation of the
prospective payment system.
SEC. 21. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EMERGENCY SPENDING.
It is the sense of Congress that as a part of a comprehensive
reform of the budget process the Committees on the Budget
should develop a definition of and a process for, funding
emergencies consistent with the applicable proviso of H.R. 853,
the Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999 that could
be incorporated into the Rules of the House of Representatives
and the Standing Rules of the Senate.
SEC. 22. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAMS/REIMBURSEMENT
RATES.
It is the sense of Congress that Medicare+Choice regional
disparity among reimbursement rates are unfair; and that full
funding of the Medicare+Choice program is a priority as
Congress deals with any medicare reform legislation.
SEC. 23. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Medicare Payment
Advisory Commission continue to carefully monitor the medicare
skilled nursing benefit to determine if payment rates are
sufficient to provide quality care, and that if reform is
recommended, Congress pass legislation as quickly as possible
to assure quality skilled nursing care.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sununu of New
Hampshire, or a Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes.
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2000 is hereby revised and replaced and
that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2001 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2002 through 2005 are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2000 through 2005:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,945,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $2,016,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $2,096,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $2,177,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $2,263,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $2,361,000,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be reduced are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $0.
Fiscal year 2001: $13,207,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $40,337,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $54,528,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $67,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $95,497,000,000.
(2) New Budget Authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,799,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,839,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,877,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,933,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,991,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $2,059,700,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,784,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,809,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,860,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,914,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,968,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $2,037,000,000,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $________________.
Fiscal year 2001: $________________.
Fiscal year 2002: $________________.
Fiscal year 2003: $________________.
Fiscal year 2004: $________________.
Fiscal year 2005: $________________.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $________________.
Fiscal year 2001: $________________.
Fiscal year 2002: $________________.
Fiscal year 2003: $________________.
Fiscal year 2004: $________________.
Fiscal year 2005: $________________.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal
years 2000 through 2005 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$288,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $282,500,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$309,000,000,000
(B) Outlays, $299,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$317,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $307,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$326,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $319,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$335,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $328,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$344,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $340,500,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,500,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,900,000,000
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,800,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,000,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, -$1,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,800,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$6,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,400,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$51,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$54,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$52,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays $44,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays $46,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays $46,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays $46,100,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays $10,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays $11,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays $9,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays $8,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays $8,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays $7,800,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays $61,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$70,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays $70,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$71,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays $70,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$71,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays $69,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$71,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays $69,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$71,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays $70,300,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$159,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays $152,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$168,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $166,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$177,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $177,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$189,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $189,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$202,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $203,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$218,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $217,800,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$199,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $199,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$215,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $216,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$221,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $221,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$239,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $239,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$255,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $255,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$278,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $278,700,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$238,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $248,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$251,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $255,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$258,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $265,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$267,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $273,900,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$276,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $278,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$288,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $290,500,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$405,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $405,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$422,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $422,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$443,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $443,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$463,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $463,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$486,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $485,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$510,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $510,100,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$47,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$49,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$52,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,900,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,800,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,000,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$________________.
(B) Outlays, $________________.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
$________________.
(B) Outlays, $________________.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
$________________.
(B) Outlays, $________________.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
$________________.
(B) Outlays, $________________.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
$________________.
(B) Outlays, $________________.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$________________.
(B) Outlays, $________________.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$4,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$8,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$1,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$1,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$2,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$2,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,500,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority,
-$41,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$41,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority,
-$46,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$46,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority,
-$50,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$50,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority,
-$50,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$50,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority,
-$48,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$48,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$50,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$50,100,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Submissions Regarding Revenues.--In addition to changes
in revenues included, the House Committee on Ways and Means
shall report to the House a reconciliation bill--
(1) not later than May 19, 2000 that consists of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$4,100,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2001, and
$50,700,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001
through 2005;
(2) not later than May 19, 2000 that consists of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$578,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2001, and $12,984,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005;
(3) not later than May 19, 2000 that consists of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$2,353,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2001, and
$45,750,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001
through 2005;
(4) not later than May 26, 2000 that consists of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$5,200,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2001, and
$26,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001
through 2005;
(5) not later than June 23, 2000 that consists of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$500,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2001, and $15,600,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005;
(6) not later than July 28, 2000 that consists of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$476,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2001, and $7,718,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005; and
(7) not later than September 22, 2000 that consists
of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce the total level of revenues by not more than:
$0 for Fiscal Year 2001, and $113,000,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
(b) Submissions Regarding Debt Held by the Public.--The
House Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a
reconciliation bill--
(1) not later than May 26, 2000 that consists of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the debt held by the public by not more than
$10,000,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2001; and
(2) not later than September 22, 2000 that consists
of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce the debt held by the public by not more than
$40,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2002
through 2005.
(c) Submissions Regarding Medicare.--The House Committee on
Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation bill
not later that September 22, 2000 that reforms the Medicare
program and provides coverage for prescription drugs, but not
to exceed $4 billion in new budget authority and $4,000,000,000
in outlays for fiscal year 2001 and -$2,000,000,000 in new
budget authority and-$2,000,000,000 in outlays for the period
fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
SEC. 5 SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO SAFEGUARD TAX RELIEF.
(a) Adjustments.--
(1) Upon the reporting of a reconciliation bill by
the committee on Ways and Means pursuant to section
4(a) or, the offering of an amendment to, or the
submission of a conference report on, H.R. 3081, H.R.
6, or H.R. 2990, whichever occurs first, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House shall
reduce the zero the revenue aggregates set forth in
section 2(1)(B) (and make all other appropriate
conforming adjustments).
(2) After making the adjustments referred to in
paragraph (1), and whenever the Committee on Ways and
Means reports any reconciliation bill pursuant to
section 4(a) (or an amendment thereto is offered or a
conference report thereon is submitted or an amendment
to H.R. 3081, H.R. 6, or H.R. 2990 is offered or a
conference report thereon is submitted after the date
of adoption of this resolution, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House shall increase the
levels by which Federal revenues should be reduced by
the amount of revenue loss caused by such measure for
each applicable year or period, but not to exceed,
after taking into account any other bill or joint
resolution enacted during this session of the One
Hundred Sixth Congress that causes a reduction in
revenues for such year or period, $________________in
fiscal year 2000 and $______________for the period of
fiscal years 2001 through 2005 (and make all other
appropriate conforming adjustments).
(b) Application.--Any adjustments made pursuant to
subsection (a)(1) for any measure shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR AUGUST UPDATE REVISION OF BUDGET SURPLUSES.
(a) Reporting a Surplus.--If the Congressional Budget
Office report referred to in subsection (b) projects an
increase in the surplus for fiscal year 2000, fiscal year 2001,
and the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 over the
corresponding levels set forth in its economic and budget
forecast for 2001 submitted pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House may make the adjustments
as provided in subsection (e).
(b) Congressional Budget Office Updated Budget Forecast for
Fiscal Year 2001.--The report referred to in subsection (a) is
the Congressional Budget Office updated budget forecast for
fiscal year 2001.
(c) Adjustments.--If the Committee on Ways and Means
reports any reconciliation bill pursuant to section 4(a) (or an
amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is
submitted), or an amendment to H.R. 3081, H.R. 6, or H.R. 2990
is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted after
the date of adoption of this resolution that, after taking into
account any other bill or joint resolution enacted during this
session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress that causes a
reduction in revenues for such year or period, would cause the
level by which Federal revenues should be reduced, as set forth
in section 2(1)(B) for fiscal year 2001 or for the period of
fiscal year 2001 through 2005, to be exceeded, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House may increase the
levels by which Federal revenues should be reduced by the
amount exceeding such level resulting from such measure for
each applicable year or period, but not to exceed the increase
in the surplus for such year or period in the report referred
to in subsection (a).
(d) Application.--Any adjustment made pursuant to
subsection (c) for any measure shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
SEC. 7. SAFE DEPOSIT BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress funds that--
(1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the
social security trust funds are off-budget for purposes
of the President's budget submission and the concurrent
resolution on the budget;
(2) the social security trust funds have been running
surpluses for 17 years;
(3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly
finance the general operations of the Federal
Government;
(4) in fiscal year 2001, the social security surplus
will exceed $166 billion;
(5) for the first time, a concurrent resolution on
the budget balances the Federal budget without counting
the social security surpluses;
(6) the only way to ensure that social security
surpluses are not diverted for other purposes is to
balance the budget exclusive of such surpluses; and
(7) Congress and the President should take such steps
as are necessary to ensure that future budgets are
balanced excluding the surpluses generated by the
social security trust funds.
(b) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
revision to this resolution or a concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2002, or any amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that sets forth a
deficit for any fiscal year.
(2) Deficit levels.--For purposes of this subsection,
a deficit shall be the level (if any) set forth in the
most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget for that fiscal year pursuant to section
301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
SEC. 8. DEBT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any reported bill
or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, that would cause a surplus for fiscal year 2001
to be less than the level (as adjusted) set forth in section
2(4) for that fiscal year.
(b) Special Rule.--The level of the surplus for purposes of
subsection (a) shall not take into account any adjustment made
under section 314(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
SEC. 9. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE IN FISCAL YEAR 2001.
If the Committee on Agriculture of the House reports a bill
or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered (in the
House), or a conference report thereon is submitted that
provides risk management or income assistance for agricultural
producers, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may
increase the allocation of new budget authority and outlays to
that committee by the amount of new budget authority (and the
outlays resulting therefrom) if such legislation does not
exceed $______ in new budget authority and $______ in outlays
for fiscal year 2001 and $______ in new budget authority and
$______ in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 through
2005 (and make all other appropriate conforming adjustments).
SEC. 10. RESERVE FUND FOR RETIREMENT SECURITY.
Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is
offered (in the House), or a conference report thereon is
submitted that enhances retirement security through structural
programmatic reform and the creation of personal retirement
accounts, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may--
(1) increase the appropriate allocations and
aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by the
amount of new budget authority provided by such measure
(and outlays flowing therefrom) for that purpose;
(2) reduce the revenue aggregates by the amount of
the revenue loss resulting from that measure for that
purpose; and
(3) make all other appropriate conforming
adjustments.
SEC. 11. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and
aggregates made pursuant to section 9 or 10 for any measure
shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained in
this resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
resolution--
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays,
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of
estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as applicable;
and
(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any other
necessary adjustments to such levels to carry out this
resolution.
SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE STABILIZATION OF CERTAIN
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO STATES, COUNTIES, AND BOROUGHS.
It is the sense of the House that Federal revenue-sharing
payments to States, counties, and boroughs pursuant to the Act
of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of March
1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of August 28,
1937 (chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), the Act of
May 24, 1939 (chapter 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et
seq.), and sections 13982 and 13983 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66; 16 U.S.C. 500
note; 43 U.S.C. 1181f note) should be stabilized and maintained
for the long-term benefit of schools, roads, public services,
and communities, and that providing such permanent, stable
funding is a priority of the 106th Congress.
SEC. 13. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DIRECTING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
TO ACCEPT NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN FARM INCOME
AVERAGING.
(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) farmers' and ranchers' income vary widely from
year to year due to uncontrollable markets and
unpredictable weather;
(2) in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Congress
enacted 3-year farm income averaging to protect
agricultural producers from excessive tax rates in
profitable years;
(3) last year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
proposed final regulations for averaging farm income
which fail to make clear that taxable income in a given
year may be a negative number; and
(4) this IRS interpretation can result in farmers
having to pay additional taxes during years in which
they experience a loss in income.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
during this session of the 106th Congress, legislation should
be considered to direct the Internal Revenue Service to count
any net loss of income in determining the proper rate of
taxation.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ESTIMATES OF THE IMPACT OF REGULATIONS
ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) the Federal regulatory system sometimes adversely
affects many Americans and businesses by imposing
financial burdens with little corresponding public
benefit.
(2) currently, Congress has no general mechanism for
assessing the financial impact of regulatory activities
on the private sector;
(3) Congress is ultimately responsible for making
sure agencies act in accordance with congressional
intent and while the executive branch is responsible
for promulgating regulations, Congress ultimately can
and should curb ineffective regulations by using its
oversight and regulatory powers; and
(4) a variety of reforms have been suggested to
increase congressional oversight over regulatory
activity, including directing the President to prepare
an annual accounting statement containing several cost/
benefit analyses, recommendations to reform inefficient
regulatory programs, and an identification and analysis
of duplications and inconsistencies among such
programs.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
the House should reclaim its role as reformer and take the
first step toward curbing inefficient regulatory activity by
passing legislation authorizing the Congressional Budget Office
to prepare regular estimates on the impact of proposed Federal
regulations on the private sector.
SEC. 15. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THE
CLASSROOM.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) strengthening America's public schools while
respecting State and local control is
criticallyimportant to the future of our children and our Nation;
(2) education is a local responsibility, a State
priority, and a national concern;
(3) a partnership with the Nation's governors,
parents, teachers, and principals must take place in
order to strengthen public schools and foster
educational excellence;
(4) the consolidation of various Federal education
programs will benefit our Nation's children, parents,
and teachers by sending more dollars directly to the
classroom; and
(5) our Nation's children deserve an educational
system that will provide opportunities to excel.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Congress should enact legislation that would
consolidate thirty-one Federal K-12 education programs;
and
(2) the Department of Education, the States, and
local educational agencies should work together to
ensure that not less than 95 percent of all funds
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out elementary
and secondary education programs administered by the
Department of Education is spent for our children in
their classrooms.
SEC. 16. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING TAX RELIEF.
(a) Findings.--The House funds that this concurrent
resolution dedicates $272,800,000 over 5 years to reduce the
tax burden on American families.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
these funds should be used to--
(1) eliminate the marriage penalty by enacting into
law the provisions of H.R. 6;
(2) increase access to health care by enacting into
law the revenue provisions of H.R. 2990;
(3) provide tax relief to small business owner by
enacting into law the revenue provisions of H.R. 2832;
(4) repel the 1993 tax increase on Social Security
benefits;
(5) expand educational opportunities by expanding
Education Savings Accounts;
(6) repeal the 1993 4.3 cent tax increase on motor
fuels;
(7) repeal the ``death tax''.
SEC. 17. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) For more than 30 years, the Social Security Trust
Fund has been used to mask on-budget deficits and this
year the debt to the Social Security Trust Fund will
exceed $1 trillion,
(2) While the debt held by the public will decrease
over the next 10 years, the debt owed to the Social
Security Trust Fund will continue to increase and the
national debt is projected, by the Congressional Budget
Office, to increase to more than $6 trillion by Fiscal
Year 2006.
(3) By 2014, in order to pay benefits, the Social
Security Trust Fund will begin redeeming the
certificates of debt that are currently held and if
nothing is done to reform the system before then,
Congress will be forced to implement emergency
provisions that either raise taxes, increase publicly
held debt, or cut benefits,
(4) Although the Social Security Trust Fund has been
taken off-budget, the only true way to prohibit
Congress and the President from borrowing from the
surpluses of the Social Security Trust Fund is to
return those surpluses to workers today in the form of
rebates to be used solely for the purposes of personal
retirement accounts,
(5) Personal Retirement Accounts are the key to true
retirement security and wealth creation that is owned
and controlled by the worker, not the government.
(6) Only through Personnel Retirement Accounts can
this country achieve a fully-funded retirement program,
and not one dependent on the taxation of the next
generation.
(7) Sec. 10 of this concurrent resolution provides
the necessary authority to accommodate structural
Social Security reform that includes personal
retirement accounts within the Fiscal Year 2001 budget.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
prior to the adjournment of the 106th Congress that Congress
should enact structural Social Security reform that includes
personal retirement accounts.
SEC. 18. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The health insurance coverage provided under the
Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is an integral
part of the financial security for retired and disabled
individuals, as such coverage protects those
individuals against the financially ruinous costs of a
major illness.
(2) During the nearly 35 years since the Medicare
Program was established, the Nation's health care
delivery and financing system has undergone major
transformations. However, the Medicare Program has not
kept pace with such transformations.
(3) Former congressional Budget Office Director
Robert Reischauer has described the Medicare Program as
it exists today as failing on the following four key
dimensions (known as the ``Four I's''):
(A) The program is inefficient.
(B) The program is inequitable.
(C) The program is inadequate.
(D) The program is insolvent.
(4) The recommendations by Senator John Breaux and
Representative William Thomas received the bipartisan
support of a majority of members on the National
Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare.
(5) The Breaux-Thomas recommendations provide for new
prescription drug coverage for the neediest
beneficiaries within a plan that substantially improves
the solvency of the Medicare Program without
transferring new IOUs to the Federal Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund that must be redeemed later by raising
taxes, cutting benefits, or borrowing more from the
public.
(6) Sec. 4 of this concurrent resolution provides the
necessary authority to accommodate structural Medicare
reform within the Fiscal Year 2001 budget.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House
that:
(1) Congress should work in a bipartisan fashion to
extend the solvency of the Medicare Program and to
ensure that benefits under that program will be
available to beneficiaries in the future.
(2) The recommendations by Senator Breaux and
Congressman Thomas provide for new prescription drug
coverage for the neediest beneficiaries within a plan
that substantially improves the solvency of the
Medicare Program without transferring to the Federal
Hospital Insurance Trust Funds new IOUs that must be
redeemed later by raising taxes, cutting benefits, or
borrowing more from the public.
(3) Congress should move expeditiously to consider
the bipartisan recommendations of the Chairmen of the
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of
Medicare.
SEC. 19. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING FOREIGN AID.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The nation of Israel has been a reliable and
dependable ally to the United States.
(2) The United States' support for Israel is vital to
achieving peace in the Middle East.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
aid to Israel should not be reduced.
SEC. 20. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY AUDITS AND
WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Each branch of government and every department
and agency has a fiduciary responsibility to ensure
that tax dollars are spent in the most efficient and
effective manner possible and to eliminate
mismanagement, waste, fraud, and abuse.
(2) A minimal measure of whether a department or
agency is upholding its fiduciary responsibility is its
ability to pass an audit.
(3) The most recent audits, for Fiscal Year 1998,
revealed that six major agencies--the Departments of
Agriculture, Defense, Education, Justice, and
Transportation, and the Agency for International
Development--could not provide financial statements
that could be independently audited.
(4) Mismanagement, waste, fraud, and abuse cost
American taxpayers billions of dollars.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
no agency or department which has failed its most recent audit
should receive an increase in their budget over the previous
year, unless the availability of the increased funds is
contingent upon the completion of a complete and successful
financial audit.
SEC. 21. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING TITLE X FUNDING.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The title X of the Public Health Service Act
family planning program provides contraceptives,
treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual
counseling to minors without parental consent or
notification.
(2) Almost 1,500,000 American minors receive title X
family planning services each year.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
organizations or businesses which receive funds through Federal
programs should obtain parental consent or confirmation of
parental notification before contraceptives are provided to a
minor.
SEC. 22. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL POPULATION CONTROL
PROGRAMS.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) There is international consensus that under no
circumstances should abortion be promoted as a method
of family planning.
(2) The United States provides the largest percentage
of population control assistance among donor nations.
(3) The activities of private organizations supported
by United States taxpayers are a reflection of United
States priorities in developing countries, and United
States funds allow these organizations to expand their
programs and influence.
(4) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has
signed contracts with the People's Republic of China
(PRC) which persists in coercing its people to obtain
abortions and undergo involuntary sterilizations.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House
that--
(1) United States taxpayers should not be forced to
support international family planning programs;
(2) if the Congress is unwilling to stop supporting
international family planning programs with taxpayers
dollars, the Congress should limit such support to
organizations that certify they will not perform, or
lobby for the legalization of, abortions in other
countries; and
(3) United States taxpayers should not be forced to
support the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) if
it is conducting activities in the People's Republic of
China (PRC) and the PRC's population control program
continues to utilize coercive abortion.
SEC. 23. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Human life is a precious resource which should
not be created or destroyed simply for scientific
experiments.
(2) A human embryo is a human being that must be
accorded the moral status of a person from the time of
fertilization.
(b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that
Congress should prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for the
creation of human embryos for research purposes and research in
which human embryos are knowingly destroyed, a prohibition
which also excludes support for stem cell research which
depends upon the intentional killing of a living human embryo.
SEC. 24. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING FUNDING OF UNAUTHORIZED PROGRAMS.
(a). The House finds the following:
(1) Each year, the House Appropriations Committee
provides funding to hundreds of programs whose
authorization has expired or were never authorized by
an Act of Congress.
(2) For Fiscal Year 2000, there were 247 programs
funded in 137 laws totaling over $120 billion whose
authorization had expired.
(3) Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives prohibits the funding of an
appropriation which has not been authorized by law.
(4) The House Rules Committee typically waives Rule
XXI when considering general appropriation bills.
(5) The respective authorizing committees have not
made reauthorization of unauthorized programs a
priority.
(6) The lack of congressional oversight over the
years, some as late as 1979, has led to the
deterioration of the power of the respective
authorizing Committees and thus the loss of
congressional oversight and fiscal responsibility,
which is a blow to the voters of America and their role
in the process.
(7) The lack of congressional oversight over the
years has led to the shift of power away from the
Legislative Branch toward the Executive Branch and
unelected federal bureaucrats.
(b) It is the sense of the House that:
(1) Congress should pass, and the President should
sign into law, legislation to amend the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 to require Congress to fund programs
that are currently unauthorized at 90 percent of prior
fiscal year levels.
(2) Congress should pass, and the President should
sign into law, legislation to require the Congressional
Budget Office to prepare budget baselines based on the
figures where unauthorized programs are frozen and
funded at 90 percent of current levels.
SEC. 25. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FULLY FUNDING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(a) Congress finds that--
(1) all children deserve a quality education,
including children with disabilities;
(2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
provides that the Federal, State and local governments
are to share in the expense of educating children with
disabilities and commits the Federal Government to pay
up to 40 percent of the national average per pupil
expenditure for children with disabilities;
(3) the high cost of educating children with
disabilities and the Federal Government's failure to
fully meet its obligation under the Individual with
Disabilities Education Act stretches limited State and
local education funds, creating difficulty in providing
a quality education to all students, including children
with disabilities;
(4) the current level of Federal funding to States
and localities under the Individual with Disabilities
Act is contrary to the goal of ensuring that children
with disabilities receive a quality education;
(5) the Federal Government has failed to fully fund
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and
appropriate 40 percent of the national average per
pupil expenditure per child with a disability as
required under the Individual with Disabilities Act to
assist States and localities to educate children with
disabilities;
(6) the levels in function 500 (Education) for fiscal
year 2001 assume sufficient discretionary budget
authority to accommodate fiscal year 2001
appropriations for IDEA at least $11 billion above such
funding levels appropriated in fiscal year 2000, thus
fully funding the Federal Government's commitment to
special education; and
(7) the levels in function 500 (Education) to
accommodate the fiscal year 2001 appropriation for
fully funding IDEA may be reached by eliminating
inefficient, ineffective and unauthorized education
programs.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Congress and the President should increase
function 500 (Education) fiscal year 2001 funding for
programs under the Individual with Disabilities Act by
at least $11 billion above fiscal year 2000 appropriated
levels, thus fully funding the Federal Government's
commitment; and
(2) Congress and the President can accomplish the
goal by eliminating inefficient, ineffective and
unauthorized education programs.
SEC. 26. ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302(B)(1) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET ACT.
(a) Compliance.--When complying Section 302(b)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on
Appropriations of each House shall consult with the Committee
on Appropriations of the other House to ensure that the
allocation of budget outlays and new budget authority among
each Committee's subcommittees are identical.
(b) Report.--The Committee on Appropriations of each House
shall report to its House when it determines that the report
made by the Committee pursuant to Section 301(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the report made by the
Committee on Appropriations of the other House pursuant to the
same provision contain identical allocations of budget outlays
and new budget authority among each Committee's subcommittees.
(c) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report providing
new discretionary budget authority for Fiscal Year 2001
allocated to the Committee on Appropriations unless and until
the Committee on Appropriations of that House has made the
report required under paragraph (b) of this Section
SEC. 27. CHANGES TO HOUSE RULES.
(a) Rule XIII (f) (1) (B) of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking the section and
inserting the following:
``(B) a list of all appropriations contained
in the bill for expenditures not currently
authorized by law along with the last year for
which the expenditure was authorized, the level
of expenditures authorized that year, the
actual level of expenditure that year, and the
level of expenditure contained in the
accompanying bill (This provision shall not
apply to classified intelligence or national
security programs, projects or activities).''
(b) Rule X 2.(d) of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by adding at the end of section (b)
the following and redesignating (C) as (D):
``(C) give priority consideration to
including in its plan the review of those laws
which are currently unauthorized and outline
how the Committee intends to authorize
currently unauthorized programs under its
jurisdiction.''
SEC. 28. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND
PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE
BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Access to Health Insurance.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(B) the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, reformed
the interim payment system to increase
reimbursements to low-cost providers, added
$900 million in funding, and delayed the
automatic 15 percent payment reduction for one
year, to October 1, 2000; and
(C) patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient do
not receive supplemental payments in the
interim payment system but will receive special
protection in the home health care prospective
payment system.
(2) Sense of congress on access to home health
care.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(A) Congress recognizes the importance of
home health care for seniors and disabled
citizens;
(B) Congress and the Administration should
work together to maintain quality care for
patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient,
including the sickest and frailest Medicare
beneficiaries, while home health care agencies
operate in the interim payment system; and
(C) Congress and the Administration should
work together to avoid the implementation of
the 15 percent reduction in the interim payment
system and ensure timely implementation of the
prospective payment system.
SEC. 29. REDUCTION OF PUBLICLY-HELD DEBT.
(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to ensure
that the fiscal year 2000 on-budget surplus is used to reduce
publicly-held debt.
(b) Reduction of Publicly-Held Debt.--
(1) Point of order against certain legislation.--
Except as provide by paragraph (2), it shall not be in
order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion,
or conference report if--
(A) the enactment of that bill or resolution
as reported;
(B) the adoption and enactment of that
amendment; or
(C) the enactment of that bill or resolution
in the form recommended in that conference
report.
would cause a decrease in the on-budget surplus for
fiscal year 2000.
(2) Exception.--The point of order set forth in
paragraph (1) shall not apply to a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report if
it--
(A) reduces revenues;
(B) implements structural social security
reform; or
(C) implements structural medicare reform.
(3) Waivers and appeals in the senate.--
(A) Waivers.--Paragraph (1) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly
chosen and sworn.
(B) Appeals.--(i) Appeals in the Senate from
the decisions of the Chair relating to
paragraph (1) shall be limited to 1 hour, to be
equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover and the manager of the bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference
report, as the case may be.
(ii) An affirmative vote of three-fifths of
the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be
required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a point of order
raised under paragraph (1).
(c) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall
cease to have any force or effect on October 1, 2000.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spratt of South
Carolina, or a Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Table of contents.
Sec. 2. Special rule.
TITLE I--BUDGETARY PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Concurrent resolution on the budget for 2001 and covering
2000-2010.
Sec. 102. Recommended aggregate levels and amounts.
Sec. 103. Major functional categories.
Sec. 104. Reconciliation directives; social security and medicare
solvency.
Sec. 105. Social security lockbox.
Sec. 106. Allocations to the Committee on Appropriations.
Sec. 107. Applicability of adjustments.
TITLE II--SENSE OF CONGRESS PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Sense of Congress on discretionary caps.
Sec. 202. Sense of Congress on asset building for the working poor.
Sec. 203. Sense of Congress on access to health insurance and preserving
home health services for all medicare beneficiaries.
Sec. 204. Sense of Congress regarding medicare+choice programs/
reimbursement rates.
Sec. 205. Sense of the Congress regarding the stabilization of certain
Federal payments to States, counties, and boroughs.
Sec. 206. Sense of Congress on the importance of the national science
foundation.
Sec. 207. Sense of Congress regarding skilled nursing facilities.
Sec. 208. Sense of Congress on the importance of special education.
Sec. 209. Sense of Congress on a Federal employee pay raise.
Sec. 210. Sense of Congress regarding HCFA draft guidelines.
Sec. 211. Sense of Congress on corporate welfare.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE.
In this resolution, all references to years are fiscal years
and all amounts are expressed in billions.
TITLE I--BUDGETARY PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR 2001 AND COVERING
2000-2010.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the
budget for 2000 is hereby revised and that the concurrent
resolution on the budget for 2001, including the appropriate
budgetary levels for 2002 through 2010, is hereby set forth.
SEC. 102. RECOMMENDED AGGREGATE LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
(a) On-Budget Levels (Excluding Social Security and the
Postal Service Fund).--For purposes of enforcement of this
resolution, the following budgetary levels are appropriate for
each year 2000 through 2010:
[In billions of dollars]
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $1,475.2 $1,541.9 $1,578.2 $1,634.3 $1,696.2 $1,762.4
Outlays....................................... $1,459.2 $1,496.5 $1,555.9 $1,610.4 $1,672.2 $1,739.2
Revenues...................................... $1,465.5 $1,512.3 $1,564.8 $1,620.4 $1,680.0 $1,744.9
Revenue change................................ $0.0 -$2.6 -$6.5 -$9.1 -$12.6 -$19.2
Surpluses..................................... $6.3 $15.8 $8.9 $10.0 $7.8 $5.7
Publicly held debt............................ $3,472.3 $3,312.1 $3,131.3 $2,942.0 $2,740.8 $2,524.0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $1,815.1 $1,873.4 $1,947.4 $2,022.0 $2,102.4
Outlays.................................................. $1,786.8 $1,841.6 $1,920.4 $1,995.4 $2,077.9
Revenues................................................. $1.819.5 $1,896.9 $1,980.7 $2,072.5 $2,169.3
Revenue change........................................... -$23.0 -$25.7 -$29.3 -$34.0 -$39.0
Surpluses................................................ $32.7 $55.3 $60.3 $77.1 $91.4
Publicly held debt....................................... $2,265.2 $1,967.7 $1,650.2 $3,102.2 $926.8
(b) Unified Budget Surpluses and Reduction in the Publicly
Held Debt.--Congress declares that on-budget surpluses and the
surpluses in the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Trust Funds
(Social Securitytrust funds) shall be devoted exclusively to
reducing the debt held by the public. The cumulative ten-year on-budget
surpluses of $365.0 billion set forth in subsection (a), combined with
the estimated cumulative ten-year off-budget (Social Security)
surpluses of $2,265.8 billion, will retire 73 percent of the publicly
held debt by 2010 and all of it by 2013.
SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the following are
the appropriate levels of new budget authority and budget
outlays for each major functional category for each year 2000
through 2010:
(a) National Defense (050):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $288.9 $305.3 $309.0 $315.4 $323.1 $331.4
Outlays....................................... $282.5 $297.2 $301.6 $309.1 $317.3 $27.8
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $340.1 $349.0 $358.2 $367.6 $377.3
Outlays.................................................. $332.4 $338.2 $351.7 $361.4 $371.0
(b) International Affairs (150):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $20.1 $20.3 $20.2 $20.3 $20.6 $21.3
Outlays....................................... $15.5 $17.6 $16.6 $16.7 $17.0 $17.2
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $21.7 $22.2 $22.5 $22.9 $23.2
Outlays.................................................. $17.4 $17.9 $18.4 $18.9 $19.4
(c) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $19.3 $20.3 $20.4 $20.6 $20.8 $21.1
Outlays....................................... $18.4 $19.6 $20.1 $20.3 $20.8 $20.8
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $21.5 $21.9 $22.3 $22.8 $23.2
Outlays.................................................. $21.1 $21.5 $21.9 $22.3 $22.8
(d) Energy (270):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $1.1 $1.7 $1.3 $1.5 $1.5 $1.5
Outlays....................................... 0.6 $0.2 $0.2 $0.2 $0.1 $0.2
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $1.6 $1.4 $1.8 $2.0 $2.0
Outlays.................................................. $0.1 $0.1 $0.2 $0.4 $0.5
(e) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $24.3 $25.8 $26.2 $26.8 $27.4 $28.0
Outlays....................................... $24.2 $25.3 $26.0 $26.6 $27.0 $27.4
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $28.7 $29.4 $30.1 $31.3 $32.1
Outlays.................................................. $28.0 $28.7 $29.3 $30.5 $31.3
(f) Agriculture (350):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $35.7 $19.3 $18.8 $18.0 $17.4 $16.4
Outlays....................................... $34.3 $17.2 $17.0 $16.3 $16.0 $14.8
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $15.7 $15.1 $15.1 $15.3 $15.6
Outlays.................................................. $14.1 $13.5 $13.4 $13.8 $14.2
(g) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $7.5 $6.6 $8.8 $9.5 $13.7 $13.8
Outlays....................................... $3.1 $2.4 $4.9 $4.8 $8.7 $9.7
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $13.7 $12.3 $12.4 $12.8 $17.3
Outlays.................................................. $9.3 $8.0 $8.0 $8.3 $12.0
(h) Transportation (400):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $54.3 $59.5 $57.8 $59.5 $59.7 $59.9
Outlays....................................... $46.6 $51.1 $52.9 $54.6 $54.9 $55.4
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $60.8 $61.3 $61.8 $62.3 $62.8
Outlays.................................................. $56.8 $57.6 $58.6 $60.0 $61.4
(i) Community and Regional Development (450):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $11.2 $11.9 $12.0 $12.2 $12.4 $12.7
Outlays....................................... $10.7 $11.1 $11.4 $11.3 $11.5 $11.6
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $13.0 $13.2 $13.4 $13.7 $13.8
Outlays.................................................. $12.0 $12.2 $12.5 $12.7 $12.9
(j) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $57.7 $76.7 $77.8 $78.8 $80.0 $81.8
Outlays....................................... $61.4 $69.7 $77.2 $78.4 $79.4 $81.0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $83.5 $85.4 $87.2 $89.2 $91.1
Outlays.................................................. $82.6 $84.3 $86.2 $88.1 $90.5
(k) Health (550):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $159.3 $171.0 $182.0 $194.6 $210.2 $228.4
Outlays....................................... $152.4 $168.2 $180.8 $194.0 $209.8 $227.3
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $247.7 $266.8 $286.8 $309.2 $333.0
Outlays.................................................. $246.4 $264.7 $284.8 $307.3 $331.7
(l) Medicare (570):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $199.6 $217.7 $225.0 $247.5 $267.5 $293.9
Outlays....................................... $199.5 $218.0 $224.9 $247.2 $267.7 $293.9
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $303.6 $332.0 $356.6 $384.6 $413.7
Outlays.................................................. $303.4 $332.2 $356.5 $384.3 $413.9
(m) Income Security (600):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $238.4 $254.8 $265.8 $276.4 $287.5 $298.0
Outlays....................................... $248.0 $255.6 $267.2 $277.7 $288.4 $298.9
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $312.0 $316.1 $331.1 $341.8 $353.4
Outlays.................................................. $312.9 $316.9 $331.8 $342.2 $353.6
(n) Social Security (650):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $11.5 $9.7 $11.6 $12.3 $13.0 $13.8
Outlays....................................... $11.5 $9.7 $11.6 $12.3 $13.0 $13.8
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $14.7 $15.7 $16.8 $18.0 $19.2
Outlays.................................................. $14.7 $15.7 $16.8 $18.0 $19.2
(o) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $46.0 $48.2 $49.4 $51.0 $52.2 $55.6
Outlays....................................... $45.1 $47.7 $49.2 $50.9 $52.0 $55.3
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $55.3 $54.8 $58.1 $59.6 $61.1
Outlays.................................................. $54.9 $54.2 $57.8 $59.2 $60.7
(p) Administration of Justice (750):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $27.4 $29.1 $29.4 $30.2 $31.0 $31.7
Outlays....................................... $28.0 $28.7 $29.5 $30.0 $30.6 $31.4
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $32.5 $33.3 $34.2 $35.1 $35.9
Outlays.................................................. $32.2 $33.0 $33.8 $34.7 $35.5
(q) General Government (800):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $13.9 $13.4 $13.6 $13.8 $13.9 $14.1
Outlays....................................... $14.7 $14.0 $13.7 $13.8 $13.8 $13.7
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $14.6 $15.0 $15.5 $16.1 $16.5
Outlays.................................................. $14.1 $14.6 $15.2 $15.6 $16.1
(r) Net Interest (900):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $284.6 $288.6 $290.4 $286.6 $282.4 $278.2
Outlays....................................... $284.6 $288.6 $290.4 $286.6 $282.4 $278.2
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $274.6 $270.1 $266.0 $261.1 $256.0
Outlays.................................................. $274.6 $270.1 $266.0 $261.1 $256.0
(s) Allowances (920):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... $8.5 $0.4 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Outlays....................................... $13.4 -$7.0 $2.0 $0.3 $0.1 $0.0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Outlays.................................................. $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
(t) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
New budget authority.......................... -$34.1 -$38.4 -$41.3 -$40.7 -$38.1 -$39.2
Outlays....................................... -$34.1 -$38.4 -$41.3 -$40.7 -$38.1 -$39.2
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New budget authority..................................... -$40.2 -$41.6 -$42.5 -$43.4 -$44.8
Outlays.................................................. -$40.2 -$41.6 -$42.5 -$43.4 -$44.8
SEC. 104. RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES; SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
SOLVENCY.
(a) Submission of Budgetary Recommendations.--Not later than
June 22, 2000, the following House committees shall submit
legislation changing current law within their jurisdictions to
the House Committee on the Budget in the specified manner and
amounts.
in 2000 in 2001 2001-2005 2001-2010
Agriculture--increase outlays............................... $6.000 $0.676 $9.015 $23.365
Armed Services--increase outlays............................ $0.000 $0.437 $5.400 $16.324
Banking and Financial Services--decrease outlays............ $0.000 $0.367 $1.035 $1.170
Commerce--increase outlays.................................. $0.000 $2.270 $48.983 $193.696
Education and Welfare--decrease outlays..................... $0.000 -$0.001 $0.040 $0.128
Government Reform and Oversight--decrease Revenues.......... $0.000 $0.071 $0.473 $1.157
Resources--decrease outlays................................. $0.000 -$0.026 $0.057 $0.230
Transportation and Infrastructure--decrease outlays......... $0.000 $0.065 $0.001 -$0.159
Veterans' Affairs--increase outlays......................... $0.000 $0.259 $0.548 $0.568
Ways and Means--increase outlays............................ $0.000 $2.174 $40.441 $156.022
Ways and Means--decrease revenues........................... $0.000 $0.012 $1.413 $4.412
(b) Policy Assumptions.--(1) Within the framework of this
budget resolution, which provides for the extension of the
solvency of the social security and medicare trust funds, the
policy of this resolution is that there shall be gross tax
relief of $5.6 billion and net tax relief of $2.6 billion in
2001, gross tax relief of $77.8 billion and net tax relief of
$50.0 billion over fiscal years 2001 through 2005, and gross
tax relief of $263.3 billion and net tax relief of $201.0
billion over fiscal years 2001 through2010, including by
illustration and not limitation provisions that--
(A) mitigate the marriage penalty on middle-income
families and the application of the individual
alternative minimum tax to middle-income taxpayers;
(B) expand the earned income credit to mitigate the
marriage penalty on low-income households and to
increase the credit for families with three or more
children;
(C) facilitate financing of school construction and
renovation;
(D) increase credits and deductions of tuition for
post-secondary education;
(E) expand deductions and credits for medical
insurance and the cost of long-term care;
(F) provide patient protections contained in the
Dingell-Norwood Patient's Bill of Rights Act;
(G) foster community redevelopment and combat urban
sprawl;
(H) reduce estate taxes, especially on decedents
owning small businesses and family farms;
(I) encourage and expand retirement savings accounts;
and
(J) extend credits that promote employment
opportunities for welfare beneficiaries and low-income
workers.
(2) The resolution assumes that $7.0 billion over fiscal
years 2001 through 2005 and $14.6 billion over fiscal years
2001 through 2010 of the revenues forgone as a result of these
new tax provisions may be offset by reinstating Superfund
taxes; $9.8 billion over fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and
$24.2 billion over fiscal years 2001 through 2010 may be offset
by repealing or restricting some of the unwarranted deductions,
credits, exemptions, and exclusions whose repeal or restriction
were proposed by the President in submission of his budget for
fiscal year 2001; and $11.0 billion over fiscal years 2001
through 2005 and $23.5 billion over fiscal years 2001 through
2010 may be offset by provisions restricting abusive tax
shelters and other provisions proposed by Mr. Rangel in the
motion to recommit H.R. 3832.
(3) The resolution also assumes $40 billion over fiscal years
2001 through 2005 and $155 billion through fiscal year 2010 for
a medicare prescription drug benefit and cost-sharing
protections. The resolution assumes voluntary prescription drug
coverage for all Americans age 65 or older, in which not less
than 50 percent of the cost of the benefit, based on the price
of the prescription drugs, is borne by the Government.
Beneficiaries also will pay monthly premiums. Beneficiaries
with annual incomes below 150 percent of poverty ($12,525 for a
single person; $16,875 for a couple) will not pay premiums, and
those with annual incomes below 135 percent of poverty ($11,273
for a single person; $15,188 for a couple) are protected from
the plan's cost-sharing requirements.
(c) Flexibility for the Committee on Ways and Means.--If the
reconciliation submission by the Committee on Ways and Means
alters the Internal Revenue Code in ways that are scored by the
Joint Committee on Taxation as outlay changes, as through
legislation affecting refundable tax credits, the submission
shall be considered to meet the revenue requirements of the
reconciliation directive if the net cost of the revenue and
outlay changes does not exceed the revenue amount set forth for
that committee in subsection (a). Upon the submission of such
legislation, the chairman of the House Committee on the Budget
shall adjust the budget aggregates in this resolution and
allocations made under this resolution accordingly.
(d) Extending the Solvency of the Social Security and
Medicare Trust Funds.--
(1) The purpose of this subsection is to extend the
solvency of Social Security by at least 15 years and to
extend the solvency of Medicare by at least ten years.
(2) Not later than June 22, 2000, the Committee on
Ways and Means shall submit legislation to the House
Committee on the Budget providing for the annual
transfer from the General Fund of the Treasury to the
Hospital Insurance (Medicare Part A) Trust Fund of an
amount equal to $300 billion from 2001 to 2010. Such
funds shall be derived from the on-budget surplus over
that ten-year period.
(3) Not later than June 22, 2000, the Committee on
Ways and Means shall submit legislation to the House
Committee on the Budget providing for the annual
transfer from the General Fund of the Treasury to Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, starting in
2011, of an amount equal to the reduction in unified
budget Net Interest outlays in 2010 below the level of
unified budget Net Interest outlays in 2000. Under this
resolution, that reduction is expected to equal $148.9
billion.
(4) Provisions of legislation that only carry out the
requirements of paragraphs (2) or (3) shall not be
considered extraneous to a reconciliation bill under
section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(e) Reporting of Reconciliation Bill.--After receiving the
legislation submitted under subsections (a), (b), and (d), the
House Committee on the Budget shall report to the House a
reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations
without any substantive revision.
SEC. 105. SOCIAL SECURITY LOCKBOX.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the
social security trust funds are off budget for purposes
of the President's budget submission and the concurrent
resolution on the budget;
(2) the social security trust funds have been running
surpluses each year for seventeen years, and until this
year, these surpluses have been borrowed to fund the
operations of the Federal Government;
(3) this resolution balances the Federal budget
without including the social security surpluses in each
year from 2000 through 2010;
(4) balancing the Federal budget exclusive of the
social security surplus will strengthen the Nation's
financial condition so that it is better prepared to
ensure the long-term solvency of the social security
program.
(b) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any revision to this
resolution or a concurrent resolution on the budget for any
fiscal year between 2001 and 2010, or any amendment thereto, or
conference report thereto, or any reported bill or joint
resolution or any amendment thereto or conference report
thereon that sets forth or causes an on-budget deficit for any
fiscal year.
SEC. 106. ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Treatment of OASDI Administrative Expenses.--In addition
to amounts in this resolution, allocations to the Committee on
Appropriations shall include the following amounts, which are
assumed to be used for the administrative expenses of the
Social Security Administration, and those allocations shall be
considered to be allocations made under section 302 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
2000 2001
New budget authority.................. $3.185 $3,400
Outlays............................... $3,202 $3,370
(b) Special Allocation for Lands Legacy Initiative.--
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), $1.4 billion
in discretionary new budget authority and $1.0 billion
in discretionary outlays included in this resolution
shall not be allocated to the Appropriations Committee
for 2001.
(2) Prior to consideration by the House of
Representatives or the Committee of the Whole of any
appropriations measure, amendment, or motion providing
$1.4 billion in new budget authority for 2001 for:
Federal land acquisitions; conservation-related grants
to states, tribes, and localities; and ocean and
coastal conservation programs, the chairman of the
House Committee on the Budget shall increase the
allocation for 2001 of the House Committee on
Appropriations by $1.4 billion in new budget authority
and by the outlays flowing therefrom.
SEC. 107. APPLICABILITY OF ADJUSTMENTS.
Section 314(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall
apply as though the adjustments described in sections 104(c)
and 106(b) were adjustments under section 314(a) of that Act.
TITLE II--SENSE OF CONGRESS PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT AGREE ON
DISCRETIONARY CAPS BASED ON REALISTIC LEVELS.
It is the sense of Congress that Congress and the President
adopt discretionary caps based on the levels set forth in this
resolution in order to control spending, establish sound
budgeting projections and policies, and avoid budgeting
gimmicks.
SEC. 202. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ASSET BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) 33 percent of all American households and 60
percent of African American households have no or
negative financial assets;
(2) 46.9 percent of all children in America live in
households with no financial assets, including 40
percent of Caucasian children and 75 percent of African
American children;
(3) in order to provide low-income families with more
tools for empowerment, incentives which encourage
asset-building should be established;
(4) middle and upper income Americans currently
benefit from tax incentives for building assets; and
(5) the Federal Government should utilize the Federal
tax code to provide low-income Americans with
incentives to work and build assets in order to escape
poverty permanently.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
provisions of this concurrent resolution assume that Congress
should modify the Federal tax law to include provisions which
encourage low-income workers and their families to save for
buying a first home, starting a business, obtaining an
education, or taking other measures to prepare for the future.
SEC. 203. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND
PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE
BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Access to Health Insurance.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(A) 44.4 million Americans are currently
without health insurance, and that this number
is expected to rise to nearly 60 million people
in the next 10 years;
(B) the cost of health insurance continues to
rise, a key factor in increasing the number of
uninsured; and
(C) there is a consensus that working
Americans and their families will suffer from
reduced access to health insurance.
(2) Sense of Congress on Improving Access to Health
Care Insurance.--It is the sense of Congress that
access to affordable health care coverage for all
Americans is a priority of the 106th Congress.
(b) Preserving Home Health Service For All Medicare
Beneficiaries.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reformed
Medicare home health care spending by
instructing the Health Care Financing
Administration to implement a prospective
payment system and instituted an interim
payment system to achieve savings;
(B) the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
Balanced Budget Refinement Act, 1999, reformed
the interim payment system to increase
reimbursements to low-cost providers and
delayed the automatic 15 percent payment
reduction until after the first year of the
implementation of the prospective payment
system; and
(C) patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient do
not receive supplemental payments in the
interim payment system but will receive special
protection in the home health care prospective
payment system.
(2) Sense of congress on access to home health
care.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(A) home health care for seniors and disabled
citizens is vitally important;
(B) Congress and the Administration should
work together to maintain quality care for
patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient,
including the sickest and frailest Medicare
beneficiaries, while home health care agencies
operate in the interim payment system; and
(C) Congress and the Administration should
work together to avoid the imposition of the 15
percent reduction in the prospective payment
system and ensure timely implementation of that
system.
SEC. 204. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAMS/
REIMBURSEMENT RATES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Medicare+Choice regional
disparity among reimbursement rates is unfair, and that full
funding of the Medicare+Choice program is a priority as
Congress deals with any medicare reform legislation.
SEC. 205. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE STABILIZATION OF CERTAIN
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO STATES, COUNTIES, AND BOROUGHS.
It is the sense of Congress that Federal revenue-sharing
payments to States, counties, and boroughs pursuant to the Act
of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of March
1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of August 28,
1937 (chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), the Act of
May 24, 1939 (chapter 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et
seq.), and sections 13982 and 13983 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66; 16 U.S.C. 500
note; 43 U.S.C. 1181f note) should be stabilized and maintained
for the long-term benefit of schools, roads, public services,
and communities, and that providing such permanent, stable
funding is a priority of the 106th Congress.
SEC. 206. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION.
(a) Findings.--The Congress Finds that--
(1) recognizing the importance of the National
Science Foundation, during the Budget Committee markup,
the Holt amendment was offered which would have
increased budget authority by $675 million in fiscal
year 2001 and by $3.9 billion over five years and
increased outlays by $170 million in fiscal year 2001
and by $2.8 billion over five years in Function 250
(General Science, Space and Technology) to reflect
greater funding for the National Science Foundation;
(2) recognizing the National Science Foundation's
importance during the markup, the Committee accepted a
modified Holt amendment which succeeded in increasing
the Chairman's mark for Function 250 by $100,000,000 in
budget authority for 2001;
(3) further recognizing the National Science
Foundation's importance and the wisdom of the original
Holt amendment, the Rules Committee approved a
substitute which changed the budget resolution, as
approved by the Budget Committee, to increase budget
authority for the National Science Foundation by an
additional $.5 billion in 2001 and $3.0 billion over
five years and to increase outlays by $0.1 billion in
fiscal year 2001 and by $2.2 billion over five years to
reflect increased funding for the National Science
Foundation;
(4) even with the increases approved in the Rules
Committee substitute for function 250, the outlays
levels in this Democratic concurrent budget resolution
are still above the levels in the House Republican
budget resolution, as modified by the Rules Committee
substitute, by $200 million for fiscal year 2001 and
$1.3 billion over five years (2001-2005);
(5) the National Science Foundation is the largest
supporter of basic research in the Federal Government;
(6) the National Science Foundation is the second
largest supporter of university-based research;
(7) research conducted by the grantees of the
National Science Foundation has led to innovations that
have dramatically improved the quality of life of all
Americans;
(8) because basic research funded by the National
Science Foundation is high-risk, cutting edge,
fundamental, and may not produce tangible benefits for
over a decade, the Federal Government is uniquely
suited to support such research; and
(9) the National Science Foundation's focus on peer-
reviewed, merit-based grants represents a model for
research agencies across the Federal Government.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
function 250 discretionary levels assume an increase for
National Science Foundation that is sufficient for it to
continue its critical role in funding basic research,
cultivating America's intellectual infrastructure, and leading
to innovations that assure the Nation's economic future.
SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Medicare Payment
Advisory Commission should devote particular attention to the
medicare skilled nursing benefit to determine if payment rates
are sufficient to provide quality care and to determine if
reforms in payment are required. If reforms are recommended,
Congress should pass legislation expeditiously to assure
quality skilled nursing care.
SEC. 208. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) all children deserve a high quality education,
including children with disabilities;
(2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
provides that the Federal, State, and local governments
are to share in the expense of educating children with
disabilities and commits the Federal Government to pay
up to 40 percent of the national average per pupil
expenditure for children with disabilities; and
(3) the discretionary levels in this concurrent
resolution for function 500 (Education) are above the
levels in the House Republic Budget Resolution by
$4,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and by
$20,600,000,000 over five years (fiscal years 2001 to
2005).
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
higher discretionary levels for function 500 (Education) in
this budget resolution compared with the Republican resolution
recognize the importance of special education by allowing
Congress to provide sufficient increases for special education
while also funding the President's other top educational
priorities.
SEC. 209. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY RAISE.
It is the sense of Congress that the pay increase for Federal
employees in January 2001 should be at least 3.7 percent.
SEC. 210. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HCFA DRAFT GUIDELINES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) on February 15, 2000, the Health Care Financing
Administration in the Department of Health and Human
Services issued a draft Medicaid School-Based
Administrative Claiming (MAC) Guide; and
(2) in its introduction, the stated purpose of the
draft MAC guide is to provide information for schools,
State medicaid agencies, HCFA staff, and other
interested parties on the existing requirements for
claiming Federal funds under the medicaid program for
the costs of administrative activities, such as
medicaid outreach, that are performed in the school
setting associated with school-based health services
programs.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) many school-based health programs provide a broad
range of services that are covered by medicaid,
affording access to care for children who otherwise
might well go without needed services;
(2) such programs also can play a powerful role in
identifying and enrolling children who are eligible for
medicaid or for the State Children's Health Insurance
programs;
(3) undue administrative burdens may be placed on
school districts and States and deter timely
application approval;
(4) the Health Care Financing Administration should
substantially revise or abandon the current draft MAC
guide because it appears to promulgate new rules that
place excessive administrative burdens on participating
school districts;
(5) the goal of the revised guide should be to
encourage the appropriate use of Medicaid school-based
services without undue administrative burdens; and
(6) the best way to ensure the continued viability of
medicaid school-based services is to guarantee that the
guidelines are fair and responsible.
SEC. 211. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CORPORATE WELFARE.
It is the sense of Congress that the Committees on the Budget
of the House of Representatives and the Senate should hold
hearings on H.R. 3221, the Corporate Welfare Commission Act of
1999.