House Report 113-405 - PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (H. CON. RES. 96) ESTABLISHING THE BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND SETTING FORTH APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2016 THROUGH 2024, AND PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 11, 2014, THROUGH APRIL 25, 2014

[House Report 113-405]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-405

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (H. CON. RES.
96) ESTABLISHING THE BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2015 AND SETTING FORTH APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL
YEARS 2016 THROUGH 2024, AND PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS DURING THE
PERIOD FROM APRIL 11, 2014, THROUGH APRIL 25, 2014

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April 7, 2014.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed

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

R E P O R T

[To accompany H. Res. 544]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 544, by a record vote of 9 to 3, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res.
96, establishing the budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024, under a structured
rule. The resolution provides four hours of general debate with
three hours confined to the congressional budget equally
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member
of the Committee on the Budget and one hour on the subject of
economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by
Rep. Brady of Texas and Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York or
their designees. The resolution waives all points of order
against consideration of the concurrent resolution and provides
that it shall be considered as read. The resolution makes in
order only those amendments printed in this report. Each such
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to
amendment. The resolution waives all points of order against
the amendments printed in this report except that the adoption
of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute
the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolution
for amendment. The resolution provides, upon the conclusion of
consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment, a
final period of general debate, which shall not exceed 10
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on the Budget. The resolution
permits the Chair of the Budget Committee to offer amendments
in the House pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The
resolution provides that the concurrent resolution shall not be
subject to a demand for division of the question of its
adoption.
Section 2 of the resolution provides that on any
legislative day during the period from April 11, 2014 through
April 25, 2014: (a) the Journal of the proceedings of the
previous day shall be considered as approved; and (b) the Chair
may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date
and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I
of the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring
the adjournment.
Section 3 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the
duration of the period addressed by section 2 of the resolution
as though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
Section 4 of the resolution provides that each day during
the period addressed by section 2 of the resolution shall not
constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the War
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546).
Section 5 of the resolution provides that the Committee on
Appropriations may, at any time before 5 p.m. on Thursday,
April 17, 2014, file privileged reports to accompany measures
making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2015.

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H. Con. Res. 96, the Committee is not aware of
any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
The waiver of all points order against the amendments
printed in this report include a waiver of clause 10(c) of rule
XVIII, which prohibits amendments from proposing to change the
appropriate level of public debt set forth in the concurrent
resolution.

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 125

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to make in order and
provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by
Rep. Cardenas (CA) and Rep. Garcia (FL) and Rep. Polis (CO),
which relates to Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Defeated: 4-
8

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 126

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 9-3

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Cole........................................ Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Nugent...................................... Yea
Mr. Webster..................................... Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Mulvaney (SC): SUBSTITUTE inserts President Obama's
budget proposal. (20 minutes)
2. Fudge (OH), Scott, Bobby (VA), Moore, Gwen (WI), Lee,
Barbara (CA): CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE makes
significant investments in education, job training,
transportation and infrastructure, and advanced research and
development programs that will accelerate our economic
recovery. Includes funding for a comprehensive jobs bill and
targeted investments to reduce and eradicate poverty in
America. Protects the social safety net without cutting Social
Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or SNAP and makes tough but
responsible decisions to raise new revenue by making our tax
system fairer, saving more than $1.7 trillion on the deficit
over the next decade. Puts our nation on a sustainable fiscal
path by reducing our annual budget deficit to 2.5% of GDP by FY
2024. (30 minutes)
3. Ellison (MN), Grijalva (AZ), Pocan (WI), Lee, Barbara
(CA), Edwards (MD), Schakowsky (IL), McDermott (WA):
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE restores economic
health by creating 8.8 million jobs by 2017 through investments
in education, infrastructure and research and to reduce
deficits by $4 trillion by 2024. (30 minutes)
4. Woodall (GA), Scalise (LA): REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE balances in four years and cuts discretionary
spending to FY2008 levels. (30 minutes)
5. Van Hollen (MD): DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE supports
the American dream with investments in job creation and
education, tax reform that promotes the growth of American
businesses and tax fairness, and policies that support access
to health care, retirement security, and a safe and secure
nation. (30 minutes)

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mulvaney of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:

SEC. 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015.

(a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that
this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal
year 2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2016 through 2024.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this
concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

TITLE II--DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 201. Direct spending.

TITLE III--POLICY STATEMENT

Sec. 301. Policy statement on Presidential data and policies.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2015 through 2024:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $2,579,425,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,756,952,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,960,779,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,131,856,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,281,119,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,465,278,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,663,729,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,860,286,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,069,085,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,283,190,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be changed are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $84,425,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $107,952,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $152,779,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $175,856,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $158,119,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $171,278,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $190,729,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $207,286,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $231,085,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $249,190,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the
appropriate levels of total new budget authority are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $3,207,329,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,269,270,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,415,383,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,577,619,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,782,980,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,978,461,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,151,262,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,341,912,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,509,701,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,671,785,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels
of total budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $3,143,368,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,291,521,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,409,079,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,527,332,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,752,609,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,923,372,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,103,804,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,309,637,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,443,476,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,580,858,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts
of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: -$563,943,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: -$534,569,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: -$448,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: -$395,476,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: -$471,490,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: -$458,094,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: -$440,075,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: -$449,351,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: -$374,391,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: -$297,668,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of
the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $18,686,049,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $19,486,596,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $20,239,159,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $20,940,631,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $21,652,866,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $22,361,537,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $23,052,216,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $23,737,820,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $24,380,608,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $24,980,565,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels
of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $13,591,802,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $14,256,587,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $14,843,459,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $15,370,490,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $15,981,956,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $16,602,649,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $17,213,324,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $17,849,633,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $18,440,724,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $18,986,039,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

TITLE II--DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 201. DIRECT SPENDING.

(a) Means-tested Direct Spending.--
(1) For means-tested direct spending, the average
rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the
10-year period preceding fiscal year 2015 is 6.8
percent.
(2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimate
average rate of growth in the total level of outlays
during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year
2015 is 5.4 percent under current law.
(3) The following reforms are proposed in this
concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spending:
(A) Earned Income Tax Credit Reforms:
(i) Expand EITC for workers without
qualifying children.
(ii) Conform treatment of State and
local government EITC and child tax
credit (CTC) for SSI.
(B) Health-Related:
(i) Align Medicare drug payment
policies with Medicaid policies for low
income beneficiaries.
(ii) Increase income-related premium
under Medicare Parts B and D.
(iii) Modify Part B deductible for
new enrollees.
(iv) Introduce home health co-
payments for new beneficiaries.
(v) Introduce a Part B premium
surcharge for new beneficiaries who
purchase near first-dollar Medigap
coverage.
(vi) Encourage the use of generic
drugs by low-income beneficiaries.
(vii) Limit Medicaid reimbursement of
durable medical equipment based on
Medicare rates.
(viii) Rebase future Medicaid
Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH)
allotments.
(ix) Reduce fraud, waste, and abuse
in Medicaid.
(x) Strengthen the Medicaid drug
rebate program.
(xi) Exclude brand-name and
authorized generic drug prices from
Medicaid Federal upper limit (FUL).
(xii) Improve and extend the Money
Follows the Person Rebalancing
Demonstration through 2020.
(xiii) Provide home and community-
based services to children eligible for
psychiatric residential treatment
facilities.
(xiv) Create demonstration to address
over-prescription of psychotropic
medications for children in foster
care.
(xv) Permanently extend Express Lane
Eligibility (ELE) option for children.
(xvi) Expand State flexibility to
provide benchmark benefit packages.
(xvii) Extend the Qualified
Individuals (QI) program through
CY2015.
(xviii) Extend the Transitional
Medical Assistance (TMA) program
through CY2015.
(xix) Prohibit brand and generic drug
companies from delaying the
availability of new generic drugs and
biologics.
(xx) Modify length of exclusivity to
facilitate faster development of
generic biologics.
(xxi) Ensure retroactive Part D
coverage of newly-eligible low-income
beneficiaries.
(xxii) Establish integrated appeals
process for Medicare-Medicaid
enrollees.
(xxiii) Create pilot to expand PACE
eligibility to individuals between ages
21 and 55.
(xxiv) Accelerate the issuance of
State innovation waivers.
(b) Nonmeans-tested Direct Spending.--
(1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average
rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the
10-year period preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7
percent.
(2) For nonmeans-test direct spending, the estimated
average rate of growth in the total level of outlays
during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year
2015 is 5.4 percent under current law.
(3) The following reforms are proposed in this
concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct
spending:
(A) Opportunity, Growth, and Security
Initiative:
(i) Reduce subsidies for crop
insurance companies and farmer
premiums.
(ii) Reform the aviation passenger
security user fee to more accurately
reflect the costs of aviation security.
(iii) Offset Disability Insurance
(DI) benefits for period of concurrent
Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt.
(iv) Enact Spectrum License User Fee
and allow the FCC to auction
predominantly domestic satellite
services.
(v) Limit the total accrual of tax-
favored retirement benefits.
(B) Surface Transportation Reauthorization:
(i) Invest in surface transportation
reauthorization.
(C) Early Childhood Investments:
(i) Support Preschool for All.
(ii) Extend and expand voluntary home
visiting.
(D) Agriculture:
(i) Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools.
(ii) Enact Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) fee.
(iii) Enact bio based labeling fee.
(iv) Enact Grain Inspection, Packers,
and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
fee.
(v) Enact Animal Plant and Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) fee
Education.
(E) Education:
(i) Recognize Educational Success,
Professional Excellence, and
Collaborative Teaching (RESPECT).
(ii) Reform and expand Perkins loan
program.
(iii) Provide mandatory appropriation
to sustain recent Pell Grant increases.
(iv) Expand and reform student loan
income-based repayment.
(v) Implement College Opportunity and
Graduation Bonus Program.
(vi) Establish State Higher Education
Performance Fund.
(F) Energy:
(i) Reauthorize special assessment
from domestic nuclear utilities.
(ii) Establish Energy Security Trust
Fund Enact nuclear waste management
program.
(iii) Enact nuclear waste management
program.
(G) Health and Human Services:
(i) Reduce Medicare coverage of bad
debts.
(ii) Better align graduate medical
education payments with patient care
costs.
(iii) Reduce Critical Access Hospital
(CAH) payments from 101 percent of
reasonable costs to 100 percent of
reasonable costs.
(iv) Prohibit CAH designation for
facilities that are less than miles
from the nearest hospital.
(v) Reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in
Medicare.
(vi) Accelerate manufacturer
discounts for brand drugs to provide
relief to Medicare beneficiaries in the
coverage gap.
(vii) Suspend coverage and payment
for questionable Part D prescriptions
and incomplete clinical information.
(viii) Establish quality bonus
payments for high-performing Part D
plans.
(ix) Adjust payment updates for
certain post-acute care providers.
(x) Equalize payments for certain
conditions commonly treated in
inpatient rehabilitation facilities
(IRFs) and skilled nursing facilities
(SNFs).
(xi) Encourage appropriate use of
inpatient rehabilitation hospitals by
requiring that 75 percent of IRF
patients require intensive
rehabilitation services.
(xii) Adjust SNF payments to reduce
hospital readmissions.
(xiii) Implement bundled payment for
post-acute care.
(xiv) Exclude certain services from
the in office ancillary services
exception.
(xv) Modify the documentation
requirement for face-to-face encounters
for durable medical equipment,
prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies
(DMEPOS) claims.
(xvi) Modify reimbursement of Part B
drugs.
(xvii) Modernize payments for
clinical laboratory services.
(xviii) Expand sharing Medicare data
with qualified entities.
(xix) Clarify the Medicare Fraction
in the Medicare DHS statue.
(xx) Implement Value-Based Purchasing
for SNFs, Home Health Agencies (HHAs),
Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), and
Hospital Outpatient Departments
(HOPDs).
(xxi) Strengthen the Independent
Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) to reduce
long-term drivers of Medicare cost
growth.
(xxii) Enact survey and certification
revisit fees.
(xxiii) Invest in CMS Quality
Measurement.
(xxiv) Increase the minimum MA coding
intensity adjustment.
(xxv) Align employer group waiver
plan payments with average MA plan
bids.
(xxvi) Allow CMS to reinvest civil
monetary penalties recovered from home
health agencies.
(xxvii) Allow CMS to assess a fee on
Medicare providers for payments subject
to the Federal Payment Levy Program.
(xxviii) Extend special diabetes
program at the National Institutes of
Health and Indian Health Services.
(xxix) Permit HIS/Tribal/Urban Indian
Health programs to pay Medicare like
rates for outpatient services funded
through the Purchased and Referred Care
program.
(xxx) Extend Health Centers.
(xxxi) Create a competitive, value-
based graduate medical education grant
program funded through the Medicare
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
(xxxii) Extend the Medicaid primary
care payment increase through CY2015
with modifications to expand provider
eligibility and better target primary
care services.
(xxxiii) Invest in the National
Health Services Corps.
(xxxiv) Program management
implementation funding.
(xxxv) Provide dedicated, mandatory
funding for Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Control Program (HCFAC) program
integrity.
(xxxvi) Continue funding for the
Personal Responsibility Education
Program and Health Profession
Opportunity Grants.
(xxxvii) Repurpose Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Contingency Fund to support Pathways to
Jobs initiative.
(xxxviii) Establish hold harmless for
Federal poverty guidelines.
(xxxix) Expand access to quality
child care.
(xl) Modernize child support.
(xli) Provide funding for Aging and
Disability Resource Centers.
(xlii) Reauthorize Family Connection
Grants.
(xliii) Support demonstration to
address over-prescription of
psychothropic medications for children
in foster care (funding in
Adminstration for Children and
Families).
(H) Homeland Security:
(i) Permanently extend and reallocate
the travel promotion surcharge.
(I) Housing and Urban Development:
(i) Provide funding for Project
Rebuild.
(ii) Provide funding for the
Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
(J) Interior:
(i) Establish dedicated funding for
Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
programs.
(ii) Provide funding for a National
Park Service Centennial Initiative.
(iii) Extend funding for Payments in
Lieu of Taxes (PILT).
(iv) Enact Federal oil and gas
management reforms.
(v) Reform hard rock mining on public
lands.
(vi) Repeal geothermal payments to
counties.
(vii) Terminate Abandoned Mine Lands
(AML) payments to certified States.
(viii) Establish an AML hard rock
reclamation fund.
(ix) Increase coal AML fee to pre-
2006 levels.
(x) Reauthorize the Federal Land
Transaction Facilitation Act of 2000
(FLTFA).
(xi) Permanently reauthorize the
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act (FLREA).
(xii) Increase duck stamp fees.
(xiii) Extend the Palau Compact of
Free Association.
(K) Labor:
(i) Create Back to Work Partnerships
for the long term unemployed.
(ii) Establish a New Career Pathways
program for displaced workers.
(iii) Establish Summer Jobs Plus
program for youth.
(iv) Support Bridge Work and other
work-based UI program reforms.
(v) Enhance UI program integrity.
(vi) Extend Emergency Unemployment
Compensation.
(vii) Implement cap adjustments for
UI program integrity activities.
(viii) Strengthen UI system solvency.
(ix) Improve Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (PBGC) solvency.
(x) Provide the Secretary of the
Treasury authority to access and
disclose prisoner data to prevent and
identify improper payments.
(xi) Reform the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act (FECA).
(L) Transportation:
(i) Establish a mandatory surcharge
for air traffic services.
(ii) Establish a co-insurance program
for aviation war risk insurance.
(M) Treasury:
(i) Establish a Pay for Success
Incentive Fund.
(ii) Reauthorize and reform the
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.
(iii) Authorize Treasury to locate
and recover assets of the United States
and to retain a portion of amounts
collected to pay for the costs of
recovery.
(iv) Increase delinquent Federal non-
tax debt collections by authorizing
administrative bank garnishment for
non-tax debts.
(v) Increase levy authority for
payments to Medicare providers with
delinquent tax debt.
(vi) Allow offset of Federal income
tax refunds to collect delinquent State
income taxes for out-of-State
residents.
(vii) Reduce costs for States
collecting delinquent income tax
obligations.
(viii) Implement tax enforcement
program integrity cap adjustment.
(ix) Provide authority to contact
delinquent debtors via their
cellphones.
(x) Reauthorize the State Small
Business Credit Initiative.
(N) Veterans Affairs:
(i) Establish Veterans Job Corps.
(ii) Extend round-down of cost of
living adjustments (compensation).
(iii) Extend round-down of cost of
living adjustments (education).
(iv) Provide burial receptacles for
certain new casketed gravesites.
(v) Make permanent the pilot for
certain work study activities.
(vi) Increase cap on vocational
rehabilitation contract counseling.
(vii) Increase annual limitation on
new Independent Living cases.
(viii) Improve housing grant program.
(ix) Extend supplemental service
disabled veterans insurance coverage.
(O) Corps of Engineers:
(i) Reform inland waterways funding.
(P) Environmental Protection Agency:
(i) Enact pre-manufacture notice fee.
(ii) Establish Confidential Business
Information management fee.
(Q) International Assistance Programs:
(i) Mandatory effects of
discretionary proposal to implement
2010 International Monetary Fund (IMF)
agreement (non-scoreable).
(R) Other Defense--Civil Programs:
(i) Increase TRICARE pharmacy
copayments.
(ii) Increase annual premiums for
TRICARE-For- Life (TFL) enrollment.
(iii) Increase TRICARE pharmacy
copayments.
(iv) Increase annual premiums for TFL
enrollment.
(S) Office of Personnel Management:
(i) Streamline FEHBP pharmacy benefit
contracting.
(ii) Provide FEHBP benefits to
domestic partners.
(iii) Expand FEHBP plan types.
(iv) Adjust FEHBP premiums for
wellness.
(T) Social Security Administration:
(i) Provide dedicated, mandatory
funding for program integrity (benefit
savings).
(ii) Allow SSA to electronically
certify certain RRB payments.
(iii) Eliminate aggressive Social
Security claiming strategies.
(iv) Establish Workers Compensation
Information Reporting.
(v) Extend SSI time limits for
qualified refugees.
(vi) Improve collection of pension
information from States and localities.
(vii) Lower electronic wage reporting
threshold to 25 employees.
(viii) Move from annual to quarterly
wage reporting.
(ix) Reauthorize and expand
demonstration authority for DI and SSI.
(x) Terminate step-child benefits in
the same month as step-parent.
(xi) Use the Death Master File to
prevent Federal improper payments.
(U) Other Independent Agencies:
(i) Dispose of unneeded real
property.
(ii) Create infrastructure bank.
(iii) Enact Postal Service financial
relief and reform.
(W) Multi-Agency:
(i) Enact immigration reform.
(ii) Auction or assign via fee 1675-
1680 megahertz.
(iii) Reconcile OPM/SSA retroactive
disability payments.
(iv) Establish a consolidated TRICARE
program (mandatory effects in Coast
Guard, Public Health Service, and
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration).
(v) Special Immigrant Visa extension.
(c) In General.--
(1) This section is required by section 3(e) of H.
Res. 5 (113th Congress), which requires information
related to Means-Tested and Nonmeans-Tested programs
and is required to be included in a proposed concurrent
resolution on the budget.
(2) The reforms of programs listed herein are derived
from Table S-9 (page 177) included in the Budget Volume
of the President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year
2015.
(3) All the reforms of both Means-Tested and
Nonmeans-Tested programs are hereby incorporated into
this section by reference as they are detailed in the
President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2015.

TITLE III--POLICY STATEMENT

SEC. 1. POLICY STATEMENT ON PRESIDENTIAL DATA AND POLICIES.

The budgetary assumptions underlying this concurrent
resolution are based on the data and policies contained in the
``Fiscal Year 2015 Budget of the U.S. Government'', prepared by
the Office of Management and Budget on behalf of the President
and submitted to Congress on March 4 and March 10, 2014,
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.
This concurrent resolution adopts and incorporates by reference
all data, policy provisions and information contained therein.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fudge of Ohio or Her
Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015.

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015.
Sec. 2. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 3. Major functional categories.
Sec. 4. Direct spending.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2015 through 2024:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $2,697,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,852,943,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,984,977,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,104,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,240,103,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,385,490,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,547,681,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,725,978,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,915,253,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,112,238,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be changed are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $163,459,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $176,904,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $195,554,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $214,111,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $225,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $236,853,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $253,030,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $269,631,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $288,735,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $304,785,000,000.
(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 2015: $3,443,426,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,400,616,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,473,245,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,601,639,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,809,035,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $4,000,203,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,166,166,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,397,911,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,555,131,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,711,021,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $3,257,765,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,448,528,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,518,207,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,610,258,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,806,896,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,968,446,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,139,595,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,372,838,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,516,239,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,657,148,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the
deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: -$560,465,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: -$595,585,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: -$533,230,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: -$505,840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: -$566,793,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: -$582,956,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: -$591,914,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: -$646,860,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: -$600,986,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: -$544,910,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--Pursuant to section
301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
appropriate levels of the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $18,429,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $19,181,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $19,926,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $20,661,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $21,438,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $22,222,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $23,007,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $23,827,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $24,633,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $25,419,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels
of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $13,338,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $13,973,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $14,554,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $15,109,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $15,744,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $16,421,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $17,137,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $17,944,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $18,732,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $19,505,000,000,000.

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

SEC. 4. DIRECT SPENDING.

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

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015.

(a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015
and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2014 and for fiscal years 2016 through
2024.
(b) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

TITLE II--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 201. Direct spending.

TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 301. Point of order against advance appropriations.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2014 through 2024:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $2,267,180,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $2,831,675,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,212,240,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,374,939,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,506,794,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,641,750,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,802,349,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,981,657,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,177,945,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,381,636,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,601,863,000,000
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be changed are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2014: -$18,146,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $297,834,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $536,201,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $585,516,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $616,487,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $627,065,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $653,712,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $687,006,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $721,598,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $755,118,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $794,410,000,000.
(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 2014: $3,247,639,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $3,519,727,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,641,609,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,702,936,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,807,478,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,993,030,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $4,179,140,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,345,383,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,582,988,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,737,205,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,885,880,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $3,208,699,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $3,501,527,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,620,608,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,679,942,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,783,105,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,959,198,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $4,128,470,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,307,080,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,545,882,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,687,974,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,823,437,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the
deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: -$941,519,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: -$669,852,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: -$408,368,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: -$305,003,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: -$276,311,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: -$317,448,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: -$326,121,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: -$325,423,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: -$367,937,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: -$306,338,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: -$221,574,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--Pursuant to section
301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
appropriate levels of the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $18,065,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $18,906,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $19,464,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $19,967,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $20,459,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $20,980,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $21,501,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $22,019,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $22,553,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $23,061,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $23,520,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels
of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $13,106,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $13,815,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $14,256,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $14,594,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $14,908,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $15,287,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $15,701,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $16,148,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $16,671,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $17,159,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $17,607,000,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2014 through 2024 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$613,587,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $611,778,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$529,658,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $567,234,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$531,585,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $547,345,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$544,671,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $541,996,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$557,935,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $545,358,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$571,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $560,986,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$585,516,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $573,804,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$599,838,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $587,870,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$615,493,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $607,783,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$631,503,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $618,343,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$647,988,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $628,997,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,107,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,493,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,508,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,815,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,680,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,110,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$65,236,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,027,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$63,838,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,630,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$64,917,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,946,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,065,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,410,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,734,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,985,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$68,857,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,511,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$70,747,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,177,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$72,711,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,968,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$33,098,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,940,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,383,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,702,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$40,476,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,056,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$39,888,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,209,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$39,336,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,286,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$40,035,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,606,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$40,772,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$41,514,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,767,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$42,624,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,674,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$43,749,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,726,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$44,914,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,844,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,109,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,037,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,548,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,159,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,624,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,660,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,988,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,807,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,731,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,893,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,438,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,994,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,484,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,111,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,597,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,911,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,097,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,831,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,886,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,091,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,773,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$39,106,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,209,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$45,088,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,190,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$48,317,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,928,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$48,577,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,147,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$49,247,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,695,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,492,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,342,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$52,108,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,635,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$52,553,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,274,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$54,222,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,583,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,858,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,217,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,664,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,347,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,350,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,773,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,017,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,270,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,950,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,496,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,389,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,718,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,113,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,415,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,261,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,583,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,529,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,981,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,899,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,364,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,166,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,648,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,544,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,025,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,932,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,418,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,-
$78,271,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$90,740,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,572,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,323,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,392,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,166,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,977,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,125,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,247,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,793,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,883,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,792,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,215,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,117,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,525,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,281,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,984,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,089,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,519,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,432,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,352,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,069,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$160,476,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $167,686,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$201,774,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $208,281,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$172,720,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $179,129,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$173,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $179,443,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$164,705,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $169,945,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$160,697,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $166,142,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$151,764,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $157,221,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$154,327,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $160,238,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$156,968,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $163,623,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$159,648,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $167,073,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$162,424,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $170,501,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,813,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,424,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,850,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,910,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,178,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,026,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,876,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,005,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,952,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,079,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,189,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,062,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,496,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,287,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,342,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,955,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,319,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,692,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,781,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,495,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,623,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$261,153,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $258,064,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$230,723,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $230,478,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$160,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $159,280,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$135,667,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $132,191,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$131,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $131,549,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$127,945,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $127,648,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$129,527,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $129,101,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$130,966,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $130,596,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$133,923,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $132,653,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$136,966,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $135,505,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$140,110,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $138,546,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$424,420,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $419,542,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$513,727,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $504,096,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$579,270,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $578,234,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$632,324,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $630,006,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$653,338,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $654,868,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$688,193,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $688,436,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$734,634,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $724,190,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$765,783,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $764,877,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$807,941,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $806,128,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$850,655,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $848,896,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$897,725,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $896,110,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$525,635,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $525,132,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$537,777,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $537,667,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$578,698,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $578,619,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$584,606,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $584,530,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$607,547,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $607,461,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$668,007,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $667,913,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$713,427,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $713,329,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$761,672,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $761,573,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$844,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $844,593,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$870,769,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $870,659,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$894,893,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $894,776,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$609,097,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $601,095,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$679,289,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $667,543,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$698,462,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $691,417,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$650,569,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $645,904,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$636,789,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $630,050,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$643,578,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $639,657,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$660,956,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $656,666,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$679,518,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $674,485,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$704,717,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $703,166,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$721,635,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $714,933,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$737,608,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $725,532,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,711,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,821,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,442,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,517,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,245,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,283,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,133,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,133,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$40,138,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,138,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$43,383,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,383,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,747,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,747,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,255,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,941,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,941,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,441,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$155,374,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $150,436,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$167,617,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $163,117,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$184,961,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $180,688,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$181,358,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $180,318,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$177,388,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $177,547,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$189,305,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $188,757,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$194,269,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $193,441,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$198,571,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $197,596,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$211,365,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $209,954,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$208,844,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $207,308,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$206,401,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $204,744,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$56,658,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,538,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$74,842,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$69,293,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,982,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$67,795,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,488,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$68,094,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $73,113,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$69,843,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,709,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$71,773,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,377,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$73,923,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $73,343,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$77,002,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $76,168,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$79,450,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $78,532,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$85,522,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,553,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,250,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,405,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,042,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,955,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,605,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,162,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,202,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,925,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,013,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,736,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,870,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,426,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,705,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,228,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,620,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,150,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,545,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,078,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,416,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,002,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,356,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,886,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$337,021,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $337,021,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$372,402,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $372,402,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$431,031,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $431,031,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$506,850,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $506,850,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$587,294,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $587,294,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$651,403,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $651,403,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$704,759,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $704,759,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$745,853,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $745,853,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$785,189,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $785,189,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$822,741,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $822,741,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$854,052,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $854,052,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$4,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,299,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,355,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, -
$72,355,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$72,355,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, -
$78,532,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$78,532,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -
$83,378,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$83,378,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -
$83,632,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$83,632,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -
$83,956,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$83,956,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -
$90,374,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$90,374,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -
$91,882,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$91,882,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -
$95,566,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$95,566,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -
$98,215,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$98,215,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -
$101,362,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$101,362,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, -
$107,098,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$107,098,000,000.

TITLE II--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 201. DIRECT SPENDING.

TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

4. An Amendment to be Offered by Representative Woodall of Georgia or
His Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015.

(a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that
this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal
year 2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2015 through 2024.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this
concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

TITLE II--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 201. Limitation on advance appropriations.
Sec. 202. Concepts and definitions.
Sec. 203. Adjustments of aggregates, allocations, and appropriate
budgetary levels.
Sec. 204. Limitation on long-term spending.
Sec. 205. Budgetary treatment of certain transactions.
Sec. 206. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 207. Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Sec. 208. Transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway
Trust Fund that increase public indebtedness.
Sec. 209. Separate allocation for overseas contingency operations/global
war on terrorism.
Sec. 210. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

TITLE III--POLICY

Sec. 301. Policy statement on health care law repeal.
Sec. 302. Policy statement on means-tested welfare programs.
Sec. 303. Policy statement on block granting Medicaid.
Sec. 304. Policy statement on a carbon tax.
Sec. 305. Policy statement on the use of official time by Federal
employees for union activities.
Sec. 306. Policy statement on creation of a Committee to Eliminate
Duplication and Waste.
Sec. 307. Policy statement on Federal funding of abortion.
Sec. 308. Policy statement on readable legislation.
Sec. 309. Policy statement on work requirements.
Sec. 310. Policy statement on energy production.
Sec. 311. Policy statement on regulation of greenhouse gases by the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Sec. 312. Policy statement on reforming the Federal budget process.
Sec. 313. Policy statement on economic growth and putting Americans back
to work.
Sec. 314. Policy statement on tax reform.
Sec. 315. Policy statement on replacing the President's health care law.
Sec. 316. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 317. Policy statement on Social Security.
Sec. 318. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development
opportunity.
Sec. 319. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation
of unobligated balances.
Sec. 320. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer
dollars.
Sec. 321. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction of
unnecessary and wasteful spending.
Sec. 322. Policy statement on unauthorized spending.
Sec. 323. Policy statement on Federal regulatory policy.
Sec. 324. Policy statement on trade.
Sec. 325. No Budget, no Pay.
Sec. 326. Policy statement on reform of the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program.
Sec. 327. Policy statement on transportation reform.

TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 401. Reserve fund for the repeal of the 2010 health care laws.
Sec. 402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the replacement of Obamacare.
Sec. 403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare
provisions of the 2010 health care laws.
Sec. 404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the sustainable growth rate
of the Medicare program.
Sec. 405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code.
Sec. 406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements.
Sec. 407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.
Sec. 408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools.
Sec. 409. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation reform.
Sec. 410. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase
opportunity and upward mobility.
Sec. 411. Implementation of a deficit and long-term debt reduction
agreement.
Sec. 412. Deficit-neutral reserve account for reforming SNAP.
Sec. 413. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security Disability
Insurance Reform.

TITLE V--EARMARK MORATORIUM

Sec. 501. Earmark moratorium.
Sec. 502. Limitation of authority of the House Committee on Rules.

TITLE VI--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 601. Direct spending.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2015 through 2024:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $2,533,142,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,675,941,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,789,406,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $2,890,066,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,014,538,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,148,143,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,294,465,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,456,164,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,626,464,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $3,807,341,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be changed are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $0.
Fiscal year 2016: $0.
Fiscal year 2017: $0.
Fiscal year 2018: $0.
Fiscal year 2019: $0.
Fiscal year 2020: $0.
Fiscal year 2021: $0.
Fiscal year 2022: $0.
Fiscal year 2023: $0.
Fiscal year 2024: $0.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the
appropriate levels of total new budget authority are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $2,743,504,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,778,548,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,848,957,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $2,925,554,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,033,623,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,162,619,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,241,898,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,361,147,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,414,031,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $3,434,808,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels
of total budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $2,818,544,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,808,954,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,840,958,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $2,901,664,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,009,073,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,124,872,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,215,785,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,351,489,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,387,409,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $3,405,674,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts
of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: -$285,402,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: -$133,013,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: -$51,552,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: -$11,598,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $5,465,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $23,271,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $78,680,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $104,675,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $239,055,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $401,667,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of
the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $18,204,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $18,414,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $19,013,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $19,267,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $19,603,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $20,055,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $20,311,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $20,701,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $20,976,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $21,220,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels
of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $13,112,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $13,206,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $13,640,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $13,716,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $13,909,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $14,255,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $14,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022; $14,818,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $15,074,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $15,307,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2015 through 2024 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$528,927,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $566,503,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$573,792,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $573,064,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$597,895,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $584,252,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$611,146,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $593,795,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$624,416,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $611,902,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$638,697,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $626,175,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$653,001,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $640,499,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$669,967,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $661,181,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$687,393,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $672,922,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$706,218,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $685,796,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$368,359,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $368,359,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$408,990,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $408,990,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$465,411,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $465,411,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$525,481,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $525,481,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$568,468,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $568,468,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$606,691,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $606,691,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$626,835,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $626,835,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$643,655,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $643,655,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$656,318,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $656,318,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$660,760,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $660,760,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,846,217,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,883,682,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,795,765,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,826,890,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,785,651,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,791,295,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,788,927,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,782,388,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,840,739,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,828,703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,917,231,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,892,007,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,962,061,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,948,451,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,047,525,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,046,652,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,070,320,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,058,169,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,067,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,059,117,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
(21) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism (970):
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, an amount
to be derived from function 920.
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived
from function 920.

TITLE II--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 201. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--In the House, except as provided for in
subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, making a general
appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for
advance appropriations.
(b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided for
programs, projects, activities, or accounts referred to in
subsection (c)(1) or identified in the report to accompany this
concurrent resolution or the joint explanatory statement of
managers to accompany this concurrent resolution under the
heading ``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations''.
(c) Limitations.--For fiscal year 2016, the aggregate level
of advance appropriations shall not exceed--
(1) $58,662,202,000 for the following programs in the
Department of Veterans Affairs--
(A) Medical Services;
(B) Medical Support and Compliance; and
(C) Medical Facilities accounts of the
Veterans Health Administration; and
(2) $28,781,000,000 in new budget authority for all
programs identified pursuant to subsection (b).
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority
provided in a bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, making general appropriations or any
new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint
resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year
2016.

SEC. 202. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing
for a change in budgetary concepts or definitions, the chair of
the Committee on the Budget may adjust any allocations,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this concurrent
resolution accordingly.

SEC. 203. ADJUSTMENTS OF AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS, AND APPROPRIATE
BUDGETARY LEVELS.

(a) Adjustments of Discretionary and Direct Spending
Levels.--If a committee (other than the Committee on
Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, providing for a
decrease in direct spending (budget authority and outlays
flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year and also provides for an
authorization of appropriations for the same purpose, upon the
enactment of such measure, the chair of the Committee on the
Budget may decrease the allocation to such committee and
increase the allocation of discretionary spending (budget
authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on
Appropriations for fiscal year 2015 by an amount equal to the
new budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided
for in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for the
same purpose.
(b) Adjustments to Fund Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terrorism.--In order to take into account any new
information included in the budget submission by the President
for fiscal year 2015, the chair of the Committee on the Budget
may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
budgetary levels for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
on Terrorism or the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee
on Appropriations set forth in the report of this concurrent
resolution to conform with section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as adjusted
by section 251A of such Act).
(c) Revised Congressional Budget Office Baseline.--The chair
of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations,
aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels to reflect
changes resulting from technical and economic assumptions in
the most recent baseline published by the Congressional Budget
Office.
(d) Determinations.--For the purpose of enforcing this
concurrent resolution on the budget in the House, the
allocations and aggregate levels of new budget authority,
outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2015 and the period of
fiscal years 2015 through fiscal year 2024 shall be determined
on the basis of estimates made by the chair of the Committee on
the Budget and such chair may adjust such applicable levels of
this concurrent resolution.

SEC. 204. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING.

(a) In General.--In the House, it shall not be in order to
consider a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee
(other than the Committee on Appropriations), or an amendment
thereto or a conference report thereon, if the provisions of
such measure have the net effect of increasing direct spending
in excess of $5,000,000,000 for any period described in
subsection (b).
(b) Time Periods.--The applicable periods for purposes of
this section are any of the four consecutive ten fiscal-year
periods beginning with fiscal year 2025.

SEC. 205. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report accompanying this
concurrent resolution on the budget or the joint explanatory
statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation under
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the
Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration
and the United States Postal Service.
(b) Special Rule.--For purposes of applying sections 302(f)
and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of
the level of total new budget authority and total outlays
provided by a measure shall include any off-budget
discretionary amounts.
(c) Adjustments.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget
may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels for legislation reported by the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform that reforms the Federal retirement
system, if such adjustments do not cause a net increase in the
deficit for fiscal year 2015 and the period of fiscal years
2015 through 2024.

SEC. 206. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.

(a) Application.--Any adjustments of the allocations,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels made pursuant to this
concurrent resolution shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates included in
this concurrent resolution.
(c) Budget Compliance.--The consideration of any bill or
joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on the Budget
makes adjustments or revisions in the allocations, aggregates,
and other appropriate levels of this concurrent resolution
shall not be subject to the points of order set forth in clause
10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or
section 504.

SEC. 207. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Costs of Federal housing loans and loan
guarantees are treated unequally in the budget. The
Congressional Budget Office uses fair-value accounting
to measure the costs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but
determines the cost of other Federal loan and loan-
guarantee programs on the basis of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990 (``FCRA'').
(2) The fair-value accounting method uses discount
rates which incorporate the risk inherent to the type
of liability being estimated in addition to Treasury
discount rates of the proper maturity length. In
contrast, FCRA accounting solely uses the discount
rates of the Treasury, failing to incorporate all of
the risks attendant to these credit activities.
(3) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that if
fair-value were used to estimate the cost of all new
credit activity in 2014, the deficit would be
approximately $50 billion higher than under the current
methodology.
(b) Fair Value Estimates.--Upon the request of the chair or
ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, any estimate
prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office for
a measure under the terms of title V of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, ``credit reform'', as a supplement to such
estimate shall, to the extent practicable, also provide an
estimate of the current actual or estimated market values
representing the ``fair value'' of assets and liabilities
affected by such measure.
(c) Fair Value Estimates for Housing Programs.--Whenever the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office prepares an
estimate pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 of the costs which would be incurred in carrying
out any bill or joint resolution and if the Director determines
that such bill or joint resolution has a cost related to a
housing or residential mortgage program under the FCRA, then
the Director shall also provide an estimate of the current
actual or estimated market values representing the ``fair
value'' of assets and liabilities affected by the provisions of
such bill or joint resolution that result in such cost.
(d) Enforcement.--If the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (b) or (c),
the chair of the Committee on the Budget may use such estimate
to determine compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 and other budgetary enforcement controls.

SEC. 208. TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND THAT INCREASE PUBLIC
INDEBTEDNESS.

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

SEC. 209. SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.

(a) Allocation.--In the House, there shall be a separate
allocation to the Committee on Appropriations for overseas
contingency operations/global war on terrorism. For purposes of
enforcing such separate allocation under section 302(f) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ``first fiscal year'' and
the ``total of fiscal years'' shall be deemed to refer to
fiscal year 2015. Such separate allocation shall be the
exclusive allocation for overseas contingency operations/global
war on terrorism under section 302(a) of such Act. Section
302(c) of such Act shall not apply to such separate allocation.
The Committee on Appropriations may provide suballocations of
such separate allocation under section 302(b) of such Act.
Spending that counts toward the allocation established by this
section shall be designated pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
(b) Adjustment.--In the House, for purposes of subsection (a)
for fiscal year 2015, no adjustment shall be made under section
314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any
adjustment would be made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 210. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

TITLE III--POLICY

SEC. 301. POLICY STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE LAW REPEAL.

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

SEC. 302. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEANS-TESTED WELFARE PROGRAMS.

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

SEC. 303. POLICY STATEMENT ON BLOCK GRANTING MEDICAID.

It is the policy of this resolution that Medicaid and the
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) should be block
granted to the States in a manner prescribed by the State
Health Flexibility Act of 2013 (H.R. 567, 113th Congress).

SEC. 304. POLICY STATEMENT ON A CARBON TAX.

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

SEC. 305. POLICY STATEMENT ON THE USE OF OFFICIAL TIME BY FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES FOR UNION ACTIVITIES.

It is the policy of this resolution that, as called for in
H.R. 107, the Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013,
Federal employees shall not use official time to conduct union
activities.

SEC. 306. POLICY STATEMENT ON CREATION OF A COMMITTEE TO ELIMINATE
DUPLICATION AND WASTE.

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

SEC. 307. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF ABORTION.

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

SEC. 308. POLICY STATEMENT ON READABLE LEGISLATION.

It is the policy of this resolution that bills should be made
more readable and for Members of Congress and more accessible
to the public as called for in H.R. 760, the Readable
Legislation Act of 2013.

SEC. 309. POLICY STATEMENT ON WORK REQUIREMENTS.

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

SEC. 310. POLICY STATEMENT ON ENERGY PRODUCTION.

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

SEC. 311. POLICY STATEMENT ON REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

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

SEC. 312. POLICY STATEMENT ON REFORMING THE FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS.

It is the policy of this resolution that the Federal budget
process should be reformed to promote accountability, increase
transparency, and make it easier to reduce spending.

SEC. 313. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PUTTING AMERICANS
BACK TO WORK.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Although the United States economy technically
emerged from recession nearly five years ago, the
subsequent recovery has felt more like a malaise than a
rebound. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth over
the past four years has averaged just over 2 percent,
well below the 3 percent trend rate of growth in the
United States.
(2) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) did a study
in late 2012 examining why the United States economy
was growing so slowly after the recession. They found,
among other things, that United States economic output
was growing at less than half of the typical rate
exhibited during other recoveries since World War II.
CBO said that about two-thirds of this ``growth gap''
was due to a pronounced sluggishness in the growth of
potential GDP--particularly in potential employment
levels (such as people leaving the labor force) and the
growth in productivity (which is in turn related to
lower capital investment).
(3) The prolonged economic sluggishness is
particularly troubling given the amount of fiscal and
monetary policy actions taken in recent years to
cushion the depth of the downturn and to spark higher
rates of growth and employment. In addition to the
large stimulus package passed in early 2009, many other
initiatives have been taken to boost growth, such as
the new homebuyer tax credit and the ``cash for
clunkers'' program. These stimulus efforts may have led
to various short term ``pops'' in activity but the
economy and job market has since reverted back to a
sub-par trend.
(4) The unemployment rate has declined in recent
years, from a peak of nearly 10 percent in 2009-2010 to
6.7 percent in the latest month. However, a significant
chunk of this decline has been due to people leaving
the labor force (and therefore no longer being counted
as ``unemployed'') and not from a surge in employment.
The slow decline in the unemployment rate in recent
years has occurred alongside a steep decline in the
economy's labor force participation rate. The
participation rate stands at 63.2 percent, close to the
lowest level since 1978. The flipside of this is that
over 90 million Americans are now ``on the sidelines''
and not in the labor force, representing a 10 million
increase since early 2009.
(5) Real median household income declined for the
fifth consecutive year in 2012 (latest data available)
and, at just over $51,000, is currently at its lowest
level since 1995. Weak wage and income growth as a
result of a subpar labor market not only means lower
tax revenue coming in to the Treasury, it also means
higher government spending on income support programs.
(6) A stronger economy is vital to lowering deficit
levels and eventually balancing the budget. According
to CBO, if annual real GDP growth is just 0.1
percentage point higher over the budget window,
deficits would be reduced by $311 billion.
(7) This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-
growth policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that
will help foster a stronger economy and more job
creation.
(8) Reining in government spending and lowering
budget deficits has a positive long-term impact on the
economy and the budget. According to CBO, a significant
deficit reduction package (i.e. $4 trillion), would
boost longer-term economic output by 1.7 percent. Their
analysis concludes that deficit reduction creates long-
term economic benefits because it increases the pool of
national savings and boosts investment, thereby raising
economic growth and job creation.
(9) The greater economic output that stems from a
large deficit reduction package would have a sizeable
impact on the Federal budget. For instance, higher
output would lead to greater revenues through the
increase in taxable incomes. Lower interest rates, and
a reduction in the stock of debt, would lead to lower
government spending on net interest expenses.
(b) Policy on Economic Growth and Job Creation.--
(1) In general.--It is the policy of this resolution
to promote faster economic growth and job creation. By
putting the budget on a sustainable path, this
resolution ends the debt-fueled uncertainty holding
back job creators. Reforms to the tax code to put
American businesses and workers in a better position to
compete and thrive in the 21st century global economy.
This resolution targets the regulatory red tape and
cronyism that stack the deck in favor of special
interests. All of the reforms in this resolution serve
as means to the larger end of growing the economy and
expanding opportunity for all Americans.
(2) JOBS act.--It is the policy of this resolution
that to create jobs, opportunity, and economic growth,
H.R. 4304, the Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold
Solutions (JOBS) Act, should be enacted. This
legislation, introduced by the Republican Study
Committee, would unleash North American energy
production, reform labor laws, reduce the regulatory
burden, and increase access to capital.

SEC. 314. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) A world-class tax system should be simple, fair,
and promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The
United States tax code fails on all three counts - it
is notoriously complex, patently unfair, and highly
inefficient. The tax code's complexity distorts
decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads to
slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job
creation.
(2) Over the past decade alone, there have been more
than 4,400 changes to the tax code, more than one per
day. Many of the major changes over the years have
involved carving out special preferences, exclusions,
or deductions for various activities or groups. These
loopholes add up to more than $1 trillion per year and
make the code unfair, inefficient, and highly complex.
(3) The large amount of tax preferences that pervade
the code end up narrowing the tax base. A narrow tax
base, in turn, requires much higher tax rates to raise
a given amount of revenue.
(4) It is estimated that American taxpayers end up
spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours a
year complying with the tax code - a waste of time and
resources that could be used in more productive
activities.
(5) Standard economic theory shows that high marginal
tax rates dampen the incentives to work, save, and
invest, which reduces economic output and job creation.
Lower economic output, in turn, mutes the intended
revenue gain from higher marginal tax rates.
(6) Roughly half of United States active business
income and half of private sector employment are
derived from business entities (such as partnerships, S
corporations, and sole proprietorships) that are taxed
on a ``pass-through'' basis, meaning the income flows
through to the tax returns of the individual owners and
is taxed at the individual rate structure rather than
at the corporate rate. Small businesses, in particular,
tend to choose this form for Federal tax purposes, and
the top Federal rate on such small business income
reaches 44.6 percent. For these reasons, sound economic
policy requires lowering marginal rates on these pass-
through entities.
(7) The United States corporate income tax rate
(including Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to
just over 39 percent, the highest rate in the
industrialized world. Tax rates this high suppress
wages and discourage investment and job creation,
distort business activity, and put American businesses
at a competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors.
(8) By deterring potential investment, the United
States corporate tax restrains economic growth and job
creation. The United States tax rate differential with
other countries also fosters a variety of complicated
multinational corporate behaviors intended to avoid the
tax, which have the effect of moving the tax base
offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing
corporate revenue.
(9) The ``worldwide'' structure of United States
international taxation essentially taxes earnings of
United States firms twice, putting them at a
significant competitive disadvantage with competitors
with more competitive international tax systems.
(10) Reforming the United States tax code to a more
competitive international system would boost the
competitiveness of United States companies operating
abroad and it would also greatly reduce tax avoidance.
(11) The tax code imposes costs on American workers
through lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and
on investors in diminished returns.
(12) Revenues have averaged about 17.5 percent of the
economy throughout modern American history. Revenues
rise above this level under current law to 18.4 percent
of the economy by the end of the 10-year budget window.
(13) Attempting to raise revenue through tax
increases to meet out-of-control spending would damage
the economy.
(14) This resolution also rejects the idea of
instituting a carbon tax in the United States, which
some have offered as a ``new'' source of revenue. Such
a plan would damage the economy, cost jobs, and raise
prices on American consumers.
(15) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not
constitute fundamental tax reform.
(16) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or
eliminate loopholes and use those savings to lower tax
rates across the board--not to fund more wasteful
Government spending. Tax reform should be revenue-
neutral and should not be an excuse to raise taxes on
the American people. Washington has a spending problem,
not a revenue problem.
(b) Policy on Tax Reform.--It is the policy of this
resolution that Congress should enact legislation that provides
for a comprehensive reform of the United States tax code to
promote economic growth, create American jobs, increase wages,
and benefit American consumers, investors, and workers through
revenue-neutral fundamental tax reform that provides for the
following:
(1) Aims for revenue neutrality (relative to the CBO
baseline revenue projection) based on a dynamic score
that takes into account macroeconomic effects.
(2) Simplifies the individual rates from seven
brackets to two, with a top rate of 25 percent.
(3) Simplifies the tax code by ensuring that fewer
Americans will be required to itemize their deductions.
(4) Gives equal tax treatment to individual and
employer health care expenditures modeled on the
American Health Care Reform Act (H.R. 3121).
(5) Eliminates the current Earned Income Tax Credit
that is given in a yearly lump-sum payment and replaces
it with a program that would allow workers to exempt a
portion of their payroll taxes every month.
(6) Repeals the death tax or inheritance tax.
(7) Reduces the rate of double taxation by lowering
the top corporate rate to 25 percent and setting a
maximum long-term capital gains tax rate at 15 percent.
(8) Sets a maximum dividend tax rate at 15 percent.
(9) Encourages (on net) investment and
entrepreneurial activity.
(10) Moves to a competitive international system of
taxation.

SEC. 315. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPLACING THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE
LAW.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The President's health care law has failed to
reduce health care premiums as promised. Health care
premiums were supposed to decline by $2,500. Instead,
according to the 2013 Employer Health Benefits Survey,
health care premiums have increased by 5 percent for
individual plans and 4 percent for family since 2012.
Moreover, according to a report from the Energy and
Commerce Committee, premiums for individual market
plans may go up as much as 50 percent because of the
law.
(2) The President pledged that Americans would be
able to keep their health care plan if they liked it.
But the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office now
estimates 2 million Americans with employment-based
health coverage will lose those plans.
(3) Then-Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said
that the President's health care law would create 4
million jobs over the life of the law and almost
400,000 jobs immediately. Instead, the Congressional
Budget Office estimates that the law will reduce full-
time equivalent employment by about 2.0 million hours
in 2017 and 2.5 million hours in 2024, ``compared with
what would have occurred in the absence of the ACA.''.
(4) The implementation of the law has been a failure.
The main website that Americans were supposed to use in
purchasing new coverage was broken for over a month.
Since the President's health care law was signed into
law, the Administration has announced 23 delays. The
President has also failed to submit any nominees to sit
on the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a panel of
bureaucrats that will cut Medicare by an additional
$12.1 billion over the next ten years, according to the
President's own budget.
(5) The President's health care law should be
repealed and replaced with reforms that make affordable
and quality health care coverage available to all
Americans.
(b) Policy on Replacing the President's Health Care Law.--It
is the policy of this resolution that the President's health
care law must not only be repealed, but also replaced by
enacting H.R. 3121, the American Health Care Reform Act.

SEC. 316. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) More than 50 million Americans depend on Medicare
for their health security.
(2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly
recommended that Medicare's long-term financial
challenges be addressed soon. Each year without reform,
the financial condition of Medicare becomes more
precarious and the threat to those in or near
retirement becomes more pronounced. According to the
Congressional Budget Office--
(A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be
exhausted in 2026 and unable to pay scheduled
benefits; and
(B) Medicare spending is growing faster than
the economy and Medicare outlays are currently
rising at a rate of 6 percent per year over the
next ten years, and according to the
Congressional Budget Office's 2013 Long-Term
Budget Outlook, spending on Medicare is
projected to reach 5 percent of gross domestic
product (GDP) by 2040 and 9.4 percent of GDP by
2088.
(3) The President's health care law created a new
Federal agency called the Independent Payment Advisory
Board (IPAB) empowered with unilateral authority to cut
Medicare spending. As a result of that law--
(A) IPAB will be tasked with keeping the
Medicare per capita growth below a Medicare per
capita target growth rate. Prior to 2018, the
target growth rate is based on the five-year
average of overall inflation and medical
inflation. Beginning in 2018, the target growth
rate will be the five-year average increase in
the nominal GDP plus one percentage point,
which the President has twice proposed to
reduce to GDP plus one-half percentage point;
(B) the fifteen unelected, unaccountable
bureaucrats of IPAB will make decisions that
will reduce seniors access to care;
(C) the nonpartisan Office of the Medicare
Chief Actuary estimates that the provider cuts
already contained in the Affordable Care Act
will force 15 percent of hospitals, skilled
nursing facilities, and home health agencies to
become unprofitable in 2019; and
(D) additional cuts from the IPAB board will
force even more health care providers to close
their doors, and the Board should be repealed.
(4) Failing to address this problem will leave
millions of American seniors without adequate health
security and younger generations burdened with enormous
debt to pay for spending levels that cannot be
sustained.
(b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--It is the policy of this
resolution to protect those in or near retirement from any
disruptions to their Medicare benefits and offer future
beneficiaries the same health care options available to Members
of Congress.
(c) Assumptions.--This resolution assumes reform of the
Medicare program such that:
(1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for those
in or near retirement.
(2) For future generations, when they reach
eligibility, Medicare is reformed to provide a premium
support payment and a selection of guaranteed health
coverage options from which recipients can choose a
plan that best suits their needs.
(3) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-
service as an option.
(4) Medicare will provide additional assistance for
lower-income beneficiaries and those with greater
health risks.
(5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path
and the Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-
term.

SEC. 317. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals with
disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Security.
Since enactment, Social Security has served as a vital
leg on the ``three-legged stool'' of retirement
security, which includes employer provided pensions as
well as personal savings.
(2) The Social Security Trustees Report has
repeatedly recommended that Social Security's long-term
financial challenges be addressed soon. Each year
without reform, the financial condition of Social
Security becomes more precarious and the threat to
seniors and those receiving Social Security disability
benefits becomes more pronounced:
(A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust
Fund will be exhausted and program revenues
will be unable to pay scheduled benefits.
(B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and
Survivors and Disability Trust Funds will be
exhausted, and program revenues will be unable
to pay scheduled benefits.
(C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds in
2033, benefits will be cut nearly 25 percent
across the board, devastating those currently
in or near retirement and those who rely on
Social Security the most.
(3) The recession and continued low economic growth
have exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis facing
Social Security. The most recent CBO projections find
that Social Security will run cash deficits of $1.7
trillion over the next 10 years.
(4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Security
for a larger proportion of their retirement income.
Therefore, reforms should take into consideration the
need to protect lower-income Americans' retirement
security.
(5) The Disability Insurance program provides an
essential income safety net for those with disabilities
and their families. According to the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO), between 1970 and 2012, the number
of people receiving disability benefits (both disabled
workers and their dependent family members) has
increased by over 300 percent from 2.7 million to over
10.9 million. This increase is not due strictly to
population growth or decreases in health. David Autor
and Mark Duggan have found that the increase in
individuals on disability does not reflect a decrease
in self-reported health. CBO attributes program growth
to changes in demographics, changes in the composition
of the labor force and compensation, as well as Federal
policies.
(6) If this program is not reformed, families who
rely on the lifeline that disability benefits provide
will face benefit cuts of up to 25 percent in 2016,
devastating individuals who need assistance the most.
(7) In the past, Social Security has been reformed on
a bipartisan basis, most notably by the ``Greenspan
Commission'' which helped to address Social Security
shortfalls for over a generation.
(8) Americans deserve action by the President, the
House, and the Senate to preserve and strengthen Social
Security. It is critical that bipartisan action be
taken to address the looming insolvency of Social
Security. In this spirit, this resolution creates a
bipartisan opportunity to find solutions by requiring
policymakers to ensure that Social Security remains a
critical part of the safety net.
(b) Policy on Social Security.--It is the policy of this
resolution that Congress should work on a bipartisan basis to
make Social Security sustainably solvent. This resolution
assumes these reforms will include the following:
(1) Adoption of a more accurate measure for
calculating cost of living adjustments.
(2) Adoption of adjustments to the full retirement
age to reflect longevity.
(c) Policy on Disability Insurance.--It is the policy of this
resolution that Congress and the President should enact
legislation on a bipartisan basis to reform the Disability
Insurance program prior to its insolvency in 2016 and should
not raid the Social Security retirement system without reforms
to the Disability Insurance system. This resolutions assumes
that reforms to the Disability Insurance program will include--
(1) encouraging work;
(2) updates of the eligibility rules;
(3) reducing fraud and abuse; and
(4) enactment of H.R. 1502, the Social Security
Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double
Dip Elimination Act, to prohibit individuals from
drawing benefits from both programs at the same time.

SEC. 318. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

(a) Findings on Higher Education.--The House finds the
following:
(1) A well-educated workforce is critical to
economic, job, and wage growth.
(2) 19.5 million students are enrolled in American
colleges and universities.
(3) Over the last decade, tuition and fees have been
growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2002-2003
Academic Year and the 2012-2013 Academic Year--
(A) published tuition and fees for in-State
students at public four-year colleges and
universities increased at an average rate of
5.2 percent per year beyond the rate of general
inflation;
(B) published tuition and fees for in-State
students at public two-year colleges and
universities increased at an average rate of
3.9 percent per year beyond the rate of general
inflation; and
(C) published tuition and fees for in-State
students at private four-year colleges and
universities increased at an average rate of
2.4 percent per year beyond the rate of general
inflation.
(4) Over that same period, Federal financial aid has
increased 105 percent.
(5) This spending has failed to make college more
affordable.
(6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President
Obama noted that, ``We can't just keep subsidizing
skyrocketing tuition; we'll run out of money.''.
(7) American students are chasing ever-increasing
tuition with ever-increasing debt. According to the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student debt more
than quadrupled between 2003 and 2013, and now stands
at nearly $1.1 trillion. Student debt now has the
second largest balance after mortgage debt.
(8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too
many fail to complete college or end up defaulting on
these loans due to their debt burden and a weak economy
and job market.
(9) Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget
Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a fiscal
shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2016 and continuing
in each subsequent year in the current budget window.
(10) Failing to address these problems will
jeopardize access and affordability to higher education
for America's young people.
(b) Policy on Higher Education Affordability.--It is the
policy of this resolution to address the root drivers of
tuition inflation, by--
(1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most in
need;
(2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make
them more effective;
(3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at
$5,730 in each year of the budget window; and
(4) removing regulatory barriers in higher education
that act to restrict flexibility and innovative
teaching, particularly as it relates to non-traditional
models such as online coursework and competency-based
learning.
(c) Findings on Workforce Development.--The House finds the
following:
(1) Over ten million Americans are currently
unemployed.
(2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those
looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce
development system that fails to connect workers with
assistance and employers with trained personnel.
(4) According to a 2011 Government Accountability
Office (GAO) report, in fiscal year 2009, the Federal
Government spent $18 billion across 9 agencies to
administer 47 Federal job training programs, almost all
of which overlapped with another program in terms of
offered services and targeted population.
(5) Since the release of that GAO report, the
Education and Workforce Committee, which has done
extensive work in this area, has identified more than
50 programs.
(3) Without changes, this flawed system will continue
to fail those looking for work or to improve their
skills, and jeopardize economic growth.
(d) Policy on Workforce Development.--It is the policy of
this resolution to address the failings in the current
workforce development system, by--
(1) streamlining and consolidating Federal job
training programs as advanced by the House-passed
Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills
Act (SKILLS Act); and
(2) empowering states with the flexibility to tailor
funding and programs to the specific needs of their
workforce, including the development of career
scholarships.

SEC. 319. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE
CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) According to the most recent estimate from the
Office of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were
expected to hold $739 billion in unobligated balances
at the close of fiscal year 2014.
(2) These funds represent direct and discretionary
spending made available by Congress that remains
available for expenditure beyond the fiscal year for
which they are provided.
(3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and
it remains available for obligation indefinitely.
(4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 requires the Office of Management and
Budget to make funds available to agencies for
obligation and prohibits the Administration from
withholding or cancelling unobligated funds unless
approved by an act of Congress.
(5) Greater congressional oversight is required to
review and identify potential savings from unneeded
balances of funds.
(b) Policy on Deficit Reduction Through the Cancellation of
Unobligated Balances.--Congressional committees shall through
their oversight activities identify and achieve savings through
the cancellation or rescission of unobligated balances that
neither abrogate contractual obligations of the Government nor
reduce or disrupt Federal commitments under programs such as
Social Security, veterans' affairs, national security, and
Treasury authority to finance the national debt.
(c) Deficit Reduction.--Congress, with the assistance of the
Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, and
other appropriate agencies should continue to make it a high
priority to review unobligated balances and identify savings
for deficit reduction.

SEC. 320. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.

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

SEC. 321. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE REDUCTION
OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The Government Accountability Office (``GAO'') is
required by law to identify examples of waste,
duplication, and overlap in Federal programs, and has
so identified dozens of such examples.
(2) In testimony before the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform, the Comptroller General has
stated that addressing the identified waste,
duplication, and overlap in Federal programs ``could
potentially save tens of billions of dollars.''
(3) In 2011, 2012, and 2013 the Government
Accountability Office issued reports showing excessive
duplication and redundancy in Federal programs
including--
(A) 209 Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics education programs in 13 different
Federal agencies at a cost of $3 billion
annually;
(B) 200 separate Department of Justice crime
prevention and victim services grant programs
with an annual cost of $3.9 billion in 2010;
(C) 20 different Federal entities administer
160 housing programs and other forms of Federal
assistance for housing with a total cost of
$170 billion in 2010;
(D) 17 separate Homeland Security
preparedness grant programs that spent $37
billion between fiscal year 2011 and 2012;
(E) 14 grant and loan programs, and 3 tax
benefits to reduce diesel emissions;
(F) 94 different initiatives run by 11
different agencies to encourage ``green
building'' in the private sector; and
(G) 23 agencies implemented approximately 670
renewable energy initiatives in fiscal year
2010 at a cost of nearly $15 billion.
(4) The Federal Government spends about $80 billion
each year for approximately 800 information technology
investments. GAO has identified broad acquisition
failures, waste, and unnecessary duplication in the
Government's information technology infrastructure.
Experts have estimated that eliminating these problems
could save 25 percent - or $20 billion - of the
Government's annual information technology budget.
(5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a
potential source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO
estimated that saving 10 percent of the total or all
Federal procurement could generate over $50 billion in
savings annually.
(6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $108
billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2012.
(7) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, each standing committee must
hold at least one hearing during each 120 day period
following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or
mismanagement in Government programs.
(8) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by
fiscal year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly
resulting in $693 billion in unauthorized
appropriations. Timely reauthorizations of these laws
would ensure assessments of program justification and
effectiveness.
(9) The findings resulting from congressional
oversight of Federal Government programs should result
in programmatic changes in both authorizing statutes
and program funding levels.
(b) Policy on Deficit Reduction Through the Reduction of
Unnecessary and Wasteful Spending.--Each authorizing committee
annually shall include in its Views and Estimates letter
required under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of
programs within the jurisdiction of such committee whose
funding should be reduced or eliminated.

SEC. 322. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.

It is the policy of this resolution that the committees of
jurisdiction should review all unauthorized programs funded
through annual appropriations to determine if the programs are
operating efficiently and effectively. Committees should
reauthorize those programs that in the committees' judgment
should continue to receive funding.

SEC. 323. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY POLICY.

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

SEC. 324. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE.

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

SEC. 325. NO BUDGET, NO PAY.

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

SEC. 326. POLICY STATEMENT ON REFORM OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

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

SEC. 327. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRANSPORTATION REFORM.

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

TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 401. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE LAWS.

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

SEC. 402. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF
OBAMACARE.

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects
of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, that reforms or replaces the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such measure would not
increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015
through 2024.

SEC. 403. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO THE MEDICARE
PROVISIONS OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE LAWS.

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects
of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, that repeals all or part of the
decreases in Medicare spending included in the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such measure would not
increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015
through 2024.

SEC. 404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE
OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects
of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, that includes provisions amending or
superseding the system for updating payments under section 1848
of the Social Security Act, if such measure would not increase
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

SEC. 405. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE TAX CODE.

In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a
bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any
such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, if such measure would not increase
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024
when the macroeconomic effects of such reforms are taken into
account.

SEC. 406. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS.

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects
of any bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on
Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, that implements a trade agreement, but only if such
measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal
years 2015 through 2024.

SEC. 407. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE MEASURES.

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects
of any bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on
Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, that decreases revenue, but only if such measure would
not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015
through 2024.

SEC. 408. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RURAL COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS.

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels and limits in this resolution for the budgetary effects
of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, that makes changes to or provides
for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393)
by the amounts provided by that legislation for those purposes,
if such legislation requires sustained yield timber harvests
obviating the need for funding under Public Law 106-393 in the
future and would not increase the deficit or direct spending
for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2019, or the period
of fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

SEC. 409. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION REFORM.

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure
reforms the Federal transportation funding system, but only if
such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of
fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

SEC. 410. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY AND INCREASE
OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY.

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure
reforms policies and programs to reduce poverty and increase
opportunity and upward mobility, but only if such measure would
neither adversely impact job creation nor increase the deficit
over the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

SEC. 411. IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEFICIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT REDUCTION
AGREEMENT.

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

SEC. 412. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR REFORMING SNAP.

SEC. 413. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
INSURANCE REFORM.

TITLE V--EARMARK MORATORIUM

SEC. 501. EARMARK MORATORIUM.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives to consider--
(1) a bill or joint resolution reported by any
committee, or any amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, that includes a congressional earmark,
limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit; or
(2) a bill or joint resolution not reported by any
committee, or any amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, that includes a congressional earmark,
limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit.
(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this resolution, the
terms ``congressional earmark'', ``limited tax benefit'', and
``limited tariff benefit'' have the meaning given those terms
in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
(c) Inapplicability.--This resolution shall not apply to any
authorization of appropriations to a Federal entity if such
authorization is not specifically targeted to a State,
locality, or congressional district.

SEC. 502. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES.

The Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives may
not report a rule or order that would waive the point of order
set forth in section 501(a).

TITLE VI--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 601. DIRECT SPENDING.

5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Van Hollen of Maryland
or His Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015.

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 201. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for job creation through
investments and incentives.
Sec. 202. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the President's opportunity,
growth, and security initiative.
Sec. 203. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for increasing energy
independence and security.
Sec. 204. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and
service members.
Sec. 205. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for additional tax relief for
individuals and families.
Sec. 206. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the extension of expired or
expiring tax provisions.
Sec. 207. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicare improvement.
Sec. 208. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and children's
health improvement.
Sec. 209. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for extension of expiring health
care provisions.
Sec. 210. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the health care workforce.
Sec. 211. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for initiatives that benefit
children.
Sec. 212. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for college affordability and
completion.
Sec. 213. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a competitive workforce.
Sec. 214. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools.
Sec. 215. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for full funding of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund.
Sec. 216. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the Affordable Housing Trust
Fund.

TITLE III--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

Sec. 301. Direct spending.

TITLE IV--ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

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

TITLE V--POLICY

Sec. 501. Policy of the House on jobs: make it in America.
Sec. 502. Policy of the House on surface transportation.
Sec. 503. Policy of the House on tax reform and fairness for middle-
class Americans.
Sec. 504. Policy of the house on increasing the minimum wage.
Sec. 505. Policy of the House on immigration reform.
Sec. 506. Policy of the House on extension of emergency unemployment
compensation.
Sec. 507. Policy of the House on the earned income tax credit.
Sec. 508. Policy of the House on women's empowerment: when women
succeed, America succeeds.
Sec. 509. Policy of the House on a national strategy to eradicate
poverty and increase opportunity.
Sec. 510. Policy of the House on Social Security reform that protects
workers and retirees.
Sec. 511. Policy of the House on protecting the Medicare guarantee for
seniors.
Sec. 512. Policy of the House on affordable health care coverage for
working families.
Sec. 513. Policy of the House on Medicaid.
Sec. 514. Policy of the House on national security.
Sec. 515. Policy of the House on climate change science.
Sec. 516. Policy of the House on investments in early childhood
education.
Sec. 517. Policy of the House on taking a balanced approach to deficit
reduction.
Sec. 518. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction of
unnecessary and wasteful spending.
Sec. 519. Policy of the House on the use of taxpayer funds.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2015 through 2024:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $2,592,835,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,759,265,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,883,321,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,000,046,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,126,171,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,264,915,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,420,419,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,654,473,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,942,611,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,138,354,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be changed are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $58,994,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $83,226,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $93,898,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $109,739,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $111,486,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $116,278,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $125,768,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $198,126,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $316,093,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $330,901,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the
appropriate levels of total new budget authority are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $3,077,749,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,233,596,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,405,715,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,570,429,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,772,232,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,966,966,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,137,989,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,369,350,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,520,421,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,668,170,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels
of total budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $3,070,617,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,323,895,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,387,284,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,438,886,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,754,211,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,932,822,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,112,683,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,357,729,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,484,953,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,617,936,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts
of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $-477,782,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $-494,630,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $-503,963,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $-538,840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $-628,040,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $-667,907,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $-692,264,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $-683,256,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $-542,342,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $-479,582,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of
the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $18,350,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $19,001,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $19,716,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $20,484,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $21,322,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $22,191,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $23,076,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $23,943,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $24,691,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $25,411,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels
of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2015: $13,259,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $13,792,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $14,344,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $14,932,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $15,628,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $16,390,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $17,206,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $18,060,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $18,789,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $19,498,000,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS

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

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that provides for robust Federal investments
in America's infrastructure, incentives for businesses, and
support for communities or other measures that create jobs for
Americans and boost the economy. The revisions may be made for
measures that--
(1) provide for additional investments in rail,
aviation, harbors (including harbor maintenance
dredging), seaports, inland waterway systems, public
housing, broadband, energy, water, and other
infrastructure;
(2) provide for additional investments in other areas
that would help businesses and other employers create
new jobs; and
(3) provide additional incentives, including tax
incentives, to help small businesses, nonprofits,
States, and communities expand investment, train, hire,
and retain private-sector workers and public service
employees;
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure does
not increase the deficit for either of the following time
periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year
2014 to fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 202. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT'S OPPORTUNITY,
GROWTH, AND SECURITY INITIATIVE.

(a) In General.--The chairman of the House Committee on the
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report that increases, by
the same amounts for defense and non-defense, the 2015 limits
on discretionary spending in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure does
not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year
2024.
(b) Funding of Additional Priorities.--The increase in the
discretionary caps will allow additional funding for key
priorities, including--
(1) enhance early childhood and K-12 education;
(2) expand scientific research and innovation
funding;
(3) provide jobs and meet infrastructure needs;
(4) expand opportunity and mobility for Americans;
(5) enhance public health, safety, and security;
(6) make the government more efficient and effective;
and
(7) promote military readiness.

SEC. 203. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASING ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that--
(1) provides tax incentives for or otherwise
encourages the production of renewable energy or
increased energy efficiency;
(2) encourages investment in emerging clean energy or
vehicle technologies or carbon capture and
sequestration;
(3) provides additional resources for oversight and
expanded enforcement activities to crack down on
speculation in and manipulation of oil and gas markets,
including derivatives markets;
(4) limits and provides for reductions in greenhouse
gas emissions;
(5) assists businesses, industries, States,
communities, the environment, workers, or households as
the United States moves toward reducing and offsetting
the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions; or
(6) facilitates the training of workers for these
industries (``clean energy jobs'');
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would
not increase the deficit for either of the following time
periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year
2014 to fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 204. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS AND
SERVICE MEMBERS.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that--
(1) enhances the delivery of health care to the
Nation's veterans and service members, including the
treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and other
mental illnesses, and increasing the capacity to
address health care needs unique to women veterans;
(2) makes improvements to the Post 9/11 GI Bill to
ensure that veterans receive the educational benefits
they need to maximize their employment opportunities;
(3) improves disability benefits or evaluations for
wounded or disabled military personnel or veterans,
including measures to expedite the claims process;
(4) expands eligibility to permit additional disabled
military retirees to receive both disability
compensation and retired pay (concurrent receipt); or
(5) eliminates the offset between Survivor Benefit
Plan annuities and veterans' dependency and indemnity
compensation;
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would
not increase the deficit for either of the following time
periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year
2014 to fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 205. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that provides additional tax relief to
individuals and families, such as expanding tax relief provided
by the refundable child credit, by the amounts provided in such
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for
either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to
fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 206. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE EXTENSION OF EXPIRED OR
EXPIRING TAX PROVISIONS.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that extends provisions of the tax code that
have expired or will expire in the future, by the amounts
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the
deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year
2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year
2024.

SEC. 207. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that makes improvements to Medicare,
including making reforms to the Medicare payment system for
physicians that build on delivery reforms underway, such as
advancement of new care models, and--
(1) changes incentives to encourage efficiency and
higher quality care in a manner consistent with the
goals of fiscal sustainability;
(2) improves payment accuracy to encourage efficient
use of resources and ensure that patient-centered
primary care receives appropriate compensation;
(3) supports innovative programs to improve
coordination of care among all providers serving a
patient in all appropriate settings;
(4) holds providers accountable for their utilization
patterns and quality of care; and
(5) makes no changes that reduce benefits available
to seniors and individuals with disabilities in
Medicare;
by the amounts provided, together with any savings from ending
Overseas Contingency Operations, in such measure if such
measure would not increase the deficit for either of the
following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or
fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 208. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID AND CHILDREN'S
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT.

SEC. 209. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EXTENSION OF EXPIRING HEALTH
CARE PROVISIONS.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that extends expiring Medicare, Medicaid, or
other health provisions, by the amounts provided in such
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for
either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to
fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 210. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that improves the contemporary health care
workforce's ability to meet emerging demands, by the amounts
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the
deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year
2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year
2024. Such improvements may include an expansion of the
National Health Service Corps, an extension of the enhanced
Medicaid primary care reimbursement rates that bring Medicaid
primary care payment rates up to Medicare levels using Federal
funds, and an expansion of the enhanced reimbursement rates to
mid-level providers who practice independently.

SEC. 211. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT
CHILDREN.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that improves the lives of children by the
amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not
increase the deficit for either of the following time periods:
fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to
fiscal year 2024. Improvements may include:
(1) Extension and expansion of child care assistance.
(2) Changes to foster care to prevent child abuse and
neglect and keep more children safely in their homes.
(3) Changes to child support enforcement to encourage
increased parental support for children, particularly
from non-custodial parents, including legislation that
results in a greater share of collected child support
reaching the child or encourages States to provide
access and visitation services to improve fathers'
relationships with their children. Such changes could
reflect efforts to ensure that States have the
necessary resources to collect all child support that
is owed to families and to allow them to pass 100
percent of support on to families without financial
penalty. When 100 percent of child support payments are
passed to the child, rather than to administrative
expenses, program integrity is improved and child
support participation increases.
(4) Regular increases in funding for the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to put the
Federal Government on a 10-year path to fulfill its
commitment to America's children and schools by
providing 40 percent of the average per pupil
expenditure for special education.

SEC. 212. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY AND
COMPLETION.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that makes college more affordable and
increases college completion, including efforts to: encourage
States and higher education institutions to improve educational
outcomes and access for low- and moderate-income students;
ensure continued full funding for Pell grants; or help
borrowers lower and manage their student loan debt through
refinancing and expanded repayment options, by the amounts
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the
deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year
2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year
2024.

SEC. 213. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that helps ensure that all Americans have
access to good-paying jobs by fully reauthorizing the Trade
Adjustment Assistance program or funding other effective job
training and employment programs by the amounts provided in
such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for
either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to
fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 214. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RURAL COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS.

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that makes changes to or provides for the
reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self
Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393) by the amounts
provided by that legislation for those purposes, if such
legislation requires sustained yield timber harvests obviating
the need for funding under Public Law 106-393 in the future and
would not increase the deficit for either of the following time
periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year
2014 to fiscal year 2024.

SEC. 215. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FULL FUNDING OF THE LAND AND
WATER CONSERVATION FUND.

SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST
FUND.

TITLE III--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING

SEC. 301. DIRECT SPENDING.

(a) Means-Tested Direct Spending.--
(1) For means-tested direct spending, the average
rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the
10-year period preceding fiscal year 2015 is 6.8
percent.
(2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated
average rate of growth in the total level of outlays
during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year
2015 is 5.4 percent under current law.
(3) The following reforms are proposed in this
concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spending:
The resolution rejects cuts to the social safety net
that lifts millions of people out of poverty. It
assumes extension of the tax credits from the American
Taxpayer Relief Act due to expire at the end of 2017.
These credits include an increase in refundability of
the child tax credit, relief for married earned income
tax credit filers, and a larger earned income tax
credit for larger families. It also assumes expansion
of the earned income tax credit for childless workers,
a group that has seen limited support from safety net
programs.
(b) Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending.--
(1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average
rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the
10-year period preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7
percent.
(2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the
estimated average rate of growth in the total level of
outlays during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal
year 2015 is 5.4 percent under current law.
(3) The following reforms are proposed in this
concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct
spending: For Medicare, this budget rejects proposals
to end the Medicare guarantee and shift rising health
care costs onto seniors by replacing Medicare with
vouchers or premium support for the purchase of private
insurance. Such proposals will expose seniors and
persons with disabilities on fixed incomes to
unacceptable financial risks, and they will weaken the
traditional Medicare program. Instead, this budget
builds on the success of the Affordable Care Act, which
made significant strides in health care cost
containment and put into place a framework for
continuous innovation. This budget supports
comprehensive reforms to give physicians and other care
providers incentives to provide high-quality,
coordinated, efficient care, in a manner consistent
with the goals of fiscal sustainability. It makes no
changes that reduce benefits available to seniors and
individuals with disabilities in Medicare. In other
areas, the resolution assumes extension of emergency
unemployment compensation, additional funding for
surface transportation, a new initiative for early
childhood education, and extension of the American
Opportunity Tax Credit, which assists with higher
education expenses.

TITLE IV--ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--In the House, except as provided in
subsection (b), any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report making a general appropriation or continuing
appropriation may not provide for advance appropriations.
(b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
(1) for fiscal year 2016 for programs, projects,
activities, or accounts identified in the joint
explanatory statement of managers to accompany this
resolution under the heading ``Accounts Identified for
Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and for
2017, accounts separately identified under the same
heading; and
(2) for all discretionary programs administered by
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority
provided in a bill or joint resolution making general
appropriations or any new discretionary budget authority
provided in a bill or joint resolution making continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2015.

SEC. 402. ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

(a) Program Integrity Initiatives Under the Budget Control
Act.--
(1) Social security administration program integrity
initiatives.--In the House, prior to consideration of
any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference
report making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that
appropriates amounts as provided under section
251(b)(2)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the allocation to the
House Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by
the amount of additional budget authority and outlays
resulting from that budget authority for fiscal year
2015.
(2) Health care fraud and abuse control program.--In
the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report making
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that appropriates
amounts as provided under section 251(b)(2)(C) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, the allocation to the House Committee on
Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of
additional budget authority and outlays resulting from
that budget authority for fiscal year 2015.
(b) Additional Program Integrity Initiatives.--
(1) Internal revenue service tax compliance.--In the
House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report making
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that appropriates
$9,445,000,000 for the Internal Revenue Service for
enhanced enforcement to address the Federal tax gap
(taxes owed but not paid) and provides an additional
appropriation of up to $480,000,000, to the Internal
Revenue Service and the amount is designated for
enhanced tax enforcement to address the tax gap, the
allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations
shall be increased by the amount of additional budget
authority and outlays resulting from that budget
authority for fiscal year 2015.
(2) Unemployment insurance program integrity
activities.--In the House, prior to consideration of
any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference
report making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that
appropriates $133,000,000 for in-person reemployment
and eligibility assessments, reemployment services and
training referrals, and unemployment insurance improper
payment reviews for the Department of Labor and
provides an additional appropriation of up to
$25,000,000, and the amount is designated for in-person
reemployment and eligibility assessments, reemployment
services and training referrals, and unemployment
insurance improper payment reviews for the Department
of Labor, the allocation to the House Committee on
Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of
additional budget authority and outlays resulting from
that budget authority for fiscal year 2015.
(c) Procedure for Adjustments.--In the House, prior to
consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report, the chairman of the House Committee on the
Budget shall make the adjustments set forth in this subsection
for the incremental new budget authority in that measure and
the outlays resulting from that budget authority if that
measure meets the requirements set forth in this section.

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

(a) Emergency Needs.--If any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report makes appropriations for
discretionary amounts and such amounts are designated as
necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to this subsection,
then new budget authority and outlays resulting from that
budget authority shall not count for the purposes of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or this resolution.
(b) Overseas Contingency Operations.--In the House, if any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report makes
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for overseas contingency
operations and such amounts are so designated pursuant to this
paragraph, then the allocation to the House Committee on
Appropriations may be adjusted by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose up to, but not to exceed, the
total amount of budget authority the President requests for
overseas contingency operations for 2015 in a detailed,
account-level, submission to Congress and the new outlays
resulting from that budget authority.
(c) Disaster Relief.--In the House, if any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report makes
appropriations for discretionary amounts and such amounts are
designated for disaster relief pursuant to this subsection,
then the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations, and as
necessary, the aggregates in this resolution, shall be adjusted
by the amount of new budget authority and outlays up to the
amounts provided under section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as adjusted
by subsection (d).
(d) Wildfire Suppression Operations.--
(1) Cap adjustment.--In the House, if any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report making
appropriations for wildfire suppression operations for
fiscal year 2015 that appropriates a base amount equal
to 70 percent of the average cost of wildfire
suppression operations over the previous 10 years and
provides an additional appropriation of up to but not
to exceed $1.4 billion for wildfire suppression
operations and such amounts are so designated pursuant
to this paragraph, then the allocation to the House
Committee on Appropriations may be adjusted by the
additional amount of budget authority above the base
amount and the outlays resulting from that additional
budget authority.
(2) Deficit-neutral adjustment.--The total allowable
discretionary adjustment for disaster relief pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be reduced
by an amount equivalent to the sum of allocation
increases made pursuant to paragraph (1) in the
previous year.
(e) Procedure for Adjustments.--In the House, prior to
consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report, the chairman of the House Committee on the
Budget shall make the adjustments set forth in subsections (b),
(c), and (d) for the incremental new budget authority in that
measure and the outlays resulting from that budget authority if
that measure meets the requirements set forth in this section.

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

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

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

(a) Application.--In the House, any adjustments of
allocations and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution
shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure;
and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon
as practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates included in
this resolution.
(c) Adjustments.--The chairman of the House Committee on the
Budget may adjust the aggregates, allocations, and other levels
in this resolution for legislation which has received final
congressional approval in the same form by the House of
Representatives and the Senate, but has yet to be presented to
or signed by the President at the time of final consideration
of this resolution.

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

In the House, and pursuant to section 301(b)(8) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for the remainder of the
113th Congress, the following shall apply in lieu of ``CUTGO''
rules and principles:
(1)(A) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3),
it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report if the
provisions of such measure affecting direct spending
and revenues have the net effect of increasing the on-
budget deficit or reducing the on-budget surplus for
the period comprising either--
(i) the current year, the budget
year, and the four years following that
budget year; or
(ii) the current year, the budget
year, and the nine years following that
budget year.
(B) The effect of such measure on the deficit
or surplus shall be determined on the basis of
estimates made by the Committee on the Budget.
(C) For the purpose of this section, the
terms ``budget year'', ``current year'', and
``direct spending'' have the meanings specified
in section 250 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except
that the term ``direct spending'' shall also
include provisions in appropriation Acts that
make outyear modifications to substantive law
as described in section 3(4) (C) of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
(2) If a bill, joint resolution, or amendment is
considered pursuant to a special order of the House
directing the Clerk to add as a new matter at the end
of such measure the provisions of a separate measure as
passed by the House, the provisions of such separate
measure as passed by the House shall be included in the
evaluation under paragraph (1) of the bill, joint
resolution, or amendment.
(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
evaluation under paragraph (1) shall exclude a
provision expressly designated as an emergency for
purposes of pay-as-you-go principles in the case of a
point of order under this clause against consideration
of--
(i) a bill or joint resolution;
(ii) an amendment made in order as
original text by a special order of
business;
(iii) a conference report; or
(iv) an amendment between the Houses.
(B) In the case of an amendment (other than
one specified in subparagraph (A)) to a bill or
joint resolution, the evaluation under
paragraph (1) shall give no cognizance to any
designation of emergency.
(C) If a bill, a joint resolution, an
amendment made in order as original text by a
special order of business, a conference report,
or an amendment between the Houses includes a
provision expressly designated as an emergency
for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles, the
Chair shall put the question of consideration
with respect thereto.

SEC. 407. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

TITLE V--POLICY

SEC. 501. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON JOBS: MAKE IT IN AMERICA.

(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) the economy entered a deep recession in December
2007 that was worsened by a financial crisis in 2008 -
by January 2009, the private sector was shedding about
800,000 jobs per month;
(2) actions by the President, Congress, and the
Federal Reserve helped stem the crisis, and job
creation resumed in 2010, with the economy creating 8.9
million private jobs over the past 49 consecutive
months;
(3) as part of a ``Make it in America'' agenda,
United States manufacturing has been leading the
Nation's economic recovery as domestic manufacturers
regain their economic and competitive edge and a wave
of insourcing jobs from abroad begins;
(4) despite the job gains already made, job growth
needs to accelerate and continue for an extended period
for the economy to fully recover from the recession;
and
(5) job creation is vital to Nation building at home
and to deficit reduction - CBO has noted that if the
country were at full employment, the deficit would be
about half its current size.
(b) Policy.--
(1) In general.--It is the policy of this resolution
that Congress should pursue a ``Make it in America''
agenda with a priority to consider and enact
legislation to help create jobs, remove incentives to
out-source jobs overseas and instead support incentives
that bring jobs back to the United States, and help
middle class families by increasing the minimum wage.
(2) Jobs.--This resolution--
(A) provides funding to support President
Obama's four-year, $302 billion surface
transportation reauthorization proposal;
(B) provides $1 billion for the President's
proposal to establish a Veterans Job Corps; and
(C) establishes a reserve fund that would
allow for passage of additional job creation
measures, including further infrastructure
improvements and support for biomedical
research that both creates jobs and advances
scientific knowledge and health, or other
spending or revenue proposals.

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

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Supporting the President's four-year, $302
billion surface transportation reauthorization proposal
will sharpen America's global competitive edge in the
21st century by allowing infrastructure expansion and
modernization.
(2) Many of our roads, bridges, and transit systems
are in disrepair, and fail to move as many goods and
people as the economy demands. The American Society of
Engineers gives the United States infrastructure an
overall grade of D+.
(3) Deep cuts to our transportation funding over the
next 10 years will hurt families and businesses at a
time when we have major infrastructure needs and
workers ready to do the job.
(4) Increasing transportation investments improves
our quality of life by building new ladders of
opportunity--improving our competitive edge,
facilitating American exports, creating new jobs and
increasing access to existing ones, and fostering
economic growth, while also providing critical safety
improvements and reduced commute times.
(5) The highway trust fund provides critical funding
for repairing, expanding, and modernizing roads,
bridges, and transit systems, and according to recent
CBO projections, it is expected to become insolvent
this summer. This could force a halt to construction
projects, which would put 700,000 jobs at risk.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House to provide funding
in support of the President's proposed four-year, $302 billion
surface transportation reauthorization that prevents the
imminent insolvency of the highway trust fund and increases
investment in our highway and transit programs. Such an
investment sharpens our competitive edge, increases access to
jobs, reduces commute times, makes our highways and transit
systems safer, facilitates American exports, creates jobs, and
fosters economic growth.

SEC. 503. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON TAX REFORM AND FAIRNESS FOR MIDDLE-
CLASS AMERICANS.

(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) According to the United States Census Bureau,
American families lost ground during the 2000s as
median income slipped 4.9 percent in real terms between
2000 and 2009.
(2) According to the Congressional Budget Office,
between 1979 and 2007, real after-tax incomes for the
top 1 percent of income earners grew 278 percent - or a
stunning $973,100 - per household. In contrast, real
after-tax incomes of the middle 20 percent of families
grew just 25 percent, and incomes of the poorest 20
percent increased by 16 percent.
(3) Past Republican tax plans have made reducing
taxes for the wealthiest Americans the top priority.
The result has been legislation that increased deficits
while giving a disproportionate share of any tax cuts
to the wealthy.
(4) Recent Republican tax plans, including this
year's House Republican Budget, have emphasized
reducing the top marginal rates to 25 percent. Analysis
by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center has shown that it
is impossible to achieve such a reduction and be
revenue-neutral without large reductions in tax
deductions and credits for middle-income taxpayers that
would lead to a net tax increase on those families.
(5) Analyses of proposals to reduce top rates to 25
percent within a revenue-neutral tax reform plan
indicate that the plans would raise taxes on middle-
class families with children by an average of at least
$2,000.
(6) Such a tax increase would--
(A) make it even harder for working families
to make ends meet;
(B) cost the economy millions of jobs over
the coming years by reducing consumer spending,
which will greatly weaken economic growth; and
(C) further widen the income gap between the
wealthiest households and the middle class by
making the tax code more regressive.
(7) The tax code contains numerous, wasteful tax
breaks for special interests.
(8) these special tax breaks can greatly complicate
the effort to administer the code and the taxpayer's
ability to fully comply with its terms, while also
undermining our basic sense of fairness.
(9) they can distort economic incentives for
businesses and consumers and encourage businesses to
ship American jobs and capital overseas for tax
purposes; in many cases, the revenues lost to various
tax expenditures can be put to better use for more
targeted initiatives.
(b) Policy.--
(1) This resolution would accommodate action to
simplify the tax code and eliminate special interest
tax breaks without increasing the tax burden on middle-
class taxpayers.

SEC. 504. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE.

(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) the minimum wage has not been increased since
2009;
(2) the real value of the minimum wage today is less
than it was in 1956;
(3) increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour
would give a raise to about 28,000,000 workers;
(4) increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour
would lift about 1,000,000 Americans out of poverty;
(5) minimum wage workers bring home an average of 50
percent of their family's total income;
(6) a higher minimum wage would put more money in the
pockets of individuals who are likely to spend
additional income, which would help expand the economy
and create jobs;
(7) in part because of this effect, recent studies
have indicated that increases in the minimum wage do
not adversely impact job creation as much as had been
previously thought, and that modest increases in the
minimum wage may actually create jobs;
(8) the higher minimum wage is important to victims
of wage discrimination, who are more likely to find
themselves in low-paying jobs;
(9) a higher minimum wage will reduce government
spending to provide assistance to minimum wage workers;
and
(10) a higher minimum wage will benefit businesses by
increasing productivity, reducing absenteeism, and
reducing turnover.
(b) Policy.--This resolution assumes action by the House of
Representatives to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour in
three annual steps, as proposed in H.R. 1010, the Fair Minimum
Wage Act of 2013.

SEC. 505. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Fixing the country's broken immigration system
will mean a stronger economy and lower budget deficits.
(2) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates
that enacting H.R. 15, the Border Security, Economic
Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, will
reduce the deficit by $900 billion over the next two
decades, boost the economy by 5.4 percent, and increase
productivity by 1.0 percent.
(3) The Social Security Actuary estimates that
immigration reform will add up to $300 billion to the
Social Security Trust Fund over the next decade and
will extend Social Security solvency by up to two
years.
(4) The passage of H.R. 15 recognizes that the
primary tenets of its success depend on securing the
sovereignty of the United States of America and
establishing a coherent and just system for integrating
those who seek to join American society.
(5) We have a right, and duty, to maintain and secure
our borders, and to keep our country safe and
prosperous. As a Nation founded, built and sustained by
immigrants we also have a responsibility to harness the
power of that tradition in a balanced way that secures
a more prosperous future for America.
(6) We have always welcomed newcomers to the United
States and will continue to do so. But in order to
qualify for the honor and privilege of eventual
citizenship, our laws must be followed. The world
depends on America to be strong--economically,
militarily and ethically. The establishment of a
stable, just, and efficient immigration system only
supports those goals. As a Nation, we have the right
and responsibility to make our borders safe, to
establish clear and just rules for seeking citizenship,
to control the flow of legal immigration, and to
eliminate illegal immigration, which in some cases has
become a threat to our national security.
(7) All parts of H.R. 15 are premised on the right
and need of the United States to achieve these goals,
and to protect its borders and maintain its
sovereignty.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that the full
House vote on comprehensive immigration reform--such as H.R.
15, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration
Modernization Act--to boost our economy, lower deficits,
establish clear and just rules for citizenship, and secure our
borders.

SEC. 506. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Since the expiration of emergency unemployment
compensation at the end of 2013, over 2,000,000 workers
and their families have lost benefits. Thousands more
are losing benefits each week.
(2) The long-term unemployment rate at the time of
the expiration, and still today, was nearly twice as
high as it was at the expiration of any previous
extended unemployment benefits program.
(3) Extending unemployment is good for the affected
workers and their families, and the economy as a whole.
The CBO has estimated that extending emergency
unemployment compensation will create 200,000 jobs by
the end of the year.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of this resolution that
emergency unemployment compensation be extended for 1 year,
retroactive to its expiration. The resolution assumes this
would be accomplished in two steps with passage of the
bipartisan Senate bill adding 5 months and future legislation
completing the task. Over the full year, this will benefit
5,000,000 Americans and their families as well as their
communities and the Nation as a whole.

SEC. 507. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has long been
considered one of our most effective anti-poverty
programs. It has generally enjoyed strong, bipartisan
support from Members of Congress and Presidents of each
party.
(2) The EITC rewards work. Benefits are only
available to taxpayers with earned income. Encouraging
workforce participation among low earners is generally
thought to benefit the workers, their families, the
community and the overall economy.
(3) Many of our income security programs target their
benefits towards children. The EITC is no different;
the credit for childless workers is significantly less
generous. As a result, low-income childless workers
often receive little support from our anti-poverty
efforts. Expanding the EITC for childless workers would
help close that gap and has been supported by anti-
poverty experts with varying ideological perspectives,
consistent with the Credit's bipartisan history.
(4) Expansion of the EITC can be viewed as a tax cut.
There is significant room to expand the EITC for
childless workers that would still leave those workers
as net taxpayers, when you include both the employee-
and employer-paid portion of their Medicare and Social
Security payroll taxes.
(5) A tax cut for these workers is appropriate as
very low-income childless workers, because of the
limited tax benefits available to them, can, in some
circumstances actually fall below the poverty line as a
result of their tax burden.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of this resolution that the
House should pass legislation to expand the Earned Income Tax
Credit for childless workers. This expansion could take several
forms, including larger phase-in and phase-out rates, higher
thresholds for beginning the phase-out range, and extension of
the credit to older and younger adults.

SEC. 508. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: WHEN WOMEN
SUCCEED, AMERICA SUCCEEDS.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Wage inequality still exists in this country.
Women make only 77 cents for every dollar earned by
men, and the pay gap for African American women and
Latinas is even larger.
(2) Nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers are
women, and the minimum wage has not kept up with
inflation over the last 45 years.
(3) More than 40 million private sector workers in
this country - including more than 13 million working
women - are not able to take a paid sick day when they
are ill. Millions more lack paid sick time to care for
a sick child.
(4) Nearly one-quarter of adults in the United States
(23 percent) report that they have lost a job or have
been threatened with job loss for taking time off due
to illness or to care for a sick child or relative.
(5) Fully 89 percent of the United States workforce
does not have paid family leave through their
employers, and more than 60 percent of the workforce
does not have paid personal medical leave through an
employer-provided temporary disability program, which
some new mothers use.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that Congress
should make a positive difference in the lives of women,
enacting measures to address economic equality and women's
health and safety. To address economic fairness, Congress
should enact the Paycheck Fairness Act, increase the minimum
wage, support women entrepreneurs and small businesses, and
support work and family balance through earned paid sick leave,
and earned paid and expanded family and medical leave. To
address health and safety concerns, Congress should increase
funding for the prevention and treatment of women's health
issues such as breast cancer and heart disease, support access
to family planning, and enact measures to prevent and protect
women from domestic violence.

SEC. 509. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO ERADICATE
POVERTY AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Access to opportunity should be the right of
every American.
(2) Poverty has declined by more than one-third since
1967. More than 40,000,000 Americans are not in poverty
today because of programs and tax policies that
strengthen economic security and increase opportunity.
Continued Federal support is essential to build on
these gains.
(3) Antipoverty programs have increasingly been
focused on encouraging and rewarding work for those who
are able. The programs can empower their beneficiaries
to rise to the middle class through job training,
educational assistance, adequate nutrition, housing and
health care.
(4) Social Security has played a major role in
reducing poverty. Without it, the poverty rate in 2012
would have been 8.5 percentage points higher. Its
positive impact on older Americans is even starker,
lowering the poverty rate among this group by 40
percentage points.
(5) Unemployment insurance benefits provide critical
support to millions of workers, who lost their jobs
through no fault of their own, and their families.
Without these benefits, 2,500,000 more people would
have lived in poverty in 2012.
(6) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
alone lifts nearly 5,000,000 people out of poverty,
including over 2,000,000 children. It is particularly
effective in keeping children--over 1,000,000--out of
deep poverty (below half the poverty line). School
breakfast and lunch programs help keep children ready
to learn, allowing them to reach their full potential.
(7) Medicaid improves health, access to health care
and financial security. Medicaid coverage lowers
infant, child, and adult mortality rates. Medicaid
coverage virtually eliminates catastrophic out-of-
pocket medical expenditures, providing much needed
financial security and peace of mind.
(8) The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax
Credit (CTC) together lift over 9,000,000 people,
including 5,000,000 children, out of poverty. President
Ronald Reagan proposed the major EITC expansion in the
1986 Tax Reform Act, which he referred to as ``the best
antipoverty, the best pro-family, the best job creation
measure to come out of Congress''. Studies indicate
that children in families that receive the type of
income supports EITC and CTC offer do better at school
and have higher incomes as adults.
(9) Despite our progress, there is still work to be
done. Nearly 50,000,000 Americans still live below the
poverty line. Parental income still has a major impact
on children's income after they become adults.
(10) The minimum wage has not changed since 2007 and
is worth less today than it was in real terms at the
beginning of 1950. The Congressional Budget Office
estimates that an incremental increase in the minimum
wage to $10.10 an hour would lift 900,000 people out of
poverty.
(11) In addition, some areas of the country have been
left behind. They face persistent high levels of
poverty and joblessness. Residents of these areas often
lack access to quality schools, affordable health care,
and adequate job opportunities.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House to support a goal
of developing a national strategy to eliminate poverty, with
the initial goal of cutting poverty in half in ten years, and
to extend equitable access to economic opportunity to all
Americans. The strategy must include a multi-pronged approach
that would--
(1) ensure a livable wage for workers, including
raising the minimum wage so that a full time worker
earns enough to be above the poverty line;
(2) provide education and job training to make sure
workers have the skills to succeed;
(3) provide supports for struggling families in
difficult economic times and while developing skills;
(4) remove barriers and obstacles that prevent
individuals from taking advantage of economic and
educational opportunities; and
(5) provide supports for the most vulnerable who are
not able to work: seniors, the severely disabled, and
children.
As the strategy is developed and implemented, Congress must
work to protect low-income and middle-class Americans from the
negative impacts of budget cuts on the critical domestic
programs that help millions of struggling American families.
The strategy should maximize the impact of antipoverty programs
across Federal, State, and local governments. Improving the
effective coordination and oversight across agencies and
implementing a true unity of programs under a ``whole of
government'' approach to shared goals and client-based outcomes
will help to streamline access, improve service delivery, and
strengthen and extend the reach of every Federal dollar to
fight poverty. The plan should consider additional targeting of
spending toward persistent poverty areas to revitalize these
areas of pervasive historical poverty, unemployment, and
general distress.

SEC. 510. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM THAT PROTECTS
WORKERS AND RETIREES.

(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) Social Security is America's most important
retirement resource, especially for seniors, because it
provides an income floor to keep them, their spouses
and their survivors out of poverty during retirement--
benefits earned based on their past payroll
contributions;
(2) in January 2013, 58,000,000 people relied on
Social Security;
(3) 9 out of 10 individuals 65 and older received
Social Security benefits;
(4) Social Security helps keep people out of poverty
and has lowered the poverty rate among seniors by
nearly 40 percentage points;
(5) Social Security benefits are modest, with an
average annual benefit for retirees of about $15,000,
which is the majority of total retirement income for
more than half of all beneficiaries;
(6) diverting workers' payroll contributions toward
private accounts undermines retirement security and the
social safety net by subjecting the workers' retirement
decisions and income to the whims of the stock market;
(7) diverting trust fund payroll contributions toward
private accounts jeopardizes Social Security because
the program will not have the resources to pay full
benefits to current retirees; and
(8) privatization increases Federal debt because the
Treasury will have to borrow additional funds from the
public to pay full benefits to current retirees.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that Social
Security should be strengthened for its own sake and not to
achieve deficit reduction. Because privatization proposals are
fiscally irresponsible and would put the retirement security of
seniors at risk, any Social Security reform legislation shall
reject partial or complete privatization of the program.

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

(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) senior citizens and persons with disabilities
highly value the Medicare program and rely on Medicare
to guarantee their health and financial security;
(2) in 2013, 52,000,000 people relied on Medicare for
coverage of hospital stays, physician visits,
prescription drugs, and other necessary medical goods
and services;
(3) the Medicare program has lower administrative
costs than private insurance, and Medicare program
costs per enrollee have grown at a slower rate than
private insurance for a given level of benefits;
(4) people with Medicare already have the ability to
choose a private insurance plan within Medicare through
the Medicare Advantage option, yet 72 percent of
Medicare beneficiaries chose the traditional fee-for-
service program instead of a private plan in 2013;
(5) rising health care costs are not unique to
Medicare or other Federal health programs, they are
endemic to the entire health care system;
(6) converting Medicare into a voucher for the
purchase of health insurance will merely force seniors
and individuals with disabilities to pay much higher
premiums if they want to use their voucher to purchase
traditional Medicare coverage;
(7) a voucher system in which the voucher payment
fails to keep pace with growth in health costs would
expose seniors and persons with disabilities on fixed
incomes to unacceptable financial risks;
(8) shifting more health care costs onto Medicare
beneficiaries would not reduce overall health care
costs, instead it would mean beneficiaries would face
higher premiums, eroding coverage, or both; and
(9) versions of voucher policies that do not
immediately end the traditional Medicare program will
merely set it up for a death spiral as private plans
siphon off healthier and less expensive beneficiaries,
leaving the sickest beneficiaries in a program that
will wither away.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that the Medicare
guarantee for seniors and persons with disabilities should be
preserved and strengthened, and that any legislation to end the
Medicare guarantee, financially penalize people for choosing
traditional Medicare, or shift rising health care costs onto
seniors by replacing Medicare with vouchers or premium support
for the purchase of health insurance, should be rejected.

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

(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) making health care coverage affordable and
accessible for all American families will improve
families' health and economic security, which will make
the economy stronger;
(2) the Affordable Care Act will expand affordable
coverage to 25,000,000 people by the end of the decade,
and already, millions of Americans have health
insurance under this law - more than 7,000,000
individuals have signed up for private health insurance
through new health insurance Marketplaces, 3,000,000
young adults have been able to stay on their parent's
health insurance plan, and 3,000,000 people have new
Medicaid coverage;
(3) the Affordable Care Act ensures the right to
equal treatment for people who have preexisting health
conditions and for women;
(4) the Affordable Care Act ensures that health
insurance coverage will always include basic necessary
services such as prescription drugs, mental health
care, and maternity care and that insurance companies
cannot impose lifetime or annual limits on these
benefits;
(5) the Affordable Care Act increases transparency in
health care, helping to reduce health care cost growth
by requiring transparency around hospital charges,
insurer cost-sharing, and kick-back payments from
pharmaceutical companies to physicians;
(6) the Affordable Care Act reforms Federal health
entitlements by using nearly every health cost-
containment provision experts recommend, including new
incentives to reward quality and coordination of care
rather than simply quantity of services provided, new
tools to crack down on fraud, and the elimination of
excessive taxpayer subsidies to private insurance
plans, and as a result will slow the projected annual
growth rate of national health expenditures by 0.3
percentage points after 2016, the essence of ``bending
the cost curve''; and
(7) the Affordable Care Act will reduce the Federal
deficit by more than $1,000,000,000,000 over the next
20 years.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that the law of
the land should support making affordable health care coverage
available to every American family, and therefore the
Affordable Care Act should not be repealed.

SEC. 513. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICAID.

(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) Medicaid is a central component of the Nation's
health care safety net, providing health coverage to
60,000,000 Americans, including 1 in 3 children;
(2) Medicaid improves health outcomes, access to
health services, and financial security;
(3) senior citizens and people with disabilities
account for two-thirds of Medicaid program spending and
consequently would be at particular risk of losing
access to important health care assistance under any
policy to sever the link between Medicaid funding and
the actual costs of providing services to the currently
eligible Medicaid population;
(4) Medicaid is the primary payer for long-term care
services in the United States, providing a critical
health care safety net for senior citizens and people
with disabilities facing significant costs for long-
term care; and
(5) at least 70 percent of people over age 65 will
likely need long-term care services at some point in
their lives.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that the important
health care safety net for children, senior citizens, people
with disabilities, and other vulnerable Americans provided by
Medicaid should be preserved and should not be dismantled by
converting Medicaid into a block grant, per capita cap, or
other financing arrangement that would limit Federal
contributions and render the program incapable of responding to
increased need that may result from trends in demographics or
health care costs or from economic conditions.

SEC. 514. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON NATIONAL SECURITY.

(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) we must continue to support a strong military
that is second to none and the size and the structure
of our military have to be driven by a strategy;
(2) those who serve in uniform are our most important
security resource and the Administration and Congress
shall continue to provide the support they need to
successfully carry out the missions the country gives
them;
(3) a growing economy is the foundation of our
security and enables the country to provide the
resources for a strong military, sound homeland
security agencies, and effective diplomacy and
international development;
(4) the Nation's projected long-term debt could have
serious consequences for our economy and security, and
that more efficient military spending has to be part of
an overall plan that effectively deals with this
problem;
(5) the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal
Responsibility and Reform and the bipartisan Rivlin-
Domenici Debt Reduction Task Force concluded that a
serious and balanced deficit reduction plan must put
national security programs on the table;
(6) former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Admiral Mike Mullen argued that the permissive budget
environment over the last decade, a period when defense
spending increased by hundreds of billions of dollars,
had allowed the Pentagon to avoid prioritizing;
(7) reining in wasteful spending at the Nation's
security agencies, including the Department of
Defense--the last department still unable to pass an
audit--such as the elimination of duplicative programs
that have been identified by the Government
Accountability Office needs to continue as a priority;
(8) effective implementation of weapons acquisition
reforms at the Department of Defense can help control
excessive cost growth in the development of new weapons
systems and help ensure that weapons systems are
delivered on time and in adequate quantities to equip
our servicemen and servicewomen;
(9) the Department of Defense should continue to
review defense plans and requirements to ensure that
weapons developed to counter Cold War-era threats are
not redundant and are applicable to 21st century
threats, which should include, with the participation
of the National Nuclear Security Administration,
examination of requirements for the nuclear weapons
stockpile, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and
nuclear weapons and infrastructure modernization;
(10) weapons technologies should be proven to work
through adequate testing before advancing them to the
production phase of the acquisition process;
(11) the Pentagon's operation and maintenance budget
has grown for decades between 2.5 percent and 3.0
percent above inflation each year on a per service
member basis, and it is imperative that unsustainable
cost growth be controlled in this area;
(12) nearly all of the increase in the Federal
civilian workforce from 2001 to 2013 is due to
increases at security-related agencies--Department of
Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of
Veterans Affairs, and Department of Justice--and the
increase, in part, represents a transition to ensure
civil servants, as opposed to private contractors, are
performing inherently governmental work and an increase
to a long-depleted acquisition and auditing workforce
at the Pentagon to ensure effective management of
weapons systems programs, to eliminate the use of
contractors to oversee other contractors, and to
prevent waste, fraud, and abuse;
(13) proposals to implement an indiscriminate 10
percent across-the-board cut to the Federal civilian
workforce would adversely affect security agencies,
leaving them unable to manage their total workforce,
which includes contractors, and their operations in a
cost-effective manner; and
(14) cooperative threat reduction and other
nonproliferation programs (securing ``loose nukes'' and
other materials used in weapons of mass destruction),
which were highlighted as high priorities by the 9/11
Commission, need to be funded at a level that is
commensurate with the evolving threat.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that--
(1) the sequester required by the Budget Control Act
of 2011 for fiscal years 2016 through 2021 should be
rescinded and replaced by a deficit reduction plan that
is balanced, that makes smart spending cuts, that
requires everyone to pay their fair share, and that
takes into account a comprehensive national security
strategy that includes careful consideration of
international, defense, homeland security, and law
enforcement programs; and
(2) savings can be achieved from the national defense
budget without compromising our security through
greater emphasis on eliminating duplicative and
wasteful programs, reforming the acquisition process,
identifying and constraining unsustainable operating
costs, and through careful analysis of our national
security needs.

SEC. 515. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The United States Government Accountability
Office described climate change as, ``a complex,
crosscutting issue that poses risks to many
environmental and economic systems--including
agriculture, infrastructure, ecosystems, and human
health--and presents a significant financial risk to
the Federal Government''.
(2) The United States Academy of Sciences and the
British Royal Society reported, ``It is now more
certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence,
that humans are changing Earth's climate. The
atmosphere and oceans have warmed, accompanied by sea-
level rise, a strong decline in Arctic sea ice, and
other climate-related changes''.
(3) The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change concluded the effects of climate change
are occurring worldwide, ``Observed impacts of climate
change have already affected agriculture, human health,
ecosystems on land and in the oceans, water supplies,
and some people's livelihoods''.
(4) The United States National Research Council's
National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory
Committee found climate change affects, ``human health,
water supply, agriculture, transportation, energy, and
many other aspects of society''.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that climate
change presents a significant financial risk to the Federal
Government. The scientific community has reached a consensus
regarding climate change science, which provides critical
information to preserve economic and environmental systems
throughout the world.

SEC. 516. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON INVESTMENTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Investments in early education are among the best
investments we can make for children, families, and the
economy.
(2) Investments in early childhood benefit the
economy as a whole, generating at least $7 in return
for every $1 invested by lowering the need for spending
on other services--such as remedial education, grade
repetition, and special education--and increasing
productivity and earnings for those children as adults.
(3) Children who receive high-quality early education
benefit directly in both the short term and the long
term. They have better educational outcomes, stronger
job earnings, and lower crime and delinquency rates.
(4) Unfortunately, only 3 out of every 10 4-year-olds
are enrolled in high-quality early childhood education
programs in the United States. This low level of
participation ranks the United States 28th out of 38
countries in the Organization of Economic Cooperation
and Development for the share of 4-year-olds enrolled
in early childhood education.
(5) In particular, children from low-income families
are less likely to have access to high-quality,
affordable preschool programs that will prepare them
for kindergarten. By third grade, children from low-
income families who are not reading at grade level are
six times less likely to graduate from high school than
students who are proficient.
(b) Policy.--This resolution provides for enactment of a $76
billion, 10-year investment to provide access to high-quality
early education for all 4-year-olds. Early education programs
must meet quality benchmarks that are linked to better outcomes
for children, including a rigorous curriculum tied to State-
level standards, qualified teachers, small class sizes, and
effective evaluation and review of programs.

SEC. 517. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON TAKING A BALANCED APPROACH TO DEFICIT
REDUCTION.

(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Since 2010, the Congress has enacted several
major measures to reduce the deficit. Most of the
savings come from cuts to spending. Revenues represent
less than one-quarter of total savings achieved.
(2) Allowing implementation of the remaining spending
sequester will damage our national security, critical
infrastructure, and other important investments.
(3) Every bipartisan commission has recommended, and
the majority of Americans agree, that we should take a
balanced, bipartisan approach to reducing the deficit
that addresses both revenue and spending.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the House that Congress
should develop a balanced plan to address the Nation's long-
term fiscal imbalance. The plan should--
(1) prevent job loss and economic drag in the near
term as the economy heals;
(2) increase revenues without increasing the tax
burden on middle-income Americans; and
(3) decrease spending through greater efficiencies
within the Government and improving incentives for
service providers while maintaining the Medicare
guarantee, protecting Social Security and a strong
social safety net, and making strategic investments in
education, science, research, and critical
infrastructure necessary to compete in the global
economy.

SEC. 518. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE REDUCTION
OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING.

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

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