Union Calendar No. 39
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 68
[Report No. 106-73]
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of
fiscal years 2001 through 2009.
March 23, 1999
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
HCON 68 RH
Union Calendar No. 39
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 68
[Report No. 106-73]
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels
for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 23, 1999
Mr. KASICH, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following
concurrent resolution; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels
for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000.
The Congress declares that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2000 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2001 through 2009 are hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2009:
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES- For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,408,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,435,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,456,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,532,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,584,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,651,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,684,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,733,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,802,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $1,867,500,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues
should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: -$9,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: -$52,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: -$30,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: -$50,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: -$59,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: -$106,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: -$138,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: -$153,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: -$178,200,000,000.
(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY- For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the appropriate levels of total new budget authority are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,426,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,456,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,487,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,558,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,611,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,665,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,697,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,752,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,813,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $1,874,400,000,000.
(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS- For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution,
the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $1,408,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,435,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,455,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,532,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,583,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,638,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,666,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,715,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,781,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $1,841,300,000,000.
(4) SURPLUSES- For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution, the
amounts of the surpluses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $12,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $18,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $17,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $21,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $26,200,000,000.
(5) PUBLIC DEBT- The appropriate levels of the public debt are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $5,627,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $5,707,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $5,791,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $5,875,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,954,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $6,019,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $6,075,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $6,128,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $6,168,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $6,198,100,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new
budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal years 2000 through 2009 for
each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
(A) New budget authority, $288,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $274,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $303,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $285,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $308,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $291,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $318,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $303,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $327,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $313,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $328,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $316,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $329,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $315,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $330,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $313,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $332,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $317,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $333,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $318,000,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
(A) New budget authority, $11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $9,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $11,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $13,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000
(B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
(A) New budget authority, $18,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, -$700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$1,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$3,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
(A) New budget authority, $22,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $22,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $23,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $23,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $23,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $23,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $23,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $24,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $14,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $11,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $10,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $10,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $10,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
(A) New budget authority, $9,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $13,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
(A) New budget authority, $51,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $51,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $50,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
(A) New budget authority, $7,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
(10) Elementary and Secondary Education, and Vocational Education
(501):
(A) New budget authority, $22,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $24,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $24,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $25,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
(11) Higher Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services (500,
except for 501):
(A) New budget authority, $43,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $41,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $41,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $42,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $43,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $43,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $44,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $45,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $46,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $46,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $156,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $153,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $164,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $162,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $173,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $173,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $184,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $185,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $197,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $198,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $212,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $212,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $228,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $228,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $246,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $245,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $265,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $285,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $284,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $208,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $208,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $222,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $222,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $230,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $230,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $250,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $250,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $268,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $268,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $295,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $295,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $306,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $306,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $337,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $337,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $365,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $365,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $394,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $394,200,000,000.
(14) Income Security (600):
(A) New budget authority, $244,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $248,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $250,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $262,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $277,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $276,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $286,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $286,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $298,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $304,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $305,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $310,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $311,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $323,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $325,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $334,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $335,700,000,000.
(15) Social Security (650):
(A) New budget authority, $14,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $13,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $15,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $16,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $17,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $18,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $18,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $19,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $21,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $22,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,200,000,000.
(16) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
(A) New budget authority, $44,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $44,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $44,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $45,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $46,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $48,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $47,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $47,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $48,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $49,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,700,000,000.
(17) Administration of Justice (750):
(A) New budget authority, $23,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $24,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $24,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $24,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $26,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
(18) General Government (800):
(A) New budget authority, $12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $11,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $275,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $275,500,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $271,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $271,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $267,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $265,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $265,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $263,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $263,400,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $261,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $261,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $258,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $258,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $257,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $254,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $254,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, $252,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $252,700,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$8,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$8,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$12,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$6,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$20,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$4,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$4,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$4,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$5,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$4,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$5,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$4,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$5,200,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$5,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$5,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$5,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$5,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$5,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$5,900,000,000.
(21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
(A) New budget authority, -$34,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$34,300,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$36,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$36,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$43,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$43,600,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$37,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$37,000,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$37,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$37,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$38,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$38,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,800,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$40,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$40,100,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$40,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$40,900,000,000.
(A) New budget authority, -$41,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$41,800,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
Not later than September 30, 1999, the House Committee on Ways and Means
shall report to the House a reconciliation bill that consists of changes in
laws within its jurisdiction such that the total level of revenues is not less
than: $1,408,500,000,000 in revenues for fiscal year 2000, $7,416,800,000,000
in revenues for fiscal years 2000 through 2004, and $16,155,700,000,000 in
revenues for fiscal years 2000 through 2009.
SEC. 5. SAFE DEPOSIT BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.
(a) FINDINGS- Congress finds that--
(1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the social security trust
funds are off-budget for purposes of the President's budget submission and
the concurrent resolution on the budget;
(2) the social security trust funds have been running surpluses for 17
years;
(3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly finance the general
operations of the Federal government;
(4) in fiscal year 2000, the social security surplus will exceed $137
billion;
(5) for the first time, a concurrent resolution on the budget balances
the Federal budget without counting social security surpluses; and
(6) the only way to ensure that social security surpluses are not
diverted for other purposes is to balance the budget exclusive of such
surpluses.
(b) POINT OF ORDER- (1) It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the
budget, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that sets forth
a deficit for any fiscal year. For purposes of this subsection, a deficit
shall be the level (if any) set forth in the most recently agreed to
concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year pursuant to section
301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In setting forth the
deficit level pursuant to such section, that level shall not include any
adjustments in aggregates that would be made pursuant to any reserve fund that
provides for adjustments in allocations and aggregates for legislation that
enhances retirement security or extends the solvency of the medicare trust
funds or makes such changes in the medicare payment or benefit structure as
are necessary.
(2) Paragraph (1) may be waived in the Senate only by the affirmative vote
of three-fifths of the Members voting.
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) legislation should be considered to augment subsection (b) by
establishing a statutory limit on debt held by the public and reducing such
limit by the amounts of the social security surpluses; and
(2) beginning with fiscal year 2000, legislation should be enacted to
require any official statement issued by the Office of Management and
Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, or any other agency or
instrumentality of the Government of surplus or deficit totals of the budget
of the Government as submitted by the President or of the surplus or deficit
totals of the congressional budget, and any description of, or reference to,
such totals in any official publication or material issued by either of such
offices or any other such agency or instrumentality, should exclude the
outlays and receipts of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance
program under title II of the Social Security Act (including the Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund) and the related provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR RETIREMENT SECURITY AND, AS NEEDED, MEDICARE.
(a) RETIREMENT SECURITY- Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is offered, or a conference
report thereon is submitted that enhances retirement security, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may--
(1) increase the appropriate allocations for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2004 and aggregates for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2009 of
new budget authority and outlays by the amount of new budget authority
provided by such measure (and outlays flowing therefrom) for such fiscal
year for that purpose; and
(2) reduce the revenue aggregates for each of fiscal years 2000 through
2009 by the amount of the revenue loss resulting from that measure for such
fiscal year for that purpose.
(b) MEDICARE PROGRAM- Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or the
Committee on Commerce of the House reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is
offered, or a conference report thereon is submitted that extends the solvency
or reforms the benefit or payment structure of the medicare program in
response to the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may increase the appropriate
allocations and aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by the amounts
provided in that bill for that purpose.
(c) LIMITATION- (1) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget may only
make adjustments under subsection (a) or (b) if the net outlay increase plus
revenue reduction resulting from any measure referred to in those subsections
(including any prior adjustments made for any other such measure) for fiscal
year 2000, the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004, or the period of
fiscal years 2000 through 2009 is not greater than an amount equal to the
projected social security surplus for such period, as set forth in the joint
explanatory statement of managers accompanying this concurrent resolution or,
if published, the midsession review for fiscal year 2000 of
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, revenue reductions shall be treated as a positive number.
(2) In the midsession review for fiscal year 2000, the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall make an up-to-date estimate of the projected
surpluses in the social security trust funds for fiscal year 2000, for the
period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004, and for the period of fiscal years
2000 through 2009.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term `social security trust funds'
means the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
SEC. 7. RESERVE FUND FOR PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL- In the House, when the Committee on Appropriations reports
a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered, or a
conference report thereon is submitted that provides new budget authority for
fiscal year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, or 2004 for programs authorized under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may increase the appropriate allocations and
aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by an amount not to exceed the
amount of new budget authority provided by that measure (and outlays flowing
therefrom) for that purpose up to the maximum amount consistent with section
611(a) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1411(a)(2)).
(b) ADJUSTMENTS- The adjustments in outlays (and the corresponding amount
of new budget authority) made under subsection (a) for any fiscal year may not
exceed the amount by which an up-to-date projection of the on-budget surplus
made by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office for that fiscal year
exceeds the on-budget surplus for that fiscal year set forth in section 2(4)
of this resolution.
(c) CBO PROJECTIONS- Upon the request of the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget of the House, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall
make an up-to-date estimate of the projected on-budget surplus for the
applicable fiscal year.
SEC. 8. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) APPLICATION- Any adjustments of allocations and aggregates made
pursuant to this resolution for any measure shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as
practicable.
(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES- Revised allocations and
aggregates resulting from these adjustments shall be considered for the
purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates
contained in this resolution.
SEC. 9. UPDATED CBO PROJECTIONS.
Each calendar quarter the Director of the Congressional Budget Office
shall make an up-to-date estimate of receipts, outlays and surplus (on-budget
and off-budget) for the current fiscal year.
SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
(a) FINDINGS- Congress finds that--
(1) persecution of individuals on the sole ground of their religious
beliefs and practices occurs in countries around the world and affects
millions of lives;
(2) such persecution violates international norms of human rights,
including those established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Helsinki
Accords, and the Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance
and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief;
(3) such persecution is abhorrent to all Americans, and our very Nation
was founded on the principle of the freedom to worship according to the
dictates of our conscience; and
(4) in 1998 Congress unanimously passed, and President Clinton signed
into law, the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which established
the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to monitor
facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom and authorized
$3,000,000 to carry out the functions of the Commission for each of fiscal
years 1999 and 2000.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) this resolution assumes that $3,000,000 will be appropriated within
function 150 for fiscal year 2000 for the United States Commission on
International Religious Freedom to carry out its duties; and
(2) the House Committee on Appropriations is strongly urged to
appropriate such amount for the Commission.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THE
CLASSROOM.
(a) FINDINGS- The House finds that--
(1) strengthening America's public schools while respecting State and
local control is critically important to the future of our children and our
Nation;
(2) education is a local responsibility, a State priority, and a
national concern;
(3) working with the Nation's governors, parents, teachers, and
principals must take place in order to strengthen public schools and foster
educational excellence;
(4) the consolidation of various Federal education programs will benefit
our Nation's children, parents, and teachers by sending more dollars
directly to the classroom; and
(5) our Nation's children deserve an educational system that will
provide opportunities to excel.
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE- It is the sense of the House that--
(1) the House should enact legislation that would consolidate thirty-one
Federal K-12 education programs; and
(2) the Department of Education, the States, and local educational
agencies should work together to ensure that not less than 95 percent of all
funds appropriated for the purpose of carrying out elementary and secondary
education programs administered by the Department of Education is spent for
our children in their classrooms.
SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.
(a) FINDINGS- Congress finds that--
(1) 33 percent of all American households have no or negative financial
assets and 60 percent of African-American households have no or negative
financial assets;
(2) 46.9 percent of all children in America live in households with no
financial assets, including 40 percent of caucasian children and 75 percent
of African-American children;
(3) in order to provide low-income families with more tools for
empowerment, incentives which encourage asset-building should be
established;
(4) across the Nation numerous small public, private, and public-private
asset-building initiatives (including individual development account
programs) are demonstrating success at empowering low-income workers;
(5) the Government currently provides middle and upper income Americans
with hundreds of billions of dollars in tax incentives for building assets;
and
(6) the Government should utilize tax laws or other measures to provide
low-income Americans with incentives to work and build assets in order to
escape poverty permanently.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that any changes in tax
law should include provisions which encourage low-income workers and their
families to save for buying their first home, starting a business, obtaining
an education, or taking other measures to prepare for the future.
SEC. 13. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND PRESERVING HOME
HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.
(a) ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE-
(1) FINDINGS- Congress finds that--
(A) 43.4 million Americans are currently without health insurance, and
that this number is expected to rise to nearly 60 million people in the
next 10 years;
(B) the cost of health insurance continues to rise, a key factor in
increasing the number of uninsured; and
(C) there is a consensus that working Americans and their families and
children will suffer from reduced access to health insurance.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE- It
is the sense of Congress that access to affordable health care coverage for
all Americans is a priority of the 106th Congress.
(b) PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICE FOR ALL MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES-
(1) FINDINGS- Congress finds that--
(A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reformed medicare home health care
spending by instructing the Health Care Financing Administration to
implement a prospective payment system and instituted an interim payment
system to achieve savings;
(B) the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1999, reformed the interim payment system to increase reimbursements
to low-cost providers, added $900 million in funding, and delayed the
automatic 15 percent payment reduction for one year, to October 1, 2000;
and
(C) patients whose care is more extensive and expensive than the
typical medicare patient do not receive supplemental payments in the
interim payment system but will receive special protection in the home
health care prospective payment system.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HOME HEALTH CARE- It is the sense of
Congress that--
(A) Congress recognizes the importance of home health care for seniors
and disabled citizens;
(B) Congress and the Administration should work together to maintain
quality care for patients whose care is more extensive and expensive than
the typical medicare patient, including the sickest and frailest medicare
beneficiaries, while home health care agencies operate in the interim
payment system; and
(C) Congress and the Administration should work together to avoid the
implementation of the 15 percent reduction in the interim payment system
and ensure timely implementation of the prospective payment
system.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICARE PAYMENT.
(a) FINDINGS- The House finds that--
(1) a goal of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 was to expand options for
medicare beneficiaries under the new Medicare+Choice program;
(2) Medicare+Choice was intended to make these choices available to all
medicare beneficiaries; and unfortunately, during the first two years of the
Medicare+Choice program the blended payment was not implemented, stifling
health care options and continuing regional disparity among many counties
across the United States; and
(3) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 also established the National
Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare to develop legislative
recommendations to address the long-term funding challenges facing
medicare.
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE- It is the sense of the House that this resolution
assumes that funding of the Medicare+Choice program is a priority for the
House Committee on the Budget before financing new programs and benefits that
may potentially add to the imbalance of payments and benefits in
Fee-for-Service Medicare and Medicare+Choice.
SEC. 15. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ASSESSMENT OF WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL- It is the sense of the House that, recognizing the need to
maximize the benefit of the Welfare-to-Work Program, the Secretary of Labor
should prepare a report on Welfare-to-Work Programs pursuant to section
403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act. This report should include information
on the following--
(1) the extent to which the funds available under such section have been
used (including the number of States that have not used any of such funds),
the types of programs that have received such funds, the number of and
characteristics of the recipients of assistance under such programs, the
goals of such programs, the duration of such programs, the costs of such
programs, any evidence of the effects of such programs on such recipients,
and accounting of the total amount expended by the States from such funds,
and the rate at which the Secretary expects such funds to be expended for
each of the fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002;
(2) with regard to the unused funds allocated for Welfare-to-Work for
each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, identify areas of the Nation that have
unmet needs for Welfare-to-Work initiatives; and
(3) identify possible Congressional action that may be taken to
reprogram Welfare-to-Work funds from States that have not utilized
previously allocated funds to places of unmet need, including those States
that have rejected or otherwise not utilized prior funding.
(b) REPORT- It is the sense of the House that, not later than October 1,
1999, the Secretary of Labor should submit to the Committee on the Budget and
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House and the Committee on Finance of
the Senate, in writing, the report described in subsection (a).
SEC. 16. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVIDING HONOR GUARD SERVICES FOR VETERANS'
FUNERALS.
It is the sense of Congress that all relevant congressional committees
should make every effort to provide sufficient resources so that an Honor
Guard, if requested, is available for veterans' funerals.
END