Strengthen Social Security and Medicare Act of 1999

Summary: Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in Congress to consider any budget resolution that would: (1) set forth an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year; or (2) decrease the on-budget surplus below a level of Medicare surplus reserve determined according to a certain formula, except for any portion of such reserve appropriated in new amounts for Medicare prescription drug benefits, or to the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm- Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend: (1) discretionary spending limits in specified amounts; (2) the pay-as-you-go requirement; (3) the Act itself; and (4) the Social Security firewall.
Declares that any legislation that would reduce, reverse, or repeal the transfers to the Trust Funds made by this Act shall not be counted on the pay-as-you-go scorecard and shall not be included in any pay- as-you-go estimates of the Congressional Budget Office or the Office of Management and Budget under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act.

s on the Budget.--Section 
301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), 
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) the receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit in the 
        Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
        Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, combined, established 
        by title II of the Social Security Act;''.
    (c) Super Majority Requirement.--
            (1) Section 904(c)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 is amended by inserting ``312(g),'' after ``310(d)(2),''.
            (2) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 is amended by inserting ``312(g),'' after ``310(d)(2),''.

SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF MEDICARE.

    (a) Points of Order to Protect Medicare.--
            (1) Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Point of Order To Protect Medicare.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
        Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent 
        resolution on the budget (or amendment, motion, or conference 
        report on the resolution) that would decrease the on-budget 
        surplus for the total of the period of fiscal years 2000 
        through 2009 below the level of the medicare surplus reserve 
        for those fiscal years as calculated in accordance with section 
        3(11).
            ``(2) Inapplicability.--This subsection shall not apply to 
        legislation that--
                    ``(A) appropriates a portion of the medicare 
                reserve for new amounts for prescription drug benefits 
                under the medicare program as part of or subsequent to 
                legislation extending the solvency of the Medicare 
                Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; or
                    ``(B) appropriates new amounts from the general 
                fund to the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.''.
            (2) Section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
        is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Enforcement of the medicare surplus reserve.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the 
                House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
                bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
                conference report that together with associated 
                interest costs would decrease the on-budget surplus for 
                the total of the period of fiscal years 2000 through 
                2009 below the level of the medicare surplus reserve 
                for those fiscal years as calculated in accordance with 
                section 3(11).
                    ``(B) Inapplicability.--This paragraph shall not 
                apply to legislation that--
                            ``(i) appropriates a portion of the 
                        medicare reserve for new amounts for 
                        prescription drug benefits under the medicare 
                        program as part of or subsequent to legislation 
                        extending the solvency of the Medicare Hospital 
                        Insurance Trust Fund; or
                            ``(ii) appropriates new amounts from the 
                        general fund to the Medicare Hospital Insurance 
                        Trust Fund.''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) The term `Medicare surplus reserve' means \1/3\ of 
        any on-budget surplus for the total of the period of the fiscal 
        years 2000 through 2009, as estimated by the Congressional 
        Budget Office in the most recent initial report for a fiscal 
        year pursuant to section 202(e).''.
    (c) Super Majority Requirement.--
            (1) Section 904(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 is amended by inserting ``301(j),'' after ``301(i),''.
            (2) Section 904(d)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 is amended by inserting ``301(j),'' after ``301(i),''.

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

    (a) Extension of Limits.--Section 215(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended, in the matter 
before subparagraph (A), by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2014''.
    (b) Extension of Amounts.--Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking 
paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), and inserting the following:
            ``(4) with respect to fiscal year 2000--
                    ``(A) for the discretionary category: 
                $535,368,000,000 in new budget authority and 
                $543,257,000,000 in outlays;
                    ``(B) for the highway category: $24,574,000,000 in 
                outlays;
                    ``(C) for the mass transit category: $4,117,000,000 
                in outlays; and
                    ``(D) for the violent crime reduction category: 
                $4,500,000,000 in new budget authority and 
                $5,564,000,000 in outlays;
            ``(5) with respect to fiscal year 2001--
                    ``(A) for the discretionary category: 
                $573,004,000,000 in new budget authority and 
                $564,931,000,000 in outlays;
                    ``(B) for the highway category: $26,234,000,000 in 
                outlays; and
                    ``(C) for the mass transit category: $4,888,000,000 
                in outlays;
            ``(6) with respect to fiscal year 2002--
                    ``(A) for the discretionary category: 
                $584,754,000,000 in new budget authority and 
                $582,516,000,000 in outlays;
                    ``(B) for the highway category: $26,655,000,000 in 
                outlays; and
                    ``(C) for the mass transit category: $5,384,000,000 
                in outlays;
            ``(7) with respect to fiscal year 2003--
                    ``(A) for the discretionary category: 
                $590,800,000,000 in new budget authority and 
                $587,642,000,000 in outlays;
                    ``(B) for the highway category: $27,041,000,000 in 
                outlays; and
                    ``(C) for the mass transit category: $6,124,000,000 
                in outlays;
            ``(8) with respect to fiscal year 2004, for the 
        discretionary category: $604,319,000,000 in the new budget 
        authority and $634,039,000,000 in outlays;
            ``(9) with respect to fiscal year 2005, for the 
        discretionary category: $616,496,000,000 in new budget 
        authority and $653,530,000,000 in outlays;
            ``(10) with respect to fiscal year 2006, for the 
        discretionary category: $630,722,000,000 in new budget 
        authority and $671,530,000,000 in outlays;
            ``(11) with respect to fiscal year 2007, for the 
        discretionary category: $644,525,000,000 in new budget 
        authority and $687,532,000,000 in outlays;
            ``(12) with respect to fiscal year 2008, for the 
        discretionary category: $663,611,000,000 in the new budget 
        authority and $704,534,000,000 in outlays; and
            ``(13) with respect to fiscal year 2009, for the 
        discretionary category: $678,019,000,000 in new budget 
        authority and $721,215,000,000 in outlays;
as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection (b). With respect to 
fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, the term 
`discretionary spending limit' means, for the discretionary category, 
the baseline amount calculated pursuant to the requirements of section 
257(c), as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection(b).''.

SEC. 7. EXTENSION AND CLARIFICATION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENT.

    Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``October 1, 2002'' and 
        inserting ``October 1, 2014'' and by inserting ``or decreases 
        the surplus'' after ``increases the deficit'';
            (2)(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``October 1, 
        2002'' and inserting ``October 1, 2014'' and by inserting ``or 
        any net surplus decrease'' after ``any net deficit increase'';
            (B) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (i) in the side heading, by inserting ``or surplus 
                decrease'' after ``deficit increase'';
                    (ii) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``or surplus'' after ``deficit''; and
                    (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or 
                surplus'' after ``net deficit''; and
            (C) in the heading of subsection (c), by inserting ``or 
        Surplus'' after ``Deficit Increase''.

SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT.

    Section 275(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended by striking ``September 30, 2002'' and inserting 
``September 30, 2014'' and by striking ``September 30, 2006'' and 
inserting ``September 30, 2018''.

SEC. 9 EXTENSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY FIREWALL IN CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 
              ACT.

    Section 904(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended 
by striking ``September 30, 2002'' and inserting ``September 30, 
2014''.

SEC. 10. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY INTEREST SAVINGS TRANSFERS.

    (a) Definition of Deficit and Surplus Under Budget Enforcement 
Act.--Section 250(c)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting ``surplus'' before ``and 
`deficit'''.
    (b) Reduction or Reversal of Social Security Transfers not To Be 
Counted As Pay-As-You-Go Offset.--Any legislation that would reduce, 
reverse, or repeal the transfers to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund 
made by section 201(n) of the Social Security Act (as added by section 
3 of this Act) shall not be counted on the pay-as-you-go scorecard and 
shall not be included in any pay-as-you-go estimates made by the 
Congressional Budget Office of the Office or the Office of Management 
and Budget under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    (c) Conforming Changes.--Section 252(d)(4) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by--
            (1) striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) provisions that reduce, reverse, or repeal 
                transfers under section 201(n) of the Social Security 
                Act.''.

SEC. 11. CONFORMING CHANGES.

    (a) Reports.--Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or 
                surplus'' after ``deficits'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or 
                surplus'' after ``deficits''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``or surplus 
                decrease'' after ``deficit increase'';
            (2) in subsection (f)(4), by inserting `'or surplus'' after 
        ``deficit''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ``2002'' and 
        inserting ``2009''.
    (b) Orders.--The first sentence of section 258A(a) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by 
inserting ``or increase the surplus'' after ``deficit''.
    (c) Process.--Section 258(C)(a) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or surplus increase'' 
        after ``deficit reduction'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or increase in the 
        surplus'' after ``reduction in the deficit''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or surplus increase'' 
        after deficit reductions''.