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Calendar No. 238 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 25 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 

for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 

for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 13, 2017 

Mr. ENZI, from the Committee on the Budget, reported under authority of 

the order of the Senate of October 5, 2017, the following original concurrent resolution; which was placed on the calendar 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 

Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the 

appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 

through 2027. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018. 

5 (a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this reso6 lution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 


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1 year 2018 and that this resolution sets forth the appro2 priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. 

3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

4 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in Both Houses 

Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 1102. Major functional categories. 

Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in the Senate 

Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate. 

Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the Senate. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the Senate. 

Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 3001. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect flexible and affordable health 

care for all. 

Sec. 3002. Revenue-neutral reserve fund to reform the American tax system. 

Sec. 3003. Reserve fund for reconciliation legislation. 

Sec. 3004. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending the State Children’s 

Health Insurance Program. 

Sec. 3005. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen American families. 

Sec. 3006. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote innovative educational and 

nutritional models and systems for American students. 

Sec. 3007. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the American banking system. 

Sec. 3008. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote American agriculture, energy, transportation, and infrastructure improvements. 

Sec. 3009. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to restore American military power. 

Sec. 3010. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and service members. 

Sec. 3011. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for public lands and the environment. 

Sec. 3012. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to secure the American border. 

Sec. 3013. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote economic growth, the private 

sector, and to enhance job creation. 

Sec. 3014. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation modifying statutory budgetary controls. 

Sec. 3015. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the taxpayer bailout of pension plans. 

Sec. 3016. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to implementing work requirements in all means-tested Federal welfare programs. 

Sec. 3017. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicare and repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board. 


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Sec. 3018. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to affordable child and dependent care. 

Sec. 3019. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to worker training programs. 

Sec. 3020. Reserve fund for legislation to provide disaster funds for relief and 

recovery efforts to areas devastated by hurricanes and flooding 

in 2017. 

TITLE IV—BUDGET PROCESS 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

Sec. 4101. Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate. 

Sec. 4102. Point of order against certain changes in mandatory programs. 

Sec. 4103. Point of order against provisions that constitute changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund. 

Sec. 4104. Point of order against designation of funds for overseas contingency 

operations. 

Sec. 4105. Point of order against reconciliation amendments with unknown 

budgetary effects. 

Sec. 4106. Pay-As-You-Go point of order in the Senate. 

Sec. 4107. Honest accounting: cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate macroeconomic effects. 

Sec. 4108. Adjustment authority for amendments to statutory caps. 

Sec. 4109. Adjustment for wildfire suppression funding in the Senate. 

Sec. 4110. Adjustment for improved oversight of spending. 

Sec. 4111. Repeal of certain limitations. 

Sec. 4112. Emergency legislation. 

Sec. 4113. Enforcement filing in the Senate. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

Sec. 4201. Oversight of Government performance. 

Sec. 4202. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 4203. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 4204. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 4205. Adjustments to reflect legislation not included in the baseline. 

Sec. 4206. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in 

4 Both Houses 

5 SEC. 1101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

6 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

7 each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027: 


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1 (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 

2 enforcement of this resolution: 

3 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

4 revenues are as follows: 

5 Fiscal year 2018: $2,490,936,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2019: $2,613,683,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2020: $2,755,381,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: $2,883,381,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: $3,015,847,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2023: $3,162,063,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2024: $3,306,948,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: $3,463,269,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2026: $3,654,829,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2027: $3,825,184,000,000. 

15 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

16 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

17 are as follows: 

18 Fiscal year 2018: ¥$167,200,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2019: ¥$169,500,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: ¥$166,000,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: ¥$165,200,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2022: ¥$166,400,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2023: ¥$167,700,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: ¥$169,800,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2025: ¥$172,200,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2026: ¥$146,400,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2027: ¥$145,000,000,000. 

3 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

4 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

5 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

6 Fiscal year 2018: $3,136,721,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2019: $3,220,542,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: $3,319,687,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: $3,344,861,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2022: $3,501,231,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2023: $3,563,762,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: $3,607,752,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: $3,753,919,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2026: $3,851,463,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2027: $3,942,710,000,000. 

16 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 

17 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

18 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

19 Fiscal year 2018: $3,131,688,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: $3,233,119,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: $3,310,579,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: $3,370,283,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: $3,486,230,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: $3,532,290,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: $3,561,834,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2025: $3,710,120,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2026: $3,810,435,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2027: $3,903,041,000,000. 

4 (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce5 ment of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits 

6 are as follows: 

7 Fiscal year 2018: $640,752,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: $619,436,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: $555,198,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2021: $486,902,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2022: $470,383,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: $370,227,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2024: $254,886,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2025: $246,851,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2026: $155,606,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2027: $77,857,000,000. 

17 (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section 

18 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

19 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)(5)), the appropriate levels of the 

20 public debt are as follows: 

21 Fiscal year 2018: $21,278,691,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2019: $22,063,363,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2020: $22,760,763,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2021: $23,396,024,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: $23,992,408,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2023: $24,508,029,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2024: $24,953,195,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2025: $25,375,994,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: $25,777,513,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2027: $25,999,469,000,000. 

6 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro7 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

8 Fiscal year 2018: $15,595,294,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: $16,281,015,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2020: $16,933,381,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2021: $17,553,196,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: $18,188,386,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2023: $18,765,097,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2024: $19,269,019,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2025: $19,809,369,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: $20,307,841,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2027: $20,780,452,000,000. 

18 SEC. 1102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

19 Congress determines and declares that the appro20 priate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 

21 years 2018 through 2027 for each major functional cat22 egory are: 

23 (1) National Defense (050): 

24 Fiscal year 2018: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $557,253,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $569,287,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $570,316,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $568,721,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $584,504,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $574,347,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $598,730,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $584,706,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $613,707,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $601,894,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $629,014,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $611,538,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $644,732,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $621,649,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $660,854,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $641,891,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $678,183,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $658,658,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $695,076,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $675,108,000,000. 

16 (2) International Affairs (150): 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $45,157,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $44,985,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $43,978,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $43,114,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $44,042,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $42,992,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $44,060,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $42,702,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $43,161,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $42,743,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $44,183,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $43,045,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $45,222,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $43,511,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $46,283,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $44,062,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $47,394,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $44,844,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $48,467,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $45,676,000,000. 

8 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

9 (250): 

10 Fiscal year 2018: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $32,565,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $31,909,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $33,238,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $32,561,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $33,908,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $33,191,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $34,637,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $33,864,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $35,401,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $34,666,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $36,165,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $35,427,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $36,940,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $36,167,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $37,775,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $36,956,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2026: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $38,617,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $37,773,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2027: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $39,464,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $38,597,000,000. 

25 (4) Energy (270): 


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1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 ¥$762,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $2,686,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $4,392,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $2,869,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $4,737,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $3,529,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $4,615,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $3,558,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $3,363,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $2,268,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $3,069,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $1,994,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $3,090,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $2,085,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $3,106,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $2,168,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $3,153,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $2,264,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $3,238,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $2,442,000,000. 

16 (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $40,489,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $40,597,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $42,110,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $42,293,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $43,533,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $43,420,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $43,091,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $42,742,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $45,022,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $44,194,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $45,716,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $44,767,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $46,080,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $45,125,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $47,575,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $46,581,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $48,511,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $47,501,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $49,280,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $48,326,000,000. 

8 (6) Agriculture (350): 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $22,063,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $21,979,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $21,564,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $19,898,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $20,372,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $18,450,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $19,284,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $18,540,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $18,743,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $18,135,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $18,894,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $18,354,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $19,311,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $18,638,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $19,881,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $19,112,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $20,173,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $19,439,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $20,280,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $19,542,000,000. 

24 (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $9,379,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$4,060,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $12,090,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $2,554,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $7,997,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$646,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $5,359,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$2,364,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $7,393,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$2,715,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 ¥$3,254,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$14,163,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$4,648,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$16,202,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$4,817,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$17,747,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$6,228,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$19,133,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$6,816,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$19,990,000,000. 

16 (8) Transportation (400): 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $89,125,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $92,875,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $90,538,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $92,393,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $84,687,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $93,064,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $40,062,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $81,597,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $71,003,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $69,791,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $71,930,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $74,521,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $73,370,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $76,450,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $74,843,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $76,523,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $76,345,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $76,895,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $77,831,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $78,001,000,000. 

8 (9) Community and Regional Development 

9 (450): 

10 Fiscal year 2018: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $19,018,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $21,697,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $19,281,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $20,600,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $19,435,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $19,518,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $19,690,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $18,867,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $19,778,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $18,506,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $20,061,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $18,041,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $20,347,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $18,277,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $20,669,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $18,831,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2026: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $20,985,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $19,353,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2027: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $21,304,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $19,932,000,000. 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

2 Social Services (500): 

3 Fiscal year 2018: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $90,224,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $99,348,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2019: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $100,086,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $98,799,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2020: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $101,018,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $101,064,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2021: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $102,034,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $102,218,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2022: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $102,700,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $103,178,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2023: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $102,725,000,000. 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (B) Outlays, $103,653,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2024: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $103,012,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $103,960,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2025: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $103,798,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $104,747,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2026: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $104,942,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $105,921,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2027: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $106,473,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $107,433,000,000. 

18 (11) Health (550): 

19 Fiscal year 2018: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $546,598,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $558,311,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2019: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $560,622,000,000. 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (B) Outlays, $563,293,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2020: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $578,838,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $570,311,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2021: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $574,616,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $575,040,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2022: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $586,530,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $583,769,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2023: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $601,742,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $599,099,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2024: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $605,811,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $603,443,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2025: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $617,220,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $614,728,000,000. 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2026: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $633,890,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $630,824,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2027: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $652,230,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $653,552,000,000. 

9 (12) Medicare (570): 

10 Fiscal year 2018: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $586,239,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $585,962,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $643,592,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $643,374,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $687,119,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $686,926,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $734,446,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $734,241,000,000. 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $819,300,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $819,073,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $833,885,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $833,669,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $845,578,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $845,355,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $934,429,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $934,186,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2026: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $1,002,522,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $1,002,272,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2027: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $1,066,566,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $1,066,321,000,000. 

25 (13) Income Security (600): 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $491,978,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $477,537,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $490,106,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $479,627,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $493,118,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $482,945,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $494,706,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $485,536,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $497,021,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $494,507,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $506,711,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $499,405,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $515,692,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $502,742,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $531,668,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $520,169,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $544,483,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $538,620,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $557,641,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $548,723,000,000. 

16 (14) Social Security (650): 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $39,683,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $39,683,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $43,091,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $43,091,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $46,182,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $46,182,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $49,460,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $49,460,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $52,915,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $52,915,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $56,734,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $56,734,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $60,953,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $60,953,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $65,424,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $65,424,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $69,757,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $69,757,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $74,173,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $74,173,000,000. 

8 (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $176,446,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $177,393,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $191,376,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $189,441,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $198,336,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $196,338,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $205,001,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $202,930,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $221,481,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $219,320,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $219,424,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $216,903,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $216,519,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $214,343,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $234,741,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $232,535,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $242,559,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $240,210,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $251,142,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $248,884,000,000. 

24 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $65,038,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $61,006,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $64,244,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $64,504,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $64,377,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $66,523,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $65,866,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $69,272,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $67,069,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $69,488,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $68,813,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $69,657,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $70,592,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $70,232,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $72,432,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $71,865,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $74,233,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $73,500,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $76,093,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $75,382,000,000. 

16 (17) General Government (800): 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $24,675,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $24,889,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $25,518,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $25,642,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $25,989,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $25,994,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $26,649,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $26,358,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $27,311,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $26,973,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $27,972,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $27,608,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $28,485,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $28,134,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $29,255,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $28,830,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $30,052,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $29,610,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $30,827,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $30,382,000,000. 

8 (18) Net Interest (900): 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $388,767,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $388,767,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $441,158,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $441,158,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $497,893,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $497,893,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $546,206,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $546,206,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $589,086,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $589,086,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $630,179,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $630,179,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $664,060,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $664,060,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $691,250,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $691,250,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $716,494,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $716,494,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $736,146,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $736,146,000,000. 

24 (19) Allowances (920): 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$68,576,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$51,055,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$133,357,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$96,088,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$145,919,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$130,658,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$176,695,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$166,918,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 ¥$218,460,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$209,169,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 ¥$247,892,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$238,885,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$276,275,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$266,915,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$307,701,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$297,489,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$366,270,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$356,035,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$415,402,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$404,286,000,000. 

16 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 ¥$95,229,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, ¥$95,229,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 ¥$93,401,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$93,401,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$95,479,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$95,479,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$98,956,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$98,956,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$101,293,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$101,293,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$102,309,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$102,309,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 ¥$111,119,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$111,119,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 ¥$124,766,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$124,766,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$128,332,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$128,332,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$141,303,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$141,303,000,000. 

8 (21) Overseas Contingency Operations (970): 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $76,591,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $43,121,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $50,000,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $48,676,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $25,000,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $34,675,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $12,000,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $20,684,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

2 (B) Outlays, $8,901,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2023: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

5 (B) Outlays, $3,053,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2024: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

8 (B) Outlays, $946,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2025: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

11 (B) Outlays, $264,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

14 (B) Outlays, $0. 

15 Fiscal year 2027: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

17 (B) Outlays, $0. 

18 Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in 

19 the Senate 

20 SEC. 1201. SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SENATE. 

21 (a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For purposes of 

22 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

23 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 

24 642), the amounts of revenues of the Federal Old-Age and 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis2 ability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows: 

3 Fiscal year 2018: $873,312,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: $903,381,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: $932,055,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2021: $962,698,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2022: $996,127,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: $1,031,653,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: $1,068,529,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2025: $1,106,862,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2026: $1,146,803,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: $1,188,060,000,000. 

13 (b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of 

14 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

15 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 

16 642), the amounts of outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

17 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis18 ability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows: 

19 Fiscal year 2018: $849,609,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: $909,109,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: $972,776,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: $1,040,108,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: $1,111,446,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: $1,188,081,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: $1,266,786,000,000. 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2025: $1,349,334,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2026: $1,437,032,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2027: $1,530,362,000,000. 

4 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX5 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au6 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

7 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis8 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

9 are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2018: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $5,553,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $5,584,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $5,716,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $5,713,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $5,888,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $5,856,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $6,062,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $6,029,000,000. 


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•SCON 25 PCS 

1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $6,241,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $6,207,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $6,426,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $6,392,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $6,617,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $6,581,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $6,816,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $6,779,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2026: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $7,024,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $6,985,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2027: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $7,233,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $7,194,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 1202. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRA2 TIVE EXPENSES IN THE SENATE. 

3 In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority 

4 and budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary 

5 administrative expenses are as follows: 

6 Fiscal year 2018: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $281,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $281,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $290,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $290,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $301,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $301,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2021: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $311,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $311,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2022: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $322,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $322,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $333,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $333,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $344,000,000. 

26 (B) Outlays, $343,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2025: 

2 (A) New budget authority, $356,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $355,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, $369,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $368,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2027: 

8 (A) New budget authority, $380,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $379,000,000. 

10 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

11 SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE. 

12 (a) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—The Committee on 

13 Finance of the Senate shall report changes in laws within 

14 its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 

15 $1,500,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 

16 through 2027. 

17 (b) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RE18 SOURCES.—The Committee on Energy and Natural Re19 sources of the Senate shall report changes in laws within 

20 its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than 

21 $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 

22 through 2027. 

23 (c) SUBMISSIONS.—In the Senate, not later than No24 vember 13, 2017, the Committees named in subsections 

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1 Committee on the Budget of the Senate. Upon receiving 

2 such recommendations, the Committee on the Budget of 

3 the Senate shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill 

4 carrying out all such recommendations without any sub5 stantive revision. 

6 SEC. 2002. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP7 RESENTATIVES. 

8 (a) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The Com9 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representa10 tives shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction 

11 that increase the deficit by not more than 

12 $1,500,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 

13 through 2027. 

14 (b) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.—The 

15 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep16 resentatives shall submit changes in laws within its juris17 diction to reduce the deficit by not less than 

18 $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 

19 through 2027. 

20 (c) SUBMISSIONS.—In the House of Representatives, 

21 not later than November 13, 2017, the committees named 

22 in subsections (a) and (b) shall submit their recommenda23 tions to the Committee on the Budget of the House of 

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1 TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

2 SEC. 3001. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

3 FLEXIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE 

4 FOR ALL. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you9 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend10 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con11 ference reports relating to repealing or replacing the Pa12 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 

13 111–148; 124 Stat. 119) and the Health Care and Edu14 cation Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152; 

15 124 Stat. 1029), by the amounts provided in such legisla16 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

17 would not increase the deficit over the period of the total 

18 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

19 SEC. 3002. REVENUE-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM 

20 THE AMERICAN TAX SYSTEM. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

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1 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con2 ference reports relating to reforming the Internal Revenue 

3 Code of 1986, which may include— 

4 (1) tax relief for middle-income working Ameri5 cans; 

6 (2) lowering taxes on families with children; or 

7 (3) incentivizing companies to invest domesti8 cally and create jobs in the United States, 

9 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur10 poses, provided that such legislation is revenue neutral 

11 and would not increase the deficit over the period of the 

12 total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

13 SEC. 3003. RESERVE FUND FOR RECONCILIATION LEGISLA14 TION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman of the Committee 

16 on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations 

17 of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other ap18 propriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments 

19 to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for any bill or joint resolution 

20 considered pursuant to section 2001 containing the rec21 ommendations of one or more committees, or for one or 

22 more amendments to, a conference report on, or an 

23 amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill 

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1 etary effects of the legislation comply with the reconcili2 ation instructions under this concurrent resolution. 

3 (b) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.—For pur4 poses of this section, compliance with the reconciliation 

5 instructions under this concurrent resolution shall be de6 termined by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budg7 et of the Senate. 

8 (c) EXCEPTION FOR LEGISLATION.—Section 404(a) 

9 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent reso10 lution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, shall not apply 

11 to legislation for which the Chairman of the Committee 

12 on the Budget of the Senate has exercised the authority 

13 under subsection (a). 

14 SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EXTEND15 ING THE STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSUR16 ANCE PROGRAM. 

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

18 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

19 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

20 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you21 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend22 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con23 ference reports relating to an extension of the State Chil24 dren’s Health Insurance Program, by the amounts pro25 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 


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1 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

2 the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 

3 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 

4 2027. 

5 SEC. 3005. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO 

6 STRENGTHEN AMERICAN FAMILIES. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you11 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend12 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con13 ference reports relating to— 

14 (1) addressing the opioid and substance abuse 

15 crisis; 

16 (2) protecting and assisting victims of domestic 

17 abuse; 

18 (3) foster care, child care, marriage, and father19 hood programs; 

20 (4) making it easier to save for retirement; 

21 (5) reforming the American public housing sys22 tem; 

23 (6) the Community Development Block Grant 

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25 (7) extending expiring health care provisions, 


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1 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur2 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

3 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

4 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

5 years 2018 through 2027. 

6 SEC. 3006. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE 

7 INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL AND NUTRI8 TIONAL MODELS AND SYSTEMS FOR AMER9 ICAN STUDENTS. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you14 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend15 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con16 ference reports relating to— 

17 (1) amending the Higher Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); 

19 (2) ensuring State flexibility in education; 

20 (3) enhancing outcomes with Federal workforce 

21 development, job training, and reemployment pro22 grams; 

23 (4) the consolidation and streamlining of over24 lapping early learning and child care programs; 


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1 (5) educational programs for individuals with 

2 disabilities; or 

3 (6) child nutrition programs, 

4 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur5 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

6 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

7 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

8 years 2018 through 2027. 

9 SEC. 3007. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE 

10 THE AMERICAN BANKING SYSTEM. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you15 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend16 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con17 ference reports relating to the American banking system 

18 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur19 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

20 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

21 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

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1 SEC. 3008. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE 

2 AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TRANS3 PORTATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IM4 PROVEMENTS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you9 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend10 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con11 ference reports relating to— 

12 (1) the Farm Bill; 

13 (2) American energy policies; 

14 (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

15 (4) North American energy development; 

16 (5) infrastructure, transportation, and water 

17 development; 

18 (6) the Federal Aviation Administration; 

19 (7) the National Flood Insurance Program; 

20 (8) State mineral royalty revenues; or 

21 (9) soda ash royalties, 

22 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur23 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

24 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

25 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

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1 SEC. 3009. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO RESTORE 

2 AMERICAN MILITARY POWER. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

4 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

5 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

6 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you7 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend8 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con9 ference reports relating to— 

10 (1) improving military readiness, including de11 ferred Facilities Sustainment Restoration and Mod12 ernization; 

13 (2) military technological superiority; 

14 (3) structural defense reforms; or 

15 (4) strengthening cybersecurity efforts, 

16 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur17 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

18 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

19 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

20 years 2018 through 2027. 

21 SEC. 3010. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR VET22 ERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

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1 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend2 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con3 ference reports relating to improving the delivery of bene4 fits and services to veterans and service members by the 

5 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

6 provided that such legislation would not increase the def7 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

8 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

9 2018 through 2027. 

10 SEC. 3011. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PUBLIC 

11 LANDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 

12 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

13 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

14 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

15 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you16 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend17 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con18 ference reports relating to— 

19 (1) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

20 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 

21 (2) forest health and wildfire prevention and 

22 control; 

23 (3) resources for wildland firefighting for the 

24 Forest Service and Department of Interior; 

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1 (5) the secure rural schools and community 

2 self-determination program, 

3 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur4 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

5 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

6 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

7 years 2018 through 2027. 

8 SEC. 3012. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SECURE 

9 THE AMERICAN BORDER. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you14 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend15 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con16 ference reports relating to— 

17 (1) securing the border of the United States; 

18 (2) ending human trafficking; or 

19 (3) stopping the transportation of narcotics into 

20 the United States, 

21 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur22 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

23 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

24 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

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1 SEC. 3013. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE 

2 ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, 

3 AND TO ENHANCE JOB CREATION. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you8 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend9 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con10 ference reports relating to— 

11 (1) reducing costs to businesses and individuals 

12 stemming from Federal regulations; 

13 (2) increasing commerce and economic growth; 

14 or 

15 (3) enhancing job creation, 

16 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur17 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

18 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

19 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

20 years 2018 through 2027. 

21 SEC. 3014. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LEGIS22 LATION MODIFYING STATUTORY BUDGETARY 

23 CONTROLS. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

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1 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you2 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend3 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con4 ference reports relating to modifying statutory budget con5 trols, which may include adjustments to the discretionary 

6 spending limits and changes to the scope of sequestration 

7 as carried out by the Office of Management and Budget, 

8 such as for the Financial Accounting Standards Board, 

9 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Securities 

10 Investor Protection Corporation, and other similar enti11 ties, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

12 purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

13 the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

14 through 2027. 

15 SEC. 3015. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT 

16 THE TAXPAYER BAILOUT OF PENSION PLANS. 

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

18 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

19 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

20 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you21 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend22 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con23 ference reports relating to the prevention of taxpayer bail24 out of pension plans, by the amounts provided in such leg25 islation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 


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1 would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 

2 total of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 or the period of 

3 the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

4 SEC. 3016. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

5 IMPLEMENTING WORK REQUIREMENTS IN 

6 ALL MEANS-TESTED FEDERAL WELFARE PRO7 GRAMS. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you12 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend13 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con14 ference reports relating to implementing work require15 ments in all means-tested Federal welfare programs by the 

16 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

17 provided that such legislation would not increase the def18 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

19 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

20 2018 through 2027. 

21 SEC. 3017. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

22 MEDICARE AND REPEAL THE INDEPENDENT 

23 PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

2 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you3 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend4 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con5 ference reports relating to protecting the Medicare pro6 gram under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), which may include repealing the 

8 Independent Payment Advisory Board established under 

9 section 1899A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395kkk), by the 

10 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

11 provided that such legislation would not increase the def12 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

13 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

14 2018 through 2027. 

15 SEC. 3018. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

16 AFFORDABLE CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE. 

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

18 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

19 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

20 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you21 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend22 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con23 ference reports relating to making the cost of child and 

24 dependent care more affordable and useful for American 

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1 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

2 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

3 fiscal years 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total 

4 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

5 SEC. 3019. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

6 WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you11 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend12 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con13 ference reports relating to worker training programs, such 

14 as training programs that target workers that need ad15 vanced skills to progress in their current profession or ap16 prenticeship or certificate programs that provide retrain17 ing for a new industry, by the amounts provided in such 

18 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla19 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

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1 SEC. 3020. RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE 

2 DISASTER FUNDS FOR RELIEF AND RECOV3 ERY EFFORTS TO AREAS DEVASTATED BY 

4 HURRICANES AND FLOODING IN 2017. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you9 go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amend10 ments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or con11 ference reports relating to providing disaster funds for re12 lief and recovery to areas devastated by hurricanes and 

13 flooding in 2017, by the amounts necessary to accommo14 date the budgetary effects of the legislation. 

15 TITLE IV—BUDGET PROCESS 

16 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

17 SEC. 4101. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPRO18 PRIATIONS IN THE SENATE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

20 (1) POINT OF ORDER.—Except as provided in 

21 subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the Senate 

22 to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amend23 ment, amendment between the Houses, or con24 ference report that would provide an advance appro25 priation for a discretionary account. 


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1 (2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

2 ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new budget au3 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making 

4 appropriations for fiscal year 2018 that first be5 comes available for any fiscal year after 2018, or 

6 any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint 

7 resolution making general appropriations or con8 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, that first 

9 becomes available for any fiscal year after 2019. 

10 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be 

11 provided— 

12 (1) for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 for pro13 grams, projects, activities, or accounts identified in 

14 the joint explanatory statement of managers accom15 panying this concurrent resolution under the head16 ing ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropria17 tions’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed 

18 $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority in each 

19 fiscal year; 

20 (2) for the Corporation for Public Broad21 casting; and 

22 (3) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 

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1 ical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Ad2 ministration. 

3 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

4 (1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsection (a) 

5 may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative 

6 vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and 

7 sworn. 

8 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three9 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

10 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the 

11 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

12 subsection (a). 

13 (d) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order 

14 under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as pro15 vided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act 

16 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

17 (e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

18 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be19 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 

20 upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant 

21 to this section, and such point of order being sustained, 

22 such material contained in such conference report or 

23 House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

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1 ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment with 

2 a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 

3 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the con4 ference report or House amendment, as the case may be, 

5 not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be 

6 debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sus7 tained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 

8 derived from such conference report by operation of this 

9 subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 

10 SEC. 4102. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN CHANGES 

11 IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS. 

12 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

13 ‘‘CHIMP’’ means a provision that— 

14 (1) would have been estimated as affecting di15 rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 

16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

17 Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in effect prior to 

18 September 30, 2002) if the provision was included 

19 in legislation other than appropriation Acts; and 

20 (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority 

21 in the budget year, but does not result in a net de22 crease in outlays over the period of the total of the 

23 current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years 

24 covered under the most recently adopted concurrent 

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1 (b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in 

3 the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution mak4 ing appropriations for a full fiscal year, or an 

5 amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses 

6 in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or mo7 tion thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if en8 acted, would cause the absolute value of the total 

9 budget authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in re10 lation to a full fiscal year to be more than the 

11 amount specified in paragraph (2). 

12 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 

13 paragraph is— 

14 (A) for fiscal year 2018, $17,000,000,000; 

15 (B) for fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000,000; 

16 and 

17 (C) for fiscal year 2020, $15,000,000,000. 

18 (c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, 

19 budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti20 mates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the 

21 Budget of the Senate. 

22 (d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE

23 SENATE.—In the Senate, subsection (b) may be waived 

24 or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths 

25 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 


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1 vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 

2 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal 

3 of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

4 subsection (b). 

5 (e) SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS

6 OF APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION THAT CONSTITUTE

7 CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS WITH NET

8 COSTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3103 of S. Con. Res. 

10 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 

11 the budget for fiscal year 2016, is repealed. 

12 (2) APPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 

13 314 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the con14 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

15 2009, shall be applied and administered as if section 

16 3103(e) of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress), the 

17 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

18 2016, had not been enacted. 

19 SEC. 4103. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS THAT 

20 CONSTITUTE CHANGES IN MANDATORY PRO21 GRAMS AFFECTING THE CRIME VICTIMS 

22 FUND. 

23 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section— 

24 (1) the term ‘‘CHIMP’’ has the meaning given 

25 such term in section 4102(a); and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘Crime Victims Fund’’ means the 

2 Crime Victims Fund established under section 1402 

3 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 

4 20101). 

5 (b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid7 ering a bill or joint resolution making full-year ap8 propriations for fiscal year 2018, or an amendment 

9 thereto, amendment between the Houses in relation 

10 thereto, conference report thereon, or motion there11 on, if a point of order is made by a Senator against 

12 a provision containing a CHIMP affecting the Crime 

13 Victims Fund that, if enacted, would cause the abso14 lute value of the total budget authority of all 

15 CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims Fund in rela16 tion to fiscal year 2018 to be more than 

17 $11,224,000,000, and the point of order is sustained 

18 by the Chair, that provision shall be stricken from 

19 the measure and may not be offered as an amend20 ment from the floor. 

21 (2) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point 

22 of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a 

23 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 


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1 (3) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 

2 is considering a conference report on, or an amend3 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or 

4 joint resolution, upon a point of order being made 

5 by any Senator pursuant to paragraph (1), and such 

6 point of order being sustained, such material con7 tained in such conference report or House amend8 ment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed 

9 to consider the question of whether the Senate shall 

10 recede from its amendment and concur with a fur11 ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment 

12 with a further amendment, as the case may be, 

13 which further amendment shall consist of only that 

14 portion of the conference report or House amend15 ment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such 

16 motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case 

17 in which such point of order is sustained against a 

18 conference report (or Senate amendment derived 

19 from such conference report by operation of this 

20 subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 

21 (4) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—In 

22 the Senate, this subsection may be waived or sus23 pended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

24 the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 

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1 chosen and sworn shall be required to sustain an ap2 peal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 

3 raised under this subsection. 

4 (5) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this 

5 subsection, budgetary levels shall be determined on 

6 the basis of estimates provided by the Chairman of 

7 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

8 (c) REVIEW OF PROCEDURES REGARDING CHIMPS.— 

9 The Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Ap10 propriations of the Senate shall review existing budget en11 forcement procedures regarding CHIMPs included in ap12 propriations legislation. These committees of jurisdiction 

13 should consult with other relevant committees of jurisdic14 tion and other interested parties to review such proce15 dures, including for Crime Victims Fund spending, and 

16 include any agreed upon recommendations in subsequent 

17 concurrent resolutions on the budget. 

18 SEC. 4104. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST DESIGNATION OF 

19 FUNDS FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER20 ATIONS. 

21 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is consid22 ering a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amend23 ment between the Houses, or conference report, if a point 

24 of order is made by a Senator against a provision that 

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1 gency operations, in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A) 

2 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

3 Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)), and the point of 

4 order is sustained by the Chair, that provision shall be 

5 stricken from the measure and may not be offered as an 

6 amendment from the floor. 

7 (b) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 

8 order under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator 

9 as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget 

10 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

11 (c) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

12 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be13 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 

14 upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant 

15 to subsection (a), and such point of order being sustained, 

16 such material contained in such conference report or 

17 House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

18 proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 

19 shall recede from its amendment and concur with a fur20 ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment with 

21 a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 

22 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the con23 ference report or House amendment, as the case may be, 

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1 tained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 

2 derived from such conference report by operation of this 

3 subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 

4 (d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—In the 

5 Senate, this section may be waived or suspended only by 

6 an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

7 chose and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

8 Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be 

9 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair 

10 on a point of order raised under this section. 

11 (e) SUSPENSION OF POINT OF ORDER.—This section 

12 shall not apply if a declaration of war by Congress is in 

13 effect. 

14 SEC. 4105. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION 

15 AMENDMENTS WITH UNKNOWN BUDGETARY 

16 EFFECTS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not be in 

18 order to consider an amendment to or motion on a bill 

19 or joint resolution considered pursuant to section 2001 if 

20 the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget submits 

21 a written statement for the Congressional Record indi22 cating that the Chairman, after consultation with the 

23 Ranking Member of the Committee on the Budget, is un24 able to determine the effect the amendment or motion 


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1 would have on budget authority, outlays, direct spending, 

2 entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, or surpluses. 

3 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE

4 SENATE.—In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived 

5 or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths 

6 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 

7 vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 

8 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal 

9 of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

10 subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 4106. PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER IN THE SEN12 ATE. 

13 (a) POINT OF ORDER.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in 

15 the Senate to consider any direct spending or rev16 enue legislation that would increase the on-budget 

17 deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for any of the 

18 applicable time periods as measured in paragraphs 

19 (5) and (6). 

20 (2) APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS.—For purposes 

21 of this subsection, the term ‘‘applicable time period’’ 

22 means any of— 

23 (A) the period of the current fiscal year; 

24 (B) the period of the budget year; 


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1 (C) the period of the current fiscal year, 

2 the budget year, and the ensuing 4 fiscal years 

3 following the budget year; or 

4 (D) the period of the current fiscal year, 

5 the budget year, and the ensuing 9 fiscal years 

6 following the budget year. 

7 (3) DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION.—For pur8 poses of this subsection and except as provided in 

9 paragraph (4), the term ‘‘direct spending legisla10 tion’’ means any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

11 motion, or conference report that affects direct 

12 spending as that term is defined by, and interpreted 

13 for purposes of, the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et 

15 seq.). 

16 (4) EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this sub17 section, the terms ‘‘direct spending legislation’’ and 

18 ‘‘revenue legislation’’ do not include— 

19 (A) any concurrent resolution on the budg20 et; or 

21 (B) any provision of legislation that affects 

22 the full funding of, and continuation of, the de23 posit insurance guarantee commitment in effect 

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1 (5) BASELINE.—Estimates prepared pursuant 

2 to this subsection shall— 

3 (A) use the baseline surplus or deficit used 

4 for the most recently adopted concurrent resolu5 tion on the budget; and 

6 (B) be calculated under the requirements 

7 of subsections (b) through (d) of section 257 of 

8 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

9 Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to Sep10 tember 30, 2002) for fiscal years beyond those 

11 covered by that concurrent resolution on the 

12 budget. 

13 (6) PRIOR SURPLUS.—If direct spending or rev14 enue legislation increases the on-budget deficit or 

15 causes an on-budget deficit when taken individually, 

16 it must also increase the on-budget deficit or cause 

17 an on-budget deficit when taken together with all di18 rect spending and revenue legislation enacted since 

19 the beginning of the calendar year not accounted for 

20 in the baseline under paragraph (5)(A), except that 

21 direct spending or revenue effects resulting in net 

22 deficit reduction enacted in any bill pursuant to a 

23 reconciliation instruction since the beginning of that 

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1 the pay-as-you-go ledger and shall be dedicated only 

2 for deficit reduction. 

3 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

4 (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or 

5 suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote 

6 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and 

7 sworn. 

8 (2) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the 

9 decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of 

10 this section shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally 

11 divided between, and controlled by, the appellant 

12 and the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as 

13 the case may be. An affirmative vote of three-fifths 

14 of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

15 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the 

16 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

17 this section. 

18 (c) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For pur19 poses of this section, the levels of new budget authority, 

20 outlays, and revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined 

21 on the basis of estimates made by the Senate Committee 

22 on the Budget. 

23 (d) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 201 of S. Con. 

24 Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 

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1 SEC. 4107. HONEST ACCOUNTING: COST ESTIMATES FOR 

2 MAJOR LEGISLATION TO INCORPORATE MAC3 ROECONOMIC EFFECTS. 

4 (a) CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES.—During the 115th 

5 Congress, any estimate provided by the Congressional 

6 Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional 

7 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) or by the Joint Com8 mittee on Taxation to the Congressional Budget Office 

9 under section 201(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 601(f)) for 

10 major legislation considered in the Senate shall, to the 

11 greatest extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary ef12 fects of changes in economic output, employment, capital 

13 stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from 

14 such major legislation. 

15 (b) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in sub16 section (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include— 

17 (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary 

18 effects (including macroeconomic variables described 

19 in subsection (a)) of the major legislation in the 20- 

20 fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal year 

21 of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution 

22 on the budget that sets forth budgetary levels re23 quired under section 301 of the Congressional Budg24 et Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632); and 

25 (2) an identification of the critical assumptions 

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1 (c) DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS.—Any estimate re2 ferred to in subsection (a) shall, to the extent practicable, 

3 include the distributional effects across income categories 

4 resulting from major legislation. 

5 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) MAJOR LEGISLATION.—The term ‘‘major 

7 legislation’’ means a bill, joint resolution, conference 

8 report, amendment, amendment between the Houses, 

9 or treaty considered in the Senate— 

10 (A) for which an estimate is required to be 

11 prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Con12 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) 

13 and that causes a gross budgetary effect (before 

14 incorporating macroeconomic effects and not in15 cluding timing shifts) in a fiscal year in the pe16 riod of years of the most recently agreed to con17 current resolution on the budget equal to or 

18 greater than— 

19 (i) 0.25 percent of the current pro20 jected gross domestic product of the 

21 United States for that fiscal year; or 

22 (ii) for a treaty, equal to or greater 

23 than $15,000,000,000 for that fiscal year; 

24 or 

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1 (i) the Chairman of the Committee on 

2 the Budget of the Senate for all direct 

3 spending and revenue legislation; or 

4 (ii) the Senator who is Chairman or 

5 Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on 

6 Taxation for revenue legislation. 

7 (2) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The term ‘‘budg8 etary effects’’ means changes in revenues, direct 

9 spending outlays, and deficits. 

10 (3) TIMING SHIFTS.—The term ‘‘timing shifts’’ 

11 means— 

12 (A) provisions that cause a delay of the 

13 date on which outlays flowing from direct 

14 spending would otherwise occur from one fiscal 

15 year to the next fiscal year; or 

16 (B) provisions that cause an acceleration 

17 of the date on which revenues would otherwise 

18 occur from one fiscal year to the prior fiscal 

19 year. 

20 SEC. 4108. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY FOR AMENDMENTS TO 

21 STATUTORY CAPS. 

22 If a measure becomes law that amends the discre23 tionary spending limits established under section 251(c) 

24 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

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1 ing the limit for the revised security category for fiscal 

2 year 2018 to be $640,000,000,000, the Chairman of the 

3 Committee on the Budget of the Senate may adjust the 

4 allocation called for under section 302(a) of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the appro6 priate committee or committees of the Senate, and may 

7 adjust all other budgetary aggregates, allocations, levels, 

8 and limits contained in this resolution, as necessary, con9 sistent with such measure. 

10 SEC. 4109. ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION 

11 FUNDING IN THE SENATE. 

12 If a measure becomes law that amends the adjust13 ments to discretionary spending limits established under 

14 section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) to provide 

16 for wildfire suppression funding, which may include cri17 teria for making such an adjustment, the Chairman of the 

18 Committee on the Budget of the Senate may adjust the 

19 allocation called for in section 302(a) of the Congressional 

20 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the appropriate 

21 committee or committees of the Senate, and may adjust 

22 all other budgetary aggregates, allocations, levels, and lim23 its contained in this concurrent resolution, as necessary, 

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1 SEC. 4110. ADJUSTMENT FOR IMPROVED OVERSIGHT OF 

2 SPENDING. 

3 (a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DIRECT SPENDING LEVELS.— 

4 If a measure becomes law that decreases direct spending 

5 (budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any 

6 fiscal year and provides for an authorization of appropria7 tions for the same purpose, the Chairman of the Com8 mittee on the Budget of the Senate may decrease the allo9 cation to the committee of the Senate with jurisdiction of 

10 the direct spending by an amount equal to the amount 

11 of the decrease in direct spending. 

12 (b) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this section, 

13 the levels of budget authority and outlays shall be deter14 mined on the basis of estimates submitted by the Chair15 man of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

16 SEC. 4111. REPEAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. 

17 Sections 3205 and 3206 of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th 

18 Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis19 cal year 2016, are repealed. 

20 SEC. 4112. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 

21 (a) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—In the Senate, with 

22 respect to a provision of direct spending or receipts legisla23 tion or appropriations for discretionary accounts that Con24 gress designates as an emergency requirement in such 

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1 sion shall be treated as an emergency requirement for the 

2 purpose of this section. 

3 (b) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—Any 

4 new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from 

5 any provision designated as an emergency requirement, 

6 pursuant to this section, in any bill, joint resolution, 

7 amendment, amendment between the Houses, or con8 ference report shall not count for purposes of sections 302 

9 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

10 U.S.C. 633 and 642), section 4106 of this resolution, sec11 tion 3101 of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress), the con12 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, and 

13 sections 401 and 404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), 

14 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

15 2010. Designated emergency provisions shall not count for 

16 the purpose of revising allocations, aggregates, or other 

17 levels pursuant to procedures established under section 

18 301(b)(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

19 U.S.C. 632(b)(7)) for deficit-neutral reserve funds and re20 vising discretionary spending limits set pursuant to section 

21 301 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent 

22 resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

23 (c) DESIGNATIONS.—If a provision of legislation is 

24 designated as an emergency requirement under this sec25 tion, the committee report and any statement of managers 


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1 accompanying that legislation shall include an explanation 

2 of the manner in which the provision meets the criteria 

3 in subsection (f). 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘direct 

5 spending’’, ‘‘receipts’’, and ‘‘appropriations for discre6 tionary accounts’’ mean any provision of a bill, joint reso7 lution, amendment, motion, amendment between the 

8 Houses, or conference report that affects direct spending, 

9 receipts, or appropriations as those terms have been de10 fined and interpreted for purposes of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 

12 et seq.). 

13 (e) POINT OF ORDER.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid15 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, amend16 ment between the Houses, or conference report, if a 

17 point of order is made by a Senator against an 

18 emergency designation in that measure, that provi19 sion making such a designation shall be stricken 

20 from the measure and may not be offered as an 

21 amendment from the floor. 

22 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

23 (A) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be 

24 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an 


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1 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 

2 duly chosen and sworn. 

3 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

4 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any 

5 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

6 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con7 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

8 bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An 

9 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members 

10 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 

11 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 

12 the Chair on a point of order raised under this 

13 subsection. 

14 (3) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY DESIGNA15 TION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a provision 

16 shall be considered an emergency designation if it 

17 designates any item as an emergency requirement 

18 pursuant to this subsection. 

19 (4) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point 

20 of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a 

21 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

23 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 

24 is considering a conference report on, or an amend25 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon 


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1 a point of order being made by any Senator pursu2 ant to this section, and such point of order being 

3 sustained, such material contained in such con4 ference report shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

5 proceed to consider the question of whether the Sen6 ate shall recede from its amendment and concur 

7 with a further amendment, or concur in the House 

8 amendment with a further amendment, as the case 

9 may be, which further amendment shall consist of 

10 only that portion of the conference report or House 

11 amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. 

12 Any such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. 

13 In any case in which such point of order is sustained 

14 against a conference report (or Senate amendment 

15 derived from such conference report by operation of 

16 this subsection), no further amendment shall be in 

17 order. 

18 (f) CRITERIA.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

20 any provision is an emergency requirement if the sit21 uation addressed by such provision is— 

22 (A) necessary, essential, or vital (not mere23 ly useful or beneficial); 

24 (B) sudden, quickly coming into being, and 

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1 (C) an urgent, pressing, and compelling 

2 need requiring immediate action; 

3 (D) subject to paragraph (2), unforeseen, 

4 unpredictable, and unanticipated; and 

5 (E) not permanent, temporary in nature. 

6 (2) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is part 

7 of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, 

8 particularly when normally estimated in advance, is 

9 not unforeseen. 

10 (g) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 403 of 

11 S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolu12 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2010, shall no longer 

13 apply. 

14 SEC. 4113. ENFORCEMENT FILING IN THE SENATE. 

15 If this concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed 

16 to by the Senate and House of Representatives without 

17 the appointment of a committee of conference on the dis18 agreeing votes of the two Houses, the Chairman of the 

19 Committee on the Budget of the Senate may submit a 

20 statement for publication in the Congressional Record con21 taining— 

22 (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com23 mittee allocations for fiscal year 2018 consistent 

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1 section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

2 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); 

3 (2) for all committees other than the Com4 mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations for 

5 fiscal years 2018, 2018 through 2022, and 2018 

6 through 2027 consistent with the levels in title I for 

7 the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and 

9 (3) a list of programs, projects, activities, or ac10 counts identified for advanced appropriations that 

11 would have been identified in the joint explanatory 

12 statement of managers accompanying this concur13 rent resolution. 

14 Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

15 SEC. 4201. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

16 In the Senate, all committees are directed to review 

17 programs and tax expenditures within their jurisdiction to 

18 identify waste, fraud, abuse or duplication, and increase 

19 the use of performance data to inform committee work. 

20 Committees are also directed to review the matters for 

21 congressional consideration identified in the Office of In22 spector General semiannual reports and the Office of In23 spector General’s list of unimplemented recommendations 

24 and on the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk 

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1 Based on these oversight efforts and performance reviews 

2 of programs within their jurisdiction, committees are di3 rected to include recommendations for improved govern4 mental performance in their annual views and estimates 

5 reports required under section 301(d) of the Congressional 

6 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) to the Committees 

7 on the Budget. 

8 SEC. 4202. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRE9 TIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

10 In the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of 

11 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

12 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act 

13 of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 2009a of title 

14 39, United States Code, the joint explanatory statement 

15 accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 

16 resolution on the budget shall include in its allocations 

17 under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

18 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committees on Appropria19 tions amounts for the discretionary administrative ex20 penses of the Social Security Administration and of the 

21 Postal Service. 

22 SEC. 4203. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN AL23 LOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

24 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

25 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 


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1 (1) apply while that measure is under consider2 ation; 

3 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

4 measure; and 

5 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

6 soon as practicable. 

7 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG8 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

9 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur10 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

11 621 et seq.) as allocations and aggregates contained in 

12 this resolution. 

13 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

14 purposes of this resolution the levels of new budget au15 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement author16 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

17 period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of 

18 estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the 

19 Senate. 

20 SEC. 4204. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON21 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

22 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro23 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chair24 man of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may 

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1 olution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 

2 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

3 U.S.C. 901(b)). 

4 SEC. 4205. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT LEGISLATION NOT 

5 INCLUDED IN THE BASELINE. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may make adjustments to the levels and alloca8 tions in this resolution to reflect legislation enacted before 

9 the date on which this resolution is agreed to by Congress 

10 that is not incorporated in the baseline underlying the 

11 Congressional Budget Office’s June 2017 update to the 

12 Budget and Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027. 

13 SEC. 4206. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

14 Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

15 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

16 the Senate, and as such they shall be considered as 

17 part of the rules of the Senate and such rules shall 

18 supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

19 are inconsistent with such other rules; and 

20 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

21 right of the Senate to change those rules at any 

22 time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

23 as is the case of any other rule of the Senate. 


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Calendar No. 238 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 25 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the 

els for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levUnited States Government for fiscal year 2018 

OCTOBER 13, 2017 

Placed on the calendar 


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