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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 113–405 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (H. 

CON. RES. 96) ESTABLISHING THE BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND SETTING FORTH APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2016 THROUGH 2024, 

AND PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 

11, 2014, THROUGH APRIL 25, 2014 

APRIL 7, 2014.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. WOODALL, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 544] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 544, by a record vote of 9 to 3, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 96, establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal 

year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

years 2016 through 2024, under a structured rule. The resolution 

provides four hours of general debate with three hours confined to 

the congressional budget equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget and one hour on the subject of economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by Rep. Brady of Texas and Rep. Carolyn 

Maloney of New York or their designees. The resolution waives all 

points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution 

and provides that it shall be considered as read. The resolution 

makes in order only those amendments printed in this report. Each 

such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this 

report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, 

shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 

and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. The resolution waives all points of order against the amendments printed 

in this report except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consideration 

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vides, upon the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment, a final period of general debate, which shall 

not exceed 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair 

and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget. 

The resolution permits the Chair of the Budget Committee to offer 

amendments in the House pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. 

The resolution provides that the concurrent resolution shall not be 

subject to a demand for division of the question of its adoption. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides that on any legislative day 

during the period from April 11, 2014 through April 25, 2014: (a) 

the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved; and (b) the Chair may at any time declare the 

House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced 

by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration 

of the period addressed by section 2 of the resolution as though 

under clause 8(a) of rule I. 

Section 4 of the resolution provides that each day during the period addressed by section 2 of the resolution shall not constitute a 

calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546). 

Section 5 of the resolution provides that the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, 

2014, file privileged reports to accompany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H. Con. Res. 96, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

The waiver of all points order against the amendments printed 

in this report include a waiver of clause 10(c) of rule XVIII, which 

prohibits amendments from proposing to change the appropriate 

level of public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 125 

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to make in order and provide 

the appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by Rep. 

Ca ́ rdenas (CA) and Rep. Garcia (FL) and Rep. Polis (CO), which relates to Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Defeated: 4–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Nay 


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 126 

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

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Yea 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Yea 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Mulvaney (SC): SUBSTITUTE inserts President Obama’s 

budget proposal. (20 minutes) 

2. Fudge (OH), Scott, Bobby (VA), Moore, Gwen (WI), Lee, Barbara (CA): CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE 

makes significant investments in education, job training, transportation and infrastructure, and advanced research and development 

programs that will accelerate our economic recovery. Includes funding for a comprehensive jobs bill and targeted investments to reduce and eradicate poverty in America. Protects the social safety 

net without cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or SNAP 

and makes tough but responsible decisions to raise new revenue by 

making our tax system fairer, saving more than $1.7 trillion on the 

deficit over the next decade. Puts our nation on a sustainable fiscal 

path by reducing our annual budget deficit to 2.5% of GDP by FY 

2024. (30 minutes) 

3. Ellison (MN), Grijalva (AZ), Pocan (WI), Lee, Barbara (CA), 

Edwards (MD), Schakowsky (IL), McDermott (WA): CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE restores economic health by creating 8.8 million jobs by 2017 through investments in education, infrastructure and research and to reduce deficits by $4 trillion by 2024. (30 minutes) 

4. Woodall (GA), Scalise (LA): REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE balances in four years and cuts discretionary spending to FY2008 levels. (30 minutes) 

5. Van Hollen (MD): DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE 

supports the American dream with investments in job creation and 

education, tax reform that promotes the growth of American businesses and tax fairness, and policies that support access to health 

care, retirement security, and a safe and secure nation. (30 minutes) 


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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MULVANEY

OF SOUTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MIN- UTES

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: 

SEC. 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2015. 

(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and declares that 

this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 

2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 

2016 through 2024. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—DIRECT SPENDING 

Sec. 201. Direct spending. 

TITLE III—POLICY STATEMENT 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND 

AMOUNTS 

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 

years 2015 through 2024: 

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

this concurrent resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 

follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $2,579,425,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $2,756,952,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,960,779,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,131,856,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,281,119,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,465,278,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,663,729,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $3,860,286,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,069,085,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,283,190,000,000. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be changed are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $84,425,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $107,952,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $152,779,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $175,856,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $158,119,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $171,278,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $190,729,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2022: $207,286,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $231,085,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $249,190,000,000. 

(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of 

total new budget authority are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,207,329,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,269,270,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,415,383,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,577,619,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,782,980,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,978,461,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $4,151,262,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,341,912,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,509,701,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,671,785,000,000. 

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

this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,143,368,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,291,521,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,409,079,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,527,332,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,752,609,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,923,372,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $4,103,804,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,309,637,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,443,476,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,580,858,000,000. 

(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of the enforcement 

of this concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits (onbudget) are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: -$563,943,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: -$534,569,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: -$448,300,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: -$395,476,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: -$471,490,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: -$458,094,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: -$440,075,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: -$449,351,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: -$374,391,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: -$297,668,000,000. 

(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appropriate levels of the 

public debt are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $18,686,049,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $19,486,596,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $20,239,159,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $20,940,631,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $21,652,866,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $22,361,537,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $23,052,216,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $23,737,820,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $24,380,608,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $24,980,565,000,000. 


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(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels of 

debt held by the public are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $13,591,802,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $14,256,587,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $14,843,459,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $15,370,490,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $15,981,956,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $16,602,649,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $17,213,324,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $17,849,633,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $18,440,724,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $18,986,039,000,000. 

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2015 

through 2024 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $636,642,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $631,280,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $569,176,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $592,448,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $577,059,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $578,212,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $586,290,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $578,662,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $594,400,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $585,786,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $603,536,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $591,358,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $612,309,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $601,232,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $622,294,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $610,434,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $637,407,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $623,036,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $654,543,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $638,219,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $38,992,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,086,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $35,823,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,886,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 


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(A) New budget authority, $38,001,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,463,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $40,630,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,938,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $44,175,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,842,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $46,619,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,245,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $47,691,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,372,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $49,552,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,482,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $52,257,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,661,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $53,605,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,735,000,000. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $29,307,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,839,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $29,872,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,098,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $30,517,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,296,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,190,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,797,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,886,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,268,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,590,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,032,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $33,287,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,119,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $34,110,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,829,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $34,963,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,516,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $35,824,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,174,000,000. 

(4) Energy (270): 


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Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $7,276,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $8,620,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $5,493,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,232,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $4,362,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,540,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $4,039,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,634,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $3,848,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,838,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $4,139,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,149,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $4,689,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,557,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $4,599,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,711,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $2,046,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,134,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $4,218,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,274,000,000. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $37,224,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,349,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $39,041,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,809,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $40,483,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,070,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $40,921,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,775,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $41,844,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,713,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $43,070,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,728,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $43,865,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $44,241,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $44,866,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,120,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $46,030,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,209,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $46,831,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,031,000,000. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $16,805,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $16,953,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $22,774,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,937,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $26,050,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,883,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $24,721,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,482,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $18,284,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,017,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $18,460,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,045,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $18,265,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $17,791,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $18,019,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $17,719,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $18,297,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $17,775,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $18,363,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $17,773,000,000. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, -$5,597,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$30,472,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, -$2,488,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$31,493,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, -$5,541,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$32,398,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, -$5,966,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$34,779,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $649,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$26,473,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $9,876,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, -$23,010,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $4,504,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$19,255,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $5,518,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$24,415,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $7,237,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$26,709,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $8,411,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$28,684,000,000. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $103,036,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $97,825,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $104,006,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $102,309,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $105,507,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $105,642,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $107,134,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $105,375,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $90,760,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $104,156,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $92,607,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $100,883,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $94,486,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $99,026,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $96,516,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $98,836,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $98,600,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $99,558,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $102,274,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $102,224,000,000. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $43,452,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,865,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $11,931,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,755,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $11,975,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,398,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 


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(A) New budget authority, $12,834,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,147,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $13,110,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $14,197,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $13,374,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,958,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $13,767,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $14,394,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $14,079,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,981,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $14,408,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,946,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $14,598,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,897,000,000. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

(500): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $119,387,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $117,350,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $112,886,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $113,357,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $118,248,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $114,847,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $123,214,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $120,107,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $126,460,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $124,328,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $129,820,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $127,679,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $132,667,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $130,395,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $135,231,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $133,499,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $136,338,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $135,037,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $136,157,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $135,733,000,000. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $522,827,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $512,193,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $547,922,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $549,421,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $571,302,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $578,542,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $596,443,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $597,459,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $626,796,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $627,997,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $668,279,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $657,048,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $690,729,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $689,115,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $727,139,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $724,669,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $765,608,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $763,167,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $804,072,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $802,627,000,000. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $532,454,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $532,324,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $574,941,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $574,888,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $581,535,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $581,436,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $595,126,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $594,983,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $654,304,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $654,127,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $696,643,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $696,478,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $743,885,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $743,717,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $824,172,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $823,992,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $850,147,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $849,958,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $870,141,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $869,945,000,000. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $537,399,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $535,963,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $546,350,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $549,292,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $551,622,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $548,598,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $558,261,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $547,955,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $577,957,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $570,240,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $590,235,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $582,713,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $603,845,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $595,615,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $622,482,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $619,967,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $631,837,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $623,391,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $639,900,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $625,245,000,000. 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,246,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,388,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $35,273,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,274,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $38,811,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $38,811,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $42,391,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,391,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $46,076,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,076,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $49,867,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,867,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 


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(A) New budget authority, $53,720,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $53,720,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $57,794,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,794,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $62,181,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,181,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $66,591,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $66,591,000,000. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $161,189,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $158,524,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $169,322,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $174,653,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $175,705,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $174,046,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $184,423,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $174,971,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $192,648,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $190,186,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $201,063,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $198,298,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $209,647,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $206,741,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $218,987,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $224,679,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $228,415,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $225,132,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $238,094,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $224,121,000,000. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $54,036,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $55,843,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $56,559,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $55,934,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $59,250,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $59,223,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $58,535,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $58,192,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $59,776,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $59,331,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $60,986,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,208,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $62,190,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $61,734,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $63,635,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $63,109,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $65,118,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $64,549,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $69,616,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $69,171,000,000. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $26,563,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,706,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $27,247,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,464,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $29,181,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,610,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $31,550,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,139,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $34,077,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,798,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $36,392,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,459,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $38,843,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $37,679,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $41,472,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,316,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $44,131,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,007,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $46,638,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,944,000,000. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $348,074,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $348,074,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $410,576,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $410,576,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $483,679,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $483,679,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $565,227,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $565,227,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $641,890,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $641,890,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $705,785,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $705,785,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $759,722,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $759,722,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $807,961,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $807,961,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $855,812,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $855,812,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $894,074,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $894,074,000,000. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $45,644,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,285,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $60,200,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,315,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $64,251,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $61,795,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $66,398,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $66,619,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $66,843,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $68,095,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $58,284,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,613,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $68,761,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $68,499,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $41,563,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $55,051,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $49,470,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $52,717,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $60,662,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $60,591,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, -$79,627,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$79,627,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, -$87,634,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$87,634,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, -$86,614,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$86,614,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, -$85,742,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$85,742,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, -$82,803,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$82,803,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, -$83,164,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$83,164,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, -$85,610,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$85,610,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, -$88,097,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$88,097,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, -$90,601,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$90,601,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, -$92,827,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$92,827,000,000. 

TITLE II—DIRECT SPENDING 

SEC. 201. DIRECT SPENDING. 

(a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) For means-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent. 

(2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimate average 

rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 

period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent under current law. 

(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for means-tested direct spending: 

(A) Earned Income Tax Credit Reforms: 

(i) Expand EITC for workers without qualifying children. 

(ii) Conform treatment of State and local government EITC and child tax credit (CTC) for SSI. 

(B) Health-Related: 

(i) Align Medicare drug payment policies with Medicaid policies for low income beneficiaries. 


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(ii) Increase income-related premium under Medicare Parts B and D. 

(iii) Modify Part B deductible for new enrollees. 

(iv) Introduce home health co-payments for new 

beneficiaries. 

(v) Introduce a Part B premium surcharge for new 

beneficiaries who purchase near first-dollar Medigap 

coverage. 

(vi) Encourage the use of generic drugs by low-income beneficiaries. 

(vii) Limit Medicaid reimbursement of durable medical equipment based on Medicare rates. 

(viii) Rebase future Medicaid Disproportionate Share 

Hospital (DSH) allotments. 

(ix) Reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid. 

(x) Strengthen the Medicaid drug rebate program. 

(xi) Exclude brand-name and authorized generic 

drug prices from Medicaid Federal upper limit (FUL). 

(xii) Improve and extend the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration through 2020. 

(xiii) Provide home and community-based services to 

children eligible for psychiatric residential treatment 

facilities. 

(xiv) Create demonstration to address over-prescription of psychotropic medications for children in foster 

care. 

(xv) Permanently extend Express Lane Eligibility 

(ELE) option for children. 

(xvi) Expand State flexibility to provide benchmark 

benefit packages. 

(xvii) Extend the Qualified Individuals (QI) program 

through CY2015. 

(xviii) Extend the Transitional Medical Assistance 

(TMA) program through CY2015. 

(xix) Prohibit brand and generic drug companies 

from delaying the availability of new generic drugs 

and biologics. 

(xx) Modify length of exclusivity to facilitate faster 

development of generic biologics. 

(xxi) Ensure retroactive Part D coverage of newly-eligible low-income beneficiaries. 

(xxii) Establish integrated appeals process for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees. 

(xxiii) Create pilot to expand PACE eligibility to individuals between ages 21 and 55. 

(xxiv) Accelerate the issuance of State innovation 

waivers. 

(b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. 

(2) For nonmeans-test direct spending, the estimated average 

rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 

period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent under current law. 


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(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for nonmeans-tested direct spending: 

(A) Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative: 

(i) Reduce subsidies for crop insurance companies 

and farmer premiums. 

(ii) Reform the aviation passenger security user fee 

to more accurately reflect the costs of aviation security. 

(iii) Offset Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for period of concurrent Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt. 

(iv) Enact Spectrum License User Fee and allow the 

FCC to auction predominantly domestic satellite services. 

(v) Limit the total accrual of tax-favored retirement 

benefits. 

(B) Surface Transportation Reauthorization: 

(i) Invest in surface transportation reauthorization. 

(C) Early Childhood Investments: 

(i) Support Preschool for All. 

(ii) Extend and expand voluntary home visiting. 

(D) Agriculture: 

(i) Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools. 

(ii) Enact Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 

fee. 

(iii) Enact bio based labeling fee. 

(iv) Enact Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) fee. 

(v) Enact Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) fee Education. 

(E) Education: 

(i) Recognize Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching (RESPECT). 

(ii) Reform and expand Perkins loan program. 

(iii) Provide mandatory appropriation to sustain recent Pell Grant increases. 

(iv) Expand and reform student loan income-based 

repayment. 

(v) Implement College Opportunity and Graduation 

Bonus Program. 

(vi) Establish State Higher Education Performance 

Fund. 

(F) Energy: 

(i) Reauthorize special assessment from domestic 

nuclear utilities. 

(ii) Establish Energy Security Trust Fund Enact nuclear waste management program. 

(iii) Enact nuclear waste management program. 

(G) Health and Human Services: 

(i) Reduce Medicare coverage of bad debts. 

(ii) Better align graduate medical education payments with patient care costs. 

(iii) Reduce Critical Access Hospital (CAH) payments from 101 percent of reasonable costs to 100 percent of reasonable costs. 


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(iv) Prohibit CAH designation for facilities that are 

less than miles from the nearest hospital. 

(v) Reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare. 

(vi) Accelerate manufacturer discounts for brand 

drugs to provide relief to Medicare beneficiaries in the 

coverage gap. 

(vii) Suspend coverage and payment for questionable 

Part D prescriptions and incomplete clinical information. 

(viii) Establish quality bonus payments for high-performing Part D plans. 

(ix) Adjust payment updates for certain post-acute 

care providers. 

(x) Equalize payments for certain conditions commonly treated in inpatient rehabilitation facilities 

(IRFs) and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). 

(xi) Encourage appropriate use of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals by requiring that 75 percent of IRF 

patients require intensive rehabilitation services. 

(xii) Adjust SNF payments to reduce hospital readmissions. 

(xiii) Implement bundled payment for post-acute 

care. 

(xiv) Exclude certain services from the in office ancillary services exception. 

(xv) Modify the documentation requirement for faceto-face encounters for durable medical equipment, 

prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) claims. 

(xvi) Modify reimbursement of Part B drugs. 

(xvii) Modernize payments for clinical laboratory 

services. 

(xviii) Expand sharing Medicare data with qualified 

entities. 

(xix) Clarify the Medicare Fraction in the Medicare 

DHS statue. 

(xx) Implement Value-Based Purchasing for SNFs, 

Home Health Agencies (HHAs), Ambulatory Surgical 

Centers (ASCs), and Hospital Outpatient Departments 

(HOPDs). 

(xxi) Strengthen the Independent Payment Advisory 

Board (IPAB) to reduce long-term drivers of Medicare 

cost growth. 

(xxii) Enact survey and certification revisit fees. 

(xxiii) Invest in CMS Quality Measurement. 

(xxiv) Increase the minimum MA coding intensity 

adjustment. 

(xxv) Align employer group waiver plan payments 

with average MA plan bids. 

(xxvi) Allow CMS to reinvest civil monetary penalties recovered from home health agencies. 

(xxvii) Allow CMS to assess a fee on Medicare providers for payments subject to the Federal Payment 

Levy Program. 

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(xxix) Permit HIS/Tribal/Urban Indian Health programs to pay Medicare like rates for outpatient services funded through the Purchased and Referred Care 

program. 

(xxx) Extend Health Centers. 

(xxxi) Create a competitive, value-based graduate 

medical education grant program funded through the 

Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. 

(xxxii) Extend the Medicaid primary care payment 

increase through CY2015 with modifications to expand 

provider eligibility and better target primary care 

services. 

(xxxiii) Invest in the National Health Services 

Corps. 

(xxxiv) Program management implementation funding. 

(xxxv) Provide dedicated, mandatory funding for 

Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program 

(HCFAC) program integrity. 

(xxxvi) Continue funding for the Personal Responsibility Education Program and Health Profession Opportunity Grants. 

(xxxvii) Repurpose Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) Contingency Fund to support Pathways to Jobs initiative. 

(xxxviii) Establish hold harmless for Federal poverty 

guidelines. 

(xxxix) Expand access to quality child care. 

(xl) Modernize child support. 

(xli) Provide funding for Aging and Disability Resource Centers. 

(xlii) Reauthorize Family Connection Grants. 

(xliii) Support demonstration to address over-prescription of psychothropic medications for children in 

foster care (funding in Adminstration for Children and 

Families). 

(H) Homeland Security: 

(i) Permanently extend and reallocate the travel promotion surcharge. 

(I) Housing and Urban Development: 

(i) Provide funding for Project Rebuild. 

(ii) Provide funding for the Affordable Housing Trust 

Fund. 

(J) Interior: 

(i) Establish dedicated funding for Land and Water 

Conservation Fund (LWCF) programs. 

(ii) Provide funding for a National Park Service Centennial Initiative. 

(iii) Extend funding for Payments in Lieu of Taxes 

(PILT). 

(iv) Enact Federal oil and gas management reforms. 

(v) Reform hard rock mining on public lands. 

(vi) Repeal geothermal payments to counties. 

(vii) Terminate Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) payments to certified States. 


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(viii) Establish an AML hard rock reclamation fund. 

(ix) Increase coal AML fee to pre–2006 levels. 

(x) Reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act of 2000 (FLTFA). 

(xi) Permanently reauthorize the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA). 

(xii) Increase duck stamp fees. 

(xiii) Extend the Palau Compact of Free Association. 

(K) Labor: 

(i) Create Back to Work Partnerships for the long 

term unemployed. 

(ii) Establish a New Career Pathways program for 

displaced workers. 

(iii) Establish Summer Jobs Plus program for youth. 

(iv) Support Bridge Work and other work-based UI 

program reforms. 

(v) Enhance UI program integrity. 

(vi) Extend Emergency Unemployment Compensation. 

(vii) Implement cap adjustments for UI program integrity activities. 

(viii) Strengthen UI system solvency. 

(ix) Improve Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

(PBGC) solvency. 

(x) Provide the Secretary of the Treasury authority 

to access and disclose prisoner data to prevent and 

identify improper payments. 

(xi) Reform the Federal Employees’ Compensation 

Act (FECA). 

(L) Transportation: 

(i) Establish a mandatory surcharge for air traffic 

services. 

(ii) Establish a co-insurance program for aviation 

war risk insurance. 

(M) Treasury: 

(i) Establish a Pay for Success Incentive Fund. 

(ii) Reauthorize and reform the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program. 

(iii) Authorize Treasury to locate and recover assets 

of the United States and to retain a portion of 

amounts collected to pay for the costs of recovery. 

(iv) Increase delinquent Federal non-tax debt collections by authorizing administrative bank garnishment 

for non-tax debts. 

(v) Increase levy authority for payments to Medicare 

providers with delinquent tax debt. 

(vi) Allow offset of Federal income tax refunds to collect delinquent State income taxes for out-of-State 

residents. 

(vii) Reduce costs for States collecting delinquent income tax obligations. 

(viii) Implement tax enforcement program integrity 

cap adjustment. 

(ix) Provide authority to contact delinquent debtors 

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(x) Reauthorize the State Small Business Credit Initiative. 

(N) Veterans Affairs: 

(i) Establish Veterans Job Corps. 

(ii) Extend round-down of cost of living adjustments 

(compensation). 

(iii) Extend round-down of cost of living adjustments 

(education). 

(iv) Provide burial receptacles for certain new 

casketed gravesites. 

(v) Make permanent the pilot for certain work study 

activities. 

(vi) Increase cap on vocational rehabilitation contract counseling. 

(vii) Increase annual limitation on new Independent 

Living cases. 

(viii) Improve housing grant program. 

(ix) Extend supplemental service disabled veterans 

insurance coverage. 

(O) Corps of Engineers: 

(i) Reform inland waterways funding. 

(P) Environmental Protection Agency: 

(i) Enact pre-manufacture notice fee. 

(ii) Establish Confidential Business Information 

management fee. 

(Q) International Assistance Programs: 

(i) Mandatory effects of discretionary proposal to implement 2010 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 

agreement (non-scoreable). 

(R) Other Defense—Civil Programs: 

(i) Increase TRICARE pharmacy copayments. 

(ii) Increase annual premiums for TRICARE-ForLife (TFL) enrollment. 

(iii) Increase TRICARE pharmacy copayments. 

(iv) Increase annual premiums for TFL enrollment. 

(S) Office of Personnel Management: 

(i) Streamline FEHBP pharmacy benefit contracting. 

(ii) Provide FEHBP benefits to domestic partners. 

(iii) Expand FEHBP plan types. 

(iv) Adjust FEHBP premiums for wellness. 

(T) Social Security Administration: 

(i) Provide dedicated, mandatory funding for program integrity (benefit savings). 

(ii) Allow SSA to electronically certify certain RRB 

payments. 

(iii) Eliminate aggressive Social Security claiming 

strategies. 

(iv) Establish Workers Compensation Information 

Reporting. 

(v) Extend SSI time limits for qualified refugees. 

(vi) Improve collection of pension information from 

States and localities. 

(vii) Lower electronic wage reporting threshold to 25 

employees. 

(viii) Move from annual to quarterly wage reporting. 


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(ix) Reauthorize and expand demonstration authority for DI and SSI. 

(x) Terminate step-child benefits in the same month 

as step-parent. 

(xi) Use the Death Master File to prevent Federal 

improper payments. 

(U) Other Independent Agencies: 

(i) Dispose of unneeded real property. 

(ii) Create infrastructure bank. 

(iii) Enact Postal Service financial relief and reform. 

(W) Multi-Agency: 

(i) Enact immigration reform. 

(ii) Auction or assign via fee 1675–1680 megahertz. 

(iii) Reconcile OPM/SSA retroactive disability payments. 

(iv) Establish a consolidated TRICARE program 

(mandatory effects in Coast Guard, Public Health 

Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 

(v) Special Immigrant Visa extension. 

(c) IN GENERAL.— 

(1) This section is required by section 3(e) of H. Res. 5 (113th 

Congress), which requires information related to Means-Tested 

and Nonmeans-Tested programs and is required to be included 

in a proposed concurrent resolution on the budget. 

(2) The reforms of programs listed herein are derived from 

Table S-9 (page 177) included in the Budget Volume of the 

President’s Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2015. 

(3) All the reforms of both Means-Tested and NonmeansTested programs are hereby incorporated into this section by 

reference as they are detailed in the President’s Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2015. 

TITLE III—POLICY STATEMENT 

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

The budgetary assumptions underlying this concurrent resolution 

are based on the data and policies contained in the ‘‘Fiscal Year 

2015 Budget of the U.S. Government’’, prepared by the Office of 

Management and Budget on behalf of the President and submitted 

to Congress on March 4 and March 10, 2014, pursuant to section 

1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. This concurrent resolution 

adopts and incorporates by reference all data, policy provisions and 

information contained therein. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FUDGE OF

OHIO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 30 MINUTES

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2015. 

(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and declares that 

this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 


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2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 

2016 through 2024. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

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

Sec. 2. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 3. Major functional categories. 

Sec. 4. Direct spending. 

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 

years 2015 through 2024: 

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

this resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 

follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $2,697,300,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $2,852,943,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,984,977,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,104,418,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,240,103,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,385,490,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,547,681,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $3,725,978,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $3,915,253,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,112,238,000,000. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be changed are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $163,459,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $176,904,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $195,554,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $214,111,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $225,418,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $236,853,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $253,030,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $269,631,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $288,735,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $304,785,000,000. 

(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new 

budget authority are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,443,426,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,400,616,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,473,245,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,601,639,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,809,035,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $4,000,203,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $4,166,166,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,397,911,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,555,131,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,711,021,000,000. 

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

this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 

are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,257,765,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,448,528,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,518,207,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2018: $3,610,258,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,806,896,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,968,446,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $4,139,595,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,372,838,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,516,239,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,657,148,000,000. 

(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of the enforcement 

of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are 

as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: -$560,465,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: -$595,585,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: -$533,230,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: -$505,840,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: -$566,793,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: -$582,956,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: -$591,914,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: -$646,860,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: -$600,986,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: -$544,910,000,000. 

(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate levels of 

the public debt are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $18,429,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $19,181,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $19,926,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $20,661,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $21,438,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $22,222,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $23,007,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $23,827,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $24,633,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $25,419,000,000,000. 

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels of 

debt held by the public are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $13,338,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $13,973,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $14,554,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $15,109,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $15,744,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $16,421,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $17,137,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $17,944,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $18,732,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $19,505,000,000,000. 

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2015 

through 2024 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $529,658,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $567,234,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $569,522,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $570,714,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $577,616,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $570,915,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $586,874,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $573,937,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $595,151,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $586,488,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $604,440,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $595,519,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $613,753,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $604,662,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $624,066,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $619,436,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $639,335,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $627,590,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $656,669,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $637,835,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $50,508,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,984,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $47,680,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,034,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $48,736,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,276,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $49,838,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,793,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $50,917,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,826,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $52,065,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,328,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $52,734,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,044,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $54,172,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $55,361,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $51,339,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $56,602,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $52,465,000,000. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $37,883,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,551,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $32,476,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,333,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $32,138,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,622,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $32,836,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,627,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $33,535,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,294,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $34,272,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,693,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $35,014,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,286,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $35,782,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,036,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $36,556,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,797,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $37,360,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $36,582,000,000. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $11,560,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $9,834,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $7,636,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $7,312,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,012,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,137,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,816,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,870,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,902,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,285,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,994,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,407,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,111,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,656,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 


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(A) New budget authority, $6,226,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,841,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $6,445,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $6,048,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $6,982,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $6,270,000,000. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $45,712,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,218,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $43,251,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,709,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $41,598,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,697,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $42,276,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,266,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $43,392,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,648,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $44,969,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $44,622,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $44,848,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $44,846,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $46,092,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,734,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $47,264,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,919,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $48,610,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,617,000,000. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $18,881,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $17,632,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $23,171,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,772,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,822,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,023,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,707,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,904,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,743,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,344,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $21,887,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $22,392,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,851,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $22,590,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,080,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $23,081,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,553,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $23,457,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,932,000,000. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $12,072,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $150,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $13,392,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$832,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $11,227,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$4,423,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $11,747,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$5,165,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $11,383,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$10,430,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $13,715,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$8,647,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $13,025,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$4,179,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,142,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$4,528,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,326,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$5,476,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,798,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$6,172,000,000. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $224,774,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $162,667,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $156,720,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $167,973,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $111,700,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $140,956,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $101,705,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $120,192,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $100,697,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $115,763,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $101,764,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $110,317,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $102,870,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $109,213,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $104,030,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $110,557,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $105,210,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $112,416,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $106,439,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $114,299,000,000. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $49,327,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,739,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $28,387,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,053,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $18,337,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,410,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $14,462,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,759,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,408,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,822,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,275,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,720,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,498,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $16,953,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,532,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $14,787,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,775,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $14,580,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $15,068,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $14,704,000,000. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

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(A) New budget authority, $216,018,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $162,097,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $158,111,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $167,376,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $125,492,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $143,292,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $118,800,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $129,483,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $115,816,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $125,274,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $117,265,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $120,183,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $118,614,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $119,104,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $120,472,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $119,992,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $122,325,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $121,611,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $124,279,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $123,548,000,000. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $507,449,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $497,501,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $556,738,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $561,299,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $614,352,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $613,019,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $634,932,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $635,653,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $666,537,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $666,783,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $710,614,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $700,055,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $737,724,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $736,844,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $776,912,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $775,495,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 


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(A) New budget authority, $816,381,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $815,137,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $858,300,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $857,258,000,000. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $523,538,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $523,428,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $570,723,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $570,644,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $585,270,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $585,194,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $610,478,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $610,392,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $672,921,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $672,827,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $720,722,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $720,624,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $771,048,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $770,949,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $854,586,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $854,479,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $883,245,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $883,135,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $913,236,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $913,119,000,000. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $548,028,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $537,560,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $552,594,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $551,208,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $555,223,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $551,226,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $552,717,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $547,180,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $572,561,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $569,575,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $585,693,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $581,811,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $599,700,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $595,008,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $618,433,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $617,739,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $627,486,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $621,800,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $635,068,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $624,020,000,000. 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $31,442,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,517,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $34,245,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,283,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $37,133,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $37,133,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $40,138,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,138,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $43,383,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,383,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $46,747,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,747,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $50,255,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $53,941,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $53,941,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $57,800,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,800,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $58,441,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $158,993,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $155,978,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $170,961,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $169,517,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $168,858,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $168,150,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $167,388,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $166,463,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $179,305,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $178,471,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $184,269,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $183,317,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $188,571,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $187,569,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $200,680,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $199,612,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $197,458,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $196,384,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $194,292,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $193,155,000,000. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $71,342,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,338,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $62,293,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,627,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $61,045,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $66,242,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $61,594,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $66,704,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $63,347,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $64,367,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $65,273,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $64,951,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $67,423,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $66,906,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $70,160,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $69,530,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $72,257,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $71,603,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $77,968,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $77,291,000,000. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $27,402,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,605,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 


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(A) New budget authority, $27,946,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,804,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $28,521,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,925,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $29,309,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,836,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $30,142,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,612,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $30,952,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,430,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $31,842,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,326,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $32,741,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,227,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $33,585,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,079,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $34,498,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,979,000,000. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $367,414,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $367,414,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $426,582,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $426,582,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $506,101,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $506,101,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $595,624,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $595,624,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $670,430,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $670,430,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $733,465,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $733,465,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $786,127,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $786,127,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $837,776,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $837,776,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $889,086,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $889,086,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 


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(A) New budget authority, $934,712,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $934,712,000,000. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $4,600,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,600,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $1,566,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,873,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $4,696,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $7,440,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $6,354,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $9,333,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $7,843,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $10,606,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $3,704,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $7,629,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $5,183,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $8,706,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $8,793,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $11,037,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $14,517,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $16,193,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $21,340,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,164,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, -$78,532,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$78,532,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, -$83,378,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$83,378,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, -$83,632,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$83,632,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, -$83,956,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$83,956,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, -$90,374,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$90,374,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, -$91,882,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$91,882,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, -$95,566,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$95,566,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, -$98,215,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$98,215,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, -$101,362,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$101,362,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, -$107,098,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$107,098,000,000. 

(21) Overseas Contingency Operations (970): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $85,357,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,250,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $25,625,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $6,504,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $2,225,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $902,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $714,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

SEC. 4. DIRECT SPENDING. 

(a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) For means-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent. 

(2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated average 

rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 

period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent under current law. 

(3) This concurrent resolution retains the social safety net 

that has lifted millions of Americans out of poverty and protects both the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and 

Medicaid from draconian spending cuts. 

(b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 


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(1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. 

(2) For nonmeans-test direct spending, the estimated average 

rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 

period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent under current law. 

(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for nonmeans-tested direct spending: 

(A) For Medicare, this budget rejects proposals to end 

the Medicare guarantee and shift rising health care costs 

onto seniors by replacing Medicare with vouchers or premium support for the purchase of private insurance. Such 

proposals will expose seniors and persons with disabilities 

on fixed incomes to unacceptable financial risks, and they 

will weaken the traditional Medicare program. Instead, 

this budget builds on the success of the Affordable Care 

Act, which made significant strides in health-care cost containment and put into place a framework for continuous 

innovation. This budget supports comprehensive reforms to 

give physicians and other care providers incentives to provide high-quality, coordinated, efficient care, in a manner 

consistent with the goals of fiscal sustainability. It makes 

no changes that reduce benefits available to seniors and 

individuals with disabilities in Medicare. 

(B) Any savings derived from changes or reforms to 

Medicare and Social Security should be used to extend the 

solvency of these vital programs and not be used to offset 

the cost of cutting taxes. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON

OF MINNESOTA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 30 MINUTES

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2015. 

(a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this resolution is the 

concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 and that 

this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

year 2014 and for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING 

Sec. 201. Direct spending. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 301. Point of order against advance appropriations. 


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TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND 

AMOUNTS 

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 

years 2014 through 2024: 

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

this resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 

follows: 

Fiscal year 2014: $2,267,180,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $2,831,675,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,212,240,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,374,939,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,506,794,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,641,750,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,802,349,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,981,657,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,177,945,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,381,636,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,601,863,000,000 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be changed are as follows: Fiscal year 2014: -$18,146,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $297,834,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $536,201,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $585,516,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $616,487,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $627,065,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $653,712,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $687,006,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $721,598,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $755,118,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $794,410,000,000. 

(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new 

budget authority are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2014: $3,247,639,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,519,727,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,641,609,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,702,936,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,807,478,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,993,030,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $4,179,140,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $4,345,383,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,582,988,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,737,205,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,885,880,000,000. 

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

this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 

are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2014: $3,208,699,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,501,527,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,620,608,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2017: $3,679,942,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,783,105,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,959,198,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $4,128,470,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $4,307,080,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,545,882,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,687,974,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,823,437,000,000. 

(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of the enforcement 

of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are 

as follows: 

Fiscal year 2014: -$941,519,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: -$669,852,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: -$408,368,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: -$305,003,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: -$276,311,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: -$317,448,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: -$326,121,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: -$325,423,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: -$367,937,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: -$306,338,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: -$221,574,000,000. 

(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate levels of 

the public debt are as follows: Fiscal year 2014: $18,065,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $18,906,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $19,464,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $19,967,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $20,459,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $20,980,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $21,501,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $22,019,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $22,553,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $23,061,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $23,520,000,000,000. 

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels of 

debt held by the public are as follows: Fiscal year 2014: $13,106,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $13,815,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $14,256,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $14,594,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $14,908,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $15,287,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $15,701,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $16,148,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $16,671,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $17,159,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $17,607,000,000,000. 

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2014 

through 2024 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

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(A) New budget authority, $613,587,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $611,778,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $529,658,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $567,234,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $531,585,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $547,345,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $544,671,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $541,996,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $557,935,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $545,358,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $571,220,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $560,986,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $585,516,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $573,804,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $599,838,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $587,870,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $615,493,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $607,783,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $631,503,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $618,343,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $647,988,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $628,997,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $60,107,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,493,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $60,508,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $54,815,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $66,680,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $60,110,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $65,236,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,027,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $63,838,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $61,630,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $64,917,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $61,946,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $66,065,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,410,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 


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(A) New budget authority, $66,734,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,985,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $68,857,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $64,511,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $70,747,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $66,177,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $72,711,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $67,968,000,000. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $33,098,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,940,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $37,383,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,702,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $40,476,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $38,056,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $39,888,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,209,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $39,336,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,286,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $40,035,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,606,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $40,772,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,200,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $41,514,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,767,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $42,624,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,674,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $43,749,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,726,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $44,914,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,844,000,000. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $16,109,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,037,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,548,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,159,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $26,624,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,660,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,988,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $19,807,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,731,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $19,893,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,438,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $19,994,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,484,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $20,111,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,597,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $20,911,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,097,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $21,831,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,886,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $23,091,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,773,000,000. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $39,106,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,209,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $45,088,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,190,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $48,317,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,928,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $48,577,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,147,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $49,247,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,695,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $50,492,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,342,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $52,108,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $51,635,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $52,553,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $52,274,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $54,222,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $53,583,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $55,858,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $55,217,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $57,664,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $56,347,000,000. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $21,350,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $19,017,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,270,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $21,950,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,496,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $20,389,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,718,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $20,113,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,415,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $20,261,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,583,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $20,529,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,981,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $20,899,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,364,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $21,166,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,648,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $21,544,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,025,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,932,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,418,000,000. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority,- $78,271,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$90,740,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,572,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,323,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $23,392,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $7,166,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,977,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,125,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,247,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,793,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $18,883,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, -$2,792,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $21,215,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$1,117,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $20,525,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,281,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $21,984,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,089,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $22,519,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,432,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $23,352,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,069,000,000. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $160,476,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $167,686,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $201,774,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $208,281,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $172,720,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $179,129,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $173,700,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $179,443,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $164,705,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $169,945,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $160,697,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $166,142,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $151,764,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $157,221,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $154,327,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $160,238,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $156,968,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $163,623,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $159,648,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $167,073,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $162,424,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $170,501,000,000. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,813,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,424,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 


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(A) New budget authority, $25,850,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,910,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $29,178,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,400,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $28,026,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,876,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $27,005,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,952,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $27,079,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,189,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $27,062,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,496,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $27,287,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,342,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $27,955,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,319,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $28,692,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,781,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $29,495,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,623,000,000. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

(500): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $261,153,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $258,064,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $230,723,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $230,478,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $160,800,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $159,280,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $135,667,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $132,191,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $131,300,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $131,549,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $127,945,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $127,648,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $129,527,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $129,101,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $130,966,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $130,596,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $133,923,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $132,653,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $136,966,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $135,505,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $140,110,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $138,546,000,000. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $424,420,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $419,542,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $513,727,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $504,096,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $579,270,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $578,234,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $632,324,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $630,006,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $653,338,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $654,868,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $688,193,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $688,436,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $734,634,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $724,190,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $765,783,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $764,877,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $807,941,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $806,128,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $850,655,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $848,896,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $897,725,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $896,110,000,000. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $525,635,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $525,132,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $537,777,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $537,667,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $578,698,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $578,619,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $584,606,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $584,530,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $607,547,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $607,461,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $668,007,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $667,913,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $713,427,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $713,329,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $761,672,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $761,573,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $844,700,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $844,593,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $870,769,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $870,659,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $894,893,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $894,776,000,000. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $609,097,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $601,095,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $679,289,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $667,543,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $698,462,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $691,417,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $650,569,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $645,904,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $636,789,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $630,050,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $643,578,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $639,657,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $660,956,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $656,666,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $679,518,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $674,485,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $704,717,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $703,166,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $721,635,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $714,933,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $737,608,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $725,532,000,000. 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $28,711,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,821,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $31,442,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,517,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $34,245,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,283,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $37,133,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $37,133,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $40,138,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,138,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $43,383,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,383,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $46,747,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,747,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $50,255,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $53,941,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $53,941,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $57,800,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,800,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $58,441,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $155,374,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $150,436,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $167,617,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $163,117,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $184,961,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $180,688,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $181,358,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $180,318,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $177,388,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $177,547,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $189,305,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $188,757,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 


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(A) New budget authority, $194,269,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $193,441,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $198,571,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $197,596,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $211,365,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $209,954,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $208,844,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $207,308,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $206,401,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $204,744,000,000. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $56,658,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,538,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $74,842,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $60,500,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $69,293,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $67,982,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $67,795,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $72,488,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $68,094,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $73,113,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $69,843,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $70,709,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $71,773,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $71,377,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $73,923,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $73,343,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $77,002,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $76,168,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $79,450,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $78,532,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $85,522,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $84,553,000,000. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $24,250,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $25,042,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,955,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $25,605,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,162,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $26,202,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,925,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $27,013,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,736,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $27,870,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,426,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $28,705,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,228,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $29,620,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,150,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $30,545,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,078,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $31,416,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,002,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $32,356,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,886,000,000. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $337,021,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $337,021,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $372,402,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $372,402,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $431,031,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $431,031,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $506,850,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $506,850,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $587,294,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $587,294,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $651,403,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $651,403,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $704,759,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $704,759,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $745,853,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $745,853,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $785,189,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $785,189,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $822,741,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $822,741,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $854,052,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $854,052,000,000. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $11,300,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $6,400,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $4,000,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,900,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $1,700,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $1,100,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,700,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $1,300,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,500,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $400,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $800,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $1,200,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,400,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $1,000,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,200,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $1,700,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,900,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $2,200,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,300,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $2,299,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,355,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, -$72,355,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$72,355,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, -$78,532,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$78,532,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, -$83,378,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$83,378,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, -$83,632,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$83,632,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, -$83,956,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, -$83,956,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, -$90,374,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$90,374,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, -$91,882,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$91,882,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, -$95,566,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$95,566,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, -$98,215,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$98,215,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, -$101,362,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$101,362,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, -$107,098,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, -$107,098,000,000. 

TITLE II—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT 

SPENDING 

SEC. 201. DIRECT SPENDING. 

(a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) For means-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent. 

(2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated average 

rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 11-year 

period beginning with fiscal year 2014 is 5.8 percent under current law. 

(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for means-tested direct spending: 

(A) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act expanded a number of tax credits targeted at working families to boost relief during hard economic times. The Better 

Off Budget retains the improvements made to the Earned 

Income Tax Credit (qualifying children and phase-out 

range), Child and Dependent Care Credit, and the American Opportunity Tax Credit. These credits fuel demand 

for American businesses by putting money in the hands of 

families. The Better Off Budget also adopts the EITC improvements proposed in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 

2015 Budget Request, which would double the maximum 

credit and increase the income level at which the credit is 

fully phased out. The proposal would also make the credit 

available to young adult workers and raise the upper age 

to 67, which harmonizes it with recent increases in the Social Security full retirement age. With this reform, the Better Off Budget would help reduce poverty for childless 

households and provide substantial relief to approximately 

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(B) As a part of its response to the recent financial crisis, Congress wisely enacted tax provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and subsequent job 

creation legislative packages that provided direct assistance to working individuals. The expiration of both the 

Making Work Pay tax credit and the temporary cut to the 

payroll tax have slowed our country’s economic recovery 

and taken money out of the pockets of hard-working Americans. The Better Off Budget implements a new Hard 

Work Tax Credit to reward Americans for their hard work. 

This policy would provide a refundable tax credit for 2014 

and 2015 for up to $600 for working individuals earning 

less than $95,000 and up to $1,200 for households earning 

less than $190,000. The credit would be continued in 2016 

with the maximum amount of $300 for individuals and 

$600 for households. Through the enactment of the Hard 

Work Tax Credit, the Better Off Budget would immediately increase the disposable income of low and middle 

income families. 

(C) The unemployment rate is still far higher than it 

was when President George W. Bush signed the emergency 

benefits program into law. Cutting unemployment benefits 

has damaged our economic recovery. The Better Off Budget extends Emergency Unemployment Compensation to allows those who have lost a job through no fault of their 

own to claim up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits in 

high-unemployment states for up to two years. According 

to the Economic Policy Institute, this would boost real 

GDP growth by 0.4 percentage points and increase employment by 539,000 jobs in 2014. 

(D) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act temporarily increased benefit levels for beneficiaries of the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Better 

Off Budget would reverse recent SNAP cuts adopted in the 

Agricultural Act of 2014 and return benefits to ARRA levels. These reforms will help combat hunger and boost economic growth. 

(b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— (1) For non means-tested direct spending, the average rate 

of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. 

(2) For non means-tested direct spending, the estimated average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 11- 

year period beginning with fiscal year 2014 is 5.0 percent 

under current law. 

(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for non means-tested direct spending: 

(A) Medicare is a cornerstone of the American health 

care system for more than 45 million American seniors. It 

is an exemplary program that provides the most efficient 

care to a segment of the population that costs more to 

treat. The Better Off Budget protects beneficiaries and 

makes the system even more efficient. It amends Part D 

of Medicare to allow the Secretary of Health and Human 

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maceutical manufacturers, as the Department of Veterans 

Affairs currently does, which will save Medicare $157 billion over 10 years and will reduce costs for seniors. The 

budget adopts policies to prohibit ‘‘pay for delay’’ agreements that reduce competition and modifies periods of exclusivity to increase availability of needed therapies. The 

budget also accelerates the use of bundling payments as 

an alternative to fee-for-service payments. It builds on Affordable Care Act efficiencies in administration of information and payments. Using standardized electronic systems 

of administration information such as claims, billing payments and eligibility creates a more efficient and less fragmented health care system. 

(B) The Better Off Budget recognizes that the economic 

security of veterans, retirees, and the disabled has eroded 

during the recent economic recession. The Better Off Budget would reverse this trend by expanding benefits for these 

Americans by adopting the Experimental Price Index for 

the Elderly (CPI-E) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments 

for federal retirement programs other than Social Security. 

Affected programs include civil service retirement, military 

retirement, Supplemental Security Income, veteran’s pensions and compensations. CPI-E is the most sensible and 

accurate measure of the real costs that seniors face in retirement. Other measures do not adequately take into account rising expenditures in retirement, such as health 

care costs, and amount to cutting benefits for those on 

fixed incomes. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET 

ENFORCEMENT 

SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided in subsection 

(b), any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 

making a general appropriation or continuing appropriation may 

not provide for advance appropriations. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be provided for all 

programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget authority provided in a 

bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or any new 

discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution 

making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2015. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WOODALL

OF GEORGIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 30 MINUTES

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 


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SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2015. 

(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and declares that 

this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 

2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 

2015 through 2024. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 201. Limitation on advance appropriations. 

Sec. 202. Concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 203. Adjustments of aggregates, allocations, and appropriate budgetary levels. 

Sec. 204. Limitation on long-term spending. 

Sec. 205. Budgetary treatment of certain transactions. 

Sec. 206. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 207. Congressional Budget Office estimates. 

Sec. 208. Transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust 

Fund that increase public indebtedness. 

Sec. 209. Separate allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism. 

Sec. 210. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE III—POLICY 

Sec. 301. Policy statement on health care law repeal. 

Sec. 302. Policy statement on means-tested welfare programs. 

Sec. 303. Policy statement on block granting Medicaid. 

Sec. 304. Policy statement on a carbon tax. 

Sec. 305. Policy statement on the use of official time by Federal employees for 

union activities. 

Sec. 306. Policy statement on creation of a Committee to Eliminate Duplication and 

Waste. 

Sec. 307. Policy statement on Federal funding of abortion. 

Sec. 308. Policy statement on readable legislation. 

Sec. 309. Policy statement on work requirements. 

Sec. 310. Policy statement on energy production. 

Sec. 311. Policy statement on regulation of greenhouse gases by the Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

Sec. 312. Policy statement on reforming the Federal budget process. 

Sec. 313. Policy statement on economic growth and putting Americans back to 

work. 

Sec. 314. Policy statement on tax reform. 

Sec. 315. Policy statement on replacing the President’s health care law. 

Sec. 316. Policy statement on Medicare. 

Sec. 317. Policy statement on Social Security. 

Sec. 318. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development opportunity. 

Sec. 319. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of unobligated balances. 

Sec. 320. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 

Sec. 321. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction of unnecessary and wasteful spending. 

Sec. 322. Policy statement on unauthorized spending. 

Sec. 323. Policy statement on Federal regulatory policy. 

Sec. 324. Policy statement on trade. 

Sec. 325. No Budget, no Pay. 

Sec. 326. Policy statement on reform of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 

Sec. 327. Policy statement on transportation reform. 


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TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 401. Reserve fund for the repeal of the 2010 health care laws. 

Sec. 402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the replacement of Obamacare. 

Sec. 403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare provisions of the 

2010 health care laws. 

Sec. 404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the sustainable growth rate of the Medicare program. 

Sec. 405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code. 

Sec. 406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements. 

Sec. 407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures. 

Sec. 408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools. 

Sec. 409. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation reform. 

Sec. 410. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase opportunity 

and upward mobility. 

Sec. 411. Implementation of a deficit and long-term debt reduction agreement. 

Sec. 412. Deficit-neutral reserve account for reforming SNAP. 

Sec. 413. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security Disability Insurance Reform. 

TITLE V—EARMARK MORATORIUM 

Sec. 501. Earmark moratorium. 

Sec. 502. Limitation of authority of the House Committee on Rules. 

TITLE VI—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING 

Sec. 601. Direct spending. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND 

AMOUNTS 

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 

years 2015 through 2024: 

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

this concurrent resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 

follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $2,533,142,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $2,675,941,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,789,406,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $2,890,066,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,014,538,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,148,143,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,294,465,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $3,456,164,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $3,626,464,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $3,807,341,000,000. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be changed are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $0. 

Fiscal year 2016: $0. 

Fiscal year 2017: $0. 

Fiscal year 2018: $0. 

Fiscal year 2019: $0. 

Fiscal year 2020: $0. 

Fiscal year 2021: $0. 

Fiscal year 2022: $0. 

Fiscal year 2023: $0. 

Fiscal year 2024: $0. 


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(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of 

total new budget authority are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $2,743,504,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $2,778,548,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,848,957,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $2,925,554,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,033,623,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,162,619,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,241,898,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $3,361,147,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $3,414,031,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $3,434,808,000,000. 

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

this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $2,818,544,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $2,808,954,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,840,958,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $2,901,664,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,009,073,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,124,872,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,215,785,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $3,351,489,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $3,387,409,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $3,405,674,000,000. 

(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of the enforcement 

of this concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits (onbudget) are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: -$285,402,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: -$133,013,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: -$51,552,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: -$11,598,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $5,465,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $23,271,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $78,680,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $104,675,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $239,055,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $401,667,000,000. 

(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appropriate levels of the 

public debt are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $18,204,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $18,414,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $19,013,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $19,267,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $19,603,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $20,055,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $20,311,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $20,701,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $20,976,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $21,220,000,000. 

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels of 

debt held by the public are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $13,112,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $13,206,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2017: $13,640,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $13,716,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $13,909,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $14,255,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $14,440,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022; $14,818,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $15,074,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $15,307,000,000. 

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2015 

through 2024 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $528,927,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $566,503,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $573,792,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $573,064,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $597,895,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $584,252,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $611,146,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $593,795,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $624,416,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $611,902,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $638,697,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $626,175,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $653,001,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $640,499,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $669,967,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $661,181,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $687,393,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $672,922,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $706,218,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $685,796,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

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(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 


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Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 


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(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 


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(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 


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Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 


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(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 


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(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 


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Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

(500): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 


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(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 


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(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 


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Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 


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(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2015: 


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(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 


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Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 


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(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $368,359,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $368,359,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $408,990,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $408,990,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $465,411,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $465,411,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $525,481,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $525,481,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $568,468,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $568,468,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $606,691,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $606,691,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $626,835,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $626,835,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $643,655,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $643,655,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $656,318,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $656,318,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $660,760,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $660,760,000,000. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $1,846,217,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,883,682,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $1,795,765,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,826,890,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $1,785,651,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,791,295,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $1,788,927,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,782,388,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $1,840,739,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,828,703,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $1,917,231,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,892,007,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $1,962,061,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,948,451,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $2,047,525,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,046,652,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $2,070,320,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,058,169,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $2,067,830,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,059,117,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 


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Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

(21) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism (970): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 


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(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, an amount to be derived 

from function 920. 

(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived from function 

920. 

TITLE II—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

SEC. 201. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided for in subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 

conference report thereon, making a general appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for advance appropriations. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be provided for 

programs, projects, activities, or accounts referred to in subsection 

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pany this concurrent resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’. 

(c) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 2016, the aggregate level of advance appropriations shall not exceed— 

(1) $58,662,202,000 for the following programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs— 

(A) Medical Services; 

(B) Medical Support and Compliance; and 

(C) Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health 

Administration; and 

(2) $28,781,000,000 in new budget authority for all programs 

identified pursuant to subsection (b). 

(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget authority provided in a 

bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, making general appropriations or any new discretionary 

budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016. 

SEC. 202. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing for 

a change in budgetary concepts or definitions, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust any allocations, aggregates, and 

other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution accordingly. 

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

(a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT SPENDING LEVELS.—If a committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations) 

reports a bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, providing for a decrease in direct spending 

(budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year 

and also provides for an authorization of appropriations for the 

same purpose, upon the enactment of such measure, the chair of 

the Committee on the Budget may decrease the allocation to such 

committee and increase the allocation of discretionary spending 

(budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee 

on Appropriations for fiscal year 2015 by an amount equal to the 

new budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided for 

in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for the same purpose. 

(b) ADJUSTMENTS TO FUND OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/ 

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—In order to take into account any 

new information included in the budget submission by the President for fiscal year 2015, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

Terrorism or the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on Appropriations set forth in the report of this concurrent resolution to 

conform with section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as adjusted by section 251A of such 

Act). 

(c) REVISED CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE BASELINE.—The 

chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, 

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changes resulting from technical and economic assumptions in the 

most recent baseline published by the Congressional Budget Office. 

(d) DETERMINATIONS.—For the purpose of enforcing this concurrent resolution on the budget in the House, the allocations and aggregate levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, 

new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2015 and the period of fiscal years 2015 through fiscal 

year 2024 shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by 

the chair of the Committee on the Budget and such chair may adjust such applicable levels of this concurrent resolution. 

SEC. 204. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, it shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee (other than 

the Committee on Appropriations), or an amendment thereto or a 

conference report thereon, if the provisions of such measure have 

the net effect of increasing direct spending in excess of 

$5,000,000,000 for any period described in subsection (b). 

(b) TIME PERIODS.—The applicable periods for purposes of this 

section are any of the four consecutive ten fiscal-year periods beginning with fiscal year 2025. 

SEC. 205. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report accompanying this concurrent 

resolution on the budget or the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the 

budget shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the 

Social Security Administration and the United States Postal Service. 

(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of applying sections 302(f) and 

311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the level 

of total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any off-budget discretionary amounts. 

(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Committee on the Budget 

may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

for legislation reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that reforms the Federal retirement system, if such 

adjustments do not cause a net increase in the deficit for fiscal year 

2015 and the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. 

SEC. 206. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS 

AND AGGREGATES. 

(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels made pursuant to this concurrent resolution shall— 

(1) apply while that measure is under consideration; 

(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and 

(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable. 

(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments 

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Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates included in this concurrent resolution. 

(c) BUDGET COMPLIANCE.—The consideration of any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, for 

which the chair of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels of this concurrent resolution shall not be subject to the 

points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives or section 504. 

SEC. 207. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Costs of Federal housing loans and loan guarantees are 

treated unequally in the budget. The Congressional Budget Office uses fair-value accounting to measure the costs of Fannie 

Mae and Freddie Mac, but determines the cost of other Federal 

loan and loan-guarantee programs on the basis of the Federal 

Credit Reform Act of 1990 (‘‘FCRA’’). 

(2) The fair-value accounting method uses discount rates 

which incorporate the risk inherent to the type of liability 

being estimated in addition to Treasury discount rates of the 

proper maturity length. In contrast, FCRA accounting solely 

uses the discount rates of the Treasury, failing to incorporate 

all of the risks attendant to these credit activities. 

(3) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that if fairvalue were used to estimate the cost of all new credit activity 

in 2014, the deficit would be approximately $50 billion higher 

than under the current methodology. 

(b) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES.—Upon the request of the chair or 

ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, any estimate 

prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office for a 

measure under the terms of title V of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, ‘‘credit reform’’, as a supplement to such estimate shall, to 

the extent practicable, also provide an estimate of the current actual or estimated market values representing the ‘‘fair value’’ of assets and liabilities affected by such measure. 

(c) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS.—Whenever 

the Director of the Congressional Budget Office prepares an estimate pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974 of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out any bill 

or joint resolution and if the Director determines that such bill or 

joint resolution has a cost related to a housing or residential mortgage program under the FCRA, then the Director shall also provide 

an estimate of the current actual or estimated market values representing the ‘‘fair value’’ of assets and liabilities affected by the 

provisions of such bill or joint resolution that result in such cost. 

(d) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Director of the Congressional Budget 

Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (b) or (c), the 

chair of the Committee on the Budget may use such estimate to determine compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and 

other budgetary enforcement controls. 

SEC. 208. TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY 

TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND THAT INCREASE PUBLIC 

INDEBTEDNESS. 

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rules or orders of the House of Representatives, a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 

transfers funds from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of the transfer in the fiscal year the 

transfer occurs. 

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

(a) ALLOCATION.—In the House, there shall be a separate allocation to the Committee on Appropriations for overseas contingency 

operations/global war on terrorism. For purposes of enforcing such 

separate allocation under section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ 

shall be deemed to refer to fiscal year 2015. Such separate allocation shall be the exclusive allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism under section 302(a) of such Act. 

Section 302(c) of such Act shall not apply to such separate allocation. The Committee on Appropriations may provide suballocations 

of such separate allocation under section 302(b) of such Act. Spending that counts toward the allocation established by this section 

shall be designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

(b) ADJUSTMENT.—In the House, for purposes of subsection (a) for 

fiscal year 2015, no adjustment shall be made under section 314(a) 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any adjustment would 

be made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SEC. 210. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

The House adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

Representatives and as such they shall be considered as part 

of the rules of the House of Representatives, and these rules 

shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with other such rules; and 

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the 

House of Representatives to change those rules at any time, in 

the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 

other rule of the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—POLICY 

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

It is the policy of this resolution that the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), and the Health Care 

and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152) 

should be repealed. 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that: 

(1) Too many people are trapped at the bottom rungs of the 

economic ladder, and every citizen should have the opportunity 

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(2) In 1996, President Bill Clinton and congressional Republicans enacted reforms that have moved families off of Federal 

programs and enabled them to provide for themselves. 

(3) According to the most recent projections, over the next 10 

years we will spend approximately $9.7 trillion on means-tested welfare programs. 

(4) Today, there are approximately 92 Federal programs that 

provide benefits specifically to poor and low-income Americans. 

(5) Taxpayers deserve clear and transparent information on 

how well these programs are working, and how much the Federal Government is spending on means-tested welfare. 

(6) It should be the goal of welfare programs to encourage 

work and put people on a path to self-reliance. 

(b) POLICY ON MEANS-TESTED WELFARE PROGRAMS.—It is the policy of this resolution that— 

(1) the welfare system should be reformed to give states 

flexibility to implement and improve safety net programs and 

that to be eligible for benefits, able bodied adults without dependents should be required to work or be preparing for work, 

including enrolling in educational or job training programs, 

contributing community service, or participating in a supervised job search; and 

(2) the President’s budget should disclose, in a clear and 

transparent manner, the aggregate amount of Federal welfare 

expenditures, as well as an estimate of State and local spending for this purpose, over the next ten years. 

SEC. 303. POLICY STATEMENT ON BLOCK GRANTING MEDICAID. 

It is the policy of this resolution that Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) should be block granted 

to the States in a manner prescribed by the State Health Flexibility Act of 2013 (H.R. 567, 113th Congress). 

SEC. 304. POLICY STATEMENT ON A CARBON TAX. 

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

interest of the United States. 

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

It is the policy of this resolution that, as called for in H.R. 107, 

the Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013, Federal employees shall not use official time to conduct union activities. 

SEC. 306. POLICY STATEMENT ON CREATION OF A COMMITTEE TO 

ELIMINATE DUPLICATION AND WASTE. 

It is the policy of this resolution that a new committee, styled 

after the post-World War II ‘‘Byrd Committee’’ shall be created to 

act on GAO’s annual waste and duplication reports as well as 

Oversight and Government Reform Inspector General reports. 

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

It is the policy of this resolution that no taxpayer dollars shall 

go to any entity that provides abortion services. 

SEC. 308. POLICY STATEMENT ON READABLE LEGISLATION. 

It is the policy of this resolution that bills should be made more 

readable and for Members of Congress and more accessible to the 


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public as called for in H.R. 760, the Readable Legislation Act of 

2013. 

SEC. 309. POLICY STATEMENT ON WORK REQUIREMENTS. 

It is the policy of this resolution that the work requirements in 

the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program 

should be preserved as called for in H.R. 890, 113th Congress. 

SEC. 310. POLICY STATEMENT ON ENERGY PRODUCTION. 

It is the policy of this resolution that the Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge (ANWR) and currently unavailable areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) should be open for energy exploration and production. To ensure States’ rights, states are given the option to 

withdrawal from leasing within certain areas of the OCS. Specifically, a State, through enactment of a State statute, may withdrawal from leasing from all or part of any area within 75 miles 

of that State’s coast. 

SEC. 311. POLICY STATEMENT ON REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE 

GASES BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. 

It is the policy of this resolution that the Environmental Protection Agency should be prohibited from promulgating any regulation 

concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration 

the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change. 

SEC. 312. POLICY STATEMENT ON REFORMING THE FEDERAL BUDGET 

PROCESS. 

It is the policy of this resolution that the Federal budget process 

should be reformed to promote accountability, increase transparency, and make it easier to reduce spending. 

SEC. 313. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PUTTING 

AMERICANS BACK TO WORK. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Although the United States economy technically emerged 

from recession nearly five years ago, the subsequent recovery 

has felt more like a malaise than a rebound. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the past four years has averaged just over 2 percent, well below the 3 percent trend rate 

of growth in the United States. 

(2) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) did a study in 

late 2012 examining why the United States economy was growing so slowly after the recession. They found, among other 

things, that United States economic output was growing at less 

than half of the typical rate exhibited during other recoveries 

since World War II. CBO said that about two-thirds of this 

‘‘growth gap’’ was due to a pronounced sluggishness in the 

growth of potential GDP—particularly in potential employment 

levels (such as people leaving the labor force) and the growth 

in productivity (which is in turn related to lower capital investment). 

(3) The prolonged economic sluggishness is particularly troubling given the amount of fiscal and monetary policy actions 

taken in recent years to cushion the depth of the downturn and 

to spark higher rates of growth and employment. In addition 

to the large stimulus package passed in early 2009, many 

other initiatives have been taken to boost growth, such as the 

new homebuyer tax credit and the ‘‘cash for clunkers’’ program. 

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‘‘pops’’ in activity but the economy and job market has since reverted back to a sub-par trend. 

(4) The unemployment rate has declined in recent years, 

from a peak of nearly 10 percent in 2009-2010 to 6.7 percent 

in the latest month. However, a significant chunk of this decline has been due to people leaving the labor force (and therefore no longer being counted as ‘‘unemployed’’) and not from a 

surge in employment. The slow decline in the unemployment 

rate in recent years has occurred alongside a steep decline in 

the economy’s labor force participation rate. The participation 

rate stands at 63.2 percent, close to the lowest level since 1978. 

The flipside of this is that over 90 million Americans are now 

‘‘on the sidelines’’ and not in the labor force, representing a 10 

million increase since early 2009. 

(5) Real median household income declined for the fifth consecutive year in 2012 (latest data available) and, at just over 

$51,000, is currently at its lowest level since 1995. Weak wage 

and income growth as a result of a subpar labor market not 

only means lower tax revenue coming in to the Treasury, it 

also means higher government spending on income support 

programs. 

(6) A stronger economy is vital to lowering deficit levels and 

eventually balancing the budget. According to CBO, if annual 

real GDP growth is just 0.1 percentage point higher over the 

budget window, deficits would be reduced by $311 billion. 

(7) This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-growth 

policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that will help foster 

a stronger economy and more job creation. 

(8) Reining in government spending and lowering budget 

deficits has a positive long-term impact on the economy and 

the budget. According to CBO, a significant deficit reduction 

package (i.e. $4 trillion), would boost longer-term economic output by 1.7 percent. Their analysis concludes that deficit reduction creates long-term economic benefits because it increases 

the pool of national savings and boosts investment, thereby 

raising economic growth and job creation. 

(9) The greater economic output that stems from a large deficit reduction package would have a sizeable impact on the 

Federal budget. For instance, higher output would lead to 

greater revenues through the increase in taxable incomes. 

Lower interest rates, and a reduction in the stock of debt, 

would lead to lower government spending on net interest expenses. 

(b) POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of this resolution to promote 

faster economic growth and job creation. By putting the budget 

on a sustainable path, this resolution ends the debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job creators. Reforms to the tax code to 

put American businesses and workers in a better position to 

compete and thrive in the 21st century global economy. This 

resolution targets the regulatory red tape and cronyism that 

stack the deck in favor of special interests. All of the reforms 

in this resolution serve as means to the larger end of growing 

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(2) JOBS ACT.—It is the policy of this resolution that to create jobs, opportunity, and economic growth, H.R. 4304, the 

Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions (JOBS) Act, 

should be enacted. This legislation, introduced by the Republican Study Committee, would unleash North American energy 

production, reform labor laws, reduce the regulatory burden, 

and increase access to capital. 

SEC. 314. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) A world-class tax system should be simple, fair, and promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The United States 

tax code fails on all three counts – it is notoriously complex, 

patently unfair, and highly inefficient. The tax code’s complexity distorts decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads 

to slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job creation. 

(2) Over the past decade alone, there have been more than 

4,400 changes to the tax code, more than one per day. Many 

of the major changes over the years have involved carving out 

special preferences, exclusions, or deductions for various activities or groups. These loopholes add up to more than $1 trillion 

per year and make the code unfair, inefficient, and highly complex. 

(3) The large amount of tax preferences that pervade the 

code end up narrowing the tax base. A narrow tax base, in 

turn, requires much higher tax rates to raise a given amount 

of revenue. 

(4) It is estimated that American taxpayers end up spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours a year complying with 

the tax code – a waste of time and resources that could be used 

in more productive activities. 

(5) Standard economic theory shows that high marginal tax 

rates dampen the incentives to work, save, and invest, which 

reduces economic output and job creation. Lower economic output, in turn, mutes the intended revenue gain from higher 

marginal tax rates. 

(6) Roughly half of United States active business income and 

half of private sector employment are derived from business 

entities (such as partnerships, S corporations, and sole proprietorships) that are taxed on a ‘‘pass-through’’ basis, meaning 

the income flows through to the tax returns of the individual 

owners and is taxed at the individual rate structure rather 

than at the corporate rate. Small businesses, in particular, 

tend to choose this form for Federal tax purposes, and the top 

Federal rate on such small business income reaches 44.6 percent. For these reasons, sound economic policy requires lowering marginal rates on these pass-through entities. 

(7) The United States corporate income tax rate (including 

Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to just over 39 percent, 

the highest rate in the industrialized world. Tax rates this 

high suppress wages and discourage investment and job creation, distort business activity, and put American businesses at 

a competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors. 

(8) By deterring potential investment, the United States corporate tax restrains economic growth and job creation. The 

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fosters a variety of complicated multinational corporate behaviors intended to avoid the tax, which have the effect of moving 

the tax base offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing 

corporate revenue. 

(9) The ‘‘worldwide’’ structure of United States international 

taxation essentially taxes earnings of United States firms 

twice, putting them at a significant competitive disadvantage 

with competitors with more competitive international tax systems. 

(10) Reforming the United States tax code to a more competitive international system would boost the competitiveness of 

United States companies operating abroad and it would also 

greatly reduce tax avoidance. 

(11) The tax code imposes costs on American workers 

through lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and on investors in diminished returns. 

(12) Revenues have averaged about 17.5 percent of the economy throughout modern American history. Revenues rise above 

this level under current law to 18.4 percent of the economy by 

the end of the 10-year budget window. 

(13) Attempting to raise revenue through tax increases to 

meet out-of-control spending would damage the economy. 

(14) This resolution also rejects the idea of instituting a carbon tax in the United States, which some have offered as a 

‘‘new’’ source of revenue. Such a plan would damage the economy, cost jobs, and raise prices on American consumers. 

(15) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not constitute fundamental tax reform. 

(16) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or eliminate 

loopholes and use those savings to lower tax rates across the 

board—not to fund more wasteful Government spending. Tax 

reform should be revenue-neutral and should not be an excuse 

to raise taxes on the American people. Washington has a 

spending problem, not a revenue problem. 

(b) POLICY ON TAX REFORM.—It is the policy of this resolution 

that Congress should enact legislation that provides for a comprehensive reform of the United States tax code to promote economic growth, create American jobs, increase wages, and benefit 

American consumers, investors, and workers through revenue-neutral fundamental tax reform that provides for the following: 

(1) Aims for revenue neutrality (relative to the CBO baseline 

revenue projection) based on a dynamic score that takes into 

account macroeconomic effects. 

(2) Simplifies the individual rates from seven brackets to 

two, with a top rate of 25 percent. 

(3) Simplifies the tax code by ensuring that fewer Americans 

will be required to itemize their deductions. 

(4) Gives equal tax treatment to individual and employer 

health care expenditures modeled on the American Health 

Care Reform Act (H.R. 3121). 

(5) Eliminates the current Earned Income Tax Credit that is 

given in a yearly lump-sum payment and replaces it with a 

program that would allow workers to exempt a portion of their 

payroll taxes every month. 

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(7) Reduces the rate of double taxation by lowering the top 

corporate rate to 25 percent and setting a maximum long-term 

capital gains tax rate at 15 percent. 

(8) Sets a maximum dividend tax rate at 15 percent. 

(9) Encourages (on net) investment and entrepreneurial activity. 

(10) Moves to a competitive international system of taxation. 

SEC. 315. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPLACING THE PRESIDENT’S 

HEALTH CARE LAW. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) The President’s health care law has failed to reduce 

health care premiums as promised. Health care premiums 

were supposed to decline by $2,500. Instead, according to the 

2013 Employer Health Benefits Survey, health care premiums 

have increased by 5 percent for individual plans and 4 percent 

for family since 2012. Moreover, according to a report from the 

Energy and Commerce Committee, premiums for individual 

market plans may go up as much as 50 percent because of the 

law. 

(2) The President pledged that Americans would be able to 

keep their health care plan if they liked it. But the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office now estimates 2 million 

Americans with employment-based health coverage will lose 

those plans. 

(3) Then-Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said that the 

President’s health care law would create 4 million jobs over the 

life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs immediately. Instead, 

the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the law will reduce full-time equivalent employment by about 2.0 million 

hours in 2017 and 2.5 million hours in 2024, ‘‘compared with 

what would have occurred in the absence of the ACA.’’. 

(4) The implementation of the law has been a failure. The 

main website that Americans were supposed to use in purchasing new coverage was broken for over a month. Since the 

President’s health care law was signed into law, the Administration has announced 23 delays. The President has also failed 

to submit any nominees to sit on the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a panel of bureaucrats that will cut Medicare by 

an additional $12.1 billion over the next ten years, according 

to the President’s own budget. 

(5) The President’s health care law should be repealed and 

replaced with reforms that make affordable and quality health 

care coverage available to all Americans. 

(b) POLICY ON REPLACING THE PRESIDENT’S HEALTH CARE LAW.— It is the policy of this resolution that the President’s health care 

law must not only be repealed, but also replaced by enacting H.R. 

3121, the American Health Care Reform Act. 

SEC. 316. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) More than 50 million Americans depend on Medicare for 

their health security. 

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tion of Medicare becomes more precarious and the threat to 

those in or near retirement becomes more pronounced. According to the Congressional Budget Office— 

(A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted 

in 2026 and unable to pay scheduled benefits; and 

(B) Medicare spending is growing faster than the economy and Medicare outlays are currently rising at a rate of 

6 percent per year over the next ten years, and according 

to the Congressional Budget Office’s 2013 Long-Term 

Budget Outlook, spending on Medicare is projected to 

reach 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2040 

and 9.4 percent of GDP by 2088. 

(3) The President’s health care law created a new Federal 

agency called the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) 

empowered with unilateral authority to cut Medicare spending. 

As a result of that law— 

(A) IPAB will be tasked with keeping the Medicare per 

capita growth below a Medicare per capita target growth 

rate. Prior to 2018, the target growth rate is based on the 

five-year average of overall inflation and medical inflation. 

Beginning in 2018, the target growth rate will be the fiveyear average increase in the nominal GDP plus one percentage point, which the President has twice proposed to 

reduce to GDP plus one-half percentage point; 

(B) the fifteen unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats of 

IPAB will make decisions that will reduce seniors access 

to care; 

(C) the nonpartisan Office of the Medicare Chief Actuary 

estimates that the provider cuts already contained in the 

Affordable Care Act will force 15 percent of hospitals, 

skilled nursing facilities, and home health agencies to become unprofitable in 2019; and 

(D) additional cuts from the IPAB board will force even 

more health care providers to close their doors, and the 

Board should be repealed. 

(4) Failing to address this problem will leave millions of 

American seniors without adequate health security and younger generations burdened with enormous debt to pay for spending levels that cannot be sustained. 

(b) POLICY ON MEDICARE REFORM.—It is the policy of this resolution to protect those in or near retirement from any disruptions to 

their Medicare benefits and offer future beneficiaries the same 

health care options available to Members of Congress. 

(c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This resolution assumes reform of the Medicare program such that: 

(1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for those in or 

near retirement. 

(2) For future generations, when they reach eligibility, Medicare is reformed to provide a premium support payment and 

a selection of guaranteed health coverage options from which 

recipients can choose a plan that best suits their needs. 

(3) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-service as an 

option. 

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(5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path and the 

Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-term. 

SEC. 317. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals with disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Security. Since enactment, Social Security has served as a vital leg on the ‘‘threelegged stool’’ of retirement security, which includes employer 

provided pensions as well as personal savings. 

(2) The Social Security Trustees Report has repeatedly recommended that Social Security’s long-term financial challenges 

be addressed soon. Each year without reform, the financial 

condition of Social Security becomes more precarious and the 

threat to seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 

benefits becomes more pronounced: 

(A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust Fund will be 

exhausted and program revenues will be unable to pay 

scheduled benefits. 

(B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and Survivors and 

Disability Trust Funds will be exhausted, and program 

revenues will be unable to pay scheduled benefits. 

(C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds in 2033, 

benefits will be cut nearly 25 percent across the board, 

devastating those currently in or near retirement and 

those who rely on Social Security the most. 

(3) The recession and continued low economic growth have 

exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis facing Social Security. The 

most recent CBO projections find that Social Security will run 

cash deficits of $1.7 trillion over the next 10 years. 

(4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Security for a 

larger proportion of their retirement income. Therefore, reforms should take into consideration the need to protect lowerincome Americans’ retirement security. 

(5) The Disability Insurance program provides an essential 

income safety net for those with disabilities and their families. 

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), between 

1970 and 2012, the number of people receiving disability benefits (both disabled workers and their dependent family members) has increased by over 300 percent from 2.7 million to 

over 10.9 million. This increase is not due strictly to population 

growth or decreases in health. David Autor and Mark Duggan 

have found that the increase in individuals on disability does 

not reflect a decrease in self-reported health. CBO attributes 

program growth to changes in demographics, changes in the 

composition of the labor force and compensation, as well as 

Federal policies. 

(6) If this program is not reformed, families who rely on the 

lifeline that disability benefits provide will face benefit cuts of 

up to 25 percent in 2016, devastating individuals who need assistance the most. 

(7) In the past, Social Security has been reformed on a bipartisan basis, most notably by the ‘‘Greenspan Commission’’ 

which helped to address Social Security shortfalls for over a 

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(8) Americans deserve action by the President, the House, 

and the Senate to preserve and strengthen Social Security. It 

is critical that bipartisan action be taken to address the looming insolvency of Social Security. In this spirit, this resolution 

creates a bipartisan opportunity to find solutions by requiring 

policymakers to ensure that Social Security remains a critical 

part of the safety net. 

(b) POLICY ON SOCIAL SECURITY.—It is the policy of this resolution that Congress should work on a bipartisan basis to make Social Security sustainably solvent. This resolution assumes these reforms will include the following: 

(1) Adoption of a more accurate measure for calculating cost 

of living adjustments. 

(2) Adoption of adjustments to the full retirement age to reflect longevity. 

(c) POLICY ON DISABILITY INSURANCE.—It is the policy of this resolution that Congress and the President should enact legislation on 

a bipartisan basis to reform the Disability Insurance program prior 

to its insolvency in 2016 and should not raid the Social Security 

retirement system without reforms to the Disability Insurance system. This resolutions assumes that reforms to the Disability Insurance program will include— 

(1) encouraging work; 

(2) updates of the eligibility rules; 

(3) reducing fraud and abuse; and 

(4) enactment of H.R. 1502, the Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination 

Act, to prohibit individuals from drawing benefits from both 

programs at the same time. 

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

(a) FINDINGS ON HIGHER EDUCATION.—The House finds the following: 

(1) A well-educated workforce is critical to economic, job, and 

wage growth. 

(2) 19.5 million students are enrolled in American colleges 

and universities. 

(3) Over the last decade, tuition and fees have been growing 

at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2002-2003 Academic 

Year and the 2012-2013 Academic Year— 

(A) published tuition and fees for in-State students at 

public four-year colleges and universities increased at an 

average rate of 5.2 percent per year beyond the rate of 

general inflation; 

(B) published tuition and fees for in-State students at 

public two-year colleges and universities increased at an 

average rate of 3.9 percent per year beyond the rate of 

general inflation; and 

(C) published tuition and fees for in-State students at 

private four-year colleges and universities increased at an 

average rate of 2.4 percent per year beyond the rate of 

general inflation. 

(4) Over that same period, Federal financial aid has increased 105 percent. 

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(6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama 

noted that, ‘‘We can’t just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition; we’ll run out of money.’’. 

(7) American students are chasing ever-increasing tuition 

with ever-increasing debt. According to the Federal Reserve 

Bank of New York, student debt more than quadrupled between 2003 and 2013, and now stands at nearly $1.1 trillion. 

Student debt now has the second largest balance after mortgage debt. 

(8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too many fail 

to complete college or end up defaulting on these loans due to 

their debt burden and a weak economy and job market. 

(9) Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, 

the Pell Grant Program will face a fiscal shortfall beginning in 

fiscal year 2016 and continuing in each subsequent year in the 

current budget window. 

(10) Failing to address these problems will jeopardize access 

and affordability to higher education for America’s young people. 

(b) POLICY ON HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY.—It is the policy of this resolution to address the root drivers of tuition inflation, 

by— 

(1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most in need; 

(2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make them 

more effective; 

(3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at $5,730 in each year of the budget window; and 

(4) removing regulatory barriers in higher education that act 

to restrict flexibility and innovative teaching, particularly as it 

relates to non-traditional models such as online coursework 

and competency-based learning. 

(c) FINDINGS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—The House finds 

the following: 

(1) Over ten million Americans are currently unemployed. 

(2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those looking for 

work are stymied by a broken workforce development system 

that fails to connect workers with assistance and employers 

with trained personnel. 

(4) According to a 2011 Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) report, in fiscal year 2009, the Federal Government 

spent $18 billion across 9 agencies to administer 47 Federal job 

training programs, almost all of which overlapped with another 

program in terms of offered services and targeted population. 

(5) Since the release of that GAO report, the Education and 

Workforce Committee, which has done extensive work in this 

area, has identified more than 50 programs. 

(3) Without changes, this flawed system will continue to fail 

those looking for work or to improve their skills, and jeopardize 

economic growth. 

(d) POLICY ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—It is the policy of 

this resolution to address the failings in the current workforce development system, by— 

(1) streamlining and consolidating Federal job training programs as advanced by the House-passed Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act (SKILLS Act); and 


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(2) empowering states with the flexibility to tailor funding 

and programs to the specific needs of their workforce, including 

the development of career scholarships. 

SEC. 319. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 

CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) According to the most recent estimate from the Office of 

Management and Budget, Federal agencies were expected to 

hold $739 billion in unobligated balances at the close of fiscal 

year 2014. 

(2) These funds represent direct and discretionary spending 

made available by Congress that remains available for expenditure beyond the fiscal year for which they are provided. 

(3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and it remains available for obligation indefinitely. 

(4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 

of 1974 requires the Office of Management and Budget to 

make funds available to agencies for obligation and prohibits 

the Administration from withholding or cancelling unobligated 

funds unless approved by an act of Congress. 

(5) Greater congressional oversight is required to review and 

identify potential savings from unneeded balances of funds. 

(b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE CANCELLATION

OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—Congressional committees shall 

through their oversight activities identify and achieve savings 

through the cancellation or rescission of unobligated balances that 

neither abrogate contractual obligations of the Government nor reduce or disrupt Federal commitments under programs such as Social Security, veterans’ affairs, national security, and Treasury authority to finance the national debt. 

(c) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Congress, with the assistance of the 

Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, and 

other appropriate agencies should continue to make it a high priority to review unobligated balances and identify savings for deficit 

reduction. 

SEC. 320. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF 

TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: (1) The budget for the House of Representatives is $188 million less than it was when Republicans became the majority in 

2011. 

(2) The House of Representatives has achieved significant 

savings by consolidating operations and renegotiating contracts. 

(b) POLICY ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.—It is the policy of this resolution that: 

(1) The House of Representatives must be a model for the responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources and therefore 

must identify any savings that can be achieved through greater 

productivity and efficiency gains in the operation and maintenance of House services and resources like printing, conferences, utilities, telecommunications, furniture, grounds 

maintenance, postage, and rent. This should include a review 

of policies and procedures for acquisition of goods and services 

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House Administration should review the policies pertaining to 

the services provided to Members and committees of the 

House, and should identify ways to reduce any subsidies paid 

for the operation of the House gym, barber shop, salon, and the 

House dining room. 

(2) No taxpayer funds may be used to purchase first class 

airfare or to lease corporate jets for Members of Congress. 

(3) Retirement benefits for Members of Congress should not 

include free, taxpayer-funded health care for life. 

SEC. 321. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 

REDUCTION OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) The Government Accountability Office (‘‘GAO’’) is required by law to identify examples of waste, duplication, and 

overlap in Federal programs, and has so identified dozens of 

such examples. 

(2) In testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Comptroller General has stated that addressing the identified waste, duplication, and overlap in Federal programs ‘‘could potentially save tens of billions of dollars.’’ 

(3) In 2011, 2012, and 2013 the Government Accountability 

Office issued reports showing excessive duplication and redundancy in Federal programs including— 

(A) 209 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education programs in 13 different Federal agencies 

at a cost of $3 billion annually; 

(B) 200 separate Department of Justice crime prevention 

and victim services grant programs with an annual cost of 

$3.9 billion in 2010; 

(C) 20 different Federal entities administer 160 housing 

programs and other forms of Federal assistance for housing with a total cost of $170 billion in 2010; 

(D) 17 separate Homeland Security preparedness grant 

programs that spent $37 billion between fiscal year 2011 

and 2012; 

(E) 14 grant and loan programs, and 3 tax benefits to reduce diesel emissions; 

(F) 94 different initiatives run by 11 different agencies 

to encourage ‘‘green building’’ in the private sector; and 

(G) 23 agencies implemented approximately 670 renewable energy initiatives in fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly $15 billion. 

(4) The Federal Government spends about $80 billion each 

year for approximately 800 information technology investments. GAO has identified broad acquisition failures, waste, 

and unnecessary duplication in the Government’s information 

technology infrastructure. Experts have estimated that eliminating these problems could save 25 percent – or $20 billion 

– of the Government’s annual information technology budget. 

(5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a potential 

source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO estimated that 

saving 10 percent of the total or all Federal procurement could 

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(6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $108 billion in 

improper payments in fiscal year 2012. 

(7) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, each standing committee must hold at least 

one hearing during each 120 day period following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs. 

(8) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by fiscal 

year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly resulting in $693 billion in unauthorized appropriations. Timely reauthorizations of 

these laws would ensure assessments of program justification 

and effectiveness. 

(9) The findings resulting from congressional oversight of 

Federal Government programs should result in programmatic 

changes in both authorizing statutes and program funding levels. 

(b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF

UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING.—Each authorizing committee annually shall include in its Views and Estimates letter required under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974 recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of programs within the jurisdiction of such committee whose funding 

should be reduced or eliminated. 

SEC. 322. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING. 

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

funding. 

SEC. 323. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY POLICY. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Excessive regulation at the Federal level has hurt job creation and dampened the economy, slowing our recovery from 

the economic recession. 

(2) In the first two months of 2014 alone, the Administration 

issued 13,166 pages of regulations imposing more than $13 billion in compliance costs on job creators and adding more than 

16 million hours of compliance paperwork. 

(3) The Small Business Administration estimates that the 

total cost of regulations is as high as $1.75 trillion per year. 

Since 2009, the White House has generated over $494 billion 

in regulatory activity, with an additional $87.6 billion in regulatory costs currently pending. 

(4) The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation (Public Law 

111–203) resulted in more than $17 billion in compliance costs 

and saddled job creators with more than 58 million hours of 

compliance paperwork. 

(5) Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to date has 

added 132.9 million annual hours of compliance paperwork, 

imposing $24.3 billion of compliance costs on the private sector 

and an $8 billion cost burden on the states. 

(6) The highest regulatory costs come from rules issued by 

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are primarily targeted at the coal industry. In September 2013, 

the EPA proposed a rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions 

from new coal-fired power plants. The proposed standards are 

unachievable with current commercially available technology, 

resulting in a de-facto ban on new coal-fired power plants. Additional regulations for existing coal plants are expected in the 

summer of 2014. 

(7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly forty percent of 

the United States electricity at a low cost. Unfairly targeting 

the coal industry with costly and unachievable regulations will 

increase energy prices, disproportionately disadvantaging energy-intensive industries like manufacturing and construction, 

and will make life more difficult for millions of low-income and 

middle class families already struggling to pay their bills. 

(8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are being retired or 

converted as a result of EPA regulations. Combined with the 

de-facto prohibition on new plants, these retirements and conversions may further increase the cost of electricity. 

(9) A recent study by Purdue University estimates that electricity prices in Indiana will rise 32 percent by 2023, due in 

part to EPA regulations. 

(10) The Heritage Foundation recently found that a phase 

out of coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end of 2023, resulting in an aggregate gross domestic product decrease of $2.23 

trillion over the entire period and reducing the income of a 

family of four by $1,200 per year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will 

come from the manufacturing sector, with California, Texas, 

Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Indiana, 

North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia seeing the highest job 

losses. 

(b) POLICY ON FEDERAL REGULATION.—It is the policy of this resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the public burdened by excessive regulation, enact legislation that— 

(1) seeks to promote economic growth and job creation by 

eliminating unnecessary red tape and streamlining and simplifying Federal regulations; 

(2) pursues a cost-effective approach to regulation, without 

sacrificing environmental, health, safety benefits or other benefits, rejecting the premise that economic growth and environmental protection create an either/or proposition; 

(3) ensures that regulations do not disproportionately disadvantage low-income Americans through a more rigorous costbenefit analysis, which also considers who will be most affected 

by regulations and whether the harm caused is outweighed by 

the potential harm prevented; 

(4) ensures that regulations are subject to an open and 

transparent process, rely on sound and publicly available scientific data, and that the data relied upon for any particular 

regulation is provided to Congress immediately upon request; 

(5) frees the many commonsense energy and water projects 

currently trapped in complicated bureaucratic approval processes; 

(6) maintains the benefits of landmark environmental, 

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added $494 billion in mostly ideological regulatory activity 

since 2009, much of which flies in the face of these statutes’ 

intended purposes; and 

(7) seeks to promote a limited government, which will 

unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs, providing our Nation with a strong and prosperous future and expanding opportunities for the generations to come. 

SEC. 324. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Opening foreign markets to American exports is vital to 

the United States economy and beneficial to American workers 

and consumers. The Commerce Department estimates that 

every $1 billion of United States exports supports more than 

5,000 jobs here at home. 

(2) A modern and competitive international tax system 

would facilitate global commerce for United States multinational companies and would encourage foreign business investment and job creation in the United States 

(3) The United States currently has an antiquated system of 

international taxation whereby United States multinationals 

operating abroad pay both the foreign-country tax and United 

States corporate taxes. They are essentially taxed twice. This 

puts them at an obvious competitive disadvantage. 

(4) The ability to defer United States taxes on their foreign 

operations, which some erroneously refer to as a ‘‘tax loophole,’’ 

cushions this disadvantage to a certain extent. Eliminating or 

restricting this provision (and others like it) would harm 

United States competitiveness. 

(5) This budget resolution advocates fundamental tax reform 

that would lower the United States corporate rate, now the 

highest in the industrialized world, and switch to a more competitive system of international taxation. This would make the 

United States a much more attractive place to invest and station business activity and would chip away at the incentives 

for United States companies to keep their profits overseas (because the United States corporate rate is so high). 

(6) The status quo of the current tax code undermines the 

competitiveness of United States businesses and costs the 

United States economy investment and jobs. 

(7) Global trade and commerce is not a zero-sum game. The 

idea that global expansion tends to ‘‘hollow out’’ United States 

operations is incorrect. Foreign-affiliate activity tends to complement, not substitute for, key parent activities in the United 

States such as employment, worker compensation, and capital 

investment. When United States headquartered multinationals 

invest and expand operations abroad it often leads to more jobs 

and economic growth at home. 

(8) American businesses and workers have shown that, on a 

level playing field, they can excel and surpass the international 

competition. 

(b) POLICY ON TRADE.—It is the policy of this resolution to pursue international trade, global commerce, and a modern and competitive United States international tax system in order to promote 

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SEC. 325. NO BUDGET, NO PAY. 

It is the policy of this resolution that Congress should agree to 

a concurrent resolution on the budget every year pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. If by April 15, 

a House of Congress has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on 

the budget, the payroll administrator of that House should carry 

out this policy in the same manner as the provisions of Public Law 

113-3, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, and place in an escrow 

account all compensation otherwise required to be made for Members of that House of Congress. Withheld compensation should be 

released to Members of that House of Congress the earlier of the 

day on which that House of Congress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the budget, pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, or the last day of that Congress. 

SEC. 326. POLICY STATEMENT ON REFORM OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL 

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

(a) SNAP.—It is the policy of the resolution that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be reformed so that: 

(1) Nutrition assistance funds should be distributed to the 

states as a block grant with funding subject to the annual discretionary appropriations process. 

(2) Funds from the grant must be used by the states to establish and maintain a work activation program for able-bodied adults without dependents. 

(3) It is the goal of this proposal to move those in need off 

of the assistance rolls and back into the workforce and towards 

self-sufficiency. 

(4) In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

is permitted to revise allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels, including discretionary limits, accordingly. 

(b) ASSUMPTIONS.—This resolution assumes that, pending the enactment of reforms described in (a), the conversion of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program into a flexible State allotment tailored to meet each State’s needs. Additionally, it assumes 

that more stringent work requirements and time limits apply 

under the program. 

SEC. 327. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRANSPORTATION REFORM. 

It is the policy of this resolution that State and local officials are 

in a much better position to understand the needs of local commuters, not bureaucrats in Washington. Federal funding for transportation should be phased down and limited to core Federal duties, including the interstate highway system, transportation infrastructure on Federal land, responding to emergencies, and research. As the level of Federal responsibility for transportation is 

reduced, Congress should also concurrently reduce the Federal gas 

tax. 

TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS 

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

CARE LAWS. 

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

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resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that only consists of a full repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions of the Health 

Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 

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

OF OBAMACARE. 

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that reforms or replaces the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 

if such measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. 

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

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that repeals all or part of the decreases in Medicare spending included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the 

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such 

measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 

2015 through 2024. 

SEC. 404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE SUSTAINABLE 

GROWTH RATE OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that includes provisions amending or superseding the system for 

updating payments under section 1848 of the Social Security Act, 

if such measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. 

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

TAX CODE. 

In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a bill 

or joint resolution that reforms the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this concurrent 

resolution for the budgetary effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 

measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 

2015 through 2024 when the macroeconomic effects of such reforms 

are taken into account. 

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

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint 

resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means, or 

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a trade agreement, but only if such measure would not increase the 

deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. 

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

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint 

resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means, or 

amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that decreases 

revenue, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit for 

the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. 

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

AND SCHOOLS. 

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

limits in this resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that makes changes to or provides for the reauthorization of the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act of 

2000 (Public Law 106–393) by the amounts provided by that legislation for those purposes, if such legislation requires sustained 

yield timber harvests obviating the need for funding under Public 

Law 106–393 in the future and would not increase the deficit or 

direct spending for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2019, or 

the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. 

SEC. 409. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION 

REFORM. 

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 

conference report thereon, if such measure reforms the Federal 

transportation funding system, but only if such measure would not 

increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2015 through 

2024. 

SEC. 410. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY 

AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY. 

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 

conference report thereon, if such measure reforms policies and 

programs to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward 

mobility, but only if such measure would neither adversely impact 

job creation nor increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 

2015 through 2024. 

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

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

concurrent resolution to accommodate the enactment of a deficit 

and long-term debt reduction agreement if it includes permanent 

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SEC. 412. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR REFORMING 

SNAP. 

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that reforms the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

(SNAP). 

SEC. 413. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SOCIAL SECURITY 

DISABILITY INSURANCE REFORM. 

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that reforms the Social Security Disability Insurance program 

under title II of the Social Security Act. 

TITLE V—EARMARK MORATORIUM 

SEC. 501. EARMARK MORATORIUM. 

(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in the House of 

Representatives to consider— 

(1) a bill or joint resolution reported by any committee, or 

any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that includes a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited 

tariff benefit; or 

(2) a bill or joint resolution not reported by any committee, 

or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 

includes a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit. 

(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this resolution, the terms 

‘‘congressional earmark’’, ‘‘limited tax benefit’’, and ‘‘limited tariff 

benefit’’ have the meaning given those terms in clause 9 of rule 

XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

(c) INAPPLICABILITY.—This resolution shall not apply to any authorization of appropriations to a Federal entity if such authorization is not specifically targeted to a State, locality, or congressional 

district. 

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

RULES. 

The Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives may 

not report a rule or order that would waive the point of order set 

forth in section 501(a). 

TITLE VI—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT 

SPENDING 

SEC. 601. DIRECT SPENDING. 

(a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) For means-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

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(2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated average 

rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 

period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent under current law. 

(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for means-tested direct spending: 

(A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a Democratic 

president reformed welfare by limiting the duration of benefits, giving States more control over the program, and 

helping recipients find work. In the five years following 

passage, child-poverty rates fell, welfare caseloads fell, and 

workers’ wages increased. This resolution applies the lessons of welfare reform to both the Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program and Medicaid. 

(B) For Medicaid, this resolution recommends conversion 

from direct spending to a discretionary program subject to 

appropriation. Pending this reform, this resolution assumes the conversion of the Federal share of Medicaid 

spending into a flexible State allotment tailored to meet 

each State’s needs. Such a reform would end the misguided one-size-fits-all approach that has tied the hands of 

State governments. Instead, each State would have the 

freedom and flexibility to tailor a Medicaid program that 

fits the needs of its unique population. Moreover, this resolution assumes the repeal of the Medicaid expansions in 

the President’s health care law, relieving State governments of its crippling one-size-fits-all enrollment mandates. 

(C) For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 

recommends conversion from direct spending to a discretionary program subject to appropriation. Pending this reform, this resolution assumes the conversion of the program into a flexible State allotment tailored to meet each 

State’s needs. The allotment would increase based on the 

Department of Agriculture Thrifty Food Plan index and 

beneficiary growth. Such a reform would provide incentives for States to ensure dollars will go towards those who 

need them most. Additionally, it requires that more stringent work requirements and time limits apply under the 

program. 

(b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. 

(2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the estimated average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10- 

year period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent 

under current law. 

(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for nonmeans-tested direct spending: 

(A) For Medicare, this resolution advances policies to put 

seniors, not the Federal Government, in control of their 

health care decisions. Those in or near retirement will see 

no changes, while future retirees would be given a choice 

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for-service Medicare program. Medicare would provide a 

premium-support payment either to pay for or offset the 

premium of the plan chosen by the senior, depending on 

the plan’s cost. The Medicare premium-support payment 

would be adjusted so that the sick would receive higher 

payments if their conditions worsened; lower-income seniors would receive additional assistance to help cover outof-pocket costs; and wealthier seniors would assume responsibility for a greater share of their premiums. Putting 

seniors in charge of how their health care dollars are spent 

will force providers to compete against each other on price 

and quality. This market competition will act as a real 

check on widespread waste and skyrocketing health care 

costs. 

(B) In keeping with a recommendation from the National 

Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, this resolution calls for Federal employees—including Members of 

Congress and congressional staff—to make greater contributions toward their own retirement. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE VAN HOL- LEN OF MARYLAND OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 30 MIN- UTES

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2015. 

(a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this resolution is the 

concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 and that 

this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

year 2014 and for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 201. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for job creation through investments and incentives. 

Sec. 202. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the President’s opportunity, growth, and 

security initiative. 

Sec. 203. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for increasing energy independence and security. 

Sec. 204. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America’s veterans and service members. 

Sec. 205. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for additional tax relief for individuals and 

families. 

Sec. 206. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the extension of expired or expiring tax 

provisions. 

Sec. 207. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicare improvement. 

Sec. 208. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and children’s health improvement. 

Sec. 209. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for extension of expiring health care provisions. 

Sec. 210. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the health care workforce. 

Sec. 211. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for initiatives that benefit children. 

Sec. 212. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for college affordability and completion. 

Sec. 213. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a competitive workforce. 

Sec. 214. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools. 


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Sec. 215. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

Sec. 216. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. 

TITLE III—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING 

Sec. 301. Direct spending. 

TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Sec. 402. Adjustments to discretionary spending limits. 

Sec. 403. Costs of emergency needs, overseas contingency operations and disaster 

relief. 

Sec. 404. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 405. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 406. Reinstatement of pay-as-you-go. 

Sec. 407. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE V—POLICY 

Sec. 501. Policy of the House on jobs: make it in America. 

Sec. 502. Policy of the House on surface transportation. 

Sec. 503. Policy of the House on tax reform and fairness for middle-class Americans. 

Sec. 504. Policy of the house on increasing the minimum wage. 

Sec. 505. Policy of the House on immigration reform. 

Sec. 506. Policy of the House on extension of emergency unemployment compensation. 

Sec. 507. Policy of the House on the earned income tax credit. 

Sec. 508. Policy of the House on women’s empowerment: when women succeed, 

America succeeds. 

Sec. 509. Policy of the House on a national strategy to eradicate poverty and increase opportunity. 

Sec. 510. Policy of the House on Social Security reform that protects workers and 

retirees. 

Sec. 511. Policy of the House on protecting the Medicare guarantee for seniors. 

Sec. 512. Policy of the House on affordable health care coverage for working families. 

Sec. 513. Policy of the House on Medicaid. 

Sec. 514. Policy of the House on national security. 

Sec. 515. Policy of the House on climate change science. 

Sec. 516. Policy of the House on investments in early childhood education. 

Sec. 517. Policy of the House on taking a balanced approach to deficit reduction. 

Sec. 518. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction of unnecessary and wasteful spending. 

Sec. 519. Policy of the House on the use of taxpayer funds. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND 

AMOUNTS 

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 

years 2015 through 2024: 

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

this concurrent resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 

follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $2,592,835,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $2,759,265,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,883,321,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,000,046,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,126,171,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,264,915,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,420,419,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2022: $3,654,473,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $3,942,611,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,138,354,000,000. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be changed are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $58,994,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $83,226,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $93,898,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $109,739,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $111,486,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $116,278,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $125,768,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $198,126,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $316,093,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $330,901,000,000. 

(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of 

total new budget authority are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,077,749,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,233,596,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,405,715,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,570,429,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,772,232,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,966,966,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $4,137,989,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,369,350,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,520,421,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,668,170,000,000. 

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

this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,070,617,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,323,895,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,387,284,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $3,438,886,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,754,211,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,932,822,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $4,112,683,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $4,357,729,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $4,484,953,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $4,617,936,000,000. 

(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of the enforcement 

of this concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits (onbudget) are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2015: $-477,782,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $-494,630,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $-503,963,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $-538,840,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $-628,040,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $-667,907,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $-692,264,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $-683,256,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $-542,342,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $-479,582,000,000. 


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(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appropriate levels of the 

public debt are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $18,350,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $19,001,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $19,716,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $20,484,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $21,322,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $22,191,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $23,076,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $23,943,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $24,691,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $25,411,000,000,000. 

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels of 

debt held by the public are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $13,259,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $13,792,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $14,344,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $14,932,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $15,628,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $16,390,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $17,206,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $18,060,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $18,789,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $19,498,000,000,000. 

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2015 

through 2024 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $529,658,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $567,234,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $569,522,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $570,714,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $577,616,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $570,915,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $586,874,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $573,937,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $595,151,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $586,489,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $604,440,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $595,520,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $613,753,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $604,663,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $624,066,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $619,436,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $639,335,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $627,590,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $656,669,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $637,835,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $43,703,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,562,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $46,680,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,601,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $47,736,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $44,731,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $48,838,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,649,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $49,917,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,590,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $51,065,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,349,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $51,734,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,065,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $53,172,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,276,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $54,361,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,360,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $55,602,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $51,486,000,000. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $29,307,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,239,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $30,476,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,895,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,138,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,597,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,836,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,307,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,535,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,942,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $33,272,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,670,000,000. 

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(A) New budget authority, $34,014,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,307,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $34,782,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,057,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $35,556,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,818,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $36,360,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,603,000,000. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $7,178,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $7,631,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $6,636,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,566,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $5,012,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,862,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $4,816,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,813,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $4,902,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,156,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $4,994,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,428,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $5,111,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,677,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,226,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,862,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,445,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,069,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,982,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,291,000,000. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $35,996,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,282,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $39,468,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,208,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $40,842,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,286,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $42,546,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,499,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $43,691,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,255,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $45,297,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $44,740,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $45,705,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,414,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $46,982,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,520,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $48,189,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,794,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $49,571,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,545,000,000. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $16,492,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $16,430,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $22,171,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,592,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $21,822,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,971,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $21,707,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,920,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $21,243,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,555,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,387,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,858,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,892,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,321,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,090,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,569,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,581,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,044,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,957,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,443,000,000. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $9,378,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-1,205,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

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(B) Outlays, $-1,596,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $11,227,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-4,723,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $11,747,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-5,263,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $11,383,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-10,550,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $13,715,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-8,647,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $13,025,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-4,179,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $14,142,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-4,528,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $14,326,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-5,476,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $14,798,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-6,172,000,000. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $103,315,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $96,274,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $105,625,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $103,067,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $106,708,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $106,759,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $107,919,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $108,962,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $90,697,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $108,008,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $91,764,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $104,444,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $92,870,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $103,343,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $94,030,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $103,978,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $95,210,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $104,980,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $96,439,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $106,003,000,000. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $18,272,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,125,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $13,387,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,701,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $13,337,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,180,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $13,462,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,041,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $13,408,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,556,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $13,275,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $17,975,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $13,498,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $15,797,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $13,532,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,808,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $13,775,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,601,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $14,068,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,725,000,000. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

(500): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $95,795,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $101,125,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $101,357,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $103,966,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $111,276,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $105,786,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $116,381,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $113,148,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $119,772,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $117,486,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $122,145,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $120,521,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $124,411,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $123,151,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $125,730,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $125,437,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $126,673,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $126,993,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $126,886,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $128,011,000,000. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $490,900,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $492,926,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $554,738,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $557,377,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $611,852,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $609,361,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $635,432,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $635,628,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $669,537,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $668,913,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $714,614,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $703,684,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $743,224,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $741,798,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $782,412,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $780,624,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $823,381,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $821,591,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $866,300,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $864,887,000,000. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $524,018,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $523,974,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $562,812,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $562,696,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $573,622,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $573,531,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $597,086,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $596,995,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $659,248,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $659,148,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $706,542,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $706,444,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $755,439,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $755,340,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $836,435,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $836,328,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $858,792,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $858,682,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $887,443,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $887,326,000,000. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $532,236,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $529,617,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $543,824,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $544,651,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $548,458,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $544,538,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $552,957,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $544,169,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $572,706,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $568,006,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $585,943,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $581,295,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $600,055,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $594,959,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $618,793,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $618,076,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $627,951,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $622,337,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $635,638,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $624,722,000,000. 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,442,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,517,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $34,245,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,283,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 


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(A) New budget authority, $37,133,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $37,133,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $40,138,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,138,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $43,383,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,383,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $46,747,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,747,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $50,255,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $53,941,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $53,941,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $57,800,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,800,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $58,441,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $154,027,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $153,028,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $166,618,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $165,877,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $164,907,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $164,503,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $162,770,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $162,558,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $174,305,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $174,022,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $179,269,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $178,534,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $183,571,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $182,736,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $195,680,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $194,736,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $192,458,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $191,491,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $189,292,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $188,262,000,000. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 


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Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $54,730,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,395,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $59,345,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $56,655,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $59,120,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,730,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $60,693,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $65,253,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $62,467,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $63,193,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $64,404,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $63,976,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $66,557,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $66,016,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $69,298,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $68,688,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $71,399,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $70,765,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $73,573,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $72,916,000,000. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $25,355,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,745,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $25,326,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,123,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $26,243,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,038,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $27,389,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,109,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $28,590,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,102,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $29,462,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,975,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $30,399,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,924,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,357,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,888,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $32,261,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,799,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $33,236,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,760,000,000. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $366,897,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $366,897,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $423,329,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $423,329,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $500,508,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $500,508,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $589,466,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $589,466,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $665,970,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $665,970,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $731,425,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $731,425,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $787,730,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $787,730,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $842,243,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $842,243,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $893,181,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $893,181,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $936,153,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $936,153,000,000. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $2,225,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,102,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $-1,978,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $943,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $790,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,705,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $2,328,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,288,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $3,701,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $6,458,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $-912,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $3,052,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $312,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,896,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $3,654,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,977,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $9,109,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $10,868,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $15,860,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $16,770,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $-78,532,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-78,532,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $-83,378,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-83,378,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $-83,632,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-83,632,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $-83,956,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-83,956,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $-90,374,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-90,374,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $-91,882,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-91,882,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $-95,566,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-95,566,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $-98,215,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-98,215,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $-101,362,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-101,362,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $-107,098,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $-107,098,000,000. 

(21) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism (970): 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $85,357,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,250,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $25,625,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $6,504,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $2,225,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $902,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $714,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

SEC. 201. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR JOB CREATION 

THROUGH INVESTMENTS AND INCENTIVES. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that provides for robust Federal investments in America’s infrastructure, incentives for businesses, and support for communities or other measures that create jobs for Americans and boost 

the economy. The revisions may be made for measures that— 

(1) provide for additional investments in rail, aviation, harbors (including harbor maintenance dredging), seaports, inland 

waterway systems, public housing, broadband, energy, water, 

and other infrastructure; 

(2) provide for additional investments in other areas that 

would help businesses and other employers create new jobs; 

and 

(3) provide additional incentives, including tax incentives, to 

help small businesses, nonprofits, States, and communities expand investment, train, hire, and retain private-sector workers 

and public service employees; 

by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure does not 

increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal 

year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024. 

SEC. 202. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT’S 

OPPORTUNITY, GROWTH, AND SECURITY INITIATIVE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The chairman of the House Committee on the 

Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that increases, by the same amounts for 

defense and non-defense, the 2015 limits on discretionary spending 


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in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 by the amounts provided in 

such measure if such measure does not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024. 

(b) FUNDING OF ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES.—The increase in the discretionary caps will allow additional funding for key priorities, including— 

(1) enhance early childhood and K-12 education; 

(2) expand scientific research and innovation funding; 

(3) provide jobs and meet infrastructure needs; 

(4) expand opportunity and mobility for Americans; 

(5) enhance public health, safety, and security; 

(6) make the government more efficient and effective; and 

(7) promote military readiness. 

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

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that— 

(1) provides tax incentives for or otherwise encourages the 

production of renewable energy or increased energy efficiency; 

(2) encourages investment in emerging clean energy or vehicle technologies or carbon capture and sequestration; 

(3) provides additional resources for oversight and expanded 

enforcement activities to crack down on speculation in and manipulation of oil and gas markets, including derivatives markets; 

(4) limits and provides for reductions in greenhouse gas 

emissions; 

(5) assists businesses, industries, States, communities, the 

environment, workers, or households as the United States 

moves toward reducing and offsetting the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions; or 

(6) facilitates the training of workers for these industries 

(‘‘clean energy jobs’’); 

by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

not increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 

2024. 

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

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that— 

(1) enhances the delivery of health care to the Nation’s veterans and service members, including the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses, and increasing the capacity to address health care needs unique to 

women veterans; 

(2) makes improvements to the Post 9/11 GI Bill to ensure 

that veterans receive the educational benefits they need to 

maximize their employment opportunities; 


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(3) improves disability benefits or evaluations for wounded or 

disabled military personnel or veterans, including measures to 

expedite the claims process; 

(4) expands eligibility to permit additional disabled military 

retirees to receive both disability compensation and retired pay 

(concurrent receipt); or 

(5) eliminates the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan annuities and veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation; 

by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

not increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 

2024. 

SEC. 205. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL TAX 

RELIEF FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that provides additional tax relief to individuals and families, 

such as expanding tax relief provided by the refundable child credit, by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

not increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 

2024. 

SEC. 206. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE EXTENSION OF 

EXPIRED OR EXPIRING TAX PROVISIONS. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that extends provisions of the tax code that have expired or 

will expire in the future, by the amounts provided in such measure 

if such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal 

year 2014 to fiscal year 2024. 

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

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that makes improvements to Medicare, including making reforms to the Medicare payment system for physicians that build on 

delivery reforms underway, such as advancement of new care models, and— 

(1) changes incentives to encourage efficiency and higher 

quality care in a manner consistent with the goals of fiscal sustainability; 

(2) improves payment accuracy to encourage efficient use of 

resources and ensure that patient-centered primary care receives appropriate compensation; 

(3) supports innovative programs to improve coordination of 

care among all providers serving a patient in all appropriate 

settings; 

(4) holds providers accountable for their utilization patterns 

and quality of care; and 


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(5) makes no changes that reduce benefits available to seniors and individuals with disabilities in Medicare; 

by the amounts provided, together with any savings from ending 

Overseas Contingency Operations, in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the following time 

periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to 

fiscal year 2024. 

SEC. 208. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID AND 

CHILDREN’S HEALTH IMPROVEMENT. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that improves Medicaid or other children’s health programs, 

by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

not increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 

2024. Such improvements may include demonstrations around psychiatric care for special populations and helping states improve the 

provision of long-term care. 

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

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that extends expiring Medicare, Medicaid, or other health provisions, by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

would not increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal 

year 2024. 

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

WORKFORCE. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that improves the contemporary health care workforce’s ability 

to meet emerging demands, by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the 

following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal 

year 2014 to fiscal year 2024. Such improvements may include an 

expansion of the National Health Service Corps, an extension of 

the enhanced Medicaid primary care reimbursement rates that 

bring Medicaid primary care payment rates up to Medicare levels 

using Federal funds, and an expansion of the enhanced reimbursement rates to mid-level providers who practice independently. 

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

BENEFIT CHILDREN. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that improves the lives of children by the amounts provided 

in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for 

either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 

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(1) Extension and expansion of child care assistance. 

(2) Changes to foster care to prevent child abuse and neglect 

and keep more children safely in their homes. 

(3) Changes to child support enforcement to encourage increased parental support for children, particularly from noncustodial parents, including legislation that results in a greater 

share of collected child support reaching the child or encourages States to provide access and visitation services to improve 

fathers’ relationships with their children. Such changes could 

reflect efforts to ensure that States have the necessary resources to collect all child support that is owed to families and 

to allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to families 

without financial penalty. When 100 percent of child support 

payments are passed to the child, rather than to administrative expenses, program integrity is improved and child support 

participation increases. 

(4) Regular increases in funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to put the Federal Government 

on a 10-year path to fulfill its commitment to America’s children and schools by providing 40 percent of the average per 

pupil expenditure for special education. 

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

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that makes college more affordable and increases college completion, including efforts to: encourage States and higher education 

institutions to improve educational outcomes and access for lowand moderate-income students; ensure continued full funding for 

Pell grants; or help borrowers lower and manage their student loan 

debt through refinancing and expanded repayment options, by the 

amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal year 

2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024. 

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

WORKFORCE. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that helps ensure that all Americans have access to good-paying jobs by fully reauthorizing the Trade Adjustment Assistance 

program or funding other effective job training and employment 

programs by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the following time 

periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to 

fiscal year 2024. 

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

AND SCHOOLS. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that makes changes to or provides for the reauthorization of 

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of 2000 (Public Law 106-393) by the amounts provided by that legislation for those purposes, if such legislation requires sustained 

yield timber harvests obviating the need for funding under Public 

Law 106–393 in the future and would not increase the deficit for 

either of the following time periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 

2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024. 

SEC. 215. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FULL FUNDING OF 

THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that provides full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the following time 

periods: fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to 

fiscal year 2024. 

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

HOUSING TRUST FUND. 

The chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that capitalizes the existing Affordable Housing Trust Fund by 

the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 

increase the deficit for either of the following time periods: fiscal 

year 2014 to fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2024. 

TITLE III—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT 

SPENDING 

SEC. 301. DIRECT SPENDING. 

(a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) For means-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent. 

(2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated average 

rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 

period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent under current law. 

(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for means-tested direct spending: The resolution rejects cuts to the social safety net that lifts millions of people 

out of poverty. It assumes extension of the tax credits from the 

American Taxpayer Relief Act due to expire at the end of 2017. 

These credits include an increase in refundability of the child 

tax credit, relief for married earned income tax credit filers, 

and a larger earned income tax credit for larger families. It 

also assumes expansion of the earned income tax credit for 

childless workers, a group that has seen limited support from 

safety net programs. 

(b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average rate of 

growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period 

preceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. 


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(2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the estimated average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10- 

year period beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent 

under current law. 

(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent 

resolution for nonmeans-tested direct spending: For Medicare, 

this budget rejects proposals to end the Medicare guarantee 

and shift rising health care costs onto seniors by replacing 

Medicare with vouchers or premium support for the purchase 

of private insurance. Such proposals will expose seniors and 

persons with disabilities on fixed incomes to unacceptable financial risks, and they will weaken the traditional Medicare 

program. Instead, this budget builds on the success of the Affordable Care Act, which made significant strides in health 

care cost containment and put into place a framework for continuous innovation. This budget supports comprehensive reforms to give physicians and other care providers incentives to 

provide high-quality, coordinated, efficient care, in a manner 

consistent with the goals of fiscal sustainability. It makes no 

changes that reduce benefits available to seniors and individuals with disabilities in Medicare. In other areas, the resolution assumes extension of emergency unemployment compensation, additional funding for surface transportation, a new initiative for early childhood education, and extension of the 

American Opportunity Tax Credit, which assists with higher 

education expenses. 

TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS 

SEC. 401. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided in subsection 

(b), any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 

making a general appropriation or continuing appropriation may 

not provide for advance appropriations. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be provided— 

(1) for fiscal year 2016 for programs, projects, activities, or 

accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers to accompany this resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate 

amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, 

and for 2017, accounts separately identified under the same 

heading; and 

(2) for all discretionary programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget authority provided in a 

bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or any new 

discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution 

making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2015. 

SEC. 402. ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

(a) PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES UNDER THE BUDGET

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(1) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM INTEGRITY

INITIATIVES.—In the House, prior to consideration of any bill, 

joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that appropriates amounts as 

provided under section 251(b)(2)(B) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the allocation to 

the House Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by 

the amount of additional budget authority and outlays resulting from that budget authority for fiscal year 2015. 

(2) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL PROGRAM.—In 

the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, 

amendment, or conference report making appropriations for 

fiscal year 2015 that appropriates amounts as provided under 

section 251(b)(2)(C) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985, the allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of 

additional budget authority and outlays resulting from that 

budget authority for fiscal year 2015. 

(b) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES.— 

(1) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLIANCE.—In the 

House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, 

amendment, or conference report making appropriations for 

fiscal year 2015 that appropriates $9,445,000,000 for the Internal Revenue Service for enhanced enforcement to address the 

Federal tax gap (taxes owed but not paid) and provides an additional appropriation of up to $480,000,000, to the Internal 

Revenue Service and the amount is designated for enhanced 

tax enforcement to address the tax gap, the allocation to the 

House Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by the 

amount of additional budget authority and outlays resulting 

from that budget authority for fiscal year 2015. 

(2) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM INTEGRITY ACTIVITIES.—In the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that appropriates $133,000,000 for inperson reemployment and eligibility assessments, reemployment services and training referrals, and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews for the Department of Labor 

and provides an additional appropriation of up to $25,000,000, 

and the amount is designated for in-person reemployment and 

eligibility assessments, reemployment services and training referrals, and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews for the Department of Labor, the allocation to the House 

Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by the amount 

of additional budget authority and outlays resulting from that 

budget authority for fiscal year 2015. 

(c) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.—In the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 

report, the chairman of the House Committee on the Budget shall 

make the adjustments set forth in this subsection for the incremental new budget authority in that measure and the outlays resulting from that budget authority if that measure meets the requirements set forth in this section. 


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SEC. 403. COSTS OF EMERGENCY NEEDS, OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 

OPERATIONS AND DISASTER RELIEF. 

(a) EMERGENCY NEEDS.—If any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

or conference report makes appropriations for discretionary 

amounts and such amounts are designated as necessary to meet 

emergency needs pursuant to this subsection, then new budget authority and outlays resulting from that budget authority shall not 

count for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or 

this resolution. 

(b) OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.—In the House, if any 

bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for overseas contingency operations and such amounts are so designated pursuant to this paragraph, then the allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations may be adjusted by the amounts provided in such legislation 

for that purpose up to, but not to exceed, the total amount of budget authority the President requests for overseas contingency operations for 2015 in a detailed, account-level, submission to Congress 

and the new outlays resulting from that budget authority. 

(c) DISASTER RELIEF.—In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, 

amendment, or conference report makes appropriations for discretionary amounts and such amounts are designated for disaster relief pursuant to this subsection, then the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations, and as necessary, the aggregates in this 

resolution, shall be adjusted by the amount of new budget authority and outlays up to the amounts provided under section 

251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, as adjusted by subsection (d). 

(d) WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS.— 

(1) CAP ADJUSTMENT.—In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making appropriations 

for wildfire suppression operations for fiscal year 2015 that appropriates a base amount equal to 70 percent of the average 

cost of wildfire suppression operations over the previous 10 

years and provides an additional appropriation of up to but not 

to exceed $1.4 billion for wildfire suppression operations and 

such amounts are so designated pursuant to this paragraph, 

then the allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations 

may be adjusted by the additional amount of budget authority 

above the base amount and the outlays resulting from that additional budget authority. 

(2) DEFICIT-NEUTRAL ADJUSTMENT.—The total allowable discretionary adjustment for disaster relief pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985 shall be reduced by an amount equivalent 

to the sum of allocation increases made pursuant to paragraph 

(1) in the previous year. 

(e) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.—In the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 

report, the chairman of the House Committee on the Budget shall 

make the adjustments set forth in subsections (b), (c), and (d) for 

the incremental new budget authority in that measure and the outlays resulting from that budget authority if that measure meets the 

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

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, notwithstanding section 

302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of 

the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation under section 

302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the House Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration and of the Postal Service. 

(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of applying section 302(f) of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the level of total 

new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure 

shall include any off-budget discretionary amounts. 

SEC. 405. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS 

AND AGGREGATES. 

(a) APPLICATION.—In the House, any adjustments of allocations 

and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

(1) apply while that measure is under consideration; 

(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and 

(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable. 

(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments 

shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates included in this resolution. 

(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chairman of the House Committee on the 

Budget may adjust the aggregates, allocations, and other levels in 

this resolution for legislation which has received final congressional 

approval in the same form by the House of Representatives and the 

Senate, but has yet to be presented to or signed by the President 

at the time of final consideration of this resolution. 

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

In the House, and pursuant to section 301(b)(8) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for the remainder of the 113th Congress, 

the following shall apply in lieu of ‘‘CUTGO’’ rules and principles: 

(1)(A) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), it shall 

not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report if the provisions of such measure affecting direct spending and revenues have the net effect of increasing the on-budget deficit or reducing the on-budget surplus for the period comprising either— 

(i) the current year, the budget year, and the four 

years following that budget year; or 

(ii) the current year, the budget year, and the nine 

years following that budget year. 

(B) The effect of such measure on the deficit or surplus 

shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the 

Committee on the Budget. 

(C) For the purpose of this section, the terms ‘‘budget 

year’’, ‘‘current year’’, and ‘‘direct spending’’ have the 

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and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that the 

term ‘‘direct spending’’ shall also include provisions in appropriation Acts that make outyear modifications to substantive law as described in section 3(4) (C) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

(2) If a bill, joint resolution, or amendment is considered pursuant to a special order of the House directing the Clerk to add 

as a new matter at the end of such measure the provisions of 

a separate measure as passed by the House, the provisions of 

such separate measure as passed by the House shall be included in the evaluation under paragraph (1) of the bill, joint 

resolution, or amendment. 

(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the evaluation under paragraph (1) shall exclude a provision expressly 

designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles in the case of a point of order under this clause against 

consideration of— 

(i) a bill or joint resolution; 

(ii) an amendment made in order as original text by 

a special order of business; 

(iii) a conference report; or 

(iv) an amendment between the Houses. 

(B) In the case of an amendment (other than one specified in subparagraph (A)) to a bill or joint resolution, the 

evaluation under paragraph (1) shall give no cognizance to 

any designation of emergency. 

(C) If a bill, a joint resolution, an amendment made in 

order as original text by a special order of business, a conference report, or an amendment between the Houses includes a provision expressly designated as an emergency 

for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles, the Chair shall 

put the question of consideration with respect thereto. 

SEC. 407. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

The House adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

Representatives and as such they shall be considered as part 

of the rules of the House, and these rules shall supersede other 

rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with other 

such rules; and 

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the 

House of Representatives to change those rules at any time, in 

the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 

other rule of the House of Representatives. 

TITLE V—POLICY 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(1) the economy entered a deep recession in December 2007 

that was worsened by a financial crisis in 2008 – by January 

2009, the private sector was shedding about 800,000 jobs per 

month; 

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with the economy creating 8.9 million private jobs over the 

past 49 consecutive months; 

(3) as part of a ‘‘Make it in America’’ agenda, United States 

manufacturing has been leading the Nation’s economic recovery as domestic manufacturers regain their economic and competitive edge and a wave of insourcing jobs from abroad begins; 

(4) despite the job gains already made, job growth needs to 

accelerate and continue for an extended period for the economy 

to fully recover from the recession; and 

(5) job creation is vital to Nation building at home and to 

deficit reduction – CBO has noted that if the country were at 

full employment, the deficit would be about half its current 

size. 

(b) POLICY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of this resolution that Congress should pursue a ‘‘Make it in America’’ agenda with a priority to consider and enact legislation to help create jobs, remove incentives to out-source jobs overseas and instead support incentives that bring jobs back to the United States, and 

help middle class families by increasing the minimum wage. 

(2) JOBS.—This resolution— 

(A) provides funding to support President Obama’s four- year, $302 billion surface transportation reauthorization 

proposal; (B) provides $1 billion for the President’s proposal to establish a Veterans Job Corps; and 

(C) establishes a reserve fund that would allow for passage of additional job creation measures, including further 

infrastructure improvements and support for biomedical 

research that both creates jobs and advances scientific 

knowledge and health, or other spending or revenue proposals. 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: (1) Supporting the President’s four-year, $302 billion surface 

transportation reauthorization proposal will sharpen America’s 

global competitive edge in the 21st century by allowing infrastructure expansion and modernization. 

(2) Many of our roads, bridges, and transit systems are in 

disrepair, and fail to move as many goods and people as the 

economy demands. The American Society of Engineers gives 

the United States infrastructure an overall grade of D+. 

(3) Deep cuts to our transportation funding over the next 10 

years will hurt families and businesses at a time when we 

have major infrastructure needs and workers ready to do the 

job. 

(4) Increasing transportation investments improves our quality of life by building new ladders of opportunity—improving 

our competitive edge, facilitating American exports, creating 

new jobs and increasing access to existing ones, and fostering 

economic growth, while also providing critical safety improvements and reduced commute times. 

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pected to become insolvent this summer. This could force a halt 

to construction projects, which would put 700,000 jobs at risk. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House to provide funding in support of the President’s proposed four-year, $302 billion surface 

transportation reauthorization that prevents the imminent insolvency of the highway trust fund and increases investment in our 

highway and transit programs. Such an investment sharpens our 

competitive edge, increases access to jobs, reduces commute times, 

makes our highways and transit systems safer, facilitates American exports, creates jobs, and fosters economic growth. 

SEC. 503. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON TAX REFORM AND FAIRNESS FOR 

MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(1) According to the United States Census Bureau, American 

families lost ground during the 2000s as median income 

slipped 4.9 percent in real terms between 2000 and 2009. 

(2) According to the Congressional Budget Office, between 

1979 and 2007, real after-tax incomes for the top 1 percent of 

income earners grew 278 percent – or a stunning $973,100 – 

per household. In contrast, real after-tax incomes of the middle 

20 percent of families grew just 25 percent, and incomes of the 

poorest 20 percent increased by 16 percent. 

(3) Past Republican tax plans have made reducing taxes for 

the wealthiest Americans the top priority. The result has been 

legislation that increased deficits while giving a disproportionate share of any tax cuts to the wealthy. 

(4) Recent Republican tax plans, including this year’s House 

Republican Budget, have emphasized reducing the top marginal rates to 25 percent. Analysis by the non-partisan Tax 

Policy Center has shown that it is impossible to achieve such 

a reduction and be revenue-neutral without large reductions in 

tax deductions and credits for middle-income taxpayers that 

would lead to a net tax increase on those families. 

(5) Analyses of proposals to reduce top rates to 25 percent 

within a revenue-neutral tax reform plan indicate that the 

plans would raise taxes on middle-class families with children 

by an average of at least $2,000. 

(6) Such a tax increase would— 

(A) make it even harder for working families to make 

ends meet; 

(B) cost the economy millions of jobs over the coming 

years by reducing consumer spending, which will greatly 

weaken economic growth; and 

(C) further widen the income gap between the wealthiest 

households and the middle class by making the tax code 

more regressive. 

(7) The tax code contains numerous, wasteful tax breaks for 

special interests. 

(8) these special tax breaks can greatly complicate the effort 

to administer the code and the taxpayer’s ability to fully comply with its terms, while also undermining our basic sense of 

fairness. 

(9) they can distort economic incentives for businesses and 

consumers and encourage businesses to ship American jobs 

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nues lost to various tax expenditures can be put to better use 

for more targeted initiatives. 

(b) POLICY.— 

(1) This resolution would accommodate action to simplify the 

tax code and eliminate special interest tax breaks without increasing the tax burden on middle-class taxpayers. 

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

WAGE. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(1) the minimum wage has not been increased since 2009; 

(2) the real value of the minimum wage today is less than 

it was in 1956; 

(3) increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour would 

give a raise to about 28,000,000 workers; 

(4) increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour would 

lift about 1,000,000 Americans out of poverty; 

(5) minimum wage workers bring home an average of 50 percent of their family’s total income; 

(6) a higher minimum wage would put more money in the 

pockets of individuals who are likely to spend additional income, which would help expand the economy and create jobs; 

(7) in part because of this effect, recent studies have indicated that increases in the minimum wage do not adversely 

impact job creation as much as had been previously thought, 

and that modest increases in the minimum wage may actually 

create jobs; 

(8) the higher minimum wage is important to victims of 

wage discrimination, who are more likely to find themselves in 

low-paying jobs; 

(9) a higher minimum wage will reduce government spending to provide assistance to minimum wage workers; and 

(10) a higher minimum wage will benefit businesses by increasing productivity, reducing absenteeism, and reducing 

turnover. 

(b) POLICY.—This resolution assumes action by the House of Representatives to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour in 

three annual steps, as proposed in H.R. 1010, the Fair Minimum 

Wage Act of 2013. 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Fixing the country’s broken immigration system will 

mean a stronger economy and lower budget deficits. 

(2) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that 

enacting H.R. 15, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, 

and Immigration Modernization Act, will reduce the deficit by 

$900 billion over the next two decades, boost the economy by 

5.4 percent, and increase productivity by 1.0 percent. 

(3) The Social Security Actuary estimates that immigration 

reform will add up to $300 billion to the Social Security Trust 

Fund over the next decade and will extend Social Security solvency by up to two years. 

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United States of America and establishing a coherent and just 

system for integrating those who seek to join American society. 

(5) We have a right, and duty, to maintain and secure our 

borders, and to keep our country safe and prosperous. As a Nation founded, built and sustained by immigrants we also have 

a responsibility to harness the power of that tradition in a balanced way that secures a more prosperous future for America. 

(6) We have always welcomed newcomers to the United 

States and will continue to do so. But in order to qualify for 

the honor and privilege of eventual citizenship, our laws must 

be followed. The world depends on America to be strong—economically, militarily and ethically. The establishment of a stable, just, and efficient immigration system only supports those 

goals. As a Nation, we have the right and responsibility to 

make our borders safe, to establish clear and just rules for 

seeking citizenship, to control the flow of legal immigration, 

and to eliminate illegal immigration, which in some cases has 

become a threat to our national security. 

(7) All parts of H.R. 15 are premised on the right and need 

of the United States to achieve these goals, and to protect its 

borders and maintain its sovereignty. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that the full House vote 

on comprehensive immigration reform—such as H.R. 15, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act—to boost our economy, lower deficits, establish clear and 

just rules for citizenship, and secure our borders. 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Since the expiration of emergency unemployment compensation at the end of 2013, over 2,000,000 workers and their 

families have lost benefits. Thousands more are losing benefits 

each week. 

(2) The long-term unemployment rate at the time of the expiration, and still today, was nearly twice as high as it was at 

the expiration of any previous extended unemployment benefits program. 

(3) Extending unemployment is good for the affected workers 

and their families, and the economy as a whole. The CBO has 

estimated that extending emergency unemployment compensation will create 200,000 jobs by the end of the year. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of this resolution that emergency unemployment compensation be extended for 1 year, retroactive to its 

expiration. The resolution assumes this would be accomplished in 

two steps with passage of the bipartisan Senate bill adding 5 

months and future legislation completing the task. Over the full 

year, this will benefit 5,000,000 Americans and their families as 

well as their communities and the Nation as a whole. 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has long been considered one of our most effective anti-poverty programs. It has 

generally enjoyed strong, bipartisan support from Members of 

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(2) The EITC rewards work. Benefits are only available to 

taxpayers with earned income. Encouraging workforce participation among low earners is generally thought to benefit the 

workers, their families, the community and the overall economy. 

(3) Many of our income security programs target their benefits towards children. The EITC is no different; the credit for 

childless workers is significantly less generous. As a result, 

low-income childless workers often receive little support from 

our anti-poverty efforts. Expanding the EITC for childless 

workers would help close that gap and has been supported by 

anti-poverty experts with varying ideological perspectives, consistent with the Credit’s bipartisan history. 

(4) Expansion of the EITC can be viewed as a tax cut. There 

is significant room to expand the EITC for childless workers 

that would still leave those workers as net taxpayers, when 

you include both the employee- and employer-paid portion of 

their Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes. 

(5) A tax cut for these workers is appropriate as very lowincome childless workers, because of the limited tax benefits 

available to them, can, in some circumstances actually fall 

below the poverty line as a result of their tax burden. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of this resolution that the House 

should pass legislation to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for 

childless workers. This expansion could take several forms, including larger phase-in and phase-out rates, higher thresholds for beginning the phase-out range, and extension of the credit to older 

and younger adults. 

SEC. 508. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT: WHEN 

WOMEN SUCCEED, AMERICA SUCCEEDS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Wage inequality still exists in this country. Women make 

only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men, and the pay gap 

for African American women and Latinas is even larger. 

(2) Nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women, 

and the minimum wage has not kept up with inflation over the 

last 45 years. 

(3) More than 40 million private sector workers in this country – including more than 13 million working women – are not 

able to take a paid sick day when they are ill. Millions more 

lack paid sick time to care for a sick child. 

(4) Nearly one-quarter of adults in the United States (23 percent) report that they have lost a job or have been threatened 

with job loss for taking time off due to illness or to care for a 

sick child or relative. 

(5) Fully 89 percent of the United States workforce does not 

have paid family leave through their employers, and more than 

60 percent of the workforce does not have paid personal medical leave through an employer-provided temporary disability 

program, which some new mothers use. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that Congress should 

make a positive difference in the lives of women, enacting measures to address economic equality and women’s health and safety. 

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preneurs and small businesses, and support work and family balance through earned paid sick leave, and earned paid and expanded family and medical leave. To address health and safety concerns, Congress should increase funding for the prevention and 

treatment of women’s health issues such as breast cancer and 

heart disease, support access to family planning, and enact measures to prevent and protect women from domestic violence. 

SEC. 509. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO 

ERADICATE POVERTY AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Access to opportunity should be the right of every American. 

(2) Poverty has declined by more than one-third since 1967. 

More than 40,000,000 Americans are not in poverty today because of programs and tax policies that strengthen economic 

security and increase opportunity. Continued Federal support 

is essential to build on these gains. 

(3) Antipoverty programs have increasingly been focused on 

encouraging and rewarding work for those who are able. The 

programs can empower their beneficiaries to rise to the middle 

class through job training, educational assistance, adequate 

nutrition, housing and health care. 

(4) Social Security has played a major role in reducing poverty. Without it, the poverty rate in 2012 would have been 8.5 

percentage points higher. Its positive impact on older Americans is even starker, lowering the poverty rate among this 

group by 40 percentage points. 

(5) Unemployment insurance benefits provide critical support 

to millions of workers, who lost their jobs through no fault of 

their own, and their families. Without these benefits, 2,500,000 

more people would have lived in poverty in 2012. 

(6) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program alone 

lifts nearly 5,000,000 people out of poverty, including over 

2,000,000 children. It is particularly effective in keeping children—over 1,000,000—out of deep poverty (below half the poverty line). School breakfast and lunch programs help keep children ready to learn, allowing them to reach their full potential. 

(7) Medicaid improves health, access to health care and financial security. Medicaid coverage lowers infant, child, and 

adult mortality rates. Medicaid coverage virtually eliminates 

catastrophic out-of-pocket medical expenditures, providing 

much needed financial security and peace of mind. 

(8) The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax 

Credit (CTC) together lift over 9,000,000 people, including 

5,000,000 children, out of poverty. President Ronald Reagan 

proposed the major EITC expansion in the 1986 Tax Reform 

Act, which he referred to as ‘‘the best antipoverty, the best profamily, the best job creation measure to come out of Congress’’. 

Studies indicate that children in families that receive the type 

of income supports EITC and CTC offer do better at school and 

have higher incomes as adults. 

(9) Despite our progress, there is still work to be done. Nearly 50,000,000 Americans still live below the poverty line. Parental income still has a major impact on children’s income 

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(10) The minimum wage has not changed since 2007 and is 

worth less today than it was in real terms at the beginning of 

1950. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that an incremental increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would 

lift 900,000 people out of poverty. 

(11) In addition, some areas of the country have been left behind. They face persistent high levels of poverty and joblessness. Residents of these areas often lack access to quality 

schools, affordable health care, and adequate job opportunities. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House to support a goal of developing a national strategy to eliminate poverty, with the initial 

goal of cutting poverty in half in ten years, and to extend equitable 

access to economic opportunity to all Americans. The strategy must 

include a multi-pronged approach that would— 

(1) ensure a livable wage for workers, including raising the 

minimum wage so that a full time worker earns enough to be 

above the poverty line; 

(2) provide education and job training to make sure workers 

have the skills to succeed; 

(3) provide supports for struggling families in difficult economic times and while developing skills; 

(4) remove barriers and obstacles that prevent individuals 

from taking advantage of economic and educational opportunities; and 

(5) provide supports for the most vulnerable who are not able 

to work: seniors, the severely disabled, and children. 

As the strategy is developed and implemented, Congress must work 

to protect low-income and middle-class Americans from the negative impacts of budget cuts on the critical domestic programs that 

help millions of struggling American families. The strategy should 

maximize the impact of antipoverty programs across Federal, 

State, and local governments. Improving the effective coordination 

and oversight across agencies and implementing a true unity of 

programs under a ‘‘whole of government’’ approach to shared goals 

and client-based outcomes will help to streamline access, improve 

service delivery, and strengthen and extend the reach of every Federal dollar to fight poverty. The plan should consider additional 

targeting of spending toward persistent poverty areas to revitalize 

these areas of pervasive historical poverty, unemployment, and 

general distress. 

SEC. 510. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM THAT 

PROTECTS WORKERS AND RETIREES. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(1) Social Security is America’s most important retirement 

resource, especially for seniors, because it provides an income 

floor to keep them, their spouses and their survivors out of 

poverty during retirement—benefits earned based on their past 

payroll contributions; 

(2) in January 2013, 58,000,000 people relied on Social Security; 

(3) 9 out of 10 individuals 65 and older received Social Security benefits; 

(4) Social Security helps keep people out of poverty and has 

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(5) Social Security benefits are modest, with an average annual benefit for retirees of about $15,000, which is the majority 

of total retirement income for more than half of all beneficiaries; 

(6) diverting workers’ payroll contributions toward private 

accounts undermines retirement security and the social safety 

net by subjecting the workers’ retirement decisions and income 

to the whims of the stock market; 

(7) diverting trust fund payroll contributions toward private 

accounts jeopardizes Social Security because the program will 

not have the resources to pay full benefits to current retirees; 

and 

(8) privatization increases Federal debt because the Treasury 

will have to borrow additional funds from the public to pay full 

benefits to current retirees. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that Social Security 

should be strengthened for its own sake and not to achieve deficit 

reduction. Because privatization proposals are fiscally irresponsible 

and would put the retirement security of seniors at risk, any Social 

Security reform legislation shall reject partial or complete privatization of the program. 

SEC. 511. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON PROTECTING THE MEDICARE 

GUARANTEE FOR SENIORS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(1) senior citizens and persons with disabilities highly value 

the Medicare program and rely on Medicare to guarantee their 

health and financial security; 

(2) in 2013, 52,000,000 people relied on Medicare for coverage of hospital stays, physician visits, prescription drugs, 

and other necessary medical goods and services; 

(3) the Medicare program has lower administrative costs 

than private insurance, and Medicare program costs per enrollee have grown at a slower rate than private insurance for 

a given level of benefits; 

(4) people with Medicare already have the ability to choose 

a private insurance plan within Medicare through the Medicare Advantage option, yet 72 percent of Medicare beneficiaries 

chose the traditional fee-for-service program instead of a private plan in 2013; 

(5) rising health care costs are not unique to Medicare or 

other Federal health programs, they are endemic to the entire 

health care system; 

(6) converting Medicare into a voucher for the purchase of 

health insurance will merely force seniors and individuals with 

disabilities to pay much higher premiums if they want to use 

their voucher to purchase traditional Medicare coverage; 

(7) a voucher system in which the voucher payment fails to 

keep pace with growth in health costs would expose seniors 

and persons with disabilities on fixed incomes to unacceptable 

financial risks; 

(8) shifting more health care costs onto Medicare beneficiaries would not reduce overall health care costs, instead it 

would mean beneficiaries would face higher premiums, eroding 

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(9) versions of voucher policies that do not immediately end 

the traditional Medicare program will merely set it up for a 

death spiral as private plans siphon off healthier and less expensive beneficiaries, leaving the sickest beneficiaries in a program that will wither away. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that the Medicare guarantee for seniors and persons with disabilities should be preserved 

and strengthened, and that any legislation to end the Medicare 

guarantee, financially penalize people for choosing traditional 

Medicare, or shift rising health care costs onto seniors by replacing 

Medicare with vouchers or premium support for the purchase of 

health insurance, should be rejected. 

SEC. 512. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE 

COVERAGE FOR WORKING FAMILIES. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(1) making health care coverage affordable and accessible for 

all American families will improve families’ health and economic security, which will make the economy stronger; 

(2) the Affordable Care Act will expand affordable coverage 

to 25,000,000 people by the end of the decade, and already, 

millions of Americans have health insurance under this law – 

more than 7,000,000 individuals have signed up for private 

health insurance through new health insurance Marketplaces, 

3,000,000 young adults have been able to stay on their parent’s 

health insurance plan, and 3,000,000 people have new Medicaid coverage; 

(3) the Affordable Care Act ensures the right to equal treatment for people who have preexisting health conditions and for 

women; 

(4) the Affordable Care Act ensures that health insurance 

coverage will always include basic necessary services such as 

prescription drugs, mental health care, and maternity care and 

that insurance companies cannot impose lifetime or annual 

limits on these benefits; 

(5) the Affordable Care Act increases transparency in health 

care, helping to reduce health care cost growth by requiring 

transparency around hospital charges, insurer cost-sharing, 

and kick-back payments from pharmaceutical companies to 

physicians; 

(6) the Affordable Care Act reforms Federal health entitlements by using nearly every health cost-containment provision 

experts recommend, including new incentives to reward quality 

and coordination of care rather than simply quantity of services provided, new tools to crack down on fraud, and the elimination of excessive taxpayer subsidies to private insurance 

plans, and as a result will slow the projected annual growth 

rate of national health expenditures by 0.3 percentage points 

after 2016, the essence of ‘‘bending the cost curve’’; and 

(7) the Affordable Care Act will reduce the Federal deficit by 

more than $1,000,000,000,000 over the next 20 years. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that the law of the land 

should support making affordable health care coverage available to 

every American family, and therefore the Affordable Care Act 

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SEC. 513. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICAID. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(1) Medicaid is a central component of the Nation’s health 

care safety net, providing health coverage to 60,000,000 Americans, including 1 in 3 children; 

(2) Medicaid improves health outcomes, access to health 

services, and financial security; 

(3) senior citizens and people with disabilities account for 

two-thirds of Medicaid program spending and consequently 

would be at particular risk of losing access to important health 

care assistance under any policy to sever the link between 

Medicaid funding and the actual costs of providing services to 

the currently eligible Medicaid population; 

(4) Medicaid is the primary payer for long-term care services 

in the United States, providing a critical health care safety net 

for senior citizens and people with disabilities facing significant costs for long-term care; and 

(5) at least 70 percent of people over age 65 will likely need 

long-term care services at some point in their lives. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that the important 

health care safety net for children, senior citizens, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable Americans provided by Medicaid 

should be preserved and should not be dismantled by converting 

Medicaid into a block grant, per capita cap, or other financing arrangement that would limit Federal contributions and render the 

program incapable of responding to increased need that may result 

from trends in demographics or health care costs or from economic 

conditions. 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(1) we must continue to support a strong military that is second to none and the size and the structure of our military have 

to be driven by a strategy; 

(2) those who serve in uniform are our most important security resource and the Administration and Congress shall continue to provide the support they need to successfully carry out 

the missions the country gives them; 

(3) a growing economy is the foundation of our security and 

enables the country to provide the resources for a strong military, sound homeland security agencies, and effective diplomacy and international development; 

(4) the Nation’s projected long-term debt could have serious 

consequences for our economy and security, and that more efficient military spending has to be part of an overall plan that 

effectively deals with this problem; 

(5) the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and the bipartisan Rivlin-Domenici Debt Reduction Task Force concluded that a serious and balanced deficit reduction plan must put national security programs on the 

table; 

(6) former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral 

Mike Mullen argued that the permissive budget environment 

over the last decade, a period when defense spending increased 

by hundreds of billions of dollars, had allowed the Pentagon to 

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(7) reining in wasteful spending at the Nation’s security 

agencies, including the Department of Defense—the last department still unable to pass an audit—such as the elimination 

of duplicative programs that have been identified by the Government Accountability Office needs to continue as a priority; 

(8) effective implementation of weapons acquisition reforms 

at the Department of Defense can help control excessive cost 

growth in the development of new weapons systems and help 

ensure that weapons systems are delivered on time and in adequate quantities to equip our servicemen and servicewomen; 

(9) the Department of Defense should continue to review defense plans and requirements to ensure that weapons developed to counter Cold War-era threats are not redundant and 

are applicable to 21st century threats, which should include, 

with the participation of the National Nuclear Security Administration, examination of requirements for the nuclear weapons 

stockpile, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear 

weapons and infrastructure modernization; 

(10) weapons technologies should be proven to work through 

adequate testing before advancing them to the production 

phase of the acquisition process; 

(11) the Pentagon’s operation and maintenance budget has 

grown for decades between 2.5 percent and 3.0 percent above 

inflation each year on a per service member basis, and it is imperative that unsustainable cost growth be controlled in this 

area; 

(12) nearly all of the increase in the Federal civilian workforce from 2001 to 2013 is due to increases at security-related 

agencies—Department of Defense, Department of Homeland 

Security, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of 

Justice—and the increase, in part, represents a transition to 

ensure civil servants, as opposed to private contractors, are 

performing inherently governmental work and an increase to a 

long-depleted acquisition and auditing workforce at the Pentagon to ensure effective management of weapons systems programs, to eliminate the use of contractors to oversee other contractors, and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse; 

(13) proposals to implement an indiscriminate 10 percent 

across-the-board cut to the Federal civilian workforce would 

adversely affect security agencies, leaving them unable to manage their total workforce, which includes contractors, and their 

operations in a cost-effective manner; and 

(14) cooperative threat reduction and other nonproliferation 

programs (securing ‘‘loose nukes’’ and other materials used in 

weapons of mass destruction), which were highlighted as high 

priorities by the 9/11 Commission, need to be funded at a level 

that is commensurate with the evolving threat. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that— 

(1) the sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 

for fiscal years 2016 through 2021 should be rescinded and replaced by a deficit reduction plan that is balanced, that makes 

smart spending cuts, that requires everyone to pay their fair 

share, and that takes into account a comprehensive national 

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national, defense, homeland security, and law enforcement programs; and 

(2) savings can be achieved from the national defense budget 

without compromising our security through greater emphasis 

on eliminating duplicative and wasteful programs, reforming 

the acquisition process, identifying and constraining 

unsustainable operating costs, and through careful analysis of 

our national security needs. 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) The United States Government Accountability Office described climate change as, ‘‘a complex, crosscutting issue that 

poses risks to many environmental and economic systems—including agriculture, infrastructure, ecosystems, and human 

health—and presents a significant financial risk to the Federal 

Government’’. 

(2) The United States Academy of Sciences and the British 

Royal Society reported, ‘‘It is now more certain than ever, 

based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing 

Earth’s climate. The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, accompanied by sea-level rise, a strong decline in Arctic sea ice, 

and other climate-related changes’’. 

(3) The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

Change concluded the effects of climate change are occurring 

worldwide, ‘‘Observed impacts of climate change have already 

affected agriculture, human health, ecosystems on land and in 

the oceans, water supplies, and some people’s livelihoods’’. 

(4) The United States National Research Council’s National 

Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee 

found climate change affects, ‘‘human health, water supply, agriculture, transportation, energy, and many other aspects of society’’. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that climate change 

presents a significant financial risk to the Federal Government. 

The scientific community has reached a consensus regarding climate change science, which provides critical information to preserve economic and environmental systems throughout the world. 

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

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Investments in early education are among the best investments we can make for children, families, and the economy. 

(2) Investments in early childhood benefit the economy as a 

whole, generating at least $7 in return for every $1 invested 

by lowering the need for spending on other services—such as 

remedial education, grade repetition, and special education— 

and increasing productivity and earnings for those children as 

adults. 

(3) Children who receive high-quality early education benefit 

directly in both the short term and the long term. They have 

better educational outcomes, stronger job earnings, and lower 

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(4) Unfortunately, only 3 out of every 10 4-year-olds are enrolled in high-quality early childhood education programs in 

the United States. This low level of participation ranks the 

United States 28th out of 38 countries in the Organization of 

Economic Cooperation and Development for the share of 4- 

year-olds enrolled in early childhood education. 

(5) In particular, children from low-income families are less 

likely to have access to high-quality, affordable preschool programs that will prepare them for kindergarten. By third grade, 

children from low-income families who are not reading at grade 

level are six times less likely to graduate from high school than 

students who are proficient. 

(b) POLICY.—This resolution provides for enactment of a $76 billion, 10-year investment to provide access to high-quality early 

education for all 4-year-olds. Early education programs must meet 

quality benchmarks that are linked to better outcomes for children, 

including a rigorous curriculum tied to State-level standards, qualified teachers, small class sizes, and effective evaluation and review 

of programs. 

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

TO DEFICIT REDUCTION. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) Since 2010, the Congress has enacted several major 

measures to reduce the deficit. Most of the savings come from 

cuts to spending. Revenues represent less than one-quarter of 

total savings achieved. 

(2) Allowing implementation of the remaining spending sequester will damage our national security, critical infrastructure, and other important investments. 

(3) Every bipartisan commission has recommended, and the 

majority of Americans agree, that we should take a balanced, 

bipartisan approach to reducing the deficit that addresses both 

revenue and spending. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the House that Congress should 

develop a balanced plan to address the Nation’s long-term fiscal 

imbalance. The plan should— 

(1) prevent job loss and economic drag in the near term as 

the economy heals; 

(2) increase revenues without increasing the tax burden on 

middle-income Americans; and 

(3) decrease spending through greater efficiencies within the 

Government and improving incentives for service providers 

while maintaining the Medicare guarantee, protecting Social 

Security and a strong social safety net, and making strategic 

investments in education, science, research, and critical infrastructure necessary to compete in the global economy. 

SEC. 518. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 

REDUCTION OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

(1) The Government Accountability Office (‘‘GAO’’) is required by law to identify examples of waste, duplication, and 

overlap in Federal programs, and has so identified dozens of 

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(2) In testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Comptroller General has stated that addressing the identified waste, duplication, and overlap in Federal programs ‘‘could potentially save tens of billions of dollars’’. 

(3) The Federal Government spends about $80 billion each 

year for information technology. GAO has identified opportunities for savings and improved efficiencies in the Government’s 

information technology infrastructure. (4) Federal agencies reported an estimated $108 billion in 

improper payments in fiscal year 2012. 

(5) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, each standing committee must hold at least 

one hearing during each 120 day period following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs. 

(6) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by fiscal 

year 2015, 32 laws will expire. Timely reauthorizations of 

these laws would ensure assessments of program justification 

and effectiveness. 

(7) The findings resulting from congressional oversight of 

Federal Government programs may result in programmatic 

changes in both authorizing statutes and program funding levels. 

(b) POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE RE- DUCTION OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING.—Each authorizing committee annually shall include in its Views and Estimates letter required under section 301(d) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974 recommendations to the Committee on the 

Budget of programs within the jurisdiction of such committee 

whose funding should be changed. 

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

It is the policy of this resolution that the House should lead by 

example and identify any savings that can be achieved through 

greater productivity and efficiency gains in the operation and maintenance of House services and resources like printing, conferences, 

utilities, telecommunications, furniture, grounds maintenance, 

postage, and rent. This should include a review of policies and procedures for acquisition of goods and services to eliminate any unnecessary spending. The Committee on House Administration shall 

review the policies pertaining to the services provided to Members 

of Congress and House Committees, and shall identify ways to reduce any subsidies paid for the operation of the House gym, Barbershop, Salon, and the House dining room. Further, it is the policy 

of this resolution that no taxpayer funds may be used to purchase 

first class airfare or to lease corporate jets for Members of Congress. 

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