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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–577

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL

YEAR 2001

APRIL 12, 2000.—Ordered to be printed

Mr. KASICH, from the committee of conference,

submitted the following

CONFERENCE REPORT

[To accompany H. Con. Res. 290]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the

two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 290), establishing the congressional budget

for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, revising the

congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal

year 2000, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each

of fiscal years 2002 through 2005, having met, after full and free

conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their

respective Houses as follows:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as

follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate

amendment, insert the following:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL

YEAR 2001.

(a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000 is hereby revised and replaced and that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for

fiscal year 2001 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal

years 2002 through 2005 are hereby set forth.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.

TITLE I—LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.

Sec. 102. Major functional categories.

Sec. 103. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.

Sec. 104. Reconciliation of revenue reductions in the Senate.

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TITLE II—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND RULEMAKING

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement

Sec. 201. Lock-box for social security surpluses.

Sec. 202. Debt reduction lock-box.

Sec. 203. Enhanced enforcement of budgetary limits.

Sec. 204. Mechanisms for strengthening budgetary integrity.

Sec. 205. Emergency designation point of order in the Senate.

Sec. 206. Mechanism for implementing increase of fiscal year 2001 discretionary

spending limits.

Sec. 207. Senate firewall for defense and nondefense spending.

Subtitle B—Reserve Funds

Sec. 211. Mechanism for additional debt reduction.

Sec. 212. Reserve fund for additional tax relief and debt reduction.

Sec. 213. Reserve fund for additional surpluses.

Sec. 214. Reserve fund for medicare in the House.

Sec. 215. Reserve fund for medicare in the Senate.

Sec. 216. Reserve fund for agriculture.

Sec. 217. Reserve fund to foster the health of children with disabilities and the employment and independence of their families.

Sec. 218. Reserve fund for military retiree health care.

Sec. 219. Reserve fund for cancer screening and enrollment in SCHIP.

Sec. 220. Reserve fund for stabilization of payments to counties in support of education.

Sec. 221. Tax reduction reserve fund in the Senate.

Sec. 222. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates.

Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Rulemaking Provisions

Sec. 231. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.

Sec. 232. Prohibition on use of Federal reserve surpluses.

Sec. 233. Reaffirming the prohibition on the use of tax increases for discretionary

spending.

Sec. 234. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

TITLE III—SENSE OF CONGRESS, HOUSE, AND SENATE PROVISIONS

Subtitle A—Sense of Congress Provisions

Sec. 301. Sense of Congress on graduate medical education.

Sec. 302. Sense of Congress on providing additional dollars to the classroom.

Subtitle B—Sense of House Provisions

Sec. 311. Sense of the House on waste, fraud, and abuse.

Sec. 312. Sense of the House regarding emergency spending.

Sec. 313. Sense of the House on estimates of the impact of regulations on the private

sector.

Sec. 314. Sense of the House on biennial budgeting.

Sec. 315. Sense of the House on access to health insurance and preserving home

health services for all medicare beneficiaries.

Sec. 316. Sense of the House regarding Medicare+Choice programs/reimbursement

rates.

Sec. 317. Sense of the House on directing the Internal Revenue Service to accept negative numbers in farm income averaging.

Sec. 318. Sense of the House on the importance of the National Science Foundation.

Sec. 319. Sense of the House regarding skilled nursing facilities.

Sec. 320. Sense of the House on special education.

Sec. 321. Sense of the House regarding HCFA draft guidelines.

Sec. 322. Sense of the House on asset-building for the working poor.

Sec. 323. Sense of the House on the importance of supporting the Nation’s emergency

first-responders.

Sec. 324. Sense of the House on additional health-related tax relief.

Subtitle C—Sense of Senate Provisions

Sec. 331. Sense of the Senate supporting funding levels in Educational Opportunities Act.

Sec. 332. Sense of the Senate on additional budgetary resources.

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Sec. 333. Sense of the Senate on regarding the inadequacy of the payments for

skilled nursing care.

Sec. 334. Sense of the Senate on veterans’ medical care.

Sec. 335. Sense of the Senate on impact aid.

Sec. 336. Sense of the Senate on tax simplification.

Sec. 337. Sense of the Senate on antitrust enforcement by the Department of Justice

and Federal Trade Commission regarding agriculture mergers and anticompetitive activity.

Sec. 338. Sense of the Senate regarding fair markets for American farmers.

Sec. 339. Sense of the Senate on women and social security reform.

Sec. 340. Use of False Claims Act in combatting medicare fraud.

Sec. 341. Sense of the Senate regarding the National Guard.

Sec. 342. Sense of the Senate regarding military readiness.

Sec. 343. Sense of the Senate supporting funding of digital opportunity initiatives.

Sec. 344. Sense of the Senate on funding for criminal justice.

Sec. 345. Sense of the Senate regarding comprehensive public education reform.

Sec. 346. Sense of the Senate on providing adequate funding for United States international leadership.

Sec. 347. Sense of the Senate concerning the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Sec. 348. Sense of the Senate regarding tribal colleges.

Sec. 349. Sense of the Senate to provide relief from the marriage penalty.

Sec. 350. Sense of the Senate on the continued use of Federal fuel taxes for the construction and rehabilitation of our Nation’s highways, bridges, and

transit systems.

Sec. 351. Sense of the Senate concerning the price of prescription drugs in the

United States.

Sec. 352. Sense of the Senate against Federal funding of smoke shops.

Sec. 353. Sense of the Senate concerning investment of social security trust funds.

Sec. 354. Sense of the Senate on medicare prescription drugs.

Sec. 355. Sense of the Senate concerning funding for new education programs.

Sec. 356. Sense of the Senate regarding enforcement of Federal firearms laws.

Sec. 357. Sense of the Senate that any increase in the minimum wage should be accompanied by tax relief for small businesses.

Sec. 358. Sense of Congress regarding funding for the participation of members of

the uniformed services in the Thrift Savings Plan.

Sec. 359. Sense of the Senate concerning uninsured and low-income individuals in

medically underserved communities.

TITLE I—LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal

years 2000 through 2005:

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

of this resolution:

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as

follows:

Fiscal year 2000: $1,465,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001: $1,503,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $1,548,000,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $1,598,600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $1,652,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $1,719,800,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2000: $0.

Fiscal year 2001: $11,600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $23,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $30,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $39,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $44,300,000,000.

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(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new budget authority are as follows:

Fiscal year 2000: $1,467,300,000.

Fiscal year 2001: $1,467,200,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $1,499,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $1,606,600,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $1,661,700,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $1,724,400,000.

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

this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are

as follows:

Fiscal year 2000: $1,441,100,000.

Fiscal year 2001: $1,446,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $1,466,400,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $1,583,300,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $1,637,100,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $1,700,500,000.

(4) SURPLUSES.—For purposes of the enforcement of this

resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as follows:

Fiscal year 2000: $24,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001: $57,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $81,600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $15,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $15,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $19,300,000,000.

(5) PUBLIC DEBT.—The appropriate levels of the public debt

are as follows:

Fiscal year 2000: $5,628,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001: $5,663,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $5,678,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $5,770,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $5,856,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $5,936,900,000,000.

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

the debt held by the public are as follows:

Fiscal year 2000: $3,458,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001: $3,253,000,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $2,999,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $2,804,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $2,594,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $2,363,000,000,000.

(7) SOCIAL SECURITY.—

(A) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For purposes of Senate enforcement under section 311 of the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of the Federal

Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:

Fiscal year 2000: $479,600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001: $501,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $524,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $547,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $569,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $597,300,000,000.

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(B) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of Senate enforcement under section 311 of the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the Federal

Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows: Fiscal year 2000: $326,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001: $336,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: $343,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: $351,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004: $361,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005: $372,100,000,000.

(C) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—In

the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust

Fund for administrative expenses are as follows:

Fiscal year 2000: (A) New budget authority, $3,200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $3,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001: (A) New budget authority, $3,400,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $3,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002: (A) New budget authority, $3,400,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $3,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003: (A) New budget authority, $3,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $3,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004: (A) New budget authority, $3,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $3,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005: (A) New budget authority, $3,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $3,600,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal years 2000

through 2005 for each major functional category are:

(1) National Defense (050):

Fiscal year 2000: (A) New budget authority, $291,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $288,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $309,900,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $296,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $309,200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $303,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $315,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $309,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $323,400,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $317,900,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $331,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $328,300,000,000.

(2) International Affairs (150):

Fiscal year 2000:

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

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

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $19,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $18,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $20,100,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $20,100,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $16,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $20,100,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $16,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $20,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $16,400,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $19,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $18,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $20,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $19,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $20,400,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $20,600,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $20,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $20,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $21,000,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $20,500,000,000.

(4) Energy (270):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $1,100,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $1,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $0.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $900,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$400,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$500,000,000.

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $24,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $24,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $25,100,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $25,200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $25,200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $25,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $25,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $25,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.

(6) Agriculture (350):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $35,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $33,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $20,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $18,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $18,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $16,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $17,600,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $17,000,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $15,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $15,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $7,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $3,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $6,200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $2,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $8,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $4,900,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $9,400,000,000.

Outlays, $4,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $8,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $13,400,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $9,500,000,000.

(8) Transportation (400):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $54,400,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $46,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $59,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $50,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $57,400,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $58,900,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $55,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

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

(B) Outlays, $55,600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

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

(B) Outlays, $55,700,000,000.

(9) Community and Regional Development (450):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $11,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $9,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $8,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $9,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $8,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $8,600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $8,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $8,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $8,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $7,600,000,000.

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

(500):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $57,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $61,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $72,600,000,000.

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(B) Outlays, $68,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $74,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $72,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $75,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $74,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $76,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $74,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $78,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $75,900,000,000.

(11) Health (550):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $159,200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $153,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $169,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $165,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $179,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $177,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $191,200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $190,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $205,400,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $204,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $221,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $220,300,000,000.

(12) Medicare (570):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $199,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $199,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $217,700,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $226,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $226,600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $247,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $247,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $266,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $266,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $292,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $292,700,000,000.

(13) Income Security (600):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $238,900,000,000.

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(B) Outlays, $248,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $252,300,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $264,200,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $273,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $276,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $283,500,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $296,100,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $298,800,000,000.

(14) Social Security (650):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $11,500,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $9,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $9,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $11,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $11,600,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $12,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $12,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

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

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

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $13,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

Fiscal year 2000:

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

(B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $47,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $47,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

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

(B) Outlays, $48,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $50,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $50,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $52,100,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $51,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $55,400,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $55,100,000,000.

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(16) Administration of Justice (750):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $27,400,000,000.

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

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $28,000,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $28,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $28,100,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $28,400,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $28,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $28,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $29,000,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $28,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $29,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $29,200,000,000.

(17) General Government (800):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $13,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $13,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.

(18) Net Interest (900):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, $284,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $284,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, $286,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $286,500,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, $284,900,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $284,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, $278,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $278,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, $274,500,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $274,500,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2005: (A) New budget authority, $269,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, $269,700,000,000.

(19) Allowances (920):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$3,800,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$11,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$64,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$50,800,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

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

(B) Outlays, ¥$72,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

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

(B) Outlays, ¥$4,200,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$2,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$5,900,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$3,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$6,200,000,000.

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

Fiscal year 2000:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$34,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$34,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2001:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$38,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$38,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2002:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$41,300,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$41,300,000,000.

Fiscal year 2003:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$40,700,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$40,700,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$38,100,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$38,100,000,000.

Fiscal year 2005:

(A) New budget authority, ¥$39,200,000,000.

(B) Outlays, ¥$39,200,000,000.

SEC. 103. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

(a) SUBMISSIONS PROVIDING TAX RELIEF.—The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation

bill—

(1) not later than July 14, 2000; and

(2) not later than September 13, 2000,

that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to

reduce the total level of revenues by not more than: $11,600,000,000

for fiscal year 2001, and $150,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal

years 2001 through 2005.

(b) SUBMISSIONS REGARDING DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The

House Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a

reconciliation bill—

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(1) not later than July 14, 2000, that consists of changes

in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the debt held

by the public by $7,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and

(2) not later than September 13, 2000, that consists of

changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the

debt held by the public by not more than $19,100,000,000 for

fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 104. RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS IN THE SENATE.

The Senate Committee on Finance shall report to the Senate a

reconciliation bill—

(1) not later than July 14, 2000; and

(2) not later than September 13, 2000,

that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to

reduce the total level of revenues by not more than: $11,600,000,000

for fiscal year 2001, and $150,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal

years 2001 through 2005.

TITLE II—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND

RULEMAKING

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement

SEC. 201. LOCK-BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

(1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the social

security trust funds are off-budget for purposes of the President’s budget submission and the concurrent resolution on the

budget;

(2) the social security trust funds have been running surpluses for 17 years;

(3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly finance the

general operations of the Federal Government;

(4) in fiscal year 2001, the social security surplus will be

$166 billion;

(5) this resolution balances the Federal budget without

counting the social security surpluses;

(6) the only way to ensure that social security surpluses are

not diverted for other purposes is to balance the budget exclusive of such surpluses; and

(7) Congress and the President should take such steps as

are necessary to ensure that future budgets are balanced excluding the surpluses generated by the social security trust funds.

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that legislation should be enacted in this session of Congress that would enforce the reduction in debt held by the public assumed in this resolution by the imposition of a statutory limit on such debt or other

appropriate means.

(c) POINT OF ORDER.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the House of

Representatives or the Senate to consider any revision to this

resolution or a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal

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year 2002, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that sets forth a deficit for any fiscal year.

(2) DEFICIT LEVELS.—For purposes of this subsection, a deficit shall be the level (if any) set forth in the most recently

agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal

year pursuant to section 301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget

Act of 1974.

(d) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (c)(1) shall not apply if—

(1) the most recent of the Department of Commerce’s advance, preliminary, or final reports of actual real economic

growth indicate that the rate of real economic growth for each

of the most recently reported quarter and the immediately preceding quarter is less than 1 percent; or

(2) a declaration of war is in effect.

(e) SOCIAL SECURITY LOOK-BACK.—If in fiscal year 2001 the social security surplus is used to finance general operations of the

Federal Government, an amount equal to the amount used shall be

deducted from the available amount of discretionary spending for

fiscal year 2002 for purposes of any concurrent resolution on the

budget.

(f) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (c)(1) may be waived or

suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths

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

three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn,

shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling

of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.

SEC. 202. DEBT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX.

(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in the House of

Representatives to consider any reported bill or joint resolution, or

any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that would

cause a surplus for fiscal year 2001 to be less than the level (as adjusted) set forth in section 101(4) for that fiscal year.

(b) SPECIAL RULE.—The level of the surplus for purposes of subsection (a) shall take into account amounts adjusted under section

314(a)(2)(B) or (C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

SEC. 203. ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY LIMITS.

(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF DIRECTED SCOREKEEPING.—(1) It

shall not be in order in the House to consider any reported bill or

joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon,

that contains a directed scorekeeping provision.

(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘directed scorekeeping’’

means directing the Congressional Budget Office or the Office of

Management and Budget how to estimate any provision providing

discretionary new budget authority in a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations for a fiscal year for budgetary enforcement purposes.

(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) It

shall not be in order in the House to consider any reported bill or

joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon,

that would cause the total level of discretionary advance appropriations provided for fiscal years after 2001 to exceed $23,500,000,000

(which represents the total level of advance appropriations for fiscal

year 2001).

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(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’

means any discretionary new budget authority in a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations for fiscal year 2001 that first

becomes available for any fiscal year after 2001.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall cease to have any force

or effect on January 1, 2001.

SEC. 204. MECHANISMS FOR STRENGTHENING BUDGETARY INTEGRITY.

(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘budget

year’’ means with respect to a session of Congress, the fiscal year of

the Government that starts on October 1 of the calendar year in

which that session begins.

(b) POINT OF ORDER WITH RESPECT TO ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Senate to

consider any bill, resolution, amendment, motion or conference

report that—

(A) provides an appropriation of new budget authority

for any fiscal year after the budget year that is in excess of

the amounts provided in paragraph (2); and

(B) provides an appropriation of new budget authority

for any fiscal year subsequent to the year after the budget

year.

(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—The total amount, provided

in appropriations legislation for the budget year, of appropriations for the subsequent fiscal year shall not exceed

$23,500,000,000.

(c) POINT OF ORDER WITH RESPECT TO DELAYED OBLIGATIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), it

shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that contains an

appropriation of new budget authority for any fiscal year which

does not become available upon enactment of such legislation or

on the first day of that fiscal year (whichever is later).

(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect

to appropriations in the defense category; nor shall it apply to

appropriations reoccurring or customary.

(d) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsections (b) and (c) may be

waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of

three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative

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

sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the

ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.

(e) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order under this

section may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

(f) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—If a point of order is sustained

under this section against a conference report, the report shall be

disposed of as provided in section 313(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

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ment is not germane if it contains predominately precatory language.

(h) ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION.—The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget in the Senate may instruct the Senate Committee on Finance to report legislation to reduce debt held by the

public in an amount consistent with section 103.

(i) SUNSET.—Except for subsection (g), this section shall expire

effective October 1, 2002.

SEC. 205. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.

(a) DESIGNATIONS.—

(1) GUIDANCE.—In making a designation of a provision of

legislation as an emergency requirement under section

251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

Deficit Control Act of 1985, the committee report and any statement of managers accompanying that legislation shall analyze

whether a proposed emergency requirement meets all the criteria in paragraph (2).

(2) CRITERIA.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The criteria to be considered in determining whether a proposed expenditure or tax change is

an emergency requirement are—

(i) necessary, essential, or vital (not merely useful

or beneficial);

(ii) sudden, quickly coming into being, and not

building up over time;

(iii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling need requiring immediate action;

(iv) subject to subparagraph (B), unforeseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; and

(v) not permanent, temporary in nature.

(B) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is part of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, particularly when

normally estimated in advance, is not unforeseen.

(3) JUSTIFICATION FOR FAILURE TO MEET CRITERIA.—If the

proposed emergency requirement does not meet all the criteria

set forth in paragraph (2), the committee report or the statement

of managers, as the case may be, shall provide a written justification of why the requirement should be accorded emergency

status.

(b) POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is considering a bill,

resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, a point of

order may be made by a Senator against an emergency designation

in that measure and if the Presiding Officer sustains that point of

order, that provision making such a designation shall be stricken

from the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from

the floor.

(c) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of

the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of threefifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall

be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the

Chair on a point of order raised under this section.

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(d) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—A provision

shall be considered an emergency designation if it designates any

item an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or

252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985.

(e) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order under this

section may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

(f) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—If a point of order is sustained

under this section against a conference report, the report shall be

disposed of as provided in section 313(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

(g) EXCEPTION FOR DEFENSE SPENDING.—Subsection (b) shall

not apply against an emergency designation for a provision making

discretionary appropriations in the defense category.

SEC. 206. MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTING INCREASE OF FISCAL YEAR

2001 DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:

(1) Unless and until the discretionary spending limit for

fiscal year 2001 is increased, aggregate appropriations which

exceed the current law limits would still be out of order in the

Senate and subject to a supermajority vote.

(2) The functional totals contained in this concurrent resolution envision a level of discretionary spending for fiscal year

2001 as follows:

(A) For the discretionary category: $600,296,000,000 in

new budget authority and $592,773,000,000 in outlays.

(B) For the highway category: $26,920,000,000 in outlays.

(C) For the mass transit category: $4,639,000,000 in

outlays.

(3) To facilitate the Senate completing its legislative responsibilities for the 106th Congress in a timely fashion, it is imperative that the Senate consider legislation which increases the

discretionary spending limit for fiscal year 2001 as soon as possible.

(b) ADJUSTMENT TO ALLOCATIONS AND OTHER BUDGETARY AGGREGATES AND LEVELS.—Whenever a bill or joint resolution becomes

law that increases the discretionary spending limit for fiscal year

2001 set out in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the chairman of the Committee

on the Budget of the House or Senate, as applicable, shall increase

the allocation called for in section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the appropriate Committee on Appropriations and

shall also appropriately adjust all other budgetary aggregates and

levels contained in this resolution.

(c) LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENT.—An adjustment made pursuant to subsection (b) shall not result in an allocation under section

302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that exceeds the

total budget authority and outlays set forth in subsection (a)(2).

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SEC. 207. SENATE FIREWALL FOR DEFENSE AND NONDEFENSE SPENDING.

(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, for purposes of enforcement in

the Senate for fiscal year 2001, the term ‘‘discretionary spending

limit’’ means—

(1) for the defense category, $310,819,000,000 in new budg- et authority and $297,650,000,000 in outlays; and (2) for the nondefense category, $289,477,000,000 in new budget authority and $327,430,000,000 in outlays.

(b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—After the adjustment to the section 302(a)

allocation to the Committee on Appropriations is made pursuant to section 213 and except as provided in paragraph (2), it

shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint

resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that exceeds any discretionary spending limit set forth in this section.

(2) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not apply if a declaration of war by Congress is in effect.

(c) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of

the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of threefifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall

be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the

Chair on a point of order raised under this section.

Subtitle B—Reserve Funds

SEC. 211. MECHANISM FOR ADDITIONAL DEBT REDUCTION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—If any of the legislation described in subsection (b) is vetoed (or does not become law) or any legislation described in subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) does not become law on or before October 1, 2000, then the chairman of the Committee on the

Budget of the House or Senate, as applicable, may adjust the levels

in this concurrent resolution as provided in subsection (c).

(b) LEGISLATION.—Any adjustment pursuant to subsection (a)

shall be made with respect to—

(1) the reconciliation legislation required by section 103(a)

or section 104;

(2) the medicare legislation provided for in section 214 or

215; or

(3) any legislation which reduces revenues and is vetoed.

(c) ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE.—The adjustment pursuant to

subsection (a) shall be—

(1) with respect to the legislation required by section 103(a)

or section 104, to decrease the balance displayed on the Senate’s

pay-as-you-go scorecard and increase the revenue aggregate by

the amount set forth in section 103(a) or section 104 (as adjusted, if adjusted, pursuant to section 213) less the amount of

any reduction in the current level of revenues which has occurred since the adoption of this concurrent resolution and to

decrease the level of debt held by the public as set forth in section 101(6) by that same amount;

(2) with respect to the legislation provided for in section

214 or section 215, to decrease the balance displayed on the

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Senate’s pay-as-you-go scorecard by the amount set forth in section 214 or section 215 (less the amount of any change in the

current level of spending or revenues attributable to section 215)

and to decrease the level of debt held by the public as set forth

in section 101(6) by that same amount and make the corresponding adjustments to the revenue and spending aggregates

and allocations set forth in this resolution; or

(3) with respect to the legislation described by subsection

(b)(3), decrease the balance on the Senate’s pay-as-you-go scorecard and increase the revenue aggregate for the cost of such legislation and decrease the level of debt held by the public as set

forth in section 101(6) by that same amount.

SEC. 212. RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF AND DEBT REDUCTION.

Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee

on Finance reports any bill, or an amendment thereto is offered or

a conference report thereon is submitted, that would cause the level

by which Federal revenues should be reduced, as set forth in section

101(1)(B) for such fiscal year or for such period, as adjusted, to be

exceeded, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House

or Senate, as applicable, may increase the levels by which Federal

revenues should be reduced by the amount exceeding such level resulting from such measure, but not to exceed $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $25,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years

2001 through 2005 and make all other appropriate conforming adjustments (after taking into account any other bill or joint resolution

enacted during this session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress that

would cause a reduction in revenues for fiscal year 2001 or the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005).

SEC. 213. RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL SURPLUSES.

(a) REPORTING ADDITIONAL SURPLUSES.—If the report provided

pursuant to section 202(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of

1974, the budget and economic outlook: update (for fiscal years 2001

through 2010) estimates an on-budget surplus for any of fiscal years

2001 through 2005 that exceeds the on-budget surplus set forth in

the Congressional Budget Office’s March 2000 budget and economic

outlook (for fiscal years 2001 through 2010), the chairman of the

Committee on the Budget of the House or Senate, as applicable, may

make the adjustments as provided in subsection (b).

(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chairman of the Committee on the

Budget of the House or Senate, as applicable, may make the following adjustments in an amount not to exceed the difference between the on-budget surpluses in the reports referred to in subsection (a):

(1) Reduce the on-budget revenue aggregate by that amount

for such fiscal year.

(2) Adjust the instruction in section 103 or 104 to—

(A) increase the reduction in revenues by that amount

for fiscal year 2001;

(B) increase the reduction in revenues by the sum of the

amounts for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005;

and

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(C) in the House only, increase the amount of debt reduction by that amount for fiscal year 2001.

(3) Adjust such other levels in this resolution, as appropriate and the Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard.

(c) ADDITIONAL DEBT REDUCTION IN THE HOUSE.—If the Congressional Budget Office estimates an on-budget surplus for fiscal

year 2000 in excess of the level set forth in this resolution, then the

chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House may—

(1) reduce the levels of the public debt and debt held by the

public by the amount of such increased on-budget surplus; and

(2) direct the Committee on Ways and Means to report by

a date certain an additional reconciliation bill that reduces

debt held by the public by such amount.

SEC. 214. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IN THE HOUSE.

Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or Committee on

Commerce of the House reports a bill or joint resolution, or an

amendment thereto is offered (in the House), or a conference report

thereon is submitted that reforms the medicare program and provides coverage for prescription drugs, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House may increase the aggregates and

allocations of new budget authority (and outlays resulting therefrom) by the amount provided by that measure for that purpose, but

not to exceed $2,000,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays

for fiscal year 2001 and $40,000,000,000 in new budget authority

and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 (and

make all other appropriate conforming adjustments).

SEC. 215. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IN THE SENATE.

(a) PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.—Whenever the Committee on Finance

of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution or a conference report

thereon is submitted, which improves access to prescription drugs

for medicare beneficiaries, the chairman of the Committee on the

Budget of the Senate may revise committee allocations and other appropriate budgetary levels and limits to accommodate such legislation, provided that such legislation will not reduce the on-budget

surplus or increase spending, by more than $20,000,000,000 over

the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and will not cause an

on-budget deficit in any fiscal year.

(b) MEDICARE REFORM.—Whenever the Committee on Finance

of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or a conference report

thereon is submitted, which improves the solvency of the medicare

program without the use of new subsidies from the general fund

and improves access to prescription drugs (or continues access provided pursuant to subsection (a)) for medicare beneficiaries, the

chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may change

committee allocations and other appropriate budgetary levels and

limits to accommodate such legislation, provided that such legislation will not reduce the on-budget surplus or increase spending by

more than $40,000,000,000 (less any amount already provided by

the chairman pursuant to subsection (a)) over the period of fiscal

years 2001 to 2005 and will not cause an on-budget deficit in any

fiscal year.

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SEC. 216. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE.

If the Committee on Agriculture of the House or the Committee

on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate reports a bill

on or before June 29, 2000, or an amendment thereto is offered or

a conference report thereon is submitted, that provides assistance for

producers of program crops and specialty crops, the chairman of the

Committee on the Budget of the House or Senate, as applicable, may

increase the allocation of new budget authority and outlays to that

committee for fiscal year 2000 by the amount of new budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by that measure

for that purpose not to exceed $5,500,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2000 and $1,640,000,000 in new

budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 217. RESERVE FUND TO FOSTER THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN

WITH DISABILITIES AND THE EMPLOYMENT AND INDEPENDENCE OF THEIR FAMILIES.

If the Committee on Commerce of the House or the Committee

on Finance of the Senate reports a bill, or an amendment thereto

is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that facilitates

children with disabilities receiving needed health care at home, the

chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House or Senate,

as applicable, may increase the allocation of new budget authority

and outlays to that committee by the amount of new budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by that measure

for that purpose not to exceed $25,000,000 in new budget authority

and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $150,000,000 in new budget

authority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 through

2005.

SEC. 218. RESERVE FUND FOR MILITARY RETIREE HEALTH CARE.

If the Committee on Armed Services of the House or the Senate

reports the Department of Defense authorization legislation to fund

improvements to health care programs for military retirees and

their dependents in order to fulfill the promises made to them, or

an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is

submitted, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the

House or Senate, as applicable, may increase the allocation of new

budget authority and outlays to that committee by the amount of

new budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided

by that measure for that purpose not to exceed $50,000,000 in new

budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $400,000,000

in new budget authority and outlays for the period of fiscal years

2001 through 2005 if the enactment of such measure will not cause

an on-budget deficit for fiscal year 2001 and the period of fiscal

years 2001 through 2005.

SEC. 219. RESERVE FUND FOR CANCER SCREENING AND ENROLLMENT

IN SCHIP.

If the Committee on Commerce of the House or the Committee

on Finance of the Senate reports a bill, or an amendment thereto

is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that accelerates enrollment of uninsured children in medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program or provides medicaid coverage for

women diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer through the

screening program of the Centers for Disease Control, the chairman

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ble, may increase the allocation of new budget authority and outlays

to that committee by the amount of new budget authority (and the

outlays resulting therefrom) provided by that measure for that purpose not to exceed $50,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays

for fiscal year 2001 and $250,000,000 in new budget authority and

outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

SEC. 220. RESERVE FUND FOR STABILIZATION OF PAYMENTS TO

COUNTIES IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION.

(a) ADJUSTMENT.—If the Committee on Agriculture and the

Committee on Resources of the House or the Committee on Energy

and Natural Resources of the Senate reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted,

that provides additional resources for counties and complies with

paragraph (2), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the

House or Senate, as applicable, may increase the allocation of new

budget authority and outlays to that committee by the amount of

new budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided

by that measure for that purpose not to exceed $200,000,000 in new

budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and

$1,100,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays for the period

of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

(b) CONDITION.—Legislation complies with this section if it provides for the stabilization of receipt-based payments to counties that

support school and road systems and also provides that a portion

of those payments would be dedicated toward local investments in

Federal lands within the counties.

SEC. 221. TAX REDUCTION RESERVE FUND IN THE SENATE.

In the Senate, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget

may reduce the spending and revenue aggregates and may revise

committee allocations for legislation that reduces revenues if such

legislation will not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for—

(1) fiscal year 2001; or

(2) the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

SEC. 222. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS

AND AGGREGATES.

(a) APPLICATION.—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 contained in this resolution.

(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of

this resolution—

(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses

for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined on

the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of

the House of Representatives or the Senate, as applicable; and

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(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any other necessary adjustments to such levels to carry out this resolution.

Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Rulemaking

Provisions

SEC. 231. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990.

(a) In the House, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 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

such Act to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration that are off-budget pursuant to section 13301 of the Budget

Enforcement Act of 1990 (even though such amounts are not included in the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the

budget pursuant to such section 13301).

(b) In the House, 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 discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security

Administration.

SEC. 232. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL RESERVE SURPLUSES.

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ensure that

transfers from nonbudgetary governmental entities, such as the Federal reserve banks, shall not be used to offset increased on-budget

spending when such transfers produce no real budgetary or economic effects.

(b) BUDGETARY RULE.—In the Senate, for purposes of points of

order under this resolution and the Congressional Budget Act of

1974, provisions contained in any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that affects any surplus funds of the Federal reserve banks shall not be scored with respect to the level of

budget authority, outlays, or revenues contained in such legislation.

SEC. 233. REAFFIRMING THE PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF TAX INCREASES FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to reaffirm Congress’ belief that the discretionary spending limits should be adhered to and not circumvented by allowing increased taxes to offset

discretionary spending.

(b) RESTATEMENT OF BUDGETARY RULE.—For purposes of

points of order under this resolution and the Congressional Budget

Act of 1974, provisions contained in an appropriations bill (or an

amendment thereto or a conference report thereon) resulting in increased revenues shall continue to not be scored with respect to the

level of budget authority or outlays contained in such legislation.

SEC. 234. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

Congress adopts the provisions of this title—

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

and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they

shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, or of that

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House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent

therewith; and

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either

House to change those rules (so far as they relate to that House)

at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in

the case of any other rule of that House.

TITLE III—SENSE OF CONGRESS,

HOUSE, AND SENATE PROVISIONS

Subtitle A—Sense of Congress Provisions

SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

It is the sense of Congress that funding for graduate medical

education for children’s hospitals is a high priority in this resolution.

SEC. 302. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS

TO THE CLASSROOM.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

(1) strengthening America’s public schools while respecting

State and local control is critically important to the future of

our children and our Nation;

(2) education is a local responsibility, a State priority, and

a national concern;

(3) a partnership with the Nation’s governors, parents,

teachers, and principals must take place in order to strengthen

public schools and foster educational excellence;

(4) the consolidation of various Federal education programs

will benefit our Nation’s children, parents, and teachers by

sending more dollars directly to the classroom; and

(5) our Nation’s children deserve an educational system

that will provide opportunities to excel.

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that—

(1) Congress should enact legislation that would consolidate 31 Federal K–12 education programs; and

(2) the Department of Education, the States, and local educational agencies should work together to ensure that not less

than 95 percent of all funds appropriated for the purpose of carrying out elementary and secondary education programs administered by the Department of Education are spent for our

children in their classrooms.

Subtitle B—Sense of House Provisions

SEC. 311. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(1) while the budget may be in balance, it continues to be

ridden with waste, fraud, and abuse;

(2) just last month, auditors documented more than

$19,000,000,000 in improper payments each year by such agencies as the Agency of International Development, the Internal

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Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and the

Department of Defense;

(3) the General Accounting Office (GAO) recently reported

that the financial management practices of some Federal agencies are so poor that it is unable to determine the full extent of

improper Government payments; and

(4) the GAO now lists a record number of 25 Federal programs that are at ‘‘high risk’’ of waste, fraud, and abuse.

(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that the

Committee on the Budget has created task forces to address this

issue and that the President should take immediate steps to reduce

waste, fraud, and abuse within the Federal Government and report

on such actions to Congress and that any resulting savings should

be dedicated to debt reduction and tax relief.

SEC. 312. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EMERGENCY SPENDING.

It is the sense of the House that, as part of a comprehensive reform of the budget process, the Committees on the Budget should develop a definition of, and a process for, funding emergencies consistent with the applicable provisions of H.R. 853, the Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999, that could be incorporated

into the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Standing

Rules of the Senate.

SEC. 313. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ESTIMATES OF THE IMPACT OF

REGULATIONS ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(1) the Federal regulatory system sometimes adversely affects many Americans and businesses by imposing financial

burdens with little corresponding public benefit;

(2) currently, Congress has no general mechanism for assessing the financial impact of regulatory activities on the private sector;

(3) Congress is ultimately responsible for making sure

agencies act in accordance with congressional intent and, while

the executive branch is responsible for promulgating regulations, Congress should curb ineffective regulations by using its

oversight and regulatory powers; and

(4) a variety of reforms have been suggested to increase congressional oversight over regulatory activity, including directing

the President to prepare an annual accounting statement containing several cost/benefit analyses, recommendations to reform inefficient regulatory programs, and an identification and

analysis of duplications and inconsistencies among such programs.

(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that the

House should reclaim its role as reformer and take the first step toward curbing inefficient regulatory activity by passing legislation

authorizing the Congressional Budget Office to prepare regular estimates on the impact of proposed Federal regulations on the private

sector.

SEC. 314. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON BIENNIAL BUDGETING.

It is the sense of the House that there is a wide range of views

on the advisability of biennial budgeting and this issue should be

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considered only within the context of comprehensive budget process

reform.

SEC. 315. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE

AND PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL

MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.

(a) ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE.—

(1) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(A) 44.4 million Americans are currently without

health insurance, and that this number is expected to rise

to nearly 60 million people in the next 10 years;

(B) the cost of health insurance continues to rise, a key

factor in increasing the number of uninsured; and

(C) there is a consensus that working Americans and

their families will suffer from reduced access to health insurance.

(2) SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH

CARE INSURANCE.—It is the sense of the House that access to affordable health care coverage for all Americans is a priority of

the 106th Congress.

(b) PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICE FOR ALL MEDICARE

BENEFICIARIES.—

(1) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reformed medicare home health care spending by instructing the Health

Care Financing Administration to implement a prospective

payment system and instituted an interim payment system

to achieve savings;

(B) the medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced

Budget Refinement Act, 1999, reformed the interim payment system to increase reimbursements to low-cost providers and delayed the automatic 15 percent payment reduction until after the first year of the implementation of

the prospective payment system; and

(C) patients whose care is more extensive and expensive

than the typical medicare patient do not receive supplemental payments in the interim payment system but will

receive special protection in the home health care prospective payment system.

(2) SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ACCESS TO HOME HEALTH

CARE.—It is the sense of the House that—

(A) Congress recognizes the importance of home health

care for seniors and disabled citizens;

(B) Congress and the Administration should work together to maintain quality care for patients whose care is

more extensive and expensive than the typical medicare patient, including the most ill and infirmed medicare beneficiaries, while home health care agencies operate in the interim payment system; and

(C) Congress and the Administration should work together to avoid the implementation of the 15 percent reduction in the prospective payment system and ensure timely

implementation of that system.

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SEC. 316. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAMS/REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

It is the sense of the House that the Medicare+Choice regional

disparity among reimbursement rates is unfair, and that full funding of the Medicare+Choice program is a priority as Congress considers any medicare reform legislation.

SEC. 317. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DIRECTING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO ACCEPT NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN FARM

INCOME AVERAGING.

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(1) farmers’ and ranchers’ incomes vary widely from yearto-year due to uncontrollable markets and unpredictable weather;

(2) in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Congress enacted 3-

year farm income averaging to protect agricultural producers

from excessive tax rates in profitable years;

(3) last year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed

final regulations for averaging farm income, which failed to

make clear that taxable income in a given year may be a negative number; and

(4) this IRS interpretation can result in farmers paying additional taxes during years in which they experience a loss in

income.

(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that legislation should be considered during this session of the 106th Congress to direct the Internal Revenue Service to count any net loss of

income in determining the proper rate of taxation.

SEC. 318. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(1) the year 2000 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the National Science Foundation;

(2) the National Science Foundation is the largest supporter of basic research in the Federal Government;

(3) the National Science Foundation is the second largest

supporter of university-based research;

(4) research conducted by the grantees of the National

Science Foundation has led to innovations that have dramatically improved the quality of life of all Americans;

(5) grants made by the National Science Foundation have

been a crucial factor in the development of important technologies that Americans take for granted, such as lasers, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Doppler Radar, and the Internet;

(6) because basic research funded by the National Science

Foundation is high-risk, cutting edge, fundamental, and may

not produce tangible benefits for over a decade, the Federal

Government is uniquely suited to support such research; and

(7) the National Science Foundation’s focus on peer-reviewed merit based grants represents a model for research agencies across the Federal Government.

(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that the

function 250 (Basic Science) levels assume an amount of funding

which ensures that the National Science Foundation is a priority in

the resolution; and that the National Science Foundation’s critical

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role in funding basic research, which leads to the innovations that

assure the Nation’s economic future, and cultivate America’s intellectual infrastructure, should be recognized.

SEC. 319. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.

It is the sense of the House that the Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission should continue to carefully monitor the medicare

skilled nursing benefit to determine if payment rates are sufficient

to provide quality care, and that if reform is recommended, Congress should pass legislation as quickly as possible to assure quality

skilled nursing care.

SEC. 320. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(1) all children deserve a quality education, including children with disabilities;

(2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act provides

that the Federal, State, and local governments are to share in

the expense of educating children with disabilities and commits

the Federal Government to pay up to 40 percent of the national

average per pupil expenditure for children with disabilities;

(3) the high cost of educating children with disabilities and

the Federal Government’s failure to fully meet its obligation

under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act stretches

limited State and local education funds, creating difficulty in

providing a quality education to all students, including children with disabilities;

(4) the current level of Federal funding to States and localities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is

contrary to the goal of ensuring that children with disabilities

receive a quality education;

(5) the Federal Government has failed to appropriate 40

percent of the national average per pupil expenditure per child

with a disability as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to assist States and localities to educate

children with disabilities; and

(6) the levels in function 500 (Education) for fiscal year

2001 assume sufficient discretionary budget authority to accommodate fiscal year 2001 appropriations for IDEA, at least

$2,000,000,000 above such funding levels appropriated in fiscal

year 2000.

(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that—

(1) function 500 (Education) levels assume at least a

$2,000,000,000 increase in fiscal year 2001 over the current fiscal year to reflect the commitment of Congress to appropriate 40

percent of the national per pupil expenditure for children with

disabilities by a date certain;

(2) Congress and the President should increase fiscal year

2001 funding for programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by at least $2,000,000,000 above fiscal year

2000 appropriated levels;

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grams by meeting the commitment to fund the maximum State

grant allocation for educating children with disabilities under

such Act prior to authorizing or appropriating funds for any

new education initiative;

(4) Congress and the President may consider, if new or increased funding is authorized or appropriated for any elementary and secondary education initiative that directs funds to

local educational agencies, providing the flexibility in such authorization or appropriation necessary to allow local educational agencies the authority to use such funds for programs

under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and

(5) if a local educational agency chooses to utilize the authority under section 613(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to treat as local funds up to 20 percent

of the amount of funds the agency receives under part B of such

Act that exceeds the amount it received under that part for the

previous fiscal year, then the agency should use those local

funds to provide additional funding for any Federal, State, or

local education program.

SEC. 321. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING HCFA DRAFT GUIDELINES.

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(1) on February 15, 2000, the Health Care Financing Administration within the Department of Health and Human

Services issued a draft Medicaid School-Based Administrative

Claiming (MAC) Guide; and

(2) in its introduction, the stated purpose of the draft MAC

guide is to provide information for schools, State medicaid

agencies, HCFA staff, and other interested parties on the existing requirements for claiming Federal funds under the medicaid program for the costs of administrative activities, such as

medicaid outreach, that are performed in the school setting associated with school-based health services programs.

(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that—

(1) many school-based health programs provide a broad

range of services that are covered by medicaid, affording access

to care for children who otherwise might well go without needed

services;

(2) such programs also can play a powerful role in identifying and enrolling children who are eligible for medicaid, as

well as the State Children’s Health Insurance programs;

(3) undue administrative burdens may be placed on school

districts and States and deter timely application approval;

(4) the Health Care Financing Administration should substantially revise the current draft MAC guide because it appears to promulgate new rules that place excessive administrative burdens on participating school districts;

(5) the goal of the revised guide should be to encourage the

appropriate use of medicaid school-based services without

undue administrative burdens; and

(6) the best way to ensure the continued viability of medicaid school-based services is to guarantee that the guidelines

are fair and responsible.

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SEC. 322. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(1) 33 percent of all American households and 60 percent

of African American households have either no financial assets

or negative financial assets;

(2) 46.9 percent of children in America live in households

with no financial assets, including 40 percent of Caucasian

children and 75 percent of African American children;

(3) incentives, including individual development accounts,

are tools demonstrating success at empowering low-income

workers;

(5) middle and upper income Americans currently benefit

from tax incentives for building assets; and

(6) the Federal Government should utilize the Federal tax

code to provide low-income Americans with incentives to work

and build assets in order to permanently escape poverty.

(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that the

provisions of this resolution assume that Congress should modify

the Federal tax law to include Individual Development Account provisions in order to encourage low-income workers and their families

to save for buying a first home, starting a business, obtaining an

education, or taking other measures to prepare for the future.

SEC. 323. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE NATION’S EMERGENCY FIRST-RESPONDERS.

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

(1) over 1.2 million men and women work as fire and emergency services personnel in 32,000 fire and emergency medical

services departments across the Nation;

(2) over 80 percent of those who serve do so as volunteers;

(3) the Nation’s firefighters responded to more than 18 million calls in 1998, including over 1.7 million fires;

(4) an average of 100 firefighters per year lose their lives

in the course of their duties; and

(5) the Federal Government has a role in protecting the

health and safety of the Nation’s fire fighting personnel.

(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that—

(1) the Nation’s firefighters and emergency services crucial

role in preserving and protecting life and property should be

recognized, and such Federal assistance as low-interest loan

programs, community development block grant reforms, emergency radio spectrum reallocations, and volunteer fire assistance programs, should be considered; and

(2) additional resources should be set aside for such assistance.

SEC. 324. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ADDITIONAL HEALTH-RELATED

TAX RELIEF.

It is the sense of the House that the reserve fund set forth in

section 213 assumes $446,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and

$4,352,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 for

health-related tax provisions comparable to those contained in H.R.

2990 (as passed by the House).

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Subtitle C—Sense of Senate Provisions

SEC. 331. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING FUNDING LEVELS IN

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ACT.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that of the amounts provided for elementary and secondary

education within the Budget Function 500 of this resolution for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, such funds shall be appropriated in

proportion to and in accordance with the levels authorized in the

Educational Opportunities Act, S. 2.

SEC. 332. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ADDITIONAL BUDGETARY RESOURCES.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels contained in this resolution assume that—

(1) there are billions of dollars in wasted expenditures in

the Federal Government that should be eliminated; and

(2) higher projected budget surpluses arising from reductions in government waste and stronger revenue inflows could

be used in the future for additional tax relief or debt reduction.

SEC. 333. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REGARDING THE INADEQUACY OF

THE PAYMENTS FOR SKILLED NURSING CARE.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

(1) the Administration should identify areas where they

have the authority to make changes to improve quality, including analyzing and fixing the labor component of the skilled

nursing facility market basket update factor; and

(2) while Congress deliberates funding structural medicare

reform and the addition of a prescription drug benefit, it must

maintain the continued viability of the current skilled nursing

benefit. Therefore, the committees of jurisdiction should ensure

that medicare beneficiaries requiring skilled nursing care have

access to that care and that those providers have the resources

to meet the expectation for high quality care.

SEC. 334. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON VETERANS’ MEDICAL CARE.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume an increase of $1,400,000,000 in veterans’ medical care appropriations in fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 335. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON IMPACT AID.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that the Impact Aid Program strive to reach the goal that all

local educational agencies eligible for Impact Aid receive at a minimum, 40 percent of their maximum payment under sections 8002

and 8003.

SEC. 336. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TAX SIMPLIFICATION.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that the Joint Committee on Taxation shall develop a report

and alternative proposals on tax simplification by the end of the

year, and the Department of the Treasury is requested to develop a

report and alternative proposals on tax simplification by the end of

the year.

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SEC. 337. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT BY

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FEDERAL TRADE

COMMISSION REGARDING AGRICULTURE MERGERS AND

ANTICOMPETITIVE ACTIVITY.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

(1) the Antitrust Division and the Bureau of Competition

will have adequate resources to enable them to meet their statutory requirements, including those related to reviewing increasingly numerous and complex mergers and investigating and

prosecuting anticompetitive business activity; and

(2) these departments will—

(A) dedicate considerable resources to matters and

transactions dealing with agri-business antitrust and competition; and

(B) ensure that all vertical and horizontal mergers implicating agriculture and all complaints regarding possible

anticompetitive business practices in the agriculture industry will receive extraordinary scrutiny.

SEC. 338. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FAIR MARKETS FOR

AMERICAN FARMERS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

(1) the United States should take steps to increase support

for American farmers in order to level the playing field for

United States agricultural producers and increase the leverage

of the United States in World Trade Organization negotiations

on agriculture as long as such support is not trade distorting,

and does not otherwise exceed or impair existing Uruguay

Round obligations; and

(2) such actions should improve United States farm income

and restore the prosperity of rural communities.

SEC. 339. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON WOMEN AND SOCIAL SECURITY

REFORM.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

(1) women face unique obstacles in ensuring retirement security and survivor and disability stability;

(2) social security plays an essential role in guaranteeing

inflation-protected financial stability for women throughout

their old age;

(3) Congress and the Administration should act, as part of

social security reform, to ensure that widows and other poor elderly women receive more adequate benefits that reduce their

poverty rates and that women, under whatever approach is

taken to reform social security, should receive no lesser a share

of overall federally funded retirement benefits than they receive

today; and

(4) the sacrifice that women make to care for their family

should be recognized during reform of social security and that

women should not be penalized by taking an average of 11.5

years out of their careers to care for their family.

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SEC. 340. USE OF FALSE CLAIMS ACT IN COMBATTING MEDICARE

FRAUD.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred to as the False Claims Act) and the qui tam provisions of

that chapter are essential tools in combatting medicare fraud and

should not be weakened in any way.

SEC. 341. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NATIONAL GUARD.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in the resolution assume that the Department of Defense will give priority to funding

the Active Guard/Reserves and Military Technicians at levels authorized by Congress in the fiscal year 2000 Department of Defense

authorization bill.

SEC. 342. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MILITARY READINESS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in the

budget resolution assume that Congress will protect the Department

of Defense’s readiness accounts, including spares and repair parts,

and operations and maintenance, and use the requested levels as

the minimum baseline for fiscal year 2001 authorization and appropriations.

SEC. 343. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING FUNDING OF DIGITAL

OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVES.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that the Committees on Appropriations and Finance should

support efforts that address the digital divide, including tax incentives and funding to—

(1) broaden access to information technologies;

(2) provide workers and teachers with information technology training;

(3) promote innovative online content and software applications that will improve commerce, education, and quality of life;

and

(4) help provide information and communications technology to underserved communities.

SEC. 344. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that funds to improve the justice system will be available as

follows:

(1) $665,000,000 for the expanded support of direct Federal

enforcement, adjudicative, and correctional-detention activities.

(2) $50,000,000 in additional funds to combat terrorism,

including cyber crime.

(3) $41,000,000 in additional funds for construction costs

for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

(4) $200,000,000 in support of Customs and Immigration

and Nationalization Service port of entry officers for the development and implementation of the ACE computer system designed to meet critical trade and border security needs.

(5) Funding is available for the continuation of such programs as: the Byrne Grant Program, Violence Against Women,

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ing, Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, Weed and Seed, Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing, State

Criminal Alien Assistance Program, Drug Courts, Residential

Substance Abuse Treatment, Crime Identification Technologies,

Bulletproof Vests, Counterterrorism, Interagency Law Enforcement Coordination.

SEC. 345. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that the Federal Government should support State and local

educational agencies engaged in comprehensive reform of their public education system and that any public education reform should

include at least the following principles:

(1) Every child should begin school ready to learn.

(2) Training and development for principals and teachers

should be a priority.

SEC. 346. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PROVIDING ADEQUATE FUNDING

FOR UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that additional budgetary resources should be identified for

function 150 to enable successful United States international leadership.

SEC. 347. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS.

It is the sense of the Senate that—

(1) the functional totals underlying this resolution on the

budget assume that Congress has recognized the catastrophic

effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan

Africa, and seeks to maximize the effectiveness of the United

States’ efforts to combat the disease through any necessary authorization or appropriations;

(2) Congress should strengthen ongoing programs which

address education and prevention, testing, the care of AIDS orphans, and improving home and community-based care options

for those living with AIDS; and

(3) Congress should seek additional or new tools to combat

the epidemic, including initiatives to encourage vaccine development and programs aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission of the disease.

SEC. 348. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TRIBAL COLLEGES.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

(1) the Senate recognizes the funding difficulties faced by

tribal colleges and assumes that priority consideration will be

provided to them through funding for the Tribally Controlled

College and University Act, the 1994 Land Grant Institutions,

and title III of the Higher Education Act; and

(2) such priority consideration reflects Congress’ intent to

continue work toward current statutory Federal funding goals

for the tribal colleges.

SEC. 349. SENSE OF THE SENATE TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM THE MARRIAGE PENALTY.

It is the sense of the Senate that the level in this budget resolution assume that Congress shall—

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(1) pass marriage penalty tax relief legislation that begins

a phase down of this penalty in 2001; and

(2) consider such legislation prior to April 15, 2000.

SEC. 350. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE CONTINUED USE OF FEDERAL FUEL TAXES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF OUR NATION’S HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND

TRANSIT SYSTEMS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this

budget resolution do not assume the reduction of any Federal gasoline taxes on either a temporary or permanent basis.

SEC. 351. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

It is the sense of the Senate that the budgetary levels in this resolution assume that the cost disparity between identical prescription

drugs sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico should be reduced or eliminated.

SEC. 352. SENSE OF THE SENATE AGAINST FEDERAL FUNDING OF

SMOKE SHOPS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the budget levels in this resolution assume that no Federal funds may be used by the Department

of Housing and Urban Development to provide any grant or other

assistance to construct, operate, or otherwise benefit a smoke shop

or other tobacco outlet.

SEC. 353. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING INVESTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions underlying the

functional totals in this resolution assume that the Federal Government should not directly invest contributions made to the Federal

Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201 of the

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401), or any interest derived from

those contributions, in private financial markets.

SEC. 354. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION

DRUGS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this budget resolution assume that among its reform options, Congress should explore

a medicare prescription drug proposal that—

(1) is voluntary;

(2) increases access for all medicare beneficiaries;

(3) is designed to provide meaningful protection and bargaining power for medicare beneficiaries in obtaining prescription drugs;

(4) is affordable for all medicare beneficiaries and for the

medicare program;

(5) is administered using private sector entities and competitive purchasing techniques;

(6) is consistent with broader medicare reform;

(7) preserves and protects the financial integrity of the

medicare trust funds;

(8) does not increase medicare beneficiary premiums; and

(9) provides a prescription drug benefit as soon as possible.

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SEC. 355. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING FUNDING FOR NEW

EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the budgetary levels in this resolution assume that Congress’ first priority should be to fully fund

the programs described under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) at the originally

promised level of 40 percent before Federal funds are appropriated

for new education programs.

SEC. 356. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions underlying the

functional totals in this concurrent resolution on the budget assume

that Federal funds will be used for an effective law enforcement

strategy requiring a commitment to enforcing existing Federal firearms laws by—

(1) designating not less than 1 Assistant United States Attorney in each district to prosecute Federal firearms violations

and thereby expand Project Exile nationally;

(2) upgrading the national instant criminal background

system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun

Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note) by encouraging

States to place mental health adjudications on that system and

by improving the overall speed and efficiency of that system;

and

(3) providing incentive grants to States to encourage States

to impose mandatory minimum sentences for firearm offenses

based on section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, and to

prosecute those offenses in State court.

SEC. 357. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ANY INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY TAX RELIEF

FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals underlying this resolution on the budget assume that the minimum wage

should be increased as provided for in amendment number 2547,

the Domenici and others amendment to S. 625, the Bankruptcy Reform legislation.

SEC. 358. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES

IN THE THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN.

It is the sense of Congress that the levels of funding for the defense category in this resolution—

(1) assume that members of the Armed Forces are to be authorized to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan; and

(2) provide the $980,000,000 necessary to offset the reduced

tax revenue resulting from that participation through fiscal

year 2009.

SEC. 359. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING UNINSURED AND LOWINCOME INDIVIDUALS IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED

COMMUNITIES.

It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals underlying this resolution on the budget assume that—

(1) appropriations for consolidated health centers under

section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b)

should be increased by 100 percent over the next 5 fiscal years

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in order to double the number of individuals who receive health

care services at community, migrant, homeless, and public

housing health centers; and

(2) appropriations for consolidated health centers should be

increased by $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 over the amount

appropriated for such centers in fiscal year 2000.

And the Senate agree to the same.

JOHN R. KASICH, SAXBY CHAMBLISS, CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Managers on the Part of the House.

PETE DOMENICI,

CHUCK GRASSLEY,

C.S. BOND,

SLADE GORTON,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF

CONFERENCE

The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the

conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the

amendment of the Senate to the concurrent resolution (H. Con.

Res. 290), establishing the congressional budget for the United

States Government for fiscal year 2001, revising the congressional

budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2000, and

setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years

2002 through 2005, submit the following joint statement to the

House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action

agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report:

The Senate amendment struck all of the House bill after the

enacting clause and inserted a substitute text.

The House recedes from its disagreement to the amendment of

the Senate with an amendment that is a substitute for the House

bill and the Senate amendment. The differences between the House

bill, the Senate amendment, and the substitute agreed to in conference are noted below, except for clerical corrections, conforming

changes made necessary by agreements reached by the conferees,

and minor drafting and clerical changes.

The conferees intend that to the extent that the legislative text

in the conference report is the same as in the House or Senatepassed resolutions, the corresponding sections in the House Report

106–530 and Senate Report 106–251 remain a source of legislative

history of the drafters’ intent on the concurrent resolution.

DECLARATION

House resolution

The House resolution revises the budgetary levels for fiscal

year 2000 and establishes the appropriate levels for fiscal year

2001, and for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Senate amendment

The Senate resolution revises the budgetary levels for fiscal

year 2000 and establishes the appropriate levels for fiscal year

2001, and for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Conference agreement

The Conference Agreement revises and replaces the budgetary

levels for the current year, fiscal year 2000, as established by the

report accompanying H. Con. Res. 68, the Concurrent Resolution on

the Budget for Fiscal Year 2000 (H. Rept. 106–91); establishes the

levels for the budget year, fiscal year 2001; establishes levels and

for each of the 4 out-years, fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

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The authority to revise the current year levels is set forth in

section 304 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

Act of 1974 [Budget Act]. These revised levels supersede those established and adjusted pursuant to H. Con. Res. 68 for all purposes

under the Budget Act, including to enforce sections 302(f) and

311(a) of the Budget Act with respect to fiscal year 2000.

DISPLAY OF LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

The required contents of the concurrent resolution on the budget are set forth in section 301(a) of the Budget Act.

House resolution

The House resolution includes amounts for the following budgetary totals required pursuant to section 301(a) of the Budget Act:

totals of new budget authority, outlays, revenue, the levels by

which revenues should be reduced, surpluses, and public debt.

Senate amendment

Title I of the Senate amendment contains a provision to focus

attention on levels of debt held by the public. Section 101(6) provides advisory debt held by the public levels. These debt held by

the public levels reflect the fact that the resolution devotes the entire Social Security surplus to the reduction of debt held by the

public.

Section 101(c) shows (for informational purposes only) the level

of budget authority and outlays for Social Security administrative

expenses. These expenses, as is the case with all expenditures from

the Social Security trust funds, are off-budget; however for scoring

purposes they are counted against the discretionary spending limits because they are provided annually in appropriations acts.

Conference agreement

Title I of the Conference Agreement includes the amounts required for both the House and Senate by section 301(a) of the

Budget Act.

For purposes of enforcement in the Senate of section 311(a)(3)

of the Budget Act, the Conference Agreement also includes the unified totals for revenue and outlays for the Federal Old-Age and

Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds.

The Conference Agreement includes appropriate levels for debt

held by the public as were included in the Senate amendment with

an amendment modifying the amounts.

HOUSE-PASSED BUDGET RESOLUTION TOTAL SPENDING AND REVENUES

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

SUMMARY

Total Spending:

BA ...................................................................... 1,801.8 1,856.6 1,897.2 1,952.4 2,011.1 2,081.2 9,798.5

O ........................................................................ 1,784 1,823.2 1,876.3 1,930.3 1,988.2 2,058.2 9,676.2

On-Budget:

BA ............................................................. 1,478.3 1,524.1 1,557.8 1,603.9 1,653.4 1,712.2 8,051.4

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HOUSE-PASSED BUDGET RESOLUTION TOTAL SPENDING AND REVENUES—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

O ............................................................... 1,460.5 1,490.7 1,536.9 1,581.8 1,630.5 1,689.2 7,929.1

Off-Budget:

BA ............................................................. 323.5 332.5 339.4 348.5 357.7 369 1,747.1

O ............................................................... 323.5 332.5 339.4 348.5 357.7 369 1,747.1

Revenues:

Total .................................................................. 1,945.1 2,006.3 2,074.3 2,145.7 2,220.5 2,316.4 10,763.2

On-Budget ......................................................... 1,465.5 1,504.8 1,549.4 1,598.5 1,650.6 1,719.1 8,022.4

Off-Budget ......................................................... 479.6 501.5 524.9 547.2 569.9 597.3 2,740.8

Surplus/Deficit (-):

Total .................................................................. 161.1 183.1 198 215.4 232.3 258.2 1,087

On-Budget ......................................................... 5 14.1 12.5 16.7 20.1 29.9 93.3

Off-Budget ......................................................... 156.1 169 185.5 198.7 212.2 228.3 993.7

Debt Held by the Public (end of year) ...................... 3,470.3 3,300 3,107.7 2,903.9 2,682.5 2,433.9 NA

Debt Subject to Limit (end of year) .......................... 5,640.3 5,710.6 5,787.3 5,869.9 5,944.3 6,007.8 NA

BY FUNCTION

National Defense (050):

BA ...................................................................... 288.9 306.3 309.3 315.6 323.4 331.7 1,586.3

O ........................................................................ 282.5 297.6 302 309.4 317.6 328.1 1,554.7

International Affairs (150):

BA ...................................................................... 20.1 19.5 19.3 18.8 18.3 18.5 94.4

O ........................................................................ 15.5 17.3 17.2 16.1 15.2 14.8 80.6

General Science, Space, and Technology (250):

BA ...................................................................... 19.3 20.3 20.4 20.6 20.8 21 103.1

O ........................................................................ 18.5 19.4 20 20 20.2 20.5 100.1

Energy (270):

BA ...................................................................... 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 3.1

O ........................................................................ ¥0.6 ¥0.1 ¥0.4 ¥0.7 ¥0.9 ¥0.9 ¥3

Natural Resources and Environment (300):

BA ...................................................................... 24.3 25 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 126

O ........................................................................ 24.2 24.8 25.1 25.2 25.2 25.1 125.4

Agriculture (350):

BA ...................................................................... 35.7 19.1 18.5 17.6 17 15.8 88

O ........................................................................ 34.3 16.9 16.7 15.9 15.5 14.2 79.2

Commerce and Housing Credit (370):

BA ...................................................................... 8.5 6.9 9 10.3 13.6 13.5 53.3

O ........................................................................ 4.1 2.9 5.3 5.5 8.7 9.6 32

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 7.5 6.3 8.7 9.5 13.6 13.5 51.6

O ............................................................... 3.1 2.3 5 4.7 8.7 9.6 30.3

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0 0 1.7

O ............................................................... 1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0 0 1.7

Transportation (400):

BA ...................................................................... 54.3 59.2 57.4 58.8 58.8 58.8 293

O ........................................................................ 46.6 50.3 52.5 54.8 55.1 55.1 267.8

Community and Regional Development (450):

BA ...................................................................... 11.2 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.5 42.9

O ........................................................................ 10.8 11.1 9.7 8.8 8.3 7.8 45.7

Education, Training, Employment and Social Services (500):

BA ...................................................................... 57.7 72.6 74 75 76.1 77.8 375.5

O ........................................................................ 61.4 69.2 72.1 73.2 73.5 74.2 362.2

Health (550):

BA ...................................................................... 159.3 169.7 179.6 191.5 205.6 221.7 968.1

O ........................................................................ 152.3 167.1 177.9 190.6 205 220.3 960.9

Medicare (570):

BA ...................................................................... 199.6 215.7 221.6 239.7 255.3 278.7 1,211

O ........................................................................ 199.5 216 221.6 239.5 255.5 278.7 1,211.3

Income Security (600):

BA ...................................................................... 238.4 252.2 263 272.1 281.7 294 1,363

O ........................................................................ 248 254.9 264.3 273.4 283.2 295.9 1,371.7

Social Security (650):

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HOUSE-PASSED BUDGET RESOLUTION TOTAL SPENDING AND REVENUES—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

BA ...................................................................... 405 422.8 443 463.7 486.1 510.1 2,325.7

O ........................................................................ 405 422.7 443 463.6 486 510.1 2,325.4

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 14.7 13.1 14.9 15.7 16.6 17.4 77.7

O ............................................................... 14.7 13 14.9 15.6 16.5 17.4 77.4

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 390.3 409.7 428.1 448 469.5 492.7 2,248

O ............................................................... 390.3 409.7 428.1 448 469.5 492.7 2,248

Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

BA ...................................................................... 46 47.8 49 50.8 52 55.3 254.9

O ........................................................................ 45.2 47.4 48.9 50.6 51.7 54.9 253.5

Administration of Justice (750):

BA ...................................................................... 27.3 28 27.8 27.9 28.2 28.4 140.3

O ........................................................................ 28 28 28 27.9 27.9 28.1 139.9

General Government (800):

BA ...................................................................... 13.9 13.6 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.6 67.8

O ........................................................................ 14.7 14.2 13.9 13.7 13.7 13.5 69

Net Interest (900):

BA ...................................................................... 224.6 219 209.9 194.9 179.3 162.5 965.6

O ........................................................................ 224.6 219 209.9 194.9 179.3 162.5 965.6

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 284.6 288.5 290 285.7 280.9 275.4 1,420.5

O ............................................................... 284.6 288.5 290 285.7 280.9 275.4 1,420.5

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥60 ¥69.5 ¥80.1 ¥90.8 ¥101.6 ¥112.9 ¥454.9

O ............................................................... ¥60 ¥69.5 ¥80.1 ¥90.8 ¥101.6 ¥112.9 ¥454.9

Allowances (920):

BA ...................................................................... 8.5 ¥4.7 ¥2.1 ¥2.6 ¥4.3 ¥4.4 ¥18.1

O ........................................................................ 11.5 ¥8.7 ¥1 ¥2.2 ¥4 ¥4.3 ¥20.2

Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

BA ...................................................................... ¥41.8 ¥46.7 ¥50.2 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.4

O ........................................................................ ¥41.8 ¥46.7 ¥50.2 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.4

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥34.1 ¥38.4 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.7

O ............................................................... ¥34.1 ¥38.4 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.7

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥7.7 ¥8.3 ¥8.9 ¥9.5 ¥10.1 ¥10.9 ¥47.7

O ............................................................... ¥7.7 ¥8.3 ¥8.9 ¥9.5 ¥10.1 ¥10.9 ¥47.7

HOUSE PASSED BUDGET RESOLUTION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

SUMMARY

Total Discretionary Spending:

BA ...................................................................... 578.2 596.5 607.3 615.6 623.6 634.4 3077.4

O ........................................................................ 615.2 622.1 639.2 648 654.3 665.5 3229.1

Defense:

BA ...................................................................... 289.9 307.3 310.2 316.5 324.2 332.5 1,590.7

O ........................................................................ 283.5 298.6 302.9 310.3 318.4 328.9 1,559.1

Nondefense:

BA ...................................................................... 288.3 289.2 297.1 299.1 299.4 301.9 1486.7

O ........................................................................ 331.7 323.5 336.3 337.7 335.9 336.6 1670

BY FUNCTION

National Defense (050):

BA ...................................................................... 289.9 307.3 310.2 316.5 324.2 332.5 1590.7

O ........................................................................ 283.5 298.6 302.9 310.3 318.4 328.9 1559.1

International Affairs (150):

BA ...................................................................... 22.3 19.7 19.3 18.8 18.3 18.3 94.4

O ........................................................................ 20.1 21.3 21 19.8 18.7 18.2 99

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HOUSE PASSED BUDGET RESOLUTION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

General Science, Space, and Technology (250):

BA ...................................................................... 19.2 20.2 20.4 20.6 20.8 21 103

O ........................................................................ 18.4 19.4 19.9 20 20.2 20.4 99.8

Energy (270):

BA ...................................................................... 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.2 12.2

O ........................................................................ 3 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.3 12.6

Natural Resources and Environment (300):

BA ...................................................................... 24 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 24.7 122.5

O ........................................................................ 23.7 24.1 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.5 122

Agriculture (350):

BA ...................................................................... 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 22.5

O ........................................................................ 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 22

Commerce and Housing Credit (370):

BA ...................................................................... 6.9 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.1 3 15

O ........................................................................ 7.3 3.2 3 3 3.1 3 15.3

On-budget:

BA ...................................................................... 6.9 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.1 3 15

O ........................................................................ 7.3 3.2 3 3 3.1 3 15.3

Off-budget

BA ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

O ........................................................................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transportation (400):

BA ...................................................................... 14.4 15.7 16.3 16.8 16.8 16.8 82.4

O ........................................................................ 44.3 48.2 50.8 52.9 53.2 53.3 258.4

Community and Regional Development (450):

BA ...................................................................... 11.4 9.1 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 43.1

O ........................................................................ 11.5 11.7 10.3 9.5 9 8.5 49

Education, Training, Employment and Social Services (500):

BA ...................................................................... 44.5 56.8 57.7 58.7 59.7 60.7 293.6

O ........................................................................ 49.1 52.9 55.8 57.2 57.5 57.7 281.1

Health (550):

BA ...................................................................... 33.7 34.9 35.5 36 36.5 37 179.9

O ........................................................................ 28.9 33.9 33.8 34.7 35.2 35.7 173.3

Medicare (570):

BA ...................................................................... 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 15.5

O ........................................................................ 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 15.5

Income Security (600):

BA ...................................................................... 29.9 35.2 38.3 38.5 38.6 38.8 189.4

O ........................................................................ 42.4 41.9 42.2 42.2 42.3 42.5 211.1

Social Security (650):

BA ...................................................................... 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 17.5

O ........................................................................ 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 17.2

On-budget:

BA ...................................................................... 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 17.5

O ........................................................................ 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 17.2

Off-budget:

BA ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

O ........................................................................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

BA ...................................................................... 20.9 22.2 22.6 23 23.4 23.8 115

O ........................................................................ 20.4 22 22.6 22.9 23.2 23.6 114.3

Administration of Justice (750):

BA ...................................................................... 26.6 26.9 27.1 27.3 27.6 27.9 136.8

O ........................................................................ 27.2 27.1 27.2 27.2 27.4 27.7 136.6

General Government (800):

BA ...................................................................... 12.6 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.4 62

O ........................................................................ 13.1 13 12.7 12.6 12.4 12.4 63.1

Allowances (920) 1:

BA ...................................................................... 8.5 ¥4.7 ¥2.1 ¥2.6 ¥4.3 ¥4.4 ¥18.1

O ........................................................................ 11.5 ¥8.7 ¥1 ¥2.2 ¥4 ¥4.3 ¥20.3

1 Includes the Administration’s supplemental request.

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HOUSE-PASSED BUDGET RESOLUTION MANDATORY SPENDING

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

SUMMARY

Total Mandatory Spending:

BA ...................................................................... 1223.6 1260.1 1289.9 1336.9 1387.6 1446.8 6721.3

O ........................................................................ 1168.8 1201.1 1237.1 1282.4 1333.9 1392.7 6447.2

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 900.1 927.6 950.6 988.4 1029.8 1077.8 4974.2

O ............................................................... 845.3 868.6 897.7 933.8 976.2 1023.7 4700

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 323.5 332.5 339.4 348.5 357.7 369 1747.1

O ............................................................... 323.5 332.5 339.4 348.5 357.7 369 1747.1

BY FUNCTION

National Defense (050):

BA ...................................................................... ¥1 ¥1 ¥0.9 ¥0.9 ¥0.8 ¥0.8 ¥4.4

O ........................................................................ ¥1 ¥1 ¥0.9 ¥0.9 ¥0.8 ¥0.8 ¥4.4

International Affairs (150):

BA ...................................................................... ¥2.2 ¥0.2 0 0 0 0.2 0

O ........................................................................ ¥4.6 ¥4 ¥3.8 ¥3.7 ¥3.5 ¥3.4 ¥18.4

General Science, Space, and Technology (250):

BA ...................................................................... 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.1

O ........................................................................ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0.2

Energy (270):

BA ...................................................................... ¥1.5 ¥1.6 ¥1.9 ¥1.9 ¥1.8 ¥1.9 ¥9.1

O ........................................................................ ¥3.6 ¥2.9 ¥3.1 ¥3.2 ¥3.2 ¥3.2 ¥15.6

Natural Resources and Environment (300):

BA ...................................................................... 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.5

O ........................................................................ 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.4

Agriculture (350):

BA ...................................................................... 31.2 14.6 14 13.1 12.5 11.3 65.5

O ........................................................................ 29.8 12.5 12.3 11.5 11.1 9.8 57.2

Commerce and Housing Credit (370):

BA ...................................................................... 1.6 4.2 5.9 7.2 10.5 10.5 38.3

O ........................................................................ ¥3.2 ¥0.3 2.3 2.5 5.6 6.6 16.7

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 0.6 3.6 5.6 6.4 10.5 10.5 36.6

O ............................................................... ¥4.2 ¥0.9 2 1.7 5.6 6.6 15

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0 0 1.7

O ............................................................... 1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0 0 1.7

Transportation (400):

BA ...................................................................... 39.9 43.5 41.1 42 42 42 210.6

O ........................................................................ 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 9.4

Community and Regional Development (450):

BA ...................................................................... ¥0.2 0 0 ¥0.1 ¥0.1 0 ¥0.2

O ........................................................................ ¥0.7 ¥0.6 ¥0.6 ¥0.7 ¥0.7 ¥0.7 ¥3.3

Education, Training, Employment and Social Services (500):

BA ...................................................................... 13.2 15.8 16.3 16.3 16.4 17.1 81.9

O ........................................................................ 12.3 16.3 16.3 16 16 16.5 81.1

Health (550):

BA ...................................................................... 125.6 134.8 144.1 155.5 169.1 184.7 788.2

O ........................................................................ 123.4 133.2 144.1 155.9 169.8 184.6 787.6

Medicare (570):

BA ...................................................................... 196.5 212.6 218.5 236.6 252.2 275.6 1195.5

O ........................................................................ 196.4 212.9 218.5 236.4 252.4 275.6 1195.8

Income Security (600):

BA ...................................................................... 208.5 217 224.7 233.6 243.1 255.2 1173.6

O ........................................................................ 205.6 213 222.1 231.2 240.9 253.4 1160.6

Social Security (650):

BA ...................................................................... 401.8 419.4 439.6 460.3 482.4 506.6 2308.3

O ........................................................................ 401.8 419.4 439.6 460.3 482.4 506.6 2308.3

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 11.5 9.7 11.5 12.2 13 13.8 60.2

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O ............................................................... 11.5 9.7 11.5 12.2 13 13.8 60.2

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 390.3 409.7 428.1 448 469.5 492.7 2248

O ............................................................... 390.3 409.7 428.1 448 469.5 492.7 2248

Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

BA ...................................................................... 25.1 25.6 26.4 27.8 28.6 31.5 139.9

O ........................................................................ 24.8 25.4 26.3 27.7 28.5 31.3 139.2

Administration of Justice (750):

BA ...................................................................... 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.5

O ........................................................................ 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 3.3

General Government (800):

BA ...................................................................... 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 5.8

O ........................................................................ 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 5.9

Net Interest (900):

BA ...................................................................... 224.5 218.9 210 194.9 179.3 162.5 965.6

O ........................................................................ 224.5 218.9 210 194.9 179.3 162.5 965.6

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 284.6 288.5 290 285.7 280.9 275.4 1420.5

O ............................................................... 284.6 288.5 290 285.7 280.9 275.4 1420.5

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥60 ¥69.5 ¥80.1 ¥90.8 ¥101.6 ¥112.9 ¥454.9

O ............................................................... ¥60 ¥69.5 ¥80.1 ¥90.8 ¥101.6 ¥112.9 ¥454.9

Allowances (920):

BA ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

O ........................................................................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

BA ...................................................................... ¥41.8 ¥46.7 ¥50.3 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.5

O ........................................................................ ¥41.8 ¥46.7 ¥50.3 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.5

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥34.1 ¥38.4 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.7

O ............................................................... ¥34.1 ¥38.4 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.7

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥7.7 ¥8.3 ¥8.9 ¥9.5 ¥10.1 ¥10.9 ¥47.7

O ............................................................... ¥7.7 ¥8.3 ¥8.9 ¥9.5 ¥10.1 ¥10.9 ¥47.7

FUNCTION SUMMARY—SENATE-PASSED RESOLUTION

[In billions of dollars]

Function 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

50:

BA ...................................................................... 291.6 309.8 309.1 315.5 323.2 331.5 1589.2

OT ...................................................................... 288.1 296.7 303.1 309.6 317.7 328.1 1555.1

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 292.6 310.8 310 316.4 324 332.3 1593.6

OT ...................................................................... 289.1 297.7 304 310.5 318.5 328.9 1559.5

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... ¥1 ¥1 ¥0.9 ¥0.9 ¥0.8 ¥0.8 ¥4.4

OT ...................................................................... ¥1 ¥1 ¥0.9 ¥0.9 ¥0.8 ¥0.8 ¥4.4

150:

BA ...................................................................... 22 20.1 20.9 21.4 21.9 22.6 107

OT ...................................................................... 16 18.6 17.9 17.6 17.7 17.9 89.8

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 24.2 20.4 20.9 21.4 21.9 22.5 107

OT ...................................................................... 20.6 22.6 21.7 21.2 21.2 21.3 108

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... ¥2.2 ¥0.2 0 0 0 0.2 0

OT ...................................................................... ¥4.6 ¥4 ¥3.8 ¥3.7 ¥3.5 ¥3.4 ¥18.3

250:

BA ...................................................................... 19.3 19.7 19.9 19.8 20.1 20.3 99.8

OT ...................................................................... 18.4 19.2 19.6 19.5 19.7 19.9 97.9

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 19.2 19.6 19.8 19.8 20 20.3 99.6

OT ...................................................................... 18.4 19.2 19.5 19.5 19.6 19.9 97.7

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.2

OT ...................................................................... 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0.3

46

FUNCTION SUMMARY—SENATE-PASSED RESOLUTION—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

Function 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

270:

BA ...................................................................... 1.1 1.5 ¥0.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 4.9

OT ...................................................................... ¥0.6 0.2 ¥1.4 0 ¥0.1 ¥0.1 ¥1.4

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 2.6 3.1 1.7 3.1 3.1 3.1 14

OT ...................................................................... 3 3.1 1.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 14.3

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... ¥1.5 ¥1.6 ¥1.9 ¥1.9 ¥1.8 ¥1.9 ¥9.2

OT ...................................................................... ¥3.6 ¥2.9 ¥3.1 ¥3.2 ¥3.2 ¥3.2 ¥15.7

300:

BA ...................................................................... 24.5 24.9 25 25 25.1 25.1 125.1

OT ...................................................................... 24.2 24.9 25 25.2 25.1 24.9 125.1

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 24.2 24.1 24.1 24.1 24.1 24.1 120.3

OT ...................................................................... 23.8 24 24.2 24.2 24.1 24 120.6

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 0.3 0.9 1 1 1 1 4.8

OT ...................................................................... 0.5 0.9 0.8 1 1 0.9 4.5

350:

BA ...................................................................... 35.3 20.9 19 18 17.4 16.1 91.3

OT ...................................................................... 33.9 18.8 17.2 16.4 15.9 14.6 82.9

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 23.1

OT ...................................................................... 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 22.8

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 30.7 16.4 14.4 13.4 12.7 11.4 68.2

OT ...................................................................... 29.3 14.3 12.8 11.8 11.3 10 60.1

370:

BA ...................................................................... 8.6 6.7 8.9 10.2 13.4 13.4 52.6

OT ...................................................................... 4.1 2.6 5.2 5.5 8.4 9.3 30.9

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 7 2.5 3 3 2.9 2.9 14.3

OT ...................................................................... 7.3 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 14.2

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 1.6 4.2 5.9 7.2 10.5 10.5 38.2

OT ...................................................................... ¥3.2 ¥0.3 2.3 2.5 5.6 6.6 16.8

370 on-budget:

BA ...................................................................... 7.6 6.1 8.6 9.4 13.4 13.4 50.9

OT ...................................................................... 3.1 2 4.9 4.7 8.4 9.3 29.2

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 7 2.5 3 3 2.9 2.9 14.3

OT ...................................................................... 7.3 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 14.2

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 0.6 3.6 5.6 6.4 10.5 10.5 36.5

OT ...................................................................... ¥4.2 ¥0.9 2 1.7 5.6 6.6 15.1

400:

BA ...................................................................... 54.4 59.5 57.5 59.1 59.1 59.2 294.5

OT ...................................................................... 46.7 51.1 53.5 55.5 56.1 56.4 272.7

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 14.5 16.1 16.5 17.1 17.1 17.1 84

OT ...................................................................... 44.4 49.1 51.8 53.6 54.3 54.7 263.4

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 39.9 43.5 41.1 42 42 42 210.5

OT ...................................................................... 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 9.3

450:

BA ...................................................................... 11.3 9.3 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.7 44.2

OT ...................................................................... 10.7 10.4 9.9 8.8 8.3 7.9 45.3

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 11.5 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.8 44.3

OT ...................................................................... 11.5 11.1 10.7 9.8 9.3 9 49.9

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... ¥0.2 0 0 ¥0.1 ¥0.1 0 ¥0.2

OT ...................................................................... ¥0.7 ¥0.7 ¥0.8 ¥1 ¥1 ¥1.1 ¥4.6

47

FUNCTION SUMMARY—SENATE-PASSED RESOLUTION—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

Function 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

500:

BA ...................................................................... 57.7 75.6 76.4 77.3 78.4 79.8 387.5

OT ...................................................................... 61.9 68.8 73.2 76.1 77.4 78.7 374.1

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 44.5 57.4 59.8 60.2 60.9 61.6 300

OT ...................................................................... 49.6 52.3 56.5 59.3 60.3 61 289.5

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 13.2 18.2 16.6 17 17.5 18.2 87.5

OT ...................................................................... 12.3 16.5 16.6 16.7 17.1 17.7 84.6

550:

BA ...................................................................... 159.2 170.8 178.9 191 205.2 221.5 967.3

OT ...................................................................... 153.5 167.4 177.8 190.3 204.8 220.3 960.7

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 33.6 36 34.8 35.5 36.1 36.8 179.2

OT ...................................................................... 30.1 34.3 33.8 34.5 35.1 35.7 173.4

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 125.6 134.8 144.1 155.5 169.1 184.7 788.1

OT ...................................................................... 123.4 133.1 144 155.8 169.7 184.6 787.3

570:

BA ...................................................................... 199.6 218.8 228.6 249.8 265.3 288.7 1251.2

OT ...................................................................... 199.5 219 228.6 249.5 265.5 288.7 1251.4

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 15.6

OT ...................................................................... 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 15.5

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 196.5 215.6 225.5 246.6 262.2 285.6 1235.6

OT ...................................................................... 196.4 215.9 225.5 246.4 262.4 285.6 1235.8

600:

BA ...................................................................... 238.9 253.2 264.8 274.8 284.9 297.7 1375.5

OT ...................................................................... 248.1 255.4 267.3 278.5 288.4 301.2 1390.7

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 30.4 35.4 38 39.1 39.7 40.3 192.5

OT ...................................................................... 42.5 42.1 43 45 45.4 45.7 221.1

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 208.5 217.8 226.8 235.7 245.2 257.4 1182.9

OT ...................................................................... 205.6 213.4 224.2 233.5 243 255.5 1169.5

650:

BA ...................................................................... 405 422.8 443.1 463.8 486 510.2 2325.9

OT ...................................................................... 405 422.8 443.1 463.8 486 510.1 2325.7

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 17.6

OT ...................................................................... 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 17.5

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 401.8 419.4 439.6 460.3 482.4 506.6 2308.3

OT ...................................................................... 401.8 419.4 439.6 460.3 482.4 506.6 2308.3

650 on-budget:

BA ...................................................................... 11.5 9.7 11.6 12.3 13 13.8 60.4

OT ...................................................................... 11.5 9.7 11.6 12.3 13 13.8 60.4

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1

OT ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 11.5 9.7 11.5 12.2 13 13.8 60.3

OT ...................................................................... 11.5 9.7 11.5 12.2 13 13.8 60.3

700:

BA ...................................................................... 46 48.6 49.3 51.3 52.6 56 257.9

OT ...................................................................... 45.1 48.1 49.2 51 52.3 55.7 256.3

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 20.9 22.9 22.9 23.8 24.3 24.9 118.9

OT ...................................................................... 20.4 22.7 22.9 23.6 24.2 24.7 118

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 25.1 25.6 26.4 27.5 28.3 31.1 138.9

OT ...................................................................... 24.8 25.4 26.3 27.4 28.2 31 138.3

48

FUNCTION SUMMARY—SENATE-PASSED RESOLUTION—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

Function 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

750:

BA ...................................................................... 27.4 28.2 28.5 29.2 31.3 32.1 149.3

OT ...................................................................... 28 28.3 28.8 29.2 31 31.9 149.2

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 26.6 27.1 27.8 28.5 29.2 29.9 142.6

OT ...................................................................... 27.2 27.5 27.9 28.5 29.1 29.8 142.7

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 2.1 2.2 6.7

OT ...................................................................... 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 2 2.1 6.5

800:

BA ...................................................................... 13.7 14.4 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 68.8

OT ...................................................................... 14.7 14.3 13.9 13.8 13.9 13.6 69.4

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 12.4 13.2 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.4 62.9

OT ...................................................................... 13.2 13.1 12.7 12.6 12.6 12.5 63.5

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 5.9

OT ...................................................................... 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 6

900:

BA ...................................................................... 224.7 219.5 211 197 182.4 166.9 976.8

OT ...................................................................... 224.7 219.5 211 197 182.4 166.9 976.8

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OT ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 224.7 219.5 211 197 182.4 166.9 976.8

OT ...................................................................... 224.7 219.5 211 197 182.4 166.9 976.8

900 on-budget:

BA ...................................................................... 284.7 289 291.1 287.8 284 279.8 1431.7

OT ...................................................................... 284.7 289 291.1 287.8 284 279.8 1431.7

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OT ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 284.7 289 291.1 287.8 284 279.8 1431.7

OT ...................................................................... 284.7 289 291.1 287.8 284 279.8 1431.7

920:

BA ...................................................................... 0 ¥6 ¥0.5 ¥0.5 ¥0.5 ¥0.5 ¥8

OT ...................................................................... 0 ¥5.6 ¥1.8 ¥5.4 ¥7.3 ¥6.6 ¥26.6

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 0 ¥6 ¥0.5 ¥0.5 ¥0.5 ¥0.5 ¥8

OT ...................................................................... 0 ¥5.6 ¥1.8 ¥5.4 ¥7.3 ¥6.6 ¥26.6

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OT ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

950:

BA ...................................................................... ¥42 ¥46.6 ¥50.9 ¥50.8 ¥48.5 ¥51.6 ¥248.3

OT ...................................................................... ¥42 ¥46.6 ¥50.9 ¥50.8 ¥48.5 ¥51.6 ¥248.3

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... ¥0.2 0.1 ¥0.6 ¥0.6 ¥0.3 ¥1.5 ¥2.9

OT ...................................................................... ¥0.2 0.1 ¥0.6 ¥0.6 ¥0.3 ¥1.5 ¥2.9

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... ¥41.8 ¥46.7 ¥50.3 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.5

OT ...................................................................... ¥41.8 ¥46.7 ¥50.3 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.5

950 on-budget:

BA ...................................................................... ¥34.3 ¥38.4 ¥41.9 ¥41.3 ¥38.4 ¥40.7 ¥200.6

OT ...................................................................... ¥34.3 ¥38.4 ¥41.9 ¥41.3 ¥38.4 ¥40.7 ¥200.6

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... ¥0.2 0.1 ¥0.6 ¥0.6 ¥0.3 ¥1.5 ¥2.9

OT ...................................................................... ¥0.2 0.1 ¥0.6 ¥0.6 ¥0.3 ¥1.5 ¥2.9

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... ¥34.1 ¥38.4 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.8

OT ...................................................................... ¥34.1 ¥38.4 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.8

49

FUNCTION SUMMARY—SENATE-PASSED RESOLUTION—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

Function 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

Total:

BA ...................................................................... 1798 1871.8 1911.8 1975.2 2040.8 2112.6 9912.1

OT ...................................................................... 1780.1 1833.9 1890.1 1951 2014.8 2087.8 9777.7

Discretionary: 1

BA ...................................................................... 574.8 603.1 610.7 623.2 635.2 646.5 3118.7

OT ...................................................................... 611.7 627 642.1 653.7 663.1 676.1 3262.1

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 1223.2 1268.7 1301.1 1352 1405.5 1466.1 6793.4

OT ...................................................................... 1168.5 1206.9 1248 1297.4 1351.6 1411.7 6515.6

Total on-budget:

BA ...................................................................... 1471.3 1535.9 1569 1623.2 1679.5 1740 8147.5

OT ...................................................................... 1453.4 1498.1 1547.3 1599 1653.5 1715.3 8013.2

Discretionary:

BA ...................................................................... 571.6 599.6 607.2 619.7 631.7 642.9 3101.2

OT ...................................................................... 608.5 623.6 638.7 650.2 659.6 672.6 3244.7

Mandatory:

BA ...................................................................... 899.7 936.2 961.7 1003.5 1047.8 1097.1 5046.4

OT ...................................................................... 844.9 874.4 908.6 948.8 993.9 1042.7 4768.5

Revenues .................................................................... 1944.3 2003.3 2072 2146.6 2225.6 2318.6 10766.2

Revenues on-budget .................................................. 1464.6 1501.8 1547.1 1599.4 1655.7 1721.3 8025.4

Surplus ....................................................................... 164.1 169.4 181.9 195.5 210.9 230.8 988.5

On-budget .................................................................. 11.2 3.7 ¥0.2 0.4 2.2 6 12.1

Off-budget .................................................................. 152.9 165.7 182 195.2 208.7 224.8 976.4

1 Discretionary spending in this summary reflects the levels that will apply once new discretionary limits are enacted.

CONFERENCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET RESOLUTION TOTAL SPENDING AND REVENUES

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–

2005

SUMMARY

Total Spending:

BA ...................................................................... 1802 1869 1910.1 1970.7 2035 2108.7 9893.5

O ........................................................................ 1783.8 1834.7 1889.4 1947.4 2010.3 2084.8 9766.6

On-Budget:

BA ............................................................. 1471.4 1528.5 1563 1614.7 1670 1733.1 8109.3

O ............................................................... 1453.1 1494.3 1542.3 1591.4 1645.4 1709.2 7982.6

Off-Budget:

BA ............................................................. 330.6 340.5 347.1 356 365 375.6 1784.2

O ............................................................... 330.7 340.4 347.1 356 364.9 375.6 1784

Revenues:

Total .................................................................. 1945.1 2004.7 2072.9 2145.8 2222.7 2317.1 10763.2

On-Budget ......................................................... 1465.5 1503.2 1548 1598.6 1652.8 1719.8 8022.4

Off-Budget ......................................................... 479.6 501.5 524.9 547.2 569.9 597.3 2740.8

Surplus/Deficit (¥):

Total .................................................................. 161.3 170 183.5 198.4 212.4 232.3 996.6

On-Budget ......................................................... 12.4 8.9 5.7 7.2 7.4 10.6 39.8

Off-Budget ......................................................... 148.9 161.1 177.8 191.2 205 221.7 956.8

Debt Held by the Public (end of year) ...................... 3470.2 3313.2 3135.1 2948.3 2747 2524.2 NA

Debt Subject to Limit (end of year) .......................... 5640.2 5723.7 5814.7 5914.4 6008.8 6098 NA

BY FUNCTION

National Defense (050):

BA ...................................................................... 291.6 309.9 309.2 315.6 323.4 331.7 1589.8

O ........................................................................ 288.1 296.7 303.2 309.8 317.9 328.3 1555.9

International Affairs (150):

BA ...................................................................... 22 19.8 20.1 20.1 20.1 20.6 100.7

O ........................................................................ 16 18.3 17.8 16.9 16.5 16.4 85.9

General Science, Space, and Technology (250):

BA ...................................................................... 19.3 20.3 20.4 20.6 20.8 21 103.1

O ........................................................................ 18.4 19.4 20 20 20.2 20.5 100.1

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CONFERENCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET RESOLUTION TOTAL SPENDING AND

REVENUES—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–

2005

Energy (270):

BA ...................................................................... 1.1 1.3 0.2 0.9 0.8 0.8 4

O ........................................................................ ¥0.6 0 ¥0.9 ¥0.4 ¥0.5 ¥0.5 ¥2.3

Natural Resources and Environment (300):

BA ...................................................................... 24.5 25.1 25.2 25.2 25.3 25.3 126.1

O ........................................................................ 24.2 25 25.2 25.3 25.2 25.1 125.8

Agriculture (350):

BA ...................................................................... 35.3 20.8 18.5 17.6 17 15.8 89.7

O ........................................................................ 33.9 18.7 16.8 16 15.5 14.2 81.2

Commerce and Housing Credit (370):

BA ...................................................................... 8.6 6.8 9 10.2 13.5 13.4 52.9

O ........................................................................ 4.1 2.8 5.2 5.5 8.5 9.5 31.5

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 7.6 6.2 8.7 9.4 13.5 13.4 51.2

O ............................................................... 3.1 2.2 4.9 4.7 8.5 9.5 29.8

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0 0 1.7

O ............................................................... 1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0 0 1.7

Transportation (400):

BA ...................................................................... 54.4 59.3 57.4 58.9 59 59 293.6

O ........................................................................ 46.7 50.5 53 55.2 55.6 55.7 270

Community and Regional Development (450):

BA ...................................................................... 11.3 9.3 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.6 43.6

O ........................................................................ 10.7 10.7 9.7 8.6 8.1 7.6 44.7

Education, Training, Employment and Social Services (500):

BA ...................................................................... 57.7 72.6 74.7 75.7 76.7 78.3 378

O ........................................................................ 61.9 68.7 72.2 74.2 74.9 75.9 365.9

Health (550):

BA ...................................................................... 159.2 169.6 179.3 191.2 205.4 221.6 967.1

O ........................................................................ 153.5 165.9 177.8 190.4 204.9 220.3 959.3

Medicare (570):

BA ...................................................................... 199.6 217.7 226.6 247.8 266.3 292.7 1251.1

O ........................................................................ 199.5 218 226.6 247.5 266.5 292.7 1251.3

Income Security (600):

BA ...................................................................... 238.9 252.3 264.2 273.7 283.5 296.1 1369.8

O ........................................................................ 248.1 255 266 276.1 286 298.8 1381.9

Social Security (650):

BA ...................................................................... 408.8 427.1 446.7 466.9 488.6 512 2341.3

O ........................................................................ 408.9 427 446.7 466.9 488.5 512 2341.1

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 11.5 9.7 11.6 12.3 13 13.8 60.4

O ............................................................... 11.5 9.7 11.6 12.3 13 13.8 60.4

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 397.3 417.4 435.1 454.6 475.6 498.2 2280.9

O ............................................................... 397.4 417.3 435.1 454.6 475.5 498.2 2280.7

Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

BA ...................................................................... 46 47.8 49 50.8 52.1 55.4 255.1

O ........................................................................ 45.1 47.4 48.9 50.5 51.8 55.1 253.7

Administration of Justice (750):

BA ...................................................................... 27.4 28 28.1 28.5 29 29.5 143.1

O ........................................................................ 28 28.1 28.4 28.5 28.7 29.2 142.9

General Government (800):

BA ...................................................................... 13.7 14 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 68.4

O ........................................................................ 14.7 14.3 13.9 13.8 13.8 13.6 69.4

Net Interest (900):

BA ...................................................................... 224.6 219.4 211.2 197 182.3 166.7 976.6

O ........................................................................ 224.6 219.4 211.2 197 182.3 166.7 976.6

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 284.6 288.6 290.6 286.9 282.8 278.4 1427.3

O ............................................................... 284.6 288.6 290.6 286.9 282.8 278.4 1427.3

51

CONFERENCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET RESOLUTION TOTAL SPENDING AND

REVENUES—Continued

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–

2005

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥60 ¥69.2 ¥79.4 ¥89.9 ¥100.5 ¥111.7 ¥450.7

O ............................................................... ¥60 ¥69.2 ¥79.4 ¥89.9 ¥100.5 ¥111.7 ¥450.7

Allowances (920):

BA ...................................................................... 0 ¥5.5 ¥1.7 ¥2 ¥2.7 ¥3.3 ¥15.2

O ........................................................................ 0 ¥4.6 ¥2.1 ¥4.2 ¥5.9 ¥6.2 ¥23

Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

BA ...................................................................... ¥42 ¥46.6 ¥50.2 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.3

O ........................................................................ ¥42 ¥46.6 ¥50.2 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.3

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥34.3 ¥38.3 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.6

O ............................................................... ¥34.3 ¥38.3 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.6

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥7.7 ¥8.3 ¥8.9 ¥9.5 ¥10.1 ¥10.9 ¥47.7

O ............................................................... ¥7.7 ¥8.3 ¥8.9 ¥9.5 ¥10.1 ¥10.9 ¥47.7

Note.—Figures assume discretionary levels that will apply once new spending limits are enacted.

CONFERENCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET RESOLUTION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–

2005

SUMMARY

Total Discretionary Spending:

BA ...................................................................... 574.8 600.2 608.6 619.1 629 640.2 3097.1

O ........................................................................ 611.8 625.2 640.8 650.5 658.4 670.3 3245.2

Defense:

BA ............................................................. 292.6 310.8 310.1 316.4 324.1 332.4 1593.8

O ............................................................... 289.1 297.7 304.1 310.6 318.6 328.9 1559.9

Nondefense:

BA ............................................................. 282.2 289.4 298.5 302.7 304.9 307.8 1503.3

O ............................................................... 322.7 327.5 336.7 339.9 339.8 341.4 1685.3

BY FUNCTION

National Defense (050):

BA ...................................................................... 292.6 310.8 310.1 316.4 324.1 332.4 1593.8

O ........................................................................ 289.1 297.7 304.1 310.6 318.6 328.9 1559.9

International Affairs (150):

BA ...................................................................... 24.2 20 20.1 20.1 20.1 20.4 100.7

O ........................................................................ 20.6 22.3 21.6 20.6 20 19.7 104.2

General Science, Space, and Technology (250):

BA ...................................................................... 19.2 20.2 20.4 20.6 20.8 21 103

O ........................................................................ 18.4 19.4 19.9 20 20.2 20.4 99.9

Energy (270):

BA ...................................................................... 2.6 3 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.7 13.1

O ........................................................................ 3 3 2.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 13.4

Natural Resources and Environment (300):

BA ...................................................................... 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.3 24.3 24.4 121.4

O ........................................................................ 23.8 24.1 24.3 24.4 24.3 24.2 121.3

Agriculture (350):

BA ...................................................................... 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 22.8

O ........................................................................ 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 22.4

Commerce and Housing and Credit (370):

BA ...................................................................... 7 2.6 3.1 3.1 3 3 14.8

O ........................................................................ 7.3 3 3 3 2.9 2.9 14.8

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 7 2.6 3.1 3.1 3 3 14.8

O ............................................................... 7.3 3 3 3 2.9 2.9 14.8

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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CONFERENCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET RESOLUTION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING—

Continued

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–

2005

O ............................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transportation (400):

BA ...................................................................... 14.5 15.8 16.4 17 17 17 83.2

O ........................................................................ 44.4 48.5 51.3 53.2 53.7 54 260.7

Community and Regional Development (450):

BA ...................................................................... 11.5 9.2 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 43.7

O ........................................................................ 11.5 11.4 10.5 9.6 9.1 8.7 49.3

Education, Training, Employment and Social Services (500):

BA ...................................................................... 44.5 56.8 58.4 59.1 60 60.8 295.1

O ........................................................................ 49.6 52.3 55.9 57.9 58.6 59 283.7

Health (550):

BA ...................................................................... 33.6 34.8 35.2 35.7 36.3 36.9 178.9

O ........................................................................ 30.1 32.8 33.8 34.6 35.2 35.7 172.1

Medicare (570):

BA ...................................................................... 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 15.5

O ........................................................................ 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 15.5

Income Security (600):

BA ...................................................................... 30.4 35.3 38.2 38.8 39.2 39.6 191.1

O ........................................................................ 42.5 42.1 42.7 43.6 43.8 44.1 216.3

Social Security (650):

BA ...................................................................... 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 17.5

O ........................................................................ 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 17.2

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

O ............................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 17.5

O ............................................................... 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 17.2

Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

BA ...................................................................... 20.9 22.1 22.5 23.2 23.6 24.1 115.5

O ........................................................................ 20.4 21.9 22.5 23 23.4 23.9 114.7

Administration of Justice (750):

BA ...................................................................... 26.6 26.9 27.5 27.9 28.4 28.9 139.6

O ........................................................................ 27.2 27.2 27.5 27.8 28.2 28.7 139.4

General Government (800):

BA ...................................................................... 12.4 12.8 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.4 62.4

O ........................................................................ 13.2 13 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.4 63.2

Allowances (920):

BA ...................................................................... 0 ¥5.5 ¥1.7 ¥2 ¥2.7 ¥3.3 ¥15.2

O ........................................................................ 0 ¥4.6 ¥2.1 ¥4.2 ¥5.9 ¥6.2 ¥23

Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

BA ...................................................................... ¥0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.2

O ........................................................................ ¥0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.2

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.2

O ............................................................... ¥0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.2

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

O ............................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Note.—Figures assume discretionary levels that will apply once new spending limits are enacted.

CONFERENCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET RESOLUTION MANDATORY SPENDING

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

SUMMARY

Total Mandatory Spending:

BA ...................................................................... 1,227.1 1,269 1,301.6 1,351.4 1,406.1 1,468.5 6,796.6

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CONFERENCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET RESOLUTION MANDATORY SPENDING—

Continued

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

O ........................................................................ 1,172.5 1,210 1,248.7 1,296.7 1,352 1,414.1 6,521.5

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 899.6 931.9 957.9 998.9 1,044.6 1,096.5 5,029.8

O ............................................................... 845 872.9 905 944.2 990.5 1,042.1 4,754.7

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 327.5 337.1 343.7 352.5 361.5 372 1,766.8

O ............................................................... 327.5 337.1 343.7 352.5 361.5 372 1,766.8

BY FUNCTION

National Defense (050):

BA ...................................................................... ¥1 ¥0.9 ¥0.9 ¥0.8 ¥0.7 ¥0.7 ¥4

O ........................................................................ ¥1 ¥0.9 ¥0.9 ¥0.8 ¥0.7 ¥0.7 ¥4

International Affairs (150):

BA ...................................................................... ¥2.2 ¥0.2 0 0 0 0.2 0

O ........................................................................ ¥4.6 ¥4 ¥3.8 ¥3.7 ¥3.5 ¥3.4 ¥18.4

General Science, Space, and Technology (250):

BA ...................................................................... 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.1

O ........................................................................ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0.2

Energy (270):

BA ...................................................................... ¥1.5 ¥1.6 ¥1.9 ¥1.9 ¥1.8 ¥1.9 ¥9.1

O ........................................................................ ¥3.6 ¥2.9 ¥3.1 ¥3.2 ¥3.2 ¥3.2 ¥15.6

Natural Resources and Environment (300):

BA ...................................................................... 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 1 1 4.7

O ........................................................................ 0.5 0.9 0.9 1 0.9 0.9 4.6

Agriculture (350):

BA ...................................................................... 30.7 16.3 14 13.1 12.4 11.2 67

O ...................................................................... 29.3 14.2 12.4 11.5 11 9.7 58.8

Commerce and Housing Credit (370):

BA ...................................................................... 1.6 4.2 5.9 7.2 10.5 10.5 38.3

O ........................................................................ ¥3.2 ¥0.3 2.3 2.5 5.6 6.6 16.7

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 0.6 3.6 5.6 6.4 10.5 10.5 36.6

O ............................................................... ¥4.2 ¥0.9 2 1.7 5.6 6.6 15

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. 1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0 0 1.7

O ............................................................... 1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0 0 1.7

Transportation (400):

BA ...................................................................... 39.9 43.5 41.1 42 42 42 210.6

O ........................................................................ 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 9.4

Community and Regional Development (450):

BA ...................................................................... ¥0.2 0 0 ¥0.1 ¥0.1 0 ¥0.2

O ........................................................................ ¥0.7 ¥0.7 ¥0.8 ¥1 ¥1 ¥1.1 ¥4.6

Education, Training, Employment and Social Services (500):

BA ...................................................................... 13.2 15.8 16.3 16.5 16.7 17.4 82.7

O ........................................................................ 12.3 16.4 16.4 16.2 16.4 16.9 82.3

Health (550):

BA ...................................................................... 125.6 134.8 144.1 155.5 169.1 184.7 788.2

O ........................................................................ 123.4 133.2 144 155.9 169.7 184.6 787.4

Medicare (570):

BA ...................................................................... 196.5 214.6 223.5 244.6 263.2 289.6 1235.5

O ........................................................................ 196.4 214.9 223.5 244.4 263.4 289.6 1235.8

Income Security (600):

BA ...................................................................... 208.5 217 226 234.9 244.4 256.5 1178.8

O ........................................................................ 205.6 213 223.4 232.5 242.2 254.7 1,165.8

Social Security (650):

BA ...................................................................... 405.7 423.7 443.2 463.3 485.1 508.4 2,323.7

O ........................................................................ 405.7 423.7 443.2 463.3 485.1 508.4 2,323.7

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 11.5 9.7 11.5 12.2 13 13.8 60.2

O ............................................................... 11.5 9.7 11.5 12.2 13 13.8 60.2

Off-budget

BA ............................................................. 394.2 414 431.7 451.1 472.1 494.6 2,263.5

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CONFERENCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET RESOLUTION MANDATORY SPENDING—

Continued

[In billions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001–05

O ............................................................... 394.2 414 431.7 451.1 472.1 494.6 2,263.5

Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

BA ...................................................................... 25.1 25.8 26.5 27.7 28.5 31.3 139.8

O ........................................................................ 24.8 25.5 26.4 27.6 28.3 31.2 139

Administration of Justice (750):

BA ...................................................................... 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.5

O ........................................................................ 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 3.3

General Government (800):

BA ...................................................................... 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 5.8

O ........................................................................ 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 5.9

Net Interest (900):

BA ...................................................................... 224.6 219.4 211.2 197 182.3 166.7 976.6

O ........................................................................ 224.6 219.4 211.2 197 182.3 166.7 976.6

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. 284.6 288.6 290.6 286.9 282.8 278.4 1,427.3

O ............................................................... 284.6 288.6 290.6 286.9 282.8 278.4 1,427.3

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥60 ¥69.2 ¥79.4 ¥89.9 ¥100.5 ¥111.7 ¥450.7

O ............................................................... ¥60 ¥69.2 ¥79.4 ¥89.9 ¥100.5 ¥111.7 ¥450.7

Allowances (920):

BA ...................................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

O ........................................................................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Undistributed Offsetting: Receipts (950):

BA ...................................................................... ¥41.8 ¥46.7 ¥50.2 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.4

O ........................................................................ ¥41.8 ¥46.7 ¥50.2 ¥50.2 ¥48.2 ¥50.1 ¥245.4

On-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥34.1 ¥38.4 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.7

O ............................................................... ¥34.1 ¥38.4 ¥41.3 ¥40.7 ¥38.1 ¥39.2 ¥197.7

Off-budget:

BA ............................................................. ¥7.7 ¥8.3 ¥8.9 ¥9.5 ¥10.1 ¥10.9 ¥47.7

O ............................................................... ¥7.7 ¥8.3 ¥8.9 ¥9.5 ¥10.1 ¥10.9 ¥47.7

Note.—Figures assume discretionary levels that will apply once new spending limits are enacted.

BUDGET FUNCTION LEVELS

Pursuant to section 301(a)(3) of the Budget Act, the budget resolution must set appropriate levels for each major functional category based on the 302(a) allocations and the budgetary totals.

The respective levels of the House resolution, the Senate

amendment, and the conference report for each major budget function are as follows:

FUNCTION 050: NATIONAL DEFENSE

Major Programs in Function—The National Defense function

includes funds to develop, maintain, and equip the military forces

of the United States. Roughly 95 percent of the funding in this

function goes to Department of Defense—Military activities, including funds for ballistic missile defense. That component also includes pay and benefits for military and civilian personnel; research, development, testing, and evaluation; procurement of weapons systems; military construction and family housing; and operations and maintenance of the defense establishment. The remaining funding in the function goes toward atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy, and other defense-related activities.

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House Resolution—The House resolution revises the fiscal year

2000 levels to $288.9 billion in budget authority [BA] and $282.5

billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $306.3 billion

in BA and $297.6 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides

$1,586.3 billion in BA and $1,554.7 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $291.6 billion in BA and $288.1 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $309.8 billion in BA and

$296.7 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $1,589.2 billion

in BA and $1,555.1 billion in outlays. These amounts reflect $4.0

billion in additional resources added to 2001 during the Senate’s

consideration of S. Con. Res. 101. This addition assumes that no

such amount is added to 2000. The total amount also includes $10

million in BA and outlays in 2001 and $27.5 million in BA and outlays over 2000–2005. This latter amount was adopted by a vote of

99–0 and was explicitly assumed to supplement the compensation

of enlisted personnel in the military who currently receive food

stamps.

Conference Agreement—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $291.6 billion in BA and $288.1 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $309.9 billion in BA and

$296.7 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $1,589.8 billion

in BA and $1,555.9 billion in outlays.

The Conference Agreement adopts the assumptions of the Senate amendment with respect to the addition of $4.0 billion in BA

and commensurate outlays. It also adopts the Senate amendment

assumption regarding enlisted military personnel on food stamps.

FUNCTION 150: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Major Programs in Function—Funds distributed through the

International Affairs function provide for international development and humanitarian assistance; international security assistance; the conduct of foreign affairs; foreign information and exchange activities; and international financial programs. The major

departments and agencies in this function include the Department

of State, the Department of the Treasury, and the Agency for International Development.

House Resolution—The House resolution revises the fiscal year

2000 levels to $20.1 billion in budget authority [BA] and $15.5 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $19.5 billion in

BA and $17.3 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $94.4 billion in BA and $80.6 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $22.0 billion in BA and $16.0 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $20.1 billion in BA and $18.6 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $107.0 billion in BA and

$89.8 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $22.0 billion in BA and $16.0 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $19.8 billion in BA and

$18.3 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $100.7 billion in

BA and $85.9 billion in outlays.

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FUNCTION 250: GENERAL SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

Major Programs in Function—The General Science, Space, and

Technology function consists of funds in two major categories: general science and basic research, and space flight, research, and supporting activities. The general science component includes the

budgets for the National Science Foundation [NSF], and the fundamental science programs of the Department of Energy [DOE]. But

the largest component of the function—about two-thirds of its

total—is for space flight, research, and supporting activities of the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] (except for

NASA’s air transportation programs, which are included in Function 400).

House Resolution—The House resolution revises the fiscal year

2000 levels to $19.3 billion in budget authority [BA] and $18.5 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $20.3 billion in

BA and $19.4 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $103.1

billion in BA and $100.1 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $19.3 billion in BA and $18.4 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $19.7 billion in BA and $19.2 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $99.8 billion in BA and

$97.9 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $19.3 billion in BA and $18.4 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $20.3 billion in BA and

$19.4 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $103.1 billion in

BA and $100.1 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 270: ENERGY

Major Programs in Function—The Energy function reflects the

civilian activities in the Department of Energy. Through this function, spending is provided for energy supply and fossil energy R&D

programs; rural electricity and telecommunications loans administered through the Department of Agriculture; and electric power

generation and transmission programs for the three Power Marketing Administrations. The function also includes the Strategic

Petroleum Reserve; energy conservation programs, including the

Partnership for the Next Generation of Vehicles; Clean Coal Technology; Nuclear Waste Disposal; and the operations of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

House Resolution—The House resolution revises the fiscal year

2000 levels to $1.1 billion in budget authority [BA] and ¥$0.6 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets forth $1.2

billion in BA and ¥$0.1 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides

$3.1 billion in BA and ¥$3.0 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $1.1 billion in BA and ¥$0.6 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $1.5 billion in BA and $0.2 billion

in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $4.9 billion in BA and ¥$1.4

billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $1.1 billion in BA and ¥$0.6 billion in

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outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $1.3 billion in BA and

$0 in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $4.0 billion in BA and

¥$2.3 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 300: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

Major Programs in Function—Funds distributed through the

Natural Resources and Environment function are intended to develop, manage, and maintain the Nation’s natural resources, and to

promote a clean environment. Funding is provided for water resources, conservation and land management, recreational resources, pollution control and abatement, and other natural resources. Major departments and agencies in this function are the

Department of the Interior, including the National Park Service,

the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and

the Fish and Wildlife Service; certain agencies in the Department

of Agriculture, including principally the Forest Service; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in the Department

of Commerce; the Army Corps of Engineers; and the Environmental Protection Agency.

House Resolution—The House resolution revises the fiscal year 2000 levels to $24.3 billion in budget authority [BA] and $24.2 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $25.0 billion in

BA and $24.8 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $126.0

billion in BA and $125.4 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $24.5 billion in BA and $24.2 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $24.9 billion in BA and outlays.

Over 5 years, it provides $125.1 billion in BA and outlays.

Conference Agreement—The Conference Agreement revises the fiscal year 2000 levels to $24.5 billion in BA and $24.2 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $25.1 billion in BA and

$25.0 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $126.1 billion in

BA and $125.8 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 350: AGRICULTURE

Major Programs in Function—The Agriculture function includes funds for direct assistance and loans to food and fiber producers, crop insurance, export assistance, market information and

inspection services, and agricultural research and services.

House Resolution—The House resolution revises the fiscal year 2000 levels to $35.7 billion in budget authority [BA] and $34.3 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets forth $19.1

billion in BA and $16.9 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides

$88.0 billion in BA and $79.2 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $35.3 billion in BA and $33.9 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $20.9 billion in BA and $18.8 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $91.3 billion in BA and

$82.9 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement—The Conference Agreement revises the fiscal year 2000 levels to $35.3 billion in BA and $33.9 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $20.8 billion in BA and

$18.7 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $89.7 billion in

BA and $81.2 billion in outlays.

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FUNCTION 370: COMMERCE AND HOUSING CREDIT

Major Programs in Function—The mortgage credit component

of this function includes housing assistance through the Federal

Housing Administration [FHA], and rural housing programs of the

Department of Agriculture. The function includes spending for deposit insurance activities related to banks, thrifts, and credit

unions. Also included is the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, including the Advanced Technology Program; the International Trade Administration; the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; the

Bureau of the Census; and the Patent and Trademark Office. Also

appearing in this function are independent agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission.

The function also includes net spending for the postal service, but

these totals are off budget, and therefore are not reflected in the

figures below.

House Resolution—The House resolution revises the fiscal year

2000 on-budget levels to $7.5 billion in budget authority [BA] and

$3.1 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets

forth on-budget levels of $6.3 billion in BA and $2.3 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides on-budget amounts of $51.6 billion

in BA and $30.3 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget levels to $7.6 billion in BA and $3.1 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget levels of $6.1

billion in BA and $2.0 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides

on-budget amounts of $50.9 billion in BA and $29.2 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 on-budget levels to $7.6 billion in BA and $3.1 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget levels

of $6.2 billion in BA and $2.2 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it

provides on-budget amounts of $51.2 billion in BA and $29.8 billion

in outlays.

FUNCTION 400: TRANSPORTATION

Major Programs in Function—This function supports all major

Federal transportation programs. About two-thirds of the funding

provided here is for ground transportation programs. This includes

the Federal-aid highway program, mass transit operating and capital assistance, motor carrier safety, rail transportation through the

National Rail Passenger Corporation [Amtrak], and high-speed rail

and rail safety programs. Additional components of this function

are air transportation, including the Federal Aviation Administration airport improvement program, the facilities and equipment

program, and operations and research; water transportation

through the Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration; and

other transportation support activities. Funds for air transportation programs under the auspices of NASA are distributed

through this function as well.

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lion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $59.2 billion in

BA and $50.3 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $293.0

billion in BA and $267.8 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $54.4 billion in BA and $46.7 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $59.5 billion in BA and $51.1 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $294.5 billion in BA and

$272.7 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $54.4 billion in BA and $46.7 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $59.3 billion in BA and

$50.5 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $293.5 billion in

BA and $270.0 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 450: COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Major Programs in Function.—The Community and Regional

Development function reflects programs that provide Federal funding for economic and community development in both urban and

rural areas. Funding for disaster relief and insurance—including

activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency—also is

provided in this function.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $11.2 billion in budget authority [BA] and $10.8

billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets forth

$9.1 billion in BA and $11.1 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $42.9 billion in BA and $45.7 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $11.3 billion in BA and $10.7 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $9.3 billion in BA and $10.4 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $44.2 billion in BA and

$45.3 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $11.3 billion in BA and $10.7 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $9.3 billion in BA and

$10.7 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $43.6 billion in

BA and $44.7 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 500: EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, AND SOCIAL

SERVICES

Major Programs in Function.—Forty-five percent of the funding in the Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services

function is for Federal programs in elementary, secondary, and vocational education. Also shown here are funds for higher education

programs, accounting for about 23 percent of the function’s spending; research and general education aids, including the National

Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; training and employment services; other labor services;

and grants to States for general social services and rehabilitation

services, such as the Social Services Block Grant and vocational rehabilitation.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $57.7 billion in budget authority [BA] and $61.4

billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $72.6 billion in

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BA and $69.2 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $375.5

billion in BA and $362.2 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $57.7 billion in BA and $61.9 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $75.6 billion in BA and $68.8 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $387.5 billion in BA and

$374.1 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $57.7 billion in BA and $61.9 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $72.6 billion in BA and

$68.7 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $378.0 billion in

BA and $365.9 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 550: HEALTH

Major Programs in Function.—The Health function consists of

health care services, including Medicaid, the Nation’s major program covering medical and long-term care costs for low-income persons; health research and training; and consumer and occupational

health and safety. Medicaid represents about 73 percent of the

spending in this function.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $159.3 billion in budget authority [BA] and

$152.3 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets

forth $169.7 billion in BA and $167.1 billion in outlays. Over 5

years, it provides $968.1 billion in BA and $960.9 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $159.2 billion in BA and $153.5 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $170.8 billion in BA and

$167.4 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $967.3 billion in

BA and $960.7 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $159.2 billion in BA and $153.5 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $169.6 billion in BA and

$165.9 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $967.0 billion in

BA and $959.3 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 570: MEDICARE

Major Programs in Function.—This function reflects the Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance [HI] Program, Part B Supplementary Medical Insurance [SMI] Program, and premiums paid by

qualified aged and disabled beneficiaries. It includes the

‘‘Medicare+Choice’’ Program, which covers Part A and Part B benefits and allows beneficiaries to choose certain private health insurance plans. Medicare+Choice plans may include health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, providersponsored organizations, medical savings accounts, and private feefor-service plans. These plans may add benefits such as outpatient

prescription drug coverage, and may cover premiums, copayments,

and deductibles required by the traditional Medicare Program.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $199.6 billion in budget authority [BA] and

$199.5 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets

forth $215.7 billion in BA and $216.0 billion in outlays. Over 5

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years, it provides $1,211.0 billion in BA and $1,211.3 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $199.6 billion in BA and $199.5 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $218.8 billion in BA and

$219.0 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $1,251.2 billion

in BA and $1,251.4 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the fiscal year 2000 levels to $199.6 billion in BA and $199.5 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $217.7 billion in BA and

$218.0 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $1,251.1 billion

in BA and $1,251.3 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 600: INCOME SECURITY

Major Programs in Function.—The Income Security function

covers most of the Federal Government’s income support programs.

The function includes general retirement and disability insurance

(excluding Social Security)—mainly through the Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation—and benefits to railroad retirees. Other

components are Federal employee retirement and disability benefits (including military retirees); unemployment compensation; lowincome housing assistance; food and nutrition assistance; and other

income security programs. This last category includes Temporary

Assistance to Needy Families [TANF], the Government’s principal

welfare program; Supplemental Security Income [SSI]; and spending for the refundable portion of the Earned Income Credit [EIC].

Agencies involved in these programs include the Departments of

Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education; the Social Security Administration (for

SSI); and the Office of Personnel Management (for Federal retirement benefits).

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $238.4 billion in budget authority [BA] and

$248.0 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets

forth $252.2 billion in BA and $254.9 billion in outlays. Over 5

years, it provides $1,363.0 billion in BA and $1,371.7 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $238.9 billion in BA and $248.1 billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $253.2 billion in BA and

$255.4 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $1,375.5 billion

in BA and $1,390.7 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $238.9 billion in BA and $248.1 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $252.3 billion in BA and

$255.0 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $1,369.8 billion

in BA and $1,381.9 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 650: SOCIAL SECURITY

Major Programs in Function.—Function 650 consists of the Social Security Program, or Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance [OASDI]. It is the largest budget function in terms of outlays,

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curity trust funds are off budget. However, the administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration [SSA], which manages

the program, and the income taxes collected on Social Security benefits are reflected in the figures below.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget levels to $14.7 billion in budget authority [BA]

and outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets forth on-budget totals of $13.1 billion in BA and $13.0 billion in outlays. Over

5 years, it provides on-budget amounts of $77.7 billion in BA and

$77.4 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget levels to $11.5 billion in BA and outlays. For

fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget totals of $9.7 billion in BA

and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides on-budget amounts of $60.4

billion in BA and outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 on-budget levels to $11.5 billion in BA and outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget totals of $9.7 billion in

BA and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides on-budget amounts of

$60.4 billion in BA and outlays.

FUNCTION 700: VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES

Major Programs in Function.—The Veterans Benefits and

Services function reflects funding for the Department of Veterans

Affairs [VA], which provides benefits to veterans who meet various

eligibility rules. Benefits range from income security for veterans;

veterans education, training, and rehabilitation services; and veterans’ hospital and medical care. As of 1 July 1999, there were

about 25 million veterans, and about 45 million family members of

living veterans and survivors of deceased veterans.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $46.0 billion in budget authority [BA] and $45.2

billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $47.8 billion in

BA and $47.4 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $254.9

billion in BA and $253.5 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $46.0 billion in BA and $45.1 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $48.6 billion in BA and $48.1 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $257.9 billion in BA and

$256.3 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $46.0 billion in BA and $45.1 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $47.8 billion in BA and

$47.4 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $255.1 billion in

BA and $253.7 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 750: ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Major Programs in Function.—This function provides funding

for Federal law enforcement activities. This includes criminal investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug

Enforcement Administration, and border enforcement and the control of illegal immigration by the Customs Service and Immigration

and Naturalization Service. Also funded through this function are

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the Federal courts, Federal prison construction, and criminal justice assistance.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $27.3 billion in budget authority [BA] and $28.0

billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets forth

$28.0 billion in BA and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $140.3

billion in BA and $139.9 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $27.4 billion in BA and $28.0 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $28.2 billion in BA and $28.3 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $149.3 billion in BA and

$149.2 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $27.4 billion in BA and $28.0 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $28.0 billion in BA and

$28.1 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $143.1 billion in

BA and $142.9 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 800: GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Major Programs in Function.—The General Government function consists of the activities of the Legislative Branch; the Executive Office of the President; general tax collection and fiscal operations of the Department of Treasury (including the Internal Revenue Service, which accounts for almost two-thirds of the spending

in this function); the property and personnel costs of the General

Services Administration and the Office of Personnel Management;

general purpose fiscal assistance to States, localities, the District of

Columbia, and territories of the United States; and other general

activities of the Federal Government.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $13.9 billion in budget authority [BA] and $14.7

billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets forth

$13.6 billion in BA and $14.2 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it

provides $67.8 billion in BA and $69.0 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $13.7 billion in BA and $14.7 billion in outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $14.4 billion in BA and $14.3 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $68.8 billion in BA and

$69.4 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 levels to $13.7 billion in BA and $14.7 billion in

outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth $14.0 billion in BA and

$14.3 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it provides $68.4 billion in

BA and $69.4 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 900: NET INTEREST

Major Programs in Function.—Net Interest is the interest paid

for the Federal Government’s borrowing minus the interest income

received by the Federal Government. Interest is a mandatory payment, with no discretionary components.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget levels to $284.6 billion in budget authority

[BA] and outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget levels

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of $288.5 billion in BA and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides onbudget amounts of $1,420.5 billion in BA and outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget levels to $284.7 billion in BA and outlays. For

fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget levels of $289.0 billion in

BA and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides on-budget amounts of

$1,431.7 billion in BA and outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the fiscal year 2000 on-budget levels to $284.6 billion in BA and outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget levels of $288.6

billion in BA and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides on-budget

amounts of $1,427.3 billion in BA and outlays.

FUNCTION 920: ALLOWANCES

Major Programs in Function.—The Allowances function is used

for planning purposes to address the budgetary effects of proposals

or assumptions that cross various other budget functions. Once

such changes are enacted, the budgetary effects are distributed to

the appropriate budget functions.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 levels to $8.5 billion in budget authority [BA] and $11.5

billion in outlays. For fiscal year 2001, the resolution sets forth

¥$4.7 billion in BA and ¥$8.7 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it

provides ¥$18.1 billion in BA and ¥$20.2 billion in outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment has no effect on

fiscal year 2000 levels. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth ¥$6.0 billion in BA and ¥$5.6 billion in outlays; and over 5 years, ¥$8.0

billion in BA and ¥$26.6 billion in outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement has no effect on the fiscal year 2000 levels. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth

¥$5.5 billion in BA and ¥$4.6 billion in outlays. Over 5 years, it

provides ¥$15.0 billion in BA and ¥$23.0 billion in outlays.

FUNCTION 950: UNDISTRIBUTED OFFSETTING RECEIPTS

Major Programs in Function.—Receipts recorded in this function are either intrabudgetary (a payment from one Federal agency

to another, such as agency payments to the retirement trust funds)

or proprietary (a payment from the public for some kind of business transaction with the Government). The main types of receipts

recorded in this function are: the payments Federal employees and

agencies make to employee retirement trust funds; payments made

by companies for the right to explore and produce oil and gas on

the Outer Continental Shelf; and payments by those who bid for

the right to buy or use public property or resources, such as the

electromagnetic spectrum. These receipts are treated as negative

spending.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget levels to ¥$34.1 billion in budget authority

[BA] and outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget levels

of ¥$38.4 billion in BA and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides onbudget amounts of ¥$197.7 billion in BA and outlays.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget levels to ¥$34.3 billion in BA and outlays.

For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget levels of ¥$38.4 billion

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in BA and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides on-budget amounts of

¥$200.6 billion in BA and outlays.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 on-budget levels to ¥$34.3 billion in BA and outlays. For fiscal year 2001, it sets forth on-budget levels of ¥$38.3

billion in BA and outlays. Over 5 years, it provides on-budget

amounts of ¥$197.6 billion in BA and outlays.

REVENUES

Section 301(a)(2) of the Budget Act requires the budget resolution to include the total Federal revenues and the amount, if any,

by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased or decreased.

House Resolution.—The House resolution revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget revenue level to $1,465.5 billion. It sets forth

on-budget revenues of $1,504.8 billion in fiscal year 2001 and

$8,022.4 billion over 5 years.

Senate Amendment.—The Senate amendment revises the fiscal

year 2000 on-budget revenue level to $1,464.6 billion. It sets forth

on-budget revenues of $1,501.8 billion for fiscal year 2001 and

$8,025.4 billion over 5 years.

Conference Agreement.—The Conference Agreement revises the

fiscal year 2000 on-budget revenue level to $1,465.5 billion. It sets

forth on-budget revenues of $1,503.2 billion in fiscal year 2001 and

$8,022.4 billion over 5 years.

The revenue levels in the Conference Agreement can accommodate tax relief and fairness legislation that has already begun to

move in the current session of the 106th Congress. In addition, the

revenue levels in the Conference Agreement would accommodate

the revenue effects from legislation that would permit members of

the Armed Forces to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.

RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTIONS

Under section 310(a) of the Budget Act, the budget resolution

may include directives to the committees of jurisdiction to make revisions in law necessary to accomplish a specified change in new

budget authority or revenue. If the resolution includes directives to

only one committee of the House or Senate, then that committee

is required to directly report to its House legislative language of its

design that would implement the spending or revenue changes provided for in the resolution. Any bill considered pursuant to a reconciliation instruction is subject to special procedures set forth in

section 310(b), (c), (d), and (e) and section 313 of the Budget Act.

House resolution

Section 4 contains two sets of instructions to the Committee on

Ways and Means: one for tax relief, and the other for debt reduction. The reporting schedule for the tax bills is as follows: first bill,

May 26; second bill, June 23; third bill, July 28; and fourth bill,

September 22. The bills providing for a reduction in debt held by

the public coincide with the first and last tax bills on May 26 and

September 22. The Committee assumes it will be unnecessary to

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consider the second debt reduction bill if the President agrees to

the earlier reconciliation bills.

Subsection (a) directs the Committee on Ways and Means to

report legislation that will achieve a reduction in revenue of $10

billion in fiscal year 2001 and $150 billion over 5 years. Although

the budget resolution assumes a year-to-year distribution of the

revenue reduction for the tax bills, the Ways and Means Committee bill may be higher or lower than these year-to-year levels

as long as the net revenue loss does not exceed the first-year and

five-year totals.

Subsection (b) directs the Committee on Ways and Means to

report two bills that would reduce the level of debt held by the public: the first bill must reduce debt by $10 billion in fiscal year 2001

and the second bill must reduce debt by no more than $20 billion

in fiscal year 2001.

Senate amendment

The Senate amendment contains a reconciliation instruction to

reduce revenues by not more than $13.033 billion for fiscal year

2001 and by not more than $147.087 billion for the sum of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

The Senate Finance Committee would be required to report

reconciliation legislation by September 22, 2000.

Conference agreement

Section 103 of the Conference Agreement includes instructions

to the Committee on Ways and Means to report two bills that reduce revenue by a total of $11.6 billion for fiscal year 2001 and

$150 billion for the period of fiscal year 2001 through 2005. The

Committee on Ways and Means is required to report the first bill

to the House on July 14 and the second bill on September 13.

In addition, the Conference Agreement directs the Committee

on Ways and Means to report two separate bills that reduce debt

held by the public. The first bill must reduce debt held by the public by $7.5 billion and the second by up to $19.1 billion. The conferees intend for the second bill to lock in for debt reduction any

part of the amounts assumed for tax relief if the tax bills do not

become law. These bills are to be reported by July 14 and September 13, respectively. While the reporting dates for these two

bills coincide with the deadlines for the two tax bills, they are to

be reported as separate freestanding bills.

Section 104 of the Conference Agreement provides for two reconciliation bills in the Senate (the first, reported from the Senate

Finance Committee by July 14, 2000, and the second reported from

the Senate Finance Committee by September 13, 2000). The sum

of the bills (if both were to be enacted) may not exceed $11.6 billion

for 2001 and $150 billion for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

302(a) ALLOCATIONS

As required in section 302(a) of the Budget Act, the joint statement of managers includes an allocation, based on the Conference

Agreement, of total budget authority and total outlays for each

House and Senate committee.

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Conference Agreement

The joint statement of managers establishes allocations that

are consistent with the budgetary totals and functional levels in

Title I. The joint statement establishes allocations for the budget

year, fiscal year 2001, and each of the out-years covered by the

budget resolution, fiscal years 2001 through 2005. In addition, the

joint statement provides a revised allocation for fiscal year 2000.

In the House, the 302(a) allocation to the Appropriations Committee is also divided into separate categories for general purpose

discretionary, mass transit and highways. The allocations to the

authorizing committees in the House are also divided into current

law, assumed discretionary action levels, and reauthorizations.

As required under section 302(a), the allocations for the House

and the Senate are also displayed in three separate discretionary

categories that are consistent with the limits set forth in section

250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

Act of 1985 [Deficit Control Act]: general purpose discretionary,

mass transit, and highways.

Although this resolution revises the levels for fiscal year 2000,

new allocations to Senate Committees are not displayed herein because there is no further change from current law assumed for

2000 in this resolution that needs to be allocated.

The 302(a) allocations are as follows:

ALLOCATIONS OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEES

Appropriations Committee

[In millions of dollars]

2000 2001

General Purpose: 1

BA ........................................................................................................................................... 570,315 599,040

OT ............................................................................................................................................ 575,688 592,771

Highways: 1

BA ........................................................................................................................................... 0 0

OT ............................................................................................................................................ 24,393 27,314

Mass Transit: 1

BA ........................................................................................................................................... 0 1,255

OT ............................................................................................................................................ 4,570 4,994

Violent Crime: 1

BA ........................................................................................................................................... 4,486 na

OT ............................................................................................................................................ 6,999 na

Total Discretionary Action:

BA ........................................................................................................................................... 574,801 600,295

OT ............................................................................................................................................ 611,650 625,079

Current Law Mandatory:

BA ........................................................................................................................................... 307,642 325,936

OT ............................................................................................................................................ 293,762 309,098

1 Shown for display purposes only.

ALLOCATIONS OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEES

[Committees other than appropriations]

[In millions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total

2001–05

Agriculture Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 25,763 14,463 13,647 3,338 3,185 3,189 37,822

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ALLOCATIONS OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEES—Continued

[Committees other than appropriations]

[In millions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total

2001–05

OT ........................................................... 21,623 10,748 10,241 ¥237 ¥248 ¥90 20,214

Discretionary Action:

BA ........................................................... 0 1,422 1,525 1,657 1,745 1,848 8,197

OT ........................................................... 0 655 1,459 1,583 1,696 1,791 7,184

Reauthorizations:

BA ........................................................... 0 0 0 29,866 29,968 29,294 89,128

OT ........................................................... 0 0 0 28,914 29,922 29,254 88,090

Total:

BA ........................................................... 25,763 15,885 15,172 34,861 34,898 34,331 135,147

OT ........................................................... 21,623 11,403 11,700 30,260 31,370 30,755 115,488

Armed Services Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 48,603 50,142 51,686 53,321 55,120 57,044 267,313

OT ........................................................... 48,786 50,126 51,629 53,234 55,034 56,954 266,977

Banking and Financial Services Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 2,538 4,050 4,925 4,479 3,992 3,938 21,384

OT ........................................................... ¥3,800 ¥2,142 ¥1,019 ¥1,294 ¥2,425 ¥2,361 ¥9,241

Discretionary Action:

BA ........................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OT ........................................................... 0 ¥107 ¥225 ¥304 ¥332 ¥361 ¥1,329

Total:

BA ........................................................... 2,538 4,050 4,925 4,479 3,992 3,938 21,384

OT ........................................................... ¥3,800 ¥2,249 ¥1,244 ¥1,598 ¥2,757 ¥2,722 ¥10,570

Committee on Education and the Workforce

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 2,746 5,673 5,731 5,310 4,842 5,050 26,606

OT ........................................................... 1,638 4,928 5,177 4,962 4,551 4,559 24,177

Reauthorizations:

BA ........................................................... 0 0 305 305 791 814 2,215

OT ........................................................... 0 0 58 244 699 810 1,811

Total:

BA ........................................................... 2,746 5,673 6,036 5,615 5,633 5,864 28,821

OT ........................................................... 1,638 4,928 5,235 5,206 5,250 5,369 25,988

Commerce Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 7,810 8,265 8,799 10,374 15,153 16,240 58,831

OT ........................................................... 5,267 6,516 9,024 9,902 15,311 16,329 57,082

International Relations Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 9,908 11,385 11,715 11,799 11,813 12,098 58,810

OT ........................................................... 10,057 10,129 10,426 10,580 10,818 11,019 52,972

Government Reform Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 58,939 60,323 62,581 64,886 67,334 69,857 324,981

OT ........................................................... 57,462 58,905 61,212 63,575 66,128 68,719 318,539

Committee on House Administration

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 120 113 87 89 86 87 462

OT ........................................................... 291 68 32 58 252 41 451

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ALLOCATIONS OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEES—Continued

[Committees other than appropriations]

[In millions of dollars]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total

2001–05

Resources Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 2,465 2,546 2,307 2,314 2,362 2,451 11,980

OT ........................................................... 2,446 2,493 2,339 2,431 2,378 2,400 12,041

Discretionary Action:

BA ........................................................... 0 0 41 40 40 41 162

OT ........................................................... 0 0 ¥18 1 23 38 44

Total:

BA ........................................................... 2,465 2,546 2,348 2,354 2,402 2,492 12,142

OT ........................................................... 2,446 2,493 2,321 2,432 2,401 2,438 12,085

Judiciary Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 3,688 5,590 5,177 5,261 5,333 5,332 26,693

OT ........................................................... 3,546 5,076 5,149 5,115 5,115 5,249 25,704

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 47,668 51,193 49,090 49,765 12,224 12,271 174,543

OT ........................................................... 9,923 9,747 9,700 9,701 9,508 9,213 47,869

Reauthorizations:

BA ........................................................... 0 0 0 0 37,578 37,578 75,156

OT ........................................................... 0 0 0 0 104 306 410

Total:

BA ........................................................... 47,668 51,193 49,090 49,765 49,802 49,849 249,699

OT ........................................................... 9,923 9,747 9,700 9,701 9,612 9,519 48,279

Science Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 90 81 60 61 62 62 326

OT ........................................................... 70 79 86 73 64 62 364

Small Business Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... ¥295 0 0 0 0 0 0

OT ........................................................... ¥460 ¥195 ¥160 ¥150 ¥140 ¥100 ¥745

Veterans’ Affairs Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 1,657 1,367 1,365 1,368 1,379 1,358 6,837

OT ........................................................... 1,417 1,273 1,392 1,355 1,372 1,359 6,751

Discretionary Action:

BA ........................................................... 0 510 1,044 1,271 1,841 2,614 7,280

OT ........................................................... 0 479 998 1,224 1,791 2,545 7,037

Total:

BA ........................................................... 1,657 1,877 2,409 2,639 3,220 3,972 14,117

OT ........................................................... 1,417 1,752 2,390 2,579 3,163 3,904 13,788

Ways and Means Committee

Current Law:

BA ........................................................... 671,727 697,871 712,893 716,096 736,022 763,480 3,626,362

OT ........................................................... 669,844 696,956 712,378 714,907 734,695 761,823 3,620,759

Reauthorizations:

BA ........................................................... 0 0 215 19,718 19,919 19,925 59,777

OT ........................................................... 0 0 155 19,875 20,787 21,095 61,912

Discretionary Action:

BA ........................................................... ¥50 55 1,356 1,484 167 ¥27 3,035

OT ........................................................... 0 25 1,375 1,502 162 ¥26 3,038

Total:

BA ........................................................... 671,677 697,926 714,464 737,298 756,108 783,378 3,689,174

OT ........................................................... 669,844 696,981 713,908 736,284 755,644 782,892 3,685,709

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SENATE COMMITTEE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT—BUDGET YEAR TOTAL 2001

[In millions of dollars]

Committee

Direct spending jurisdiction Entitlements funded in annual

appropriations acts

Budget

authority Outlays Budget

authority Outlays

Appropriations:

General Purpose Discretionary .............................................. 541,095 547,279 0 0

Memo: On-budget ........................................................ 537,688 543,948 .................... ....................

Off-budget .................................................................... 3,407 3,331 .................... ....................

Highways ............................................................................... 0 26,920 0 0

Mass Transit ......................................................................... 0 4,639 0 0

Mandatory ............................................................................. 327,879 310,226 0 0

Total .................................................................................. 868,974 889,064 0 0

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry ............................................... 14,254 10,542 29,517 11,943

Armed Services .............................................................................. 50,139 50,129 0 0

Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs ............................................ 4,050 ¥2,339 0 0

Commerce, Science, and Transportation ....................................... 7,341 3,433 739 737

Energy and Natural Resources ...................................................... 2,429 2,373 40 51

Environment and Public Works ...................................................... 39,643 2,029 0 0

Finance ........................................................................................... 708,475 705,890 165,436 165,915

Foreign Relations ........................................................................... 11,364 10,107 0 0

Governmental Affairs ..................................................................... 60,323 58,905 0 0

Judiciary ......................................................................................... 5,590 5,076 253 253

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ....................................... 9,959 9,181 1,382 1,381

Rules and Administration .............................................................. 113 68 0 0

Veterans’ Affairs ............................................................................ 1,497 1,493 24,527 24,444

Indian Affairs ................................................................................. 192 189 0 0

Small Business .............................................................................. 0 ¥195 0 0

Unassigned to Committee ............................................................. ¥313,951 ¥296,951 0 0

Total .................................................................................. 1,470,392 1,448,994 221,894 204,724

IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEVELS

Section 301(b)(4) of the Budget Act permits the resolution to

‘‘. . . require such other procedures, relating to the budget, as may

be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act.’’ Authority for

Congress to determine its own rules is set forth in Section 5 of Article I of the United States Constitution. Under these authorities,

budget resolutions have formulated congressional procedures to enforce budgetary limitations, accommodated legislation with costs

not reflected in the resolution, and implemented the levels and assumptions set forth by the resolution.

ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES

The Budget Act establishes procedures to enforce the levels set

forth in the budget resolution. The budget resolution also can establish additional rules to enforce the budgetary levels it sets forth.

Most budget-related rules so established are enforced through

points of order that can be raised by any Member of the appropriate House immediately prior to the consideration of legislation.

Usually such points of order may be raised against any bill or joint

resolution, amendments thereto or a Conference Agreement thereon. In some cases, the points of order apply to certain motions.

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House resolution

Section 5 extends an existing point of order established to prevent Social Security surpluses from being reduced. Subsection (a)

provides various findings relating to the budgetary status of Social

Security.

Subsection (b) establishes a freestanding rule prohibiting the

consideration in the House or the Senate of any budget resolution

that sets forth an on-budget deficit. It recognizes that if the budget

resolution provides for an on-budget deficit, it is implicitly relying

on Social Security to finance the general operations of the Federal

Government. Paragraph (2) clarifies that, for purposes of that section, deficit levels are those set forth in the resolution pursuant to

section 301 of the Budget Act.

Section 6 prohibits the House from considering legislation that

would reduce the surplus below the levels set forth in section 2(4)

of the resolution (as adjusted for the reserve funds). The reason for

this new rule is to ensure that the portion of the surplus reserved

for tax cuts is used to pay down the debt if the tax reductions do

not become law. Under current law, committees can circumvent the

allocations, aggregates and discretionary limits by simply designating legislation an emergency. This designation results in a dollar-for-dollar increase in the allocations, aggregates, and discretionary spending limits. As one committee recently observed in a

report accompanying a bill, the only real constraint on such committees is the adverse publicity that would result if the emergencydesignated appropriations resulted in an on-budget deficit.

This restriction is enforced by a point of order which, if sustained, would preclude further consideration of an offending measure. The point of order would apply to both tax and spending bills.

With respect to spending bills, the point of order would apply to

both direct spending bills reported by authorizing committees and

appropriations bills reported by the Appropriations Committee. For

the purpose of the point of order, the surplus is the amount established in section 2(4). These levels are adjusted for the revenue legislation set forth in the reconciliation instructions in section 4 and

are subject to the adjustments and reserve funds provided for in

the resolution.

Section 31 establishes two new restrictions designed to prevent

the House from considering legislation that circumvents the allocations and aggregates set forth in the budget resolution. Both restrictions are enforceable through points of order that preclude consideration of an offending measure. The points of order may be

raised against any reported bill, joint resolution, amendment to

such a measure or any resulting Conference Agreement. They are

applicable in both the House and the Senate. These two restrictions

are outlined below.

Subsection (a) prohibits the consideration of legislation that

would direct the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] or the Office

of Management and Budget [OMB] to estimate the costs of a measure in a specified manner. This subsection assumes that any type

of directed scoring is intended to circumvent a committee’s allocation, the budget resolution’s aggregate levels of budget authority

and outlays, or the discretionary spending limits set forth in the

Deficit Control Act. In the absence of such directed scoring, CBO

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and OMB are required to adhere to scoring conventions set forth

in sections 257 of the Deficit Control Act and the joint statement

of managers accompanying the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (H.

Rept. 105–217).

Subsection (b)(1) prohibits the consideration of legislation that

would provide an amount of advance discretionary spending exceeding $23 billion. Subsection (b)(2) defines an advance appropriation as any general appropriation for fiscal year 2001 that would

provide budget authority first made available in fiscal year 2002 or

later. A significant level of advanced appropriations is permitted

because in some programmatic areas, such as education, the planning cycle of State or local government recipients does not coincide

with the Federal budget cycle. These governments need to know in

advance how much they will receive from the Federal Government

in order to accurately develop their budgets.

The Committee assumes that in order to advise the presiding

officer on a point of order, the chairman will monitor the current

level of enacted advanced appropriations in conjunction with the

Current Level reports required by sections 302(f), 311(a), and Rule

26 of the Rules of Procedure for the House Budget Committee.

Senate amendment

Section 201: Congressional Lockbox for Social Security Surpluses. The Senate amendment contains language which is very

similar to section 201 of the Conference Agreement on the fiscal

year 2000 budget resolution. This ‘‘Social Security lockbox,’’ as it is

known, provides a point of order in both the House of Representatives and the Senate against a budget resolution that sets forth an

on-budget deficit for any fiscal year. This ensures that Social Security surpluses can not be used to finance deficit spending.

The point of order will now be permanent and in the Senate

will require 60 votes for a waiver or to sustain an appeal. In addition, a ‘‘double lock’’ is now attached to this lockbox point of order

by adding a ‘‘lookback’’. The ‘‘lookback’’ requires that after the end

of the fiscal year, in its next budget resolution, Congress must look

back to see if any deficit spending has occurred and make the Social Security trust fund whole in the subsequent year by reducing

future discretionary spending by an equivalent amount.

Section 207: Emergency Designation Point of Order in the Senate. The Senate amendment contains language which provides a

60-vote point of order in the Senate against any legislation (including Conference Agreements) that contains an emergency designation with respect to any spending or revenues. Subsection (g) contains an exception for all discretionary defense spending. This section is very similar to section 206 of the Conference Agreement on

the fiscal year 2000 budget resolution with one exception: the point

of order is now permanent. As was the case last year, the point of

order would operate similar to the Senate’s Byrd Rule (section 313

of the Budget Act ) in that if the point of order is sustained, the

offending language (in this case the emergency designation) can be

excised from the bill, amendment or Conference Agreement, leaving

the remainder intact. This is likely to result in the remaining language then being subject to some other Budget Act point of order

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ther the discretionary spending limits, the section 311 aggregates,

or a committee’s allocation.

Section 208: Reserve Fund Pending the Increase of fiscal year

2001 Discretionary Spending Limits. Section 312(b) of the Budget

Act provides a 60-vote point of order in the Senate against any legislation that exceeds the discretionary spending limits set forth in

section 251 of the Deficit Control Act. This point of order applies

to a concurrent resolution on the budget as well as substantive legislation. Sustaining the current discretionary spending limits is not

feasible based on recent budget submissions by President Clinton

and congressional action.

The Senate amendment envisions a level of discretionary

spending which exceeds the current statutory limits. However, because of the restrictions of section 312(b), the functional totals and

spending aggregates contained in this resolution technically indicate a level of discretionary spending that adheres to the currentlaw limits. The section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on Appropriations is also in compliance with the current limits. This is

achieved by assuming a reserve amount within function 920 (allowances).

The Senate amendment contains language which provides the

chairman of the Committee on the Budget in the Senate with the

authority to adjust the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee

on Appropriations up to the level of discretionary spending envisioned by the resolution, only after legislation has been enacted

that increases the statutory discretionary spending limits. For the

purposes of this section, the Senate amendment assumes that only

the fiscal year 2001 limits will be increased. No assumption is

made with respect to the appropriate level for fiscal year 2002. The

Senate amendment also intends that in order to maintain mathematical consistency and accurate enforcement of the budget resolution, the chairman will also be authorized to adjust the aggregates

contained in the resolution. Therefore it will be necessary to amend

the language of section 208 to provide the chairman with this additional authority.

Section 209: Congressional Firewall for Defense and Non-Defense Spending. The Senate amendment contains language that,

upon the enactment of legislation which increases the discretionary

spending limits for fiscal year 2001, establishes a ‘‘firewall’’ between defense and nondefense discretionary spending in the Senate. This firewall consists of limits on the overall level of both defense and nondefense spending. The nondefense portion includes

the outlays for both highways and mass transit. These limits will

be enforced by a 60-vote point of order against a measure that exceeds the limits.

Section 210: Mechanisms for Strengthening Budgetary Integrity. The Senate amendment contains language establishing two

new points of order in the Senate, one with respect to advanced appropriations and the other with respect to delayed obligations. Both

points of order require 60-votes for a waiver or to sustain an appeal

of the ruling of the Chair. Similar to the emergency designation

point of order in section 207 of the Senate amendment, these points

of order also operate like the Byrd Rule: if the point of order is sustained, the offending language will be excised from the measure—

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including the Conference Agreement. Both points of order expire at

the end of fiscal year 2002 in keeping with the lifetime of the current discretionary spending limits.

Section 210(b) of the Senate amendment provides a point of

order against any appropriation that results in the sum of all advances from fiscal year 2001 into fiscal year 2002 (or into any subsequent fiscal year) in excess of the amounts that were advanced

from fiscal year 2000 into fiscal year 2001 for education programs

($23 billion).

Section 210(c) of the Senate amendment provides a point of

order against the use of any delayed obligations in an appropriations bill with specific exceptions for any delays in the defense category and any reoccurring or customary delays (including a date

and a dollar limitation) that are listed in this section. These specified delays total approximately $11.2 billion.

Section 210(g) of the Senate amendment provides guidance for

interpreting the germaneness requirement found in section

305(b)(2) of the Budget Act. Section 305 requires that all amendments offered on the floor to a budget resolution or a reconciliation

bill must be germane to the underlying legislation and is enforced

by a 60-vote point of order in the Senate. The Senate amendment

states that an amendment will be considered not germane if it contains only precatory (non-binding) language. This is designed to

place a 60-vote hurdle with respect to what is commonly referred

to as ‘‘sense of the Senate’’ amendments. Note that it is not meant

to preclude the inclusion of ‘‘purpose’’ or ‘‘findings’’ language that

is part of an otherwise substantive amendment.

Conference agreement

Section 201 of the Conference Agreement extends section 201

of H. Con. Res. 68, which prohibits the consideration in both the

House and the Senate of any budget resolution that sets forth an

on-budget deficit. Subsection (a) makes various findings regarding

the relationship between the Social Security surplus and the Federal budget. This section is enforceable by a point of order that may

be waived by a majority vote in the House and a three-fifths vote

in the Senate. The rule applies to any budget resolution establishing levels for fiscal year 2002 or revising the levels set forth in

this resolution for fiscal year 2001. It also applies to amendments

or Conference Agreements on such resolutions. As with other budget-related points of order, determinations of the appropriate levels

are made by the Budget Committee of the appropriate House. The

Conference Agreement includes the exception contained in the Senate amendment for periods of war or low economic growth.

Section 202 of the Conference Agreement establishes a procedure for preserving the surpluses set forth in the resolution. This

procedure applies only to the House. Section 202 specifically prohibits the consideration of any measure in the House that would

reduce the surplus below the level set forth in section 101(4) (as

appropriately adjusted). It is enforced by a point of order which, if

sustained, would preclude consideration of the measure. The House

conferees intend for determinations of whether a measure would

cause the surplus to be less than the levels in the budget resolution

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in the same manner as such determinations are made under Section 311(a) of the Budget Act.

In order to enforce this provision, the House Budget Committee will monitor the current level of the surplus, which is a

function of enacted spending and tax legislation, and the surplus

levels set forth in the budget resolution.

This point of order will not preclude the consideration of legislation assumed in the appropriate surplus levels for which adjustments are made pursuant to sections 214 through 220.

The House conferees intend this mechanism to ensure that the

surpluses reserved for either tax relief or debt reduction are not

used to finance higher spending. Under current law and the terms

of recent budget resolutions, there is nothing to prevent spending

and tax legislation from eroding the surplus set forth in the resolution. A measure may implicitly tap into this surplus by providing

an appropriation for any program or purpose enumerated in section

314 of the Budget Act. Doing so automatically increases the levels

in the budget resolution above their original amounts, thereby reducing the current level of the surplus. This mechanism is designed

to prevent this from happening.

Section 203 of the Conference Agreement provides for the enhanced enforcement of budgetary limits. It applies only to the

House. Subsection (a) prohibits consideration in the House of appropriation bills containing directed scoring language. A directed

scoring provision is defined as legislative language that directs

CBO or OMB how to estimate the discretionary new budget authority of a provision for budget enforcement purposes. The House conferees intend for appropriate scoring conventions to be used to enforce the budget resolution under the Budget Act, and the appropriations caps and pay-as-you-go [PAYGO] requirements set forth

in the Deficit Control Act. The conferees recognize it may be necessary to occasionally waive this provision in order to assure that

costs are scored to the appropriate committee in omnibus appropriations bills. This subsection expires on January 1, 2001.

Subsection (b)(1) prohibits the consideration in the House of

legislation that would provide an amount of advance discretionary

spending exceeding $23.5 billion. Subsection (b)(2) defines an advance appropriation as any general appropriation for fiscal year

2001 that would provide budget authority first made available in

fiscal year 2002 or later. This subsection also expires on January

1, 2001.

Section 204 of the Conference Agreement contains language establishing two new points of order in the Senate, one with respect

to advance appropriations and the other with respect to delayed obligations. Total advances are limited to $23.5 billion and permissible delays include only those which are recurring or customary or

relate to discretionary defense spending. Both points of order require 60 votes for a waiver or to sustain an appeal of the ruling

of the Chair. Similar to the emergency designation point of order

in section 207 of the Senate amendment, these points of order also

operate like the Byrd Rule: if the point of order is sustained, the

offending language will be excised from the measure—including

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cretionary spending limits. The Conference Agreement also retains

the provision from section 210(g) of the Senate Amendment with a

modification.

Section 205 of the Conference Agreement retains the language

from section 207 of the Senate amendment which establishes a 60

vote point of order in the Senate against legislation (including Conference Agreements) that contains an emergency designation with

respect to any spending or revenues. Subsection (g) contains an exception for all discretionary defense spending. This section is very

similar to section 206 of the Conference Agreement on the fiscal

year 2000 budget resolution with one exception: the point of order

is now made permanent. As was the case last year, the point of

order would operate similarly to the Senate’s Byrd Rule (section

313 of the Budget Act) in that if the point of order is sustained,

the offending language (in this case the emergency designation) can

be excised from the bill, amendment or Conference Agreement,

leaving the remainder in tact. This is likely to result in the remaining language then being subject to some other Budget Act point of

order because the additional spending would then be scored against

either the discretionary spending limits, the section 311 aggregates, or a committee’s allocation.

Section 206 of the Conference Agreement retains the language

from section 208 of the Senate amendment and establishes a mechanism in the Senate for implementing an increase in fiscal year

2001 discretionary spending limits. This provision permits the

chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on Appropriations (and

other appropriate budgetary levels), once an increase in the discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 2001 is enacted.

Section 207 of the Conference Agreement retains the language

of section 209 of the Senate amendment and provides that, upon

the enactment of legislation increasing the discretionary spending

limits for fiscal year 2001, there is established a ‘‘firewall’’ between

defense and nondefense discretionary spending in the Senate. This

firewall consists of limits on the overall level of both defense and

nondefense spending. The nondefense portion includes the outlays

for both highways and mass transit. These limits will be enforced

by a 60-vote point of order against a measure that exceeds the limits.

The Senate’s PAYGO point of order was modified in section

207 of the Conference Agreement on the fiscal year 2000 budget

resolution to make clear that spending of on-budget surpluses

would not violate the PAYGO rule. This rule continues in effect,

unchanged by this resolution, and is reprinted below:

PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE

See Section 207 of H. Con. Res. 68 (106th Cong. 1st Sess.)

(a) PURPOSES.—The Senate declares that it is essential to—

(1) ensure continued compliance with the balanced budget

plan set forth in this resolution; and

(2) continue the pay-as-you-go enforcement system.

(b) POINT OF ORDER.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Senate to

consider any direct spending or revenue legislation that would

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increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for

any one of the three applicable time periods as measured in

paragraphs (5) and (6).

(2) APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS.—For purposes of this subsection the term ‘‘applicable time period’’ means any one of the

three following periods:

(A) The first year covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.

(B) The period of the first 5 fiscal years covered by the

most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.

(C) The period of the 5 fiscal years following the first

5 fiscal years covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.

(3) DIRECT-SPENDING LEGISLATION.—For purposes of this

subsection and except as provided in paragraph (4), the term

‘‘direct-spending legislation’’ means any bill, joint resolution,

amendment, motion, or Conference Agreement that affects direct spending as that term is defined by and interpreted for

purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

(4) EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this subsection the terms

‘‘direct-spending legislation’’and ‘‘revenue legislation’’ do not

include—

(A) any concurrent resolution on the budget; or

(B) any provision of legislation that affects the full

funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance

guarantee commitment in effect on the date of enactment

of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.

(5) BASELINE.—Estimates prepared pursuant to this section shall—

(A) use the baseline used for the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget; and

(B) be calculated under the requirements of subsections (b) through (d) of section 257 of the Balanced

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal years beyond those covered by that concurrent resolution on the budget.

(6) PRIOR SURPLUS.—If direct spending or revenue legislation increases the on-budget deficit or causes an on-budget deficit when taken individually, then it must also increase the onbudget deficit or causes an on-budget deficit when taken together with all direct spending and revenue legislation enacted

since the beginning of the calendar year not accounted for in

the baseline under paragraph (5)(A), except that the direct

spending or revenue effects resulting from legislation enacted

pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in that concurrent resolution on the budget shall not be available.

(c) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or suspended in the

Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,

duly chosen and sworn.

(d) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the

Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be limited to

1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as the case may

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be. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised

under this section.

(e) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For purposes of this

section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and revenues

for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made

by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.

(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 23 of House Concurrent

Resolution 218 (103d Congress) is repealed.

(g) SUNSET.—Subsections (a) through (e) of this section shall

expire September 30, 2002.

The Senate amendment assumes that the on-budget surplus be

placed on the Senate’s PAYGO scorecard. The baseline on-budget

surpluses are shown on the table below:

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[In billions of dollars]

Fiscal year—

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 5 yr. 10 yr.

Baseline on-budget surplus ................................................................................................... 26.509 54.330 77.487 105.636 132.475 197.085 248.281 290.469 348.599 410.089 396.437 1,890.961

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RESERVE FUNDS

Reserve funds are special procedures for adjusting the levels in

the budget resolution to accommodate specified classes of legislation. Usually the cost of these bills is not assumed in either the

total revenue and spending levels or the appropriate committee’s

302(a) allocations. In the absence of the adjustments, any reported

bill would exceed the reporting committees’ allocations in violation

of section 302(f) of the Budget Act, subjecting it to a point of order

which could preclude the applicable House from considering the

measure. The adjustments are usually automatically triggered by

the consideration of a measure on the House or Senate floor. In the

case of the reserve funds set forth herein, the adjustments may be

made at the discretion of the Budget Committee chairman of the

House in which the measure is being considered and are subject to

various limitations.

House resolution

Section 7 establishes several procedures to ensure that an

amount equal to the revenue reduction assumed for tax relief is

used for that purpose, or, if the tax legislation is not enacted into

law, used to reduce the public debt. Subsection (a) directs the

Budget Committee chairman to reduce the aggregate by the

amount that Federal revenues should be changed for fiscal year

2001 ($150 billion over 5 years) to zero. In subsection (b), this level

is then increased as each of the reconciliation bills is considered by

Congress. Because only specified bills would cause the adjustment

to be made, any other bill that would use the revenue for other

purposes would be subject to a point of order.

Section 8 provides a reserve fund of $50 billion that may be

used for tax relief or debt reduction. Any part of this reserve fund

used for tax relief would be in addition to the tax relief assumed

in section 2(1). If the Committee on Ways and Means reports legislation reducing revenue by an amount in excess of its reconciliation

instructions, subsection (b) allows the Budget Committee chairman

to increase the aggregate level of revenue reduction by that

amount. The total increase under this section, however, may not

exceed $5.155 billion in fiscal year 2001 and $50 billion over 5

years.

Section 9 provides for an adjustment in the appropriate levels

of the budget resolution if the Congressional Budget Office [CBO]

releases a report projecting an increase in the on-budget surplus.

If there is an increase in the surplus relative to the CBO estimates

underlying the budget resolution, the Budget Committee chairman

has the option to choose among any combination of the following:

increasing the allocations to the authorizing committees; increasing

the allocation of debt held by the public; and increasing the amount

of revenue reduction. The sum of the adjustments may not exceed

the projected increase in the surplus for fiscal year 2000 and for

the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 included in the updated CBO report. Additionally, section 9 permits the Budget Committee chairman to direct the Committee on Ways and Means to

report a bill reducing debt held by the public by an amount equal

to any increase in the surplus for fiscal year 2000.

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Section 10 establishes a reserve fund for certain Medicare-related legislation. The Budget Committee chairman has the option

to increase the allocations of budget authority and outlays to the

Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce, and the aggregates for legislation providing for Medicare reform and prescription

drug coverage. The adjustments are in the amounts provided by

the bill for the specified purpose, but not to exceed $2 billion in

budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 2001 and $40 billion in

budget authority and outlays over the 5–year period. The reserve

fund assumes that this legislation will not be included in a reconciliation bill.

Section 11 establishes a reserve fund for agriculture for fiscal

year 2000. The Budget Committee chairman is authorized to increase the allocations of budget authority and outlays to the Committee on Agriculture for legislation that provides income assistance to farmers and farm producers. The reserve fund is based on

the assumption that the legislation will be reported by the Committee on Agriculture as a freestanding bill, rather than included

in a supplemental appropriations bill, as has been the case in previous years. The chairman of the Budget Committee may make the

adjustment by whatever amount of budget authority and resulting

outlays are provided by the bill, but in no event may the adjustment exceed $6 billion in fiscal year 2000. The resolution assumes

all of the budget authority will be obligated and paid out of the

Treasury in fiscal year 2000.

Section 12 provides a reserve fund for risk management or income support legislation in fiscal year 2001 similar to that included

in last year’s budget resolution. The reserve fund authorizes the

Budget Committee chairman to increase the allocations of budget

authority and outlays to the Committee on Agriculture for legislation related to crop insurance or other income support measures.

The adjustment is at the option of the chairman, but must be in

the amount of budget authority and resulting outlays provided by

the bill, but may not exceed $1.355 billion in budget authority and

$595 million in outlays in fiscal year 2001, and $8.539 billion in

budget authority and $7.223 billion in outlays over the 5-year period. The committee notes that a crop insurance bill, H.R. 2559,

passed the House last year with a comparable adjustment in the

fiscal year 2000 budget resolution (H. Con. Res 68) and has yet to

be taken up by the Senate.

Section 13 sets forth the procedures for making adjustments

pursuant to the reserve funds. Subsections (a)(1) and (2) provide

that the adjustments are made only during the interval that the

legislation is under consideration and do not take effect until the

legislation is enacted. The treatment of these reserve funds is consistent with the treatment of adjustments for emergencies and

other programs and initiatives under section 314 of the Budget Act.

Subsection (a)(3) provides that in order to make the adjustments for the reserve funds, the chairman must insert appropriate

language in the Congressional Record.

Subsection (b) clarifies that any adjustments made under any

of the reserve funds in the resolution have the same effect as if

they were part of the original levels set forth in section 3. In other

words, the adjusted levels, after they are made, are used to enforce

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points of order against legislation that is inconsistent with the

budget resolution’s allocations and aggregates.

Subsection (c) clarifies that the Committee on the Budget determines the estimates used to enforce points of order, as is the

case for enforcing budget-related points of order pursuant to section

312 of the Budget Act.

Senate amendment

Section 202: Reserve Fund for Medicare. The Senate amendment contains language in section 202 establishing a two-part reserve fund for Medicare legislation.

Subsection (a) permits the chairman of the Committee on the

Budget to adjust the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on

Finance, and the aggregates and other appropriate budgetary levels for legislation that provides a Medicare prescription drug benefit if the cost of the legislation does not exceed $20 billion over the

period of fiscal years 2001 through 2003 and the legislation does

not cause an on-budget deficit in any of these years.

Subsection (b) provides that if the Committee on Finance fails

to report such legislation prior to September 1, 2000, the adjustments permitted by subsection (a) shall be made with respect to

any legislation considered in the Senate containing a prescription

drug benefit.

Subsection (c) permits the chairman of the Committee on the

Budget to adjust the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on

Finance and the spending aggregates for legislation which provides

an additional $20 billion for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 if the Committee on Finance reports legislation that extends the solvency of

the Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund without the use of new

subsidies from the general fund, without decreasing beneficiaries’

access to health care, and excludes the cost of extending and modifying the prescription drug benefit crafted pursuant to the first

part of the reserve fund. The Committee assumes that Medicare reform efforts will ensure adequate reimbursement for Medicare providers. The allocation of this $20 billion cannot cause an on-budget

deficit in either 2004 or 2005.

Section 203: Reserve Fund for the Stabilization of Payments to

Counties in Support of Education. The Senate amendment contains

language providing a reserve fund that would allow the chairman

of the Committee on the Budget to adjust the section 302(a) allocation to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee for legislation

providing additional mandatory spending for the stabilization of receipt-based payments to counties that support school and road systems and also provides a portion of those payments toward local investments in Federal lands within those counties. Adjustments

may also be made for amendments that bring the reported legislation into compliance with the terms of this reserve fund. The reserve fund requires that the committee report this legislation and

that the cost shall not exceed $200,000,000 in the first year and not

more than $1,100,000,000 for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

Section 204: Reserve Fund for Agriculture. The Senate amendment contains language providing a reserve fund that would allow

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estry for legislation providing for additional mandatory spending

for assistance for producers of program crops and specialty crops,

enhancement for agriculture conservation programs, and perhaps

other programs within the committee’s jurisdiction. The reserve

fund can only be triggered if the committee reports legislation to

the Senate on or before June 29, 2000. Adjustments may also be

made for amendments that bring the reported legislation into compliance with the terms of this reserve fund. The cost of such legislation shall not exceed $5,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;

$1,640,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and $3,000,000,000 for fiscal

years 2001 through 2005.

Section 205: Tax Reduction Reserve Fund in the Senate. The

Senate amendment contains language providing a reserve fund

that allows the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to adjust

the spending and revenue aggregates for legislation that reduces

revenues as long as the legislation does not cause an on-budget deficit for the first year or the sum of the 5 years covered by this resolution.

Section 206: Mechanism for Additional Debt Reduction. If either or both of the tax reconciliation bills envisioned by section 104

of the Senate amendment or the Medicare/Prescription drug legislation envisioned by section 202 of the Senate amendment do not

become law (because they are never enacted by the Congress or the

President vetoes the measures), the Conference Agreement contains language which would allow the chairman of the Budget

Committee to reduce the balances available on the Senate’s pay-go

scorecard and adjust the aggregates and committee allocations to

prevent these ‘‘reconciled’’ or ‘‘reserved’’ amounts from being used

for anything other than reduction of debt held by the public. In addition, the debt held by the public levels shown in section 101(6)

of this resolution will be reduced by those same amounts to make

clear that these funds are dedicated to debt reduction.

Section 214: Reserve Fund to Foster the Health of Children

with Disabilities and the Employment and Independence of Their

Families. The Senate amendment contains language that provides

a reserve fund that would allow the chairman of the Committee on

the Budget to adjust the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee

on Finance and the spending aggregate for legislation which facilitates children with disabilities receiving needed health care at

home while still allowing their families to become or remain employed. The reserve fund can only be triggered if the committee reports legislation to the Senate. Adjustments may also be made for

amendments that bring the reported legislation into compliance

with the terms of this reserve fund. This will permit such legislation to make use of any on-budget surpluses. However, the cost of

such legislation shall not exceed $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

and $300,000,000 for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

Section 216: Reserve Fund for Military Retiree Health Care.

The Senate amendment contains language providing a reserve fund

that would allow the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to

adjust the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on Armed

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fense authorization legislation. The reserve fund can only be triggered if the committee reports such legislation to the Senate. The

cost of such legislation may not cause an on-budget deficit for fiscal

year 2001 or the sum of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

Section 217: Reserve Fund for Early Learning and Parent Support Programs. The Senate amendment contains language that provides a reserve fund that would allow the chairman of the Committee on the Budget in the House and Senate to adjust the section

302(a) allocation to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Senate, and other budgetary aggregates and limits, for legislation that improves opportunities at

the local level for early learning, brain development, and school

readiness and offers support programs for their families. The cost

of such legislation may not cause an on-budget deficit and may not

exceed $8.5 billion in budget authority for the sum of fiscal years

2001 through 2005.

Conference agreement

Section 211 of the Conference Agreement establishes a procedure to ensure that if any of the reconciliation bills pursuant to

sections 103(a) and 104, Medicare reform/prescription drug bills

pursuant to sections 214 and 215, and other freestanding tax bills

are not enacted into law, then the amount of the surplus reserved

for these bills will be used to reduce debt. This will be displayed

by permitting the chairmen to reduce the advisory levels of debt

held by the public. The chairmen of the Budget Committees are authorized to increase the revenue aggregates by the difference between the assumed tax cut and the amount of any tax cuts actually

enacted after the date of the adoption of this resolution. In the

same fashion, each Chairman may reduce the spending aggregates

by the difference between the amount assumed for Medicare reform/prescription drugs and the amount of spending provided by

any such enacted legislation. If any changes in the aggregates are

made under this section, then the Senate Budget Committee chairman is authorized to make the appropriate changes in the Senate’s

PAYGO balances. This section would also reduce any adjustment

made under section 213 to the extent that the adjustments exceed

the costs of enacted legislation as of the date the Chairmen make

the adjustments under this section.

Section 212 of the Conference Agreement establishes a reserve

fund to accommodate an additional $25 billion in tax relief or debt

reduction. This section applies to both the House and the Senate.

Under this section, the Budget Committee chairman of the appropriate House may adjust the revenue aggregate by the amount the

legislation reduces revenue in excess of the reconciled $11.6 billion

in fiscal year 2001 and $150 billion over 5 years (when all other

legislation reducing revenues enacted after the adoption of this concurrent resolution has been taken into account), but not to exceed

the $1 billion in fiscal year 2001 and $25 billion in fiscal years

2001 through 2005. This amount is in addition to any adjustment

triggered by CBO’s update to The Budget and Economic Outlook

referred to in section 213.

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Section 213 of the Conference Agreement establishes a reserve

fund to accommodate additional tax relief or debt reduction if the

estimates of the projected on-budget surplus increases. It applies to

both the House and the Senate. The Budget Committee chairman

of each House may increase the aggregate level of revenue reduction, and adjust the reconciliation instructions accordingly, by an

amount not to exceed the projected increase in the on-budget surplus as estimated in the next update to The Budget and Economic

Outlook published by the Congressional Budget Office [CBO]. This

increase is relative to the corresponding levels as reported in The

Budget and Economic Outlook published by CBO in March 2000

which underlie this budget resolution. If these additional surpluses

are not applied to additional tax reduction, the level of debt held

by the public will be automatically reduced. If CBO projects an increase in the surplus for fiscal year 2000, this section authorizes

the House Budget chairman to reduce the debt levels and direct

the Committee on Ways and Means to report a bill reducing debt

held by the public by the amount of the increase in the surplus for

that fiscal year.

Section 214 of the Conference Agreement establishes a reserve

fund for legislation that provides for Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage. This reserve fund applies only in the House.

The Budget Committee chairman is authorized to increase the appropriate allocations of budget authority and outlays to the House

Ways and Means Committee and the House Commerce Committee,

and aggregates if necessary, by the amount of budget authority and

outlays provided by the measure for the specified purpose. In no

event may the amount of the adjustment exceed $2.0 billion in

budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 2001 and $40 billion in

budget authority and outlays over 5 years.

Section 215 of the Conference Agreement establishes a reserve

fund for Medicare in the Senate. It contains language which establishes a two-part reserve fund for Medicare legislation.

Subsection (a) permits the chairman of the Committee on the

Budget to adjust the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on

Finance, and the aggregates and other appropriate budgetary levels for legislation which provides a Medicare prescription drug benefit if the cost of the legislation does not exceed $20 billion over the

period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and the legislation does

not cause an on-budget deficit in any of these years.

Subsection (b) permits the chairman of the Committee on the

Budget to adjust the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on

Finance and other aggregates for legislation which provides $40

billion for fiscal years 2001 through 2005 if the Committee on Finance reports legislation which improves the solvency of the Medicare program without the use of new subsidies from the general

fund and improves access to prescription drugs (or continues access

provided under subsection (a)). The amount provided under this

subsection will be reduced by any amount provided for legislation

considered in the Senate under subsection (a). The allocation of

this $40 billion may not cause an on-budget deficit in any fiscal

year.

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gram and specialty crops. It applies in both the House and the Senate. The Budget Committee chairman of the appropriate House is

authorized to increase the 302(a) allocations for fiscal years 2000

and 2001 for the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry by the amount

of budget authority and resulting outlays provided by the measure

for the specified purpose. In no event may the amount of the adjustment exceed $5.5 billion in budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 2000, and 1.64 billion in budget authority and outlays in

fiscal year 2001. The conferees have based this reserve fund on the

assumption that it will be considered as part of a freestanding bill

reported by the authorizing committees rather than incorporated

into an appropriations measure.

Section 217 of the Conference Agreement establishes a reserve

fund to accommodate legislation for health programs designed to

allow children with disabilities to obtain access to home health

services and enable their parents to seek employment. This reserve

fund applies to both the House and Senate. The Budget Committee

chairman of the appropriate House may make adjustments to the

302(a) allocations of the House Commerce Committee and the Senate Finance Committee by the amount of budget authority and outlays provided by the bill. In no event may the amount of the adjustment exceed $25 million in budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 2001 and $150 million in budget authority and outlays

over 5 years.

Section 218 of the Conference Agreement establishes a reserve

fund for legislation that improves military retiree health care programs. It applies in both the House and Senate. The Budget Committee chairman of the appropriate House may increase the 302(a)

allocations for the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services by the amount of budget authority and outlays provided by the

bill for the specified purpose. In no event may the amount of the

adjustment exceed $50 million in budget authority and outlays in

fiscal year 2001 and $400 million in budget authority and outlays

over 5 years. In addition, the chairman may not make an adjustment if the enactment of the legislation would cause an on-budget

deficit in fiscal year 2001 or the 5 year period.

Section 219 of the Conference Agreement establishes a new reserve fund for legislation that accelerates enrollment of uninsured

children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance

Programs or provides Medicaid coverage for women diagnosed with

breast or cervical cancer through the screening programs of the

Centers for Disease Control. It applies in both the House and the

Senate. The Budget Committee chairman of the appropriate House

is authorized to increase the 302(a) allocations to the House Commerce Committee and the Senate Finance Committee by the

amount of budget authority and outlays provided by the bill. In no

event may the amount of the adjustment exceed $50 million in

budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $250 million

in budget authority and outlays for the 5 year period.

Section 220 of the Conference Agreement establishes a reserve

fund for legislation providing for stabilization of payments to counties in support of education. It applies in both the House and Senate. The Budget Committee chairman of the appropriate House

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may increase the 302(a) allocations for the House Committees on

Agriculture and Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy

and Natural Resources by the amount of budget authority and outlays provided by the bill for the specified purpose. In no event may

the amount of the adjustment exceed $200 million in budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 2001 and $1.1 billion in budget

authority and outlays over 5 years. In addition, the section requires

that, for the adjustment to be made, the legislation must provide

for the stabilization of receipt-based payments to counties that support school and road systems and must also provide for a portion

of those payments to be dedicated toward local investments in Federal lands within the counties.

Section 221 of the Conference Agreement is similar to the language included in the Senate amendment which provides for a reserve fund that allows the Senate chairman of the Committee on

the Budget to adjust the spending and revenue aggregate for legislation that reduces revenues as long as the legislation does not

cause an on-budget deficit for the first year or the sum of the 5

years covered by this resolution. The House has standing authority

to consider such legislation under Section 302(g)(1)(B) of the Budget Act.

Section 222 of the Conference Agreement sets forth the procedures by which the Budget Committee chairman may make the adjustments for the reserve funds established under this subtitle.

Subsection (a) clarifies that the adjustments are made only when

the measure is considered and become permanent only when the

measure is enacted. Subsection (b) provides that the adjusted levels

are used to enforce subsequent budget-related points of order. Subsection (c) reiterates the role of the Budget Committee in advising

the presiding officer of the House regarding the budgetary effects

of legislation subject to such points of order.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Under Section 301(b)(4) of the Budget Act and its standing authority under the U.S. Constitution, the budget resolution includes

enforcement-related provisions other than points of order and reserve funds. These provisions include various directives relating to

scoring conventions and a reaffirmation of the rule making authority of the U.S. Congress.

House resolution

No house provisions are included in this section.

Senate amendment

Section 211: Prohibition on the use of Federal Reserve Surpluses. The Senate amendment contains language that is designed

to ensure that transfers from non-budgetary governmental entities

such as the Federal Reserve banks shall not be used to offset increased on-budget spending when such transfers produce no real

budgetary effects. It has long been the view of the Committee on

the Budget that transfers of Federal Reserve surpluses to the

Treasury are not valid offsets for increased spending. Nonetheless,

such transfers have been legislated in the past—as recently as the

fall of 1999. The purpose of this section is to establish a scoring

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rule to make clear that such transfers will not be taken into account when determining compliance with the various Budget Act

and Senate pay-go points of order.

Section 212: Reaffirming the Prohibition on the use of Revenue

Offsets for Discretionary Spending. The Senate amendment contains language that is intended to emphasize the longstanding view

of the Congressional Budget Committees and the Congressional

Budget Office that changes in revenues shall not be scored in appropriations legislation. This means that tax increases shall not be

used as offsets for increased discretionary spending. The Committee on the Budget finds it necessary to set this forth in this

budget resolution in response to the President once again asserting

in his fiscal year 2001 budget that an increase in tobacco taxes can

be used to offset huge increases in discretionary spending.

Section 213: Application and Effect of Changes in Allocations

and Aggregates. The Senate amendment contains language that is

similar to the language found in section 208 of the Conference

Agreement on the fiscal year 2000 budget resolution. This language

clarifies how and when any adjustments to the allocations or aggregates or pay-go balances permitted by the various reserve funds

contained in the Conference Agreement may be made.

Section 215: Exercise of Rule Making Powers. The Senate

amendment contains language regarding the rule making authority

of each of the Houses of Congress.

Conference agreement

Section 231 of the Conference Agreement, which applies to the

House only, reflects the Senate treatment for function 650, which

consists of on-budget payments by the Treasury Department to the

OASDI Trust Funds for income taxes on Social Security benefits.

In a significant departure from the House bill and from conference

reports since 1991, the function 650 levels do not include the administrative expenses that were included in the House resolution

and in recent conference reports in previous years. These expenses

were not included in the function out of a belated recognition that

such expenses were taken off budget by the Budget Enforcement

Act [BEA] of 1990. Section 13301 of that Act provided, in part:

(A) EXCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY FROM ALL BUDGETS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance

Trust Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority,

outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of * * *

(2) the congressional budget.

Nevertheless, Congress continued to include administrative expenses for Social Security in function 650 because they were clearly

discretionary—that is, they are controlled through the annual appropriations process. Because section 302(a) of the Budget Act provides that the allocation must be ‘‘consistent’’ with the functional

levels and aggregates, it was originally considered necessary to include these amounts in the function 650 levels and the aggregate.

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cial Security administrative expenses from its budgetary projections of on-budget revenue, spending, and surplus or deficit levels.

As a consequence, CBO projections have not been comparable to

the levels underlying the House and Senate budget resolutions.

This has caused confusion among Members of Congress who have

sought to make comparisons between CBO’s projections and the

levels set forth in the budget resolution.

To comply with the BEA and standardize congressional scoring

for Social Security, section 231 of the conference report provides

clear authority to include administrative amounts in the 302(a) allocation to the Appropriations Committee, even though such levels

will no longer be included in the on-budget totals and function levels.

Subsection (b) clarifies that any determination under section

302(f) of the Budget Act include any amounts provided in the measure for discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security

Administration.

Section 232 of the Conference Agreement retains the language

of section 211 of the Senate amendment. It contains language that

is designed to ensure that transfers from non-budgetary governmental entities such as the Federal Reserve banks shall not be

used to offset increased on-budget spending when such transfers

produce no real budgetary effects. It has long been the view of the

Committee on the Budget that transfers of Federal Reserve surpluses to the Treasury are not valid offsets for increased spending.

Nonetheless, such transfers have been legislated in the past—as recently as the fall of 1999. The purpose of this section is to establish

a scoring rule to make clear that such transfers will not be taken

into account when determining compliance with the various Budget

Act and Senate pay-go points of order.

Section 233 of the Conference Agreement is similar to section

212 of the Senate amendment. It contains language that is intended to emphasize the longstanding view of the congressional

Budget Committees and the Congressional Budget Office that

changes in revenues included in appropriations legislation shall

nonetheless be scored on the PAYGO scorecard. This means that

tax increases shall not be used as offsets for increased discretionary spending. The Committees on the Budget find it necessary

to set this forth in this budget resolution in response to the President once again asserting in his fiscal year 2001 budget that an increase in taxes can be used to offset increases in discretionary

spending.

Section 234 of the Conference Agreement adopts the language

contained in section 215 of the Senate amendment. This provision

restates that the rules set forth in this budget resolution are considered a part of the rules of each House or the House to which

they specifically apply. This section further recognizes the constitutional right of each House to change provisions of the resolution

through subsequent rule making.

ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS

Section 301(g)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act requires that

the joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report

on a budget resolution set forth the common economic assumptions

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upon which the joint statement and conference report are based.

The conference agreement is built on the economic assumptions developed by the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] and presented in

CBO’s The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2001–2010.

House Resolution.—CBO’s economic assumptions were used.

Senate Amendment.—CBO’s economic assumptions were used.

Conference Agreement.—CBO’s economic assumptions were

used.

ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS OF THE BUDGET RESOLUTION

[By calendar years]

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Real GDP (percent year over year) ............................................... 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.7

GDP Price Index (percent year over year) .................................... 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

Consumer Price Inflation (percent year over year) ...................... 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

Unemployment Rate (annual rate) ............................................... 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.8 5.0

3–month Treasury Bills Rate (annual rate) ................................ 5.4 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.8

10–year Treasury Note rate (annual rate) ................................... 6.3 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.7

Corporate (Book) Profits (percent of GDP) ................................... 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.3

Wage and Salary (percent of GDP) .............................................. 48.8 48.8 48.9 48.9 48.9 48.9

SENSES OF THE HOUSE, SENATE AND CONGRESS

House resolution

The House budget resolution contains the following senses of

the House or Congress that have no legal force but reflect the Congress’ views on a variety of budget-related issues. The section numbers and section headings of these reserve funds are as follows:

Section 5(c). Sense of Congress endorsing legislation establishing a limit on debt held by the public.

Section 8(b). Sense of Congress on additional health-related tax

relief.

Section 8(c). Sense of Congress on Federal employees’ benefit

package.

Section 14. Sense of Congress on waste, fraud and abuse.

Section 15. Sense of Congress on providing additional dollars

to the classroom.

Section 16. Sense of Congress regarding emergency spending.

Section 17. Sense of the House on estimates of the impact of

regulations on the private sector.

Section 18. Sense of the House on biennial budgeting.

Section 19. Sense of Congress on access to health insurance

and preserving home health services for all medicare beneficiaries.

Section 20. Sense of Congress regarding Medicare+Choice programs/reimbursement rates.

Section 21. Sense of the House on directing the Internal Revenue Service to accept negative numbers in farm income averaging.

Section 22. Sense of the House regarding the stabilization of

certain Federal Payments to States, counties, and boroughs.

Section 23. Sense of Congress on the importance of the National Science Foundation.

Section 24. Sense of Congress regarding skilled nursing facilities.

Section 25. Sense of Congress on special education.

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Section 26. Sense of Congress on assumed funding levels for

special education.

Section 27. Sense of Congress on a federal employee pay raise.

Section 28. Sense of Congress regarding HCFA draft guidelines.

Section 29. Sense of Congress on asset-building for the working

poor.

Section 30. Sense of Congress on the importance of supporting

the Nation’s emergency first-responders

Senate amendment

The Senate amendment included the following sense of the

Senate or sense of the Congress provisions:

Section 301. Sense of the Senate on controlling and eliminating

the growing international problem of tuberculosis.

Section 302. Sense of the Senate on increased funding for the

child care and development block grant.

Section 303. Sense of the Senate on tax relief for college tuition

paid and for interest paid on student loans.

Section 304. Sense of the Senate on increased funding for the

National Institutes of Health.

Section 305. Sense of the Senate supporting funding levels in

Educational Opportunities Act.

Section 306. Sense of the Senate on additional budgetary resources.

Section 307. Sense of the Senate regarding the inadequacy of

the payments for skilled nursing care.

Section 308. Sense of the Senate on the CARA programs.

Section 309. Sense of the Senate on Veteran’s Medical Care.

Section 310. Sense of the Senate on Impact Aid.

Section 311. Sense of the Senate on funding for increased acreage under the Conservation Reserve Program and the Wetlands

Reserve Program.

Section 312. Sense of the Senate on tax simplification.

Section 313. Sense of the Senate on antitrust enforcement by

the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission regarding agriculture mergers, and anti-competitive activity.

Section 314. Sense of the Senate regarding fair markets for

American farmers.

Section 315. Sense of the Senate on women and social security

reform.

Section 316. Protection of battered women and children.

Section 317. Use of False Claims Act in combating Medicare

fraud.

Section 318. Sense of the Senate regarding the National

Guard.

Section 319. Sense of the Senate regarding military readiness.

Section 320. Sense of the Senate on compensation for the Chinese Embassy bombing in Belgrade.

Section 321. Sense of the Senate supporting funding of digital

opportunity initiatives.

Section 322. Sense of the Senate regarding immunization funding.

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Section 323. Sense of the Senate regarding tax credits for small

businesses providing health insurance to low-income employees.

Section 324. Sense of the Senate on funding for criminal justice.

Section 325. Sense of the Senate regarding the Pell Grant.

Section 326. Sense of the Senate regarding comprehensive public education reform.

Section 327. Sense of the Senate on providing adequate funding for United States International Leadership.

Section 328. Sense of the Senate concerning the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Section 329. Sense of the Senate regarding tribal colleges.

Section 330. Sense of the Senate to provide relief from the

marriage penalty.

Section 331. Sense of the Senate on Federal fuel taxes.

Section 332. Sense of the Senate on the internal combustion

engine.

Section 333. Sense of the Senate regarding a national background check system for long-term care workers.

Section 334. Sense of the Senate concerning the price of prescription drugs.

Section 335. Sense of the Senate against Federal funding of

smoke shops.

Section 336. Sense of the Senate regarding the need to reduce

gun violence in America.

Section 337. Sense of the Senate supporting additional funding

for fiscal year 2001 for medical care for our Nation’s veterans.

Section 338. Sense of the Senate regarding medical care for

veterans.

Section 339. Sense of the Senate concerning investment of Social Security trust funds.

Section 340. Sense of the Senate regarding digital opportunity.

Section 341. Sense of the Senate regarding Medicare prescription drugs.

Section 342. Sense of the Senate concerning funding for new

education programs.

Section 343. Sense of the Senate regarding enforcement of Federal firearm laws.

Section 344. Sense of the Senate regarding the census.

Section 345. Sense of the Senate that any increase in the minimum wage should be accompanied by tax relief for small businesses.

Section 346. Sense of the Senate concerning the minimum

wage.

Section 347. Sense of Congress regarding funding for the participation of members of the uniformed services in the Thrift Savings Plan.

Section 348. Sense of the Senate concerning protecting the Social Security trust funds.

Section 349. Sense of the Senate concerning regulation of tobacco products.

Section 350. Sense of the Senate regarding after school programs.

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Section 351. Sense of the Senate regarding cash balances pension plan conversions.

Section 352. Sense of the Senate concerning uninsured and

low-income individuals in medically underserved communities.

Section 353. Sense of the Senate concerning fiscal year 2001

funding for the United States Coast Guard.

Conference Agreement

The Conference Agreement contains the following non-binding

language that expresses the will or intent of either or both Houses

of the Congress on a variety of budget-related issues:

The Conference Agreement contains the following senses of the

House:

Section 311. Sense of the House on waste, fraud and abuse.

Section 312. Sense of the House regarding emergency spending.

Section 313. Sense of the House on estimates of the impact of

regulations on the private sector.

Section 314. Sense of the House on biennial budgeting.

Section 315. Sense of the House on access to health insurance

and preserving home health services for all medicare beneficiaries.

Section 316. Sense of the House regarding Medicare+Choice

programs/reimbursement rates.

Section 317. Sense of the House on directing the Internal Revenue Service to accept negative numbers in farm income averaging.

Section 318. Sense of the House on the importance of the National Science Foundation.

Section 319. Sense of the House regarding skilled nursing facilities.

Section 320. Sense of the House on special education.

Section 321. Sense of the House regarding HCFA draft guidelines.

Section 322. Sense of the House on asset-building for the working poor.

Section 323. Sense of the House on the importance of supporting the Nation’s emergency first-responders

Section 324. Sense of the House on additional health-related

tax relief.

The Conference Agreement contains the following senses of the

Senate:

Section 331. Sense of the Senate supporting funding levels in

Educational Opportunities Act.

Section 332. Sense of the Senate on additional budgetary resources.

Section 333. Sense of the Senate regarding the inadequacy of

the payments for skilled nursing care.

Section 334. Sense of the Senate on veteran’s medical care.

Section 335. Sense of the Senate on Impact Aid.

Section 336. Sense of the Senate on tax simplification.

Section 337. Sense of the Senate on antitrust enforcement by

the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission regarding agriculture mergers, and anti-competitive activity.

Section 338. Sense of the Senate regarding fair markets for

American farmers.

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Section 339. Sense of the Senate on women and social security

reform.

Section 340. Use of False Claims Act in combating Medicare

fraud.

Section 341. Sense of the Senate regarding the National

Guard.

Section 342. Sense of the Senate regarding military readiness.

Section 343. Sense of the Senate supporting funding of digital

opportunity initiatives.

Section 344. Sense of the Senate on funding for criminal justice.

Section 345. Sense of the Senate regarding comprehensive public education reform.

Section 346. Sense of the Senate on providing adequate funding for United States international leadership.

Section 347. Sense of the Senate concerning the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Section 348. Sense of the Senate regarding tribal colleges.

Section 349. Sense of the Senate to provide relief from the

marriage penalty.

Section 350. Sense of the Senate on Federal fuel taxes.

Section 351. Sense of the Senate concerning the price of prescription drugs.

Section 352. Sense of the Senate against Federal funding of

smoke shops.

Section 353. Sense of the Senate concerning investment of Social Security trust funds.

Section 354. Sense of the Senate regarding Medicare prescription drugs.

Section 355. Sense of the Senate concerning funding for new

education programs.

Section 356. Sense of the Senate regarding enforcement of Federal firearm laws.

Section 357. Sense of the Senate that any increase in the minimum wage should be accompanied by tax relief for small businesses.

Section 358. Sense of the Senate regarding funding for the participation of members of the uniformed services in the Thrift Savings Plan.

Section 359. Sense of the Senate concerning uninsured and

low-income individuals in medically underserved communities.

The Conference Agreement contains the following senses of

Congress:

Section 302. Sense of Congress on providing additional dollars

to the classroom.

Section 303. Sense of Congress on graduate medical education

for Children’s Hospital.

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PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT IN THE HOUSE

Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives provides a procedure for changing the statutory limits on the public

debt. This rule, however, was waived as part of the special rule

providing for the consideration of H. Con. Res. 290 (H. Res. 106–

535).

JOHN R. KASICH,

SAXBY CHAMBLISS,

CHRISTOPHER SHAYS,

Managers on the Part of the House.

PETE DOMENICI,

CHUCK GRASSLEY,

C.S. BOND,

SLADE GORTON,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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