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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 290

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 27, 2000

Received and referred to the Committee on the Budget

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),
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1 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET

2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.

3 The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution

4 on the budget for fiscal year 2000 is hereby revised and

5 replaced and that this is the concurrent resolution on the

6 budget for fiscal year 2001 and that the appropriate budg7 etary levels for fiscal years 2002 through 2005 are hereby

8 set forth.

9 SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

10 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for

11 each of fiscal years 2000 through 2005:

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

13 enforcement of this resolution:

14 (A) The recommended levels of Federal

15 revenues are as follows:

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

17 Fiscal year 2001: $1,504,800,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2002: $1,549,400,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2003: $1,598,500,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2004: $1,650,600,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005: $1,719,100,000,000.

22 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate

23 levels of Federal revenues should be reduced are

24 as follows:

25 Fiscal year 2000: $0.

26 Fiscal year 2001: $10,000,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2002: $22,000,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2003: $31,000,000,000.

3 Fiscal year 2004: $42,000,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2005: $45,000,000,000.

5 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes

6 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate

7 levels of total new budget authority are as follows:

8 Fiscal year 2000: $1,478,300,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2001: $1,524,100,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2002: $1,557,800,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2003: $1,603,900,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2004: $1,653,400,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2005: $1,712,200,000,000.

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

15 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels

16 of total budget outlays are as follows:

17 Fiscal year 2000: $1,460,500,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2001: $1,490,700,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2002: $1,536,900,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2003: $1,581,800,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2004: $1,630,500,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2005: $1,689,200,000,000.

23 (4) SURPLUSES.—For purposes of the enforce24 ment of this resolution, the amounts of the surpluses

25 are as follows:
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1 Fiscal year 2000: $5,000,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2001: $14,100,000,000.

3 Fiscal year 2002: $12,500,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2003: $16,700,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2004: $20,100,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2005: $29,900,000,000.

7 (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—The appropriate levels of

8 the public debt are as follows:

9 Fiscal year 2000: $5,640,300,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2001: $5,710,600,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2002: $5,787,300,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003: $5,869,900,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2004: $5,944,300,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2005: $6,007,800,000,000.

15 SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

16 The Congress determines and declares that the ap17 propriate levels of new budget authority and budget out18 lays for fiscal years 2000 through 2005 for each major

19 functional category are:

20 (1) National Defense (050):

21 Fiscal year 2000:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $288,900,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $282,500,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2001:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $306,300,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $297,600,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2002:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $309,300,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $302,000,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2003:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $315,600,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $309,400,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2004:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $323,400,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $317,600,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2005:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $331,700,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $328,100,000,000.

20 (2) International Affairs (150):

21 Fiscal year 2000:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $20,100,000,000.

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

25 Fiscal year 2001:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $19,500,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $17,300,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2002:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $19,300,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $17,200,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2003:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $18,800,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $16,100,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2004:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $18,300,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $15,200,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2005:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $18,500,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $14,800,000,000.

20 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology

21 (250):

22 Fiscal year 2000:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $19,300,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $18,500,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2001:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $20,300,000,000.

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

5 Fiscal year 2002:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $20,400,000,000.

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

9 Fiscal year 2003:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $20,600,000,000.

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

13 Fiscal year 2004:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $20,800,000,000.

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

17 Fiscal year 2005:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $21,000,000,000.

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

21 (4) Energy (270):

22 Fiscal year 2000:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $1,100,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, ¥$600,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2001:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $1,200,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, ¥$100,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2002:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $700,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, ¥$400,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2003:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $500,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, ¥$700,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2004:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $400,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, ¥$900,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2005:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $300,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, ¥$900,000,000.

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

22 Fiscal year 2000:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $24,300,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $24,200,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2001:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $25,000,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $24,800,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2002:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $25,100,000,000.

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

9 Fiscal year 2003:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $25,200,000,000.

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

13 Fiscal year 2004:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $25,300,000,000.

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

17 Fiscal year 2005:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $25,400,000,000.

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

21 (6) Agriculture (350):

22 Fiscal year 2000:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $35,700,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $34,300,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2001:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $19,100,000,000.

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

5 Fiscal year 2002:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $18,500,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $16,700,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2003:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $17,600,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $15,900,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2004:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $17,000,000,000.

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

17 Fiscal year 2005:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $15,800,000,000.

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

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

22 Fiscal year 2000:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $7,500,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $3,100,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2001:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $6,300,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $2,300,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2002:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $8,700,000,000.

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

9 Fiscal year 2003:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $9,500,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $4,700,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2004:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $13,600,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $8,700,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2005:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $13,500,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $9,600,000,000.

21 (8) Transportation (400):

22 Fiscal year 2000:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $54,300,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $46,600,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2001:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $59,200,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $50,300,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2002:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $57,400,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $52,500,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2003:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $58,800,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $54,800,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2004:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $58,800,000,000.

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

17 Fiscal year 2005:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $58,800,000,000.

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

21 (9) Community and Regional Development

22 (450):

23 Fiscal year 2000:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $11,200,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $10,800,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2001:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $9,100,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $11,100,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2002:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $8,500,000,000.

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

10 Fiscal year 2003:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $8,400,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2004:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $8,400,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $8,300,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2005:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $8,500,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $7,800,000,000.

22 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and

23 Social Services (500):

24 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $57,700,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $61,400,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $72,600,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $69,200,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $74,000,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $72,100,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $75,000,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $73,200,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $76,100,000,000.

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

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $77,800,000,000.

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

24 (11) Health (550):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $159,300,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $152,300,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $169,700,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $167,100,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $179,600,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $177,900,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $191,500,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $190,600,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $205,600,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $205,000,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $221,700,000,000.

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

24 (12) Medicare (570):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $199,600,000,000.

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

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $215,700,000,000.

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

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $221,600,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $221,600,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $239,700,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $239,500,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $255,300,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $255,500,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $278,700,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $278,700,000,000.

24 (13) Income Security (600):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $238,400,000,000.

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

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $252,200,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $254,900,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $263,000,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $264,300,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $272,100,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $273,400,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $281,700,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $283,200,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $294,000,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $295,900,000,000.

24 (14) Social Security (650):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $14,700,000,000.

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

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $13,100,000,000.

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

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $14,900,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $15,700,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $15,600,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $16,600,000,000.

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

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $17,400,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $17,400,000,000.

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

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $46,000,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $45,200,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $47,800,000,000.

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

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $49,000,000,000.

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

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $50,800,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $50,600,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $52,000,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $51,700,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $55,300,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $54,900,000,000.

24 (16) Administration of Justice (750):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $27,300,000,000.

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

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $28,000,000,000.

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

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $27,800,000,000.

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

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $27,900,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $27,900,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $28,200,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $27,900,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $28,400,000,000.

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

24 (17) General Government (800):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $13,900,000,000.

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

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $13,600,000,000.

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

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $13,600,000,000.

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

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $13,500,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $13,700,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $13,500,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $13,700,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $13,600,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.

24 (18) Net Interest (900):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $284,600,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $284,600,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $288,500,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $288,500,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $290,000,000,000.

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

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $285,700,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $285,700,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $280,900,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $280,900,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $275,400,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $275,400,000,000.

24 (19) Allowances (920):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $8,500,000,000.

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

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 ¥$4,700,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$8,700,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 ¥$2,100,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$1,000,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 ¥$2,600,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$2,200,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 ¥$4,300,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$4,000,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 ¥$4,400,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$4,300,000,000.

24 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

25 Fiscal year 2000:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 ¥$34,100,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$34,100,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 ¥$38,400,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$38,400,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 ¥$41,300,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$41,300,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 ¥$40,700,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$40,700,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 ¥$38,100,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$38,100,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 ¥$39,200,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$39,200,000,000.
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1 SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.

2 (a) LEGISLATION PROVIDING $150 BILLION IN TAX

3 RELIEF OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD.—The House Committee

4 on Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconcili5 ation bill—

6 (1) not later than May 26, 2000;

7 (2) not later than June 23, 2000;

8 (3) not later than July 28, 2000; and

9 (4) not later than September 22, 2000,

10 that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction suf11 ficient to reduce the total level of revenues by not more

12 than: $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

13 $150,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001

14 through 2005.

15 (b) SUBMISSIONS REGARDING DEBT HELD BY THE

16 PUBLIC.—The House Committee on Ways and Means

17 shall report to the House a reconciliation bill—

18 (1) not later than May 26, 2000, that consists

19 of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient

20 to reduce the debt held by the public by

21 $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and

22 (2) not later than September 22, 2000, that

23 consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction

24 sufficient to reduce the debt held by the public by

25 not more than $20,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
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1 SEC. 5. LOCK-BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

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

4 the Social Security trust funds are off-budget for

5 purposes of the President’s budget submission and

6 the concurrent resolution on the budget;

7 (2) the Social Security trust funds have been

8 running surpluses for 17 years;

9 (3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly

10 finance the general operations of the Federal Gov11 ernment;

12 (4) in fiscal year 2001, the Social Security sur13 plus will be $166 billion;

14 (5) this resolution balances the Federal budget

15 without counting the Social Security surpluses;

16 (6) the only way to ensure that Social Security

17 surpluses are not diverted for other purposes is to

18 balance the budget exclusive of such surpluses; and

19 (7) Congress and the President should take

20 such steps as are necessary to ensure that future

21 budgets are balanced excluding the surpluses gen22 erated by the Social Security trust funds.

23 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—

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

25 the House of Representatives or the Senate to con26 sider any revision to this resolution or a concurrent
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1 resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002, or any

2 amendment thereto or conference report thereon,

3 that sets forth a deficit for any fiscal year.

4 (2) DEFICIT LEVELS.—For purposes of this

5 subsection, a deficit shall be the level (if any) set

6 forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent reso7 lution on the budget for that fiscal year pursuant to

8 section 301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act

9 of 1974.

10 (c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the

11 Congress that legislation should be enacted in this session

12 of Congress that would enforce the reduction in debt held

13 by the public assumed in this resolution by the imposition

14 of a statutory limit on such debt or other appropriate

15 means.

16 SEC. 6. DEBT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX.

17 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in

18 the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider

19 any reported bill or joint resolution, or any amendment

20 thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause a

21 surplus for fiscal year 2001 to be less than the level (as

22 adjusted for reconciliation or other tax-related legislation,

23 Medicare, or agriculture as considered pursuant to section

24 4, 7, 8(a) or (c), 9, 10, 11, or 12) set forth in section

25 2(4) for that fiscal year.
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1 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—The level of the surplus for pur2 poses of subsection (a) shall take into account amounts

3 adjusted under section 314(a)(2)(B) or (C) of the Con4 gressional Budget Act of 1974.

5 SEC. 7. SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO SAFEGUARD TAX RE6 LIEF.

7 (a) ADJUSTMENTS TO PRESERVE SURPLUSES.—

8 Upon the reporting of a reconciliation bill by the Com9 mittee on Ways and Means pursuant to section 4(a) or,

10 the offering of an amendment to, or the submission of a

11 conference report on, H.R. 3081, H.R. 6, or H.R. 2990,

12 whichever occurs first, the chairman of the Committee on

13 the Budget of the House shall reduce to zero the amounts

14 by which aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be

15 reduced as set forth in section 2(1)(B) (and make all other

16 appropriate conforming adjustments).

17 (b) ADJUSTMENTS FOR REVENUE BILLS.—After

18 making the adjustments referred to in paragraph (1), and

19 whenever the Committee on Ways and Means reports any

20 reconciliation bill pursuant to section 4(a) (or an amend21 ment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is

22 submitted) or an amendment to H.R. 3081, H.R. 6, or

23 H.R. 2990 is offered or a conference report thereon is sub24 mitted after the date of adoption of this resolution, the

25 chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House
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1 shall increase the levels by which Federal revenues should

2 be reduced by the reduction in revenue caused by such

3 measure for each applicable year or period, but not to ex4 ceed, after taking into account any other bill or joint reso5 lution enacted during this session of the One Hundred

6 Sixth Congress that causes a reduction in revenues for

7 such year or period, $10,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2001

8 and $150,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001

9 through 2005 (and make all other appropriate conforming

10 adjustments).

11 SEC. 8. RESERVE FUND PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL $50

12 BILLION FOR ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF AND

13 DEBT REDUCTION.

14 (a) ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF AND DEBT REDUC15 TION.—Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means re16 ports any reconciliation bill pursuant to section 4(a) (or

17 an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report

18 thereon is submitted), or an amendment to H.R. 3081,

19 H.R. 2990, or to H.R. 6 is offered or a conference report

20 thereon is submitted after the date of adoption of this res21 olution (after taking into account any other bill or joint

22 resolution enacted during this session of the One Hundred

23 Sixth Congress that would cause a reduction in revenues

24 for fiscal year 2001 or the period of fiscal years 2001

25 through 2005) that would cause the level by which Federal
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1 revenues should be reduced, as set forth in section 2(1)(B)

2 for such fiscal year or for such period, as adjusted, to be

3 exceeded, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget

4 of the House may increase the levels by which Federal

5 revenues should be reduced by the amount exceeding such

6 level resulting from such measure, but not to exceed

7 $5,155,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $50,000,000,000

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

9 make all other appropriate conforming adjustments, in10 cluding reconciliation instructions set forth in section

11 4(a)).

12 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ADDITIONAL

13 HEALTH-RELATED TAX RELIEF.—It is the sense of the

14 Congress that the reserve fund set forth in subsection (a)

15 assumes $446,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and

16 $4,352,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001

17 through 2005 for health-related tax provisions comparable

18 to those contained in H.R. 2990 (as passed the House).

19 (c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON FEDERAL EMPLOY20 EES BENEFIT PACKAGE.—It is the sense of the Congress

21 that the reserve fund set forth in subsection (a) assumes

22 $17,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $107,000,000,000

23 for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 for legis24 lation that permits Federal employees to immediately par25 ticipate in the Thrift Savings Plan.
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1 SEC. 9. RESERVE FUND FOR AUGUST UPDATE REVISION OF

2 BUDGET SURPLUSES.

3 (a) REPORTING A SURPLUS.—If the Congressional

4 Budget Office report referred to in subsection (c) projects

5 an increase in the surplus for fiscal year 2000, fiscal year

6 2001, and the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005

7 over the corresponding levels set forth in its March 2000

8 economic and budget forecast for fiscal year 2001, sub9 mitted pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional

10 Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Committee on

11 the Budget of the House may make the adjustments as

12 provided in subsection (b).

13 (b) ADJUSTMENTS.—Whenever the Committee on

14 Ways and Means reports any reconciliation bill pursuant

15 to section 4(a) (or an amendment thereto is offered or a

16 conference report thereon is submitted), or an amendment

17 to H.R. 3081, H.R. 6, or H.R. 2990 is offered or a con18 ference report thereon is submitted after the date of adop19 tion of this resolution that (after taking into account any

20 other bill or joint resolution enacted during this session

21 of the One Hundred Sixth Congress that would cause a

22 reduction in revenues for such year or period) would cause

23 the level by which Federal revenues should be reduced, as

24 set forth in section 2(1)(B) for fiscal year 2001 or for

25 the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005, as adjusted,

26 to be exceeded, the chairman of the Committee on the
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1 Budget of the House may increase the levels by which

2 Federal revenues should be reduced by the amount exceed3 ing such level resulting from such measure for each appli4 cable year or period (or for fiscal year 2000 may increase

5 the level of the surplus and make all other appropriate

6 conforming adjustments, including reconciliation instruc7 tions set forth in section 4(a)), but not to exceed the in8 crease in the surplus for such year or period in the report

9 referred to in subsection (a).

10 (c) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE UPDATED

11 BUDGET FORECAST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.—The report

12 referred to in subsection (a) is the Congressional Budget

13 Office updated budget forecast for fiscal year 2001.

14 SEC. 10. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE.

15 Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or

16 Committee on Commerce of the House reports a bill or

17 joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered (in

18 the House), or a conference report thereon is submitted

19 that reforms the Medicare Program and provides coverage

20 for prescription drugs, the chairman of the Committee on

21 the Budget may increase the aggregates and allocations

22 of new budget authority (and outlays resulting therefrom)

23 by the amount provided by that measure for that purpose,

24 but not to exceed $2,000,000,000 in new budget authority

25 and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $40,000,000,000 in
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1 new budget authority and outlays for the period of fiscal

2 years 2001 through 2005 (and make all other appropriate

3 conforming adjustments).

4 SEC. 11. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE IN FISCAL

5 YEAR 2000.

6 Whenever the Committee on Agriculture of the House

7 reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto

8 is offered (in the House), or a conference report thereon

9 is submitted that provides income support to owners and

10 producers of farms, the chairman of the Committee on the

11 Budget may increase the allocation of new budget author12 ity and outlays to that committee for fiscal year 2000 by

13 the amount of new budget authority (and the outlays re14 sulting therefrom) provided by that measure for that pur15 pose not to exceed $6,000,000,000 in new budget author16 ity and outlays for fiscal year 2000, $0 in new budget au17 thority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001

18 through 2004, and $6,000,000,000 in new budget author19 ity and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2000 through

20 2004 (and make all other appropriate conforming adjust21 ments).

22 SEC. 12. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE IN FISCAL

23 YEAR 2001.

24 Whenever the Committee on Agriculture of the House

25 reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto
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1 is offered (in the House), or a conference report thereon

2 is submitted that provides risk management or income as3 sistance for agricultural producers, the chairman of the

4 Committee on the Budget may increase the allocation of

5 new budget authority and outlays to that committee by

6 the amount of new budget authority (and the outlays re7 sulting therefrom) if such legislation does not exceed

8 $1,355,000,000 in new budget authority and

9 $595,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2001 and

10 $8,359,000,000 in new budget authority and

11 $7,223,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years

12 2001 through 2005 (and make all other appropriate con13 forming adjustments).

14 SEC. 13. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO15 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.

16 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations

17 and aggregates made pursuant to section 7(b), 8(a) or (c),

18 9, 10, 11, or 12 for any measure shall—

19 (1) apply while that measure is under consider20 ation;

21 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that

22 measure; and

23 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as

24 soon as practicable.
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1 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG2 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting

3 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur4 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca5 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution.

6 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For

7 purposes of this resolution—

8 (1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays,

9 direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,

10 deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of

11 fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of esti12 mates made by the Committee on the Budget of the

13 House of Representatives or the Senate, as applica14 ble; and

15 (2) such chairman, as applicable, may make

16 any other necessary adjustments to such levels to

17 carry out this resolution.

18 SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON WASTE, FRAUD, AND

19 ABUSE.

20 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

21 (1) while the budget may be in balance, it con22 tinues to be ridden with waste, fraud, and abuse;

23 (2) just last month, auditors documented more

24 than $19,000,000,000 in improper payments each

25 year by such agencies as the Agency of International
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1 Development, the Internal Revenue Service, the So2 cial Security Administration, and the Department of

3 Defense;

4 (3) the General Accounting Office (GAO) re5 cently reported that the financial management prac6 tices of some Federal agencies are so poor that it is

7 unable to determine the full extent of improper Gov8 ernment payments; and

9 (4) the GAO now lists a record number of 25

10 Federal programs that are at ‘‘high risk’’ of waste,

11 fraud, and abuse.

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

13 House that the Committee on the Budget has created task

14 forces to address this issue and that the President should

15 take immediate steps to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse

16 within the Federal Government and report on such actions

17 to the Congress and that the resolution should include rec18 onciliation directives to the appropriate committees of ju19 risdiction to dedicate the resulting savings to debt reduc20 tion and tax relief.

21 SEC. 15. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON PROVIDING ADDI22 TIONAL DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM.

23 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

24 (1) strengthening America’s public schools

25 while respecting State and local control is critically
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1 important to the future of our children and our Na2 tion;

3 (2) education is a local responsibility, a State

4 priority, and a national concern;

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

6 parents, teachers, and principals must take place in

7 order to strengthen public schools and foster edu8 cational excellence;

9 (4) the consolidation of various Federal edu10 cation programs will benefit our Nation’s children,

11 parents, and teachers by sending more dollars di12 rectly to the classroom; and

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

14 system that will provide opportunities to excel.

15 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

16 the Congress that—

17 (1) Congress should enact legislation that would

18 consolidate 31 Federal K–12 education programs;

19 and

20 (2) the Department of Education, the States,

21 and local educational agencies should work together

22 to ensure that not less than 95 percent of all funds

23 appropriated for the purpose of carrying out elemen24 tary and secondary education programs administered
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1 by the Department of Education is spent for our

2 children in their classrooms.

3 SEC. 16. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING EMER4 GENCY SPENDING.

5 It is the sense of the Congress that, as a part of a

6 comprehensive reform of the budget process, the Commit7 tees on the Budget should develop a definition of, and a

8 process for, funding emergencies consistent with the appli9 cable provisions of H.R. 853, the Comprehensive Budget

10 Process Reform Act of 1999, that could be incorporated

11 into the Rules of the House of Representatives and the

12 Standing Rules of the Senate.

13 SEC. 17. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ESTIMATES OF THE IM14 PACT OF REGULATIONS ON THE PRIVATE

15 SECTOR.

16 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—

17 (1) the Federal regulatory system sometimes

18 adversely affects many Americans and businesses by

19 imposing financial burdens with little corresponding

20 public benefit;

21 (2) currently, Congress has no general mecha22 nism for assessing the financial impact of regulatory

23 activities on the private sector;

24 (3) Congress is ultimately responsible for mak25 ing sure agencies act in accordance with congres-
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1 sional intent and, while the executive branch is re2 sponsible for promulgating regulations, Congress

3 should curb ineffective regulations by using its over4 sight and regulatory powers; and

5 (4) a variety of reforms have been suggested to

6 increase congressional oversight over regulatory ac7 tivity, including directing the President to prepare

8 an annual accounting statement containing several

9 cost/benefit analyses, recommendations to reform in10 efficient regulatory programs, and an identification

11 and analysis of duplications and inconsistencies

12 among such programs.

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

14 House that the House should reclaim its role as reformer

15 and take the first step toward curbing inefficient regu16 latory activity by passing legislation authorizing the Con17 gressional Budget Office to prepare regular estimates on

18 the impact of proposed Federal regulations on the private

19 sector.

20 SEC. 18. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON BIENNIAL BUDGET.

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

22 of views on the advisability of biennial budgeting and this

23 issue should be considered only within the context of com24 prehensive budget process reform.
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1 SEC. 19. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH

2 INSURANCE AND PRESERVING HOME

3 HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE

4 BENEFICIARIES.

5 (a) ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE.—

6 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

7 (A) 44.4 million Americans are currently

8 without health insurance, and that this number

9 is expected to rise to nearly 60 million people

10 in the next 10 years;

11 (B) the cost of health insurance continues

12 to rise, a key factor in increasing the number

13 of uninsured; and

14 (C) there is a consensus that working

15 Americans and their families will suffer from

16 reduced access to health insurance.

17 (2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON IMPROVING

18 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE.—It is the

19 sense of the Congress that access to affordable

20 health care coverage for all Americans is a priority

21 of the 106th Congress.

22 (b) PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICE FOR ALL

23 MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.—

24 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

25 (A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 re26 formed Medicare home health care spending by
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1 instructing the Health Care Financing Adminis2 tration to implement a prospective payment sys3 tem and instituted an interim payment system

4 to achieve savings;

5 (B) the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP

6 Balanced Budget Refinement Act, 1999, re7 formed the interim payment system to increase

8 reimbursements to low-cost providers and de9 layed the automatic 15 percent payment reduc10 tion until after the first year of the implementa11 tion of the prospective payment system; and

12 (C) patients whose care is more extensive

13 and expensive than the typical Medicare patient

14 do not receive supplemental payments in the in15 terim payment system but will receive special

16 protection in the home health care prospective

17 payment system.

18 (2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO

19 HOME HEALTH CARE.—It is the sense of the Con20 gress that—

21 (A) Congress recognizes the importance of

22 home health care for seniors and disabled citi23 zens;

24 (B) Congress and the Administration

25 should work together to maintain quality care
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1 for patients whose care is more extensive and

2 expensive than the typical Medicare patient, in3 cluding the sickest and frailest Medicare bene4 ficiaries, while home health care agencies oper5 ate in the interim payment system; and

6 (C) Congress and the Administration

7 should work together to avoid the implementa8 tion of the 15 percent reduction in the prospec9 tive payment system and ensured timely imple10 mentation of that system.

11 SEC. 20. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING

12 MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAMS/REIMBURSE13 MENT RATES.

14 It is the sense of the Congress that the

15 Medicare+Choice regional disparity among reimburse16 ment rates is unfair, and that full funding of the

17 Medicare+Choice program is a priority as Congress deals

18 with any Medicare reform legislation.

19 SEC. 21. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DIRECTING THE INTER20 NAL REVENUE SERVICE TO ACCEPT NEGA21 TIVE NUMBERS IN FARM INCOME AVER22 AGING.

23 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—
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1 (1) farmers’ and ranchers’ incomes vary widely

2 from year-to-year due to uncontrollable markets and

3 unpredictable weather;

4 (2) in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Con5 gress enacted 3-year farm income averaging to pro6 tect agricultural producers from excessive tax rates

7 in profitable years;

8 (3) last year, the Internal Revenue Service

9 (IRS) proposed final regulations for averaging farm

10 income which fail to make clear that taxable income

11 in a given year may be a negative number; and

12 (4) this IRS interpretation can result in farm13 ers having to pay additional taxes during years in

14 which they experience a loss in income.

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

16 House that during this session of the 106th Congress, leg17 islation should be considered to direct the Internal Rev18 enue Service to count any net loss of income in deter19 mining the proper rate of taxation.

20 SEC. 22. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE STA21 BILIZATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL PAY22 MENTS TO STATES, COUNTIES, AND BOR23 OUGHS.

24 It is the sense of the House that Federal revenue25 sharing payments to States, counties, and boroughs pursu-
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1 ant to the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C.

2 500), the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C.

3 500), the Act of August 28, 1937 (chapter 876; 50 Stat.

4 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181f), the Act of May 24, 1939 (chapter

5 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 1181f–1 et seq.), and sec6 tions 13982 and 13983 of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili7 ation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–66; 16 U.S.C. 500

8 note; 43 U.S.C. 1181f note) should be stabilized and

9 maintained for the long-term benefit of schools, roads,

10 public services, and communities, and that providing such

11 permanent, stable funding is a priority of the 106th Con12 gress.

13 SEC. 23. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE

14 OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.

15 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

16 (1) the year 2000 will mark the 50th Anniver17 sary of the National Science Foundation;

18 (2) the National Science Foundation is the

19 largest supporter of basic research in the Federal

20 Government;

21 (3) the National Science Foundation is the sec22 ond largest supporter of university-based research;

23 (4) research conducted by the grantees of the

24 National Science Foundation has led to innovations
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1 that have dramatically improved the quality of life of

2 all Americans;

3 (5) grants made by the National Science Foun4 dation have been a crucial factor in the development

5 of important technologies that Americans take for

6 granted, such as lasers, Magnetic Resonance Imag7 ing, Doppler Radar, and the Internet;

8 (6) because basic research funded by the Na9 tional Science Foundation is high-risk, cutting edge,

10 fundamental, and may not produce tangible benefits

11 for over a decade, the Federal Government is

12 uniquely suited to support such research; and

13 (7) the National Science Foundation’s focus on

14 peer-reviewed merit based grants represents a model

15 for research agencies across the Federal Govern16 ment.

17 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

18 the Congress that the function 250 (Basic Science) levels

19 assume an amount of funding which ensures that the Na20 tional Science Foundation is a priority in the resolution;

21 recognizing the National Science Foundation’s critical role

22 in funding basic research, which leads to the innovations

23 that assure the Nation’s economic future, and in culti24 vating America’s intellectual infrastructure.
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1 SEC. 24. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING SKILLED

2 NURSING FACILITIES.

3 It is the sense of the Congress that the Medicare Pay4 ment Advisory Commission continue to carefully monitor

5 the Medicare skilled nursing benefit to determine if pay6 ment rates are sufficient to provide quality care, and that

7 if reform is recommended, Congress should pass legisla8 tion as quickly as possible to assure quality skilled nursing

9 care.

10 SEC. 25. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON SPECIAL EDU11 CATION.

12 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

13 (1) all children deserve a quality education, in14 cluding children with disabilities;

15 (2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education

16 Act provides that the Federal, State, and local gov17 ernments are to share in the expense of educating

18 children with disabilities and commits the Federal

19 Government to pay up to 40 percent of the national

20 average per pupil expenditure for children with dis21 abilities;

22 (3) the high cost of educating children with dis23 abilities and the Federal Government’s failure to

24 fully meet its obligation under the Individuals with

25 Disabilities Education Act stretches limited State

26 and local education funds, creating difficulty in pro-
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1 viding a quality education to all students, including

2 children with disabilities;

3 (4) the current level of Federal funding to

4 States and localities under the Individuals with Dis5 abilities Education Act is contrary to the goal of en6 suring that children with disabilities receive a qual7 ity education;

8 (5) the Federal Government has failed to ap9 propriate 40 percent of the national average per

10 pupil expenditure per child with a disability as re11 quired under the Individuals with Disabilities Act to

12 assist States and localities to educate children with

13 disabilities; and

14 (6) the levels in function 500 (Education) for

15 fiscal year 2001 assume sufficient discretionary

16 budget authority to accommodate fiscal year 2001

17 appropriations for IDEA at least $2,000,000,000

18 above such funding levels appropriated in fiscal year

19 2000.

20 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

21 the Congress that—

22 (1) Congress and the President should increase

23 fiscal year 2001 funding for programs under the In24 dividuals with Disabilities Act by at least
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1 $2,000,000,000 above fiscal year 2000 appropriated

2 levels;

3 (2) Congress and the President should give pro4 grams under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu5 cation Act the highest priority among Federal ele6 mentary and secondary education programs by meet7 ing the commitment to fund the maximum State

8 grant allocation for educating children with disabil9 ities under such Act prior to authorizing or appro10 priating funds for any new education initiative;

11 (3) Congress and the President may consider, if

12 new or increased funding is authorized or appro13 priated for any elementary and secondary education

14 initiative that directs funds to local educational

15 agencies, providing the flexibility in such authoriza16 tion or appropriation necessary to allow local edu17 cational agencies the authority to use such funds for

18 programs under the Individuals with Disabilities

19 Education Act; and

20 (4) if a local educational agency chooses to uti21 lize the authority under section 613(a)(2)(C)(i) of

22 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to

23 treat as local funds up to 20 percent of the amount

24 of funds the agency receives under part B of such

25 Act that exceeds the amount it received under that
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1 part for the previous fiscal year, then the agency

2 should use those local funds to provide additional

3 funding for any Federal, State, or local education

4 program.

5 SEC. 26. ASSUMED FUNDING LEVELS FOR SPECIAL EDU6 CATION.

7 It is the sense of the Congress that function 500

8 (Education) levels assume at least a $2,000,000,000 in9 crease in fiscal year 2001 over the current fiscal year to

10 reflect the commitment of Congress to appropriate 40 per11 cent of the national per pupil expenditure for children with

12 disabilities by a date certain.

13 SEC. 27. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON A FEDERAL EM14 PLOYEE PAY RAISE.

15 It is the sense of the Congress that the pay increase

16 for Federal employees in January 2001 should be at least

17 3.7 percent.

18 SEC. 28. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING HCFA

19 DRAFT GUIDELINES.

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

21 (1) on February 15, 2000, the Health Care Fi22 nancing Administration in the Department of Health

23 and Human Services issued a draft Medicaid School24 Based Administrative Claiming (MAC) Guide; and
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1 (2) in its introduction, the stated purpose of the

2 draft MAC guide is to provide information for

3 schools, State medicaid agencies, HCFA staff, and

4 other interested parties on the existing requirements

5 for claiming Federal funds under the Medicaid Pro6 gram for the costs of administrative activities, such

7 as Medicaid outreach, that are performed in the

8 school setting associated with school-based health

9 services programs.

10 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

11 the Congress that—

12 (1) many school-based health programs provide

13 a broad range of services that are covered by Med14 icaid, affording access to care for children who oth15 erwise might well go without needed services;

16 (2) such programs also can play a powerful role

17 in identifying and enrolling children who are eligible

18 for Medicaid, as well as the State Children’s Health

19 Insurance programs;

20 (3) undue administrative burdens may be

21 placed on school districts and States and deter time22 ly application approval;

23 (4) the Health Care Financing Administration

24 should substantially revise or abandon the current

25 draft MAC guide because it appears to promulgate
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1 new rules that place excessive administrative bur2 dens on participating school districts;

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

4 encourage the appropriate use of Medicaid school5 based services without undue administrative bur6 dens; and

7 (6) the best way to ensure the continued viabil8 ity of Medicaid school-based services is to guarantee

9 that the guidelines are fair and responsible.

10 SEC. 29. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING

11 FOR THE WORKING POOR.

12 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

13 (1) 33 percent of all American households and

14 60 percent of African American households have ei15 ther no financial assets or negative financial assets;

16 (2) 46.9 percent of children in America live in

17 households with no financial assets, including 40

18 percent of Caucasian children and 75 percent of Af19 rican American children;

20 (3) in order to provide low-income families with

21 more tools for empowerment, incentives, including

22 individual development accounts, are demonstrating

23 success at empowering low-income workers;
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1 (5) middle and upper income Americans cur2 rently benefit from tax incentives for building assets;

3 and

4 (6) the Federal Government should utilize the

5 Federal tax code to provide low-income Americans

6 with incentives to work and build assets in order to

7 escape poverty permanently.

8 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

9 the Congress that the provisions of this resolution assume

10 that Congress should modify the Federal tax law to in11 clude Individual Development Account provisions in order

12 to encourage low-income workers and their families to save

13 for buying a first home, starting a business, obtaining an

14 education, or taking other measures to prepare for the fu15 ture.

16 SEC. 30. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE

17 OF SUPPORTING THE NATION’S EMERGENCY

18 FIRST-RESPONDERS.

19 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

20 (1) over 1.2 million men and women work as

21 fire and emergency services personnel in 32,000 fire

22 and emergency medical services departments across

23 the Nation;

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

25 volunteers;
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1 (3) the Nation’s firefighters responded to more

2 than 18 million calls in 1998, including over 1.7 mil3 lion fires;

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

5 their lives in the course of their duties; and

6 (5) the Federal Government has a role in pro7 tecting the health and safety of the Nation’s fire

8 fighting personnel.

9 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

10 the Congress that—

11 (1) recognizing the Nation’s firefighters and

12 emergency services crucial role in preserving and

13 protecting life and property, such Federal assistance

14 as low-interest loan programs, community develop15 ment block grant reforms, emergency radio spectrum

16 reallocations, and volunteer fire assistance programs,

17 should be considered; and

18 (2) additional resources should be set aside for

19 such assistance.

20 SEC. 31. ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY LIM21 ITS.

22 (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF DIRECTED

23 SCOREKEEPING.—(1) It shall not be in order in the House

24 to consider any reported bill or joint resolution, or amend-
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1 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that contains

2 a directed scorekeeping provision.

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

4 scorekeeping’’ means directing the Congressional Budget

5 Office or the Office of Management and Budget to esti6 mate any provision providing discretionary new budget au7 thority in a bill or joint resolution making general appro8 priations for a fiscal year for budgetary enforcement pur9 poses.

10 (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF ADVANCE APPROPRIA11 TIONS.—(1) It shall not be in order in the House to con12 sider any reported bill or joint resolution, or amendment

13 thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause the

14 total level of discretionary advance appropriations pro15 vided for fiscal years after 2001 to exceed $23 billion

16 (which represents the total level of advance appropriations

17 for fiscal year 2001).

18 (2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘advance ap19 propriation’’ means any discretionary new budget author20 ity in a bill or joint resolution making general appropria21 tions for fiscal year 2001 that first becomes available for

22 any fiscal year after 2001.
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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall cease to

2 have any force or effect on January 1, 2001.

Passed the House of Representatives March 24

(legislative day, March 23), 2000.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.