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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 68 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  1st Session

                            H. CON. RES. 68

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for 
                each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 68

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000.

    The Congress declares that this is the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2000 and that the appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 2001 through 2009 are hereby set forth.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

    The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 
years 2000 through 2009:
            (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution:
                    (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are 
                as follows:
                        Fiscal year 2000: $1,408,500,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2001: $1,435,300,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2002: $1,456,300,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2003: $1,532,600,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2004: $1,584,100,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2005: $1,651,000,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2006: $1,684,400,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2007: $1,733,200,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2008: $1,802,800,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2009: $1,867,500,000,000.
                    (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of 
                Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
                        Fiscal year 2000: $0.
                        Fiscal year 2001: -$9,800,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2002: -$52,000,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2003: -$30,700,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2004: -$50,000,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2005: -$59,900,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2006: -$106,300,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2007: -$138,200,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2008: -$153,400,000,000.
                        Fiscal year 2009: -$178,200,000,000.
            (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new budget 
        authority are as follows:
                    Fiscal year 2000: $1,426,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001: $1,456,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002: $1,487,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003: $1,558,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004: $1,611,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005: $1,665,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006: $1,697,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007: $1,752,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008: $1,813,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009: $1,874,400,000,000.
            (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 
        are as follows:
                    Fiscal year 2000: $1,408,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001: $1,435,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002: $1,455,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003: $1,532,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004: $1,583,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005: $1,638,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006: $1,666,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007: $1,715,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008: $1,781,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009: $1,841,300,000,000.
            (4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
        resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as follows:
                    Fiscal year 2000: $400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001: $0.
                    Fiscal year 2002: $1,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003: $100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004: $200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005: $12,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006: $18,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007: $17,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008: $21,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009: $26,200,000,000.
            (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the public debt 
        are as follows:
                    Fiscal year 2000: $5,627,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001: $5,707,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002: $5,791,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003: $5,875,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004: $5,954,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005: $6,019,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006: $6,075,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007: $6,128,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008: $6,168,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009: $6,198,100,000,000.

SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

    The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of 
new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal years 2000 through 
2009 for each major functional category are:
            (1) National Defense (050):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $288,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $276,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $303,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $285,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $308,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $291,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $318,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $303,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $327,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $313,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $328,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $316,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $329,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $315,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $330,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $313,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $332,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $317,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $333,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $318,000,000,000.
            (2) International Affairs (150):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $11,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $15,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $9,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $11,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000
                            (B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
            (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $18,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $18,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
            (4) Energy (270):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, -$700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$1,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$3,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$1,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$1,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$1,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$1,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$1,100,000,000.
            (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $21,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,700,000,000.
            (6) Agriculture (350):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $13,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $11,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $10,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $10,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $9,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $10,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $10,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $10,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
            (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $9,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $5,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $10,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $10,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $9,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $8,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $8,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
            (8) Transportation (400):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $51,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $51,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $47,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $50,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $47,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
            (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $7,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $7,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $6,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $5,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
            (10) Elementary and Secondary Education, and Vocational 
        Education (501):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $25,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $24,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
            (11) Higher Education, Training, Employment, and Social 
        Services (500, except for 501):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $43,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $43,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $41,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $41,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $40,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $42,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $43,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $42,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $43,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $42,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $44,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $43,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $45,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $44,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $46,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $46,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,500,000,000.
            (12) Health (550):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $156,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $153,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $164,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $162,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $173,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $173,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $184,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $185,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $197,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $198,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $212,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $212,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $228,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $228,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $246,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $245,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $265,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $264,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $285,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $284,900,000,000.
            (13) Medicare (570):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $208,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $208,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $222,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $222,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $230,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $230,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $250,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $250,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $268,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $268,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $295,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $295,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $306,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $306,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $337,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $337,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $365,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $365,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $394,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $394,200,000,000.
            (14) Income Security (600):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $244,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $248,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $250,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $257,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $262,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $267,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $277,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $276,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $286,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $286,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $298,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $298,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $304,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $305,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $310,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $311,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $323,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $325,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $334,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $335,700,000,000.
            (15) Social Security (650):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $15,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $15,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $16,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $16,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $18,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $18,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $19,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $21,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,200,000,000.
            (16) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $44,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $44,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $44,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $45,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $46,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $48,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $49,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $47,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $47,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $47,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $48,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $49,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $49,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $49,700,000,000.
            (17) Administration of Justice (750):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $25,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $24,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
            (18) General Government (800):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $11,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $11,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
            (19) Net Interest (900):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, $275,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $275,500,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, $271,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $271,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, $267,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $267,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, $265,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $265,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, $263,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $263,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, $261,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $261,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, $258,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $258,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $257,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $257,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $254,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $254,700,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $252,700,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $252,700,000,000.
            (20) Allowances (920):
                    Fiscal year 2000:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$8,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$10,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2001:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$8,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$12,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$6,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$20,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$4,400,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$4,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$4,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$5,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$4,500,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$5,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$4,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$5,200,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$5,200,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$5,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$5,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$5,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$5,300,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$5,900,000,000.
            (21) 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, -$36,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$36,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2002:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$43,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$43,600,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2003:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$37,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$37,000,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2004:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$37,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$37,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2005:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$38,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$38,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2006:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$38,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$38,800,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$40,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$40,100,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$40,900,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$40,900,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$41,800,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$41,800,000,000.

SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.

    Not later than September 30, 1999, the House Committee on Ways and 
Means shall report to the House a reconciliation bill that consists of 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction such that the total level of 
revenues is not less than: $1,408,500,000,000 in revenues for fiscal 
year 2000, $7,416,800,000,000 in revenues for fiscal years 2000 through 
2004, and $16,155,700,000,000 in revenues for fiscal years 2000 through 
2009.

SEC. 5. SAFE DEPOSIT 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 2000, the social security surplus will 
        exceed $137 billion;
            (5) for the first time, a concurrent resolution on the 
        budget balances the Federal budget without counting social 
        security surpluses; and
            (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.
    (b) Point of Order.--(1) It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on 
the budget, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
sets forth a deficit for any fiscal year. 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. In setting forth the deficit level pursuant to such section, that 
level shall not include any adjustments in aggregates that would be 
made pursuant to any reserve fund that provides for adjustments in 
allocations and aggregates for legislation that enhances retirement 
security or extends the solvency of the Medicare trust funds or makes 
such changes in the Medicare payment or benefit structure as are 
necessary.
    (2) Paragraph (1) may be waived in the Senate only by the 
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members voting.
    (c) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) beginning with fiscal year 2000, legislation should be 
        enacted to require any official statement issued by the Office 
        of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, or 
        any other agency or instrumentality of the Government of 
        surplus or deficit totals of the budget of the Government as 
        submitted by the President or of the surplus or deficit totals 
        of the congressional budget, and any description of, or 
        reference to, such totals in any official publication or 
        material issued by either of such offices or any other such 
        agency or instrumentality, should exclude the outlays and 
        receipts of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance 
        program under title II of the Social Security Act (including 
        the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
        Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund) and the related 
        provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
            (2) legislation should be considered to augment subsection 
        (b) by--
                    (A) taking such steps as may be required to 
                safeguard the social security surpluses, such as 
                statutory changes equivalent to the reserve fund for 
                retirement security and Medicare set forth in section 
                6; or
                    (B) otherwise establishing a statutory limit on 
                debt held by the public and reducing such limit by the 
                amounts of the social security surpluses.

SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR RETIREMENT SECURITY AND, AS NEEDED, MEDICARE.

    (a) Retirement Security.--Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is offered, or a 
conference report thereon is submitted that enhances retirement 
security, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may--
            (1) increase the appropriate allocations for each of fiscal 
        years 2000 through 2004 and aggregates for each of fiscal years 
        2000 through 2009 of new budget authority and outlays by the 
        amount of new budget authority provided by such measure (and 
        outlays flowing therefrom) for such fiscal year for that 
        purpose; and
            (2) reduce the revenue aggregates for each of fiscal years 
        2000 through 2009 by the amount of the revenue loss resulting 
        from that measure for such fiscal year for that purpose.
    (b) Medicare Program.--Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or 
the Committee on Commerce of the House reports a bill, or an amendment 
thereto is offered, or a conference report thereon is submitted that 
extends the solvency or reforms the benefit or payment structure of the 
Medicare Program, including any measure in response to the National 
Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget may increase the appropriate allocations and 
aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by the amounts provided 
in that bill for that purpose.
    (c) Limitation.--(1) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
may only make adjustments under subsection (a) or (b) if the net outlay 
increase plus revenue reduction resulting from any measure referred to 
in those subsections (including any prior adjustments made for any 
other such measure) for fiscal year 2000, the period of fiscal years 
2000 through 2004, or the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2009 is 
not greater than an amount equal to the projected social security 
surplus for such period, as set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of managers accompanying this concurrent resolution or, if 
published, the midsession review for fiscal year 2000 of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office. For purposes of the preceding 
sentence, revenue reductions shall be treated as a positive number.
    (2) In the midsession review for fiscal year 2000, the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office, in consultation with the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, shall make an up-to-date 
estimate of the projected surpluses in the social security trust funds 
for fiscal year 2000, for the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2004, 
and for the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2009.
    (3) As used in this subsection, the term ``social security trust 
funds'' means the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

SEC. 7. RESERVE FUND FOR PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 
              DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.

    (a) In General.--In the House, when the Committee on Appropriations 
reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered, 
or a conference report thereon is submitted that provides new budget 
authority for fiscal year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, or 2004 for programs 
authorized under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(IDEA), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may increase the 
appropriate allocations and aggregates of new budget authority and 
outlays by an amount not to exceed the amount of new budget authority 
provided by that measure (and outlays flowing therefrom) for that 
purpose up to the maximum amount consistent with section 611(a) of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(a)(2)).
    (b) Adjustments.--The adjustments in outlays (and the corresponding 
amount of new budget authority) made under subsection (a) for any 
fiscal year may not exceed the amount by which an up-to-date projection 
of the on-budget surplus made by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office for that fiscal year exceeds the on-budget surplus for 
that fiscal year set forth in section 2(4) of this resolution.
    (c) CBO Projections.--Upon the request of the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House, the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office shall make an up-to-date estimate of the projected on-
budget surplus for the applicable fiscal year.

SEC. 8. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND 
              AGGREGATES.

    (a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and aggregates 
made pursuant to this resolution for any measure 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.

SEC. 9. UPDATED CBO PROJECTIONS.

    Each calendar quarter the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall make an up-to-date estimate of receipts, outlays and 
surplus (on-budget and off-budget) for the current fiscal year.

SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
              RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) persecution of individuals on the sole ground of their 
        religious beliefs and practices occurs in countries around the 
        world and affects millions of lives;
            (2) such persecution violates international norms of human 
        rights, including those established in the Universal 
        Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on 
        Civil and Political Rights, the Helsinki Accords, and the 
        Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and 
        Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief;
            (3) such persecution is abhorrent to all Americans, and our 
        very Nation was founded on the principle of the freedom to 
        worship according to the dictates of our conscience; and
            (4) in 1998 Congress unanimously passed, and President 
        Clinton signed into law, the International Religious Freedom 
        Act of 1998, which established the United States Commission on 
        International Religious Freedom to monitor facts and 
        circumstances of violations of religious freedom and authorized 
        $3,000,000 to carry out the functions of the Commission for 
        each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
    (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) this resolution assumes that $3,000,000 will be 
        appropriated within function 150 for fiscal year 2000 for the 
        United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to 
        carry out its duties; and
            (2) the House Committee on Appropriations is strongly urged 
        to appropriate such amount for the Commission.

SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THE 
              CLASSROOM.

    (a) Findings.--The House 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) working 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 the House.--It is the sense of the House that--
            (1) the House should enact legislation that would 
        consolidate thirty-one 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 is spent for our 
        children in their classrooms.

SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) 33 percent of all American households have no or 
        negative financial assets and 60 percent of African-American 
        households have no or negative financial assets;
            (2) 46.9 percent of all children in America live in 
        households with no financial assets, including 40 percent of 
        caucasian children and 75 percent of African-American children;
            (3) in order to provide low-income families with more tools 
        for empowerment, incentives which encourage asset-building 
        should be established;
            (4) across the Nation numerous small public, private, and 
        public-private asset-building initiatives (including individual 
        development account programs) are demonstrating success at 
        empowering low-income workers;
            (5) the Government currently provides middle and upper 
        income Americans with hundreds of billions of dollars in tax 
        incentives for building assets; and
            (6) the Government should utilize tax laws or other 
        measures to provide low-income Americans with incentives to 
        work and build assets in order to escape poverty permanently.
    (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that 
any changes in tax law should include provisions which encourage low-
income workers and their families to save for buying their first home, 
starting a business, obtaining an education, or taking other measures 
to prepare for the future.

SEC. 13. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND 
              PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE 
              BENEFICIARIES.

    (a) Access to Health Insurance.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                    (A) 43.4 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 and children will suffer from reduced 
                access to health insurance.
            (2) Sense of the Congress on Improving Access to Health 
        Care Insurance.--It is the sense of the Congress 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.--Congress 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 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
                Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, reformed the 
                interim payment system to increase reimbursements to 
                low-cost providers, added $900 million in funding, and 
                delayed the automatic 15 percent payment reduction for 
                one year, to October 1, 2000; 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 congress on access to home health care.--
        It is the sense of the Congress 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 sickest and frailest 
                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 interim payment system and ensure 
                timely implementation of the prospective payment 
                system.

SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICARE PAYMENT.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
            (1) a goal of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 was to expand 
        options for Medicare beneficiaries under the new 
        Medicare+Choice program;
            (2) Medicare+Choice was intended to make these choices 
        available to all Medicare beneficiaries; and unfortunately, 
        during the first two years of the Medicare+Choice program the 
        blended payment was not implemented, stifling health care 
        options and continuing regional disparity among many counties 
        across the United States; and
            (3) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 also established the 
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare to 
        develop legislative recommendations to address the long-term 
        funding challenges facing Medicare.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that this 
resolution assumes that funding of the Medicare+Choice program is a 
priority for the House Committee on the Budget before financing new 
programs and benefits that may potentially add to the imbalance of 
payments and benefits in Fee-for-Service Medicare and Medicare+Choice.

SEC. 15. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ASSESSMENT OF WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--It is the sense of the House that, recognizing the 
need to maximize the benefit of the Welfare-to-Work Program, the 
Secretary of Labor should prepare a report on Welfare-to-Work Programs 
pursuant to section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act. This report 
should include information on the following--
            (1) the extent to which the funds available under such 
        section have been used (including the number of States that 
        have not used any of such funds), the types of programs that 
        have received such funds, the number of and characteristics of 
        the recipients of assistance under such programs, the goals of 
        such programs, the duration of such programs, the costs of such 
        programs, any evidence of the effects of such programs on such 
        recipients, and accounting of the total amount expended by the 
        States from such funds, and the rate at which the Secretary 
        expects such funds to be expended for each of the fiscal years 
        2000, 2001, and 2002;
            (2) with regard to the unused funds allocated for Welfare-
        to-Work for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, identify areas 
        of the Nation that have unmet needs for Welfare-to-Work 
        initiatives; and
            (3) identify possible Congressional action that may be 
        taken to reprogram Welfare-to-Work funds from States that have 
        not utilized previously allocated funds to places of unmet 
        need, including those States that have rejected or otherwise 
        not utilized prior funding.
    (b) Report.--It is the sense of the House that, not later than 
January 1, 2000, the Secretary of Labor should submit to the Committee 
on the Budget and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate, in writing, the report described in 
subsection (a).

SEC. 16. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON PROVIDING HONOR GUARD SERVICES FOR 
              VETERANS' FUNERALS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that all relevant congressional 
committees should make every effort to provide sufficient resources so 
that an Honor Guard, if requested, is available for veterans' funerals.

SEC. 17. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON CHILD NUTRITION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) both Republicans and Democrats understand that an 
        adequate diet and proper nutrition are essential to a child's 
        general well-being;
            (2) the lack of an adequate diet and proper nutrition may 
        adversely affect a child's ability to perform up to his or her 
        ability in school;
            (3) the Government currently plays a role in funding school 
        nutrition programs; and
            (4) there is a bipartisan commitment to helping children 
        learn.
    (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on 
Agriculture should examine our Nation's nutrition programs to determine 
if they can be improved, particularly with respect to services to low-
income children.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 25, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
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