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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 377

Instructing the Committee on the Budget to make the precise spending

cuts set forth in this resolution to save $285 billion over the next

5 fiscal years unless the committee determines that any such cuts would

be unjustified.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 2, 1994

Mr. GOSS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Instructing the Committee on the Budget to make the precise

spending cuts set forth in this resolution to save $285

billion over the next 5 fiscal years unless the committee

determines that any such cuts would be unjustified.

1 Resolved, That (a) the Committee on the Budget is

2 authorized and directed to report a concurrent resolution

3 on the budget for fiscal year 1995 that includes the spend4 ing reductions set forth in subsection (b) over the 5-year

5 period beginning with fiscal year 1995 which would save

6 $285 billion, unless the committee determines that any

7 such cuts would be unjustified. Any such determination

8 shall be set forth in the report accompanying that concur-
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1 rent resolution, which report shall include the reasons for

2 each such determination.

3 (b) The spending reductions referred to in subsection

4 (a) are the following:

5 (1) Cancel the National Aerospace Plane

6 (NASP).

7 (2) Continue partial civilian hiring freeze at

8 DOD.

9 (3) Eliminate below-cost timber sales from na10 tional forests.

11 (4) Lower target prices for subsidized crops by

12 3 percent annually.

13 (5) Eliminate the Market Promotion Program.

14 (6) End the Federal Crop Insurance Program

15 and replace with standing authority for disaster as16 sistance.

17 (7) Limit Federal highway spending to the

18 amount brought in by motor vehicle fuel taxes.

19 (8) Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act.

20 (9) Reduce Commodity Credit Corporation sub21 sidies to those with off-farm incomes over $100,000.

22 (10) Terminate most Federal commissions.

23 (11) Fully implement H.R. 2452 (102d Con24 gress) to provide additional energy conservation

25 measures for Federal agencies.
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1 (12) Enact H.R. 1620 (103d Congress) to pro2 hibit direct Federal benefits and unemployment ben3 efits to illegal aliens.

4 (13) Eliminate the Tobacco Price-Support Pro5 gram.

6 (14) Consolidate the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

7 (15) Close 20 underutilized black lung offices.

8 (16) Allow private sector investment in the

9 space shuttle.

10 (17) Eliminate Farmers Home Administration

11 (FmHA) duplication with the Small Business Ad12 ministration (SBA).

13 (18) Eliminate the Rural Electrification Admin14 istration.

15 (19) Terminate all highway ‘‘demonstration

16 projects’’.

17 (20) Lower the travel budgets of all nonpostal

18 civilian agencies by 15 percent.

19 (21) Lower by 10 percent per annum the pro20 jected growth rate of nonpostal civilian agencies’

21 overhead (excluding travel).

22 (22) Abolish Cotton Price Supports and Loan

23 Programs.
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1 (23) Cut the foreign aid budget (150 account)

2 by 15 percent and make all earmarks in that account subject to a 2 3 ⁄3 vote for passage.

4 (24) Phase out the Foreign Agricultural Service

5 Cooperation funding.

6 (25) Eliminate the Appalachian Regional Com7 mission.

8 (26) Roll back congressional pay raise to

9 $89,500.

10 (27) Sell the national helium reserves to a joint

11 venture comprised of current employees and other

12 private investors.

13 (28) Reduce the ‘‘franking’’ allocation to Mem14 bers of Congress by 50 percent.

15 (29) Cut the National Endowment for the Arts

16 by 50 percent.

17 (30) Cut funding for the Corporation for Public

18 Broadcasting by 50 percent.

19 (31) Phase out subsidies for Amtrak.

20 (32) Phase out ACTION (umbrella organization

21 for domestic volunteer activities) as a tax supported

22 program.

23 (33) Facilitate contracting out and privatization

24 of military commissaries.
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1 (34) Close the Interstate Commerce Commis2 sion.

3 (35) Phase out the United States Fire Adminis4 tration.

5 (36) End funding for all nonenergy related

6 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) activities.

7 (37) Eliminate essential air services subsidies.

8 (38) Eliminate consumer homemaking grants.

9 (39) Privatize the House and Senate gym10 nasiums.

11 (40) Reduce the legislative branch appropria12 tion by 20 percent.

13 (41) Reduce the Executive Office of the Presi14 dent appropriation by 20 percent.

15 (42) Close the Bureau of Mines and merge its

16 data gathering activities with other Interior Depart17 ment research agencies.

18 (43) Raise the level and schedule of the Power

19 Marketing Administration’s debt repayment.

20 (44) Eliminate the Clean Coal Program.

21 (45) Reduce the fill rate for the Strategic Pe22 troleum Reserve.

23 (46) End all new Bureau of Water Reclamation

24 water projects.

25 (47) Eliminate the Dairy Subsidy Program.
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1 (48) Merge the Agricultural Research Service,

2 the Cooperative State Research Service, and the Ag3 ricultural Extension Service; cut funding by 50 per4 cent.

5 (49) Privatize the Government National Mort6 gage Association (Ginnie Mae).

7 (50) Eliminate the Economic Development Ad8 ministration.

9 (51) Eliminate nontargeted vocational State

10 funding.

11 (52) Consolidate the administrative costs of the

12 AFDC, Food Stamps, and Medicaid programs.

13 (53) Replace new public housing construction

14 with vouchers.

15 (54) Increase medicare safeguard funding by

16 $540,000,000 over 5 years (net savings).

17 (55) Eliminate the Legal Services Corporation.

18 (56) End postal subsidies to not-for-profit orga19 nizations (excluding blind and handicapped individ20 uals).

21 (57) Eliminate HUD special-purpose grants.

22 (58) Reform vacation and overtime for the Sen23 ior Executive Service.
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1 (59) Eliminate DOD payments for indirect re2 search and development; substitute direct research

3 and development.

4 (60) Reduce DOE energy technology spending.

5 (61) Scale back Rural Rental Housing Assist6 ance program.

7 (62) Reduce mass transit grants; eliminate op8 erating subsidies.

9 (63) Eliminate Rural Development Association

10 loans and guarantees.

11 (64) Eliminate ‘‘Impact Aid’’ to school districts

12 with military bases.

13 (65) Consolidate social services programs.

14 (66) Reduce NIH funding by 10 percent, con15 centrating on overhead.

16 (67) Freeze the number of rental assistance

17 commitments.

18 (68) Scale back low income home energy assist19 ance grants.

20 (69) Service Contract Act reform.

21 (70) Reduce overhead in federally sponsored

22 university research.

23 (71) Strengthen and restructure NASA (NPR

24 proposal).
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1 (72) Eliminate redundant polar satellite pro2 grams.

3 (73) Streamline USDA field offices.

4 (74) Streamline HUD.

5 (75) Reform prison construction.

6 (76) Eliminate Travel, Tourism, and Export

7 Promotion Administration.

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