Calendar No. 482

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 101

[Report No. 106–251]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Setting forth the congressional budget for the

United States Government for fiscal years 2001through 2005 and revising the budgetary levelsfor fiscal year 2000.

MARCH 31, 2000

Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of

March 30, 2000, and placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 482

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 101

[Report No. 106–251]

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government

for fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and revising the budgetary levels

for fiscal year 2000.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 31, 2000

Mr. DOMENICI, from the Committee on the Budget, reported, under authority

of the order of the Senate of March 30, 2000, the following original concurrent resolution; which was placed on the calendar

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States

Government for fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and

revising the budgetary levels for fiscal year 2000.

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.

5 (a) DECLARATION.—Congress determines and de6 clares that this resolution is the concurrent resolution on
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1 the budget for fiscal year 2001 including the appropriate

2 budgetary levels for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, and

3 2005 as authorized by section 301 of the Congressional

4 Budget Act of 1974 and the revised budgetary levels for

5 fiscal year 2000 as authorized by section 304 of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974.

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for

8 this concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.

TITLE I—LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.

Sec. 102. Social Security.

Sec. 103. Major functional categories.

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

TITLE II—BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS AND RULEMAKING

Sec. 201. Congressional lock box for Social Security surpluses.

Sec. 202. Reserve fund for Medicare.

Sec. 203. Reserve fund for stabilization of payments to counties in support of

education.

Sec. 204. Reserve fund for agriculture.

Sec. 205. Tax reduction reserve fund in the Senate.

Sec. 206. Reserve fund for additional surpluses.

Sec. 207. Mechanism for additional debt reduction.

Sec. 208. Emergency designation point of order in the Senate.

Sec. 209. Reserve fund pending increase of fiscal year 2001 discretionary

spending limits.

Sec. 210. Congressional firewall for defense and non-defense spending.

Sec. 211. Mechanisms for strengthening budgetary integrity.

Sec. 212. Prohibition on use of Federal Reserve surpluses.

Sec. 213. Reaffirming the prohibition on the use of revenue offsets for discretionary spending.

Sec. 214. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates.

Sec. 215. Reserve fund to foster the health of children with disabilities and the

employment and independence of their families.

Sec. 216. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

TITLE III—SENSE OF THE SENATE PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Sense of the Senate on controlling and eliminating the growing international problem of tuberculosis.

Sec. 302. Sense of the Senate on increased funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant.
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Sec. 303. Sense of the Senate on tax relief for college tuition paid and for interest paid on student loans.

Sec. 304. Sense of the Senate on increased funding for the National Institutes

of Health.

Sec. 305. Sense of the Senate supporting funding levels in Educational Opportunities Act.

Sec. 306. Sense of the Senate on additional budgetary resources.

Sec. 307. Sense of the Senate on regarding the inadequacy of the payments for

skilled nursing care.

Sec. 308. Sense of the Senate on the CARA programs.

Sec. 309. Sense of the Senate on veteran’s medical care.

Sec. 310. Sense of the Senate on Impact Aid.

Sec. 311. Sense of the Senate on funding for increased acreage under the Conservation Reserve Program and the Wetlands Reserve Program.

Sec. 312. Sense of the Senate on tax simplification.

Sec. 313. Sense of the Senate on antitrust enforcement by the Department of

Justice and Federal Trade Commission regarding agriculture

mergers and anticompetitive activity.

Sec. 314. Sense of the Senate regarding fair markets for American farmers.

Sec. 315. Sense of the Senate on women and Social Security reform.

Sec. 316. Protection of battered women and children.

Sec. 317. Use of False Claims Act in combatting medicare fraud.

Sec. 318. Sense of the Senate regarding the National Guard.

Sec. 319. Sense of the Senate regarding military readiness.

Sec. 320. Sense of the Senate on compensation for the Chinese Embassy bombing in Belgrade.

Sec. 321. Sense of the Senate supporting funding of digital opportunity initiatives.

Sec. 322. Sense of the Senate regarding immunization funding.

Sec. 323. Sense of the Senate regarding tax credits for small businesses providing health insurance to low-income employees.

Sec. 324. Sense of the Senate on funding for criminal justice.

Sec. 325. Sense of the Senate regarding the Pell Grant.

Sec. 326. Sense of the Senate regarding comprehensive public education reform.

Sec. 327. Sense of the Senate on providing adequate funding for United States

international leadership.

Sec. 328. Sense of the Senate concerning the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Sec. 329. Sense of the Senate regarding tribal colleges.

1 TITLE I—LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

2 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

3 The following budgetary levels are the revised levels

4 for fiscal year 2000 and the appropriate levels for the fis5 cal years 2001 through 2005:

6 (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the en7 forcement of this resolution—
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1 (A) The recommended levels of Federal reve2 nues are as follows:

3 Fiscal year 2000: $1,464,604,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001: $1,501,658,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2002: $1,546,533,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2003: $1,598,771,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2004: $1,655,093,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2005: $1,720,654,000,000.

9 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels

10 of Federal revenues should be changed are as fol11 lows:

12 Fiscal year 2000: ¥$877,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2001: ¥$13,157,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2002: ¥$24,854,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2003: ¥$30,752,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004: ¥$37,550,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2005: ¥$43,448,000,000.

18 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the

19 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of

20 total new budget authority are as follows:

21 Fiscal year 2000: $1,467,257,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2001: $1,471,817,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2002: $1,502,777,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2003: $1,614,195,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2004: $1,670,329,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2005: $1,730,514,000,000.

2 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the enforce3 ment of this resolution and the revised fiscal year 2000

4 resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays

5 are as follows:

6 Fiscal year 2000: $1,441,459,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2001: $1,447,795,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002: $1,469,962,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2003: $1,589,699,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2004: $1,644,120,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2005: $1,705,698,000,000.

12 (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforcement of

13 this resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:

14 Fiscal year 2000: $23,145,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2001: $53,863,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2002: $76,571,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2003: $9,072,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2004: $10,973,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2005: $14,956,000,000.

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

21 public debt are as follows:

22 Fiscal year 2000: $5,625,962,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2001: $5,667,144,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2002: $5,681,983,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2003: $5,768,762,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2004: $5,849,465,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2005: $5,923,674,000,000.

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

4 levels of the debt held by the public are as follows:

5 Fiscal year 2000: $3,455,362,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2001: $3,248,659,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2002: $2,995,663,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2003: $2,802,939,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2004: $2,594,260,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2005: $2,364,124,000,000.

11 SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY.

12 (a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For purposes of

13 Senate enforcement under section 311 of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of

15 the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund

16 and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as

17 follows:

18 Fiscal year 2000: $479,648,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2001: $501,533,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2002: $524,854,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2003: $547,179,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2004: $569,907,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2005: $597,326,000,000.

24 (b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of

25 Senate enforcement under section 311 of the Congres-
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1 sional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the

2 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and

3 the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as fol4 lows:

5 Fiscal year 2000: $322,545,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2001: $331,869,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2002: $339,068,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2003: $347,733,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2004: $357,737,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2005: $368,976,000,000.

11 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX12 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au13 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and

14 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis15 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses

16 are as follows:

17 Fiscal year 2000:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $3,160,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $3,187,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2001:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $3,429,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $3,378,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2002:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $3,471,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $3.438,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2003:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $3,505,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $3,473,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2004:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $3,541,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $3,507,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2005:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $3,576,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $3,543,000,000.

16 SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

17 Congress determines and declares that the appro18 priate levels of new budget authority, budget outlays, new

19 direct loan obligations, and new primary loan guarantee

20 commitments for fiscal year 2000 (as revised) and fiscal

21 years 2001 through 2005 for each major functional cat22 egory are:

23 (1) National Defense (050):

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

2 $291,583,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $288,112,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $305,833,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $294,064,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $309,085,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $302,272,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $315,485,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $309,362,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $323,191,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $317,461,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $331,532,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $327,948,000,000.

24 (2) International Affairs (150):

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

2 $21,967,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $16,019,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $20,139,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $18,625,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $20,868,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $17,932,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $21,420,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $17,573,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $21,907,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $17,741,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $22,645,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $17,892,000,000.

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

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

2 $19,267,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $18,418,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $19,703,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $19,245,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $19,877,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $19,593,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $19,806,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $19,515,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $20,069,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $19,655,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $20,337,000,000.

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

24 (4) Energy (270):

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

2 $1,081,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$607,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $1,475,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $172,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 ¥$264,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$1,366,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $1,202,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$43,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $1,238,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$124,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $1,210,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$85,000,000.

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

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

2 $24,487,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $24,245,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $24,936,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $24,905,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $25,023,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $25,045,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $25,019,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $25,203,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $25,066,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $25,065,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $25,059,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $24,876,000,000.

24 (6) Agriculture (350):

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

2 $35,257,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $33,916,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $20,894,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $18,779,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $18,950,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $17,235,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $17,965,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $16,366,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $17,354,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $15,910,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $16,092,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $14,593,000,000.

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

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

2 $7,594,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $3,141,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $6,117,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $1,977,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $8,608,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $4,864,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $9,356,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $4,677,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $13,413,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $8,391,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $13,368,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $9,331,000,000.

24 (8) Transportation (400):

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

2 $54,352,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $46,656,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $59,247,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $50,822,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $57,536,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $53,486,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $59,101,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $55,516,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $59,135,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $56,138,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $59,174,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $56,418,000,000.

24 (9) Community and Regional Development (450):

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

2 $11,336,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $10,725,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2001:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $9,021,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $10,386,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2002:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $8,822,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $9,815,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2003:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $8,665,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $8,749,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $8,657,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $8,255,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $8,744,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $7,886,000,000.

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

25 Services (500):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $57,688,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $61,904,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $74,977,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $68,648,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $75,744,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $72,570,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $76,636,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $75,430,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $77,751,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $76,766,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $79,128,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $78,033,000,000.

25 (11) Health (550):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $159,224,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $153,473,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $169,215,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $165,836,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $178,911,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $177,766,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $190,951,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $190,300,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $205,181,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $204,835,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $221,484,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $220,329,000,000.

25 (12) Medicare (570):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $199,601,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $199,507,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $218,751,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $219,005,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $228,635,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $228,604,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $249,762,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $249,520,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $265,318,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $265,546,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $288,730,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $288,681,000,000.

25 (13) Income Security (600):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $238,891,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $248,071,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $253,236,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $255,424,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $264,844,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $267,252,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $274,789,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $278,452,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $284,929,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $288,367,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $297,669,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $301,202,000,000.

25 (14) Social Security (650):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $11,532,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $11,533,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $9,728,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $9,727,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $11,572,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $11,572,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $12,271,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $12,271,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $13,020,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $13,020,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $13,841,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $13,841,000,000.

25 (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $46,010,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $45,130,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $47,568,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $47,141,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $48,823,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $48,704,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $50,838,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $50,513,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $52,119,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $51,842,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $55,517,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $55,194,000,000.

25 (16) Administration of Justice (750):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $27,370,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $28,013,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $27,927,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $28,224,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $28,520,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $28,698,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $29,157,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $29,123,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $31,283,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $31,012,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $32,124,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $31,863,000,000.

25 (17) General Government (800):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $13,670,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $14,727,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $14,427,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $14,291,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $13,605,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $13,883,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $13,578,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $13,768,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $13,570,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $13,882,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $13,595,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $13,604,000,000.

25 (18) Net Interest (900):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $284,491,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $284,493,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $286,920,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $286,920,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $285,291,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $285,290,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $279,465,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $279,465,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $275,502,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $275,502,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $270,951,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $270,951,000,000.

25 (19) Allowances (920):
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1 Fiscal year 2000:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 ¥$3,829,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, ¥$11,702,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2001:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 ¥$59,931,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, ¥$48,031,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2002:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 ¥$59,729,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, ¥$71,311,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority, $0.

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$790,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2004:

17 (A) New budget authority, $0.

18 (B) Outlays, ¥$6,770,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2005:

20 (A) New budget authority, $0.

21 (B) Outlays, ¥$6,072,000,000.

22 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

23 Fiscal year 2000:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 ¥$34,315,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, ¥$34,315,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2001:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 ¥$38,366,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, ¥$38,366,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2002:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 ¥$41,943,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, ¥$41,943,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2003:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 ¥$41,270,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, ¥$41,270,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2004:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 ¥$38,374,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, ¥$38,374,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2005:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 ¥$40,686,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, ¥$40,686,000,000.

22 SEC. 104. RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS IN

23 THE SENATE.

24 Not later than September 22, 2000, the Senate Com25 mittee on Finance shall report to the Senate a reconcili-
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1 ation bill proposing changes in laws within its jurisdiction

2 necessary to reduce revenues by not more than

3 $13,157,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and

4 $149,761,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001

5 through 2005.

6 TITLE II—BUDGETARY

7 RESTRAINTS AND RULEMAKING

8 SEC. 201. CONGRESSIONAL LOCK BOX FOR SOCIAL SECU9 RITY SURPLUSES.

10 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

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

12 the Social Security trust funds are off-budget for

13 purposes of the President’s budget submission and

14 the concurrent resolution on the budget;

15 (2) the Social Security trust funds have been

16 running surpluses for 18 years;

17 (3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly

18 finance the general operations of the Federal Gov19 ernment;

20 (4) in fiscal year 2001, the Social Security sur21 plus will reach $166,000,000,000;

22 (5) in fiscal year 1999, the Federal budget was

23 balanced without using Social Security;
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1 (6) the only way to ensure that Social Security

2 surpluses are not diverted for other purposes is to

3 balance the budget exclusive of such surpluses; and

4 (7) Congress and the President should take

5 such steps as are necessary to ensure that future

6 budgets continue to be balanced excluding the sur7 pluses generated by the Social Security trust funds.

8 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—

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

10 the House of Representatives or the Senate to con11 sider any revision to this concurrent resolution, or

12 any other concurrent resolution on the budget, or

13 any amendment thereto or conference report there14 on, that sets forth a deficit for any fiscal year.

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

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

17 forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent reso18 lution on the budget for that fiscal year pursuant to

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

20 of 1974.

21 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For

22 purposes of this section, the levels of new budget author23 ity, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority,

24 revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year shall be

25 determined on the basis of estimates made by the Com-
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1 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or

2 the Senate, as applicable.

3 (d) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (b) shall not apply if—

4 (1) the most recent of the Department of Com5 merce’s advance, preliminary, or final reports of ac6 tual real economic growth indicate that the rate of

7 real economic growth for each of the most recently

8 reported quarter and the immediately preceding

9 quarter is less than 1 percent; or

10 (2) a declaration of war is in effect.

11 (e) SOCIAL SECURITY LOOK-BACK.—If in any fiscal

12 year the social security surplus is used to finance general

13 operations of the Federal Government, an amount equal

14 to the amount used shall be deducted from the available

15 amount of discretionary spending for the following fiscal

16 year for purposes of any concurrent resolution on the

17 budget.

18 (f) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (b) may be

19 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative

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

21 sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members

22 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required

23 in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the

24 Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
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1 SEC. 202. RESERVE FUND FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

2 (a) ALLOCATION.—In the Senate, spending aggre3 gates and other appropriate budgetary levels and limits

4 may be adjusted and allocations may be revised for legisla5 tion reported by the Committee on Finance to provide a

6 prescription drug benefit for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and

7 2003, provided that this legislation will not reduce the on8 budget surplus by more than $20,000,000,000 total dur9 ing these 3 fiscal years, and provided that the enactment

10 of this legislation will not cause an on-budget deficit in

11 any of these 3 fiscal years.

12 (b) EXCEPTION.—The adjustments provided in sub13 section (a) shall be made for a bill or joint resolution, or

14 an amendment that is offered (in the Senate), that pro15 vides coverage for prescription drugs, if the Senate Com16 mittee on Finance has not reported such legislation on or

17 before September 1, 2000.

18 (c) ADJUSTMENT.—If legislation is reported by the

19 Senate Committee on Finance that extends the solvency

20 of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund without

21 the use of transfers of new subsidies from the general

22 fund, without decreasing beneficiaries’ access to health

23 care, and excluding the cost of extending and modifying

24 the prescription drug benefit crafted purusuant to section

25 (a) or (b), then the Chairman of the Committee on the

26 Budget may change committee allocations and spending
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1 aggregates by no more than $20,000,000,000 total for fis2 cal years 2004 and 2005 to fund the prescription drug

3 benefit if such legislation will not cause an on-budget def4 icit in either of these 2 fiscal years.

5 (d) BUDGETARY ENFORCEMENT.—The revision of al6 locations and aggregates made under this section shall be

7 considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget

8 Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained in

9 this resolution.

10 SEC. 203. RESERVE FUND FOR STABILIZATION OF PAY11 MENTS TO COUNTIES IN SUPPORT OF EDU12 CATION.

13 (a) ADJUSTMENT.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the Committee on

15 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate reports

16 a bill, or an amendment thereto is offered, or a con17 ference report thereon is submitted, that provides

18 additional resources for counties and complies with

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

20 the Budget may increase the allocation of budget au21 thority and outlays to that committee by the amount

22 of budget authority (and the outlays resulting there23 from) provided by that legislation for such purpose

24 in accordance with subsection (b).
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1 (2) CONDITION.—Legislation complies with this

2 paragraph if it provides for the stabilization of re3 ceipt-based payments to counties that support school

4 and road systems and also provides that a portion

5 of those payments would be dedicated toward local

6 investments in Federal lands within the counties.

7 (b) LIMITATIONS.—The adjustments to the alloca8 tions required by subsection (a) shall not exceed

9 $200,000,000 in budget authority (and the outlays result10 ing therefrom) for fiscal year 2001 and shall not exceed

11 $1,100,000,000 in budget authority (and the outlays re12 sulting therefrom) for the period of fiscal years 2001

13 through 2005.

14 SEC. 204. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE.

15 (a) ADJUSTMENT.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Committee on Agri17 culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate re18 ports a bill on or before June 29, 2000, or an

19 amendment thereto is offered, or a conference report

20 thereon is submitted that provides assistance for

21 producers of program crops and specialty crops, and

22 enhancements for agriculture conservation programs

23 that complies with paragraph (2), the appropriate

24 chairman of the Committee on the Budget may in25 crease the allocation of budget authority and outlays
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1 to that committee by the amount of budget authority

2 (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by

3 that legislation for such purpose in accordance with

4 subsection (b).

5 (2) CONDITIONS.—Legislation complies with

6 this paragraph if it does not cause a net increase in

7 budget authority and outlays of greater than

8 $1,640,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.

9 (b) LIMITATIONS.—The adjustments to the alloca10 tions required by subsection (a) shall not exceed

11 $5,500,000,000 in budget authority and outlays for fiscal

12 year 2000, and $3,000,000,000 in budget authority (and

13 the outlays resulting therefrom) for the period of fiscal

14 years 2001 through 2005.

15 SEC. 205. TAX REDUCTION RESERVE FUND IN THE SENATE.

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

17 Budget may reduce the spending and revenue aggregates

18 and may revise committee allocations for legislation that

19 reduces revenues if such legislation will not increase the

20 deficit or decrease the surplus for—

21 (1) fiscal year 2001; or

22 (2) the period of fiscal years 2001 through

23 2005.
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1 SEC. 206. RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL SURPLUSES.

2 (a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE UPDATED

3 BUDGET FORECAST.—Pursuant to section 202(e)(2) of

4 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional

5 Budget Office shall update its economic and budget out6 look for fiscal years 2001 through 2010 by July 1, 2000.

7 (b) REPORTING A SURPLUS.—If the report provided

8 pursuant to subsection (a) estimates an on-budget surplus

9 for any fiscal year that exceeds the on-budget surplus set

10 forth in the Congressional Budget Office’s March 2000

11 economic and budget outlook, the appropriate chairman

12 of the Committee on the Budget may make the adjust13 ments as provided in subsection (c).

14 (c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The appropriate chairman of

15 the Committee on the Budget may make the following ad16 justments in an amount equal to the difference between

17 the on-budget surpluses set forth in the March report and

18 the on-budget surplus contained in the July report:

19 (1) Reduce the on-budget revenue aggregate by

20 that amount for such fiscal year.

21 (2) Increase the on-budget surplus levels used

22 for determining compliance with the pay-as-you-go

23 requirements of section 207 of H. Con. Res. 68

24 (106th Cong., 1st Sess.).

25 (3) Adjust the instruction in section 104 to—
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1 (A) increase the reduction in revenues by

2 that amount for fiscal year 2001; and

3 (B) increase the reduction in revenues by

4 the sum of the amounts for the period of fiscal

5 years 2001 through 2005.

6 SEC. 207. MECHANISM FOR ADDITIONAL DEBT REDUCTION.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—If any of the legislation described

8 in subsection (b) does not become law on or before October

9 1, 2000, then the Chairman of the Committee on the

10 Budget of the Senate shall adjust the levels in this concur11 rent resolution as provided in subsection (c).

12 (b) LEGISLATION.—The adjustment required by sub13 section (a) shall be made with respect to—

14 (1) the reconciliation legislation required by sec15 tion 104; or

16 (2) the Medicare legislation provided for in sec17 tion 202.

18 (c) ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE.—The adjustment

19 required in subsection (a) shall be—

20 (1) with respect to the legislation required by

21 section 104, to decrease the balance displayed on the

22 Senate’s pay-as-you-go scorecard and increase the

23 revenue aggregate by the amount set forth in section

24 104 (as adjusted, if adjusted, pursuant to section

25 205) and to decrease the level of debt held by the
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1 public as set forth in section 101(6) by that same

2 amount; or

3 (2) with respect to the legislation provided for

4 in section 202, to decrease the balance displayed on

5 the Senate’s pay-as-you-go scorecard by the amount

6 set forth in section 202 and to decrease the level of

7 debt held by the public as set forth in section 101(6)

8 by that same amount and make the corresponding

9 adjustments to the revenue and spending aggregates

10 and allocations (as adjusted by section 202).

11 SEC. 208. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION POINT OF ORDER IN

12 THE SENATE.

13 (a) DESIGNATIONS.—

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

15 provision of legislation as an emergency requirement

16 under section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Bal17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

18 1985, the committee report and any statement of

19 managers accompanying that legislation shall ana20 lyze whether a proposed emergency requirement

21 meets all the criteria in paragraph (2).

22 (2) CRITERIA.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The criteria to be con24 sidered in determining whether a proposed ex-
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1 penditure or tax change is an emergency re2 quirement are—

3 (i) necessary, essential, or vital (not

4 merely useful or beneficial);

5 (ii) sudden, quickly coming into being,

6 and not building up over time;

7 (iii) an urgent, pressing, and compel8 ling need requiring immediate action;

9 (iv) subject to subparagraph (B), un10 foreseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated;

11 and

12 (v) not permanent, temporary in na13 ture.

14 (B) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is

15 part of an aggregate level of anticipated emer16 gencies, particularly when normally estimated in

17 advance, is not unforeseen.

18 (3) JUSTIFICATION FOR FAILURE TO MEET CRI19 TERIA.—If the proposed emergency requirement

20 does not meet all the criteria set forth in paragraph

21 (2), the committee report or the statement of man22 agers, as the case may be, shall provide a written

23 justification of why the requirement should be ac24 corded emergency status.
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1 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is consid2 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference

3 report, a point of order may be made by a Senator against

4 an emergency designation in that measure and if the Pre5 siding Officer sustains that point of order, that provision

6 making such a designation shall be stricken from the

7 measure and may not be offered as an amendment from

8 the floor.

9 (c) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This section may be

10 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative

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

12 sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members

13 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required

14 in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the

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

16 (d) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY REQUIRE17 MENT.—A provision shall be considered an emergency des18 ignation if it designates any item an emergency require19 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the

20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

21 1985.

22 (e) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of

23 order under this section may be raised by a Senator as

24 provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget

25 Act of 1974.
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1 (f) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—If a point of order is

2 sustained under this section against a conference report

3 the report shall be disposed of as provided in section

4 313(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

5 SEC. 209. RESERVE FUND PENDING INCREASE OF FISCAL

6 YEAR 2001 DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM7 ITS.

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

9 (1) The functional totals with respect to discre10 tionary spending set forth in this concurrent resolu11 tion, if implemented, would result in legislation

12 which exceeds the limit on discretionary spending for

13 fiscal year 2001 set out in section 251(c) of the Bal14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

15 1985. Nonetheless, the allocation pursuant to section

16 302 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment

17 Control Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropria18 tions is in compliance with current law spending lim19 its.

20 (2) Consequently unless and until the discre21 tionary spending limit for fiscal year 2001 is in22 creased, aggregate appropriations which exceed the

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

24 Senate and subject to a supermajority vote.
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1 (3) The functional totals contained in this con2 current resolution envision a level of discretionary

3 spending for fiscal year 2001 as follows:

4 (A) For the discretionary category:

5 $596,579,000,000 in new budget authority and

6 $590,326,000,000 in outlays.

7 (B) For the highway category:

8 $26,920,000,000 in outlays.

9 (C) For the mass transit category:

10 $4,639,000,000 in outlays.

11 (4) To facilitate the Senate completing its legis12 lative responsibilities for the 106th Congress in a

13 timely fashion, it is imperative that the Senate con14 sider legislation which increases the discretionary

15 spending limit for fiscal year 2001 as soon as pos16 sible.

17 (b) ADJUSTMENT TO ALLOCATIONS.—Whenever a

18 bill or joint resolution becomes law that increases the dis19 cretionary spending limit for fiscal year 2001 set out in

20 section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985, the appropriate chairman of

22 the Committee on the Budget shall increase the allocation

23 called for in section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget

24 Act of 1974 to the appropriate Committee on Appropria25 tions.
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1 (c) LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENT.—An adjustment

2 made pursuant to subsection (b) shall not result in an allo3 cation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget

4 Act of 1974 that exceeds the total budget authority and

5 outlays set forth in subsection (a)(3).

6 SEC. 210. CONGRESSIONAL FIREWALL FOR DEFENSE AND

7 NON-DEFENSE SPENDING.

8 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, for fiscal year

9 2001 the term ‘‘discretionary spending limit’’ means—

10 (1) for the defense category, $306,819,000,000

11 in new budget authority and $295,050,000,000 in

12 outlays; and

13 (2) for the nondefense category,

14 $289,760,000,000 in new budget authority and

15 $327,583,000,000 in outlays.

16 (b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—After the adjustment to the

18 section 302(a) allocation to the Appropriations Com19 mittee is made pursuant to section 208 and except

20 as provided in paragraph (2), it shall not be in order

21 in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,

22 amendment, motion, or conference report that ex23 ceeds any discretionary spending limit set forth in

24 this section.
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1 (2) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not

2 apply if a declaration of war by Congress is in effect.

3 (c) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This section may be

4 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative

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

6 sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members

7 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required

8 in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the

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

10 SEC. 211. MECHANISMS FOR STRENGTHENING BUDGETARY

11 INTEGRITY.

12 (a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

13 term ‘‘budget year’’ means with respect to a session of

14 Congress, the fiscal year of the Government that starts

15 on October 1 of the calendar year in which that session

16 begins.

17 (b) POINT OF ORDER WITH RESPECT TO ADVANCED

18 APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

20 the Senate to consider any bill, resolution, amend21 ment, motion or conference report that—

22 (A) provides an appropriation of new budg23 et authority for any fiscal year after the budget

24 year that is in excess of the amounts provided

25 in paragraph (2); and
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1 (B) provides an appropriation of new

2 budget authority for any fiscal year subsequent

3 to the year after the budget year.

4 (2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—The total

5 amount, provided in appropriations legislation for

6 the budget year, of appropriations for the subse7 quent fiscal year shall not exceed $14,200,000,000.

8 (c) POINT OF ORDER WITH RESPECT TO DELAYED

9 OBLIGATIONS.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to

12 consider any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or

13 conference report that contains an appropriation of

14 new budget authority for any fiscal year which does

15 not become available upon enactment of such legisla16 tion or on the first day of that fiscal year (whichever

17 is later).

18 (2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not

19 apply with respect to appropriations for the fol20 lowing programs provided that such appropriation is

21 not delayed beyond the specified date and does not

22 exceed the specified amount:

23 (A) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—

24 Operation of Indian Programs School Operation

25 Costs (Bureau of Indian Affairs Funded
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1 Schools and Other Education Programs): July

2 1 not to exceed $401,000,000.

3 (B) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.—

4 (i) Training and Employment Service:

5 July 1 not to exceed $1,650,000,000.

6 (ii) State Unemployment Insurance:

7 July 1 not to exceed $902,000,000.

8 (C) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—

9 (i) Education Reform: July 1 not to

10 exceed $512,000,000.

11 (ii) Education for the Disadvantaged:

12 July 1 not to exceed $2,462,000,000.

13 (iii) School Improvement Program:

14 July 1 not to exceed $975,000,000.

15 (iv) Special Education: July 1 not to

16 exceed $2,048,000,000.

17 (v) Vocational Education: July 1 not

18 to exceed $858,000,000.

19 (D) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.—

20 Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor21 poration: September 30 not to exceed

22 $343,000,000.

23 (E) DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AF24 FAIRS.—Medical Care (equipment-land-struc25 tures): August 1 not to exceed $900,000,000.
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1 (F) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGEN2 CY.—Hazardous Substance Superfund: Sep3 tember 1 not to exceed $100,000,000.

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

5 may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an af6 firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen

7 and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Mem8 bers of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be re9 quired in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling

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

11 (e) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of

12 order under this section may be raised by a Senator as

13 provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget

14 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

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

16 sustained under this section against a conference report,

17 the report shall be disposed of as provided in section

18 313(d) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment

19 Control Act of 1974.

20 (g) PRECATORY AMENDMENTS.—For purposes of in21 terpreting section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget

22 Act of 1974, an amendment is not germane if it contains

23 only precatory language.

24 (h) SUNSET.—Except for subsection (g), this section

25 shall expire effective October 1, 2002.
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1 SEC. 212. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL RESERVE

2 SURPLUSES.

3 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en4 sure that transfers from nonbudgetary governmental enti5 ties such as the Federal reserve banks shall not be used

6 to offset increased on-budget spending when such trans7 fers produce no real budgetary or economic effects.

8 (b) BUDGETARY RULE.—For purposes of points of

9 order under this resolution and the Congressional Budget

10 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, provisions con11 tained in any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con12 ference report that affects any surplus funds of the Fed13 eral reserve banks shall not be scored with respect to the

14 level of budget authority, outlays, or revenues contained

15 in such legislation.

16 SEC. 213. REAFFIRMING THE PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF

17 REVENUE OFFSETS FOR DISCRETIONARY

18 SPENDING.

19 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to reaf20 firm Congress’ belief that the discretionary spending lim21 its should be adhered to and not circumvented by increas22 ing taxes.

23 (b) RESTATEMENT OF BUDGETARY RULE.—For pur24 poses of points of order under this resolution and the Con25 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974,

26 provisions contained in an appropriations bill (or an
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1 amendment thereto or a conference report thereon) result2 ing in increased revenues shall continue not to be scored

3 with respect to the level of budget authority or outlays

4 contained in such legislation.

5 SEC. 214. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO6 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.

7 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations

8 and aggregates made pursuant to this concurrent resolu9 tion for any measure shall—

10 (1) apply while that measure is under consider11 ation;

12 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that

13 measure; and

14 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as

15 soon as practicable.

16 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG17 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting

18 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur19 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca20 tions and aggregates contained in this concurrent resolu21 tion.
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1 SEC. 215. RESERVE FUND TO FOSTER THE HEALTH OF

2 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THE EM3 PLOYMENT AND INDEPENDENCE OF THEIR

4 FAMILIES.

5 (a) ADJUSTMENT.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the Committee on

7 Finance of the Senate reports a bill, or an amend8 ment thereto is offered, or a conference report there9 on is submitted, that facilitates children with disabil10 ities receiving needed health care at home and com11 plies with paragraph (2), the chairman of the Com12 mittee on the Budget may increase the spending ag13 gregate and allocation of budget authority and out14 lays to that committee by the amount of budget au15 thority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) pro16 vided by that legislation for such purpose in accord17 ance with subsection (b).

18 (2) CONDITION.—Legislation complies with this

19 paragraph if it finances health programs designed to

20 allow children with disabilities to access the health

21 services they need to remain at home with their fam22 ilies while allowing their families to become or re23 main employed.

24 (b) LIMITATIONS.—The adjustments to the spending

25 aggregates and allocations required by subsection (a) shall

26 not exceed $50,000,000 in budget authority (and the out-
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1 lays resulting therefrom) for fiscal year 2001 and shall

2 not exceed $300,000,000 in budget authority (and the out3 lays resulting therefrom) for the period of fiscal years

4 2001 through 2005.

5 SEC. 216. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

6 Congress adopts the provisions of this title—

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

8 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re9 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as

10 part of the rules of each House, or of that House

11 to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall

12 supersede other rules only to the extent that they

13 are inconsistent therewith; and

14 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional

15 right of either House to change those rules (so far

16 as they relate to that House) at any time, in the

17 same manner, and to the same extent as in the case

18 of any other rule of that House.

19 TITLE III—SENSE OF THE

20 SENATE PROVISIONS

21 SEC. 301. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON CONTROLLING AND

22 ELIMINATING THE GROWING INTER23 NATIONAL PROBLEM OF TUBERCULOSIS.

24 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
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1 (1) According to the World Health Organiza2 tion—

3 (A) nearly 2,000,000 people worldwide die

4 each year of tuberculosis-related illnesses;

5 (B) one-third of the world’s total popu6 lation is infected with tuberculosis; and

7 (C) tuberculosis is the world’s leading kill8 er of women between 15- and 44-years old and

9 is a leading cause of children becoming or10 phans.

11 (2) Because of the ease of transmission of tu12 berculosis, its international persistence and growth

13 pose a direct public health threat to those nations

14 that had previously largely controlled the disease.

15 This is complicated in the United States by the

16 growth of the homeless population, the rate of incar17 ceration, international travel, immigration, and HIV/

18 AIDS.

19 (3) With nearly 40 percent of the tuberculosis

20 cases in the United States attributable to foreign21 born persons, tuberculosis will never be eliminated in

22 the United States until it is controlled abroad.

23 (4) The means exist to control tuberculosis

24 through screening, diagnosis, treatment, patient
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1 compliance, monitoring, and ongoing review of out2 comes.

3 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

4 Senate that the levels in this resolution assumes that addi5 tional resources should be provided to fund international

6 tuberculosis control efforts at $60,000,000 in fiscal year

7 2001, consistent with authorizing legislation approved by

8 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

9 SEC. 302. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON INCREASED FUNDING

10 FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT

11 BLOCK GRANT.

12 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

13 (1) in 1998, 33.2 percent of women in the labor

14 force have children under 14;

15 (2) in 1998, 65.2 percent of women with chil16 dren younger than age 6, and 78.4 percent of

17 women with children ages 6 through 17 were in the

18 labor force, and 41.6 percent of women with children

19 younger than 3 were employed full-time;

20 (3) 1,920,000 couples both working and with

21 children under 18 had family incomes of under

22 $30,000 (10.3 percent);

23 (4)(A) in 1998, 11,700,000 children out of

24 21,300,000 (55.1 percent) under the age of 5 have

25 employed mothers;
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1 (B) 18.4 percent of children under 6 are cared

2 for by their fathers at home;

3 (C) another 5.5 percent (562,000) are looked

4 after by their mother either at home or away from

5 home; and

6 (D) in other words, less than a quarter (23.9

7 percent) of these children are taken care of by 1

8 parent;

9 (5) a 1997 General Accounting Office study

10 found that the increased work participation require11 ment of the welfare reform law will cause the need

12 for child care to exceed the known supply;

13 (6) a 1995 study by the Urban Institute of

14 child care prices in 6 cities found that the average

15 cost of daycare for a 2-year-old in a child care cen16 ter ranged from $3,100 to $8,100;

17 (7) for an entry-level worker, the family’s child

18 care costs at the average price of care for an infant

19 in a child care center would be at least 50 percent

20 of family income in 5 of the 6 cities examined;

21 (8) a large number of low- and middle-income

22 families sacrifice a second full-time income so that

23 a parent may be at home with the child;

24 (9) the average income of 2-parent families with

25 a single income (a family with children, wife does
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1 not work) is $13,566 less than the average income

2 of 2-parent families with 2 incomes;

3 (10) a recent National Institute for Child

4 Health and Development study found that the great5 est factor in the development of a young child is

6 ‘‘what is happening at home and in families’’; and

7 (11) increased tax relief directed at making

8 child care more affordable, and increased funding

9 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant,

10 would take significant steps toward bringing quality

11 child care within the reach of many parents, and

12 would increase the options available to parents in de13 ciding how best to care for their children.

14 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate

15 that the levels in this resolution and legislation enacted

16 pursuant to this resolution assume—

17 (1) that tax relief should be directed to parents

18 who are struggling to afford quality child care, in19 cluding those who wish to stay home to care for a

20 child, and should be included in any tax cut pack21 age; and

22 (2) a total of $4,567,000,000 in funding for the

23 Child Care and Development Block Grant in fiscal

24 year 2001.
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1 SEC. 303. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TAX RELIEF FOR COL2 LEGE TUITION PAID AND FOR INTEREST PAID

3 ON STUDENT LOANS.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

5 (1) in our increasingly competitive global econ6 omy, the attainment of a higher education is critical

7 to the economic success of an individual, as evi8 denced by the fact that, in 1975, college graduates

9 earned an average of 57 percent more than those

10 who just finished high school, compared to 76 per11 cent more today;

12 (2) the cost of attaining a higher education has

13 outpaced both inflation and median family incomes;

14 (3) specifically, over the past 20 years, the cost

15 of college tuition has quadrupled (growing faster

16 than any consumer item, including health care and

17 nearly twice as fast as inflation) and 8 times as fast

18 as median household incomes;

19 (4) despite recent increases passed by Congress,

20 the value of the maximum Pell Grant has declined

21 23 percent since 1975 in inflation-adjusted terms,

22 forcing more students to rely on student loans to fi23 nance the cost of a higher education;

24 (5) from 1992 to 1998, the demand for student

25 loans soared 82 percent and the average student

26 loan increased 367 percent;
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1 (6) according to the Department of Education,

2 there is approximately $150,000,000,000 in out3 standing student loan debt, and students borrowed

4 more during the 1990’s than during the 1960’s,

5 1970’s, and 1980’s combined; and

6 (7) in Congress, proposals have been made to

7 address the rising cost of tuition and mounting stu8 dent debt, including a bipartisan proposal to provide

9 a deduction for tuition paid and a credit for interest

10 paid on student loans.

11 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate

12 that the levels in this resolution and legislation enacted

13 pursuant to this resolution assume that any tax cut pack14 age reported by the Finance Committee and passed by

15 Congress during the fiscal year 2001 budget reconciliation

16 process include tax relief for college tuition paid and for

17 interest paid on student loans.

18 SEC. 304. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON INCREASED FUNDING

19 FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

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

21 (1) the National Institutes of Health is the Na22 tion’s foremost research center;

23 (2) the Nation’s commitment to and investment

24 in biomedical research has resulted in better health

25 and an improved quality of life for all Americans;
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1 (3) continued biomedical research funding must

2 be ensured so that medical doctors and scientists

3 have the security to commit to conducting long-term

4 research studies;

5 (4) funding for the National Institutes of

6 Health should continue to increase in order to pre7 vent the cessation of biomedical research studies and

8 the loss of medical doctors and research scientists to

9 private research organizations; and

10 (5) the National Institutes of Health conducts

11 research protocols without proprietary interests,

12 thereby ensuring that the best health care is re13 searched and made available to the Nation.

14 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.— It is the sense of the

15 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume increased

16 funding in function 550 (Health) for the National Insti17 tutes of Health of $2,700,000,000, reflecting the commit18 ment made in the fiscal year 1998 Senate Budget Resolu19 tion to double the National Institute of Health budget by

20 2003.

21 SEC. 305. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING FUNDING

22 LEVELS IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

23 ACT.

24 It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this

25 resolution assume that of the amounts provided for ele-
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1 mentary and secondary education within the Budget

2 Function 500 of this resolution for fiscal years 2001

3 through 2005, such funds shall be appropriated in propor4 tion to and in accordance with the levels authorized in the

5 Educational Opportunities Act, S. 2.

6 SEC. 306. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ADDITIONAL BUDG7 ETARY RESOURCES.

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

9 (1) In its review of government operations, the

10 General Accounting Office noted that it was unable

11 to determine the extent of improper government pay12 ments, due to the poor quality of agency accounting

13 practices. In particular, the General Accounting Of14 fice cited the Government’s inability to—

15 (A) ‘‘properly account for and report bil16 lions of dollars of property, equipment, mate17 rials, and supplies and certain stewardship as18 sets’’; and

19 (B) ‘‘properly prepare the Federal Govern20 ment’s financial statements, including balancing

21 the statements, accounting for billions of dollars

22 of transactions between governmental entities,

23 and properly and consistently compiling the in24 formation in the financial statements.’’.
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1 (2) Private economic forecasters are currently

2 more optimistic than the Congressional Budget Of3 fice (CBO). Blue Chip expects 2000 real GDP

4 growth of 4.1 percent, whereas the Congressional

5 Budget Office expects 3.3 percent growth. From

6 1999 through 2005, Blue Chip expects real GDP to

7 grow more than 0.3 percentage points faster per

8 year than the Congressional Budget Office does.

9 Using budgetary rules of thumb, this latter dif10 ference translates into more than $150,000,000,000

11 over the 5-year budget window.

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

13 Senate that the levels contained in this resolution assume

14 that—

15 (1) there are billions of dollars in wasted ex16 penditures in the Federal Government that should

17 be eliminated; and

18 (2) higher projected budget surpluses arising

19 from reductions in government waste and stronger

20 revenue inflows could be used in the future for addi21 tional tax relief or debt reduction.

22 SEC. 307. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REGARDING THE IN23 ADEQUACY OF THE PAYMENTS FOR SKILLED

24 NURSING CARE.

25 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
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1 (1) Congress confronted and addressed the

2 funding crisis for medicare beneficiaries requiring

3 skilled nursing care through the Balanced Budget

4 Refinement Act of 1999;

5 (2) Congress recognized the need to address the

6 inadequacy of the prospective payment system for

7 certain levels of care, as well as the need to end ar8 bitrary limits on rehabilitative therapies. Congress

9 restored $2,700,000,000 to reduce access threats to

10 skilled care for medicare beneficiaries; and

11 (3) Currently, more than 1,600 skilled nursing

12 facilities caring for more than 175,000 frail and el13 derly Americans have filed for bankruptcy protec14 tion.

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

16 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

17 (1) the Administration should identify areas

18 where they have the authority to make changes to

19 improve quality, including analyzing and fixing the

20 labor component of the skilled nursing facility mar21 ket basket update factor; and

22 (2) while Congress deliberates funding struc23 tural medicare reform and the addition of a pre24 scription drug benefit, it must maintain the contin25 ued viability of the current skilled nursing benefit.
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1 Therefore, the committees of jurisdiction should en2 sure that medicare beneficiaries requiring skilled

3 nursing care have access to that care and that those

4 providers have the resources to meet the expectation

5 for high quality care.

6 SEC. 308. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE CARA PROGRAMS.

7 It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this

8 resolution assume that, if the Congress and the President

9 so choose, the following programs can be fully funded as

10 discretionary programs in fiscal year 2001, including—

11 (1) the Land and Water Conservation Fund

12 programs;

13 (2) the Federal aid to Wildlife Fund;

14 (3) the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery

15 Grants;

16 (4) the National Historic Preservation Fund;

17 (5) the Payment in Lieu of Taxes; and

18 (6) the North American Wetlands Conservation

19 Act.

20 SEC. 309. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON VETERAN’S MEDICAL

21 CARE.

22 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

23 (1) this budget addresses concerns about Vet24 eran’s medical care;
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1 (2) we successfully increased the appropriation

2 for Veteran’s medical care by $1,700,000,000 last

3 year, although the President had proposed no in4 crease in funding in his budget; and

5 (3) this year’s budget proposes to increase the

6 Veteran’s medical care appropriation by

7 $1,400,000,000, the level of funding in the Presi8 dent’s budget.

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

10 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume an in11 crease of $1,400,000,000 in Veteran’s medical care appro12 priations in fiscal year 2001.

13 SEC. 310. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON IMPACT AID.

14 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

15 (1) the Impact Aid, as created by Congress in

16 1950, fulfills a Federal obligation to local edu17 cational agencies impacted by a Federal presence;

18 (2) the Impact Aid provides funds to these local

19 educational agencies to help them meet the basic

20 educational needs of all their children, particularly

21 the needs of transient military dependent students,

22 Native American children, and students from low-in23 come housing projects; and
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1 (3) the Impact Aid is funded at a level less

2 than what is required to fully fund ‘‘all’’ federally

3 connected local educational agencies.

4 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

5 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that the

6 Impact Aid Program strive to reach the goal that all local

7 educational agencies eligible for Impact Aid receive at a

8 minimum, 40 percent of their maximum payment under

9 sections 8002 and 8003.

10 SEC. 311. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR IN11 CREASED ACREAGE UNDER THE CONSERVA12 TION RESERVE PROGRAM AND THE WET13 LANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.

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

15 (1) The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

16 and the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) have

17 been successful, voluntary, incentive-based endeavors

18 that over the last decade and a half have turned mil19 lions of acres of marginal cropland into reserves that

20 protect wildlife in the United States, provide mean21 ingful income to farmers and ranchers (especially in

22 periods of collapsed commodity prices), and combat

23 soil and water erosion. CRP and WRP also provide

24 increased opportunities for hunting, fishing, and

25 other recreational activities.
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1 (2) CRP provides landowners with technical

2 and financial assistance, including annual rental

3 payments, in exchange for removing environmentally

4 sensitive farmland from production and imple5 menting conservation practices. Currently, CRP in6 cludes around 31,300,000 acres in the United

7 States.

8 (3) Similarly, WRP offers technical and finan9 cial assistance to landowners who select to restore

10 wetlands. Currently, WRP includes 785,000 acres

11 nationwide.

12 (4) Furthermore, bipartisan legislation has been

13 introduced in the 106th Congress to increase the

14 acreage permitted under both CRP and WRP. The

15 Administration also supports raising the acreage

16 limitations in both programs.

17 (5) Unfortunately, both CRP and WRP may

18 soon become victims of their own success and their

19 respective statutory acreage limitations unless Con20 gress acts. Given the popularity and demand for

21 these conservation programs, the statutory acreage

22 limitations will likely exhaust resources available to

23 producers who want to participate in CRP or WRP.

24 As currently authorized, CRP has an enrollment cap

25 of 36,400,000 million acres and WRP is limited at
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1 975,000 acres. As of October 1, 1999, enrollment in

2 CRP stood at approximately 31,300,000 million

3 acres and enrollment in WRP at just over 785,000

4 acres.

5 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

6 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that Con7 gress and the Administration should take steps to raise

8 the acreage limits of the CRP and WRP in order to make

9 these programs available to aid the preservation and con10 servation of sensitive natural soil and water resources

11 without negatively effecting rural communities. Further,

12 such actions should help improve farm income for agricul13 tural producers and restore prosperity and growth to rural

14 sectors of the United States.

15 SEC. 312. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TAX SIMPLIFICATION.

16 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

17 (1) the tax code has become increasingly com18 plex, undermining confidence in the system, and

19 often undermining the principles of simplicity, effi20 ciency, and equity;

21 (2) some have estimated that the resources re22 quired to keep records and file returns already cost

23 American families an additional 10 percent to 20

24 percent over what they actually pay in income taxes;

25 and
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1 (3) if it is to enact a greatly simplified tax code,

2 Congress should have a thorough understanding of

3 the problem as well as specific proposals to consider.

4 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

5 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that the

6 Joint Committee on Taxation shall develop a report and

7 alternative proposals on tax simplification by the end of

8 the year, and the Department of the Treasury is requested

9 to develop a report and alternative proposals on tax sim10 plification by the end of the year.

11 SEC. 313. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ANTITRUST ENFORCE12 MENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND

13 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REGARDING

14 AGRICULTURE MERGERS AND ANTICOMPETI15 TIVE ACTIVITY.

16 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

17 (1) the Antitrust Division of the Department of

18 Justice is charged with the civil and criminal en19 forcement of the antitrust laws, including the review

20 of corporate mergers likely to reduce competition in

21 particular markets, with a goal of protecting the

22 competitive process;

23 (2) the Bureau of Competition of the Federal

24 Trade Commission is also charged with enforcement
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1 of the antitrust laws, including the review of cor2 porate mergers likely to reduce competition;

3 (3) the Antitrust Division and the Bureau of

4 Competition are also responsible for the prosecution

5 of companies and individuals who engage in anti6 competitive behavior and unfair trade practices;

7 (4) the number of merger filings under the

8 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of

9 1976, which the Department of Justice, in conjunc10 tion with the Federal Trade Commission, is required

11 to review, has increased significantly in fiscal years

12 1998 and 1999;

13 (5) large agri-businesses have constituted part

14 of this trend in mergers and acquisitions;

15 (6) farmers and small agricultural producers

16 are experiencing one of the worst periods of eco17 nomic downturn in years;

18 (7) farmers currently get less than a quarter of

19 every retail food dollar, down from nearly half of

20 every retail food dollar in 1952;

21 (8) the top 4 beef packers presently control 80

22 percent of the market, the top 4 pork producers con23 trol 57 percent of the market, and the largest sheep

24 processors and poultry processors control 73 percent

25 and 55 percent of the market, respectively;
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1 (9) the 4 largest grain processing companies

2 presently account for approximately 62 percent of

3 the Nation’s flour milling, and the 4 largest firms

4 control approximately 75 percent of the wet corn

5 milling and soybean crushing industry;

6 (10) farmers and small, independent producers

7 are concerned about the substantial increase in con8 centration in the agriculture industry and signifi9 cantly diminished opportunities in the marketplace;

10 and

11 (11) farmers and small, independent producers

12 are also concerned about possible anticompetitive be13 havior and unfair business practices in the agri14 culture industry.

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

16 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

17 (1) the Antitrust Division and the Bureau of

18 Competition will have adequate resources to enable

19 them to meet their statutory requirements, including

20 those related to reviewing increasingly numerous and

21 complex mergers and investigating and prosecuting

22 anticompetitive business activity; and

23 (2) these departments will—
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1 (A) dedicate considerable resources to mat2 ters and transactions dealing with agri-business

3 antitrust and competition; and

4 (B) ensure that all vertical and horizontal

5 mergers implicating agriculture and all com6 plaints regarding possible anticompetitive busi7 ness practices in the agriculture industry will

8 receive extraordinary scrutiny.

9 SEC. 314. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FAIR MAR10 KETS FOR AMERICAN FARMERS.

11 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

12 (1) United States agricultural producers are the

13 most efficient and competitive in the world;

14 (2) United States agricultural producers are at

15 a competitive disadvantage in the world market be16 cause the European Union outspends the United

17 States (on a dollar/acre basis) by a ratio of 10:1 on

18 domestic support and by a ratio of 60:1 on export

19 subsidies;

20 (3) the support the European Union gives their

21 producers results in more prosperous rural commu22 nities in Europe than in the United States;

23 (4) the European Union blocked consensus at

24 the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in
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1 Seattle because Europe does not want to surrender

2 its current advantage in world markets;

3 (5) despite the competitiveness of American

4 farmers, the European advantage has led to a de5 clining United States share of the world market for

6 agricultural products;

7 (6) the United States Department of Agri8 culture reports that United States export growth has

9 lagged behind that of our major competitors, result10 ing in a loss of United States market share, from 24

11 percent in 1981 to its current level of 18 percent;

12 (7) the United States Department of Agri13 culture also reports that United States market share

14 of global agricultural trade has eroded steadily over

15 the past 2 decades, which could culminate in the

16 United States losing out to the European Union as

17 the world’s top agricultural exporter sometime in

18 2000;

19 (8) prices of agricultural commodities in the

20 United States are at 50-year lows in real terms, cre21 ating a serious economic crisis in rural America; and

22 (9) fundamental fairness requires that the play23 ing field be leveled so that United States farmers are

24 no longer at a competitive disadvantage.
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1 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

2 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

3 (1) the United States should take steps to in4 crease support for American farmers in order to

5 level the playing field for United States agricultural

6 producers and increase the leverage of the United

7 States in World Trade Organization negotiations on

8 agriculture as long as such support is not trade dis9 torting, and does not otherwise exceed or impair ex10 isting Uruguay Round obligations; and

11 (2) such actions should improve United States

12 farm income and restore the prosperity of rural com13 munities.

14 SEC. 315. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON WOMEN AND SOCIAL

15 SECURITY REFORM.

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

17 (1) without Social Security benefits, the elderly

18 poverty rate among women would have been 52.2

19 percent, and among widows would have been 60.6

20 percent;

21 (2) women tend to live longer and tend to have

22 lower lifetime earnings than men do;

23 (3) during their working years, women earn an

24 average of 70 cents for every dollar men earn; and
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1 (4) women spend an average of 11.5 years out

2 of their careers to care for their families, and are

3 more likely to work part-time than full-time.

4 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

5 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

6 (1) women face unique obstacles in ensuring re7 tirement security and survivor and disability sta8 bility;

9 (2) Social Security plays an essential role in

10 guaranteeing inflation-protected financial stability

11 for women throughout their old age;

12 (3) the Congress and the Administration should

13 act, as part of Social Security reform, to ensure that

14 widows and other poor elderly women receive more

15 adequate benefits that reduce their poverty rates

16 and that women, under whatever approach is taken

17 to reform Social Security, should receive no lesser a

18 share of overall federally funded retirement benefits

19 than they receive today; and

20 (4) the sacrifice that women make to care for

21 their family should be recognized during reform of

22 Social Security and that women should not be penal23 ized by taking an average of 11.5 years out of their

24 careers to care for their family.
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1 SEC. 316. PROTECTION OF BATTERED WOMEN AND CHIL2 DREN.

3 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following

4 findings:

5 (1) Each year an estimated 1,000,000 women

6 suffer nonfatal violence by an intimate partner.

7 (2) Nearly 1 out of 3 adult women can expect

8 to experience at least 1 physical assault by a partner

9 during adulthood.

10 (3) Domestic violence is statistically consistent

11 across racial and ethnic lines. It does not discrimi12 nate based on race or economic status.

13 (4) The chance of being victimized by an inti14 mate partner is 10 times greater for a woman than

15 a man.

16 (5) Past and current victims of domestic vio17 lence are over-represented in the welfare population.

18 It is estimated that at least 60 percent of current

19 welfare beneficiaries have experienced some form of

20 domestic violence.

21 (6) Abused women who do seek employment

22 face barriers as a result of domestic violence. Wel23 fare studies show that 15 to 50 percent of abused

24 women report interference from their partner with

25 education, training, or employment.
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1 (7) The programs established by the Violence

2 Against Women Act of 1994 have empowered com3 munities to address the threat caused by domestic

4 violence.

5 (8) Since 1995, Congress has appropriated

6 close to $1,800,000,000 to fund programs estab7 lished by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994,

8 including the STOP program, shelters for battered

9 women and children, the domestic violence hotline,

10 and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in11 jury control programs.

12 (9) The programs established by the Violence

13 Against Women Act of 1994 have been and continue

14 to comprise a successful national strategy for ad15 dressing the needs of battered women and the public

16 health threat caused by this violence.

17 (10) The Supreme Court could act during this

18 session to overturn a major protection and course of

19 action provided for in the Violence Against Women

20 Act of 1994. In United States v. Morrison/

21 Brzonkala, the Supreme Court will address the issue

22 of the constitutionality of the Federal civil rights

23 remedy under the Violence Against Women Act of

24 1994, and may overturn congressional intent to ele-
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1 vate violence against women to a category protected

2 under Federal civil rights law.

3 (11) The actions taken by the courts and the

4 failure to reauthorize the Violence Against Women

5 Act of 1994 has generated a great deal of concern

6 in communities nationwide.

7 (12) Funding for the programs established by

8 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is the only

9 lifeline for battered women and Congress has a

10 moral obligation to continue funding and to

11 strengthen key components of the Violence Against

12 Women Act of 1994.

13 (13) Congress and the Administration should

14 work to ensure the continued funding of programs

15 established by the Violence Against Women Act of

16 1994.

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

18 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that, in

19 light of the pending litigation challenging the constitu20 tionality of the Federal civil rights remedy in the Violence

21 Against Women Act of 1994 and the lack of action on

22 legislation reauthorizing and strengthening the provisions

23 of that Act—

24 (1) Congress, through reauthorization of the

25 programs established by the Violence Against
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1 Women Act of 1994, should work to eliminate eco2 nomic barriers that trap women and children in vio3 lent homes and relationships; and

4 (2) full funding for the programs established by

5 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 will be

6 provided from the Violent Crime Reduction Fund.

7 SEC. 317. USE OF FALSE CLAIMS ACT IN COMBATTING

8 MEDICARE FRAUD.

9 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

10 (1) the solvency of the medicare trust funds is

11 of vital importance to the well-being of the Nation’s

12 seniors and other vulnerable people in need of qual13 ity health care;

14 (2) fraud against the medicare trust funds is a

15 major problem resulting in the depletion of the trust

16 funds; and

17 (3) chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code

18 (commonly referred to as the False Claims Act) and

19 the qui tam provisions of that chapter are vital tools

20 in combatting fraud against the medicare program.

21 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

22 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that chap23 ter 37 of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred

24 to as the False Claims Act) and the qui tam provisions
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1 of that chapter are essential tools in combatting medicare

2 fraud and should not be weakened in any way.

3 SEC. 318. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NA4 TIONAL GUARD.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

6 (1) the Army National Guard relies heavily

7 upon thousands of full-time employees, Military

8 Technicians and Active Guard/Reserves, to ensure

9 unit readiness throughout the Army National Guard;

10 (2) these employees perform vital day-to-day

11 functions, ranging from equipment maintenance to

12 leadership and staff roles, that allow the drill week13 ends and annual active duty training of the tradi14 tional Guardsmen to be dedicated to preparation for

15 the National Guard’s warfighting and peacetime

16 missions;

17 (3) when the ability to provide sufficient Active

18 Guard/Reserves and Technicians end strength is re19 duced, unit readiness, as well as quality of life for

20 soldiers and families is degraded;

21 (4) the Army National Guard, with agreement

22 from the Department of Defense, requires a min23 imum essential requirement of 23,500 Active Guard/

24 Reserves and 25,500 Technicians; and
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1 (5) the fiscal year 2001 budget request for the

2 Army National Guard provides resources sufficient

3 for approximately 22,430 Active Guard/Reserves and

4 23,957 Technicians, end strength shortfalls of 1,052

5 and 1,543, respectively.

6 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.— It is the sense of the

7 Senate that the levels in the resolution assume that the

8 Department of Defense will give priority to funding the

9 Active Guard/Reserves and Military Technicians at levels

10 authorized by Congress in the fiscal year 2000 Depart11 ment of Defense authorization bill.

12 SEC. 319. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MILITARY

13 READINESS.

14 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

15 (1) the Secretary of the Air Force stated that

16 the United States Air Force’s top unfunded readi17 ness priority for fiscal year 2000 was its aircraft

18 spares and repair parts account and top Air Force

19 officers have said that getting more spares is a top

20 priority to improve readiness rates;

21 (2) the Chief of Naval Operations stated that

22 the aircraft spares and repair parts account for a

23 top readiness priority important to the long-term

24 health of the Navy;
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1 (3) the General Accounting Office’s study of

2 personnel retention problems in the armed services

3 cited shortages of spares and repair parts as a major

4 reason why people are leaving the services;

5 (4) the fiscal year 2001 budget request de6 creases the Air Force’s spares and repair parts ac7 count by 13 percent from fiscal year 2000 expected

8 levels; and

9 (5) the fiscal year 2001 budget request de10 creases the Navy’s spares and repair parts account

11 by 6 percent from the fiscal year 2000 expected lev12 els.

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

14 Senate that the functional totals in the budget resolution

15 assume that Congress will protect the Department of De16 fense’s readiness accounts, including spares and repair

17 parts, and operations and maintenance, and use the re18 quested levels as the minimum baseline for fiscal year

19 2001 authorization and appropriations.

20 SEC. 320. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON COMPENSATION FOR

21 THE CHINESE EMBASSY BOMBING IN BEL22 GRADE.

23 It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this

24 resolution assume funds designated to compensate the

25 People’s Republic of China for the damage inadvertently
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1 done to their embassy in Belgrade by NATO forces in May

2 1999, should not be appropriated from the international

3 affairs budget.

4 SEC. 321. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING FUNDING

5 OF DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVES.

6 (a) The Senate finds that—

7 (1) computers, the Internet, and information

8 networks are not luxury items but basic tools largely

9 responsible for driving the current economic expan10 sions;

11 (2) information technology utility relies on soft12 ware applications and online content;

13 (3) access to computers and the Internet and

14 the ability to use this technology effectively is be15 coming increasingly important for full participation

16 in America’s economic, political, and social life; and

17 (4) unequal access to technology and high-tech

18 skills by income, educational level, race, and geog19 raphy could deepen and reinforce the divisions that

20 exist within American society.

21 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

22 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that the

23 Committees on Appropriations and Finance should sup24 port efforts that address the digital divide, including tax

25 incentives and funding to—
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1 (1) broaden access to information technologies;

2 (2) provide workers and teachers with informa3 tion technology training;

4 (3) promote innovative online content and soft5 ware applications that will improve commerce, edu6 cation, and quality of life; and

7 (4) help provide information and communica8 tions technology to underserved communities.

9 SEC. 322. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING IMMUNIZA10 TION FUNDING.

11 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

12 (1) vaccines protect children and adults against

13 serious and potentially fatal diseases;

14 (2) society saves up to $24 in medical and soci15 etal costs for every dollar spent on vaccines;

16 (3) every day, 11,000 babies are born—

17 4,000,000 each year—and each child needs up to 19

18 doses of vaccine by age 2;

19 (4) approximately 1,000,000 2-year-olds have

20 not received all of the recommended vaccine doses;

21 (5) the immunization program under section

22 317(j)(1) under the Public Health Service Act, ad23 ministered by the Centers for Disease Control and

24 Prevention, provides grants to States and localities

25 for critical activities including immunization reg-
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1 istries, outbreak control, provider education, out2 reach efforts, and linkages with other public health

3 and welfare services;

4 (6) Federal grants to States and localities for

5 these activities have declined from $27l,000,000 in

6 1995 to $139,000,000 in 2000;

7 (7) because of these funding reductions States

8 are struggling to maintain immunization rates and

9 have implemented severe cuts to immunization deliv10 ery activities;

11 (8) even with significant gains in national im12 munization rates, underimmunized children still

13 exist and there are a number of subpopulations

14 where coverage rates remain low and are actually de15 clining;

16 (9) rates in many of the Nation’s urban areas,

17 including Chicago and Houston, are unacceptably

18 low; and

19 (10) these pockets of need create pools of sus20 ceptible children and increase the risk of dangerous

21 disease outbreaks.

22 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

23 Senate that the levels in the resolution assume that Con24 gress should enact legislation that provides $214,000,000

25 in funding for immunization grants under section 317 of
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1 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b) for infra2 structure and delivery activities, including targeted sup3 port for immunization project areas with low or declining

4 immunization rates or who have subpopulations with spe5 cial needs.

6 SEC. 323. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TAX CREDITS

7 FOR SMALL BUSINESSES PROVIDING HEALTH

8 INSURANCE TO LOW-INCOME EMPLOYEES.

9 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

10 (1) 25,000,000 workers in the United States

11 were uninsured in 1997 and more than two-thirds of

12 the uninsured workers earn less than $20,000 annu13 ally, according to a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foun14 dation report;

15 (2) the percentage of employees of small busi16 nesses who have employer-sponsored health insur17 ance coverage decreased from 52 percent in 1996 to

18 47 percent in 1998; for the smallest employers,

19 those with 3 to 9 workers, the percentage of employ20 ees covered by employer-sponsored health insurance

21 fell from 36 percent in 1996 to 31 percent in 1998;

22 (3) between 1996 and 1998, health premiums

23 for small businesses increased 5.2 percent; premiums

24 increased by 8 percent for the smallest employers,

25 the highest increase among all small businesses;
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1 (4) monthly family coverage for workers at

2 firms with 3 to 9 employees cost $520 in 1998, com3 pared to $462 for family coverage for workers at

4 large firms; and

5 (5) only 39 percent of small businesses with a

6 significant percentage of low-income employees offer

7 employer-provided health insurance and such compa8 nies are half as likely to offer health benefits to such

9 employees as are companies that have only a small

10 percentage of low-income employees.

11 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

12 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that Con13 gress should enact legislation that allows small businesses

14 to claim a tax credit when they provide health insurance

15 to low-income employees.

16 SEC. 324. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR CRIMI17 NAL JUSTICE.

18 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

19 (1) our success in the fight against crime and

20 improvements in the administration of justice are

21 the result of a bipartisan effort; and

22 (2) since 1993 the Congress and the President

23 have increased justice funding by 92 percent, and a

24 strong commitment to law enforcement and the ad25 ministration of justice remains appropriate.
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1 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

2 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that funds

3 to improve the justice system will be available as follows:

4 (1) $665,000,000 for the expanded support of

5 direct Federal enforcement, adjudicative, and correc6 tional-detention activities.

7 (2) $50,000,000 in additional funds to combat

8 terrorism, including cyber crime.

9 (3) $41,000,000 in additional funds for con10 struction costs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons

11 and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

12 (4) $200,000,000 in support of Customs and

13 Immigration and Nationalization Service port of

14 entry officers for the development and implementa15 tion of the ACE computer system designed to meet

16 critical trade and border security needs.

17 (5) Funding is available for the continuation of

18 such programs as: the Byrne Grant Program, Vio19 lence Against Women, Juvenile Accountability Block

20 Grants, First Responder Training, Local Law En21 forcement Block Grants, Weed and Seed, Violent Of22 fender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing, State

23 Criminal Alien Assistance Program, Drug Courts,

24 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment, Crime

25 Identification Technologies, Bulletproof Vests,
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1 Counterterrorism, Interagency Law Enforcement

2 Coordination.

3 SEC. 325. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE PELL

4 GRANT.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

6 (1) public investment in higher education yields

7 a return of several dollars for each dollar invested;

8 (2) higher education promotes economic oppor9 tunity for individuals; for example recipients of

10 bachelor’s degrees earn an average of 75 percent per

11 year more than those with high school diplomas and

12 experience half as much unemployment as high

13 school graduates;

14 (3) access to a college education has become a

15 hallmark of American society, and is vital to uphold16 ing our belief in equality of opportunity;

17 (4) for a generation, the Federal Pell Grant has

18 served as an established and effective means of pro19 viding access to higher education;

20 (5) over the past decade, Pell Grant has failed

21 to keep up with inflation. Over the past 25 years,

22 the value of the average Pell Grant has decreased by

23 23 percent—it is now worth only 77 percent of what

24 Pell Grants were worth in 1975;
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1 (6) grant aid as a portion of student aid has

2 fallen significantly over the past 5 years. Grant aid

3 used to comprise 55 percent of total aid awarded

4 and loans comprised just over 40 percent. Now that

5 trend has been reversed so that loans comprise near6 ly 60 percent of total aid awarded and grants only

7 comprise 40 percent of total aid awarded;

8 (7) the percentage of freshmen attending public

9 and private 4-year institutions from families whose

10 income is below the national median has fallen since

11 1981.

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

13 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that within

14 the discretionary allocation provided to the Committee on

15 Appropriations, the funding for the maximum Pell Grant

16 award should be at or above the level requested by the

17 President.

18 SEC. 326. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING COMPREHEN19 SIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM.

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

21 (1) Recent scientific evidence demonstrates that

22 enhancing children’s physical, social, emotional, and

23 intellectual development before the age of 6 results

24 in tremendous benefits throughout life.
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1 (2) Successful schools are led by well-trained,

2 highly qualified principals, but many principals do

3 not get the training in management skills that the

4 principals need to ensure their school provides an ex5 cellent education for every child.

6 (3) Good teachers are a crucial catalyst to qual7 ity education, but 1 in 4 new teachers do not meet

8 State certification requirements; each year more

9 than 50,000 underprepared teachers enter the class10 room; and 12 percent of new teachers have had no

11 teacher training at all.

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

13 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that the

14 Federal Government should support State and local edu15 cational agencies engaged in comprehensive reform of

16 their public education system and that any public edu17 cation reform should include at least the following prin18 ciples:

19 (1) Every child should begin school ready to

20 learn.

21 (2) Training and development for principals

22 and teachers should be a priority.
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1 SEC. 327. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PROVIDING ADE2 QUATE FUNDING FOR UNITED STATES INTER3 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

5 (1) United States international leadership is es6 sential to maintaining security and peace for all

7 Americans;

8 (2) such leadership depends on effective diplo9 macy as well as a strong military;

10 (3) effective diplomacy requires adequate re11 sources both for operations and security of United

12 States embassies and for international programs;

13 (4) in addition to building peace, prosperity,

14 and democracy around the world, programs in the

15 International Affairs (150) budget serve United

16 States interests by ensuring better jobs and a higher

17 standard of living, promoting the health of our citi18 zens and preserving our natural environment, and

19 protecting the rights and safety of those who travel

20 or do business overseas;

21 (5) real spending for International Affairs has

22 declined more than 40 percent since the mid-1980’s,

23 at the same time that major new challenges and op24 portunities have arisen from the disintegration of

25 the Soviet Union and the worldwide trends toward

26 democracy and free markets;
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1 (6) current ceilings on discretionary spending

2 will impose severe additional cuts in funding for

3 International Affairs;

4 (7) improved security for United States diplo5 matic missions and personnel will place further

6 strain on the International Affairs budget absent

7 significant additional resources;

8 (8) the United States cannot reduce efforts to

9 safeguard nuclear materials in the former Soviet

10 States or shortchange initiatives aimed at maintain11 ing stability on the Korean peninsula, where 37,000

12 United States forces are deployed. We cannot reduce

13 support for peace in the Middle East or in Northern

14 Ireland or in the Balkans. We cannot stop fighting

15 terror or simply surrender to the spread of HIV/

16 AIDS. We must continue to support all of these

17 things, which are difficult to achieve without ade18 quate and realistic funding levels; and

19 (9) the President’s request for funds for fiscal

20 year 2001 would adequately finance our Inter21 national Affairs programs without detracting from

22 our defense and domestic needs. It would help keep

23 America prosperous and secure. It would enable us

24 to leverage the contributions of allies and friends on

25 behalf of democracy and peace. It would allow us to
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1 protect the interests of Americans who travel, study,

2 or do business overseas. It would do all these things

3 and more for about 1 penny of every dollar the Fed4 eral Government spends.

5 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

6 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that addi7 tional budgetary resources should be identified for func8 tion 150 to enable successful United States international

9 leadership.

10 SEC. 328. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE HIV/

11 AIDS CRISIS.

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

13 (1) More than 16,000,000 people have been

14 killed by Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

15 (AIDS) since the epidemic began.

16 (2) 14,000,000 Africans have died as a result

17 of the AIDS epidemic. Eighty-four percent of the

18 worldwide deaths from AIDS have occurred in sub19 Saharan Africa.

20 (3) Each day, AIDS kills 5,500 Africans, and

21 infects 11,000 more.

22 (4) By the end of 2000, 10,400,000 children in

23 sub-Saharan Africa will have lost one or both par24 ents, to AIDS.
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1 (5) Over 85 percent of the world’s HIV-positive

2 children live in Africa.

3 (6) Fewer than 5 percent of those living with

4 AIDS in Africa have access to even the most basic

5 care.

6 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

7 Senate that—

8 (1) the functional totals underlying this resolu9 tion on the budget assume that Congress has recog10 nized the catastrophic effects of the HIV/AIDS epi11 demic, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, and seeks

12 to maximize the effectiveness of the United States’

13 efforts to combat the disease through any necessary

14 authorization or appropriations;

15 (2) Congress should strengthen ongoing pro16 grams which address education and prevention, test17 ing, the care of AIDS orphans, and improving home

18 and community-based care options for those living

19 with AIDS; and

20 (3) Congress should seek additional or new

21 tools to combat the epidemic, including initiatives to

22 encourage vaccine development and programs aimed

23 at preventing mother-to-child transmission of the

24 disease.
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1 SEC. 329. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TRIBAL COL2 LEGES.

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

4 (1) More than 26,500 students from 250 tribes

5 nationwide attend tribal colleges. The colleges serve

6 students of all ages, many of whom are moving from

7 welfare to work. The vast majority of tribal college

8 students are first-generation college students.

9 (2) While annual appropriations for tribal col10 leges have increased modestly in recent years, core

11 operation funding levels are still about half of the

12 $6,000 per Indian student level authorized by the

13 Tribally Controlled College or University Act.

14 (3) Although tribal colleges received a

15 $3,000,000 increase in funding in fiscal year 2000,

16 because of rising student populations and other fac17 tors, these institutions may face an actual per-stu18 dent decrease in funding over fiscal year 1999.

19 (4) Per-student funding for tribal colleges is

20 roughly half the amount given to mainstream com21 munity colleges.

22 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

23 Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that—

24 (1) the Senate recognizes the funding difficul25 ties faced by tribal colleges and assumes that pri26 ority consideration will be provided to them through
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1 funding for the Tribally Controlled College and Uni2 versity Act, the 1994 Land Grant Institutions, and

3 title III of the Higher Education Act; and

4 (2) such priority consideration reflects Con5 gress’ intent to continue work toward current statu6 tory Federal funding goals for the tribal colleges.