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Union Calendar No. 218

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 353

[Report No. 107–376]

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for

fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each

of fiscal years 2004 through 2007.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 15, 2002

Mr. NUSSLE, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States

Government for fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2004

through 2007.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

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

2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003.

3 The Congress declares that this is the concurrent res4 olution on the budget for fiscal year 2003 and that the

5 appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2004 through

6 2007 are hereby set forth.

7 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED

8 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

9 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

10 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for

11 each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007:

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

13 enforcement of this resolution:

14 (A) The recommended levels of Federal

15 revenues are as follows:

16 Fiscal year 2003:

17 $1,531,893,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2004:

19 $1,626,605,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005:

21 $1,747,988,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2006:

23 $1,837,957,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2007:

25 $1,927,213,000,000.
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1 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate

2 levels of Federal revenues should be reduced are

3 as follows:

4 Fiscal year 2003: $4,431,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2004: $5,455,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2005: $6,418,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2006: $5,994,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2007: $5,555,000,000.

9 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes

10 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate

11 levels of total new budget authority are as follows:

12 Fiscal year 2003: $1,784,032,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2004: $1,839,183,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2005: $1,928,997,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2006: $2,019,464,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2007: $2,113,668,000,000.

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

18 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels

19 of total budget outlays are as follows:

20 Fiscal year 2003: $1,756,223,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2004: $1,813,604,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2005: $1,897,834,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2006: $1,977,123,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2007: $2,057,436,000,000.
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1 (4) ON-BUDGET DEFICITS.—For purposes of

2 the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of

3 the on-budget deficits are as follows:

4 Fiscal year 2003: $224,330,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2004: $186,999,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2005: $149,846,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2006: $139,166,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2007: $130,223,000,000.

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

10 the public debt are as follows:

11 Fiscal year 2003: $6,414,000,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2004: $6,760,000,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2005: $7,069,000,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2006: $7,366,000,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2007: $7,655,000,000,000.

16 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro17 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows:

18 Fiscal year 2003: $3,495,000,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2004: $3,503,000,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005: $3,445,000,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2006: $3,365,000,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2007: $3,264,000,000,000.
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1 SEC. 102. HOMELAND SECURITY.

2 The Congress determines and declares that the ap3 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for

4 fiscal year 2003 for Homeland Security are as follows:

5 (1) New budget authority, $37,702,000,000.

6 (2) Outlays, $21,860,000,000.

7 SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

8 The Congress determines and declares that the ap9 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for

10 fiscal years 2003 through 2007 for each major functional

11 category are:

12 (1) National Defense (050):

13 Fiscal year 2003:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $393,831,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $375,261,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $401,640,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $390,579,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2005:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $422,740,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $409,696,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2006:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $444,243,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $425,090,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2007:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $466,458,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $439,181,000,000.

8 (2) International Affairs (150):

9 Fiscal year 2003:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $23,752,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $22,343,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2004:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $24,683,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $22,675,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2005:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $25,481,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $23,165,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2006:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $26,137,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $23,769,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2007:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $27,043,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $24,467,000,000.

4 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology

5 (250):

6 Fiscal year 2003:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $22,743,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $22,095,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2004:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $23,398,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $22,798,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2005:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $23,917,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $23,577,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2006:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $24,476,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $24,073,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2007:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $25,055,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $24,667,000,000.
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1 (4) Energy (270):

2 Fiscal year 2003:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $316,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $364,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2004:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $157,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $129,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2005:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $687,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $644,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2006:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $526,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $467,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2007:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $532,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $454,000,000.

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

23 Fiscal year 2003:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $29,215,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $29,849,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2004:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $30,546,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $30,356,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2005:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $31,449,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $30,937,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2006:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $30,851,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $31,686,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2007:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $31,474,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $32,038,000,000.

18 (6) Agriculture (350):

19 Fiscal year 2003:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $23,641,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $24,054,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2004:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $22,779,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $22,669,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2005:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $21,098,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $21,089,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2006:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $20,231,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $20,247,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $20,088,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $20,116,000,000.

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

15 Fiscal year 2003:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $8,800,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $4,985,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2004:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $9,274,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $4,192,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2005:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $8,798,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $3,128,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2006:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $8,015,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $1,910,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2007:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $9,405,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $2,361,000,000.

10 (8) Transportation (400):

11 Fiscal year 2003:

12 (A) New budget authority,

13 $63,447,000,000.

14 (B) Outlays, $60,646,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2004:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $66,950,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $59,425,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2005:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $67,561,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $59,967,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2006:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $68,221,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $61,282,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2007:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $68,897,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $63,266,000,000.

6 (9) Community and Regional Development

7 (450):

8 Fiscal year 2003:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $14,668,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $17,352,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2004:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $15,315,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $17,961,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2005:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $15,515,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $17,461,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2006:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $15,895,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $15,705,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2007:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $16,295,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $15,548,000,000.

4 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and

5 Social Services (500):

6 Fiscal year 2003:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $81,087,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $79,104,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2004:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $83,291,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $81,783,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2005:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $86,527,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $84,065,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2006:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $89,513,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $86,400,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2007:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $92,784,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $89,309,000,000.
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1 (11) Health (550):

2 Fiscal year 2003:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $223,486,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $219,917,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2004:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $237,880,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $236,608,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2005:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $255,767,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $253,917,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2006:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $274,526,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $272,648,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2007:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $295,491,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $292,985,000,000.

22 (12) Medicare (570):

23 Fiscal year 2003:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $237,704,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $237,598,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2004:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $245,612,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $245,856,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2005:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $272,903,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $272,795,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2006:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $292,418,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $292,173,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2007:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $317,411,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $317,667,000,000.

18 (13) Income Security (600):

19 Fiscal year 2003:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $322,034,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $322,385,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2004:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $325,372,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $323,791,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2005:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $334,538,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $332,599,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2006:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $344,039,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $341,754,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $352,017,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $348,019,000,000.

14 (14) Social Security (650):

15 Fiscal year 2003:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $14,303,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $14,303,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2004:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $15,170,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $15,170,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2005:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $16,063,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $16,062,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2006:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $16,863,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $16,863,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2007:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $18,013,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $18,012,000,000.

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

11 Fiscal year 2003:

12 (A) New budget authority,

13 $56,858,000,000.

14 (B) Outlays, $56,733,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2004:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $59,127,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $58,888,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2005:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $61,220,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $63,473,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2006:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $63,401,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $63,246,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2007:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $65,550,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $62,642,000,000.

6 (16) Administration of Justice (750):

7 Fiscal year 2003:

8 (A) New budget authority,

9 $36,948,000,000.

10 (B) Outlays, $39,329,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2004:

12 (A) New budget authority,

13 $39,663,000,000.

14 (B) Outlays, $42,215,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2005:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $37,606,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $38,196,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2006:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $38,880,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $38,775,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2007:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $39,776,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $39,550,000,000.

2 (17) General Government (800):

3 Fiscal year 2003:

4 (A) New budget authority,

5 $17,565,000,000.

6 (B) Outlays, $17,373,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2004:

8 (A) New budget authority,

9 $18,067,000,000.

10 (B) Outlays, $18,193,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2005:

12 (A) New budget authority,

13 $18,426,000,000.

14 (B) Outlays, $18,334,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2006:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $18,442,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $18,227,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2007:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $18,788,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $18,546,000,000.

23 (18) Net Interest (900):

24 Fiscal year 2003:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $262,520,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $262,520,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2004:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $277,326,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $277,325,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2005:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $286,887,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $286,886,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2006:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $294,598,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $294,597,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2007:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $302,442,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $302,441,000,000.

20 (19) Allowances (920):

21 Fiscal year 2003:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 ¥$689,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$1,791,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2004:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 ¥$917,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$859,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2005:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 ¥$816,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$787,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2006:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 ¥$631,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$609,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2007:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 ¥$696,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$678,000,000.

16 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

17 Fiscal year 2003:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 ¥$48,197,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, ¥$48,197,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2004:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 ¥$56,150,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$56,150,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2005:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 ¥$57,370,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$57,370,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2006:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 ¥$51,180,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$51,180,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2007:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 ¥$53,155,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$53,155,000,000.

12 TITLE II—RESERVE AND

13 CONTINGENCY FUNDS

14 Subtitle A—Reserve Funds for

15 Legislation Assumed in Aggregates

16 SEC. 201. RESERVE FUND FOR WAR ON TERRORISM.

17 In the House, if the Committee on Appropriations or

18 the Committee on Armed Services reports a bill or joint

19 resolution, or if an amendment thereto is offered or a con20 ference report thereon is submitted, that provides new

21 budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) for the

22 Department of Defense relating to activities to respond

23 to or protect against acts or threatened acts of terrorism,

24 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make

25 the appropriate revisions to the allocations and other levels
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1 in this resolution by the amount provided by that measure

2 for that purpose, but the total adjustment for all measures

3 considered under this section shall not exceed

4 $10,000,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year

5 2003 and outlays flowing therefrom.

6 SEC. 202. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE MODERNIZATION

7 AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, if the Committee

9 on Ways and Means or the Committee on Energy and

10 Commerce reports a bill or joint resolution, or if an

11 amendment thereto is offered or a conference report there12 on is submitted, that provides a prescription drug benefit

13 and modernizes medicare, and provides adjustments to the

14 medicare program on a fee-for-service, capitated, or other

15 basis, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may

16 revise the appropriate committee allocations for such com17 mittees and other appropriate levels in this resolution by

18 the amount provided by that measure for that purpose,

19 but not to exceed $5,000,000,000 in new budget authority

20 and $5,000,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2003 and

21 $350,000,000,000 in new budget authority and

22 $350,000,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years

23 2003 through 2012.

24 (b) APPLICATION.—After the consideration of any

25 measure for which an adjustment is made pursuant to
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1 subsection (a), the chairman of the Committee on the

2 Budget shall make any further appropriate adjustments.

3 SEC. 203. RESERVE FUND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

4 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2003.—In the House, if the Com5 mittee on Appropriations reports a bill or joint resolution,

6 or if an amendment thereto is offered or a conference re7 port thereon is submitted, that provides in excess of

8 $7,529,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year

9 2003 for grants to States authorized under part B of the

10 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the

11 chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the

12 appropriate allocations for such committee and other ap13 propriate levels in this resolution by the amount provided

14 by that measure for that purpose, but not to exceed

15 $1,000,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year

16 2003 and outlays flowing therefrom.

17 (b) FISCAL YEARS 2004–2007.—In the House, if the

18 Committee on Education and the Workforce reports a bill

19 or joint resolution, or if an amendment thereto is offered

20 or a conference report thereon is submitted, that reauthor21 izes grants to States under part B of the Individuals with

22 Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the chairman of the

23 Committee on the Budget may revise the applicable alloca24 tions of the appropriate committees to accommodate a

25 total budget authority and outlay level for such program
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1 not in excess of the following: $9,587,000,000 in budget

2 authority for fiscal year 2004 and outlays flowing there3 from, $10,755,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year

4 2005 and outlays flowing therefrom, $12,047,000,000 in

5 budget authority for fiscal year 2006 and outlays flowing

6 therefrom, and $13,497,000,000 in budget authority for

7 fiscal year 2007 and outlays flowing therefrom (assuming

8 changes from current policy levels of the following:

9 $1,752,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year

10 2004, $2,763,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal

11 year 2005, $3,894,000,000 in new budget authority for

12 fiscal year 2006, and $5,180,000,000 in new budget au13 thority for fiscal year 2007).

14 SEC. 204. RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY

15 SAFETY.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, if the Committee

17 on Appropriations reports a bill or joint resolution, or if

18 an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report

19 thereon is submitted, that establishes an obligation limita20 tion in excess of $23,864,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 for

21 programs, projects, and activities within the highway cat22 egory (under section 251(c)(7)(A) of the Balanced Budget

23 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), the chair24 man of the Committee on the Budget may increase the
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1 allocation of outlays for such committee by the amount

2 of outlays resulting from such excess, but—

3 (1) only if chairman of the Committee on the

4 Budget determines that the bill or joint resolution,

5 or amendment thereto or conference report thereon,

6 that establishes such obligation limitation provides

7 that the obligation limitation is made available solely

8 for programs, projects, or activities as distributed

9 under section 1102 of the Transportation Equity

10 Act for the 21st Century;

11 (2) only if the total amount of obligation limita12 tion for programs, projects, or activities distributed

13 by such formula for fiscal year 2003 exceeds

14 $23,864,000,000; and

15 (3) does not exceed $1,180,000,000 in outlays

16 for fiscal year 2003.

17 (b) RULE OF ENFORCEMENT.—In the House, section

18 302(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall

19 be deemed to also apply to the applicable allocation of out20 lays in the case of any bill or joint resolution that estab21 lishes an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2003 for pro22 grams within the highway category, or amendment thereto

23 or conference report thereon.
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1 Subtitle B—Additional Surpluses

2 Reserved for Debt Reduction

3 SEC. 211. CONTINGENCY FUND FOR ADDITIONAL SUR4 PLUSES.

5 In the House, if after the release of the report pursu6 ant to section 202(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act

7 of 1974 entitled the Budget and Economic Outlook: Up8 date (for fiscal years 2003 through 2012), the chairman

9 of the Committee on the Budget determines, in consulta10 tion with the Directors of the Congressional Budget Office

11 and of the Office of Management and Budget, that the

12 estimated unified surplus for fiscal year 2003 and for the

13 period of fiscal years 2003 through 2007 exceeds the esti14 mated unified surplus for fiscal year 2003 and for that

15 period as set forth in the report of the Committee on the

16 Budget for this resolution, then the chairman of that com17 mittee may increase the surplus or reduce the deficit, as

18 applicable, and reduce the level of the public debt and debt

19 held by the public by the difference between such esti20 mates for that period.
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1 Subtitle C—Contingency Funds for

2 Accounting Changes

3 SEC. 221. CONTINGENCY FUND FOR ACCRUAL ACCOUNT4 ING.

5 In the House, if legislation is enacted that charges

6 Federal agencies for the full cost of accrued Federal re7 tirement and health benefits and the Committee on Appro8 priations reports a measure that provides new budget au9 thority to carry out that legislation, the chairman of the

10 Committee on the Budget may revise the section 302(a)

11 allocation for the Committee on Appropriations by the

12 amounts provided by that committee in that measure for

13 the purpose of carrying out that legislation, but such

14 amounts shall not exceed the reduction in mandatory

15 budget authority estimated by the Director of the Con16 gressional Budget Office to result from that legislation.

17 SEC. 222. CONTINGENCY FUND FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF

18 STUDENT AID ACCOUNTS.

19 In the House, if a bill or joint resolution is enacted

20 that amends the Higher Education Act to make student

21 aid administration subject to annual appropriations, the

22 chairman of the Committee on the Budget may—

23 (1) increase the section 302(a) allocation for

24 the Committee on Appropriations by the amount

25 provided by that measure but not to exceed
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1 $797,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year

2 2003; and

3 (2) make the appropriate adjustment in the sec4 tion 302(a) allocation for the Committee on Edu5 cation and the Workforce resulting from the enact6 ment of the bill or joint resolution making the stu7 dent aid administration subject to annual appropria8 tions.

9 Subtitle D—Implementation of

10 Reserve and Contingency Funds

11 SEC. 231. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO12 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.

13 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations

14 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall—

15 (1) apply while that measure is under consider16 ation;

17 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that

18 measure; and

19 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as

20 soon as practicable.

21 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG22 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting

23 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur24 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca25 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution.
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1 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For

2 purposes of this resolution—

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

4 direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,

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

6 fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of esti7 mates made by the Committee on the Budget; and

8 (2) such chairman may make any other nec9 essary adjustments to such levels to carry out this

10 resolution.

11 (d) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for the purpose

12 of enforcing this resolution against consideration of any

13 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con14 ference report thereon, for which an adjustment is made

15 under section 202, section 302(f) of the Congressional

16 Budget Act of 1974 shall apply to the appropriate section

17 302(a) allocations for fiscal years 2003 through 2012 in18 cluded in the joint explanatory statement of managers ac19 companying this resolution.

20 TITLE III—BUDGET

21 ENFORCEMENT

22 SEC. 301. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN

23 THE HOUSE.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) In the House, except as pro25 vided in subsection (b), an advance appropriation may not
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1 be reported in a bill or joint resolution making a general

2 appropriation or continuing appropriation, and may not

3 be in order as an amendment thereto.

4 (2) Managers on the part of the House may not agree

5 to a Senate amendment that would violate paragraph (1)

6 unless specific authority to agree to the amendment first

7 is given by the House by a separate vote with respect

8 thereto.

9 (b) EXCEPTION.—In the House, an advance appro10 priation may be provided—

11 (1) for fiscal year 2004 for programs, projects,

12 activities or accounts identified in the joint explana13 tory statement of managers accompanying this reso14 lution under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for

15 Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate amount

16 not to exceed $23,178,000,000 in new budget au17 thority; and

18 (2) for the Corporation for Public Broad19 casting.

20 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance

21 appropriation’’ means any discretionary new budget au22 thority in a bill or joint resolution making general appro23 priations or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2003

24 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2003.
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1 SEC. 302. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDG2 ET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, notwithstanding

4 section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of

5 1974 and section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act

6 of 1990, the joint explanatory statement accompanying

7 the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the

8 budget shall include in its allocation under section 302(a)

9 of such Act to the Committee on Appropriations amounts

10 for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social

11 Security Administration.

12 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of

13 applying section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act

14 of 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget author15 ity and total outlays provided by a measure shall include

16 any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security

17 Administration.

18 SEC. 303. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONGRES19 SIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.

20 The report submitted by the Director of the Congres21 sional Budget Office on or before February 15 of each

22 year pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional

23 Budget Act of 1974 shall include the following information

24 for the preceding fiscal year—

25 (1) a comparison of the different impact be26 tween forecasted economic variables used to model
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1 projections for that fiscal year and what actually

2 happens;

3 (2) an identification of the technical factors

4 that contributed to the forecasting inaccuracies for

5 that fiscal year;

6 (3) a variance analysis between forecasted and

7 actual budget results for that fiscal year; and

8 (4) recommendations on how to improve fore9 casting accuracies.

10 TITLE IV—SENSE OF CONGRESS

11 AND SENSE OF HOUSE PROVI12 SIONS

13 SEC. 401. COMBATING INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

14 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

15 (1) the United States has historically taken an

16 unparalleled leadership role in providing humani17 tarian assistance and relief to the world’s poorest

18 people;

19 (2) that role has included initiatives to expand

20 trade, relieve debt of countries pursuing structural

21 economic reforms, and provide medical technology to

22 improve health and life expectancy around the globe;

23 and

24 (3) good governance and continued economic re25 forms are essential to eliminating poverty, encour-
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1 aging economic growth, and ensuring stability in de2 veloping countries.

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that the United States should continue to assist,

5 through expanded international trade, debt relief, and

6 medical assistance to combat infectious diseases, those

7 countries that reform their economies, promote democratic

8 institutions, and respect basic human rights.

9 SEC. 402. ASSET BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.

10 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

11 (1) For the vast majority of United States

12 households, the pathway to the economic main13 stream and financial security is not through spend14 ing and consumption, but through savings, investing,

15 and the accumulation of assets.

16 (2) One-third of all Americans have no assets

17 available for investment and another 20 percent

18 have only negligible assets. The situation is even

19 more serious for minority households; for example,

20 60 percent of African-American households have no

21 or negative financial assets.

22 (3) Nearly 50 percent of all children in America

23 live in households that have no assets available for

24 investment, including 40 percent of Caucasian chil25 dren and 73 percent of African-American children.
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1 (4) Up to 20 percent of all United States

2 households do not deposit their savings in financial

3 institutions and, thus, do not have access to the

4 basic financial tools that make asset accumulation

5 possible.

6 (5) Public policy can have either a positive or

7 a negative impact on asset accumulation. Traditional

8 public assistance programs based on income and

9 consumption have rarely been successful in sup10 porting the transition to economic self-sufficiency.

11 Tax policy, through $288,000,000,000 in annual tax

12 incentives, has helped lay the foundation for the

13 great middle class.

14 (6) Lacking an income tax liability, low-income

15 working families cannot take advantage of asset de16 velopment incentives available through the Federal

17 tax code.

18 (7) Individual Development Accounts have prov19 en to be successful in helping low-income working

20 families save and accumulate assets. Individual De21 velopment Accounts have been used to purchase

22 long-term, high-return assets, including homes, post23 secondary education and training, and small busi24 nesses.
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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that the Federal tax code should support a signifi3 cant expansion of Individual Development Accounts so

4 that millions of low-income, working families can save,

5 build assets, and move their lives forward; thus, making

6 positive contributions to the economic and social well7 being of the United States, as well as to its future.

8 SEC. 403. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY.

9 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following:

10 (1) Members of the uniformed services and ci11 vilian employees of the United States make signifi12 cant contributions to the general welfare of the Na13 tion.

14 (2) Increases in the pay of members of the uni15 formed services and of civilian employees of the

16 United States have not kept pace with increases in

17 the overall pay levels of workers in the private sec18 tor, so that there now exists (A) a 32 percent gap

19 between compensation levels of Federal civilian em20 ployees and compensation levels of private sector

21 workers, and (B) an estimated 10 percent gap be22 tween compensation levels of members of the uni23 formed services and compensation levels of private

24 sector workers.
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1 (3) The President’s budget proposal for fiscal

2 year 2003 includes a 4.1 percent pay raise for mili3 tary personnel.

4 (4) The Office of Management and Budget has re5 quested that federal agencies plan their fiscal year 2003

6 budgets with a 2.6 percent pay raise for civilian Federal

7 employees.

8 (5) In almost every year during the past two

9 decades, there have been equal adjustments in the

10 compensation of members of the uniformed services

11 and the compensation of civilian employees of the

12 United States.

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

14 House that rates of compensation for civilian employees

15 of the United States should be adjusted at the same time,

16 and in the same proportion, as are rates of compensation

17 for members of the uniformed services.

18 SEC. 404. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICARE+CHOICE RE19 GIONAL DISPARITIES.

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

21 (1) one of the goals of the Balanced Budget Act

22 of 1997 was to expand options for Medicare bene23 ficiaries under the Medicare+Choice program;
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1 (2) the funding formula in that Act was in2 tended to make these choices available to all Ameri3 cans; and

4 (3) despite attempts by Congress to equalize re5 gional disparities in Medicare+Choice payments in

6 the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 and

7 the medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits and

8 Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, rural and

9 other low-payment areas have continued to lag sig10 nificantly behind their higher-payment counterparts

11 in average adjusted per capita (AAPCC) reimburse12 ments.

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

14 House that if the Committee on Ways and Means reports

15 a bill to reform medicare, it should apply all new funds

16 directed to the Medicare+Choice program to increase

17 funding to counties receiving floor or blended rates relative

18 to counties receiving the minimum update.

19 SEC. 405. BORDER SECURITY AND ANTI-TERRORISM.

20 It is the sense of the House that this resolution as21 sumes $380 million in new budget authority and a cor22 responding level of outlays in functional category 750 (Ad23 ministration of Justice) for the Immigration and Natu24 ralization Service to implement a visa tracking system as
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1 part of a comprehensive plan to protect the United States

2 and its territories from threats of terrorist attack.

3 SEC. 406. PACIFIC NORTHWEST SALMON RECOVERY.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

5 (1) Pacific Salmon are historically, culturally,

6 and economically important to the people of the

7 Northwest;

8 (2) the United States Government has nego9 tiated treaties with the Columbia River Indian

10 tribes;

11 (3) the National Marine Fisheries Service in

12 December 2000 issued a biological opinion on the

13 Federal Columbia River Power System calling for

14 greater efforts by the Federal Government, to satisfy

15 the ESA standards of section 7(a)(2) of the Endan16 gered Species Act; and

17 (4) the citizens of the Pacific Northwest are

18 committed to salmon recovery and their hard work

19 in communities throughout the region to advance

20 local solutions deserve Federal assistance.

21 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that this resolution assumes that the Pacific North23 west salmon recovery program, administered by Federal

24 agencies on the Federal Columbia River Power System
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1 and Pacific coast, should be made a high-priority item for

2 funding.

Union Calendar No. 218

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 353

[Report No. 107–376]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Establishing the congressional budget for the

United States Government for fiscal year 2003and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels foreach of fiscal years 2004 through 2007.

MARCH 15, 2002

Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed