107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 353

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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: $1,784,073,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2004: $1,840,292,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2005: $1,930,171,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2006: $2,020,704,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2007: $2,114,974,000,000.

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: $1,756,432,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2004: $1,815,097,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2005: $1,899,231,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2006: $1,978,512,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2007: $2,058,894,000,000.
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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: $224,539,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2004: $188,492,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2005: $151,243,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2006: $140,555,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2007: $131,681,000,000.

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: $6,762,000,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2005: $7,073,000,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2006: $7,371,000,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2007: $7,661,000,000,000.

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: $3,505,000,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2005: $3,448,000,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2006: $3,369,000,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2007: $3,270,000,000,000.
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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 $393,828,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $375,259,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2004:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $401,640,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $390,578,000,000.

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 $29,218,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $29,868,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2004:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $30,546,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $30,362,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2005:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $31,449,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $30,932,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2006:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $30,851,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $31,677,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2007:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $31,474,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $32,032,000,000.

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 $23,848,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $23,860,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2005:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $22,167,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $22,280,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2006:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $21,300,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $21,438,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $21,157,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $21,307,000,000.

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, $60,807,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2004:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $66,950,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $59,675,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2005:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $67,561,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $60,068,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2006:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $68,221,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $61,318,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2007:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $68,897,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $63,302,000,000.

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 $81,037,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $79,090,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2004:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $83,241,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $81,746,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2005:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $86,477,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $84,023,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2006:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $89,463,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $86,353,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2007:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $92,734,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $89,259,000,000.
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1 (11) Health (550):

2 Fiscal year 2003:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $223,536,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $219,931,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2004:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $237,930,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $236,645,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2005:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $255,817,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $253,959,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2006:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $274,576,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $272,695,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2007:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $295,541,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $293,035,000,000.

22 (12) Medicare (570):

23 Fiscal year 2003:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $237,705,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $237,599,000,000.

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 $322,031,000,000.

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, $39,320,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2004:

12 (A) New budget authority,

13 $39,663,000,000.

14 (B) Outlays, $42,219,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2005:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $37,606,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $38,201,000,000.

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 $17,604,000,000.

6 (B) Outlays, $17,408,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2004:

8 (A) New budget authority,

9 $18,067,000,000.

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

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 $262,524,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $262,524,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2004:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $277,366,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $277,365,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2005:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $286,992,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $286,991,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2006:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $294,769,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $294,768,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2007:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $302,679,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $302,678,000,000.

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 oper22 ations of the Department of Defense to prosecute the war

23 on terrorism, the chairman of the Committee on the Budg24 et shall make the appropriate revisions to the allocations

25 and other levels in this resolution by the amount provided
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1 by that measure for that purpose, but the total adjustment

2 for all measures considered under this section shall not

3 exceed $10,000,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal

4 year 2003 and outlays flowing therefrom.

5 SEC. 202. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE MODERNIZATION

6 AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

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

8 on Ways and Means or the Committee on Energy and

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

10 amendment thereto is offered or a conference report there11 on is submitted, that provides a prescription drug benefit

12 and modernizes medicare, and provides adjustments to the

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

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

15 revise the appropriate committee allocations for such com16 mittees and other appropriate levels in this resolution by

17 the amount provided by that measure for that purpose,

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

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

20 $350,000,000,000 in new budget authority and

21 $350,000,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years

22 2003 through 2012.

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

24 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, the chairman of the Committee on the

6 Budget may make the appropriate changes in section

7 302(a) allocations of the Committee on Appropriations,

8 the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on

9 Government Reform and aggregates, if appropriate, to ef10 fectuate and implement the necessary authorizing and ap11 propriation measures to charge Federal agencies for the

12 full cost of accrued Federal retirement and health benefits.

13 SEC. 222. CONTINGENCY FUND FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF

14 STUDENT AID ACCOUNTS.

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

16 that amends the Higher Education Act to make student

17 aid administration subject to annual appropriations, the

18 chairman of the Committee on the Budget may—

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

20 the Committee on Appropriations by the amount of

21 new budget authority provided by that measure but

22 not to exceed $797,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and

23 the outlays flowing therefrom; and

24 (2) make the appropriate adjustment in the sec25 tion 302(a) allocation for the Committee on Edu-
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1 cation and the Workforce resulting from the enact2 ment of the bill or joint resolution making the stu3 dent aid administration subject to annual appropria4 tions.

5 Subtitle D—Implementation of

6 Reserve and Contingency Funds

7 SEC. 231. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO8 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.

9 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations

10 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall—

11 (1) apply while that measure is under consider12 ation;

13 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that

14 measure; and

15 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as

16 soon as practicable.

17 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG18 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting

19 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur20 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca21 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution.

22 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For

23 purposes of this resolution—

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

25 direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
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1 deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of

2 fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of esti3 mates made by the Committee on the Budget; and

4 (2) such chairman may make any other nec5 essary adjustments to such levels to carry out this

6 resolution.

7 (d) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, there shall be a

8 separate section 302(a) allocation to the appropriate com9 mittees for medicare. For purposes of enforcing such sepa10 rate allocation under section 302(f) of the Congressional

11 Budget Act of 1974, the ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total

12 of fiscal years’’ shall be deemed to refer to fiscal year 2003

13 and the total of fiscal years 2003 through 2012 included

14 in the joint explanatory statement of managers accom15 panying this resolution, respectively. Such separate alloca16 tion shall be the exclusive allocation for medicare under

17 section 302(a).

18 TITLE III—BUDGET

19 ENFORCEMENT

20 SEC. 301. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN

21 THE HOUSE.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) In the House, except as pro23 vided in subsection (b), an advance appropriation may not

24 be reported in a bill or joint resolution making a general
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1 appropriation or continuing appropriation, and may not

2 be in order as an amendment thereto.

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

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

5 unless specific authority to agree to the amendment first

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

7 thereto.

8 (b) EXCEPTION.—In the House, an advance appro9 priation may be provided—

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

11 activities or accounts identified in the joint explana12 tory statement of managers accompanying this reso13 lution under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for

14 Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate amount

15 not to exceed $23,178,000,000 in new budget au16 thority; and

17 (2) for the Corporation for Public Broad18 casting.

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

20 appropriation’’ means any discretionary new budget au21 thority in a bill or joint resolution making general appro22 priations or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2003

23 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

5 requested that federal agencies plan their fiscal year

6 2003 budgets with a 2.6 percent pay raise for civil7 ian Federal 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 deserves 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.

3 SEC. 407. FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION ASSISTANCE.

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

5 (1) Increased demands on firefighting and

6 emergency medical personnel have made it difficult

7 for local governments to adequately fund necessary

8 fire safety precautions.

9 (2) The Government has an obligation to pro10 tect the health and safety of the firefighting and

11 emergency medical personnel of the United States

12 and to ensure that they have the financial resources

13 to protect the public.

14 (3) The high rates in the United States of

15 death, injury, and property damage caused by fires

16 demonstrates a critical need for Federal investment

17 in support of firefighting and emergency medical

18 personnel.

19 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that—

21 (1) the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Pro22 gram, administered by the Federal Emergency Man23 agement Agency, has successfully provided financial

24 resources for basic firefighting needs since its incep25 tion; and
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1 (2) in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sep2 tember 11, 2001, the ultimate sacrifice paid by over

3 300 firefighters, that as Congress makes funding de4 cisions regarding the proposed grants for first re5 sponders, local firefighters receive at least as much

6 funding as they did under the Assistance to Fire7 fighters Grant Program.

Passed the House of Representatives March 20,

2002.

Attest:

Clerk.

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 353

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.