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Union Calendar No. 632 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 128 

[Report No. 115–816] 

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for 

fiscal year 2019 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 

fiscal years 2020 through 2028. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2018 

Mr. WOMACK from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following concurrent resolution; which was committed 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 2019 and setting forth the 

appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2020 

through 2028. 

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 2019. 

3 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 

4 declares that prior concurrent resolutions on the budget 

5 are replaced as of fiscal year 2019 and that this concur6 rent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 2019 

7 and sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

8 years 2020 through 2028. 

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

10 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND RELATED MATTERS 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Sec. 301. Point of order against increasing long-term direct spending. 

Sec. 302. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

Sec. 303. Limitation on changes in certain mandatory programs. 

Sec. 304. Limitation on advance appropriations. 

Sec. 305. Estimates of debt service costs. 

Sec. 306. Fair-value credit estimates. 

Sec. 307. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources. 

Sec. 308. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 

Highway Trust Fund. 

Sec. 309. Prohibition on use of guarantee fees as an offset. 

Sec. 310. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses. 

Sec. 311. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 312. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 313. Adjustment for changes in the baseline. 

Sec. 314. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Sec. 401. Deficit neutral reserve fund for investments in national infrastructure. 


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Sec. 402. Deficit neutral reserve fund for amendments to the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986. 

Sec. 403. Reserve fund for extending pro-growth tax policies. 

Sec. 404. Reserve fund for the repeal or replacement of President Obama’s 

health care laws. 

Sec. 405. Deficit neutral reserve fund for the clarification of presumptions of 

service connection for veterans who served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam and Korea. 

TITLE V—POLICY STATEMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Sec. 501. Policy statement on unauthorized appropriations. 

Sec. 502. Policy statement on improper payments. 

Sec. 503. Policy statement on expenditures from agency fees and spending. 

Sec. 504. Policy statement on combating the opioid epidemic. 

Sec. 505. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery, and innovation. 

Sec. 506. Policy statement on Medicaid work requirements. 

Sec. 507. Policy statement on Medicare. 

Sec. 508. Policy statement on Social Security. 

Sec. 509. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development opportunity. 

Sec. 510. Policy statement on the Judgment Fund. 

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

5 each of fiscal years 2019 through 2028: 

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

7 enforcement of this concurrent resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

9 revenues are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2019: $2,590,496,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2020: $2,736,347,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: $2,845,396,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: $2,990,130,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2023: $3,164,364,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2024: $3,338,062,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2025: $3,513,201,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2026: $3,807,248,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: $4,058,110,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2028: $4,229,859,000,000. 

6 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

7 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

8 are as follows: 

9 Fiscal year 2019: $0. 

10 Fiscal year 2020: $0. 

11 Fiscal year 2021: $0. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: $0. 

13 Fiscal year 2023: $0. 

14 Fiscal year 2024: $0. 

15 Fiscal year 2025: $0. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: $0. 

17 Fiscal year 2027: $0. 

18 Fiscal year 2028: $0. 

19 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

20 of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 

21 appropriate levels of total new budget authority are 

22 as follows: 

23 Fiscal year 2019: $3,478,974,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2020: $3,488,774,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: $3,563,231,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2022: $3,669,991,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2023: $3,783,347,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2024: $3,856,688,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: $3,899,811,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2026: $4,005,410,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2027: $4,094,293,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2028: $4,125,676,000,000. 

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

9 enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appro10 priate levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 

11 Fiscal year 2019: $3,379,438,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: $3,458,307,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: $3,545,070,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2022: $3,673,780,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2023: $3,761,485,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: $3,817,215,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: $3,870,702,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2026: $3,982,738,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2027: $4,066,253,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2028: $4,131,191,000,000. 

21 (4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of 

22 the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 

23 amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows: 

24 Fiscal year 2019: $788,942,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: $721,960,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2021: $699,674,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2022: $683,650,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2023: $597,121,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: $479,153,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2025: $357,501,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2026: $175,490,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2027: $8,143,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2028: -$98,668,000,000. 

9 (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appropriate 

10 levels of debt subject to limit are as follows: 

11 Fiscal year 2019: $22,356,469,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: $23,216,315,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: $24,010,615,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2022: $24,735,181,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2023: $25,350,001,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: $25,832,181,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: $26,124,404,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2026: $26,275,988,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2027: $26,109,909,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2028: $25,750,525,000,000. 

21 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro22 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

23 Fiscal year 2019: $16,568,177,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2020: $17,363,858,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: $18,125,630,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2022: $18,869,457,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2023: $19,512,838,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2024: $20,026,824,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: $20,412,479,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2026: $20,614,633,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2027: $20,645,322,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2028: $20,560,545,000,000. 

8 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

9 The Congress determines and declares that the ap10 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 

11 fiscal years 2019 through 2028 for each major functional 

12 category are: 

13 (1) National Defense (050): 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $656,500,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $633,352,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $689,121,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $655,961,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $723,190,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $689,135,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $726,804,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $709,118,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $730,442,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $711,516,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $734,111,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $713,215,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $737,806,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $722,903,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2026: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $741,523,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $726,681,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2027: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $745,277,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $730,451,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2028: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $748,489,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $739,313,000,000. 

4 (2) International Affairs (150): 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $47,895,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $43,551,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $49,063,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $44,417,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $49,178,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $45,351,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $47,379,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $45,574,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $48,479,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $46,321,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $49,711,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $47,044,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $50,843,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $47,790,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $52,031,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $48,809,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $53,207,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $49,880,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2028: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $54,401,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $51,019,000,000. 

20 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

21 (250): 

22 Fiscal year 2019: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $29,497,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $31,478,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2020: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $30,175,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $30,856,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2021: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $30,901,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $30,914,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $31,630,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $31,267,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2023: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $32,361,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $31,751,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2024: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $33,151,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $32,457,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2025: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $33,910,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $33,169,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2026: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $34,674,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $33,923,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $35,474,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $34,688,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2028: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $36,278,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $35,484,000,000. 

12 (4) Energy (270): 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$2,562,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $4,224,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $2,737,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $3,644,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$11,118,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$10,770,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $1,118,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $978,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $790,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $158,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $1,116,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $339,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $808,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $35,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $618,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$147,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $625,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $70,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2028: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $3,314,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $2,764,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $52,244,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $37,591,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $54,086,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $37,858,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $54,651,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $38,560,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $54,507,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $38,500,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $56,796,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $40,777,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $57,821,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $41,991,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $58,540,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $43,300,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $60,592,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $45,923,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $62,269,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $48,204,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2028: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $63,955,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $50,499,000,000. 

20 (6) Agriculture (350): 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $23,466,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $21,993,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $21,811,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $23,323,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $22,940,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $21,182,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $20,551,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $21,744,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $21,051,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $22,245,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $21,537,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $22,777,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $22,032,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $23,544,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $22,826,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $23,708,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $22,979,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2028: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $24,423,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $23,668,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$4,325,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$9,672,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$10,200,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$16,540,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$7,681,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$15,519,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$8,337,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$17,403,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$8,456,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$17,850,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$6,951,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$16,399,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$5,095,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$15,392,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$5,225,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$15,083,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$5,211,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$15,850,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2028: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$5,714,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$15,759,000,000. 

4 (8) Transportation (400): 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $95,233,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $92,465,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $88,996,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $93,556,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $70,979,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $91,134,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $71,617,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $82,757,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $72,400,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $79,100,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $73,241,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $77,767,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $73,995,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $76,819,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $74,919,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $76,375,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $75,995,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $76,730,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2028: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $76,947,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $77,208,000,000. 

20 (9) Community and Regional Development 

21 (450): 

22 Fiscal year 2019: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $74,678,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $44,532,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2020: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $76,515,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $49,572,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2021: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $78,061,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $51,887,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $79,707,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $56,856,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2023: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $81,455,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $58,222,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2024: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $83,389,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $63,143,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2025: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $85,269,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $68,023,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2026: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $87,176,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $72,584,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $89,092,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $76,130,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2028: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $90,978,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $79,533,000,000. 

12 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

13 Social Services (500): 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $89,643,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $105,795,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $98,245,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $98,277,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $99,900,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $99,773,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $98,956,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $99,596,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $97,736,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $98,801,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $97,412,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $98,190,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $98,529,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $99,054,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2026: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $99,359,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $99,997,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2027: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $100,277,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $100,930,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2028: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $102,041,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $102,520,000,000. 

4 (11) Health (550): 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $577,947,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $529,709,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $535,605,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $513,181,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $493,983,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $484,274,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $539,822,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $526,335,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $562,960,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $547,080,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $574,422,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $567,644,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $598,546,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $591,133,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $624,915,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $615,878,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $634,591,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $633,703,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2028: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $656,144,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $652,492,000,000. 

20 (12) Medicare (570): 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $648,039,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $647,663,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $675,326,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $674,993,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $727,232,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $726,856,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $813,149,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $812,779,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $831,639,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $831,271,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $829,127,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $828,754,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $904,939,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $904,559,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $962,152,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $961,762,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $1,023,360,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $1,022,973,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2028: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $1,150,826,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $1,150,437,000,000. 

12 (13) Income Security (600): 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $489,346,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $479,169,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $484,668,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $475,993,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $494,922,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $486,381,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $508,298,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $506,383,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $518,765,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $511,705,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $504,105,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $492,173,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $513,490,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $502,427,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $523,311,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $517,955,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $518,373,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $509,731,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2028: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $526,827,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $523,951,000,000. 

4 (14) Social Security (650): 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $35,977,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $35,977,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $39,035,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $39,035,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $42,028,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $42,028,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $45,053,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $45,053,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $48,312,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $48,312,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $51,893,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $51,893,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $55,894,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $55,894,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $66,328,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $66,328,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $72,886,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $72,886,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2028: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $78,066,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $78,066,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $196,374,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $194,161,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $202,515,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $200,642,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $208,785,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $207,057,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $215,491,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $222,548,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $221,047,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $219,458,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $227,178,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $215,929,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $234,772,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $232,629,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $241,792,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $239,579,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $249,111,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $246,815,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2028: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $258,125,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $266,787,000,000. 

12 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $58,262,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $62,957,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $64,972,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $64,940,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $65,478,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $68,896,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $67,095,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $68,372,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $69,050,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $69,095,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $70,873,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $70,270,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $72,651,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $72,125,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $74,212,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $73,672,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $76,027,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $75,406,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2028: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $77,902,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $77,190,000,000. 

4 (17) General Government (800): 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $23,291,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $22,963,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $24,354,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $23,926,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $24,268,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $23,741,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $25,155,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $24,737,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $24,792,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $24,375,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $28,409,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $27,797,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $29,010,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $28,575,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $29,009,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $28,564,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $29,276,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $28,819,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2028: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $29,539,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $29,076,000,000. 

20 (18) Net Interest (900): 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $468,919,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $468,919,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $557,681,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $557,681,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $634,898,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $634,898,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $693,003,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $693,003,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $731,591,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $731,591,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $747,462,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $747,462,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $756,694,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $756,694,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $768,371,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $768,371,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $778,354,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $778,354,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2028: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $784,714,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $784,714,000,000. 

12 (19) Allowances (920): 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$17,572,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$9,243,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$94,357,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$54,296,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$98,283,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$80,340,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•HCON 128 RH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$102,752,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$93,350,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$106,018,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$99,424,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$110,314,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$105,251,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$113,655,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$108,861,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$116,726,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$112,133,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$120,207,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$115,437,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2028: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$118,070,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$116,294,000,000. 

4 (20) Government-wide savings and adjustments 

5 (930): 

6 Fiscal year 2019: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 -$57,938,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, -$14,621,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2020: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 -$77,022,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, -$21,022,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2021: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 -$95,693,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, -$46,793,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2022: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 -$193,392,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, -$140,888,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2023: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 -$172,195,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, -$119,359,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2024: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 -$122,509,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, -$72,158,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2025: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$209,017,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, -$161,896,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2026: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$227,777,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, -$184,208,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2027: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$234,560,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$198,851,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2028: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$385,389,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$333,720,000,000. 

21 (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

22 Fiscal year 2019: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 -$82,940,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, -$82,940,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2020: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 -$84,734,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, -$84,734,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2021: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$88,771,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, -$88,771,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$91,494,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, -$91,494,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2023: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$92,343,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$92,343,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2024: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$101,204,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$101,204,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2025: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$112,895,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$112,895,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2026: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$109,388,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$109,388,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$113,631,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$113,631,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2028: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$128,120,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$128,120,000,000. 

12 (22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

13 War on Terrorism (970): 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $77,000,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $38,862,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $60,000,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $48,555,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $43,000,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $43,438,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $26,000,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $32,507,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $12,000,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $19,877,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $12,000,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $14,622,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $12,000,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $12,585,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2026: 

18 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

19 (B) Outlays, $4,470,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

22 (B) Outlays, $1,274,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2028: 

24 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

25 (B) Outlays, $363,000,000. 


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1 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND 

2 RELATED MATTERS 

3 SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT4 ATIVES. 

5 (a) SUBMISSIONS PROVIDING FOR RECONCILI6 ATION.—Not later than September 14, 2018, the commit7 tees named in subsection (b) shall submit recommenda8 tions on changes in laws within their jurisdictions to the 

9 Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives 

10 that would achieve the specified reduction in the deficit 

11 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 

12 (b) INSTRUCTIONS.— 

13 (1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The Com14 mittee on Agriculture shall submit changes in laws 

15 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

16 by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

17 2019 through 2028. 

18 (2) COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES.—The 

19 Committee on Armed Services shall submit changes 

20 in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

21 deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

22 years 2019 through 2028. 

23 (3) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE

24 WORKFORCE.—The Committee on Education and 

25 the Workforce shall submit changes in laws within 


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1 its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 

2 $20,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 

3 through 2028. 

4 (4) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— 

5 The Committee on Energy and Commerce shall sub6 mit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 

7 to reduce the deficit by $20,000,000,000 for the pe8 riod of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 

9 (5) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The 

10 Committee on Financial Services shall submit 

11 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

12 reduce the deficit by $24,000,000,000 for the period 

13 of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 

14 (6) COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

15 The Committee on Homeland Security shall submit 

16 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

17 reduce the deficit by $3,000,000,000 for the period 

18 of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 

19 (7) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—The 

20 Committee on the Judiciary shall submit changes in 

21 laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

22 deficit by $45,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

23 years 2019 through 2028. 

24 (8) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

25 The Committee on Natural Resources shall submit 


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1 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

2 reduce the deficit by $5,000,000,000 for the period 

3 of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 

4 (9) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERN5 MENT REFORM.—The Committee on Oversight and 

6 Government Reform shall submit changes in laws 

7 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

8 by $32,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

9 2019 through 2028. 

10 (10) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.— 

11 The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall submit 

12 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

13 reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period 

14 of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 

15 (11) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The 

16 Committee on Ways and Means shall submit 

17 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

18 reduce the deficit by $150,000,000,000 for the pe19 riod of fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 


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1 TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCE2 MENT IN THE HOUSE OF REP3 RESENTATIVES 

4 SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG5 TERM DIRECT SPENDING. 

6 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in 

7 the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint 

8 resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

9 thereon, that would cause a net increase in direct spending 

10 in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 

11 10-fiscal year periods described in subsection (b). 

12 (b) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF

13 PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 

14 Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an estimate 

15 of whether a bill or joint resolution reported by a com16 mittee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), or 

17 amendment thereto or conference report thereon, would 

18 cause, relative to current law, a net increase in direct 

19 spending in the House of Representatives, in excess of 

20 $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year 

21 periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal 

22 years after the current fiscal year. 

23 (c) LIMITATION.—In the House of Representatives, 

24 the provisions of this section shall not apply to any bills 

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1 reports thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on 

2 the Budget has made adjustments to the allocations, ag3 gregates, or other budgetary levels in this concurrent reso4 lution. 

5 (d) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For 

6 purposes of this section, the levels of net increases in di7 rect spending shall be determined on the basis of estimates 

8 provided by the chair of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the House of Representatives. 

10 SEC. 302. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP11 ERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 

12 (a) SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN13 GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—In 

14 the House of Representatives, there shall be a separate 

15 allocation of new budget authority and outlays provided 

16 to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of 

17 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter18 rorism, which shall be deemed to be an allocation under 

19 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

20 Section 302(a)(3) of such Act shall not apply to such sepa21 rate allocation. 

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1 sional Budget Act of 1974. The Committee on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives may provide sub3 allocations of such separate allocation under such section 

4 302(b). 

5 (c) APPLICATION.—For purposes of enforcing the 

6 separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under sec7 tion 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 

8 ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ shall be 

9 deemed to refer to fiscal year 2019. Section 302(c) of such 

10 Act shall not apply to such separate allocation. 

11 (d) DESIGNATIONS.—New budget authority or out12 lays shall only be counted toward the allocation referred 

13 to in subsection (a) if designated pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 (e) ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes of subsection (a) 

17 for fiscal year 2019, no adjustment shall be made under 

18 section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

19 if any adjustment would be made under section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 (f) ADJUSTMENTS TO FUND OVERSEAS CONTIN23 GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—In 

24 the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 

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1 other appropriate budgetary levels related to Overseas 

2 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or the 

3 allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

4 Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations 

5 set forth in the report or joint explanatory statement of 

6 managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent 

7 resolution as necessary. 

8 SEC. 303. LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN CERTAIN MANDA9 TORY PROGRAMS. 

10 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘change 

11 in mandatory programs’’ means a provision that— 

12 (1) would have been estimated as affecting di13 rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 

14 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

15 Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 

16 2002) if the provision were included in legislation 

17 other than appropriation Acts; and 

18 (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority 

19 in the budget year, but does not result in a net de20 crease in outlays over the total of the current year, 

21 the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under 

22 the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 

23 the budget. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representa2 tives, it shall not be in order to consider a bill or 

3 joint resolution making appropriations for a full fis4 cal year that includes a provision that proposes a 

5 change in mandatory programs, or amendment 

6 thereto or conference report thereon, that, if en7 acted, would cause the absolute value of the total 

8 budget authority of all such changes in mandatory 

9 programs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to 

10 be more than the amount specified in paragraph (2). 

11 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 

12 paragraph is— 

13 (A) for fiscal year 2019, $17,000,000,000; 

14 and 

15 (B) for fiscal year 2020, $15,000,000,000. 

16 (c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, 

17 budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti18 mates provided by the chair of the Committee on the 

19 Budget of the House of Representatives. 

20 SEC. 304. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 

22 except as provided for in subsection (b), it shall not be 

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1 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that provides 

2 advance appropriations. 

3 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 

4 provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts 

5 identified in the report or the joint explanatory statement 

6 of managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent 

7 resolution under the following headings: 

8 (1) GENERAL.—‘‘Accounts Identified for Ad9 vance Appropriations’’. 

10 (2) VETERANS.—‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified 

11 for Advance Appropriations’’. 

12 (c) LIMITATIONS.—The aggregate level of advance 

13 appropriations shall not exceed the following: 

14 (1) GENERAL.—$29,014,001,000 in new budget 

15 authority for all programs identified pursuant to 

16 subsection (b)(1). 

17 (2) VETERANS.—$75,550,600,000 in new budg18 et authority for programs in the Department of Vet19 erans Affairs identified pursuant to subsection 

20 (b)(2). 

21 (d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropria22 tion’’ means any new discretionary budget authority pro23 vided in a general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolu24 tion continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, or any 

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1 becomes available for the first fiscal year following fiscal 

2 year 2019. 

3 SEC. 305. ESTIMATES OF DEBT SERVICE COSTS. 

4 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

5 Committee on the Budget may direct the Congressional 

6 Budget Office to include, in any estimate of a bill or joint 

7 resolution prepared under section 402 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974, an estimate of any change in 

9 debt service costs resulting from carrying out such bill or 

10 resolution. Any estimate of debt service costs provided 

11 under this section shall be advisory and shall not be used 

12 for purposes of enforcement of such Act, the rules of the 

13 House of Representatives, or this concurrent resolution. 

14 This section shall not apply to authorizations of programs 

15 funded by discretionary spending or to appropriation bills 

16 or joint resolutions, but shall apply to changes in the au17 thorization level of appropriated entitlements. 

18 SEC. 306. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES. 

19 (a) FAIR-VALUE ESTIMATES.—Upon the request of 

20 chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 

21 Representatives, any estimate prepared by the Director of 

22 the Congressional Budget Office for a measure that estab23 lishes or modifies any program providing loans or loan 

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1 to the extent practicable, provide a fair-value estimate of 

2 such loan or loan guarantee program. 

3 (b) BASELINE ESTIMATES.—The Congressional 

4 Budget Office shall include estimates of loan and loan 

5 guarantee programs, on a fair-value and credit reform 

6 basis, as practicable, in its The Budget and Economic Out7 look. 

8 (c) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA9 TIVES.—If the Director of the Congressional Budget Of10 fice provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a), the 

11 chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 

12 Representatives may use such estimate to determine com13 pliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and 

14 other budget enforcement requirements. 

15 SEC. 307. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF 

16 BUDGETARY RESOURCES. 

17 (a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT

18 SPENDING LEVELS.—In the House of Representatives, if 

19 a committee (other than the Committee on Appropria20 tions) reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 

21 thereto is offered or conference report thereon is sub22 mitted, providing for a decrease in direct spending (budget 

23 authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal 

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1 measure, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 

2 decrease the allocation to the applicable authorizing com3 mittee that reports such measure and increase the alloca4 tion of discretionary spending (budget authority and out5 lays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on Appropria6 tions for fiscal year 2019 by an amount equal to the new 

7 budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided 

8 for in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for 

9 the same purpose. 

10 (b) DETERMINATIONS.—In the House of Representa11 tives, for purposes of enforcing this concurrent resolution, 

12 the allocations and aggregate levels of new budget author13 ity, outlays, direct spending, revenues, deficits, and sur14 pluses for fiscal year 2019 and the total of fiscal years 

15 2019 through 2028 shall be determined on the basis of 

16 estimates made by the chair of the Committee on the 

17 Budget and such chair may adjust the applicable levels 

18 in this concurrent resolution. 

19 SEC. 308. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL 

20 FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY 

21 TRUST FUND. 

22 In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the 

23 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget 

24 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the rules 

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1 resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report 

2 thereon, that transfers funds from the general fund of the 

3 Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as 

4 new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of 

5 the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer occurs. 

6 SEC. 309. PROHIBITION ON USE OF GUARANTEE FEES AS 

7 AN OFFSET. 

8 In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 

9 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con10 ference report thereon, that increases, or extends the in11 crease of, any guarantee fees of the Federal National 

12 Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home 

13 Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) shall not be 

14 counted for purposes of enforcing the Congressional Budg15 et Act of 1974, this concurrent resolution, or clause 10 

16 of rule XXI of the rules of the House of Representatives. 

17 SEC. 310. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 

18 EXPENSES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 

20 notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional 

21 Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforce22 ment Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 39, United 

23 States Code, the report or the joint explanatory statement, 

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1 priations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budg2 et Act of 1974 amounts for the discretionary administra3 tive expenses of the Social Security Administration and 

4 the United States Postal Service. 

5 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House of Representa6 tives, for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Con7 gressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the levels of 

8 total new budget authority and total outlays provided by 

9 a measure shall include any discretionary amounts de10 scribed in subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 311. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO12 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

13 (a) APPLICATION.—In the House of Representatives, 

14 any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, and other 

15 budgetary levels made pursuant to this concurrent resolu16 tion shall— 

17 (1) apply while that measure is under consider18 ation; 

19 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

20 measure; and 

21 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

22 soon as practicable. 

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1 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as the allo2 cations and aggregates contained in this concurrent reso3 lution. 

4 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

5 purposes of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary lev6 els for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be deter7 mined on the basis of estimates made by the chair of the 

8 Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa9 tives. 

10 (d) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICA11 TION.—In the House of Representatives, for purposes of 

12 this concurrent resolution and budget enforcement, the 

13 consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 

14 thereto or conference report thereon, for which the chair 

15 of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or 

16 revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other budg17 etary levels of this concurrent resolution shall not be sub18 ject to the points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule 

19 XXI of the rules of the House of Representatives or sec20 tion 301 of this concurrent resolution. 

21 (e) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Com22 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may 

23 adjust other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolu24 tion depending on congressional action on pending rec25 onciliation legislation. 


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1 SEC. 312. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON2 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

3 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

4 Committee on the Budget may adjust the appropriate ag5 gregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels in this 

6 concurrent resolution for any change in budgetary con7 cepts and definitions consistent with section 251(b)(1) of 

8 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

9 of 1985. 

10 SEC. 313. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE. 

11 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

12 Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag13 gregates, reconciliation targets, and other appropriate 

14 budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution to reflect 

15 changes resulting from the Congressional Budget Office’s 

16 update to its baseline for fiscal years 2019 through 2028. 

17 SEC. 314. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

18 The House of Representatives adopts the provisions 

19 of this title and title II— 

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

21 the House of Representatives, and as such they shall 

22 be considered as part of the rules of the House of 

23 Representatives, and such rules shall supersede 

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1 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

2 right of the House of Representatives to change 

3 those rules at any time, in the same manner, and to 

4 the same extent as is the case of any other rule of 

5 the House of Representatives. 

6 TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS IN 

7 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA8 TIVES 

9 SEC. 401. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INVEST10 MENTS IN NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 

11 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

12 Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag13 gregates, and other appropriate levels in this concurrent 

14 resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 

15 thereto or conference report thereon, that invests in na16 tional infrastructure if such measure would not increase 

17 the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 

18 2028. 

19 SEC. 402. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMEND20 MENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 

21 OF 1986. 

22 In the House of Representatives, if the Committee 

23 on Ways and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that 

24 amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the chair of 

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1 aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 

2 concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any such 

3 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con4 ference report thereon, if such measure would not increase 

5 the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 

6 2028. 

7 SEC. 403. RESERVE FUND FOR EXTENDING PRO-GROWTH 

8 TAX POLICIES. 

9 In the House of Representatives, if the Committee 

10 on Ways and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that 

11 extends the pro-growth tax policies of Public Law 115– 

12 97, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust 

13 the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budg14 etary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary 

15 effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or amendment 

16 thereto or conference report thereon. 

17 SEC. 404. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OR REPLACE18 MENT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE 

19 LAWS. 

20 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

21 Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag22 gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 

23 concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill 

24 or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 

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1 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or title 

2 I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education 

3 Reconciliation Act of 2010 by the amount of budget au4 thority and outlays flowing therefrom provided by such 

5 measure for such purpose. 

6 SEC. 405. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

7 CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF SERV8 ICE CONNECTION FOR VETERANS WHO 

9 SERVED OFFSHORE OF THE REPUBLIC OF 

10 VIETNAM AND KOREA. 

11 In the House of Representatives, if the Committee 

12 on Veterans’ Affairs reports a bill or joint resolution that 

13 clarifies the presumptions of service connection for vet14 erans who served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam or 

15 Korea, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may ad16 just the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 

17 budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budg18 etary effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or amend19 ment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure 

20 would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 

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1 TITLE V—POLICY STATEMENTS 

2 IN THE HOUSE OF REP3 RESENTATIVES 

4 SEC. 501. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED APPRO5 PRIATIONS. 

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

7 (1) Article I of the Constitution vests all legisla8 tive power in Congress. 

9 (2) Central to the legislative powers of Congress 

10 is the authorization of appropriations necessary to 

11 execute the laws that establish agencies and pro12 grams and impose obligations. 

13 (3) Clause 2 of rule XXI of the Rules of the 

14 House of Representatives prohibits the consideration 

15 of appropriations measures that provide appropria16 tions for unauthorized programs. 

17 (4) As of January 2018, more than $713 billion 

18 has been appropriated for unauthorized programs, 

19 spanning 30 separate laws that include 189 explicit 

20 authorizations of appropriations set to expire on or 

21 before the end of fiscal year 2018. 

22 (5) Agencies such as the Department of State 

23 have not been authorized for nearly two decades. 

24 (6) In the 115th Congress, the House adopted 

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1 committee of the House to adopt an authorization 

2 and oversight plan that enumerates all unauthorized 

3 programs and agencies within its jurisdiction that 

4 received funding in the prior fiscal year, among 

5 other oversight requirements. 

6 (b) POLICY ON UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.— 

7 In the House, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution 

8 that legislation should be enacted that— 

9 (1) establishes a schedule for reauthorizing all 

10 Federal programs on a staggered five-year basis to11 gether with declining spending targets for each year 

12 a program is not reauthorized according to such 

13 schedule; 

14 (2) prohibits the consideration of appropriations 

15 measures in the House that provide appropriations 

16 in excess of spending targets specified for such 

17 measures and ensures that such rule should be 

18 strictly enforced; and 

19 (3) limits funding for non-defense or non-secu20 rity-related Federal programs that are not reauthor21 ized according to the schedule described in para22 graph (1). 

23 SEC. 502. POLICY STATEMENT ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS. 

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1 (1) The Government Accountability Office de2 fines improper payments as any reported payment 

3 that should not have been made or was made in an 

4 incorrect amount. 

5 (2) Improper payments totaled roughly $1.3 

6 trillion between fiscal years 2003 and 2017. 

7 (3) Improper payments increased from $107 

8 billion in 2012 to $141 billion in 2017. 

9 (4) The Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, 

10 and Medicaid account for 74 percent of total im11 proper payments. 

12 (5) Eight agencies did not report payment esti13 mates for 18 programs that the Comptroller General 

14 deems susceptible to significant improper payments. 

15 (b) POLICY ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS.—It is the pol16 icy of this concurrent resolution that an independent com17 mission should be established with the goal of finding tan18 gible solutions to reduce total improper payments by 50 

19 percent within the next 5 years. The commission should 

20 also develop a more stringent system of agency oversight 

21 to achieve this goal. 

22 SEC. 503. POLICY STATEMENT ON EXPENDITURES FROM 

23 AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING. 

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1 (1) Many Federal departments and agencies 

2 have permanent authority to collect and spend fees 

3 and other offsetting collections. 

4 (2) The Office of Management and Budget esti5 mates the total amount of offsetting fees and collec6 tions to be $542 billion in fiscal year 2018. 

7 (3) Agency budget justifications are, in some 

8 cases, not fully transparent about the amount of 

9 program activity funded through offsetting collec10 tions or fees. This lack of transparency prevents ef11 fective and accountable Government. 

12 (b) POLICY ON EXPENDITURES FROM AGENCY FEES

13 AND SPENDING.—It is the policy of this concurrent resolu14 tion that the House should reassert its constitutional pre15 rogative to control Federal spending and exercise rigorous 

16 oversight over Federal agencies. Congress should subject 

17 all fees paid by the public to Federal agencies to annual 

18 appropriations or authorizing legislation and a share of 

19 these proceeds should be reserved for taxpayers in the 

20 form of deficit reduction. 

21 SEC. 504. POLICY STATEMENT ON COMBATING THE OPIOID 

22 EPIDEMIC. 

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1 (1) According to the Centers for Disease Con2 trol and Prevention (CDC), on average, 115 Ameri3 cans die each day from an opioid overdose. 

4 (2) Forty percent of deaths from an opioid 

5 overdose are attributable to overdose from prescrip6 tion opioids. 

7 (3) Opioid overdose deaths involving a prescrip8 tion opioid were five times higher in 2016 than in 

9 1999. 

10 (4) Since 1999, the number of prescription 

11 opioids sold in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled. 

12 (5) Since 1999, the number of deaths from pre13 scription opioids has more than quadrupled. 

14 (6) The CDC asserts that improving opioid pre15 scribing practices will reduce exposure to opioids, 

16 prevent abuse, and stop addiction. 

17 (7) The CDC has found that individuals in 

18 rural counties are almost twice as likely to overdose 

19 on prescription painkillers as those in urban areas. 

20 (8) According to the CDC, nearly 7,000 people 

21 are treated in emergency rooms every day for using 

22 opioids in a non-approved manner. 

23 (9) The 21st Century Cures Act and the Com24 prehensive Addiction and Recovery Act were signed 

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1 display of congressional and executive branch sup2 port in the fight against the opioid epidemic. 

3 (10) The Committee on Energy and Commerce 

4 and the Committee on Ways and Means have consid5 ered dozens of opioid epidemic-related bills during 

6 the 115th Congress. 

7 (11) Bipartisan efforts to eliminate opioid 

8 abuse and provide relief from addiction for all Amer9 icans should continue. 

10 (b) POLICY ON OPIOID ABUSE.—It is the policy of 

11 this concurrent resolution that— 

12 (1) combating opioid abuse using available 

13 budgetary resources remains a high priority; 

14 (2) the House, in a bipartisan manner, should 

15 continue to examine the Federal response to the 

16 opioid abuse epidemic and support essential activi17 ties to reduce and prevent substance abuse; 

18 (3) the House should continue to support initia19 tives included in the 21st Century Cures Act and the 

20 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act; 

21 (4) the House should continue its oversight ef22 forts, particularly ongoing investigations conducted 

23 by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

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1 opioid abuse are spent appropriately and efficiently; 

2 and 

3 (5) the House should collaborate with State, 

4 local, and tribal entities to develop a comprehensive 

5 strategy for addressing the opioid addiction crisis. 

6 SEC. 505. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL DISCOVERY, 

7 DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY, AND INNOVA8 TION. 

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

10 (1) The Nation’s commitment to the discovery, 

11 development, and delivery of new treatments and 

12 cures has made the United States the biomedical in13 novation capital of the world for decades. 

14 (2) The history of scientific discovery and med15 ical breakthroughs in the United States is extensive, 

16 including the creation of the polio vaccine, the first 

17 genetic mapping, and the invention of the 

18 implantable cardiac pacemaker. 

19 (3) Reuters ranked the United States Health 

20 and Human Services Laboratories as first in the 

21 world for innovation on its 2017 list of the Top 25 

22 Global Innovators. 

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1 medical device market accounts for approximately 40 

2 percent of the global market. 

3 (5) The United States remains a global leader 

4 in pharmaceutical research and development invest5 ment, has produced more than half of the world’s 

6 new molecules in the past decade, and represents the 

7 world’s largest pharmaceutical market, which is tri8 ple the size of the nearest rival, China. 

9 (b) POLICY ON MEDICAL INNOVATION.—It is the pol10 icy of this concurrent resolution that— 

11 (1) the Federal Government should foster in12 vestment in health care innovation and maintain the 

13 Nation’s world leadership status in medical science 

14 by encouraging competition; 

15 (2) the House should continue to support the 

16 critical work of medical innovators throughout the 

17 country through continued funding for agencies, in18 cluding the National Institutes of Health and the 

19 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to con20 duct life-saving research and development; and 

21 (3) the Federal Government should unleash the 

22 power of private-sector medical innovation by remov23 ing regulatory obstacles that impede the adoption of 

24 new medical technology and pharmaceuticals. 


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1 SEC. 506. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAID WORK RE2 QUIREMENTS. 

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

4 (1) Medicaid is a Federal-State program that 

5 provides health care coverage for impoverished 

6 Americans. 

7 (2) Medicaid serves four major population cat8 egories: the elderly, the blind and disabled, children, 

9 and adults. 

10 (3) The Congressional Budget Office projects 

11 the average monthly enrollment in Medicaid for fis12 cal year 2018 to be 76 million people. 

13 (4) Of this 76 million people, 27 million - more 

14 than one third of the enrollees - are non-elderly, 

15 non-disabled adults. 

16 (5) Medicaid continues to grow at an 

17 unsustainable rate, and will cost approximately one 

18 trillion dollars per year within the decade, between 

19 Federal and State spending. 

20 (6) Congress has a responsibility to preserve 

21 limited Medicaid resources for America’s most vul22 nerable - those who cannot provide for themselves. 

23 (7) In 2016, the Foundation for Government 

24 Accountability conducted a first-of-its-kind study on 

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1 ments have led to greater employment, higher in2 comes, and less poverty. 

3 (8) The State of Maine implemented work re4 quirements in 2014, and saw incomes rise for able5 bodied welfare recipients by an average of 114 per6 cent within a year. 

7 (9) Work is a valuable source of human dignity, 

8 and work requirements help lift Americans out of 

9 poverty by incentivizing self-reliance. 

10 (b) POLICY ON MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that— 

12 (1) Congress should enact legislation that en13 courages able-bodied, non-elderly, non-pregnant 

14 adults without dependents to work, actively seek 

15 work, participate in a job-training program, or do 

16 community service, in order to receive Medicaid; 

17 (2) Medicaid work requirements legislation 

18 could include 30 hours per week of work, of which 

19 20 of those hours should be spent in the core activi20 ties of: public or private sector employment, work 

21 experience, on-the-job training, job-search or job22 readiness assistance program participation, commu23 nity service, or vocational training and education; 


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1 (3) States should be given flexibility to deter2 mine the parameters of qualifying program partici3 pation and work-equivalent experience; 

4 (4) States should perform regular case checks 

5 to ensure taxpayer dollars are appropriately spent; 

6 and 

7 (5) the Government Accountability Office or the 

8 Department of Health and Human Services Inspec9 tor General should conduct annual audits of State 

10 Medicaid programs to ensure proper reporting and 

11 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. 

12 SEC. 507. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

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

14 (1) More than 58 million Americans depend on 

15 Medicare for their health security. 

16 (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeat17 edly recommended that Congress address Medicare’s 

18 long-term financial challenges. Each year without re19 form, the financial condition of Medicare becomes 

20 more precarious and the threat to those in or near 

21 retirement more pronounced. The current challenges 

22 that Congress will need to address include— 

23 (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 

24 will be exhausted in 2026 and unable to pay the 

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1 (B) Medicare enrollment is expected to in2 crease more than 50 percent in the next two 

3 decades, as 10,000 baby boomers reach retire4 ment age each day; 

5 (C) due to extended life spans, enrollees 

6 remain in Medicare three times longer than at 

7 the outset of the program five decades ago; 

8 (D) notwithstanding the program’s trust 

9 fund arrangement, current workers’ payroll tax 

10 contributions pay for current Medicare bene11 ficiaries instead of being set aside for their own 

12 future use; 

13 (E) the number of workers supporting 

14 each beneficiary continues to fall; in 1965, the 

15 ratio was 4.5 workers per beneficiary, and by 

16 2030, the ratio will be only 2.4 workers per 

17 beneficiary; 

18 (F) the average Medicare beneficiary re19 ceives about three dollars in Medicare benefits 

20 for every dollar paid into the program; 

21 (G) Medicare is growing faster than the 

22 economy, with an average projected growth rate 

23 of 7 percent per year over the next 10 years; 

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1 (H) by 2028, Medicare spending will reach 

2 more than $1.5 trillion, more than double the 

3 2017 spending level of $702 billion. 

4 (3) Failing to address the impending insolvency 

5 of Medicare will leave millions of American seniors 

6 without adequate health security and younger gen7 erations burdened with having to pay for these 

8 unsustainable spending levels. 

9 (b) POLICY ON MEDICARE REFORM.—It is the policy 

10 of this concurrent resolution to save Medicare for those 

11 in or near retirement and to strengthen the program’s sol12 vency for future beneficiaries. 

13 (c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This concurrent resolution as14 sumes transition to an improved Medicare program that 

15 ensures— 

16 (1) Medicare is preserved for current and fu17 ture beneficiaries; 

18 (2) future Medicare beneficiaries may select 

19 from competing guaranteed health coverage options 

20 for a managed care plan that best suits their needs; 

21 (3) traditional fee-for-service Medicare remains 

22 a plan option; 

23 (4) Medicare provides additional assistance for 

24 lower-income beneficiaries and those with greater 

25 health risks; and 


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1 (5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable 

2 path and becomes solvent over the long term. 

3 SEC. 508. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

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

5 (1) More than 60 million retirees, individuals 

6 with disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Se7 curity. Since enactment, Social Security has served 

8 as a vital leg of the ‘‘three-legged stool’’ of retire9 ment security, which includes employer provided 

10 pensions as well as personal savings. 

11 (2) Social Security’s progressive benefit design 

12 provides lower lifetime earners with a Social Security 

13 benefit that replaces a higher percentage of their 

14 pre-retirement earnings than is the case for higher 

15 earners. Reforms should align with Social Security’s 

16 progressive nature. 

17 (3) The Social Security Trustees Report has re18 peatedly recommended that Social Security’s long19 term financial challenges be addressed soon. 

20 (4) The financial condition of Social Security 

21 and the threat to seniors and those receiving Social 

22 Security disability benefits becomes more pro23 nounced each year without reform. For example, ac24 cording to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)— 


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1 (A) in 2025, the Disability Insurance 

2 Trust Fund will be exhausted and program rev3 enues will be unable to pay scheduled benefits; 

4 and 

5 (B) with the exhaustion of the combined 

6 Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance 

7 Trust Funds in 2030, benefits will be cut by 28 

8 percent across the board. 

9 (5) The recession and slow recovery exacerbated 

10 the looming fiscal crisis facing Social Security. The 

11 most recent CBO projections find that Social Secu12 rity will run a cumulative cash flow deficit of more 

13 than $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. 

14 (6) The Disability Insurance program provides 

15 an essential income safety net for those with disabil16 ities and their families. According to CBO, between 

17 1970 and 2018 the number of disabled workers and 

18 their dependent family members receiving disability 

19 benefits has increased by about 280 percent from 

20 2.7 million to close to 10.3 million. This increase is 

21 not due strictly to population growth or decreases in 

22 health. CBO also attributes program growth to 

23 changes in demographics and the composition of the 

24 labor force as well as Federal policies. 


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1 (7) In the past, Social Security has been re2 formed on a bipartisan basis, most notably by the 

3 ‘‘Greenspan Commission’’, which helped address So4 cial Security shortfalls for more than a generation. 

5 (8) Americans deserve action by the President 

6 and Congress to preserve and strengthen Social Se7 curity to ensure that Social Security remains a crit8 ical part of the safety net. 

9 (b) POLICY ON SOCIAL SECURITY.—It is the policy 

10 of this concurrent resolution that the House should work 

11 in a bipartisan manner to make Social Security solvent 

12 on a sustainable basis. This concurrent resolution as13 sumes, under a reform trigger, that— 

14 (1) if in any year the Board of Trustees of the 

15 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

16 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

17 Fund annual Trustees Report determines that the 

18 75-year actuarial balance of the Social Security 

19 Trust Funds is in deficit, and the annual balance of 

20 the Social Security Trust Funds in the 75th year is 

21 in deficit, the Board of Trustees should, no later 

22 than September 30 of the same calendar year, sub23 mit to the President recommendations for statutory 

24 reforms necessary to achieve a positive 75-year actu25 arial balance and a positive annual balance in the 


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1 75th year, and any recommendations provided to the 

2 President must be agreed upon by both Public 

3 Trustees of the Board of Trustees; 

4 (2) not later than December 1 of the same cal5 endar year in which the Board of Trustees submit 

6 its recommendations, the President should promptly 

7 submit implementing legislation to both Houses of 

8 Congress including recommendations necessary to 

9 achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a 

10 positive annual balance in the 75th year, and the 

11 majority leader of the Senate and the majority lead12 er of the House should introduce the President’s leg13 islation upon receipt; 

14 (3) within 60 days of the President submitting 

15 legislation, the committees of jurisdiction should re16 port a bill, which the House or Senate should con17 sider under expedited procedures; and 

18 (4) legislation submitted by the President 

19 should— 

20 (A) protect those in or near retirement; 

21 (B) preserve the safety net for those who 

22 count on Social Security the most, including 

23 those with disabilities and survivors; 

24 (C) improve fairness for participants; 


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1 (D) reduce the burden on and provide cer2 tainty for future generations; and 

3 (E) secure the future of the Disability In4 surance program while addressing the needs of 

5 those with disabilities today and improving the 

6 determination process. 

7 (c) POLICY ON DISABILITY INSURANCE.—It is the 

8 policy of this concurrent resolution that the House should 

9 consider legislation on a bipartisan basis to reform the 

10 Disability Insurance program prior to the exhaustion of 

11 the Disability Insurance Trust Fund in 2025 and should 

12 not reallocate funds from the Social Security Old-Age and 

13 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund without reforms to the 

14 Disability Insurance system. This concurrent resolution 

15 assumes reform that— 

16 (1) promotes opportunity for those trying to re17 turn to work; 

18 (2) ensures benefits continue to be paid to indi19 viduals with disabilities and their family members 

20 who rely on them; 

21 (3) prevents a 12 percent across-the-board ben22 efit cut; and 

23 (4) improves the Disability Insurance program. 

24 (d) POLICY ON SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY.—It is 

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1 the House considers to improve the solvency of the Dis2 ability Insurance Trust Fund must also improve the long3 term solvency of the combined Old Age and Survivors Dis4 ability Insurance Trust Funds. 

5 SEC. 509. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND 

6 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. 

7 (a) FINDINGS ON HIGHER EDUCATION.—The House 

8 finds the following: 

9 (1) A well-educated, high-skilled workforce is 

10 critical to economic, job, and wage growth. 

11 (2) Average published tuition and fees have in12 creased consistently above the rate of inflation 

13 across all types of colleges and universities. 

14 (3) With an outstanding student loan portfolio 

15 of nearly $1.4 trillion, the Federal Government is 

16 the largest education lender to undergraduate and 

17 graduate students, parents, and other guarantors. 

18 (4) Students who do not complete their college 

19 degree are at a greater risk of defaulting on their 

20 loans than those who complete their degree. 

21 (5) Participation in Federal income-driven re22 payment plans is rising, in terms of the percent of 

23 both borrowers and loan dollars, according to the 

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1 ment period, this increased use portends higher pro2 jected costs to taxpayers. 

3 (b) POLICY ON HIGHER EDUCATION.—It is the policy 

4 of this concurrent resolution to promote college afford5 ability, access, and success by— 

6 (1) reserving Federal financial aid for those 

7 most in need and streamlining grant and loan aid 

8 programs to help students and families more easily 

9 assess their options for financing postsecondary edu10 cation; and 

11 (2) removing regulatory barriers to reduce 

12 costs, increase access, and allow for innovative 

13 teaching models. 

14 (c) FINDINGS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—The 

15 House finds the following: 

16 (1) 6.1 million Americans are currently unem17 ployed. 

18 (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those 

19 looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce 

20 development system that fails to connect workers 

21 with assistance and employers with skilled personnel. 

22 (3) The House Committee on Education and 

23 the Workforce successfully consolidated 15 workforce 

24 development programs when Congress enacted the 

25 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in 2014. 


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1 (d) POLICY ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—It is 

2 the policy of this concurrent resolution to build on the suc3 cess of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

4 by— 

5 (1) further streamlining and consolidating Fed6 eral workforce development programs; and 

7 (2) empowering States with the flexibility to 

8 tailor funding and programs to the specific needs of 

9 their workforce. 

10 SEC. 510. POLICY STATEMENT ON THE JUDGMENT FUND. 

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

12 (1) The Judgment Fund (Fund), established in 

13 1956, was created to pay judgments and settlements 

14 of lawsuits against the Federal Government. 

15 (2) As a result of the Fund’s design, it is ripe 

16 for executive branch exploitation. The Obama Ad17 ministration used the Fund to make billions of dol18 lars in payments to Federal agencies and foreign en19 tities. For example— 

20 (A) on January 17, 2016, the State De21 partment announced the Federal Government 

22 agreed to pay the Iranian government $1.7 bil23 lion to settle a case related to the sale of mili24 tary equipment prior to the Iranian revolution, 

25 of which $1.3 billion was sourced through the 


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1 Fund, without prior congressional notification; 

2 the Obama Administration’s use of the Fund to 

3 make this and other payments raises serious 

4 concerns by sidestepping Congress; and 

5 (B) in 2016, the Department of Health 

6 and Human Services announced its intentions 

7 to use the Fund for settlements with health in8 surers who sued the Federal Government over 

9 the loss of funds for risk corridors under the 

10 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 

11 (3) Failing to address the lack of oversight over 

12 the Fund annually costs taxpayers billions of dollars, 

13 payments exceeded $3.8 billion in 2017, $4.5 billion 

14 in 2016, and almost $29 billion in the preceding 10- 

15 year period. 

16 (b) POLICY ON JUDGMENT FUND.—It is the policy 

17 of this concurrent resolution that the House should con18 sider legislation that reclaims Congress’s power of the 

19 purse over the Fund. Such legislation should— 

20 (1) prohibit interest payments paid from the 

21 Fund for accounts or assets frozen by the Federal 

22 Government and listed on— 

23 (A) the Sanctions Programs list of the Of24 fice of Foreign Asset Control of the Depart25 ment of Treasury; or 


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1 (B) Sponsors of Terrorism list of the De2 partment of State; 

3 (2) amend sections 2414 and 1304 of titles 28 

4 and 31, United States Code, respectively, to— 

5 (A) provide a clear definition and expla6 nation of a ‘‘foreign court or tribunal’’; and 

7 (B) require congressional notification 

8 whenever the Fund makes a settlement or court 

9 ordered lump sum or aggregated payment ex10 ceeding $500 million; and 

11 (3) require legislative action to approve pay12 ments from the Fund in excess of a specified thresh13 old, increase transparency, and require Federal 

14 agencies to reimburse the Fund over a fixed time pe15 riod. 


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Union Calendar No. 632 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 128 

[Report No. 115–816] 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Establishing the congressional budget for the 

els for fiscal years 2020 through 2028. and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levUnited States Government for fiscal year 2019 

JULY 13, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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