In the Senate of the United States, 

October 19, 2017. 

Resolved, That the resolution from the House of Representatives (H. Con. Res. 71) entitled ‘‘Concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United 

States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the 

appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 

2027.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018. 

3 (a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this resolu4 tion is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

5 year 2018 and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate 

6 budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. 

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

8 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. 
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TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in Both Houses 

Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 1102. Major functional categories. 

Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in the Senate 

Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate. 

Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the Senate. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the Senate. 

Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 3001. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect flexible and affordable health 

care for all. 

Sec. 3002. Revenue-neutral reserve fund to reform the American tax system. 

Sec. 3003. Reserve fund for reconciliation legislation. 

Sec. 3004. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending the State Children’s Health 

Insurance Program. 

Sec. 3005. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen American families. 

Sec. 3006. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote innovative educational and nutritional models and systems for American students. 

Sec. 3007. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the American banking system. 

Sec. 3008. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote American agriculture, energy, 

transportation, and infrastructure improvements. 

Sec. 3009. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to restore American military power. 

Sec. 3010. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and service members. 

Sec. 3011. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for public lands and the environment. 

Sec. 3012. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to secure the American border. 

Sec. 3013. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote economic growth, the private 

sector, and to enhance job creation. 

Sec. 3014. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation modifying statutory budgetary controls. 

Sec. 3015. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the taxpayer bailout of pension 

plans. 

Sec. 3016. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to implementing work requirements in all means-tested Federal welfare programs. 

Sec. 3017. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicare and repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board. 

Sec. 3018. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to affordable child and dependent 

care. 

Sec. 3019. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to worker training programs. 

Sec. 3020. Reserve fund for legislation to provide disaster funds for relief and recovery efforts to areas devastated by hurricanes and flooding in 

2017. 

Sec. 3021. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid. 

Sec. 3022. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the provision of tax relief for 

families with children. 

Sec. 3023. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the provision of tax relief for 

small businesses. 
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Sec. 3024. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to tax relief for hard-working 

middle-class Americans. 

Sec. 3025. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to making the American tax system simpler and fairer for all Americans. 

Sec. 3026. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to tax cuts for working American 

families. 

Sec. 3027. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the provision of incentives for 

businesses to invest in America and create jobs in America. 

Sec. 3028. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating tax breaks for companies that ship jobs to foreign countries. 

Sec. 3029. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing full, permanent, and 

mandatory funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program. 

Sec. 3030. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to tax reform which maintains the 

progressivity of the tax system. 

Sec. 3031. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to significantly improving the 

budget process. 

TITLE IV—BUDGET PROCESS 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

Sec. 4101. Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate. 

Sec. 4102. Point of order against certain changes in mandatory programs. 

Sec. 4103. Point of order against provisions that constitute changes in mandatory 

programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund. 

Sec. 4104. Point of order against designation of funds for overseas contingency 

operations. 

Sec. 4105. Point of order against reconciliation amendments with unknown budgetary effects. 

Sec. 4106. Pay-As-You-Go point of order in the Senate. 

Sec. 4107. Honest accounting: cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate 

macroeconomic effects. 

Sec. 4108. Adjustment authority for amendments to statutory caps. 

Sec. 4109. Adjustment for wildfire suppression funding in the Senate. 

Sec. 4110. Adjustment for improved oversight of spending. 

Sec. 4111. Repeal of certain limitations. 

Sec. 4112. Emergency legislation. 

Sec. 4113. Enforcement filing in the Senate. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

Sec. 4201. Oversight of Government performance. 

Sec. 4202. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 4203. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 4204. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 4205. Adjustments to reflect legislation not included in the baseline. 

Sec. 4206. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE V—BUDGET PROCESS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

Sec. 5101. Point of order against increasing long-term direct spending. 

Sec. 5102. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

Sec. 5103. Limitation on changes in certain mandatory programs. 

Sec. 5104. Limitation on advance appropriations. 
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Sec. 5105. Estimates of debt service costs. 

Sec. 5106. Fair-value credit estimates. 

Sec. 5107. Estimates of macroeconomic effects of major legislation. 

Sec. 5108. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources. 

Sec. 5109. Scoring rule for Energy Savings Performance Contracts. 

Sec. 5110. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 

Highway Trust Fund. 

Sec. 5111. Prohibition on use of Federal Reserve surpluses as an offset. 

Sec. 5112. Prohibition on use of guarantee fees as an offset. 

Sec. 5113. Modification of reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

Sec. 5201. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses. 

Sec. 5202. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 5203. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 5204. Adjustment for changes in the baseline. 

Sec. 5205. Application of rule regarding limits on discretionary spending. 

Sec. 5206. Enforcement filing in the House. 

Sec. 5207. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

Subtitle C—Adjustment Authority 

Sec. 5301. Adjustment authority for amendments to statutory caps. 

Subtitle D—Reserve Funds 

Sec. 5401. Reserve fund for investments in national infrastructure. 

Sec. 5402. Reserve fund for comprehensive tax reform. 

Sec. 5403. Reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. 

Sec. 5404. Reserve fund for the repeal or replacement of President Obama’s health 

care laws. 

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in 

4 Both Houses 

5 SEC. 1101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

6 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each 

7 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027: 

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

9 enforcement of this resolution: 

10 (A) The recommended levels of Federal reve11 nues are as follows: 
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1 Fiscal year 2018: $2,490,936,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2019: $2,613,683,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2020: $2,755,381,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: $2,883,381,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2022: $3,015,847,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2023: $3,162,063,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2024: $3,306,948,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: $3,463,269,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2026: $3,654,829,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2027: $3,825,184,000,000. 

11 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

12 levels of Federal revenues should be changed are 

13 as follows: 

14 Fiscal year 2018: ¥$167,200,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2019: ¥$169,500,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: ¥$166,000,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: ¥$165,200,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2022: ¥$166,400,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2023: ¥$167,700,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: ¥$169,800,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2025: ¥$172,200,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2026: ¥$146,400,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2027: ¥$145,000,000,000. 
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1 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of 

2 the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate lev3 els of total new budget authority are as follows: 

4 Fiscal year 2018: $3,136,721,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: $3,220,542,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2020: $3,319,687,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2021: $3,344,861,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: $3,501,231,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2023: $3,563,762,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2024: $3,607,752,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2025: $3,753,919,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: $3,851,463,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2027: $3,942,710,000,000. 

14 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the en15 forcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of 

16 total budget outlays are as follows: 

17 Fiscal year 2018: $3,131,688,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2019: $3,233,119,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2020: $3,310,579,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: $3,370,283,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: $3,486,230,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2023: $3,532,290,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2024: $3,561,834,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2025: $3,710,120,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2026: $3,810,435,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2027: $3,903,041,000,000. 

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

3 of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as 

4 follows: 

5 Fiscal year 2018: $640,752,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2019: $619,436,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2020: $555,198,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: $486,902,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: $470,383,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2023: $370,227,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2024: $254,886,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: $246,851,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2026: $155,606,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2027: $77,857,000,000. 

15 (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section 

16 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

17 U.S.C. 632(a)(5)), the appropriate levels of the public 

18 debt are as follows: 

19 Fiscal year 2018: $21,278,691,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: $22,063,363,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: $22,760,763,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: $23,396,024,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: $23,992,408,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: $24,508,029,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: $24,953,195,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2025: $25,375,994,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2026: $25,777,513,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2027: $25,999,469,000,000. 

4 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro5 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

6 Fiscal year 2018: $15,595,294,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2019: $16,281,015,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: $16,933,381,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: $17,553,196,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2022: $18,188,386,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2023: $18,765,097,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: $19,269,019,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: $19,809,369,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2026: $20,307,841,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2027: $20,780,452,000,000. 

16 SEC. 1102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

17 Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 

18 levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 

19 2018 through 2027 for each major functional category are: 

20 (1) National Defense (050): 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $557,253,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $569,287,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $570,316,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $568,721,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $584,504,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $574,347,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $598,730,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $584,706,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $613,707,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $601,894,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $629,014,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $611,538,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $644,732,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $621,649,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2025: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $660,854,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $641,891,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $678,183,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $658,658,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $695,076,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $675,108,000,000. 

12 (2) International Affairs (150): 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $45,157,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $44,985,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $43,978,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $43,114,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2020: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $44,042,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $42,992,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $44,060,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $42,702,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, $43,161,000,000. 

2 (B) Outlays, $42,743,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2023: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $44,183,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $43,045,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2024: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $45,222,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $43,511,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2025: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $46,283,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $44,062,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $47,394,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $44,844,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2027: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $48,467,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $45,676,000,000. 

18 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

19 (250): 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, $32,565,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $31,909,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2019: 

24 (A) New budget authority, $33,238,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $32,561,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2020: 

2 (A) New budget authority, $33,908,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $33,191,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, $34,637,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $33,864,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2022: 

8 (A) New budget authority, $35,401,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $34,666,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2023: 

11 (A) New budget authority, $36,165,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $35,427,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2024: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $36,940,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $36,167,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $37,775,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $36,956,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2026: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $38,617,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $37,773,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2027: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $39,464,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $38,597,000,000. 

25 (4) Energy (270): 
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1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, ¥$762,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $2,686,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, $4,392,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $2,869,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2020: 

8 (A) New budget authority, $4,737,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $3,529,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2021: 

11 (A) New budget authority, $4,615,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $3,558,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $3,363,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $2,268,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $3,069,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $1,994,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2024: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $3,090,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $2,085,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2025: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $3,106,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $2,168,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2026: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, $3,153,000,000. 

2 (B) Outlays, $2,264,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2027: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $3,238,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $2,442,000,000. 

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

7 Fiscal year 2018: 

8 (A) New budget authority, $40,489,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $40,597,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2019: 

11 (A) New budget authority, $42,110,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $42,293,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $43,533,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $43,420,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $43,091,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $42,742,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2022: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $45,022,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $44,194,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2023: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $45,716,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $44,767,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, $46,080,000,000. 

2 (B) Outlays, $45,125,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2025: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $47,575,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $46,581,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2026: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $48,511,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $47,501,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2027: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $49,280,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $48,326,000,000. 

12 (6) Agriculture (350): 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $22,063,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $21,979,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $21,564,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $19,898,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2020: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $20,372,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $18,450,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $19,284,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $18,540,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, $18,743,000,000. 

2 (B) Outlays, $18,135,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2023: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $18,894,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $18,354,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2024: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $19,311,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $18,638,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2025: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $19,881,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $19,112,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $20,173,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $19,439,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2027: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $20,280,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $19,542,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2018: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $9,379,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, ¥$4,060,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2019: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $12,090,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $2,554,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, $7,997,000,000. 

2 (B) Outlays, ¥$646,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2021: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $5,359,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, ¥$2,364,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2022: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $7,393,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, ¥$2,715,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2023: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 ¥$3,254,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, ¥$14,163,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2024: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 ¥$4,648,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, ¥$16,202,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 ¥$4,817,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, ¥$17,747,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2026: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 ¥$6,228,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$19,133,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2027: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$6,816,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$19,990,000,000. 

4 (8) Transportation (400): 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $89,125,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $92,875,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $90,538,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $92,393,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2020: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $84,687,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $93,064,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2021: 

15 (A) New budget authority, $40,062,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $81,597,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, $71,003,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $69,791,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, $71,930,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $74,521,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2024: 

24 (A) New budget authority, $73,370,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $76,450,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2025: 

2 (A) New budget authority, $74,843,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $76,523,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, $76,345,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $76,895,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2027: 

8 (A) New budget authority, $77,831,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $78,001,000,000. 

10 (9) Community and Regional Development 

11 (450): 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $19,018,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $21,697,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2019: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $19,281,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $20,600,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $19,435,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $19,518,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $19,690,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $18,867,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $19,778,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $18,506,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2023: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $20,061,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $18,041,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2024: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $20,347,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $18,277,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $20,669,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $18,831,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2026: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $20,985,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $19,353,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2027: 

15 (A) New budget authority, $21,304,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $19,932,000,000. 

17 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and So18 cial Services (500): 

19 Fiscal year 2018: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $90,224,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $99,348,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2019: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $100,086,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $98,799,000,000. 
21 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 Fiscal year 2020: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $101,018,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $101,064,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2021: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $102,034,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $102,218,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $102,700,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $103,178,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2023: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $102,725,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $103,653,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2024: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $103,012,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $103,960,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2025: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $103,798,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $104,747,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2026: 
22 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $104,942,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $105,921,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $106,473,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $107,433,000,000. 

8 (11) Health (550): 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $546,598,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $558,311,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $560,622,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $563,293,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $578,838,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $570,311,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $574,616,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $575,040,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 
23 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $586,530,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $583,769,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $601,742,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $599,099,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $605,811,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $603,443,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $617,220,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $614,728,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $633,890,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $630,824,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $652,230,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $653,552,000,000. 

24 (12) Medicare (570): 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 
24 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $586,239,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $585,962,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $643,592,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $643,374,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $687,119,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $686,926,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $734,446,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $734,241,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $819,300,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $819,073,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $833,885,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $833,669,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: 
25 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $845,578,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $845,355,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $934,429,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $934,186,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $1,002,522,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $1,002,272,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $1,066,566,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $1,066,321,000,000. 

16 (13) Income Security (600): 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $491,978,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $477,537,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $490,106,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $479,627,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 
26 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $493,118,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $482,945,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $494,706,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $485,536,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $497,021,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $494,507,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $506,711,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $499,405,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $515,692,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $502,742,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $531,668,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $520,169,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2026: 
27 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $544,483,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $538,620,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $557,641,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $548,723,000,000. 

8 (14) Social Security (650): 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $39,683,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $39,683,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $43,091,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $43,091,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2020: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $46,182,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $46,182,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2021: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $49,460,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $49,460,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $52,915,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $52,915,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $56,734,000,000. 
28 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (B) Outlays, $56,734,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2024: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $60,953,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $60,953,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2025: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $65,424,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $65,424,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $69,757,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $69,757,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2027: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $74,173,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $74,173,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2018: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $176,446,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $177,393,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2019: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $191,376,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $189,441,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2020: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $198,336,000,000. 
29 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (B) Outlays, $196,338,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2021: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $205,001,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $202,930,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2022: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $221,481,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $219,320,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2023: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $219,424,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $216,903,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2024: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $216,519,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $214,343,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2025: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $234,741,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $232,535,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2026: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $242,559,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $240,210,000,000. 
30 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 Fiscal year 2027: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $251,142,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $248,884,000,000. 

5 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

6 Fiscal year 2018: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $65,038,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $61,006,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $64,244,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $64,504,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $64,377,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $66,523,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2021: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $65,866,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $69,272,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2022: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $67,069,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $69,488,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $68,813,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $69,657,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $70,592,000,000. 
31 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (B) Outlays, $70,232,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2025: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $72,432,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $71,865,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2026: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $74,233,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $73,500,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $76,093,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $75,382,000,000. 

11 (17) General Government (800): 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $24,675,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $24,889,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2019: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $25,518,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $25,642,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $25,989,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $25,994,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $26,649,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $26,358,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $27,311,000,000. 
32 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (B) Outlays, $26,973,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2023: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $27,972,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $27,608,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2024: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $28,485,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $28,134,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $29,255,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $28,830,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2026: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $30,052,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $29,610,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2027: 

15 (A) New budget authority, $30,827,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $30,382,000,000. 

17 (18) Net Interest (900): 

18 Fiscal year 2018: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $388,767,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $388,767,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2019: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $441,158,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $441,158,000,000. 
33 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 Fiscal year 2020: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $497,893,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $497,893,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2021: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $546,206,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $546,206,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $589,086,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $589,086,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2023: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $630,179,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $630,179,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2024: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $664,060,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $664,060,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2025: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $691,250,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $691,250,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2026: 
34 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $716,494,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $716,494,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2027: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $736,146,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $736,146,000,000. 

8 (19) Allowances (920): 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 ¥$68,576,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, ¥$51,055,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 ¥$133,357,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, ¥$96,088,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 ¥$145,919,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, ¥$130,658,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 ¥$176,695,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$166,918,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 
35 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$218,460,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$209,169,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$247,892,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$238,885,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$276,275,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$266,915,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$307,701,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$297,489,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 ¥$366,270,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$356,035,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2027: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 ¥$415,402,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$404,286,000,000. 

24 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 
36 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$95,229,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$95,229,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$93,401,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$93,401,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$95,479,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$95,479,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$98,956,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$98,956,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 ¥$101,293,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$101,293,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 ¥$102,309,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$102,309,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2024: 
37 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$111,119,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$111,119,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2025: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$124,766,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$124,766,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$128,332,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$128,332,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2027: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$141,303,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$141,303,000,000. 

16 (21) Overseas Contingency Operations (970): 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, $76,591,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $43,121,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: 

21 (A) New budget authority, $50,000,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $48,676,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2020: 

24 (A) New budget authority, $25,000,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $34,675,000,000. 
38 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 Fiscal year 2021: 

2 (A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $20,684,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

6 (B) Outlays, $8,901,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2023: 

8 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

9 (B) Outlays, $3,053,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2024: 

11 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

12 (B) Outlays, $946,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2025: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

15 (B) Outlays, $264,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2026: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

18 (B) Outlays, $0. 

19 Fiscal year 2027: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

21 (B) Outlays, $0. 
39 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in 

2 the Senate 

3 SEC. 1201. SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SENATE. 

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

5 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the 

7 amounts of revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

8 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur9 ance Trust Fund are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2018: $873,312,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2019: $903,381,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: $932,055,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: $962,698,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2022: $996,127,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2023: $1,031,653,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: $1,068,529,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: $1,106,862,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2026: $1,146,803,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2027: $1,188,060,000,000. 

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

21 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the 

23 amounts of outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

24 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur25 ance Trust Fund are as follows: 
40 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 Fiscal year 2018: $849,609,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2019: $909,109,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2020: $972,776,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: $1,040,108,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2022: $1,111,446,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2023: $1,188,081,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2024: $1,266,786,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: $1,349,334,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2026: $1,437,032,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2027: $1,530,362,000,000. 

11 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

12 In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and 

13 budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insur14 ance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 

15 Trust Fund for administrative expenses are as follows: 

16 Fiscal year 2018: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $5,553,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $5,584,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2019: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $5,716,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $5,713,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2020: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $5,888,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
41 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, $6,062,000,000. 

2 (B) Outlays, $6,029,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2022: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $6,241,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $6,207,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2023: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $6,426,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $6,392,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $6,617,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $6,581,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $6,816,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $6,779,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2026: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $7,024,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $6,985,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2027: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $7,233,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $7,194,000,000. 

21 SEC. 1202. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRA22 TIVE EXPENSES IN THE SENATE. 

23 In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority 

24 and budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary 

25 administrative expenses are as follows: 
42 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, $281,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $281,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, $290,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $290,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2020: 

8 (A) New budget authority, $301,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $301,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2021: 

11 (A) New budget authority, $311,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $311,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $322,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $322,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $333,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $333,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2024: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $344,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $343,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2025: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $356,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $355,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2026: 
43 

† HCON 71 EAS 

1 (A) New budget authority, $369,000,000. 

2 (B) Outlays, $368,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2027: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $380,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $379,000,000. 

6 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

7 SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE. 

8 (a) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—The Committee on Fi9 nance of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its 

10 jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 

11 $1,500,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 

12 through 2027. 

13 (b) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RE14 SOURCES.—The Committee on Energy and Natural Re15 sources of the Senate shall report changes in laws within 

16 its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than 

17 $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 

18 2027. 

19 (c) SUBMISSIONS.—In the Senate, not later than No20 vember 13, 2017, the Committees named in subsections (a) 

21 and (b) shall submit their recommendations to the Com22 mittee on the Budget of the Senate. Upon receiving such 

23 recommendations, the Committee on the Budget of the Sen24 ate shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill carrying 
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1 out all such recommendations without any substantive revi2 sion. 

3 SEC. 2002. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT4 ATIVES. 

5 (a) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The Com6 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 

7 shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction that 

8 increase the deficit by not more than $1,500,000,000,000 

9 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

10 (b) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.—The Com11 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

12 shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction to re13 duce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the pe14 riod of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

15 (c) SUBMISSIONS.—In the House of Representatives, 

16 not later than November 13, 2017, the committees named 

17 in subsections (a) and (b) shall submit their recommenda18 tions to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep19 resentatives to carry out this section. 

20 TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

21 SEC. 3001. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

22 FLEXIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE 

23 FOR ALL. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

25 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit-
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1 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu2 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

3 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend4 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

5 relating to repealing or replacing the Patient Protection 

6 and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 

7 119) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 

8 Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152; 124 Stat. 1029), by the 

9 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

10 provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

11 over the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 

12 2027. 

13 SEC. 3002. REVENUE-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM 

14 THE AMERICAN TAX SYSTEM. 

15 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

16 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit17 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu18 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

19 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend20 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

21 relating to reforming the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

22 which may include— 

23 (1) tax relief for middle-income working Ameri24 cans; 

25 (2) lowering taxes on families with children; or 
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1 (3) incentivizing companies to invest domesti2 cally and create jobs in the United States, 

3 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur4 poses, provided that such legislation is revenue neutral and 

5 would not increase the deficit over the period of the total 

6 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

7 SEC. 3003. RESERVE FUND FOR RECONCILIATION LEGISLA8 TION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman of the Committee on 

10 the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a 

11 committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 

12 levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay13 as-you-go ledger, for any bill or joint resolution considered 

14 pursuant to section 2001 containing the recommendations 

15 of one or more committees, or for one or more amendments 

16 to, a conference report on, or an amendment between the 

17 Houses in relation to such a bill or joint resolution, by the 

18 amounts necessary to accommodate the budgetary effects of 

19 the legislation, if the budgetary effects of the legislation com20 ply with the reconciliation instructions under this concur21 rent resolution. 

22 (b) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.—For purposes 

23 of this section, compliance with the reconciliation instruc24 tions under this concurrent resolution shall be determined 
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1 by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

2 Senate. 

3 (c) EXCEPTION FOR LEGISLATION.—Section 404(a) of 

4 S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution 

5 on the budget for fiscal year 2010, shall not apply to legisla6 tion for which the Chairman of the Committee on the Budg7 et of the Senate has exercised the authority under subsection 

8 (a). 

9 SEC. 3004. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EXTEND10 ING THE STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSUR11 ANCE PROGRAM. 

12 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

13 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit14 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu15 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

16 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend17 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

18 relating to an extension of the State Children’s Health In19 surance Program, by the amounts provided in such legisla20 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

21 not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 

22 of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total 

23 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3005. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO 

2 STRENGTHEN AMERICAN FAMILIES. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

4 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit5 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu6 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

7 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend8 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

9 relating to— 

10 (1) addressing the opioid and substance abuse 

11 crisis; 

12 (2) protecting and assisting victims of domestic 

13 abuse; 

14 (3) foster care, child care, marriage, and father15 hood programs; 

16 (4) making it easier to save for retirement; 

17 (5) reforming the American public housing sys18 tem; 

19 (6) the Community Development Block Grant 

20 Program; or 

21 (7) extending expiring health care provisions, 

22 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur23 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

24 deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

25 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

26 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3006. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE 

2 INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL AND NUTRI3 TIONAL MODELS AND SYSTEMS FOR AMER4 ICAN STUDENTS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

6 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit7 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu8 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

9 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend10 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

11 relating to— 

12 (1) amending the Higher Education Act of 1965 

13 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); 

14 (2) ensuring State flexibility in education; 

15 (3) enhancing outcomes with Federal workforce 

16 development, job training, and reemployment pro17 grams; 

18 (4) the consolidation and streamlining of over19 lapping early learning and child care programs; 

20 (5) educational programs for individuals with 

21 disabilities; or 

22 (6) child nutrition programs, 

23 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur24 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

25 deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 
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1 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

2 through 2027. 

3 SEC. 3007. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE 

4 THE AMERICAN BANKING SYSTEM. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

6 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit7 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu8 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

9 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend10 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

11 relating to the American banking system by the amounts 

12 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

13 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over ei14 ther the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 

15 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

16 SEC. 3008. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE 

17 AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TRANS18 PORTATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IM19 PROVEMENTS. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

21 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit22 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu23 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

24 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend-
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1 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

2 relating to— 

3 (1) the Farm Bill; 

4 (2) American energy policies; 

5 (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

6 (4) North American energy development; 

7 (5) infrastructure, transportation, and water de8 velopment; 

9 (6) the Federal Aviation Administration; 

10 (7) the National Flood Insurance Program; 

11 (8) State mineral royalty revenues; or 

12 (9) soda ash royalties, 

13 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur14 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

15 deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

16 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

17 through 2027. 

18 SEC. 3009. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO RESTORE 

19 AMERICAN MILITARY POWER. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

21 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit22 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu23 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

24 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend-
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1 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

2 relating to— 

3 (1) improving military readiness, including de4 ferred Facilities Sustainment Restoration and Mod5 ernization; 

6 (2) military technological superiority; 

7 (3) structural defense reforms; or 

8 (4) strengthening cybersecurity efforts, 

9 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur10 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

11 deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

12 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

13 through 2027. 

14 SEC. 3010. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR VET15 ERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS. 

16 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

17 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit18 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu19 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

20 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend21 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

22 relating to improving the delivery of benefits and services 

23 to veterans and service members by the amounts provided 

24 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

25 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the pe-
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1 riod of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 or the 

2 period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

3 SEC. 3011. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PUBLIC 

4 LANDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

6 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit7 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu8 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

9 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend10 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

11 relating to— 

12 (1) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

13 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 

14 (2) forest health and wildfire prevention and 

15 control; 

16 (3) resources for wildland firefighting for the 

17 Forest Service and Department of Interior; 

18 (4) the payments in lieu of taxes program; or 

19 (5) the secure rural schools and community self20 determination program, 

21 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur22 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

23 deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

24 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

25 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3012. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SECURE 

2 THE AMERICAN BORDER. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

4 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit5 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu6 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

7 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend8 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

9 relating to— 

10 (1) securing the border of the United States; 

11 (2) ending human trafficking; or 

12 (3) stopping the transportation of narcotics into 

13 the United States, 

14 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur15 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

16 deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

17 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

18 through 2027. 

19 SEC. 3013. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE 

20 ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, 

21 AND TO ENHANCE JOB CREATION. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

23 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit24 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu25 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

26 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend-
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1 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

2 relating to— 

3 (1) reducing costs to businesses and individuals 

4 stemming from Federal regulations; 

5 (2) increasing commerce and economic growth; 

6 or 

7 (3) enhancing job creation, 

8 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur9 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

10 deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

11 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

12 through 2027. 

13 SEC. 3014. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLA14 TION MODIFYING STATUTORY BUDGETARY 

15 CONTROLS. 

16 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

17 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit18 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu19 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

20 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend21 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

22 relating to modifying statutory budget controls, which may 

23 include adjustments to the discretionary spending limits 

24 and changes to the scope of sequestration as carried out by 

25 the Office of Management and Budget, such as for the Fi-
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1 nancial Accounting Standards Board, Public Company Ac2 counting Oversight Board, Securities Investor Protection 

3 Corporation, and other similar entities, by the amounts 

4 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

5 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the 

6 period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

7 SEC. 3015. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT 

8 THE TAXPAYER BAILOUT OF PENSION PLANS. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

10 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit11 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu12 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

13 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend14 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

15 relating to the prevention of taxpayer bailout of pension 

16 plans, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

17 purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

18 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

19 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

20 2018 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3016. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 IMPLEMENTING WORK REQUIREMENTS IN 

3 ALL MEANS-TESTED FEDERAL WELFARE PRO4 GRAMS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

6 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit7 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu8 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

9 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend10 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

11 relating to implementing work requirements in all means12 tested Federal welfare programs by the amounts provided 

13 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

14 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the pe15 riod of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 or the 

16 period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

17 SEC. 3017. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

18 MEDICARE AND REPEAL THE INDEPENDENT 

19 PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

21 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit22 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu23 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

24 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend25 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

26 relating to protecting the Medicare program under title 
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1 XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), 

2 which may include repealing the Independent Payment Ad3 visory Board established under section 1899A of such Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1395kkk), by the amounts provided in such legis5 lation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

6 would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 

7 total of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 or the period of the 

8 total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

9 SEC. 3018. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

10 AFFORDABLE CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

12 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit13 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu14 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

15 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend16 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

17 relating to making the cost of child and dependent care 

18 more affordable and useful for American families by the 

19 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

20 provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

21 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

22 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

23 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3019. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

4 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit5 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu6 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

7 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend8 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

9 relating to worker training programs, such as training pro10 grams that target workers that need advanced skills to 

11 progress in their current profession or apprenticeship or 

12 certificate programs that provide retraining for a new in13 dustry, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

14 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not in15 crease the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

16 years 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal 

17 years 2018 through 2027. 

18 SEC. 3020. RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE 

19 DISASTER FUNDS FOR RELIEF AND RECOV20 ERY EFFORTS TO AREAS DEVASTATED BY 

21 HURRICANES AND FLOODING IN 2017. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

23 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit24 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu25 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

26 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend-
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1 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

2 relating to providing disaster funds for relief and recovery 

3 to areas devastated by hurricanes and flooding in 2017, by 

4 the amounts necessary to accommodate the budgetary effects 

5 of the legislation. 

6 SEC. 3021. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

7 PROTECTING MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

9 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit10 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu11 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

12 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend13 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

14 relating to protecting the Medicaid program under title 

15 XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), 

16 which may include strengthening and improving Medicaid 

17 for the most vulnerable populations, and extending the life 

18 of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund by the 

19 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

20 provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

21 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

22 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

23 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3022. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 THE PROVISION OF TAX RELIEF FOR FAMI3 LIES WITH CHILDREN. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

5 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit6 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu7 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

8 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend9 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

10 relating to changes in Federal tax laws, which may include 

11 lowering taxes on families with children, by the amounts 

12 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

13 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the 

14 period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

15 SEC. 3023. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

16 THE PROVISION OF TAX RELIEF FOR SMALL 

17 BUSINESSES. 

18 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

19 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit20 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu21 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

22 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend23 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

24 relating to changes in Federal tax laws, which may include 

25 the provision of tax relief for small businesses, along with 

26 provisions to prevent upper-income taxpayers from shel-
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1 tering income from taxation at the appropriate rate, by the 

2 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

3 provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

4 over the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 

5 2027. 

6 SEC. 3024. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

7 TAX RELIEF FOR HARD-WORKING MIDDLE8 CLASS AMERICANS. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

10 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit11 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu12 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

13 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend14 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

15 relating to changes in Federal tax laws, which may include 

16 reducing federal deductions, such as the state and local tax 

17 deduction which disproportionally favors high-income indi18 viduals, to ensure relief for middle- income taxpayers, by 

19 the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

20 provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

21 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

22 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3025. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 MAKING THE AMERICAN TAX SYSTEM SIM3 PLER AND FAIRER FOR ALL AMERICANS. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

5 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit6 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu7 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

8 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend9 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

10 relating to changes in Federal tax laws, which may include 

11 provisions to make the American tax system simpler and 

12 fairer for all Americans, by the amounts provided in such 

13 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

14 would not increase the deficit over the period of the total 

15 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

16 SEC. 3026. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

17 TAX CUTS FOR WORKING AMERICAN FAMI18 LIES. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

20 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit21 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu22 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

23 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend24 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

25 relating to increasing per-child Federal tax relief, which 

26 may include amending the child tax credit, by the amounts 
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1 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

2 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over ei3 ther the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 

4 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

5 SEC. 3027. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

6 THE PROVISION OF INCENTIVES FOR BUSI7 NESSES TO INVEST IN AMERICA AND CREATE 

8 JOBS IN AMERICA. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

10 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit11 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu12 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

13 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend14 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

15 relating to changes in federal tax laws, which may include 

16 international tax provisions that provide or enhance incen17 tives for businesses to invest in America, generate American 

18 jobs, retain American jobs, and return jobs to America, by 

19 the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

20 provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

21 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

22 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

23 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3028. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 ELIMINATING TAX BREAKS FOR COMPANIES 

3 THAT SHIP JOBS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

5 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit6 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu7 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

8 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend9 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

10 relating to eliminating tax breaks for companies that 

11 outsource jobs to foreign countries, by the amounts provided 

12 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

13 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the pe14 riod of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 or the 

15 period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

16 SEC. 3029. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

17 PROVIDING FULL, PERMANENT, AND MANDA18 TORY FUNDING FOR THE PAYMENT IN LIEU 

19 OF TAXES PROGRAM. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

21 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit22 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu23 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

24 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend25 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

26 relating to providing full, permanent, and mandatory fund-
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1 ing for the payment in lieu of taxes program by the 

2 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

3 provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

4 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

5 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

6 through 2027. 

7 SEC. 3030. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

8 TAX REFORM WHICH MAINTAINS THE PRO9 GRESSIVITY OF THE TAX SYSTEM. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

11 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit12 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu13 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

14 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend15 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

16 relating to changes in Federal tax laws, which may include 

17 tax reform proposals to ensure that the reformed tax code 

18 parallels the existing tax code with respect to relative bur19 dens and does not shift the tax burden from high-income 

20 to lower- and middle-income taxpayers, by the amounts 

21 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

22 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the 

23 period of the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 3031. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE BUDGET 

3 PROCESS. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

5 Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or commit6 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolu7 tion, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for 

8 one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amend9 ments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

10 relating to significantly improving the budget process by 

11 the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

12 provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

13 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

14 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 

15 through 2027. 

16 TITLE IV—BUDGET PROCESS 

17 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

18 SEC. 4101. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPRO19 PRIATIONS IN THE SENATE. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

21 (1) POINT OF ORDER.—Except as provided in 

22 subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the Senate 

23 to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amend24 ment, amendment between the Houses, or conference 

25 report that would provide an advance appropriation 

26 for a discretionary account. 
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1 (2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘ad2 vance appropriation’’ means any new budget author3 ity provided in a bill or joint resolution making ap4 propriations for fiscal year 2018 that first becomes 

5 available for any fiscal year after 2018, or any new 

6 budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution 

7 making general appropriations or continuing appro8 priations for fiscal year 2019, that first becomes 

9 available for any fiscal year after 2019. 

10 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be 

11 provided— 

12 (1) for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 for programs, 

13 projects, activities, or accounts identified in the joint 

14 explanatory statement of managers accompanying 

15 this concurrent resolution under the heading ‘‘Ac16 counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 

17 aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in 

18 new budget authority in each fiscal year; 

19 (2) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; 

20 and 

21 (3) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 

22 the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compli23 ance, Veterans Medical Community Care, and Med24 ical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Ad25 ministration. 
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1 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

2 (1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsection (a) may 

3 be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote 

4 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

5 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths 

6 of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, 

7 shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling 

8 of the Chair on a point of order raised under sub9 section (a). 

10 (d) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order 

11 under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as pro12 vided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

13 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

14 (e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is con15 sidering a conference report on, or an amendment between 

16 the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon 

17 a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to 

18 this section, and such point of order being sustained, such 

19 material contained in such conference report or House 

20 amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed 

21 to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede 

22 from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, 

23 or concur in the House amendment with a further amend24 ment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall 

25 consist of only that portion of the conference report or 
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1 House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any 

2 such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case 

3 in which such point of order is sustained against a con4 ference report (or Senate amendment derived from such con5 ference report by operation of this subsection), no further 

6 amendment shall be in order. 

7 SEC. 4102. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN CHANGES 

8 IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘CHIMP’’ 

10 means a provision that— 

11 (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct 

12 spending or receipts under section 252 of the Bal13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

14 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in effect prior to September 

15 30, 2002) if the provision was included in legislation 

16 other than appropriation Acts; and 

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

18 in the budget year, but does not result in a net de19 crease in outlays over the period of the total of the 

20 current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years cov21 ered under the most recently adopted concurrent reso22 lution on the budget. 

23 (b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

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

25 Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution making 
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1 appropriations for a full fiscal year, or an amend2 ment thereto, amendment between the Houses in rela3 tion thereto, conference report thereon, or motion 

4 thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if enacted, 

5 would cause the absolute value of the total budget au6 thority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation to a 

7 full fiscal year to be more than the amount specified 

8 in paragraph (2). 

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

10 paragraph is— 

11 (A) for fiscal year 2018, $17,000,000,000; 

12 (B) for fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000,000; 

13 and 

14 (C) for fiscal year 2020, $15,000,000,000. 

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

16 budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti17 mates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the 

18 Budget of the Senate. 

19 (d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE

20 SENATE.—In the Senate, subsection (b) may be waived or 

21 suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

22 Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of 

23 three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

24 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling 
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1 of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection 

2 (b). 

3 (e) SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS OF

4 APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION THAT CONSTITUTE

5 CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS WITH NET COSTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3103 of S. Con. Res. 

7 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

8 budget for fiscal year 2016, is repealed. 

9 (2) APPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 314 

10 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent 

11 resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009, shall be 

12 applied and administered as if section 3103(e) of S. 

13 Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolu14 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2016, had not been 

15 enacted. 

16 SEC. 4103. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS THAT 

17 CONSTITUTE CHANGES IN MANDATORY PRO18 GRAMS AFFECTING THE CRIME VICTIMS 

19 FUND. 

20 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section— 

21 (1) the term ‘‘CHIMP’’ has the meaning given 

22 such term in section 4102(a); and 

23 (2) the term ‘‘Crime Victims Fund’’ means the 

24 Crime Victims Fund established under section 1402 of 

25 the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101). 
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1 (b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid3 ering a bill or joint resolution making full-year ap4 propriations for fiscal year 2018, or an amendment 

5 thereto, amendment between the Houses in relation 

6 thereto, conference report thereon, or motion thereon, 

7 if a point of order is made by a Senator against a 

8 provision containing a CHIMP affecting the Crime 

9 Victims Fund that, if enacted, would cause the abso10 lute value of the total budget authority of all CHIMPs 

11 affecting the Crime Victims Fund in relation to fiscal 

12 year 2018 to be more than $11,224,000,000, and the 

13 point of order is sustained by the Chair, that provi14 sion shall be stricken from the measure and may not 

15 be offered as an amendment from the floor. 

16 (2) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 

17 order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Sen18 ator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

20 (3) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

21 considering a conference report on, or an amendment 

22 between the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint reso23 lution, upon a point of order being made by any Sen24 ator pursuant to paragraph (1), and such point of 

25 order being sustained, such material contained in 
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1 such conference report or House amendment shall be 

2 stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the 

3 question of whether the Senate shall recede from its 

4 amendment and concur with a further amendment, or 

5 concur in the House amendment with a further 

6 amendment, as the case may be, which further 

7 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the 

8 conference report or House amendment, as the case 

9 may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Sen10 ate shall be debatable. In any case in which such 

11 point of order is sustained against a conference report 

12 (or Senate amendment derived from such conference 

13 report by operation of this subsection), no further 

14 amendment shall be in order. 

15 (4) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—In 

16 the Senate, this subsection may be waived or sus17 pended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

18 the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 

19 vote of three-fifths of Members of the Senate, duly cho20 sen and sworn shall be required to sustain an appeal 

21 of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 

22 under this subsection. 

23 (5) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this sub24 section, budgetary levels shall be determined on the 
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1 basis of estimates provided by the Chairman of the 

2 Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

3 (c) REVIEW OF PROCEDURES REGARDING CHIMPS.— 

4 The Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appro5 priations of the Senate shall review existing budget enforce6 ment procedures regarding CHIMPs included in appro7 priations legislation. These committees of jurisdiction 

8 should consult with other relevant committees of jurisdic9 tion and other interested parties to review such procedures, 

10 including for Crime Victims Fund spending, and include 

11 any agreed upon recommendations in subsequent concur12 rent resolutions on the budget. 

13 SEC. 4104. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST DESIGNATION OF 

14 FUNDS FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER15 ATIONS. 

16 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is consid17 ering a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amend18 ment between the Houses, or conference report, if a point 

19 of order is made by a Senator against a provision that des20 ignates funds for fiscal year 2018 for overseas contingency 

21 operations, in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

23 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)), and the point of order is sus24 tained by the Chair, that provision shall be stricken from 
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1 the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from 

2 the floor. 

3 (b) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order 

4 under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as pro5 vided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

6 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

7 (c) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is con8 sidering a conference report on, or an amendment between 

9 the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon 

10 a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to 

11 subsection (a), and such point of order being sustained, such 

12 material contained in such conference report or House 

13 amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed 

14 to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede 

15 from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, 

16 or concur in the House amendment with a further amend17 ment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall 

18 consist of only that portion of the conference report or 

19 House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any 

20 such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case 

21 in which such point of order is sustained against a con22 ference report (or Senate amendment derived from such con23 ference report by operation of this subsection), no further 

24 amendment shall be in order. 
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1 (d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—In the 

2 Senate, this section may be waived or suspended only by 

3 an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chose 

4 and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members 

5 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be required to 

6 sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

7 of order raised under this section. 

8 (e) SUSPENSION OF POINT OF ORDER.—This section 

9 shall not apply if a declaration of war by Congress is in 

10 effect. 

11 SEC. 4105. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION 

12 AMENDMENTS WITH UNKNOWN BUDGETARY 

13 EFFECTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not be in 

15 order to consider an amendment to or motion on a bill or 

16 joint resolution considered pursuant to section 2001 if the 

17 Chairman of the Committee on the Budget submits a writ18 ten statement for the Congressional Record indicating that 

19 the Chairman, after consultation with the Ranking Member 

20 of the Committee on the Budget, is unable to determine the 

21 effect the amendment or motion would have on budget au22 thority, outlays, direct spending, entitlement authority, rev23 enues, deficits, or surpluses. 

24 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE

25 SENATE.—In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or 
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1 suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

2 Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of 

3 three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

4 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling 

5 of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection 

6 (a). 

7 SEC. 4106. PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER IN THE SEN8 ATE. 

9 (a) POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

11 Senate to consider any direct spending or revenue leg12 islation that would increase the on-budget deficit or 

13 cause an on-budget deficit for any of the applicable 

14 time periods as measured in paragraphs (5) and (6). 

15 (2) APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS.—For purposes 

16 of this subsection, the term ‘‘applicable time period’’ 

17 means any of— 

18 (A) the period of the current fiscal year; 

19 (B) the period of the budget year; 

20 (C) the period of the current fiscal year, the 

21 budget year, and the ensuing 4 fiscal years fol22 lowing the budget year; or 

23 (D) the period of the current fiscal year, the 

24 budget year, and the ensuing 9 fiscal years fol25 lowing the budget year. 
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1 (3) DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION.—For pur2 poses of this subsection and except as provided in 

3 paragraph (4), the term ‘‘direct spending legislation’’ 

4 means any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, 

5 or conference report that affects direct spending as 

6 that term is defined by, and interpreted for purposes 

7 of, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con8 trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.). 

9 (4) EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this sub10 section, the terms ‘‘direct spending legislation’’ and 

11 ‘‘revenue legislation’’ do not include— 

12 (A) any concurrent resolution on the budget; 

13 or 

14 (B) any provision of legislation that affects 

15 the full funding of, and continuation of, the de16 posit insurance guarantee commitment in effect 

17 on November 5, 1990. 

18 (5) BASELINE.—Estimates prepared pursuant to 

19 this subsection shall— 

20 (A) use the baseline surplus or deficit used 

21 for the most recently adopted concurrent resolu22 tion on the budget; and 

23 (B) be calculated under the requirements of 

24 subsections (b) through (d) of section 257 of the 

25 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
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1 Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 

2 2002) for fiscal years beyond those covered by 

3 that concurrent resolution on the budget. 

4 (6) PRIOR SURPLUS.—If direct spending or rev5 enue legislation increases the on-budget deficit or 

6 causes an on-budget deficit when taken individually, 

7 it must also increase the on-budget deficit or cause an 

8 on-budget deficit when taken together with all direct 

9 spending and revenue legislation enacted since the be10 ginning of the calendar year not accounted for in the 

11 baseline under paragraph (5)(A), except that direct 

12 spending or revenue effects resulting in net deficit re13 duction enacted in any bill pursuant to a reconcili14 ation instruction since the beginning of that same 

15 calendar year shall never be made available on the 

16 pay-as-you-go ledger and shall be dedicated only for 

17 deficit reduction. 

18 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

19 (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or 

20 suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote 

21 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

22 (2) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the 

23 decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of 

24 this section shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally 

25 divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and 
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1 the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as the case 

2 may be. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

3 Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 

4 be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the 

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

6 (c) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For pur7 poses of this section, the levels of new budget authority, out8 lays, and revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on 

9 the basis of estimates made by the Senate Committee on 

10 the Budget. 

11 (d) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 201 of S. Con. 

12 Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

13 budget for fiscal year 2008, shall no longer apply. 

14 SEC. 4107. HONEST ACCOUNTING: COST ESTIMATES FOR 

15 MAJOR LEGISLATION TO INCORPORATE MAC16 ROECONOMIC EFFECTS. 

17 (a) CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES.—During the 115th 

18 Congress, any estimate provided by the Congressional 

19 Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget 

20 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) or by the Joint Committee on 

21 Taxation to the Congressional Budget Office under section 

22 201(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 601(f)) for major legislation 

23 considered in the Senate shall, to the greatest extent prac24 ticable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in eco-
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1 nomic output, employment, capital stock, and other macro2 economic variables resulting from such major legislation. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in subsection 

4 (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include— 

5 (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary ef6 fects (including macroeconomic variables described in 

7 subsection (a)) of the major legislation in the 20-fiscal 

8 year period beginning after the last fiscal year of the 

9 most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the 

10 budget that sets forth budgetary levels required under 

11 section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

12 (2 U.S.C. 632); and 

13 (2) an identification of the critical assumptions 

14 and the source of data underlying that estimate. 

15 (c) DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS.—Any estimate referred 

16 to in subsection (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include 

17 the distributional effects across income categories resulting 

18 from major legislation. 

19 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) MAJOR LEGISLATION.—The term ‘‘major leg21 islation’’ means a bill, joint resolution, conference re22 port, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or 

23 treaty considered in the Senate— 

24 (A) for which an estimate is required to be 

25 prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Congres-
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1 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and 

2 that causes a gross budgetary effect (before incor3 porating macroeconomic effects and not includ4 ing timing shifts) in a fiscal year in the period 

5 of years of the most recently agreed to concurrent 

6 resolution on the budget equal to or greater 

7 than— 

8 (i) 0.25 percent of the current projected 

9 gross domestic product of the United States 

10 for that fiscal year; or 

11 (ii) for a treaty, equal to or greater 

12 than $15,000,000,000 for that fiscal year; or 

13 (B) designated as such by— 

14 (i) the Chairman of the Committee on 

15 the Budget of the Senate for all direct 

16 spending and revenue legislation; or 

17 (ii) the Senator who is Chairman or 

18 Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on 

19 Taxation for revenue legislation. 

20 (2) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The term ‘‘budgetary 

21 effects’’ means changes in revenues, direct spending 

22 outlays, and deficits. 

23 (3) TIMING SHIFTS.—The term ‘‘timing shifts’’ 

24 means— 
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1 (A) provisions that cause a delay of the date 

2 on which outlays flowing from direct spending 

3 would otherwise occur from one fiscal year to the 

4 next fiscal year; or 

5 (B) provisions that cause an acceleration of 

6 the date on which revenues would otherwise occur 

7 from one fiscal year to the prior fiscal year. 

8 SEC. 4108. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY FOR AMENDMENTS TO 

9 STATUTORY CAPS. 

10 During the 115th Congress, if a measure becomes law 

11 that amends the discretionary spending limits established 

12 under section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)), such 

14 as a measure increasing the limit for the revised security 

15 category for fiscal year 2018 to be $640,000,000,000, the 

16 Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

17 may adjust the allocation called for under section 302(a) 

18 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) 

19 to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate, 

20 and may adjust all other budgetary aggregates, allocations, 

21 levels, and limits contained in this resolution, as necessary, 

22 consistent with such measure. 
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1 SEC. 4109. ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION 

2 FUNDING IN THE SENATE. 

3 During the 115th Congress, if a measure becomes law 

4 that amends the adjustments to discretionary spending lim5 its established under section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget 

6 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 

7 901(b)) to provide for wildfire suppression funding, which 

8 may include criteria for making such an adjustment, the 

9 Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

10 may adjust the allocation called for in section 302(a) of 

11 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to 

12 the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate, and 

13 may adjust all other budgetary aggregates, allocations, lev14 els, and limits contained in this concurrent resolution, as 

15 necessary, consistent with such measure. 

16 SEC. 4110. ADJUSTMENT FOR IMPROVED OVERSIGHT OF 

17 SPENDING. 

18 (a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DIRECT SPENDING LEVELS.— 

19 If a measure becomes law that decreases direct spending 

20 (budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any 

21 fiscal year and provides for an authorization of appropria22 tions for the same purpose, the Chairman of the Committee 

23 on the Budget of the Senate may decrease the allocation 

24 to the committee of the Senate with jurisdiction of the direct 

25 spending by an amount equal to the amount of the decrease 

26 in direct spending and may revise the aggregates and other 
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1 appropriate levels in this resolution and make adjustments 

2 to the pay-as-you-go ledger in the amounts necessary to ac3 commodate the decrease in direct spending. 

4 (b) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this section, 

5 the levels of budget authority and outlays shall be deter6 mined on the basis of estimates submitted by the Chairman 

7 of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

8 SEC. 4111. REPEAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. 

9 Sections 3205 and 3206 of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th Con10 gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

11 2016, are repealed. 

12 SEC. 4112. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 

13 (a) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—In the Senate, with 

14 respect to a provision of direct spending or receipts legisla15 tion or appropriations for discretionary accounts that Con16 gress designates as an emergency requirement in such meas17 ure, the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and re18 ceipts in all fiscal years resulting from that provision shall 

19 be treated as an emergency requirement for the purpose of 

20 this section. 

21 (b) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—Any 

22 new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from 

23 any provision designated as an emergency requirement, 

24 pursuant to this section, in any bill, joint resolution, 

25 amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference 
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1 report shall not count for purposes of sections 302 and 311 

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 

3 642), section 4106 of this resolution, section 3101 of S. Con. 

4 Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

5 budget for fiscal year 2016, and sections 401 and 404 of 

6 S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution 

7 on the budget for fiscal year 2010. Designated emergency 

8 provisions shall not count for the purpose of revising alloca9 tions, aggregates, or other levels pursuant to procedures es10 tablished under section 301(b)(7) of the Congressional 

11 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(b)(7)) for deficit-neutral 

12 reserve funds and revising discretionary spending limits set 

13 pursuant to section 301 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), 

14 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

15 (c) DESIGNATIONS.—If a provision of legislation is 

16 designated as an emergency requirement under this section, 

17 the committee report and any statement of managers ac18 companying that legislation shall include an explanation 

19 of the manner in which the provision meets the criteria in 

20 subsection (f). 

21 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘direct 

22 spending’’, ‘‘receipts’’, and ‘‘appropriations for discre23 tionary accounts’’ mean any provision of a bill, joint reso24 lution, amendment, motion, amendment between the 

25 Houses, or conference report that affects direct spending, re-
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1 ceipts, or appropriations as those terms have been defined 

2 and interpreted for purposes of the Balanced Budget and 

3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et 

4 seq.). 

5 (e) POINT OF ORDER.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid7 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, amend8 ment between the Houses, or conference report, if a 

9 point of order is made by a Senator against an emer10 gency designation in that measure, that provision 

11 making such a designation shall be stricken from the 

12 measure and may not be offered as an amendment 

13 from the floor. 

14 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

15 (A) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be 

16 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an 

17 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 

18 duly chosen and sworn. 

19 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from 

20 the decisions of the Chair relating to any provi21 sion of this subsection shall be limited to 1 hour, 

22 to be equally divided between, and controlled by, 

23 the appellant and the manager of the bill or joint 

24 resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative 

25 vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, 
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1 duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sus2 tain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 

3 point of order raised under this subsection. 

4 (3) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY DESIGNA5 TION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a provision 

6 shall be considered an emergency designation if it des7 ignates any item as an emergency requirement pursu8 ant to this subsection. 

9 (4) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 

10 order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Sen11 ator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

13 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

14 considering a conference report on, or an amendment 

15 between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point 

16 of order being made by any Senator pursuant to this 

17 section, and such point of order being sustained, such 

18 material contained in such conference report shall be 

19 stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the 

20 question of whether the Senate shall recede from its 

21 amendment and concur with a further amendment, or 

22 concur in the House amendment with a further 

23 amendment, as the case may be, which further 

24 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the 

25 conference report or House amendment, as the case 
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1 may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Sen2 ate shall be debatable. In any case in which such 

3 point of order is sustained against a conference report 

4 (or Senate amendment derived from such conference 

5 report by operation of this subsection), no further 

6 amendment shall be in order. 

7 (f) CRITERIA.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

9 any provision is an emergency requirement if the sit10 uation addressed by such provision is— 

11 (A) necessary, essential, or vital (not merely 

12 useful or beneficial); 

13 (B) sudden, quickly coming into being, and 

14 not building up over time; 

15 (C) an urgent, pressing, and compelling 

16 need requiring immediate action; 

17 (D) subject to paragraph (2), unforeseen, 

18 unpredictable, and unanticipated; and 

19 (E) not permanent, temporary in nature. 

20 (2) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is part of 

21 an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, particu22 larly when normally estimated in advance, is not un23 foreseen. 
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1 (g) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 403 of 

2 S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution 

3 on the budget for fiscal year 2010, shall no longer apply. 

4 SEC. 4113. ENFORCEMENT FILING IN THE SENATE. 

5 If this concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed 

6 to by the Senate and House of Representatives without the 

7 appointment of a committee of conference on the disagreeing 

8 votes of the two Houses, the Chairman of the Committee 

9 on the Budget of the Senate may submit a statement for 

10 publication in the Congressional Record containing— 

11 (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com12 mittee allocations for fiscal year 2018 consistent with 

13 the levels in title I for the purpose of enforcing section 

14 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

15 U.S.C. 633); 

16 (2) for all committees other than the Committee 

17 on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal 

18 years 2018, 2018 through 2022, and 2018 through 

19 2027 consistent with the levels in title I for the pur20 pose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional 

21 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and 

22 (3) a list of programs, projects, activities, or ac23 counts identified for advanced appropriations that 

24 would have been identified in the joint explanatory 
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1 statement of managers accompanying this concurrent 

2 resolution. 

3 Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

4 SEC. 4201. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

5 In the Senate, all committees are directed to review 

6 programs and tax expenditures within their jurisdiction to 

7 identify waste, fraud, abuse or duplication, and increase 

8 the use of performance data to inform committee work. 

9 Committees are also directed to review the matters for con10 gressional consideration identified in the Office of Inspector 

11 General semiannual reports and the Office of Inspector 

12 General’s list of unimplemented recommendations and on 

13 the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk list and 

14 the annual report to reduce program duplication. Based on 

15 these oversight efforts and performance reviews of programs 

16 within their jurisdiction, committees are directed to include 

17 recommendations for improved governmental performance 

18 in their annual views and estimates reports required under 

19 section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

20 U.S.C. 632(d)) to the Committees on the Budget. 

21 SEC. 4202. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRE22 TIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, notwithstanding sec24 tion 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

25 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement 
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1 Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 2009a of title 

2 39, United States Code, the joint explanatory statement ac3 companying the conference report on any concurrent resolu4 tion on the budget shall include in its allocations under sec5 tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

6 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committees on Appropriations 

7 amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of 

8 the Social Security Administration and of the Postal Serv9 ice. 

10 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the Senate, for purposes of en11 forcing sections 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

12 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the level of total new 

13 budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure 

14 shall include any discretionary amounts described in sub15 section (a). 

16 SEC. 4203. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN AL17 LOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

18 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

19 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

20 (1) apply while that measure is under consider21 ation; 

22 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that meas23 ure; and 

24 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

25 soon as practicable. 
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1 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGRE2 GATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from 

3 these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes of the 

4 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) 

5 as allocations and aggregates contained in this resolution. 

6 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For pur7 poses of this resolution the levels of new budget authority, 

8 outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, reve9 nues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of 

10 fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates 

11 made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

12 SEC. 4204. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON13 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

14 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro15 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chair16 man of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may 

17 make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this reso18 lution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 

19 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

20 U.S.C. 901(b)). 

21 SEC. 4205. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT LEGISLATION NOT 

22 INCLUDED IN THE BASELINE. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

24 Senate may make adjustments to the levels and allocations 

25 in this resolution to reflect legislation enacted before the 
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1 date on which this resolution is agreed to by Congress that 

2 is not incorporated in the baseline underlying the Congres3 sional Budget Office’s June 2017 update to the Budget and 

4 Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027. 

5 SEC. 4206. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

6 Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

8 Senate, and as such they shall be considered as part 

9 of the rules of the Senate and such rules shall super10 sede other rules only to the extent that they are incon11 sistent with such other rules; and 

12 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

13 right of the Senate to change those rules at any time, 

14 in the same manner, and to the same extent as is the 

15 case of any other rule of the Senate. 

16 TITLE V—BUDGET PROCESS IN 

17 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA18 TIVES 

19 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

20 SEC. 5101. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG21 TERM DIRECT SPENDING. 

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

23 House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint reso24 lution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

25 that would cause a net increase in direct spending in excess 
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1 of $2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year 

2 periods described in subsection (b). 

3 (b) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF

4 PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget Of5 fice shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an estimate of 

6 whether a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee 

7 (other than the Committee on Appropriations), or amend8 ment thereto or conference report thereon, would cause, rel9 ative to current law, a net increase in direct spending in 

10 the House of Representatives, in excess of $2,500,000,000 

11 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning 

12 after the last fiscal year of this concurrent resolution. 

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

14 provisions of this section shall not apply to any bills or 

15 joint resolutions, or amendments thereto or conference re16 ports thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on the 

17 Budget has made adjustments to the allocations, aggregates, 

18 or other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution. 

19 (d) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For pur20 poses of this section, the levels of net increases in direct 

21 spending shall be determined on the basis of estimates pro22 vided by the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 

23 House of Representatives. 

24 (e) SUNSET.—This section shall have no force or effect 

25 after September 30, 2018. 
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1 SEC. 5102. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP2 ERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 

3 (a) SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN4 GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—In the 

5 House of Representatives, there shall be a separate alloca6 tion of new budget authority and outlays provided to the 

7 Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of Overseas 

8 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, which 

9 shall be deemed to be an allocation under section 302(a) 

10 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Section 302(a)(3) 

11 of such Act shall not apply to such separate allocation. 

12 (b) SECTION 302 ALLOCATIONS.—The separate alloca13 tion referred to in subsection (a) shall be the exclusive allo14 cation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

15 Terrorism under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 

16 Act of 1974. The Committee on Appropriations of the House 

17 of Representatives may provide suballocations of such sepa18 rate allocation under such section 302(b). 

19 (c) APPLICATION.—For purposes of enforcing the sepa20 rate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under section 

21 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ‘‘first 

22 fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ shall be deemed 

23 to refer to fiscal year 2018. Section 302(c) of such Act shall 

24 not apply to such separate allocation. 

25 (d) DESIGNATIONS.—New budget authority or outlays 

26 shall only be counted toward the allocation referred to in 
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1 subsection (a) if designated pursuant to section 

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

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 (e) ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes of subsection (a) for 

5 fiscal year 2018, no adjustment shall be made under section 

6 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any ad7 justment would be made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

8 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

9 of 1985. 

10 SEC. 5103. LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN CERTAIN MANDA11 TORY PROGRAMS. 

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

13 mandatory programs’’ means a provision that— 

14 (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct 

15 spending or receipts under section 252 of the Bal16 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

17 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002) if the 

18 provision were included in legislation other than ap19 propriation Acts; and 

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

21 in the budget year, but does not result in a net de22 crease in outlays over the total of the current year, the 

23 budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the 

24 most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the 

25 budget. 
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1 (b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA2 TIVES.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—A provision in a bill or joint 

4 resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal 

5 year that proposes a change in mandatory programs 

6 that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the 

7 total budget authority of all such changes in manda8 tory programs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year 

9 to be more than the amount specified in paragraph 

10 (3), shall not be in order in the House of Representa11 tives. 

12 (2) AMENDMENTS AND CONFERENCE REPORTS.— 

13 It shall not be in order in the House of Representa14 tives to consider an amendment to, or a conference re15 port on, a bill or joint resolution making appropria16 tions for a full fiscal year if such amendment thereto 

17 or conference report thereon proposes a change in 

18 mandatory programs that, if enacted, would cause the 

19 absolute value of the total budget authority of all such 

20 changes in mandatory programs enacted in relation 

21 to a full fiscal year to be more than the amount speci22 fied in paragraph (3). 

23 (3) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 

24 paragraph is— 

25 (A) for fiscal year 2018, $19,100,000,000; 
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1 (B) for fiscal year 2019, $17,000,000,000; 

2 and 

3 (C) for fiscal year 2020, $15,000,000,000. 

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

5 budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti6 mates provided by the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

7 of the House of Representatives. 

8 SEC. 5104. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, ex10 cept as provided for in subsection (b), any general appro11 priation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing appro12 priations, or amendment thereto or conference report there13 on, may not provide advance appropriations. 

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

15 provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts iden16 tified in the report or the joint explanatory statement of 

17 managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent res18 olution under the following headings: 

19 (1) GENERAL.—‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance 

20 Appropriations’’. 

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

22 for Advance Appropriations’’. 

23 (c) LIMITATIONS.—The aggregate level of advance ap24 propriations shall not exceed the following: 
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1 (1) GENERAL.—$28,852,000,000 in new budget 

2 authority for all programs identified pursuant to sub3 section (b)(1). 

4 (2) VETERANS.—$70,699,313,000 in new budget 

5 authority for programs in the Department of Veterans 

6 Affairs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2). 

7 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 

8 appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au9 thority provided in a general appropriation bill or joint 

10 resolution continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, 

11 or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 

12 first becomes available for the first fiscal year following fis13 cal year 2018. 

14 SEC. 5105. ESTIMATES OF DEBT SERVICE COSTS. 

15 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com16 mittee on the Budget may direct the Congressional Budget 

17 Office to include, in any estimate prepared under section 

18 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect 

19 to any bill or joint resolution, an estimate of any change 

20 in debt service costs resulting from carrying out such bill 

21 or resolution. Any estimate of debt service costs provided 

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

23 for purposes of enforcement of such Act, the Rules of the 

24 House of Representatives, or this concurrent resolution. 

25 This section shall not apply to authorizations of programs 
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1 funded by discretionary spending or to appropriation bills 

2 or joint resolutions, but shall apply to changes in the au3 thorization level of appropriated entitlements. 

4 SEC. 5106. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES. 

5 (a) ALL CREDIT PROGRAMS.—Whenever the Director 

6 of the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimate of 

7 any measure that establishes or modifies any program pro8 viding loans or loan guarantees, the Director shall also, to 

9 the extent practicable, provide a fair-value estimate of such 

10 loan or loan guarantee program if requested by the chair 

11 of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa12 tives. 

13 (b) STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING

14 PROGRAMS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget Of15 fice shall provide, to the extent practicable, a fair-value esti16 mate as part of any estimate for any measure that estab17 lishes or modifies a loan or loan guarantee program for stu18 dent financial assistance or housing (including residential 

19 mortgage). 

20 (c) BASELINE ESTIMATES.—The Congressional Budget 

21 Office shall include estimates, on a fair-value and credit 

22 reform basis, of loan and loan guarantee programs for stu23 dent financial assistance, housing (including residential 

24 mortgage), and such other major loan and loan guarantee 
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1 programs, as practicable, in its The Budget and Economic 

2 Outlook: 2018 to 2027. 

3 (d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA4 TIVES.—If the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 

5 provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), the 

6 chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep7 resentatives may use such estimate to determine compliance 

8 with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and other budget 

9 enforcement requirements. 

10 SEC. 5107. ESTIMATES OF MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF 

11 MAJOR LEGISLATION. 

12 (a) CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES.—During the 115th 

13 Congress, any estimate of major legislation considered in 

14 the House of Representatives provided by the Congressional 

15 Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget 

16 Act of 1974 or by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the 

17 Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of such 

18 Act shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the budg19 etary effects of changes in economic output, employment, 

20 capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting 

21 from such major legislation. 

22 (b) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in subsection 

23 (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include— 

24 (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary ef25 fects (including macroeconomic variables described in 
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1 subsection (a)) of the major legislation in the 20-fiscal 

2 year period beginning after the last fiscal year of the 

3 most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the 

4 budget that sets forth budgetary levels required under 

5 section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 

6 and 

7 (2) an identification of the critical assumptions 

8 and the source of data underlying that estimate. 

9 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) MAJOR LEGISLATION.—The term ‘‘major leg11 islation’’ means a bill or joint resolution, or amend12 ment thereto or conference report thereon— 

13 (A) for which an estimate is required to be 

14 prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and 

16 that causes a gross budgetary effect (before incor17 porating macroeconomic effects and not includ18 ing timing shifts) in a fiscal year in the period 

19 of years of the most recently agreed to concurrent 

20 resolution on the budget equal to or greater than 

21 0.25 percent of the current projected gross domes22 tic product of the United States for that fiscal 

23 year; or 

24 (B) designated as such by— 
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1 (i) the chair of the Committee on the 

2 Budget of the House of Representatives for 

3 all direct spending legislation; or 

4 (ii) the Member who is Chairman or 

5 Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on 

6 Taxation for revenue legislation. 

7 (2) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The term ‘‘budgetary 

8 effects’’ means changes in revenues, direct spending 

9 outlays, and deficits. 

10 (3) TIMING SHIFTS.—The term ‘‘timing shifts’’ 

11 means— 

12 (A) provisions that cause a delay of the date 

13 on which outlays flowing from direct spending 

14 would otherwise occur from one fiscal year to the 

15 next fiscal year; or 

16 (B) provisions that cause an acceleration of 

17 the date on which revenues would otherwise occur 

18 from one fiscal year to the prior fiscal year. 

19 SEC. 5108. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF 

20 BUDGETARY RESOURCES. 

21 (a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT

22 SPENDING LEVELS.—In the House of Representatives, if a 

23 committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations) 

24 reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto 

25 is offered or conference report thereon is submitted, pro-
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1 viding for a decrease in direct spending (budget authority 

2 and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year and also 

3 provides for an authorization of appropriations for the 

4 same purpose, upon the enactment of such measure, the 

5 chair of the Committee on the Budget may decrease the allo6 cation to the applicable authorizing committee that reports 

7 such measure and increase the allocation of discretionary 

8 spending (budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) 

9 to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2018 

10 by an amount equal to the new budget authority (and out11 lays flowing therefrom) provided for in a bill or joint reso12 lution making appropriations for the same purpose. 

13 (b) DETERMINATIONS.—In the House of Representa14 tives, for purposes of enforcing this concurrent resolution, 

15 the allocations and aggregate levels of new budget authority, 

16 outlays, direct spending, revenues, deficits, and surpluses 

17 for fiscal year 2018 and the total of fiscal years 2018 

18 through 2027 shall be determined on the basis of estimates 

19 made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget and such 

20 chair may adjust the applicable levels in this concurrent 

21 resolution. 

22 SEC. 5109. SCORING RULE FOR ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORM23 ANCE CONTRACTS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Congressional 

25 Budget Office shall estimate provisions of any bill or joint 
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1 resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report there2 on, that provides the authority to enter into or modify any 

3 covered energy savings contract on a net present value basis 

4 (NPV). 

5 (b) NPV CALCULATIONS.—The net present value of 

6 any covered energy savings contract shall be calculated as 

7 follows: 

8 (1) The discount rate shall reflect market risk. 

9 (2) The cash flows shall include, whether classi10 fied as mandatory or discretionary, payments to con11 tractors under the terms of their contracts, payments 

12 to contractors for other services, and direct savings in 

13 energy and energy-related costs. 

14 (3) The stream of payments shall cover the pe15 riod covered by the contracts but not to exceed 25 

16 years. 

17 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

18 ‘‘covered energy savings contract’’ means— 

19 (1) an energy savings performance contract au20 thorized under section 801 of the National Energy 

21 Conservation Policy Act; or 

22 (2) a utility energy service contract, as described 

23 in the Office of Management and Budget Memo24 randum on Federal Use of Energy Savings Perform25 ance Contracting, dated July 25, 1998 (M–98–13), 
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1 and the Office of Management and Budget Memo2 randum on the Federal Use of Energy Saving Per3 formance Contracts and Utility Energy Service Con4 tracts, dated September 28, 2015 (M–12–21), or any 

5 successor to either memorandum. 

6 (d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA7 TIVES.—In the House of Representatives, if any net present 

8 value of any covered energy savings contract calculated 

9 under subsection (b) results in a net savings, then the budg10 etary effects of such contract shall not be counted for pur11 poses of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act 

12 of 1974, this concurrent resolution, or clause 10 of rule XXI 

13 of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

14 (e) CLASSIFICATION OF SPENDING.—For purposes of 

15 budget enforcement, the estimated net present value of the 

16 budget authority provided by the measure, and outlays 

17 flowing therefrom, shall be classified as direct spending. 

18 (f) SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

19 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that— 

20 (1) the Director of the Office of Management and 

21 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Con22 gressional Budget Office, should separately identify 

23 the cash flows under subsection (b)(2) and include 

24 such information in the President’s annual budget 
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1 submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

2 States Code; and 

3 (2) the scoring method used in this section 

4 should not be used to score any contracts other than 

5 covered energy savings contracts. 

6 SEC. 5110. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GEN7 ERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGH8 WAY TRUST FUND. 

9 In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the 

10 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and 

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the rules or 

12 orders of the House of Representatives, a bill or joint resolu13 tion, or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

14 that transfers funds from the general fund of the Treasury 

15 to the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as new budget 

16 authority and outlays equal to the amount of the transfer 

17 in the fiscal year the transfer occurs. 

18 SEC. 5111. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL RESERVE 

19 SURPLUSES AS AN OFFSET. 

20 In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 

21 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 

22 report thereon, that transfers any portion of the net surplus 

23 of the Federal Reserve System to the general fund of the 

24 Treasury shall not be counted for purposes of enforcing the 

25 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this concurrent resolu-
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1 tion, or clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

2 of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 5112. PROHIBITION ON USE OF GUARANTEE FEES AS 

4 AN OFFSET. 

5 In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 

6 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 

7 report thereon, that increases, or extends the increase of, 

8 any guarantee fees of the Federal National Mortgage Asso9 ciation (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 

10 Corporation (Freddie Mac) shall not be counted for pur11 poses of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

12 this concurrent resolution, or clause 10 of rule XXI of the 

13 Rules of the House of Representatives. 

14 SEC. 5113. MODIFICATION OF RECONCILIATION IN THE 

15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2002 shall have no force or 

17 effect. 

18 (b) RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA19 TIVES.—Not later than November 13, 2017, the Committee 

20 on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives shall 

21 report to the House of Representatives changes in laws with22 in its jurisdiction that increase the deficit by not more than 

23 $1,500,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 

24 through 2027. 
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1 Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

2 SEC. 5201. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 

3 EXPENSES. 

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

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

6 Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforce7 ment Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 39, United 

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

9 as applicable, accompanying this concurrent resolution 

10 shall include in its allocation to the Committee on Appro11 priations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget 

12 Act of 1974 amounts for the discretionary administrative 

13 expenses of the Social Security Administration and the 

14 United States Postal Service. 

15 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House of Representatives, 

16 for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Congressional 

17 Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the levels of total new budg18 et authority and total outlays provided by a measure shall 

19 include any discretionary amounts described in subsection 

20 (a). 

21 SEC. 5202. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN AL22 LOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

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

24 any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, and other 
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1 budgetary levels made pursuant to this concurrent resolu2 tion shall— 

3 (1) apply while that measure is under consider4 ation; 

5 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that meas6 ure; and 

7 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

8 soon as practicable. 

9 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGRE10 GATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from 

11 these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes of the 

12 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as the allocations and 

13 aggregates contained in this concurrent resolution. 

14 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For pur15 poses of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels for 

16 a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined 

17 on the basis of estimates made by the chair of the Committee 

18 on the Budget of the House of Representatives. 

19 (d) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICATION.— 

20 In the House of Representatives, for purposes of this concur21 rent resolution and budget enforcement, the consideration 

22 of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con23 ference report thereon, for which the chair of the Committee 

24 on the Budget makes adjustments or revisions in the alloca25 tions, aggregates, and other budgetary levels of this concur-
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1 rent resolution shall not be subject to the points of order 

2 set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

3 of Representatives or section 5101 of this concurrent resolu4 tion. 

5 (e) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Com6 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may 

7 adjust other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution 

8 depending on congressional action on pending reconcili9 ation legislation. 

10 SEC. 5203. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON11 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

12 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com13 mittee on the Budget may adjust the appropriate aggre14 gates, allocations, and other budgetary levels in this concur15 rent resolution for any change in budgetary concepts and 

16 definitions consistent with section 251(b)(1) of the Balanced 

17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 SEC. 5204. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE. 

19 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com20 mittee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, 

21 reconciliation targets, and other appropriate budgetary lev22 els in this concurrent resolution to reflect changes resulting 

23 from the Congressional Budget Office’s update to its base24 line for fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 5205. APPLICATION OF RULE REGARDING LIMITS ON 

2 DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. 

3 Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

4 shall not apply in the House of Representatives to any bill, 

5 joint resolution, or amendment that provides new budget 

6 authority for a fiscal year or to any conference report on 

7 any such bill or resolution if— 

8 (1) the enactment of that bill or resolution; 

9 (2) the adoption and enactment of that amend10 ment; or 

11 (3) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the 

12 form recommended in that conference report, 

13 would not cause the 302(a) allocation to the Committee on 

14 Appropriations for fiscal year 2018 to be exceeded. 

15 SEC. 5206. ENFORCEMENT FILING IN THE HOUSE. 

16 In the House of Representatives, if a concurrent resolu17 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2018 is adopted without 

18 the appointment of a committee of conference on the dis19 agreeing votes of the two Houses with respect to this concur20 rent resolution on the budget, for the purpose of enforcing 

21 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and applicable rules 

22 and requirements set forth in the concurrent resolution on 

23 the budget, the allocations and list provided for in this sec24 tion shall apply in the House of Representatives in the same 

25 manner as if such allocations and list were in a joint ex26 planatory statement accompanying a conference report on 
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1 the budget for fiscal year 2018. The chair of the Committee 

2 on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall submit 

3 a statement for publication in the Congressional Record 

4 containing— 

5 (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com6 mittee allocations for fiscal year 2018 consistent with 

7 title I for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the 

8 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); 

9 (2) for all committees other than the Committee 

10 on Appropriations, committee allocations consistent 

11 with title I for fiscal year 2018 and for the period of 

12 fiscal years 2018 through 2027 for the purpose of en13 forcing 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

14 (2 U.S.C. 633); and 

15 (3) a list of programs, projects, activities, or ac16 counts identified for advance appropriations for the 

17 purpose of enforcing section 5104 of this concurrent 

18 resolution. 

19 SEC. 5207. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

20 The House of Representatives adopts the provisions of 

21 this title and section 2002— 

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

23 House of Representatives, and as such they shall be 

24 considered as part of the rules of the House of Rep25 resentatives, and such rules shall supersede other rules 
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1 only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such 

2 other rules; and 

3 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

4 right of the House of Representatives to change those 

5 rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the 

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

7 House of Representatives. 

8 Subtitle C—Adjustment Authority 

9 SEC. 5301. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY FOR AMENDMENTS TO 

10 STATUTORY CAPS. 

11 During the 115th Congress, if a measure becomes law 

12 that amends the discretionary spending limits established 

13 under section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)), such 

15 as a measure increasing the limit for the revised security 

16 category for fiscal year 2018 to be $640,000,000,000, the 

17 chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep18 resentatives may adjust the allocation called for under sec19 tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

20 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the appropriate committee or committees 

21 of the House of Representatives, and may adjust all other 

22 budgetary aggregates, allocations, levels, and limits con23 tained in this resolution, as necessary, consistent with such 

24 measure. 
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1 Subtitle D—Reserve Funds 

2 SEC. 5401. RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN NATIONAL 

3 INFRASTRUCTURE. 

4 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com5 mittee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, 

6 and other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution 

7 for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 

8 conference report thereon, that invests in national infra9 structure to the extent that such measure is deficit neutral 

10 for the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

11 SEC. 5402. RESERVE FUND FOR COMPREHENSIVE TAX RE12 FORM. 

13 In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on 

14 Ways and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that pro15 vides for comprehensive tax reform, the chair of the Com16 mittee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, 

17 and other appropriate budgetary levels in this concurrent 

18 resolution for the budgetary effects of any such bill or joint 

19 resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report there20 on, if such measure would not increase the deficit for the 

21 total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

22 SEC. 5403. RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN’S 

23 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

24 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com25 mittee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, budget ag-
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1 gregates and other appropriate levels in this concurrent res2 olution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolu3 tion, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

4 that extends the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro5 gram allotments, if such measure would not increase the 

6 deficit for the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

7 SEC. 5404. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OR REPLACE8 MENT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE 

9 LAWS. 

10 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com11 mittee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, 

12 and other appropriate budgetary levels in this concurrent 

13 resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint reso14 lution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

15 that repeals or replaces any provision of the Patient Protec16 tion and Affordable Care Act or title I or subtitle B of title 

17 II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 

18 of 2010 by the amount of budget authority and outlays flow19 ing therefrom provided by such measure for such purpose. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 71 

AMENDMENT