115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 71 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

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

2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018. 

3 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 

4 declares that prior concurrent resolutions on the budget 

5 are replaced as of fiscal year 2018 and that this concur6 rent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 2018 

7 and sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

8 years 2019 through 2027. 

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

10 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND RELATED MATTERS 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

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

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

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

Sec. 304. Limitation on advance appropriations. 

Sec. 305. Estimates of debt service costs. 

Sec. 306. Fair-value credit estimates. 

Sec. 307. Estimates of macroeconomic effects of major legislation. 

Sec. 308. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources. 

Sec. 309. Scoring rule for Energy Savings Performance Contracts. 

Sec. 310. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 

Highway Trust Fund. 

Sec. 311. Prohibition on use of Federal Reserve surpluses as an offset. 

Sec. 312. Prohibition on use of guarantee fees as an offset. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

Sec. 321. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses. 

Sec. 322. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 323. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 
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Sec. 324. Adjustment for changes in the baseline. 

Sec. 325. Application of rule regarding limits on discretionary spending. 

Sec. 326. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Sec. 401. Reserve fund for commercialization of air traffic control. 

Sec. 402. Reserve fund for investments in national infrastructure. 

Sec. 403. Reserve fund for comprehensive tax reform. 

Sec. 404. Reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. 

Sec. 405. Reserve fund for the repeal or replacement of President Obama’s 

health care laws. 

TITLE V—POLICY STATEMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Sec. 501. Policy statement on a balanced budget amendment. 

Sec. 502. Policy statement on budget process reform. 

Sec. 503. Policy statement on Federal regulatory budgeting and reform. 

Sec. 504. Policy statement on unauthorized appropriations. 

Sec. 505. Policy statement on Federal accounting. 

Sec. 506. Policy statement on Commission on Budget Concepts. 

Sec. 507. Policy statement on budget enforcement. 

Sec. 508. Policy statement on improper payments. 

Sec. 509. Policy statement on expenditures from agency fees and spending. 

Sec. 510. Policy statement on promoting real health care reform. 

Sec. 511. Policy statement on Medicare. 

Sec. 512. Policy statement on combating the opioid epidemic. 

Sec. 513. Policy statement on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. 

Sec. 514. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery, and innovation. 

Sec. 515. Policy statement on public health preparedness. 

Sec. 516. Policy statement on Social Security. 

Sec. 517. Policy statement on Medicaid work requirements. 

Sec. 518. Policy statement on welfare reform and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements. 

Sec. 519. Policy Statement on State flexibility in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 

Sec. 520. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development opportunity. 

Sec. 521. Policy statement on supplemental wildfire suppression funding. 

Sec. 522. Policy statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Sec. 523. Policy statement on moving the United States Postal Service on 

budget. 

Sec. 524. Policy statement on the Judgment Fund. 

Sec. 525. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 

Sec. 526. Policy statement on tax reform. 
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1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

5 each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027: 

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

7 enforcement of this concurrent resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

9 revenues are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2018: $2,670,356,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2019: $2,767,357,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: $2,870,414,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: $2,963,953,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2022: $3,077,586,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2023: $3,195,139,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: $3,325,690,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: $3,475,784,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2026: $3,642,629,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2027: $3,811,687,000,000. 

20 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

21 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

22 are as follows: 

23 Fiscal year 2018: -$63,213,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: -$66,151,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: -$80,162,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2021: -$95,958,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2022: -$105,330,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2023: -$122,777,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: -$136,738,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2025: -$146,394,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2026: -$146,749,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2027: -$146,700,000,000. 

8 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

9 of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 

10 appropriate levels of total new budget authority are 

11 as follows: 

12 Fiscal year 2018: $3,232,597,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: $3,286,018,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2020: $3,299,573,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2021: $3,290,186,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: $3,441,975,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: $3,483,686,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2024: $3,528,872,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2025: $3,655,413,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2026: $3,746,208,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2027: $3,824,652,000,000. 

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

23 enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appro24 priate levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 

25 Fiscal year 2018: $3,164,885,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2019: $3,265,306,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2020: $3,283,026,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2021: $3,323,464,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: $3,441,603,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: $3,467,047,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2024: $3,497,308,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2025: $3,620,210,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: $3,727,971,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2027: $3,806,792,000,000. 

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

11 the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 

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

13 Fiscal year 2018: $494,529,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: $497,949,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2020: $412,612,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: $359,511,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: $364,017,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2023: $271,908,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2024: $171,618,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: $144,426,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2026: $85,342,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2027: -$4,895,000,000. 

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

24 levels of debt subject to limit are as follows: 

25 Fiscal year 2018: $21,059,756,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2019: $21,720,619,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2020: $22,263,387,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2021: $22,717,657,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: $23,120,068,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: $23,414,924,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2024: $23,577,205,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2025: $23,665,687,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2026: $23,701,446,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2027: $23,484,672,000,000. 

10 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro11 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

12 Fiscal year 2018: $15,399,966,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: $15,971,804,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2020: $16,477,150,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2021: $16,920,847,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: $17,371,706,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: $17,720,326,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2024: $17,949,306,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2025: $18,156,356,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2026: $18,299,466,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2027: $18,345,826,000,000. 

22 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

23 The Congress determines and declares that the ap24 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 
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1 fiscal years 2018 through 2027 for each major functional 

2 category are: 

3 (1) National Defense (050): 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $629,595,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $607,810,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $660,832,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $636,795,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $693,646,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $666,519,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $728,125,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $698,761,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $731,818,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $717,568,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $735,468,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $720,401,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $739,157,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $720,755,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $742,886,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $729,581,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $747,414,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $734,037,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2027: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $751,098,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $737,798,000,000. 

20 (2) International Affairs (150): 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $41,521,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $43,643,000,000. 

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

2 $40,210,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $41,207,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $39,428,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $39,965,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $38,654,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $38,585,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $37,623,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $38,021,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $38,445,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $37,795,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $39,285,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $38,102,000,000. 

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

2 $40,174,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $38,643,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $41,121,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $39,365,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $42,025,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $40,175,000,000. 

12 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

13 (250): 

14 Fiscal year 2018: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $28,524,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $30,072,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2019: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $29,107,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $29,365,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2020: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $29,702,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $29,360,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2021: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $30,346,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $29,718,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2022: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $31,018,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $30,259,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2023: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $31,694,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $30,797,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2024: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $32,378,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $31,325,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $33,112,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $31,928,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2026: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $33,854,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $32,550,000,000. 

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

2 $34,602,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $33,162,000,000. 

4 (4) Energy (270): 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$3,088,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $2,559,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $1,704,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $1,714,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$11,179,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$11,813,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $1,871,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $786,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $1,705,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $445,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2023: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $754,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$491,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $437,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$727,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$4,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$1,052,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $2,233,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $1,207,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2027: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $2,324,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $1,370,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $31,720,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $35,641,000,000. 

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

2 $31,856,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $33,751,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $33,255,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $33,581,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $32,704,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $32,652,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $34,295,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $33,909,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $34,684,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $34,186,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $34,598,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $34,081,000,000. 

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

2 $35,520,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $34,921,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $36,186,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $35,526,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $36,742,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $36,078,000,000. 

12 (6) Agriculture (350): 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $24,223,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $22,913,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $21,091,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $20,200,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $19,786,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $19,293,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $18,217,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $17,660,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $17,835,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $17,339,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $18,153,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $17,713,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $18,880,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $18,331,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $19,863,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $19,225,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2026: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $20,214,000,000. 

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

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

2 $20,422,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $19,817,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$7,287,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, -$19,601,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$7,517,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, -$15,753,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$10,358,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$18,126,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$13,446,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$22,106,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$12,880,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$22,470,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2023: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$12,330,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$22,598,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$10,989,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$22,362,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$10,255,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$22,849,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$11,141,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$23,569,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2027: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$11,933,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$24,521,000,000. 

20 (8) Transportation (400): 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $88,095,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $91,796,000,000. 

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

2 $88,892,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $90,602,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $82,748,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $90,508,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $37,190,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $77,995,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $66,950,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $65,076,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $66,895,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $68,694,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $67,483,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $69,617,000,000. 

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

2 $68,481,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $69,074,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $69,714,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $69,044,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $70,948,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $69,741,000,000. 

12 (9) Community and Regional Development 

13 (450): 

14 Fiscal year 2018: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $4,365,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $18,626,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2019: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $4,170,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $16,983,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2020: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $4,240,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $11,842,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2021: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $4,353,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $9,558,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2022: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $4,487,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $6,386,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2023: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $4,556,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $5,090,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2024: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $4,673,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $4,745,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $4,857,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $4,767,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2026: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $5,077,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $4,805,000,000. 

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

2 $4,953,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $4,809,000,000. 

4 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

5 Social Services (500): 

6 Fiscal year 2018: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $69,920,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $89,295,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2019: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $79,090,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $81,404,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2020: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $80,305,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $81,129,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2021: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $81,922,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $82,479,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2022: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $82,350,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $83,539,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2023: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $86,279,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $85,843,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2024: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $86,641,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $87,897,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2025: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $86,977,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $88,522,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2026: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $87,459,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $89,186,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2027: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $88,216,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $90,080,000,000. 

21 (11) Health (550): 

22 Fiscal year 2018: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $579,328,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $551,277,000,000. 
25 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2019: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $564,387,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $570,419,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $552,405,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $541,949,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $512,289,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $518,445,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $528,560,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $533,688,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $547,998,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $549,687,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2024: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $571,335,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $569,207,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2025: 
26 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $594,923,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $591,171,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $618,119,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $613,682,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $623,810,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $626,774,000,000. 

12 (12) Medicare (570): 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $593,830,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $593,567,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $652,984,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $652,740,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $692,126,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $691,917,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
27 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $739,367,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $739,161,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $826,276,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $826,057,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $845,800,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $845,593,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $850,393,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $850,177,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $916,244,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $916,009,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2026: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $988,183,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $987,942,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2027: 
28 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $1,053,671,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $1,053,435,000,000. 

4 (13) Income Security (600): 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $491,789,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $477,428,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $464,425,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $454,786,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $475,015,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $464,925,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $484,414,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $475,140,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $492,453,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $489,299,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2023: 
29 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $475,767,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $468,217,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $484,425,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $471,370,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $493,048,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $480,920,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $502,057,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $496,505,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2027: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $511,675,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $505,382,000,000. 

20 (14) Social Security (650): 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $39,475,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $39,475,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 
30 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $43,016,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $43,016,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $46,287,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $46,287,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $49,748,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $49,748,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $53,392,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $53,392,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $57,378,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $57,378,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $61,764,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $61,764,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2025: 
31 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $66,388,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $66,388,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $70,871,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $70,871,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $75,473,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $75,473,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $176,704,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $178,038,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $191,507,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $190,235,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $194,930,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $193,931,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
32 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $199,751,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $197,856,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $215,442,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $213,337,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $212,567,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $210,444,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $209,943,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $207,908,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $227,991,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $225,820,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2026: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $234,947,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $232,660,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2027: 
33 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $243,718,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $241,501,000,000. 

4 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $51,367,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $61,079,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $58,245,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $58,867,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $59,720,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $60,036,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $61,054,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $60,946,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $62,092,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $61,925,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2023: 
34 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $63,671,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $63,462,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $65,285,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $65,043,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $66,947,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $66,498,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $69,907,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $70,200,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2027: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $70,270,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $69,722,000,000. 

20 (17) General Government (800): 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $23,564,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $23,091,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 
35 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $23,948,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $23,314,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $23,557,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $23,303,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $23,386,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $23,190,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $23,127,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $23,013,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $26,420,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $26,057,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $26,351,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $26,168,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2025: 
36 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $26,246,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $26,060,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $26,083,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $25,917,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $25,855,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $25,722,000,000. 

12 (18) Net Interest (900): 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $376,842,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $376,842,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $409,185,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $409,185,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $450,859,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $450,859,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
37 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $493,778,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $493,778,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $531,929,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $531,929,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $565,282,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $565,282,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $589,292,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $589,292,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $607,012,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $607,012,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2026: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $620,536,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $620,536,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2027: 
38 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $623,786,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $623,911,000,000. 

4 (19) Allowances (920): 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$44,505,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, -$23,272,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$42,219,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, -$34,499,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$45,246,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$40,640,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$48,056,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$44,164,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$50,544,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$47,877,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2023: 
39 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$52,326,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$49,819,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$53,659,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$51,411,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$55,439,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$53,060,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$51,908,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$52,127,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2027: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$55,254,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$53,919,000,000. 

20 (20) Government-wide savings and adjustments 

21 (930): 

22 Fiscal year 2018: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $34,145,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $2,778,000,000. 
40 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2019: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 -$1,555,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, -$2,528,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$67,381,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, -$47,665,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$120,155,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, -$97,069,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$153,376,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$137,459,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$174,438,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$159,489,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2024: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$194,373,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$179,541,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2025: 
41 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$193,336,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$187,355,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2026: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$246,573,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$223,016,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2027: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$258,801,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$240,977,000,000. 

12 (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$83,212,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$83,212,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$86,409,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$86,409,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$86,316,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$86,316,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
42 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$90,347,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$90,347,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$93,573,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$93,573,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$100,001,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$100,001,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$105,371,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$105,371,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$115,139,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$115,139,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2026: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$117,033,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$117,033,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2027: 
43 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$127,808,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$127,808,000,000. 

4 (22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

5 War on Terrorism (970): 

6 Fiscal year 2018: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $86,591,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $45,781,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2019: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $60,000,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $50,748,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2020: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $43,000,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $43,076,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2021: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $26,000,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $31,635,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2022: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $12,000,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $18,768,000,000. 
44 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2023: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $12,000,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $13,799,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2024: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $12,000,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $11,957,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2025: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

11 (B) Outlays, $4,171,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2026: 

13 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

14 (B) Outlays, $1,160,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2027: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

17 (B) Outlays, $165,000,000. 

18 (23) Across-the-Board Adjustment (990): 

19 Fiscal year 2018: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 -$909,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, -$740,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2019: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 -$931,000,000. 
45 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (B) Outlays, -$837,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2020: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 -$956,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, -$895,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2021: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 -$979,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, -$944,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2022: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 -$1,004,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, -$968,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2023: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 -$1,030,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, -$993,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2024: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 -$1,056,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, -$1,018,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2025: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 -$1,083,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, -$1,045,000,000. 
46 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2026: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 -$1,112,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, -$1,070,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2027: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$1,140,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, -$1,099,000,000. 

9 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND 

10 RELATED MATTERS 

11 SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT12 ATIVES. 

13 (a) SUBMISSIONS PROVIDING FOR RECONCILI14 ATION.—Not later than October 6, 2017, the committees 

15 named in subsection (b) shall submit their recommenda16 tions on changes in laws within their jurisdictions to the 

17 Committee on the Budget that would achieve the specified 

18 reduction in the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2018 

19 through 2027. 

20 (b) INSTRUCTIONS.— 

21 (1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The Com22 mittee on Agriculture shall submit changes in laws 

23 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

24 by $10,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

25 2018 through 2027. 
47 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 (2) COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES.—The 

2 Committee on Armed Services shall submit changes 

3 in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

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

5 years 2018 through 2027. 

6 (3) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE

7 WORKFORCE.—The Committee on Education and 

8 the Workforce shall submit changes in laws within 

9 its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 

10 $20,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 

11 through 2027. 

12 (4) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— 

13 The Committee on Energy and Commerce shall sub14 mit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 

15 to reduce the deficit by $20,000,000,000 for the pe16 riod of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

17 (5) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The 

18 Committee on Financial Services shall submit 

19 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

20 reduce the deficit by $14,000,000,000 for the period 

21 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

22 (6) COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

23 The Committee on Homeland Security shall submit 

24 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
48 

•HCON 71 EH 

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

2 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

3 (7) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—The 

4 Committee on the Judiciary shall submit changes in 

5 laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

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

7 years 2018 through 2027. 

8 (8) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

9 The Committee on Natural Resources shall submit 

10 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

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

12 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

13 (9) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERN14 MENT REFORM.—The Committee on Oversight and 

15 Government Reform shall submit changes in laws 

16 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

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

18 2018 through 2027. 

19 (10) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.— 

20 The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall submit 

21 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

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

23 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

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

25 Committee on Ways and Means shall submit 
49 

•HCON 71 EH 

1 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

2 reduce the deficit by $52,000,000,000 for the period 

3 of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

4 TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCE5 MENT IN THE HOUSE OF REP6 RESENTATIVES 

7 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

8 SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG9 TERM DIRECT SPENDING. 

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

11 the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint 

12 resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

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

14 in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 

15 10-fiscal year periods described in subsection (b). 

16 (b) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF

17 PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 

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

19 of whether a bill or joint resolution reported by a com20 mittee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), or 

21 amendment thereto or conference report thereon, would 

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

23 spending in the House of Representatives, in excess of 

24 $2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year 
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1 periods beginning after the last fiscal year of this concur2 rent resolution. 

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

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

5 or joint resolutions, or amendments thereto or conference 

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

7 the Budget has made adjustments to the allocations, ag8 gregates, or other budgetary levels in this concurrent reso9 lution. 

10 (d) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For 

11 purposes of this section, the levels of net increases in di12 rect spending shall be determined on the basis of estimates 

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

14 the House of Representatives. 

15 (e) SUNSET.—This section shall have no force or ef16 fect after September 30, 2018. 

17 SEC. 302. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP18 ERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 

19 (a) SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN20 GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—In 

21 the House of Representatives, there shall be a separate 

22 allocation of new budget authority and outlays provided 

23 to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of 

24 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter25 rorism, which shall be deemed to be an allocation under 
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1 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

2 Section 302(a)(3) of such Act shall not apply to such sepa3 rate allocation. 

4 (b) SECTION 302 ALLOCATIONS.—The separate allo5 cation referred to in subsection (a) shall be the exclusive 

6 allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

7 War on Terrorism under section 302(b) of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974. The Committee on Appropria9 tions of the House of Representatives may provide sub10 allocations of such separate allocation under such section 

11 302(b). 

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

13 separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under sec14 tion 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 

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

16 deemed to refer to fiscal year 2018. Section 302(c) of such 

17 Act shall not apply to such separate allocation. 

18 (d) DESIGNATIONS.—New budget authority or out19 lays shall only be counted toward the allocation referred 

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

21 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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

24 for fiscal year 2018, no adjustment shall be made under 

25 section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
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1 if any adjustment would be made under section 

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

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 SEC. 303. LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN CERTAIN MANDA5 TORY PROGRAMS. 

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

7 in mandatory programs’’ means a provision that— 

8 (1) would have been estimated as affecting di9 rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

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

12 2002) if the provision were included in legislation 

13 other than appropriation Acts; and 

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

15 in the budget year, but does not result in a net de16 crease in outlays over the total of the current year, 

17 the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under 

18 the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 

19 the budget. 

20 (b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE HOUSE OF REP21 RESENTATIVES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—A provision in a bill or joint 

23 resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal 

24 year that proposes a change in mandatory programs 

25 that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of 
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1 the total budget authority of all such changes in 

2 mandatory programs enacted in relation to a full fis3 cal year to be more than the amount specified in 

4 paragraph (3), shall not be in order in the House of 

5 Representatives. 

6 (2) AMENDMENTS AND CONFERENCE RE7 PORTS.—It shall not be in order in the House of 

8 Representatives to consider an amendment to, or a 

9 conference report on, a bill or joint resolution mak10 ing appropriations for a full fiscal year if such 

11 amendment thereto or conference report thereon 

12 proposes a change in mandatory programs that, if 

13 enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total 

14 budget authority of all such changes in mandatory 

15 programs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to 

16 be more than the amount specified in paragraph (3). 

17 (3) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 

18 paragraph is— 

19 (A) for fiscal year 2018, $19,100,000,000; 

20 (B) for fiscal year 2019, $17,000,000,000; 

21 and 

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

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

24 budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti-
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1 mates provided by the chair of the Committee on the 

2 Budget of the House of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 304. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

5 except as provided for in subsection (b), any general ap6 propriation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing appro7 priations, or amendment thereto or conference report 

8 thereon, may not provide advance appropriations. 

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

10 provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts 

11 identified in the report or the joint explanatory statement 

12 of managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent 

13 resolution under the heading— 

14 (1) GENERAL.—‘‘Accounts Identified for Ad15 vance Appropriations’’. 

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

17 for Advance Appropriations’’. 

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

19 appropriations shall not exceed— 

20 (1) GENERAL.—$28,852,000,000 in new budget 

21 authority for all programs identified pursuant to 

22 subsection (b)(1). 

23 (2) VETERANS.—$70,699,313,000 in new budg24 et authority for programs in the Department of Vet-
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1 erans Affairs identified pursuant to subsection 

2 (b)(2). 

3 (d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropria4 tion’’ means any new discretionary budget authority pro5 vided in a general appropriation bill or joint resolution 

6 continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, or any 

7 amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first 

8 becomes available for the first fiscal year following fiscal 

9 year 2018. 

10 SEC. 305. ESTIMATES OF DEBT SERVICE COSTS. 

11 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

12 Committee on the Budget may direct the Congressional 

13 Budget Office to include, in any estimate prepared under 

14 section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 

15 respect to any bill or joint resolution, an estimate of any 

16 change in debt service costs resulting from carrying out 

17 such bill or resolution. Any estimate of debt service costs 

18 provided under this section shall be advisory and shall not 

19 be used for purposes of enforcement of such Act, the Rules 

20 of the House of Representatives, or this concurrent resolu21 tion. This section shall not apply to authorizations of pro22 grams funded by discretionary spending or to appropria23 tion bills or joint resolutions, but shall apply to changes 

24 in the authorization level of appropriated entitlements. 
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1 SEC. 306. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES. 

2 (a) ALL CREDIT PROGRAMS.—Whenever the Director 

3 of the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimate 

4 of any measure that establishes or modifies any program 

5 providing loans or loan guarantees, the Director shall also, 

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

7 such loan or loan guarantee program if requested by the 

8 chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 

9 Representatives. 

10 (b) STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING

11 PROGRAMS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 

12 Office shall provide, to the extent practicable, a fair-value 

13 estimate as part of any estimate for any measure that es14 tablishes or modifies a loan or loan guarantee program 

15 for student financial assistance or housing (including resi16 dential mortgage). 

17 (c) BASELINE ESTIMATES.—The Congressional 

18 Budget Office shall include estimates, on a fair-value and 

19 credit reform basis, of loan and loan guarantee programs 

20 for student financial assistance, housing (including resi21 dential mortgage), and such other major loan and loan 

22 guarantee programs, as practicable, in its The Budget and 

23 Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2027. 

24 (d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA25 TIVES.—If the Director of the Congressional Budget Of26 fice provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), 
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1 the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House 

2 of Representatives may use such estimate to determine 

3 compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

4 and other budget enforcement requirements. 

5 SEC. 307. ESTIMATES OF MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF 

6 MAJOR LEGISLATION. 

7 (a) CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES.—During the 115th 

8 Congress, any estimate of major legislation considered in 

9 the House of Representatives or the Senate provided by 

10 the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 

11 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or by the Joint Com12 mittee on Taxation to the Congressional Budget Office 

13 under section 201(f) of such Act shall, to the extent prac14 ticable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in 

15 economic output, employment, capital stock, and other 

16 macroeconomic variables resulting from such major legis17 lation. 

18 (b) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in sub19 section (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include— 

20 (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary 

21 effects (including macroeconomic variables described 

22 in subsection (a)) of major legislation in the 20-fis23 cal year period beginning after the last fiscal year of 

24 the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 

25 the budget that sets forth budgetary levels required 
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1 under section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 

2 of 1974; and 

3 (2) an identification of the critical assumptions 

4 and the source of data underlying that estimate. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) MAJOR LEGISLATION.—The term ‘‘major 

7 legislation’’ means— 

8 (A) in the Senate, a bill, joint resolution, 

9 conference report, amendment, amendment be10 tween the Houses, or treaty— 

11 (i) for which an estimate is required 

12 to be prepared pursuant to section 402 of 

13 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

14 U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross budg15 etary effect (before incorporating macro16 economic effects and not including timing 

17 shifts) in a fiscal year in the period of 

18 years of the most recently agreed to con19 current resolution on the budget equal to 

20 or greater than— 

21 (I) 0.25 percent of the current 

22 projected gross domestic product of 

23 the United States for that fiscal year; 

24 or 
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1 (II) for a treaty, equal to or 

2 greater than $15,000,000,000 for that 

3 fiscal year; or 

4 (ii) designated as such by— 

5 (I) the chair of the Committee on 

6 the Budget of the Senate for all direct 

7 spending legislation; or 

8 (II) the Senator who is Chairman 

9 or Vice Chairman of the Joint Com10 mittee on Taxation for revenue legis11 lation; and 

12 (B) in the House of Representatives, a bill 

13 or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 

14 conference report thereon— 

15 (i) for which an estimate is required 

16 to be prepared pursuant to section 402 of 

17 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

18 U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross budg19 etary effect (before incorporating macro20 economic effects and not including timing 

21 shifts) in a fiscal year in the period of 

22 years of the most recently agreed to con23 current resolution on the budget equal to 

24 or greater than 0.25 percent of the current 
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1 projected gross domestic product of the 

2 United States for that fiscal year; or 

3 (ii) designated as such by— 

4 (I) the chair of the Committee on 

5 the Budget of the House of Rep6 resentatives for all direct spending 

7 legislation; or 

8 (II) the Member who is Chair9 man or Vice Chairman of the Joint 

10 Committee on Taxation for revenue 

11 legislation. 

12 (2) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The term ‘‘budg13 etary effects’’ means changes in revenues, direct 

14 spending outlays, and deficits. 

15 (3) TIMING SHIFTS.—The term ‘‘timing shifts’’ 

16 means— 

17 (A) provisions that cause a delay of the 

18 date on which outlays flowing from direct 

19 spending would otherwise occur from one fiscal 

20 year to the next fiscal year; or 

21 (B) provisions that cause an acceleration 

22 of the date on which revenues would otherwise 

23 occur from one fiscal year to the prior fiscal 

24 year. 
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1 SEC. 308. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF 

2 BUDGETARY RESOURCES. 

3 (a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT

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

5 a committee (other than the Committee on Appropria6 tions) reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 

7 thereto is offered or conference report thereon is sub8 mitted, providing for a decrease in direct spending (budget 

9 authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal 

10 year and also provides for an authorization of appropria11 tions for the same purpose, upon the enactment of such 

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

13 decrease the allocation to the applicable authorizing com14 mittee that reports such measure and increase the alloca15 tion of discretionary spending (budget authority and out16 lays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on Appropria17 tions for fiscal year 2018 by an amount equal to the new 

18 budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided 

19 for in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for 

20 the same purpose. 

21 (b) DETERMINATIONS.—In the House of Representa22 tives, for purposes of enforcing this concurrent resolution, 

23 the allocations and aggregate levels of new budget author24 ity, outlays, direct spending, revenues, deficits, and sur25 pluses for fiscal year 2018 and the total of fiscal years 

26 2018 through 2027 shall be determined on the basis of 
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1 estimates made by the chair of the Committee on the 

2 Budget and such chair may adjust the applicable levels 

3 in this concurrent resolution. 

4 SEC. 309. SCORING RULE FOR ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORM5 ANCE CONTRACTS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Congressional 

7 Budget Office shall estimate provisions of any bill or joint 

8 resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

9 thereon, that provides the authority to enter into or mod10 ify any covered energy savings contract on a net present 

11 value basis (NPV). 

12 (b) NPV CALCULATIONS.—The net present value of 

13 any covered energy savings contract shall be calculated as 

14 follows: 

15 (1) The discount rate shall reflect market risk. 

16 (2) The cash flows shall include, whether classi17 fied as mandatory or discretionary, payments to con18 tractors under the terms of their contracts, pay19 ments to contractors for other services, and direct 

20 savings in energy and energy-related costs. 

21 (3) The stream of payments shall cover the pe22 riod covered by the contracts but not to exceed 25 

23 years. 

24 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

25 ‘‘covered energy savings contract’’ means— 
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1 (1) an energy savings performance contract au2 thorized under section 801 of the National Energy 

3 Conservation Policy Act; or 

4 (2) a utility energy service contract, as de5 scribed in the Office of Management and Budget 

6 Memorandum on Federal Use of Energy Savings 

7 Performance Contracting, dated July 25, 1998 (M– 

8 98–13), and the Office of Management and Budget 

9 Memorandum on the Federal Use of Energy Saving 

10 Performance Contracts and Utility Energy Service 

11 Contracts, dated September 28, 2015 (M–12–21), or 

12 any successor to either memorandum. 

13 (d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA14 TIVES.—In the House of Representatives, if any net 

15 present value of any covered energy savings contract cal16 culated under subsection (b) results in a net savings, then 

17 the budgetary effects of such contract shall not be counted 

18 for purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional 

19 Budget Act of 1974, this concurrent resolution, or clause 

20 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa21 tives. 

22 (e) CLASSIFICATION OF SPENDING.—For purposes of 

23 budget enforcement, the estimated net present value of the 

24 budget authority provided by the measure, and outlays 

25 flowing therefrom, shall be classified as direct spending. 
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1 (f) SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

2 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that— 

3 (1) the Director of the Office of Management 

4 and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the 

5 Congressional Budget Office, should separately iden6 tify the cash flows under subsection (b)(2) and in7 clude such information in the President’s annual 

8 budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

9 United States Code; and 

10 (2) the scoring method used in this section 

11 should not be used to score any contracts other than 

12 covered energy savings contracts. 

13 SEC. 310. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL 

14 FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY 

15 TRUST FUND. 

16 In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the 

17 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget 

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

19 or orders of the House of Representatives, a bill or joint 

20 resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report 

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

22 Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as 

23 new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of 

24 the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer occurs. 
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1 SEC. 311. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL RESERVE 

2 SURPLUSES AS AN OFFSET. 

3 In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 

4 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con5 ference report thereon, that transfers any portion of the 

6 net surplus of the Federal Reserve System to the general 

7 fund of the Treasury shall not be counted for purposes 

8 of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 

9 concurrent resolution, or clause 10 of rule XXI of the 

10 Rules of the House of Representatives. 

11 SEC. 312. PROHIBITION ON USE OF GUARANTEE FEES AS 

12 AN OFFSET. 

13 In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 

14 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con15 ference report thereon, that increases, or extends the in16 crease of, any guarantee fees of the Federal National 

17 Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home 

18 Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) shall not be 

19 counted for purposes of enforcing the Congressional Budg20 et Act of 1974, this concurrent resolution, or clause 10 

21 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

22 Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

23 SEC. 321. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 

24 EXPENSES. 

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

26 notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional 
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1 Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforce2 ment Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 39, United 

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

4 as applicable, accompanying this concurrent resolution 

5 shall include in its allocation to the Committee on Appro6 priations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budg7 et Act of 1974 amounts for the discretionary administra8 tive expenses of the Social Security Administration and 

9 the United States Postal Service. 

10 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House of Representa11 tives, for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Con12 gressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the levels of 

13 total new budget authority and total outlays provided by 

14 a measure shall include any discretionary amounts de15 scribed in subsection (a). 

16 SEC. 322. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO17 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

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

19 any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, and other 

20 budgetary levels made pursuant to this concurrent resolu21 tion shall— 

22 (1) apply while that measure is under consider23 ation; 

24 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

25 measure; and 
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1 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

2 soon as practicable. 

3 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG4 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

5 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur6 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as the allo7 cations and aggregates contained in this concurrent reso8 lution. 

9 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

10 purposes of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary lev11 els for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be deter12 mined on the basis of estimates made by the chair of the 

13 Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa14 tives. 

15 (d) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICA16 TION.—In the House of Representatives, for purposes of 

17 this concurrent resolution and budget enforcement, the 

18 consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 

19 thereto or conference report thereon, for which the chair 

20 of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or 

21 revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other budg22 etary levels of this concurrent resolution shall not be sub23 ject to the points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule 

24 XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or sec25 tion 301 of this concurrent resolution. 
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1 (e) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Com2 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may 

3 adjust other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolu4 tion depending on congressional action on pending rec5 onciliation legislation. 

6 SEC. 323. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON7 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

8 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

9 Committee on the Budget may adjust the appropriate ag10 gregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels in this 

11 concurrent resolution for any change in budgetary con12 cepts and definitions consistent with section 251(b)(1) of 

13 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

14 of 1985. 

15 SEC. 324. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE. 

16 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

17 Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag18 gregates, reconciliation targets, and other appropriate 

19 budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution to reflect 

20 changes resulting from the Congressional Budget Office’s 

21 update to its baseline for fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

22 SEC. 325. APPLICATION OF RULE REGARDING LIMITS ON 

23 DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. 

24 Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

25 1974 shall not apply in the House of Representatives to 
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1 any bill, joint resolution, or amendment that provides new 

2 budget authority for a fiscal year or to any conference re3 port on any such bill or resolution if— 

4 (1) the enactment of that bill or resolution; 

5 (2) the adoption and enactment of that amend6 ment; or 

7 (3) the enactment of that bill or resolution in 

8 the form recommended in that conference report, 

9 would not cause the 302(a) allocation to the Committee 

10 on Appropriations for fiscal year 2018 to be exceeded. 

11 SEC. 326. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

12 The House of Representatives adopts the provisions 

13 of this title and title II— 

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

15 the House of Representatives, and as such they shall 

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

17 Representatives, and such rules shall supersede 

18 other rules only to the extent that they are incon19 sistent with such other rules; and 

20 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

21 right of the House of Representatives to change 

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

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

24 the House of Representatives. 
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1 TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS IN 

2 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA3 TIVES 

4 SEC. 401. RESERVE FUND FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF 

5 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. 

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

7 the chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust, 

8 at a time the chair deems appropriate, the section 302(a) 

9 allocation to the Committee on Transportation and Infra10 structure and other applicable committees of the House 

11 of Representatives, aggregates, and other appropriate lev12 els established in this concurrent resolution for a bill or 

13 joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference re14 port thereon, that commercializes the operations of the air 

15 traffic control system if such measure reduces the discre16 tionary spending limits in section 251(c) of the Balanced 

17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 by 

18 the amount that would otherwise be appropriated to the 

19 Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control. 

20 Adjustments to the section 302(a) allocation to the Com21 mittee on Appropriations, consistent with the adjustments 

22 to the discretionary spending limits under such section 

23 251(c), shall only be made upon enactment of such meas24 ure. 
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1 (b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, a 

2 measure that commercializes the operations of the air traf3 fic control system shall be a measure that establishes a 

4 Federally-chartered, not-for-profit corporation that— 

5 (1) is authorized to provide air traffic control 

6 services within the United States airspace; 

7 (2) sets user fees to finance its operations; 

8 (3) may borrow from private capital markets to 

9 finance improvements; 

10 (4) is governed by a board of directors com11 posed of a CEO and directors whose fiduciary duty 

12 is to the entity; and 

13 (5) becomes the employer of those employees di14 rectly connected to providing air traffic control serv15 ices and who the Secretary transfers from the Fed16 eral Government. 

17 SEC. 402. RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN NATIONAL 

18 INFRASTRUCTURE. 

19 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

20 Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag21 gregates, and other appropriate levels in this concurrent 

22 resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 

23 thereto or conference report thereon, that invests in na24 tional infrastructure to the extent that such measure is 
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1 deficit neutral for the total of fiscal years 2018 through 

2 2027. 

3 SEC. 403. RESERVE FUND FOR COMPREHENSIVE TAX RE4 FORM. 

5 In the House of Representatives, if the Committee 

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

7 provides for comprehensive tax reform, the chair of the 

8 Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag9 gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 

10 concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any such 

11 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con12 ference report thereon, if such measure would not increase 

13 the deficit for the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 

14 SEC. 404. RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN’S 

15 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

16 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

17 Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, 

18 budget aggregates and other appropriate levels in this con19 current resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or 

20 joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference re21 port thereon, that extends the State Children’s Health In22 surance Program allotments, if such measure would not 

23 increase the deficit for the total of fiscal years 2018 

24 through 2027. 
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1 SEC. 405. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OR REPLACE2 MENT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE 

3 LAWS. 

4 In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 

5 Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag6 gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 

7 concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill 

8 or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 

9 report thereon, that repeals or replaces any provision of 

10 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or title 

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

12 Reconciliation Act of 2010 by the amount of budget au13 thority and outlays flowing therefrom provided by such 

14 measure for such purpose. 

15 TITLE V—POLICY STATEMENTS 

16 IN THE HOUSE OF REP17 RESENTATIVES 

18 SEC. 501. POLICY STATEMENT ON A BALANCED BUDGET 

19 AMENDMENT. 

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

21 (1) In fiscal year 2017, the Federal Govern22 ment will collect approximately $3.3 trillion in taxes, 

23 but spend more than $4.0 trillion to maintain its op24 erations, borrowing 15 cents of every Federal dollar 

25 spent. 
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1 (2) At the end of fiscal year 2016, the national 

2 debt of the United States was more than $19.5 tril3 lion. 

4 (3) A majority of States have petitioned the 

5 Federal Government to hold a constitutional conven6 tion to adopt a balanced budget amendment to the 

7 Constitution. 

8 (4) As of the spring of 2016, 46 States have re9 quirements to annually balance their respective 

10 budgets. 

11 (5) Numerous balanced budget amendment pro12 posals have been introduced on a bipartisan basis in 

13 the House. Currently in the 115th Congress, 8 joint 

14 resolutions proposing a balanced budget amendment 

15 have been introduced. 

16 (6) In the 111th Congress, the House consid17 ered H. J. Res. 2, sponsored by Representative Rob18 ert W. Goodlatte of Virginia. Although it received 

19 262 aye votes, it did not receive the two-thirds re20 quired for passage. 

21 (7) In 1995, a balanced budget amendment to 

22 the Constitution passed the House with bipartisan 

23 support, but failed to pass by one vote in the United 

24 States Senate. 
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1 (8) Five States, Georgia, Alaska, Mississippi, 

2 North Dakota, and Arizona, have agreed to the 

3 Compact for a Balanced Budget, which seeks to 

4 amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget 

5 through an Article V convention by April 12, 2021. 

6 (b) POLICY ON A BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITU7 TIONAL AMENDMENT.—It is the policy of this concurrent 

8 resolution that the House should propose a balanced budg9 et constitutional amendment for ratification by the States. 

10 SEC. 502. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET PROCESS RE11 FORM. 

12 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that the 

13 House should enact legislation that reforms the congres14 sional budget process to— 

15 (1) reassert congressional control over the 

16 budget process by reorienting the Views and Esti17 mates that committees submit to the Committee on 

18 the Budget, as required under 301(d) of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974, to emphasize con20 gressional rather than executive branch priorities; 

21 (2) strengthen enforcement of budgetary rules 

22 and requirements by— 

23 (A) enabling Members of the House of 

24 Representatives to enforce budget requirements 

25 in a manner that does not jeopardize the ability 
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1 of the majority to work its will on legislation; 

2 and 

3 (B) permitting members of Congress to de4 termine whether emergency-designated appro5 priations are for unanticipated situations that 

6 pose a threat to life, property, or national secu7 rity; 

8 (3) increase control over the costs of Federal 

9 activities by— 

10 (A) incorporating debt service costs into 

11 cost estimates prepared by the Congressional 

12 Budget Office; 

13 (B) establishing a process for setting limits 

14 on the amount of debt incurred by the Federal 

15 Government from the private sector as a share 

16 of the economy that requires congressional ac17 tion if such limits deviate from those previously 

18 determined by Congress and the President; 

19 (C) transitioning to fair-value accounting; 

20 (D) budgeting for Federal insurance pro21 grams on an accrual basis; and 

22 (E) developing and implementing a regu23 latory budget as provided in section 503; 

24 (4) achieve greater control over mandatory 

25 spending by reforming reconciliation procedures and 
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1 requirements to ensure they are transparent, objec2 tively applied, and maximize opportunities for deficit 

3 reduction; 

4 (5) increase the efficiency of the congressional 

5 budget process by— 

6 (A) realigning the budget cycle with the 

7 calendar year and the congressional calendar; 

8 (B) simplifying the procedures by which 

9 the Committee on Appropriations adjusts its 

10 section 302(b) suballocations to ensure they are 

11 consistent with the Committee’s overall section 

12 302(a) allocation; and 

13 (C) increasing congressional accountability 

14 for budget decisions; 

15 (6) improve the transparency of the Federal 

16 Government’s obligations by— 

17 (A) modifying the content of the budget 

18 resolution to reflect the budgetary decisions 

19 that Congress actually makes and enforces; 

20 (B) requiring the Comptroller General to 

21 periodically report to Congress on the consoli22 dated financial report of the Federal Govern23 ment; and 

24 (C) restructuring the baseline, as set forth 

25 in section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 
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1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, to 

2 treat mandatory spending and revenue on a 

3 comparable basis; and 

4 (7) achieve control over long-term budget obli5 gations by— 

6 (A) establishing declining limits on the 

7 amount of debt incurred by the Federal Govern8 ment from the private sector as a share of the 

9 economy that requires congressional action if 

10 such limits deviate from those previously deter11 mined by Congress and the President; and 

12 (B) codifying limits on the amount legisla13 tion can increase the deficit beyond the ten fis14 cal-year period of the concurrent resolution on 

15 the budget. 

16 SEC. 503. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY 

17 BUDGETING AND REFORM. 

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

19 (1) Federal regulations are estimated to cost 

20 $1.9 trillion per year or approximately $15,000 per 

21 household. Such costs exceed 10 percent of the 

22 Gross Domestic Product of the United States. 

23 (2) Excessive Federal regulation— 

24 (A) retards job creation, investment, 

25 wages, competition, and economic growth, slow-
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1 ing the Nation’s recovery from economic reces2 sion and harming American households; 

3 (B) operates as a regressive tax on poor 

4 and lower-income households; 

5 (C) displaces workers into long-term unem6 ployment or lower-paying jobs; 

7 (D) adversely affects small businesses, the 

8 primary source of new jobs; and 

9 (E) impedes the economic growth nec10 essary to provide sufficient funds to meet vital 

11 commitments and reduce the Federal debt. 

12 (3) Federal agencies do not systematically ana13 lyze both the costs and benefits of new regulations 

14 or identify and eliminate, minimize, or mitigate ex15 cess regulatory costs through post-implementation 

16 assessments of their regulations. 

17 (4) Agencies too often impose costly regulations 

18 without relying on sound science, through the use of 

19 agency guidance, judicial consent decrees, and settle20 ment agreements, and through the abuse of high in21 terim compliance costs imposed on regulated entities 

22 that bring legal challenges against newly promul23 gated regulations. 

24 (5) Congress lacks an effective mechanism to 

25 manage the level of new Federal regulatory costs im-
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1 posed each year. Other nations, meanwhile, have 

2 successfully implemented the use of regulatory budg3 eting to control excess regulation and regulatory 

4 costs. 

5 (6) Significant steps have been taken already by 

6 President Trump and the 115th Congress, including 

7 the imposition of a regulatory pay-as-you-go regimen 

8 for new and revised regulations by the Trump Ad9 ministration and the enactment of 14 measures 

10 under the Congressional Review Act that repealed 

11 regulations promulgated in the final 60 legislative 

12 days of the 114th Congress. 

13 (b) POLICY ON FEDERAL REGULATORY BUDGETING

14 AND REFORM.—It is the policy of this concurrent resolu15 tion that the House should, in consultation with the pub16 lic, consider legislation that— 

17 (1) requires the President’s budget submission 

18 to include an analysis of the costs of complying with 

19 current and proposed regulations; 

20 (2) builds the institutional capacity of the Con21 gressional Budget Office to develop a regulatory 

22 baseline and estimate regulatory costs; 

23 (3) codifies the Trump Administration’s regu24 latory pay-as-you-go requirements, which require 

25 agencies to offset the costs of new or revised regula-
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1 tions with the repeal or modification of existing reg2 ulations; and 

3 (4) requires Federal agencies to give notice and 

4 allow for comments on proposed guidance docu5 ments. 

6 SEC. 504. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED APPRO7 PRIATIONS. 

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

9 (1) Article I of the Constitution vests all legisla10 tive power in Congress. 

11 (2) Central to the legislative powers of Congress 

12 is the authorization of appropriations necessary to 

13 execute the laws that establish agencies and pro14 grams and impose obligations. 

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

16 House of Representatives prohibits the consideration 

17 of appropriations measures that provide appropria18 tions for unauthorized programs. 

19 (4) In fiscal year 2016, more than $310 billion 

20 was appropriated for unauthorized programs, span21 ning 256 separate laws. 

22 (5) Agencies such as the Department of State 

23 have not been authorized for 15 years. 

24 (6) The House adopted a requirement for the 

25 115th Congress, as part of H. Res. 5, that requires 
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1 each standing committee of the House to adopt an 

2 authorization and oversight plan that enumerates all 

3 unauthorized programs and agencies within its juris4 diction that received funding in the prior year, 

5 among other oversight requirements. 

6 (b) POLICY ON UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

8 that legislation should be enacted that— 

9 (1) establishes a schedule for reauthorizing all 

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

12 a program is not reauthorized according to such 

13 schedule; 

14 (2) prohibits the consideration of appropriations 

15 measures in the House that provide appropriations 

16 in excess of spending targets specified for such 

17 measures and ensures that such rule should be 

18 strictly enforced; and 

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

22 (1). 

23 SEC. 505. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
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1 (1) Current accounting methods fail to capture 

2 and present in a compelling manner the full scope 

3 of the Federal Government and its fiscal condition. 

4 (2) Most fiscal analyses produced by the Con5 gressional Budget Office (CBO) are conducted over 

6 a 10-fiscal year period. The use of generational ac7 counting or a longer time horizon would provide a 

8 more complete picture of the Federal Government’s 

9 fiscal condition. 

10 (3) The Federal budget currently accounts for 

11 most programs on a cash accounting basis, which 

12 records revenue and expenses when cash is actually 

13 paid or received. However, it accounts for loan and 

14 loan guarantee programs on an accrual basis, which 

15 records revenue when earned and expenses when in16 curred. 

17 (4) The Government Accountability Office has 

18 advised that accrual accounting may be more accu19 rate than cash accounting in estimating the Federal 

20 Government’s liabilities for insurance and other pro21 grams. 

22 (5) Accrual accounting under the Federal Cred23 it Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA) understates the risk 

24 and thus the true cost of some Federal programs, 

25 including loans and loan guarantees. 
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1 (6) Fair-value accounting better reflects the 

2 risk associated with Federal loan and loan guarantee 

3 programs by using a market based discount rate. 

4 CBO, for example, uses fair-value accounting to 

5 measure the cost of the Federal National Mortgage 

6 Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home 

7 Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). 

8 (7) In comparing fair-value accounting to 

9 FCRA, CBO has concluded that ‘‘adopting a fair10 value approach would provide a more comprehensive 

11 way to measure the costs of Federal credit programs 

12 and would permit more level comparisons between 

13 those costs and the costs of other forms of Federal 

14 assistance’’. 

15 (8) The Department of the Treasury, when re16 porting the principal financial statements of the 

17 United States entitled Balance Sheet and Statement 

18 of Operations and Changes in Net Position, may omit 

19 some of the largest projected Federal Government 

20 expenses, including social insurance programs. The 

21 projected expenses of these programs are reported 

22 by the Department in its Statements of Social Insur23 ance and Changes in Social Insurance Amounts. 

24 (9) This concurrent resolution directs CBO to 

25 estimate the costs of Federal credit programs on a 
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1 fair-value basis to fully capture the risk associated 

2 with these programs. 

3 (b) POLICY ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING METHODOLO4 GIES.—It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that 

5 the House should, in consultation with CBO and other ap6 propriate stakeholders, reform government-wide budget 

7 and accounting practices so Members and the public can 

8 better understand the fiscal condition of the United States 

9 and the best options to improve it. Such reforms may in10 clude the following: 

11 (1) Providing additional metrics to enhance 

12 analysis by considering the Nation’s fiscal condition 

13 comprehensively, over an extended time period, and 

14 how it affects Americans of various age cohorts. 

15 (2) Expanding the use of accrual accounting 

16 where appropriate. 

17 (3) Accounting for certain Federal credit pro18 grams using fair-value accounting to better capture 

19 market risk. 

20 SEC. 506. POLICY STATEMENT ON COMMISSION ON BUDGET 

21 CONCEPTS. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

23 (1) In 1965, the President’s Commission on 

24 Budget Concepts made a series of recommendations 
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1 that were adopted and continue to provide the foun2 dation for the Federal budget process. 

3 (2) Over the ensuing 52 years, the Federal 

4 budget process has undergone major trans5 formations, including the following: 

6 (A) Congress asserted its Article I ‘‘power 

7 of the purse’’ through the Congressional Budget 

8 Act of 1974 in the form of a congressional 

9 budget process predicated on the adoption of an 

10 annual budget resolution setting forth its prior11 ities independent of the executive branch. 

12 (B) Congress and the President have peri13 odically augmented the President’s budget sub14 mission and the budget resolution by estab15 lishing statutory budget rules and limits en16 forced through sequestration. 

17 (C) The share of Federal spending that is 

18 not controlled through the annual appropria19 tions process has ballooned from 32 percent of 

20 total Federal spending in 1967 to 69 percent in 

21 2016. 

22 (D) Activities previously considered the ex23 clusive domain of the Federal Government have 

24 been fully commercialized, contracted out to the 

25 private sector, financed through third party ar-
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1 rangements, or devolved to State and local gov2 ernments. 

3 (E) Key functions of the Federal Govern4 ment are now funded through user fees rather 

5 than general revenue, often shielding them from 

6 congressional control and oversight. 

7 (F) The Credit Reform Act of 1990 placed 

8 Federal loans and loan guarantees on an ac9 crual basis. 

10 (G) Increasing shares of the economy are 

11 directed towards compliance with Federal regu12 lations, which are not subject to the limitations 

13 applicable to Federal spending. 

14 (b) POLICY ON COMMISSION ON BUDGET CON15 CEPTS.—It is the policy of this concurrent resolution on 

16 the budget that legislation should be enacted that estab17 lishes a Commission on Budget Concepts to review and 

18 revise budget concepts and make recommendations to cre19 ate a more transparent Federal budget process. 

20 SEC. 507. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET ENFORCEMENT. 

21 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that the 

22 House should— 

23 (1) adopt an annual budget resolution before 

24 spending and tax legislation is considered in either 

25 House of Congress; 
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1 (2) assess measures for timely compliance with 

2 budget rules in the House; 

3 (3) pass legislation to strengthen enforcement 

4 of the budget resolution; 

5 (4) comply with the discretionary spending lim6 its set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985; 

8 (5) prevent the use of accounting gimmicks to 

9 offset higher spending; 

10 (6) modify scoring conventions to encourage the 

11 commercialization of Federal Government activities 

12 that can best be provided by the private sector; and 

13 (7) discourage the use of savings identified in 

14 the budget resolution as offsets for spending or tax 

15 legislation. 

16 SEC. 508. POLICY STATEMENT ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS. 

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

18 (1) The Government Accountability Office de19 fines improper payments as any reported payment 

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

21 incorrect amount. 

22 (2) Improper payments totaled $1.2 trillion be23 tween fiscal years 2003 and 2016 with a reported 

24 Federal Government-wide error rate of 5.1 percent 

25 in fiscal year 2016. 
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1 (3) Improper payments increased from $107 

2 billion in 2012 to $144 billion in 2016. 

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

4 and Medicaid account for 78 percent of total im5 proper payments, with error rates of 24 percent, 11 

6 percent, and 10.5 percent, respectively. 

7 (5) Eight agencies did not report payment esti8 mates for 18 programs that the Comptroller General 

9 deems susceptible to significant improper payments. 

10 (b) POLICY ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS.—It is the pol11 icy of this concurrent resolution that an independent com12 mission should be established with the goal of finding tan13 gible solutions to reduce total improper payments by 50 

14 percent within the next 5 years. The commission should 

15 also develop a more-stringent system of agency oversight 

16 to achieve this goal. 

17 SEC. 509. POLICY STATEMENT ON EXPENDITURES FROM 

18 AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING. 

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

20 (1) Many Federal agencies and organizations 

21 have permanent authority to collect and spend fees 

22 and other offsetting collections. 

23 (2) The Office of Management and Budget esti24 mates the total amount of offsetting fees and collec25 tions to be $513 billion in fiscal year 2017. 
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1 (3) Agency budget justifications are, in some 

2 cases, not fully transparent about the amount of 

3 program activity funded through offsetting collec4 tions or fees. This lack of transparency prevents ef5 fective and accountable Government. 

6 (b) POLICY ON EXPENDITURES FROM AGENCY FEES

7 AND SPENDING.—It is the policy of this concurrent resolu8 tion that the House should reassert its constitutional pre9 rogative to control Federal spending and exercise rigorous 

10 oversight over Federal agencies. Congress should subject 

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

12 appropriations or authorizing legislation and a share of 

13 these proceeds should be reserved for taxpayers in the 

14 form of deficit reduction. 

15 SEC. 510. POLICY STATEMENT ON PROMOTING REAL 

16 HEALTH CARE REFORM. 

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

18 (1) Patient-centered health care increases ac19 cess to quality care for all Americans, regardless of 

20 age, income, or health status. 

21 (2) States are best equipped to respond to the 

22 needs of their unique communities. 

23 (3) The current legal framework encourages 

24 frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits that increase 

25 health care costs. 
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1 (b) POLICY ON HEALTH CARE REGULATION.—It is 

2 the policy of this concurrent resolution that— 

3 (1) the American health care system should en4 courage research, development, and innovation in the 

5 medical sector, rather than stymie growth through 

6 over-regulation; 

7 (2) States should determine the parameters of 

8 acceptable private insurance plans based on the 

9 needs of their populations and retain control over 

10 other health care coverage standards; 

11 (3) reforms should protect patients with pre-ex12 isting conditions, reward those who maintain contin13 uous health coverage, and create greater parity be14 tween benefits offered through employers and those 

15 offered independently; 

16 (4) States should have greater flexibility in de17 signing their Medicaid program and State Children’s 

18 Health Insurance Program; 

19 (5) medical malpractice reform should empha20 size compliance with best practice guidelines, while 

21 continuing to protect patients’ interests; and 

22 (6) States should have the flexibility to imple23 ment medical liability policies to best suit their 

24 needs. 
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1 SEC. 511. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

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

3 (1) More than 57 million Americans depend on 

4 Medicare for their health security. 

5 (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeat6 edly recommended that Congress address Medicare’s 

7 long-term financial challenges. Each year without re8 form, the financial condition of Medicare becomes 

9 more precarious and the threat to those in or near 

10 retirement more pronounced. The current challenges 

11 that Congress will need to address include— 

12 (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 

13 will be exhausted in 2029 and unable to pay the 

14 scheduled benefits; 

15 (B) Medicare enrollment is expected to in16 crease more than 50 percent in the next two 

17 decades, as 10,000 baby boomers reach retire18 ment age each day; 

19 (C) due to extended life spans, enrollees 

20 remain in Medicare three times longer than at 

21 the outset of the program five decades ago; 

22 (D) notwithstanding the program’s trust 

23 fund arrangement, current workers’ payroll tax 

24 contributions pay for current Medicare bene25 ficiaries instead of being set aside for their own 

26 future use; 
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1 (E) the number of workers supporting 

2 each beneficiary continues to fall; in 1965, the 

3 ratio was 4.5 workers per beneficiary, and by 

4 2030, the ratio will be only 2.4 workers per 

5 beneficiary; 

6 (F) the average Medicare beneficiary re7 ceives about three dollars in Medicare benefits 

8 for every dollar paid into the program; 

9 (G) Medicare is growing faster than the 

10 economy, with a projected growth rate of 7.2 

11 percent per year on average through 2026, 

12 peaking in 2026 at 9.2 percent; and 

13 (H) by 2027, Medicare spending will reach 

14 more than $1.4 trillion, more than double the 

15 2016 spending level of $692 billion. 

16 (3) Failing to address the impending insolvency 

17 of Medicare will leave millions of American seniors 

18 without adequate health security and younger gen19 erations burdened with having to pay for these 

20 unsustainable spending levels. 

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

22 of this concurrent resolution to save Medicare for those 

23 in or near retirement and to strengthen the program’s sol24 vency for future beneficiaries. 
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1 (c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This concurrent resolution as2 sumes transition to an improved Medicare program that 

3 ensures— 

4 (1) Medicare is preserved for current and fu5 ture beneficiaries; 

6 (2) future Medicare beneficiaries may select 

7 from competing guaranteed health coverage options 

8 a plan that best suits their needs; 

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

10 a plan option; 

11 (4) Medicare provides additional assistance for 

12 lower-income beneficiaries and those with greater 

13 health risks; and 

14 (5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable 

15 path and becomes solvent over the long term. 

16 SEC. 512. POLICY STATEMENT ON COMBATING THE OPIOID 

17 EPIDEMIC. 

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

19 (1) According to the Centers for Disease Con20 trol and Prevention (CDC), 91 Americans die each 

21 day from an opioid overdose. 

22 (2) Nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths in23 volve a prescription opioid. 

24 (3) Since 1999, the number of prescription 

25 opioids sold in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled. 
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1 (4) Since 1999, the number of deaths from pre2 scription opioids has more than quadrupled. 

3 (5) The CDC asserts that improving opioid pre4 scribing practices will reduce exposure to opioids, 

5 prevent abuse, and stop addiction. 

6 (6) The CDC has found that individuals in 

7 rural counties are almost twice as likely to overdose 

8 on prescription painkillers as those in urban areas. 

9 (7) According to the CDC, nearly 7,000 people 

10 are treated in emergency rooms every day for using 

11 opioids in a non-approved manner. 

12 (8) The 21st Century Cures Act and the Com13 prehensive Addiction and Recovery Act were signed 

14 into law in the 114th Congress in an overwhelming 

15 display of congressional and executive branch sup16 port in the fight against the opioid epidemic. 

17 (9) Bipartisan efforts to eliminate opioid abuse 

18 and provide relief from addiction for all Americans 

19 should continue. 

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

21 this concurrent resolution that— 

22 (1) combating opioid abuse using available 

23 budgetary resources remains a high priority; 

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

25 continue to examine the Federal response to the 
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1 opioid abuse epidemic and support essential activi2 ties to reduce and prevent substance abuse; 

3 (3) the House should continue to support initia4 tives included in the 21st Century Cures Act and the 

5 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act; 

6 (4) the House should continue its oversight ef7 forts, particularly ongoing investigations conducted 

8 by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

9 to ensure that taxpayer dollars intended to combat 

10 opioid abuse are spent appropriately and efficiently; 

11 and 

12 (5) the House should collaborate with State, 

13 local, and tribal entities to develop a comprehensive 

14 strategy for addressing the opioid addiction crisis. 

15 SEC. 513. POLICY STATEMENT ON THE STATE CHILDREN’S 

16 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

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

18 (1) The State Children’s Health Insurance Pro19 gram (SCHIP) is a means-tested program that pro20 vides health insurance coverage to low-income chil21 dren and pregnant women who do not qualify for 

22 Medicaid based on income. 

23 (2) SCHIP eligibility varies by State, as States 

24 decide the income upper limit for beneficiaries; the 

25 current upper limit varies from 175 percent of the 
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1 Federal poverty level to 405 percent of the Federal 

2 poverty level. 

3 (3) SCHIP covered on average 6.3 million peo4 ple monthly in fiscal year 2017. 

5 (4) The average cost of a child enrolled in 

6 SCHIP to the Federal Government was approxi7 mately $2,300 in fiscal year 2017, compared to ap8 proximately $1,910 for a child enrolled in Medicaid. 

9 (5) The Federal spending allotment for SCHIP 

10 will expire at the end of fiscal year 2017. 

11 (6) The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Ac12 cess Commission recommends an extension of Fed13 eral SCHIP funding, and warns that all States are 

14 projected to exhaust their Federal SCHIP funds 

15 during fiscal year 2018. 

16 (7) SCHIP should be preserved to assist the 

17 Nation’s vulnerable children. 

18 (b) POLICY ON THE STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH IN19 SURANCE PROGRAM.—It is the policy of this concurrent 

20 resolution that— 

21 (1) the House should work in a bipartisan man22 ner to reauthorize SCHIP funding; 

23 (2) the authorizing committees should consider 

24 establishing a Federal upper limit for SCHIP eligi-
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1 bility, rather than providing open-ended access to 

2 the program for those at higher income levels; 

3 (3) the House should target resources des4 ignated for SCHIP toward those most in need of 

5 Federal assistance; and 

6 (4) the House should require greater reporting 

7 by States of SCHIP data in order to better struc8 ture the program to meet beneficiaries’ needs. 

9 SEC. 514. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL DISCOVERY, 

10 DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY, AND INNOVA11 TION. 

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

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

14 development, and delivery of new treatments and 

15 cures has made the United States the biomedical in16 novation capital of the world for decades. 

17 (2) The history of scientific discovery and med18 ical breakthroughs in the United States is extensive, 

19 including the creation of the polio vaccine, the first 

20 genetic mapping, and the invention of the 

21 implantable cardiac pacemaker. 

22 (3) Reuters ranks the United States Health and 

23 Human Services Laboratories as first in the world 

24 for innovation on its 2017 list of the Top 25 Global 

25 Innovators. 
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1 (4) The United States leads the world in the 

2 production of medical devices, and the United States 

3 medical device market accounts for approximately 45 

4 percent of the global market. 

5 (5) The United States remains a global leader 

6 in pharmaceutical research and development invest7 ment, has produced more than half of the world’s 

8 new molecules in the past decade, and represents the 

9 world’s largest pharmaceutical market, which is tri10 ple the size of the nearest rival, China. 

11 (b) POLICY ON MEDICAL INNOVATION.—It is the pol12 icy of this concurrent resolution that— 

13 (1) the Federal Government should foster in14 vestment in health care innovation and maintain the 

15 Nation’s world leadership status in medical science 

16 by encouraging competition; 

17 (2) the House should continue to support the 

18 critical work of medical innovators throughout the 

19 country through continued funding for agencies, in20 cluding the National Institutes of Health and the 

21 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to con22 duct life-saving research and development; and 

23 (3) the Federal Government should unleash the 

24 power of private-sector medical innovation by remov-
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1 ing regulatory obstacles that impede the adoption of 

2 new medical technology and pharmaceuticals. 

3 SEC. 515. POLICY STATEMENT ON PUBLIC HEALTH PRE4 PAREDNESS. 

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

6 (1) The Constitution requires the Federal Gov7 ernment to provide for the common defense. As 

8 such, the Nation must prioritize its ability to re9 spond rapidly and effectively to a public health crisis 

10 or bioterrorism threat. 

11 (2) There is a persistent threat of bioterrorism 

12 against American lives. 

13 (3) Naturally-occurring public health threats 

14 can spread through the transmission of commu15 nicable diseases during international trade and trav16 el. 

17 (4) As of April 3, 2016, the World Health Or18 ganization reported nearly 29,000 cases of the Ebola 

19 virus worldwide, including 4 instances in the U.S. 

20 (5) As of July 12, 2017, the Centers for Dis21 ease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the 

22 current Zika epidemic resulted in over 5,000 cases 

23 of the Zika virus within the United States, with 

24 nearly 37,000 more cases reported in U.S. terri25 tories. 
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1 (6) Preventing the spread of disease to Ameri2 cans requires halting threats before they breach the 

3 U.S. border. 

4 (7) The United States is a leader in global pub5 lic health assistance and orchestrates international 

6 responses to health crises. 

7 (b) POLICY ON PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS.— 

8 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that— 

9 (1) the House should continue to fund activities 

10 of the CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and 

11 the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 

12 Authority to develop and stockpile medical counter13 measures to infectious diseases and chemical, bio14 logical, radiological, and nuclear agents; 

15 (2) the House should, within available budg16 etary resources, provide continued support for re17 search, prevention, and public health preparedness 

18 programs; 

19 (3) the Federal Government should encourage 

20 private-sector development of critical vaccines and 

21 other medical countermeasures to emerging public 

22 health threats; and 

23 (4) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv24 ices, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 

25 State should collaborate on global health prepared-
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1 ness initiatives to prevent overlap and promote re2 sponsible stewardship of taxpayer resources. 

3 SEC. 516. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

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

5 (1) More than 60 million retirees, individuals 

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

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

10 pensions as well as personal savings. 

11 (2) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Se12 curity for a larger proportion of their retirement in13 come. Therefore, reforms should take into consider14 ation the need to protect lower income Americans’ 

15 retirement security. 

16 (3) The Social Security Trustees Report has re17 peatedly recommended that Social Security’s long18 term financial challenges be addressed soon. The fi19 nancial condition of Social Security and the threat 

20 to seniors and those receiving Social Security dis21 ability benefits becomes more pronounced each year 

22 without reform. For example— 

23 (A) in 2028, the Disability Insurance 

24 Trust Fund will be exhausted and program rev-
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1 enues will be unable to pay scheduled benefits; 

2 and 

3 (B) with the exhaustion of both the Dis4 ability Insurance Trust Fund and the Old-Age 

5 and Survivors and Disability Trust Fund in 

6 2035, benefits will be cut by as much as 25 

7 percent across the board, devastating those cur8 rently in or near retirement and those who rely 

9 on Social Security the most. 

10 (4) The recession and continued low economic 

11 growth have exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis 

12 facing Social Security. The most recent Congres13 sional Budget Office (CBO) projections find that So14 cial Security will run cash deficits of more than $1.3 

15 trillion over the next 10 years. 

16 (5) The Disability Insurance program provides 

17 an essential income safety net for those with disabil18 ities and their families. According to CBO, between 

19 1970 and 2015 the number of disabled workers and 

20 their dependent family members receiving disability 

21 benefits has increased by more than 300 percent 

22 from 2.7 million to over 10.9 million. This increase 

23 is not due strictly to population growth or decreases 

24 in health. CBO also attributes program growth to 
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1 changes in demographics and the composition of the 

2 labor force as well as Federal policies. 

3 (6) In the past, Social Security has been re4 formed on a bipartisan basis, most notably by the 

5 ‘‘Greenspan Commission’’, which helped address So6 cial Security shortfalls for more than a generation. 

7 (7) Americans deserve action by the President 

8 and Congress to preserve and strengthen Social Se9 curity to ensure that Social Security remains a crit10 ical part of the safety net. 

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

12 of this concurrent resolution that the House should work 

13 in a bipartisan manner to make Social Security solvent 

14 on a sustainable basis. This concurrent resolution as15 sumes, under a reform trigger, that— 

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

17 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

18 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

19 Fund annual Trustees Report determines that the 

20 75-year actuarial balance of the Social Security 

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

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

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

24 than September 30 of the same calendar year, sub25 mit to the President recommendations for statutory 
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1 reforms necessary to achieve a positive 75-year actu2 arial balance and a positive annual balance in the 

3 75th year, and any recommendations provided to the 

4 President must be agreed upon by both Public 

5 Trustees of the Board of Trustees; 

6 (2) not later than December 1 of the same cal7 endar year in which the Board of Trustees submit 

8 its recommendations, the President should promptly 

9 submit implementing legislation to both Houses of 

10 Congress including recommendations necessary to 

11 achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a 

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

13 majority leader of the Senate and the majority lead14 er of the House should introduce the President’s leg15 islation upon receipt; 

16 (3) within 60 days of the President submitting 

17 legislation, the committees of jurisdiction should re18 port a bill, which the House or Senate should con19 sider under expedited procedures; and 

20 (4) legislation submitted by the President 

21 should— 

22 (A) protect those in or near retirement; 

23 (B) preserve the safety net for those who 

24 count on Social Security the most, including 

25 those with disabilities and survivors; 
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1 (C) improve fairness for participants; 

2 (D) reduce the burden on and provide cer3 tainty for future generations; and 

4 (E) secure the future of the Disability In5 surance program while addressing the needs of 

6 those with disabilities today and improving the 

7 determination process. 

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

9 policy of this concurrent resolution that the House should 

10 consider legislation on a bipartisan basis to reform the 

11 Disability Insurance program prior to its insolvency in 

12 2028 and should not raid the Social Security retirement 

13 system without reforms to the Disability Insurance sys14 tem. This concurrent resolution assumes reform that— 

15 (1) promotes opportunity for those trying to re16 turn to work; 

17 (2) ensures benefits continue to be paid to indi18 viduals with disabilities and their family members 

19 who rely on them; 

20 (3) prevents a 7 percent across-the-board ben21 efit cut; and 

22 (4) improves the Disability Insurance program. 

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

24 the policy of this concurrent resolution that any legislation 

25 the House considers to improve the solvency of the Dis-
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1 ability Insurance Trust Fund must also improve the long2 term solvency of the combined Old Age and Survivors Dis3 ability Insurance Trust Fund. 

4 SEC. 517. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAID WORK RE5 QUIREMENTS. 

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

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

8 provides health care coverage for impoverished 

9 Americans. 

10 (2) Medicaid serves four major population cat11 egories: the elderly, the blind and disabled, children, 

12 and adults. 

13 (3) The Congressional Budget Office projects 

14 the average monthly enrollment in Medicaid for fis15 cal year 2018 to be 78 million people. 

16 (4) Of this 78 million people, 27 million – more 

17 than one third of the enrollees – are non-elderly, 

18 non-disabled adults. 

19 (5) Medicaid continues to grow at an 

20 unsustainable rate, and will cost approximately one 

21 trillion dollars per year within the decade, between 

22 Federal and State spending. 

23 (6) Congress has a responsibility to preserve 

24 limited Medicaid resources for America’s most vul25 nerable – those who cannot provide for themselves. 
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1 (7) Forbes reported last year on a first-of-its2 kind study conducted by the Foundation for Govern3 ment Accountability. It analyzed data from the State 

4 of Kansas, which demonstrates that work require5 ments have led to greater employment, higher in6 comes, and less poverty. 

7 (8) The State of Maine implemented work re8 quirements in 2014, and saw incomes rise for able9 bodied welfare recipients by an average of 114 per10 cent within a year. 

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

12 and work requirements help lift Americans out of 

13 poverty by incentivizing self-reliance. 

14 (b) POLICY ON MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that— 

16 (1) Congress should enact legislation that en17 courages able-bodied, non-elderly, non-pregnant 

18 adults without dependents to work, actively seek 

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

20 community service, in order to receive Medicaid; 

21 (2) Medicaid work requirements legislation 

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

23 20 of those hours should be spent in the core activi24 ties of: public or private sector employment, work 

25 experience, on-the-job training, job-search or job- 
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1 readiness assistance program participation, commu2 nity service, or vocational training and education; 

3 (3) States should be given flexibility to deter4 mine the parameters of qualifying program partici5 pation and work-equivalent experience; 

6 (4) States should perform regular case checks 

7 to ensure taxpayer dollars are appropriately spent; 

8 and 

9 (5) the Government Accountability Office or the 

10 Department of Health and Human Services Inspec11 tor General should conduct annual audits of State 

12 Medicaid programs to ensure proper reporting and 

13 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. 

14 SEC. 518. POLICY STATEMENT ON WELFARE REFORM AND 

15 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

16 PROGRAM WORK REQUIREMENTS. 

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

18 (1) Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition 

19 Assistance Program (SNAP) has grown from 17 

20 million Americans in 2001 to 44 million in 2016. 

21 (2) The work support role of SNAP has de22 clined, and the program increasingly serves as a re23 placement to work. 

24 (3) Work requirements were key to the success 

25 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
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1 tunity Act (Public Law 104–193), which led to a 

2 two-thirds reduction in welfare caseloads, a reduc3 tion in child poverty, and an increase in work par4 ticipation. The successful 1996 welfare reform law 

5 provides a model for improving work requirements in 

6 other anti-poverty programs. 

7 (b) POLICY ON WELFARE REFORM AND SNAP WORK

8 REQUIREMENTS.—It is the policy of this concurrent reso9 lution that— 

10 (1) the welfare system should reward work, pro11 vide tools to escape poverty, and expect work-capable 

12 adults to work or prepare for work in exchange for 

13 welfare benefits; and 

14 (2) SNAP should be reformed to improve work 

15 requirements to help more people escape poverty and 

16 move up the economic ladder. 

17 SEC. 519. POLICY STATEMENT ON STATE FLEXIBILITY IN 

18 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

19 PROGRAM. 

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

21 (1) Spending on Supplemental Nutrition Assist22 ance Program (SNAP) has almost quadrupled since 

23 2001. 

24 (2) Various factors are driving this growth, but 

25 one major reason is that while States have the re-
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1 sponsibility of administering the program, they have 

2 little incentive to ensure it is well run. 

3 (3) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a 

4 Democratic President reformed welfare by limiting 

5 the duration of benefits, giving States more control 

6 over the program, and helping recipients find work. 

7 In the 5 years following passage, child-poverty rates 

8 fell, welfare caseloads fell, and workers’ wages in9 creased. This bipartisan success offers a model for 

10 improving other anti-poverty programs. 

11 (b) POLICY ON STATE FLEXIBILITY IN SNAP.—It 

12 is the policy of this concurrent resolution that SNAP 

13 should be reformed to reduce poverty and increase oppor14 tunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans on 

15 the road to personal and financial independence. Based 

16 on the successful welfare reforms of the 1990s, these pro17 posals would improve work requirements and provide flexi18 ble funding for States to help those most in need find 

19 gainful employment, escape poverty, and move up the eco20 nomic ladder. 

21 SEC. 520. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND 

22 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. 

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

24 finds the following: 
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1 (1) A well-educated, high-skilled workforce is 

2 critical to economic, job, and wage growth. 

3 (2) Average published tuition and fees have in4 creased consistently above the rate of inflation 

5 across all types of colleges and universities. 

6 (3) With an outstanding student loan portfolio 

7 of $1.3 trillion, the Federal Government is the larg8 est education lender to undergraduate and graduate 

9 students, parents, and other guarantors. 

10 (4) Students who do not complete their college 

11 degree are at a greater risk of defaulting on their 

12 loans than those who complete their degree. 

13 (5) Participation in Federal income-driven re14 payment plans is rising, in terms of the percent of 

15 both borrowers and loan dollars, according to the 

16 Government Accountability Office. Because these 

17 plans offer loan balance forgiveness after a repay18 ment period, this increased use portends higher pro19 jected costs to taxpayers. 

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

21 of this concurrent resolution to promote college afford22 ability, access, and success by— 

23 (1) reserving Federal financial aid for those 

24 most in need and streamlining grant and loan aid 

25 programs to help students and families more easily 
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1 assess their options for financing postsecondary edu2 cation; and 

3 (2) removing regulatory barriers to reduce 

4 costs, increase access, and allow for innovative 

5 teaching models. 

6 (c) FINDINGS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—The 

7 House finds the following: 

8 (1) 7.5 million Americans are currently unem9 ployed. 

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

11 looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce 

12 development system that fails to connect workers 

13 with assistance and employers with skilled personnel. 

14 (3) The House Committee on Education and 

15 the Workforce successfully consolidated 15 workforce 

16 development programs when Congress enacted the 

17 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in 2014. 

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

19 the policy of this concurrent resolution to build on the suc20 cess of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

21 by— 

22 (1) further streamlining and consolidating Fed23 eral workforce development programs; and 
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1 (2) empowering States with the flexibility to 

2 tailor funding and programs to the specific needs of 

3 their workforce. 

4 SEC. 521. POLICY STATEMENT ON SUPPLEMENTAL WILD5 FIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING. 

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

7 (1) In 1995, fire activities made up 16 percent 

8 of the United States Forest Service’s (USFS) an9 nual appropriated budget. Since 2015, more than 50 

10 percent has now been dedicated to wildfire. 

11 (2) Wildland fire suppression activities are cur12 rently funded entirely within the USFS budget, 

13 based on a 10-year rolling average. Using this 

14 model, the agency must average firefighting costs 

15 from the past 10 years to predict and request costs 

16 for the next year. When the average was stable, the 

17 agency was able to use this model to budget consist18 ently for the annual costs associated with wildland 

19 fire suppression. 

20 (3) Over the last few decades, wildland fire sup21 pression costs have increased as fire seasons have 

22 grown longer and the frequency, size, and severity of 

23 wildland fires has increased. 

24 (4) The six worst fire seasons since 1960 have 

25 all occurred since 2000. Since 2000, many western 
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1 states have experienced the largest wildfires in their 

2 State’s history. In 2016 alone, there were a recorded 

3 67,595 fires and a total of over 5.5 million acres 

4 burned. The suppression costs to USFS and other 

5 Federal agencies for 2016 totaled over $1.9 billion 

6 dollars. 

7 (5) As wildfire costs continue to increase, fund8 ing levels for USFS wildfire suppression activities 

9 will also continue to constrict funding levels for 

10 other necessary USFS forest management activities 

11 focused on land management and wildfire preven12 tion. 

13 (b) POLICY ON SUPPLEMENTAL WILDFIRE SUPPRES14 SION FUNDING.—It is the policy of this concurrent resolu15 tion that Congress, in coordination with the Administra16 tion, should develop both a long-term funding mechanism 

17 that would allow supplemental wildfire suppression fund18 ing and reforms on reducing hazardous fuel loads on Fed19 eral forests and lands that could decrease wildfires. 

20 SEC. 522. POLICY STATEMENT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF 

21 VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

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

23 (1) For years there have been serious concerns 

24 regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) 
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1 bureaucratic mismanagement and continuous failure 

2 to provide veterans timely access to health care. 

3 (2) Since 2003, VA disability compensation and 

4 health care have been added to the Government Ac5 countability Office’s (GAO) ‘‘high-risk’’ list, due to 

6 mismanagement and oversight failures, lack of a 

7 ‘‘unified vision, strategy, or set of goals to guide 

8 their outcomes,’’ and the inability to ensure allo9 cated resources are used in a cost-effective and effi10 cient way to improve veterans’ health care access. 

11 (3) The VA’s failure to provide timely and ac12 cessible health care to America’s veterans is unac13 ceptable. While Congress has done its part for more 

14 than a decade by providing sufficient funding for the 

15 VA, the agency has mismanaged these resources, re16 sulting in proven adverse effects on veterans and 

17 their families. 

18 (b) POLICY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF19 FAIRS.—It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that 

20 the House should require the VA to conduct an audit of 

21 its programs named on GAO’s ‘‘high-risk’’ list and report 

22 its findings to the Committee on Appropriations, the Com23 mittee on the Budget, and the Committee on Veterans Af24 fairs of the House of Representatives. 
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1 SEC. 523. POLICY STATEMENT ON MOVING THE UNITED 

2 STATES POSTAL SERVICE ON BUDGET. 

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

4 (1) The President’s Commission on Budget 

5 Concepts recommends that the budget should, as a 

6 general rule, be comprehensive of the full range of 

7 Federal activity. 

8 (2) The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989 

9 (Public Law 101–239) moved the United States 

10 Postal Service (USPS) off budget and exempted it 

11 from sequestration. 

12 (3) The USPS has a direct effect on the fiscal 

13 posture of the Federal Government, through— 

14 (A) the receipt of direct appropriations of 

15 $35 million in fiscal year 2017; 

16 (B) congressional mandates such as re17 quirements for mail delivery service schedules; 

18 (C) incurring $15 billion in debt from the 

19 Treasury, the maximum permitted by law; 

20 (D) continued operating deficits since 

21 2007; 

22 (E) defaulting on its statutory obligation 

23 to prefund health care benefits for future retir24 ees; and 
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1 (F) carrying $119 billion in total unfunded 

2 liabilities with no foreseeable pathway of fund3 ing these liabilities under current law. 

4 (b) POLICY ON MOVING THE USPS ON BUDGET.— 

5 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that all re6 ceipts and disbursements of the USPS should be included 

7 in the congressional budget and the budget of the Federal 

8 Government. 

9 SEC. 524. POLICY STATEMENT ON THE JUDGMENT FUND. 

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

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

12 1956, was created to pay judgments and settlements 

13 of lawsuits against the Federal Government. 

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

15 for executive branch exploitation. The Obama Ad16 ministration used the Fund to make billions of dol17 lars in payments to Federal agencies and foreign en18 tities. For example— 

19 (A) on January 17, 2016, the State De20 partment announced the Federal Government 

21 agreed to pay the Iranian government $1.7 bil22 lion to settle a case related to the sale of mili23 tary equipment prior to the Iranian revolution, 

24 of which $1.3 billion was sourced through the 

25 Fund, without prior congressional notification; 
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1 the Obama Administration’s use of the Fund to 

2 make this and other payments raises serious 

3 concerns by sidestepping Congress; and 

4 (B) in 2016, the Department of Health 

5 and Human Services announced its intentions 

6 to use the Fund for settlements with health in7 surers who sued the Federal Government over 

8 the loss of funds for risk corridors under the 

9 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 

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

11 the Fund annually costs taxpayers billions of dollars, 

12 as payments exceeded $4.6 billion in 2016 and more 

13 than $26 billion in the preceding 10 year period. 

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

15 of this concurrent resolution that the House should con16 sider legislation that reclaims Congress’s power of the 

17 purse over the Fund. Such legislation should— 

18 (1) prohibit interest payments paid from the 

19 Fund for accounts or assets frozen by the Federal 

20 Government and listed on— 

21 (A) the Sanctions Programs list of the Of22 fice of Foreign Asset Control of the Depart23 ment of Treasury; or 

24 (B) Sponsors of Terrorism list of the De25 partment of State; 
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1 (2) amend sections 2414 and 1304 of titles 28 

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

3 (A) provide a clear definition and expla4 nation of a ‘‘foreign court or tribunal’’; and 

5 (B) require congressional notification 

6 whenever the Fund makes a settlement or court 

7 ordered lump sum or aggregated payment ex8 ceeding $500 million; and 

9 (3) require legislative action to approve pay10 ments from the Fund in excess of a specified thresh11 old, increase transparency, and require Federal 

12 agencies to reimburse the Fund over a fixed time pe13 riod. 

14 SEC. 525. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARD15 SHIP OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 

16 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that significant 

17 savings were achieved by the House by consolidating oper18 ations and renegotiating contracts. 

19 (b) POLICY ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF

20 TAXPAYER DOLLARS.—It is the policy of this concurrent 

21 resolution that— 

22 (1) the House should be a model for the respon23 sible stewardship of taxpayer resources, and identify 

24 any savings that can be achieved through greater 

25 productivity and efficiency gains in the operation 
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1 and maintenance of House services and resources, 

2 including printing, conferences, utilities, tele3 communications, furniture, grounds maintenance, 

4 postage, and rent; 

5 (2) the House should review policies and proce6 dures for the acquisition of goods and services to 

7 eliminate unnecessary spending; 

8 (3) the Committee on House Administration 

9 should review the policies pertaining to services pro10 vided to Members and committees of the House, and 

11 identify ways to reduce any subsidies paid for the 

12 operation of the House gym, barber shop, salon, and 

13 the House dining room; 

14 (4) no taxpayer funds should be used to pur15 chase first class airfare or to lease corporate jets for 

16 Members of Congress; and 

17 (5) retirement benefits for Members of Con18 gress should not include free, taxpayer-funded health 

19 care for life. 

20 SEC. 526. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM. 

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

22 (1) A world-class tax system should be simple, 

23 fair, and promote (rather than impede) economic 

24 growth. The United States tax code fails on all 3 

25 counts: it is complex, unfair, and inefficient. The tax 
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1 code’s complexity distorts decisions to work, save, 

2 and invest, which leads to slower economic growth, 

3 lower wages, and less job creation. 

4 (2) Standard economic theory holds that high 

5 marginal tax rates lessen the incentives to work, 

6 save, and invest, which reduces economic output and 

7 job creation. Lower economic output, in turn, mutes 

8 the intended revenue gain from higher marginal tax 

9 rates. 

10 (3) Roughly half of United States active busi11 ness income and half of private sector employment 

12 are derived from business entities (such as partner13 ships, S corporations, and sole proprietorships) that 

14 are taxed on a ‘‘pass-through’’ basis, meaning the 

15 income is taxed at individual rates rather than cor16 porate rates. Small businesses, in particular, tend to 

17 choose this form for Federal tax purposes, and the 

18 highest Federal rate on such small business income 

19 can reach nearly 45 percent. For these reasons, 

20 sound economic policy requires lowering marginal 

21 rates on these pass-through entities. 

22 (4) The top United States corporate income tax 

23 rate (including Federal, State, and local taxes) is 

24 slightly more than 39 percent, the highest rate in 

25 the industrialized world. Tax rates this high sup-
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1 press wages, discourage investment and job creation, 

2 distort business activity, and put American busi3 nesses at a competitive disadvantage with foreign 

4 competitors. 

5 (5) By deterring potential investment, the 

6 United States corporate tax restrains economic 

7 growth and job creation. The United States tax rate 

8 differential fosters a variety of complicated multi9 national corporate practices intended to avoid the 

10 tax, which have the effect of moving the tax base 

11 offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing 

12 corporate revenue. 

13 (6) The ‘‘world-wide’’ structure of United 

14 States international taxation essentially taxes earn15 ings of United States firms twice, putting them at 

16 a significant competitive disadvantage with competi17 tors that have more competitive international tax 

18 systems. 

19 (7) Reforming the tax code would boost the 

20 competitiveness of United States companies oper21 ating abroad and significantly reduce tax avoidance. 

22 (8) The tax code imposes costs on American 

23 workers through lower wages, consumers in higher 

24 prices, and investors in diminished returns. 
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1 (9) Increasing taxes to raise revenue and meet 

2 out-of-control spending would sink the economy and 

3 Americans’ ability to save for their children’s edu4 cation and retirement. 

5 (10) Closing special preference carve outs in 

6 our tax code to finance higher spending does not 

7 constitute fundamental tax reform. 

8 (11) Tax reform should curb or eliminate tax 

9 breaks and use those savings to lower tax rates 

10 across the board, not to fund more wasteful Federal 

11 Government spending. Washington has a spending 

12 problem, not a revenue problem. 

13 (12) Many economists believe that fundamental 

14 tax reform, including a broader tax base and lower 

15 tax rates, would lead to greater labor supply and in16 creased investment, which would have a positive im17 pact on total national output. 

18 (b) POLICY ON TAX REFORM.—It is the policy of this 

19 concurrent resolution that the House should consider com20 prehensive tax reform legislation that promotes economic 

21 growth, creates American jobs, increases wages, and bene22 fits American consumers, investors, and workers by— 

23 (1) simplifying the tax code to make it fairer to 

24 American families and businesses and reducing the 
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1 amount of time and resources necessary to comply 

2 with tax laws; 

3 (2) substantially lowering tax rates for individ4 uals and consolidating the current seven individual 

5 income tax brackets into fewer brackets; 

6 (3) repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax; 

7 (4) reducing the corporate tax rate; and 

8 (5) transitioning the tax code to a more com9 petitive system of international taxation. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 5, 

2017. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 71 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Establishing the congressional budget for the 

els for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levUnited States Government for fiscal year 2018