112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 34 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012. 

5 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 

6 declares that this concurrent resolution establishes the 
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1 budget for fiscal year 2012 and sets forth appropriate 

2 budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021. 

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

4 this resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2012. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS FOR FISCAL 

YEARS 2030, 2040, AND 2050 

Sec. 201. Policy statement on long-term budgeting. 

TITLE III—RESERVES AND CONTINGENCIES 

Sec. 301. Costs of the global war on terrorism. 

Sec. 302. Effective date. 

Sec. 303. Reserve fund for health care reform. 

Sec. 304. Reserve fund for the sustainable growth rate of the Medicare program. 

Sec. 305. Reserve fund for deficit-neutral revenue measures. 

Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools. 

TITLE IV—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 401. Discretionary spending limits. 

Sec. 402. Limitation on advance appropriations. 

Sec. 403. Concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 404. Adjustments of aggregates and allocations for legislation. 

Sec. 405. Limitation on long-term spending. 

Sec. 406. Budgetary treatment of certain transactions. 

Sec. 407. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 408. Fair value estimates. 

Sec. 409. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE V—POLICY 

Sec. 501. Policy Statement on Medicare. 

Sec. 502. Policy Statement on Social Security. 

Sec. 503. Policy statement on budget enforcement. 

TITLE VI—SENSE OF THE HOUSE PROVISIONS 

Sec. 601. Sense of the House on a responsible deficit reduction plan must consider all programs, including those at the Pentagon and the 

other national security agencies. 

Sec. 602. Sense of the House regarding the importance of child support enforcement. 
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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 2012 through 2021: 

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

7 enforcement of this resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

9 revenues are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2012: $1,866,454,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2013: $2,127,981,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2014: $2,324,503,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: $2,425,363,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2016: $2,522,695,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2017: $2,693,493,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2018: $2,807,893,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: $2,958,678,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: $3,119,794,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2021: $3,286,942,000,000. 

20 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

21 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

22 are as follows: 

23 Fiscal year 2012: -$25,000,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2013: -$227,000,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2014: -$346,000,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2015: -$406,000,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2016: -$448,000,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2017: -$482,000,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: -$527,000,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: -$544,000,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2020: -$561,000,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2021: -$597,000,000,000. 

8 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

9 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

10 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

11 Fiscal year 2012: $2,858,545,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2013: $2,835,737,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: $2,905,952,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: $2,970,061,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2016: $3,114,578,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: $3,224,937,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2018: $3,330,942,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2019: $3,490,088,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2020: $3,639,728,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: $3,767,274,000,000. 

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

22 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

23 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

24 Fiscal year 2012: $2,947,916,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2013: $2,915,241,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2014: $2,902,944,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2015: $2,949,301,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2016: $3,097,060,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: $3,193,477,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: $3,271,881,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2019: $3,450,742,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2020: $3,587,701,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: $3,726,564,000,000. 

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

10 the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of 

11 the deficits (on-budget) are as follows: 

12 Fiscal year 2012: $1,081,462,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2013: $787,260,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2014: $578,441,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2015: $523,938,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2016: $574,365,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: $499,984,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2018: $463,988,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2019: $492,064,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: $467,907,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: $439,622,000,000. 

22 (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to 

23 section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act 

24 of 1974, the appropriate levels of the public debt are 

25 as follows: 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: $16,204,000,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2013: $17,177,000,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2014: $17,951,000,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: $18,697,000,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: $19,503,000,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2017: $20,245,000,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2018: $20,968,000,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: $21,699,000,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: $22,408,000,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2021: $23,102,000,000,000. 

11 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro12 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

13 Fiscal year 2012: $11,418,000,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: $12,216,000,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2014: $12,797,000,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2015: $13,319,000,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: $13,876,000,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2017: $14,351,000,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2018: $14,787,000,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: $15,242,000,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: $15,673,000,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021; $16,068,000,000,000. 

23 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

24 The Congress determines and declares that the ap25 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 
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1 fiscal years 2011 through 2021 for each major functional 

2 category are: 

3 (1) National Defense (050): 

4 Fiscal year 2012: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $582,626,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $593,580,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2013: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $600,283,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $597,211,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2014: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $616,451,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $606,903,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2015: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $628,847,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $618,837,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2016: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $641,976,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $635,475,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2017: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $653,695,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $643,275,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $665,679,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $650,246,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $677,884,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $666,959,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $690,273,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $679,088,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $702,903,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $691,494,000,000. 

20 (2) International Affairs (150): 

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $36,575,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $36,102,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $35,653,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $34,545,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $31,694,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $34,178,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $30,316,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $32,613,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $29,356,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $32,161,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $30,729,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $31,926,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $31,978,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $31,594,000,000. 

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

2 $32,824,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $30,487,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $33,698,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $30,123,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $34,572,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $30,740,000,000. 

12 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

13 (250): 

14 Fiscal year 2012: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $27,452,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $29,798,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2013: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $27,316,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $28,242,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2014: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $27,312,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $27,763,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2015: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $27,312,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $27,469,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $27,311,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $27,506,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $27,652,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $27,646,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $28,341,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $28,114,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $29,049,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $28,684,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $29,758,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $29,344,000,000. 

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

2 $30,472,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $29,946,000,000. 

4 (4) Energy (270): 

5 Fiscal year 2012: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $6,996,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $16,174,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $3,850,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $10,053,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $1,215,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $4,547,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $1,101,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $1,360,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $1,021,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $1,010,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $460,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $1,075,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $539,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $1,211,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $497,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $1,179,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $470,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $1,195,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $476,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $31,921,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $36,818,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $29,414,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $33,386,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $25,296,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $28,943,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $26,893,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $29,271,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $25,231,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $26,070,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $26,156,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $26,307,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $26,618,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $25,308,000,000. 

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

2 $26,956,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $25,439,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $27,787,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $25,990,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $27,756,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $25,992,000,000. 

12 (6) Agriculture (350): 

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $19,819,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $19,559,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $18,396,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $21,989,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2014: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $16,717,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $16,469,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2015: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $17,355,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $17,235,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $16,505,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $16,859,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $16,069,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $17,025,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $16,180,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $17,159,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $16,283,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $17,469,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $16,579,000,000. 

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

2 $17,755,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $16,873,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2012: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $14,317,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $16,275,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $4,040,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $2,611,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $508,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$13,986,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$2,609,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$19,417,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$3,260,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$23,459,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$293,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$23,592,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$261,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$25,981,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$222,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$17,547,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$128,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$17,992,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$196,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$19,650,000,000. 

20 (8) Transportation (400): 

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $64,316,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $80,431,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $64,515,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $71,264,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $64,265,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $67,722,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $60,377,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $66,084,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $68,563,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $65,957,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $65,916,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $67,036,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $70,578,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $67,451,000,000. 

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

2 $66,719,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $69,869,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $67,472,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $71,551,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $68,936,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $76,853,000,000. 

12 (9) Community and Regional Development 

13 (450): 

14 Fiscal year 2012: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $11,572,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2013: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $11,344,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $20,609,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2014: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $11,280,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $18,127,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2015: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $11,206,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $14,176,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $11,117,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $12,257,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $11,219,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $11,231,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $11,497,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $10,860,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $11,779,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $11,028,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $12,065,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $11,294,000,000. 

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

2 $12,354,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $11,524,000,000. 

4 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

5 Social Services (500): 

6 Fiscal year 2012: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $67,122,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $100,012,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2013: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $63,887,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $73,071,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2014: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $66,076,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $68,044,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2015: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $69,446,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $70,450,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2016: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $73,314,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $73,310,000,000. 
23 

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1 Fiscal year 2017: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $75,371,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $75,665,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $76,798,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $77,013,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $78,314,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $78,385,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $79,629,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $79,806,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $80,952,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $81,047,000,000. 

21 (11) Health (550): 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $341,873,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $346,636,000,000. 
24 

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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $343,733,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $340,608,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2014: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $338,064,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $320,444,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2015: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $327,012,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $315,117,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $320,409,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $325,200,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $339,663,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $342,703,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $349,840,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $347,303,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 
25 

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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $371,826,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $368,558,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $395,908,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $382,056,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $404,674,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $400,682,000,000. 

12 (12) Medicare (570): 

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $481,521,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $481,816,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $519,903,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $520,406,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2014: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $550,105,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $550,248,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2015: 
26 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $573,252,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $573,333,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $618,945,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $619,385,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $637,938,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $638,059,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $657,067,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $657,111,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $711,486,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $711,897,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $758,271,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $758,376,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2021: 
27 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $809,106,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $809,201,000,000. 

4 (13) Income Security (600): 

5 Fiscal year 2012: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $501,664,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $501,006,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $487,498,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $487,248,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $457,308,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $456,072,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $431,150,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $429,143,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $436,659,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $438,896,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
28 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $436,985,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $434,795,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $441,467,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $434,302,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $457,183,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $454,448,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $468,308,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $465,565,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $480,687,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $477,942,000,000. 

20 (14) Social Security (650): 

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $54,439,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $54,624,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 
29 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $29,096,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $29,256,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $32,701,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $32,776,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $36,261,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $36,311,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $40,171,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $40,171,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $44,263,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $44,263,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $48,717,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $48,717,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: 
30 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $53,508,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $53,508,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $58,552,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $58,552,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $64,053,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $64,053,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $128,339,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $127,140,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $130,024,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $130,025,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2014: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $134,143,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $134,055,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2015: 
31 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $138,167,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $137,851,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $147,410,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $146,868,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $146,323,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $145,704,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $145,412,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $144,751,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $155,091,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $154,407,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $159,680,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $158,979,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2021: 
32 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $164,381,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $163,622,000,000. 

4 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

5 Fiscal year 2012: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $56,946,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $53,931,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $45,326,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $50,482,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $45,093,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $48,664,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $44,928,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $47,337,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $47,009,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $48,519,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
33 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $45,731,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $46,650,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $46,669,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $46,957,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $47,768,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $47,649,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $50,848,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $50,415,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $52,863,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $52,407,000,000. 

20 (17) General Government (800): 

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $22,762,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $27,205,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 
34 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $22,185,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $23,460,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $22,232,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $22,619,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $22,183,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $22,021,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $22,217,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $21,643,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $22,453,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $21,718,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $22,979,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $22,016,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: 
35 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $23,559,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $22,295,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $23,915,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $22,606,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $24,356,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $23,024,000,000. 

12 (18) Net Interest (900): 

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $372,558,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $372,558,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $435,109,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $435,109,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2014: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $508,435,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $508,435,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2015: 
36 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $578,063,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $578,063,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $648,083,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $648,083,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $712,300,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $712,300,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $769,605,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $769,605,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $818,115,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $818,115,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2020: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $864,371,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $864,371,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2021: 
37 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $899,690,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $899,690,000,000. 

4 (19) Allowances (920): 

5 Fiscal year 2012: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$6,299,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, -$2,626,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$4,386,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, -$5,545,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$10,247,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$11,263,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$16,340,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$16,946,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$22,243,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$22,809,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
38 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$27,786,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$27,637,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$33,072,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$32,959,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$38,404,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$38,286,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$43,684,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$43,594,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$49,060,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$48,947,000,000. 

20 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$84,517,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$84,517,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 
39 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$81,449,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$81,449,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$82,695,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$82,695,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$84,857,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$84,857,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$85,946,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$85,946,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$91,248,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$91,248,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$97,099,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$97,099,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: 
40 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$101,718,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$101,718,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$105,645,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$105,645,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$110,174,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$110,174,000,000. 

12 (21) Global War on Terrorism and related ac13 tivities (970): 

14 Fiscal year 2012: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $126,544,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $117,835,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2013: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $50,000,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $92,661,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2014: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $50,000,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $64,878,000,000. 
41 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2015: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $50,000,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $54,401,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $50,000,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $50,929,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $50,000,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $50,147,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $50,000,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $49,851,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $50,000,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $49,784,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $50,000,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $49,769,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
42 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $50,000,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $49,769,000,000. 

4 TITLE II—RECOMMENDED LEV5 ELS AND AMOUNTS FOR FIS6 CAL YEARS 2030, 2040, AND 

7 2050 

8 SEC. 201. POLICY STATEMENT ON LONG-TERM BUDGETING. 

9 The following are the recommended budget levels for 

10 each of fiscal years 2030, 2040, and 2050 as a percent 

11 of the gross domestic product of the United States: 

12 (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—The appropriate lev13 els of Federal revenues are as follows: 

14 Fiscal year 2030: 19 percent. 

15 Fiscal year 2040: 19 percent. 

16 Fiscal year 2050: 19 percent. 

17 (2) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—The appropriate levels 

18 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

19 Fiscal year 2030: 20.75 percent. 

20 Fiscal year 2040: 18.75 percent. 

21 Fiscal year 2050: 14.75 percent. 

22 (3) DEFICITS.—The appropriate amounts of 

23 deficits are as follows: 

24 Fiscal year 2030: -1.75 percent. 

25 Fiscal year 2040: 0.25 percent. 
43 

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1 Fiscal year 2050: 4.25 percent. 

2 (4) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro3 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

4 Fiscal year 2030: 64 percent. 

5 Fiscal year 2040: 48 percent. 

6 Fiscal year 2050: 10 percent. 

7 TITLE III—RESERVES AND 

8 CONTINGENCIES 

9 SEC. 301. COSTS OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 

10 In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

11 or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal year 

12 2012 for the global war on terrorism and other activities 

13 and such amounts are so designated pursuant to this para14 graph, then the allocation to the House Committee on Ap15 propriations and the discretionary spending limits set 

16 forth in section 401 may be adjusted by the amounts pro17 vided in such legislation for that purpose up to the 

18 amounts of budget authority specified in section 102(21) 

19 for fiscal year 2012 and the new outlays resulting there20 from. 

21 SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

22 Section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (112th Congress) 

23 shall have force and effect through May 31, 2011. 
44 

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1 SEC. 303. RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM. 

2 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

3 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

4 appropriate levels in this resolution for the budgetary ef5 fects of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con6 ference report that repeals the Patient Protection and Af7 fordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Rec8 onciliation Act of 2010. 

9 SEC. 304. RESERVE FUND FOR THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 

10 RATE OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 

11 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

12 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

13 appropriate levels in this resolution for the budgetary ef14 fects of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con15 ference report that includes provisions amending or super16 seding the system for updating payments under section 

17 1848 of the Social Security Act, if such measure does not 

18 increase the deficit in the period of fiscal years 2012 

19 through 2021. 

20 SEC. 305. RESERVE FUND FOR DEFICIT-NEUTRAL REVENUE 

21 MEASURES. 

22 If any bill reported by the Committee on Ways and 

23 Means, or amendment thereto or conference report there24 on, decreases revenue, the chair of the Committee on the 

25 Budget may adjust the allocations and aggregates of this 

26 concurrent resolution, if such measure would not increase 
45 

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1 the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2012 through 

2 2021. 

3 SEC. 306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RURAL 

4 COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS. 

5 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

6 Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or com7 mittees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and lim8 its in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolu9 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

10 make changes to or provide for the reauthorization of the 

11 Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination 

12 Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393) or make changes to 

13 the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 1976 (Public Law 

14 94–565), or both, by the amounts provided by that legisla15 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

16 would not increase the deficit or direct spending over ei17 ther the period of the total of fiscal years 2012 through 

18 2021 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2012 

19 through 2016, or for fiscal year 2012. 

20 TITLE IV—BUDGET 

21 ENFORCEMENT 

22 SEC. 401. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

23 (a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—Spending 

24 limits for total discretionary Federal spending are— 

25 fiscal year 2012— 
46 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (1) new budget authority, 

2 $1,019,402,000,000; and 

3 (2) outlays, $1,170,384,000,000; 

4 fiscal year 2013— 

5 (1) new budget authority, 

6 $1,027,896,000,000; and 

7 (2) outlays, $1,113,298,000,000; 

8 fiscal year 2014— 

9 (1) new budget authority, 

10 $1,038,537,000,000; and 

11 (2) outlays, $1,094,740,000,000; 

12 fiscal year 2015— 

13 (1) new budget authority, 

14 $1,046,680,000,000; and 

15 (2) outlays, $1,089,081,000,000; 

16 fiscal year 2016— 

17 (1) new budget authority, 

18 $1,055,779,000,000; and 

19 (2) outlays, $1,093,043,000,000; 

20 fiscal year 2017— 

21 (1) new budget authority, 

22 $1,067,794,000,000; and 

23 (2) outlays, $1,098,357,000,000; 

24 fiscal year 2018— 
47 

•HCON 34 EH 

1 (1) new budget authority, 

2 $1,085,259,000,000; and 

3 (2) outlays, $1,105,668,000,000; 

4 fiscal year 2019— 

5 (1) new budget authority, 

6 $1,103,802,000,000; and 

7 (2) outlays, $1,126,521,000,000; 

8 fiscal year 2020— 

9 (1) new budget authority, 

10 $1,122,611,000,000; and 

11 (2) outlays, $1,145,102,000,000; and 

12 fiscal year 2021— 

13 (1) new budget authority, 

14 $1,141,640,000,000; and 

15 (2) outlays, $1,167,939,000,000. 

16 (b) ENFORCEMENT.—In the House, it shall not be 

17 in order to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amend18 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that causes dis19 cretionary budget authority to exceed any level set forth 

20 in subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 402. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided 

23 in subsection (b), any bill, joint resolution, an amendment 

24 thereto or conference report thereon, making a general ap-
48 

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1 propriation or continuing appropriation may not provide 

2 for advance appropriations. 

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

4 provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts re5 ferred to in subsection (c)(1) or identified in the report 

6 to accompany this resolution or the joint explanatory 

7 statement of managers to accompany this resolution under 

8 the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropria9 tions’’. 

10 (c) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 2013, the aggre11 gate amount of advance appropriation shall not exceed— 

12 (1) $52,541,000,000 for the following programs 

13 in the Department of Veterans Affairs— 

14 (A) Medical Services; 

15 (B) Medical Support and Compliance; and 

16 (C) Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet17 erans Health Administration; and 

18 (2) $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority 

19 for all other programs. 

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

21 appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au22 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making gen23 eral appropriations or any new discretionary budget au24 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making con25 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013. 
49 

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1 (e) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chairman of the Committee 

2 on the Budget may adjust the list referred to in subsection 

3 (b) or the amount set forth in subsection (c)(2) to accom4 modate the enactment of general or continuing appropria5 tion Acts for fiscal year 2011. 

6 SEC. 403. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

7 Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution 

8 providing for a change in budgetary concepts or defini9 tions, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 

10 adjust any appropriate levels and allocations in this resolu11 tion accordingly. 

12 SEC. 404. ADJUSTMENTS OF AGGREGATES AND ALLOCA13 TIONS FOR LEGISLATION. 

14 (a) ENFORCEMENT.—For purposes of enforcing this 

15 resolution, the revenue levels shall be those set forth in 

16 the March 2011 Congressional Budget Office baseline. 

17 The total amount of adjustments made under subsection 

18 (b) may not cause revenue levels to be below the levels 

19 set forth in paragraph (1)(A) of section 101 for fiscal year 

20 2012 and the period comprising fiscal years 2012 to 2021. 

21 (b) ADJUSTMENTS.—(1) The chairman of the Com22 mittee on the Budget may adjust the allocations and ag23 gregates of this concurrent resolution for— 
50 

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1 (A) the budgetary effects of measures extending 

2 the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 

3 Act of 2001; 

4 (B) the budgetary effects of measures extending 

5 the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 

6 of 2003; 

7 (C) the budgetary effects of measures that ad8 just the Alternative Minimum Tax exemption 

9 amounts to prevent a larger number of taxpayers as 

10 compared with tax year 2008 from being subject to 

11 the Alternative Minimum Tax or of allowing the use 

12 of nonrefundable personal credits against the Alter13 native Minimum Tax, or both as applicable; 

14 (D) the budgetary effects of extending the es15 tate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax pro16 visions of title III of the Tax Relief, Unemployment 

17 Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 

18 2010; 

19 (E) the budgetary effects of measures providing 

20 a 20 percent deduction in income to small busi21 nesses; 

22 (F) the budgetary effects of measures imple23 menting trade agreements; 

24 (G) the budgetary effects of measures repealing 

25 the tax increases set forth in the Patient Protection 
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1 and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and 

2 Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010; 

3 (H) the budgetary effects of measures reform4 ing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

5 and the Health Care and Education Affordability 

6 Reconciliation Act of 2010; and 

7 (I) the budgetary effects of measures reforming 

8 the tax code and lowering tax rates. 

9 (2) A measure does not qualify for adjustments under 

10 paragraph (1)(H) if it— 

11 (A) increases the deficit over the period of fiscal 

12 years 2012 through 2021; or 

13 (B) increases revenues over the period of fiscal 

14 years 2012 through 2021, other than by— 

15 (i) repealing or modifying the individual 

16 mandate (codified as section 5000A of the In17 ternal Revenue Code of 1986); or 

18 (ii) modifying the subsidies to purchase 

19 health insurance (codified as section 36B of the 

20 Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 

21 (c) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—If a committee other 

22 than the Committee on Appropriations reports a bill or 

23 joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or a conference 

24 report thereon, providing for a decrease in direct spending 

25 (budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any 
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1 fiscal year and also provides for an authorization of appro2 priations for the same purpose, upon the enactment of 

3 such measure, the chairman of the Committee on the 

4 Budget may decrease the allocation to such committee and 

5 increase the allocation of discretionary spending (budget 

6 authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee 

7 on Appropriations for fiscal year 2012 and the applicable 

8 discretionary spending limits by an amount equal to the 

9 new budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom) 

10 provided for in a bill or joint resolution making appropria11 tions for the same purpose. 

12 SEC. 405. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, it shall not be in 

14 order to consider a bill or joint resolution reported by a 

15 committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), 

16 or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, 

17 if the provisions of such measure have the net effect of 

18 increasing mandatory spending in excess of 

19 $5,000,000,000 for any period described in subsection (b). 

20 (b) TIME PERIODS.—(1) The applicable periods for 

21 purposes of this section are any of the first four consecu22 tive 10-fiscal-year periods beginning with the first fiscal 

23 year following the last fiscal year for which the applicable 

24 concurrent resolution on the budget sets forth appropriate 

25 budgetary levels. 
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1 (2) In this paragraph, the applicable concurrent reso2 lution on the budget is the one most recently adopted be3 fore the date on which a committee first reported the bill 

4 or joint resolution described in paragraph (1). 

5 SEC. 406. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANS6 ACTIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

8 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, sec9 tion 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and 

10 section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 

11 of 1989, the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

12 the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the 

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

14 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee 

15 on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary adminis16 trative expenses of the Social Security Administration and 

17 the United States Postal Service. 

18 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of applying sec19 tion 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, esti20 mates of the level of total new budget authority and total 

21 outlays provided by a measure shall include any off-budget 

22 discretionary amounts. 

23 (c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chairman of the Committee 

24 on the Budget may adjust allocations and aggregates for 

25 legislation reported by the Committee on Oversight and 
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1 Government Reform that reforms the Federal retirement 

2 system, but does not cause a net increase in the deficit 

3 for fiscal year 2012 and the period comprising fiscal years 

4 2012 to 2021. 

5 SEC. 407. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO6 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

7 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

8 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

9 (1) apply while that measure is under consider10 ation; 

11 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

12 measure; and 

13 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

14 soon as practicable. 

15 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG16 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

17 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur18 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca19 tions and aggregates included in this resolution. 

20 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

21 purposes of this resolution, the levels of new budget au22 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement author23 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

24 period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of 

25 estimates made by the Committee on the Budget. 
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1 (d) EXEMPTIONS.—Any legislation for which the 

2 chairman of the Committee on the Budget makes adjust3 ments in the allocations and aggregates of this concurrent 

4 resolution on the budget and complies with the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974 shall not be subject to the 

6 points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the 

7 Rules of the House of Representatives or section 405. 

8 SEC. 408. FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES. 

9 (a) REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATES.— 

10 Upon the request of the chairman or ranking member of 

11 the Committee on the Budget, any estimate prepared for 

12 a measure under the terms of title V of the Congressional 

13 Budget Act of 1974, ‘‘credit reform’’, as a supplement to 

14 such estimate of the Congressional Budget Office shall, 

15 to the extent practicable, also provide an estimate of the 

16 current actual or estimated market values representing 

17 the ‘‘fair value’’ of assets and liabilities affected by such 

18 measure. 

19 (b) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Congressional Budget 

20 Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a), the 

21 chairman of the Committee on the Budget may use such 

22 estimate to determine compliance with the Congressional 

23 Budget Act of 1974 and other budgetary enforcement con24 trols. 
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1 SEC. 409. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The House adopts the provisions 

3 of this title— 

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

5 the House of Representatives and as such they shall 

6 be considered as part of the rules of the House, and 

7 these rules shall supersede other rules only to the 

8 extent that they are inconsistent with other such 

9 rules; and 

10 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

11 right of the House of Representatives to change 

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

13 the same extent as in the case of any other rule of 

14 the House of Representatives. 

15 (b) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—The following 

16 provisions of H. Res. 5 (112th Congress) shall no longer 

17 have force or effect: 

18 (1) Section 3(e) relating to advance appropria19 tions. 

20 (2) Section 3(f) relating to the treatment of off21 budget administrative expenses. 

22 (3) Section 3(g) relating to a long-term spend23 ing point of order. 

24 TITLE V—POLICY 

25 SEC. 501. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

26 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
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1 (1) More than 46 million Americans depend on 

2 Medicare for their health security. 

3 (2) The Medicare Trustees report has repeat4 edly recommended that Medicare’s long-term finan5 cial challenges be addressed soon. Each year without 

6 reform, the financial condition of Medicare becomes 

7 more precarious and the threat to those in and near 

8 retirement becomes more pronounced. According to 

9 the Congressional Budget Office— 

10 (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 

11 will be exhausted in 2020 and unable to pay 

12 scheduled benefits; and 

13 (B) Medicare spending is growing faster 

14 than the economy. Medicare outlays are cur15 rently rising at a rate of 7.2 percent per year, 

16 and under CBO’s alternative fiscal scenario, 

17 mandatory spending on Medicare is projected to 

18 reach 7 percent of GDP by 2035 and 14 per19 cent of GDP by 2080. 

20 (3) Failing to address this problem will leave 

21 millions of American seniors without adequate health 

22 security and younger generations burdened with 

23 enormous debt to pay for spending levels that cannot 

24 be sustained. 
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1 (b) POLICY ON MEDICARE REFORM.—It is the policy 

2 of this resolution to protect those in and near retirement 

3 from any disruptions to their Medicare benefits and offer 

4 future beneficiaries the same health care options available 

5 to Members of Congress. 

6 (c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This resolution assumes reform 

7 of the Medicare program such that: 

8 (1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for 

9 those in and near retirement, without changes. 

10 (2) For future generations, when they reach eli11 gibility, Medicare is reformed to provide a premium 

12 support payment and a selection of guaranteed 

13 health coverage options from which recipients can 

14 choose a plan that best suits their needs. 

15 (3) Medicare will provide additional assistance 

16 for lower-income beneficiaries and those with greater 

17 health risks. 

18 (4) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable 

19 path and the Medicare program becomes solvent 

20 over the long-term. 

21 SEC. 502. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

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

23 (1) More than 50 million retirees and individ24 uals with a disability depend on Social Security for 

25 a key part of their income. Since enactment, Social 
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1 Security has served as a vital leg on the ‘‘three2 legged stool’’ of retirement security, which includes 

3 employer provided pensions as well as personal sav4 ings. 

5 (2) The Social Security Trustees report has re6 peatedly recommended that Social Security’s long7 term financial challenges be addressed soon. Each 

8 year without reform, the financial condition of Social 

9 Security becomes more precarious and the threat to 

10 seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 

11 benefits becomes more pronounced: 

12 (A) In 2018, the Federal Disability Insur13 ance Trust Fund will be exhausted and will be 

14 unable to pay scheduled benefits. 

15 (B) In 2037, the combined Federal Old16 Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 

17 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund will 

18 be exhausted, and will be unable to pay sched19 uled benefits. 

20 (C) With the exhaustion of the Trust 

21 Funds in 2037, benefits will be cut 22 percent 

22 across the board, devastating those currently in 

23 or near retirement and those who rely on Social 

24 Security the most. 
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1 (3) The current recession has exacerbated the 

2 crisis to Social Security. The most recent CBO pro3 jections find that Social Security has entered into 

4 permanent cash deficits. 

5 (4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Se6 curity for a larger proportion of their retirement in7 come. Therefore, reforms should take into consider8 ation the need to protect lower-income Americans’ 

9 retirement security. 

10 (5) Americans deserve action by their elected 

11 officials on Social Security reform. It is critical that 

12 the Congress and the administration work together 

13 in a bipartisan fashion to address the looming insol14 vency of Social Security. In this spirit, this resolu15 tion creates a bipartisan opportunity to find solu16 tions by requiring policymakers to ensure that Social 

17 Security remains a critical part fo the safety net. 

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

19 of this resolution that Congress should work on a bipar20 tisan basis to make Social Security permanently solvent. 

21 This resolution assumes reform of a current law trigger, 

22 such that— 

23 (1)(A) if in any year the Board of Trustees of 

24 the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

25 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
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1 Fund in its annual Trustees’ Report determines that 

2 the 75-year actuarial balance of the Social Security 

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

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

5 in deficit, the Board of Trustees should, not later 

6 than September 30 of the same calendar year, sub7 mit to the President recommendations for statutory 

8 reforms necessary to achieve a positive 75-year actu9 arial balance and a positive annual balance in the 

10 75th year; and 

11 (B) such recommendations provided to the 

12 President should be agreed upon by both Public 

13 Trustees of the Board of Trustees; 

14 (2)(A) not later than December 1 of the same 

15 calendar year in which the Board of Trustees sub16 mits its recommendations, the President shall 

17 promptly submit implementing legislation to both 

18 Houses of Congress, including recommendations nec19 essary to achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance 

20 and a positive annual balance in the 75th year; and 

21 (B) the Majority Leader of the Senate and the 

22 Majority Leader of the House should introduce such 

23 legislation upon receipt; 

24 (3) within 60 days of the President submitting 

25 legislation, the committees of jurisdiction to which 
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1 the legislation has been referred should report such 

2 legislation, which should be considered by the full 

3 House or Senate under expedited procedures; and 

4 (4) legislation submitted by the President 

5 should— 

6 (A) protect those in and near retirement; 

7 (B) preserve the safety net for those who 

8 rely on Social Security, including survivors and 

9 those with disabilities; 

10 (C) improve fairness for participants; and 

11 (D) reduce the burden on, and provide cer12 tainty for, future generations. 

13 SEC. 503. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET ENFORCEMENT. 

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

15 (1) The President’s fiscal year 2012 budget re16 quests a $13 trillion increase in the debt subject to 

17 limit over the period of years covered by the budget. 

18 (2) Under the President’s fiscal year 2012 

19 budget, according to the Congressional Budget Of20 fice, debt held by the public will rise to 69 percent 

21 of gross domestic product in 2011 and will reach 

22 87.4 percent of gross domestic product by 2021. 

23 (3) The Congressional Budget Office, the Fed24 eral Reserve, the General Accountability Office, the 

25 President’s National Commission on Fiscal Respon-
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1 sibility and Reform, and ten former Chairmen of the 

2 Council of Economic Advisors all concluded that 

3 debt is growing at unsustainable rates and must be 

4 brought under control. 

5 (4) Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the 

6 Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated, ‘‘Our national debt is 

7 our biggest national security threat.’’. 

8 (5) According to the Congressional Budget Of9 fice, if entitlements are not reformed, entitlement 

10 spending on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid 

11 will exceed the historical average of revenue collec12 tions as a share of the economy within forty years. 

13 (6) According to the Congressional Budget Of14 fice, under current policies, debt would reach levels 

15 that the economy could no longer sustain in 2037 

16 and a fiscal crisis is likely to occur well before that 

17 date. 

18 (7) To avoid a fiscal crisis, Congress must 

19 enact legislation that makes structural reforms to 

20 entitlement programs. 

21 (8) Instead of automatic debt increases (the 

22 ‘‘Gephardt rule’’ was repealed by the House in 

23 House Resolution 5) and automatic spending in24 creases, Congress needs to put limits on spending 
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1 with automatic reductions if spending limits are not 

2 met. 

3 (9) The adoption of a conference report on this 

4 concurrent resolution will not cause the automatic 

5 passage of an increase in the debt limit by the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 (10) Changes in debt levels assumed in this res8 olution are contingent upon its proposed spending 

9 reductions being achieved. 

10 (11) From 1990 to 2002, there were statutory 

11 enforceable limits on discretionary spending. 

12 (12) The budget lacks controls over spending in 

13 the short-term and the long-term. Greater trans14 parency and controls, particularly for entitlement 

15 spending in the long-term, are needed to provide 

16 Congress with tools to tackle this growing threat of 

17 a fiscal crisis. 

18 (b) POLICY ON DEBT CONTROLS.—It is the policy of 

19 this concurrent resolution on the budget that in order to 

20 begin to bring debt under control the following statutory 

21 spending and debt controls are needed: 

22 (1) Enforceable statutory caps on discretionary 

23 spending at levels set forth in this fiscal year 2012 

24 concurrent resolution on the budget for the period of 

25 fiscal years 2012 through 2021. 
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1 (2) Any increase in the statutory debt limit be 

2 accompanied by the enactment of a budget enforce3 ment mechanism to ensure that if spending reduc4 tions are not achieved there would be— 

5 (A) an across-the-board reduction in 

6 spending at the end of the year; 

7 (B) a fast-track process or failsafe mecha8 nism to give Congress the ability to expedite 

9 consideration of legislation to reduce spending 

10 and avoid the automatic across-the-board 

11 spending reductions; and 

12 (C) an exemption of Social Security from 

13 these enforcement mechanisms, with Social Se14 curity solvency ensured as provide in section 

15 502. 

16 (3) Limits on total spending with long-term 

17 structural reforms that— 

18 (A) require— 

19 (i) the Office of Management and 

20 Budget and the Congressional Budget Of21 fice to make long-term budget projections 

22 (similar to the timeframes of projections 

23 made by the Social Security and Medicare 

24 trustees); 
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1 (ii) the inclusion of the estimated 

2 long-term fiscal impact of the President’s 

3 budget in the President’s annual budget 

4 submission; 

5 (iii) in the Congressional Budget Of6 fice’s reestimate of the President’s budget, 

7 an estimate of the long-term impact of the 

8 President’s budget; and 

9 (iv) in Congressional Budget Office 

10 estimates on legislation, an estimate of the 

11 long-term impact of legislation that has a 

12 significant impact on the long-term budget; 

13 (B) require enactment of enforceable caps 

14 on total spending as a share of gross domestic 

15 product as set forth in this resolution; 

16 (C) require the review by Congress of Con17 gressional Budget Office projections relative to 

18 the statutory caps and enactment of legislation 

19 to reduce spending to meet those caps; 

20 (D) require enactment of an enforcement 

21 mechanism to ensure that if these spending re22 ductions are not achieved, there would be an 

23 across-the-board reduction in spending at the 

24 end of the year; 
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1 (E) require enactment of a fast-track proc2 ess or failsafe mechanism to provide Congress 

3 with the ability to expedite consideration of leg4 islation to reduce spending and avoid the auto5 matic across-the-board spending reductions; and 

6 (F) exempt Social Security from these en7 forcement mechanisms, with Social Security sol8 vency ensured as provided in section 501. 

9 TITLE VI—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

10 PROVISIONS 

11 SEC. 601. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON A RESPONSIBLE DEF12 ICIT REDUCTION PLAN MUST CONSIDER ALL 

13 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THOSE AT THE PEN14 TAGON AND THE OTHER NATIONAL SECU15 RITY AGENCIES. 

16 It is the sense of the House that the Nation’s debt 

17 is an immense security threat to our country, just as Ad18 miral Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has 

19 stated; the Government Accountability Office has recently 

20 issued a report documenting billions of dollars of waste 

21 and duplication at Government agencies, including the De22 partment of Defense, and the Department of Defense has 

23 never passed a clean audit; the bipartisan National Com24 mission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and the bi25 partisan Rivlin-Domenici Debt Reduction Task Force 
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1 were correct in concluding that all programs, including na2 tional security, should be ‘‘on the table’’ as part of a def3 icit reduction plan; and any budget plan serious about re4 ducing the deficit must follow this precept to consider all 

5 programs, including national security programs, the larg6 est segment of discretionary spending. 

7 SEC. 602. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPOR8 TANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

9 It is the sense of the House that— 

10 (1) additional legislative action is needed to en11 sure that States have the necessary resources to col12 lect all child support that is owed to families and 

13 allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to 

14 families without financial penalty; and 

15 (2) when 100 percent of child support payments 

16 are passed to the child, rather than administrative 

17 expenses, program integrity is improved and child 

18 support participation increases. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2011. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 34 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Establishing the budget for the United States Govthrough 2021. appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 ernment for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth