113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 25 

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 2014. 

5 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 

6 declares that this concurrent resolution establishes the 
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1 budget for fiscal year 2014 and sets forth appropriate 

2 budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. 

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

4 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—RECOMMENDED LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2030, 

2040, AND 2050 

Sec. 301. Long-term budgeting. 

TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 401. Reserve fund for the repeal of the 2010 health care laws. 

Sec. 402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reform of the 2010 health care 

laws. 

Sec. 403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare provisions of the 

2010 health care laws. 

Sec. 404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the sustainable growth rate of the 

Medicare program. 

Sec. 405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code. 

Sec. 406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements. 

Sec. 407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures. 

Sec. 408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools. 

Sec. 409. Implementation of a deficit and long-term debt reduction agreement. 

TITLE V—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING 

Sec. 501. Direct spending. 

TITLE VI—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 601. Limitation on advance appropriations. 

Sec. 602. Concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 603. Adjustments of aggregates, allocations, and appropriate budgetary 

levels. 

Sec. 604. Limitation on long-term spending. 

Sec. 605. Budgetary treatment of certain transactions. 

Sec. 606. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 607. Congressional Budget Office estimates. 

Sec. 608. Transfers from the general fund of the treasury to the highway trust 

fund that increase public indebtedness. 

Sec. 609. Separate allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on 

terrorism. 
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Sec. 610. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE VII—POLICY STATEMENTS 

Sec. 701. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation. 

Sec. 702. Policy statement on tax reform. 

Sec. 703. Policy statement on Medicare. 

Sec. 704. Policy statement on Social Security. 

Sec. 705. Policy statement on higher education affordability. 

Sec. 706. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of unobligated balances. 

Sec. 707. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 

Sec. 708. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction of unnecessary and wasteful spending. 

Sec. 709. Policy statement on unauthorized spending. 

TITLE VIII—SENSE OF THE HOUSE PROVISIONS 

Sec. 801. Sense of the House on the importance of child support enforcement. 

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 2014 through 2023: 

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 2014: $2,270,932,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2015: $2,606,592,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: $2,778,891,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2017: $2,903,673,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2018: $3,028,951,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2019: $3,149,236,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: $3,284,610,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: $3,457,009,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2022: $3,650,699,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2023: $3,832,145,000,000. 

3 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

4 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

5 are as follows: 

6 Fiscal year 2014: $0. 

7 Fiscal year 2015: $0. 

8 Fiscal year 2016: $0. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: $0. 

10 Fiscal year 2018: $0. 

11 Fiscal year 2019: $0. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: $0. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: $0. 

14 Fiscal year 2022: $0. 

15 Fiscal year 2023: $0. 

16 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

17 of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 

18 appropriate levels of total new budget authority are 

19 as follows: 

20 Fiscal year 2014: $2,769,406,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: $2,681,581,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2016: $2,857,258,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2017: $2,988,083,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2018: $3,104,777,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: $3,281,142,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2020: $3,414,838,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2021: $3,540,165,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2022: $3,681,407,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: $3,768,151,000,000. 

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

6 enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appro7 priate levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 

8 Fiscal year 2014: $2,815,079,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2015: $2,736,849,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2016: $2,850,434,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2017: $2,958,619,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: $3,079,296,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: $3,231,642,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2020: $3,374,336,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2021: $3,495,489,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: $3,667,532,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: $3,722,071,000,000. 

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

19 the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 

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

21 Fiscal year 2014: -$544,147,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2015: -$130,257,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2016: -$71,544,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2017: -$54,947,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: -$50,345,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2019: -$82,405,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2020: -$89,726,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2021: -$38,480,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: -$16,833,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: $110,073,000,000. 

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

7 levels of the public debt are as follows: 

8 Fiscal year 2014: $17,776,278,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2015: $18,086,450,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2016: $18,343,824,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2017: $18,635,129,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: $18,938,669,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: $19,267,212,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2020: $19,608,732,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2021: $19,900,718,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: $20,162,755,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: $20,319,503,000,000. 

18 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro19 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

20 Fiscal year 2014: $12,849,621,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: $13,069,788,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2016: $13,225,569,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2017: $13,362,146,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2018: $13,485,102,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: $13,648,470,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2020: $13,836,545,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2021; $13,992,649,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2022: $14,154,363,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: $14,210,984,000,000. 

5 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

6 The Congress determines and declares that the ap7 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 

8 fiscal years 2014 through 2023 for each major functional 

9 category are: 

10 (1) National Defense (050): 

11 Fiscal year 2014: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $560,225,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $579,235,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2015: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $574,359,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $563,976,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2016: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $585,556,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $570,288,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2017: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $598,822,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $575,457,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2018: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $612,125,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $582,678,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2019: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $625,445,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $600,508,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2020: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $639,780,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $614,250,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2021: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $654,096,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $628,265,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2022: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $671,181,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $649,221,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2023: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $688,640,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $660,461,000,000. 
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1 (2) International Affairs (150): 

2 Fiscal year 2014: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $41,010,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $42,005,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2015: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $39,357,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $40,876,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2016: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $40,355,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $40,019,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2017: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $41,343,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $39,821,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2018: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $42,342,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $39,922,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2019: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $43,349,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $40,248,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2020: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $44,366,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $41,070,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2021: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $44,898,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $41,970,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $46,240,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $43,208,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2023: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $47,304,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $44,030,000,000. 

17 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

18 (250): 

19 Fiscal year 2014: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $27,733,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $27,811,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2015: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $28,318,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $28,193,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2016: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $28,994,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $28,641,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2017: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $29,677,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $29,251,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2018: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $30,386,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $29,932,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $31,088,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $30,574,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $31,798,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $31,275,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $32,506,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $31,886,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $33,244,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $32,609,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $33,991,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $33,344,000,000. 

9 (4) Energy (270): 

10 Fiscal year 2014: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 -$1,218,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $1,366,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $1,527,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $2,024,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2016: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $1,433,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $984,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2017: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $1,570,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $1,091,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $1,764,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $1,331,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $1,932,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $1,612,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $2,121,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $1,864,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $2,200,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $2,039,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $2,105,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $1,989,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$12,000,000. 

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

25 (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 
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1 Fiscal year 2014: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $38,146,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $41,002,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2015: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $37,457,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $40,169,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2016: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $36,445,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $39,860,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2017: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $37,295,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $39,612,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $38,120,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $39,378,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $38,552,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $39,655,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $39,530,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $40,167,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $39,730,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $40,332,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $40,124,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $40,330,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $39,792,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $39,382,000,000. 

16 (6) Agriculture (350): 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $21,731,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $20,377,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $16,737,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $16,452,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $21,254,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $20,827,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $19,344,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $18,856,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $18,776,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $18,238,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $19,087,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $18,461,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $19,380,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $18,864,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $19,856,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $19,365,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $19,736,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $19,244,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $20,335,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $19,859,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $2,548,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$7,818,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$19,413,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$7,398,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$21,697,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$6,328,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$22,908,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$2,946,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$20,314,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$866,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$23,410,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$579,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$22,954,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$295,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$17,517,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$1,076,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$19,406,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$1,200,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$20,654,000,000. 

24 (8) Transportation (400): 

25 Fiscal year 2014: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $87,056,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $93,142,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $40,030,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $82,089,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2016: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $81,453,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $74,235,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2017: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $91,498,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $85,791,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2018: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $68,776,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $84,548,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $92,602,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $82,681,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2020: 
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•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $72,693,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $84,625,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $92,988,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $85,244,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $74,694,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $85,945,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $99,499,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $86,906,000,000. 

16 (9) Community and Regional Development 

17 (450): 

18 Fiscal year 2014: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $8,533,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $27,669,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2015: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $8,401,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $22,978,000,000. 
21 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2016: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $8,341,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $16,911,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2017: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $8,442,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $13,910,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $8,556,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $10,925,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $8,766,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $9,787,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $8,962,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $9,418,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $9,172,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $9,283,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 
22 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $9,424,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $9,209,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $9,641,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $9,271,000,000. 

8 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

9 Social Services (500): 

10 Fiscal year 2014: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $56,440,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $77,310,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $73,848,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $77,042,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2016: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $85,577,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $84,250,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2017: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $95,462,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $93,615,000,000. 
23 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $100,910,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $99,755,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $95,734,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $95,741,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $97,329,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $97,270,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $98,900,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $98,917,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $99,965,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $100,219,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $101,606,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $101,780,000,000. 

25 (11) Health (550): 
24 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2014: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $363,762,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $378,695,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2015: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $358,156,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $353,470,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2016: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $359,280,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $362,833,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2017: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $375,308,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $375,956,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $387,073,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $386,264,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $393,079,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $392,141,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 
25 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $422,229,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $410,876,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $420,834,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $419,365,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $441,207,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $439,353,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $456,935,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $455,134,000,000. 

16 (12) Medicare (570): 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $515,944,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $515,713,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $534,494,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $534,400,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 
26 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $581,788,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $581,834,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $597,570,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $597,637,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $621,384,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $621,480,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $679,457,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $679,661,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $723,313,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $723,481,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $770,764,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $771,261,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 
27 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $845,828,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $843,504,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $875,417,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $874,988,000,000. 

8 (13) Income Security (600): 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $509,418,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $508,082,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $480,285,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $476,897,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $487,623,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $487,046,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $484,222,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $479,516,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 
28 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $484,653,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $475,612,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $495,065,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $490,660,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $501,101,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $496,983,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $505,927,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $501,832,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $515,637,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $516,362,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $510,654,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $506,354,000,000. 

24 (14) Social Security (650): 

25 Fiscal year 2014: 
29 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $27,506,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $27,616,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $30,233,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $30,308,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2016: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $33,369,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $33,407,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2017: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $36,691,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $36,691,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2018: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $40,005,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $40,005,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $43,421,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $43,421,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2020: 
30 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $46,954,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $46,954,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $50,474,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $50,474,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $54,235,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $54,235,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $58,441,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $145,730,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $145,440,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $149,792,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $149,313,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 
31 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $162,051,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $161,441,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $160,947,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $160,117,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $159,423,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $158,565,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $171,032,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $170,144,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $175,674,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $174,791,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $179,585,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $178,655,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 
32 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $191,294,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $190,344,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $187,945,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $186,882,000,000. 

8 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $51,933,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $53,376,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $53,116,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $52,918,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $56,644,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $55,745,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $56,712,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $57,949,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 
33 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $58,586,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $59,859,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $60,495,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $60,666,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $62,400,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $61,878,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $64,507,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $63,950,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $70,150,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $69,561,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $72,809,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $72,195,000,000. 

24 (17) General Government (800): 

25 Fiscal year 2014: 
34 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $23,225,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $24,172,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $21,922,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $20,749,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2016: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $23,263,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $22,559,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2017: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $23,814,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $23,435,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2018: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $24,573,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $24,158,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $25,454,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $24,803,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2020: 
35 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $26,293,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $25,645,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $27,178,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $26,566,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $27,821,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $27,219,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $28,717,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $28,116,000,000. 

16 (18) Net Interest (900): 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $341,099,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $341,099,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $367,647,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $367,647,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 
36 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $405,960,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $405,960,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $476,448,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $476,448,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $555,772,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $555,772,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $613,411,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $613,411,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $661,810,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $661,810,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $694,647,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $694,647,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 
37 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $723,923,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $723,923,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $745,963,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $745,963,000,000. 

8 (19) Allowances (920): 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$59,061,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, -$44,044,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$58,840,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$53,255,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$65,587,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$59,258,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$71,859,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$65,151,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 
38 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$77,299,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$71,278,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$82,155,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$76,769,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$85,543,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$81,785,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$89,377,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$85,845,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$88,897,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$85,661,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$92,469,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$89,323,000,000. 

24 (20) Government-wide savings (930): 

25 Fiscal year 2014: 
39 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$9,407,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$6,660,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$21,577,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$9,971,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2016: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$17,617,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$8,873,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2017: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$13,371,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$6,739,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2018: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$11,556,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$3,340,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$9,584,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$703,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2020: 
40 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$8,457,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $1,740,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$7,094,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $3,666,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$21,151,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$2,703,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2023: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$35,807,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$13,555,000,000. 

16 (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$75,946,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$75,946,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$80,864,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$80,864,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 
41 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$86,525,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$86,525,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$90,525,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$90,525,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$91,645,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$91,645,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$99,220,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$99,220,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$101,316,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$101,316,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$106,332,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$106,332,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 
42 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$109,276,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$109,276,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$115,049,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$115,049,000,000. 

8 (22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

9 War on Terrorism (970): 

10 Fiscal year 2014: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $93,000,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $46,621,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $35,000,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $40,851,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2016: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $35,000,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $39,948,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2017: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $35,000,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $38,789,000,000. 
43 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $35,000,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $37,451,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $35,000,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $37,570,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $35,000,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $37,431,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $35,000,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $37,466,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $35,000,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2023: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $35,000,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $37,694,000,000. 
44 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

2 SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT3 ATIVES. 

4 (a) SUBMISSIONS OF SPENDING REDUCTION.—The 

5 House committees named in subsection (b) shall submit, 

6 not later than llllll, 2013, recommendations to 

7 the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa8 tives. After receiving those recommendations, such com9 mittee shall report to the House a reconciliation bill car10 rying out all such recommendations without substantive 

11 revision. 

12 (b) INSTRUCTIONS.— 

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

15 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

16 by at least $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

17 years 2013 through 2023. 

18 (2) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE

19 WORKFORCE.—The Committee on Education and 

20 the Workforce shall submit changes in laws within 

21 its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by at 

22 least $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

23 2013 through 2023. 

24 (3) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— 

25 The Committee on Energy and Commerce shall sub-
45 

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1 mit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 

2 to reduce the deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for 

3 the period of fiscal years 2013 through 2023. 

4 (4) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The 

5 Committee on Financial Services shall submit 

6 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

7 reduce the deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for the 

8 period of fiscal years 2013 through 2023. 

9 (5) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—The 

10 Committee on the Judiciary shall submit changes in 

11 laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

12 deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for the period of 

13 fiscal years 2013 through 2023. 

14 (6) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

15 The Committee on Natural Resources shall submit 

16 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

17 reduce the deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for the 

18 period of fiscal years 2013 through 2023. 

19 (7) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERN20 MENT REFORM.—The Committee on Oversight and 

21 Government Reform shall submit changes in laws 

22 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

23 by at least $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

24 years 2013 through 2023. 
46 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 (8) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The 

2 Committee on Ways and Means shall submit 

3 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

4 reduce the deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for the 

5 period of fiscal years 2013 through 2023. 

6 TITLE III—RECOMMENDED LEV7 ELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2030, 

8 2040, AND 2050 

9 SEC. 301. LONG-TERM BUDGETING. 

10 The following are the recommended revenue, spend11 ing, and deficit levels for each of fiscal years 2030, 2040, 

12 and 2050 as a percent of the gross domestic product of 

13 the United States: 

14 (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—The appropriate lev15 els of Federal revenues are as follows: 

16 Fiscal year 2030: 19.1 percent. 

17 Fiscal year 2040: 19.1 percent. 

18 Fiscal year 2050: 19.1 percent. 

19 (2) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—The appropriate levels 

20 of total budget outlays are not to exceed: 

21 Fiscal year 2030: 19.1 percent. 

22 Fiscal year 2040: 19.1 percent. 

23 Fiscal year 2050: 19.1 percent. 

24 (3) DEFICITS.—The appropriate levels of defi25 cits are not to exceed: 
47 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 Fiscal year 2030: 0 percent. 

2 Fiscal year 2040: 0 percent. 

3 Fiscal year 2050: 0 percent. 

4 TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS 

5 SEC. 401. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 2010 

6 HEALTH CARE LAWS. 

7 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 

8 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

9 appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for the 

10 budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amend11 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that only con12 sists of a full repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable 

13 Care Act and the health care-related provisions of the 

14 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 

15 SEC. 402. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE RE16 FORM OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE LAWS. 

17 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 

18 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

19 appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for the 

20 budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amend21 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that reforms 

22 or replaces the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

23 Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 

24 of 2010, if such measure would not increase the deficit 

25 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 
48 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 SEC. 403. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO 

2 THE MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF THE 2010 

3 HEALTH CARE LAWS. 

4 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 

5 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

6 appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for the 

7 budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amend8 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that repeals all 

9 or part of the decreases in Medicare spending included in 

10 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the 

11 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 

12 if such measure would not increase the deficit for the pe13 riod of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 

14 SEC. 404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE SUS15 TAINABLE GROWTH RATE OF THE MEDICARE 

16 PROGRAM. 

17 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 

18 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

19 appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for the 

20 budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amend21 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that includes 

22 provisions amending or superseding the system for updat23 ing payments under section 1848 of the Social Security 

24 Act, if such measure would not increase the deficit for the 

25 period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 
49 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 SEC. 405. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM2 ING THE TAX CODE. 

3 In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means 

4 reports a bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal 

5 Revenue Code of 1986, the chair of the Committee on the 

6 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

7 appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for the 

8 budgetary effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or 

9 amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 

10 measure would not increase the deficit for the period of 

11 fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 

12 SEC. 406. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE 

13 AGREEMENTS. 

14 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 

15 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

16 appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for the 

17 budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution reported 

18 by the Committee on Ways and Means, or amendment 

19 thereto or conference report thereon, that implements a 

20 trade agreement, but only if such measure would not in21 crease the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2014 

22 through 2023. 

23 SEC. 407. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE 

24 MEASURES. 

25 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 

26 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
50 

•HCON 25 EH 

1 appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for the 

2 budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution reported 

3 by the Committee on Ways and Means, or amendment 

4 thereto or conference report thereon, that decreases rev5 enue, but only if such measure would not increase the def6 icit for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 

7 SEC. 408. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RURAL 

8 COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS. 

9 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 

10 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

11 appropriate levels and limits in this resolution for the 

12 budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amend13 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that makes 

14 changes to or provides for the reauthorization of the Se15 cure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination 

16 Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393) by the amounts pro17 vided by that legislation for those purposes, if such legisla18 tion requires sustained yield timber harvests obviating the 

19 need for funding under P.L. 106–393 in the future and 

20 would not increase the deficit or direct spending for fiscal 

21 year 2014, the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, 

22 or the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 
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1 SEC. 409. IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEFICIT AND LONG2 TERM DEBT REDUCTION AGREEMENT. 

3 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 

4 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

5 appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution to accom6 modate the enactment of a deficit and long-term debt re7 duction agreement if it includes permanent spending re8 ductions and reforms to direct spending programs. 

9 TITLE V—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT 

10 SPENDING 

11 SEC. 501. DIRECT SPENDING. 

12 (a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

13 (1) For means-tested direct spending, the aver14 age rate of growth in the total level of outlays dur15 ing the 10-year period preceding fiscal year 2014 is 

16 6.7 percent. 

17 (2) For means-tested direct spending, the esti18 mated average rate of growth in the total level of 

19 outlays during the 10-year period beginning with fis20 cal year 2014 is 6.2 percent under current law. 

21 (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 

22 concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spend23 ing: 

24 (A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a 

25 Democratic president reformed welfare by lim26 iting the duration of benefits, giving States 
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1 more control over the program, and helping re2 cipients find work. In the five years following 

3 passage, child-poverty rates fell, welfare case4 loads fell, and workers’ wages increased. This 

5 budget applies the lessons of welfare reform to 

6 both the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

7 Program and Medicaid. 

8 (B) For Medicaid, this budget converts the 

9 Federal share of Medicaid spending into a flexi10 ble State allotment tailored to meet each 

11 State’s needs, indexed for inflation and popu12 lation growth. Such a reform would end the 

13 misguided one-size-fits-all approach that has 

14 tied the hands of State governments. Instead, 

15 each State would have the freedom and flexi16 bility to tailor a Medicaid program that fits the 

17 needs of its unique population. Moreover, this 

18 budget repeals the Medicaid expansions in the 

19 President’s health care law, relieving State gov20 ernments of its crippling one-size-fits-all enroll21 ment mandates. 

22 (C) For the Supplemental Nutrition As23 sistance Program, this budget converts the pro24 gram into a flexible State allotment tailored to 

25 meet each State’s needs, increases in the De-
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1 partment of Agriculture Thrifty Food Plan 

2 index and beneficiary growth. Such a reform 

3 would provide incentives for States to ensure 

4 dollars will go towards those who need them 

5 most. Additionally, it requires that more strin6 gent work requirements and time limits apply 

7 under the program. 

8 (b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

9 (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the 

10 average rate of growth in the total level of outlays 

11 during the 10-year period preceding fiscal year 2014 

12 is 5.9 percent. 

13 (2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the 

14 estimated average rate of growth in the total level of 

15 outlays during the 10-year period beginning with fis16 cal year 2014 is 5.3 percent under current law. 

17 (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 

18 concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct 

19 spending: 

20 (A) For Medicare, this budget advances 

21 policies to put seniors, not the Federal Govern22 ment, in control of their health care decisions. 

23 Those in or near retirement will see no changes, 

24 while future retirees would be given a choice of 

25 private plans competing alongside the tradi-
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1 tional fee-for-service Medicare program. Medi2 care would provide a premium-support payment 

3 either to pay for or offset the premium of the 

4 plan chosen by the senior, depending on the 

5 plan’s cost. The Medicare premium-support 

6 payment would be adjusted so that the sick 

7 would receive higher payments if their condi8 tions worsened; lower-income seniors would re9 ceive additional assistance to help cover out-of10 pocket costs; and wealthier seniors would as11 sume responsibility for a greater share of their 

12 premiums. Putting seniors in charge of how 

13 their health care dollars are spent will force 

14 providers to compete against each other on 

15 price and quality. This market competition will 

16 act as a real check on widespread waste and 

17 skyrocketing health care costs. 

18 (B) In keeping with a recommendation 

19 from the National Commission on Fiscal Re20 sponsibility and Reform, this budget calls for 

21 Federal employees—including Members of Con22 gress and congressional staff—to make greater 

23 contributions toward their own retirement. 
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1 TITLE VI—BUDGET 

2 ENFORCEMENT 

3 SEC. 601. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

5 (1) The Veterans Health Care Budget and Re6 form Transparency Act of 2009 provides advance 

7 appropriations for the following veteran medical care 

8 accounts: Medical Services, Medical Support and 

9 Compliance, and Medical Facilities. 

10 (2) The President has yet to submit a budget 

11 request as required under section 1105(a) of title 

12 31, United States Code, including the request for 

13 the Department of Veterans Affairs, for fiscal year 

14 2014, hence the request for veteran medical care ad15 vance appropriations for fiscal year 2015 is unavail16 able as of the writing of this concurrent resolution. 

17 (3) This concurrent resolution reflects the most 

18 up-to-date estimate on veterans’ health care needs 

19 included in the President’s fiscal year 2013 request 

20 for fiscal year 2015. 

21 (b) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided 

22 for in subsection (c), any bill or joint resolution, or amend23 ment thereto or conference report thereon, making a gen24 eral appropriation or continuing appropriation may not 

25 provide for advance appropriations. 
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1 (c) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 

2 provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts re3 ferred to in subsection (d)(1) or identified in the report 

4 to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint ex5 planatory statement of managers to accompany this con6 current resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified 

7 for Advance Appropriations’’. 

8 (d) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 2015, the aggre9 gate level of advance appropriations shall not exceed— 

10 (1) $55,483,000,000 for the following programs 

11 in the Department of Veterans Affairs— 

12 (A) Medical Services; 

13 (B) Medical Support and Compliance; and 

14 (C) Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet15 erans Health Administration; and 

16 (2) $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority 

17 for all programs identified pursuant to subsection 

18 (c). 

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

20 appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au21 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution, or amendment 

22 thereto or conference report thereon, making general ap23 propriations or any new discretionary budget authority 

24 provided in a bill or joint resolution making continuing 

25 appropriations for fiscal year 2015. 
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1 SEC. 602. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

2 Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution 

3 providing for a change in budgetary concepts or defini4 tions, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may ad5 just any allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate lev6 els in this concurrent resolution accordingly. 

7 SEC. 603. ADJUSTMENTS OF AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS, 

8 AND APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS. 

9 (a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT

10 SPENDING LEVELS.—If a committee (other than the Com11 mittee on Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, 

12 or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, pro13 viding for a decrease in direct spending (budget authority 

14 and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year and also 

15 provides for an authorization of appropriations for the 

16 same purpose, upon the enactment of such measure, the 

17 chair of the Committee on the Budget may decrease the 

18 allocation to such committee and increase the allocation 

19 of discretionary spending (budget authority and outlays 

20 flowing therefrom) to the Committee on Appropriations 

21 for fiscal year 2014 by an amount equal to the new budget 

22 authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided for in 

23 a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for the 

24 same purpose. 

25 (b) ADJUSTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT DISCRETIONARY

26 SPENDING CAPS AND TO FUND VETERANS’ PROGRAMS
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1 AND OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL

2 WAR ON TERRORISM.— 

3 (1) FINDINGS.—(A) The President has not sub4 mitted a budget for fiscal year 2014 as required 

5 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

6 States Code, by the date set forth in that section. 

7 (B) In missing the statutory date by which the 

8 budget must be submitted, this will be the fourth 

9 time in five years the President has not complied 

10 with that deadline. 

11 (C) This concurrent resolution reflects the lev12 els of funding for veterans’ medical programs as set 

13 forth in the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget re14 quest. 

15 (2) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION.—In 

16 order to take into account any new information in17 cluded in the budget submission by the President for 

18 fiscal year 2014, the chair of the Committee on the 

19 Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 

20 other appropriate budgetary levels for veterans’ pro21 grams, Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

22 on Terrorism, or the 302(a) allocation to the Com23 mittee on Appropriations set forth in the report of 

24 this concurrent resolution to conform with section 

25 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
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1 icit Control Act of 1985 (as adjusted by section 

2 251A of such Act). 

3 (3) REVISED CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

4 BASELINE.—The chair of the Committee on the 

5 Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 

6 other appropriate budgetary levels to reflect changes 

7 resulting from technical and economic assumptions 

8 in the most recent baseline published by the Con9 gressional Budget Office. 

10 (c) DETERMINATIONS.—For the purpose of enforcing 

11 this concurrent resolution on the budget in the House, the 

12 allocations and aggregate levels of new budget authority, 

13 outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, reve14 nues, deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2014 and the 

15 period of fiscal years 2014 through fiscal year 2023 shall 

16 be determined on the basis of estimates made by the chair 

17 of the Committee on the Budget and such chair may ad18 just such applicable levels of this concurrent resolution. 

19 SEC. 604. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING. 

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

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

22 committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), 

23 or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, 

24 if the provisions of such measure have the net effect of 
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1 increasing direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 for 

2 any period described in subsection (b). 

3 (b) TIME PERIODS.—The applicable periods for pur4 poses of this section are any of the four consecutive ten 

5 fiscal-year periods beginning with fiscal year 2024. 

6 SEC. 605. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANS7 ACTIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

9 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, sec10 tion 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and 

11 section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 

12 of 1989, the report accompanying this concurrent resolu13 tion on the budget or the joint explanatory statement ac14 companying the conference report on any concurrent reso15 lution on the budget shall include in its allocation under 

16 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

17 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the dis18 cretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security 

19 Administration and the United States Postal Service. 

20 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of applying sec21 tions 302(f) and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

22 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget authority 

23 and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any 

24 off-budget discretionary amounts. 
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1 (c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Committee on 

2 the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 

3 other appropriate levels for legislation reported by the 

4 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that re5 forms the Federal retirement system, if such adjustments 

6 do not cause a net increase in the deficit for fiscal year 

7 2014 and the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 

8 SEC. 606. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO9 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

10 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of the alloca11 tions, aggregates, and other appropriate levels made pur12 suant to this concurrent resolution shall— 

13 (1) apply while that measure is under consider14 ation; 

15 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

16 measure; and 

17 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

18 soon as practicable. 

19 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG20 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

21 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur22 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca23 tions and aggregates included in this concurrent resolu24 tion. 
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1 (c) BUDGET COMPLIANCE.—(1) The consideration of 

2 any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con3 ference report thereon, for which the chair of the Com4 mittee on the Budget makes adjustments or revisions in 

5 the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

6 of this concurrent resolution shall not be subject to the 

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

8 Rules of the House of Representatives or section 604. 

9 (2) Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act 

10 of 1974 shall not apply in the House of Representatives 

11 to any bill, joint resolution, or amendment that provides 

12 new budget authority for a fiscal year or to any conference 

13 report on any such bill or resolution, if— 

14 (A) the enactment of that bill or resolution; 

15 (B) the adoption and enactment of that amend16 ment; or 

17 (C) the enactment of that bill or resolution in 

18 the form recommended in that conference report; 

19 would not cause the appropriate allocation of new budget 

20 authority made pursuant to section 302(a) of such Act 

21 for that fiscal year to be exceeded or the sum of the limits 

22 on the security and non-security category in section 251A 

23 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

24 Act as reduced pursuant to such section. 
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1 SEC. 607. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES. 

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

3 (1) Costs of Federal housing loans and loan 

4 guarantees are treated unequally in the budget. The 

5 Congressional Budget Office uses fair-value account6 ing to measure the costs of Fannie Mae and Freddie 

7 Mac, but determines the cost of other Federal hous8 ing programs on the basis of the Federal Credit Re9 form Act of 1990 (‘‘FCRA’’). 

10 (2) The fair-value accounting method uses dis11 count rates which incorporate the risk inherent to 

12 the type of liability being estimated in addition to 

13 Treasury discount rates of the proper maturity 

14 length. In contrast, cash-basis accounting solely uses 

15 the discount rates of the Treasury, failing to incor16 porate risks such as prepayment and default risk. 

17 (3) The Congressional Budget Office estimates 

18 that the $635 billion of loans and loan guarantees 

19 issued in 2013 alone would generate budgetary sav20 ings of $45 billion over their lifetime using FCRA 

21 accounting. However, these same loans and loan 

22 guarantees would have a lifetime cost of $11 billion 

23 under fair-value methodology. 

24 (4) The majority of loans and guarantees issued 

25 in 2013 would show deficit reduction of $9.1 billion 
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1 under FCRA methodology, but would increase the 

2 deficit by $4.7 billion using fair-value accounting. 

3 (b) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES.—Upon the request of 

4 the chair or ranking member of the Committee on the 

5 Budget, any estimate prepared by the Director of the Con6 gressional Budget Office for a measure under the terms 

7 of title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ‘‘credit 

8 reform’’, as a supplement to such estimate shall, to the 

9 extent practicable, also provide an estimate of the current 

10 actual or estimated market values representing the ‘‘fair 

11 value’’ of assets and liabilities affected by such measure. 

12 (c) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES FOR HOUSING PRO13 GRAMS.—Whenever the Director of the Congressional 

14 Budget Office prepares an estimate pursuant to section 

15 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 of the costs 

16 which would be incurred in carrying out any bill or joint 

17 resolution and if the Director determines that such bill 

18 or joint resolution has a cost related to a housing or resi19 dential mortgage program under the FCRA, then the Di20 rector shall also provide an estimate of the current actual 

21 or estimated market values representing the ‘‘fair value’’ 

22 of assets and liabilities affected by the provisions of such 

23 bill or joint resolution that result in such cost. 

24 (d) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Director of the Congres25 sional Budget Office provides an estimate pursuant to 
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1 subsection (b) or (c), the chair of the Committee on the 

2 Budget may use such estimate to determine compliance 

3 with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and other 

4 budgetary enforcement controls. 

5 SEC. 608. TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE 

6 TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 

7 THAT INCREASE PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS. 

8 For purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 

9 1974, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con10 trol Act of 1985, or the rules or orders of the House of 

11 Representatives, a bill or joint resolution, or an amend12 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that transfers 

13 funds from the general fund of the Treasury to the High14 way Trust Fund shall be counted as new budget authority 

15 and outlays equal to the amount of the transfer in the 

16 fiscal year the transfer occurs. 

17 SEC. 609. SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN18 GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TER19 RORISM. 

20 (a) ALLOCATION.—In the House, there shall be a sep21 arate allocation to the Committee on Appropriations for 

22 overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism. 

23 For purposes of enforcing such separate allocation under 

24 section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

25 the ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ shall 
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1 be deemed to refer to fiscal year 2014. Such separate allo2 cation shall be the exclusive allocation for overseas contin3 gency operations/global war on terrorism under section 

4 302(a) of such Act. Section 302(c) of such Act shall not 

5 apply to such separate allocation. The Committee on Ap6 propriations may provide suballocations of such separate 

7 allocation under section 302(b) of such Act. Spending that 

8 counts toward the allocation established by this section 

9 shall be designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

10 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

11 Act of 1985. 

12 (b) ADJUSTMENT.—In the House, for purposes of 

13 subsection (a) for fiscal year 2014, no adjustment shall 

14 be made under section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget 

15 Act of 1974 if any adjustment would be made under sec16 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 SEC. 610. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

19 The House adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

21 the House of Representatives and as such they shall 

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

23 Representatives, and these rules shall supersede 

24 other rules only to the extent that they are incon25 sistent with other such rules; and 
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1 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

2 right of the House of Representatives to change 

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

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

5 the House of Representatives. 

6 TITLE VII—POLICY STATEMENTS 

7 SEC. 701. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND 

8 JOB CREATION. 

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

10 (1) Although the U.S. economy technically 

11 emerged from recession roughly four years ago, the 

12 recovery has felt more like a malaise than a rebound 

13 with the unemployment rate still elevated and real 

14 economic growth essentially flat in the final quarter 

15 of 2012. 

16 (2) The enormous build-up of Government debt 

17 in the past four years has worsened the already 

18 unsustainable course of Federal finances and is an 

19 increasing drag on the U.S. economy. 

20 (3) During the recession and early stages of re21 covery, the Government took a variety of measures 

22 to try to boost economic activity. Despite the fact 

23 that these stimulus measures added over $1 trillion 

24 to the debt, the economy continues to perform at a 

25 sub-par trend. 
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1 (4) Investors and businesses make decisions on 

2 a forward-looking basis. They know that today’s 

3 large debt levels are simply tomorrow’s tax hikes, in4 terest rate increases, or inflation – and they act ac5 cordingly. It is this debt overhang, and the uncer6 tainty it generates, that is weighing on U.S. growth, 

7 investment, and job creation. 

8 (5) Economists have found that the key to 

9 jump-starting U.S. economic growth and job cre10 ation is tangible action to rein in the growth of Gov11 ernment spending with the aim of getting debt 

12 under control. 

13 (6) Stanford economist John Taylor has con14 cluded that reducing Government spending now 

15 would ‘‘reduce the threats of higher taxes, higher in16 terest rates and a fiscal crisis’’, and would therefore 

17 provide an immediate stimulus to the economy. 

18 (7) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke 

19 has stated that putting in place a credible plan to 

20 reduce future deficits ‘‘would not only enhance eco21 nomic performance in the long run, but could also 

22 yield near-term benefits by leading to lower long23 term interest rates and increased consumer and 

24 business confidence.’’ 
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1 (8) Lowering spending would boost market con2 fidence and lessen uncertainty, leading to a spark in 

3 economic expansion, job creation, and higher wages 

4 and income. 

5 (b) POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CRE6 ATION.—It is the policy of this resolution to promote fast7 er economic growth and job creation. By putting the budg8 et on a sustainable path, this resolution ends the debt9 fueled uncertainty holding back job creators. Reforms to 

10 the tax code put American businesses and workers in a 

11 better position to compete and thrive in the 21st century 

12 global economy. This resolution targets the regulatory red 

13 tape and cronyism that stack the deck in favor of special 

14 interests. All of the reforms in this resolution serve as 

15 means to the larger end of growing the economy and ex16 panding opportunity for all Americans. 

17 SEC. 702. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM. 

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

19 (1) A world-class tax system should be simple, 

20 fair, and promote (rather than impede) economic 

21 growth. The U.S. tax code fails on all three counts 

22 – it is notoriously complex, patently unfair, and 

23 highly inefficient. The tax code’s complexity distorts 

24 decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads to 
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1 slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job 

2 creation. 

3 (2) Since 2001 alone, there have been more 

4 than 3,250 changes to the code. Many of the major 

5 changes over the years have involved carving out 

6 special preferences, exclusions, or deductions for var7 ious activities or groups. These loopholes add up to 

8 more than $1 trillion per year and make the code 

9 unfair, inefficient, and very complex. 

10 (3) These tax preferences are disproportionately 

11 used by upper-income individuals. For instance, the 

12 top 1 percent of taxpayers reap about 3 times as 

13 much benefit from special tax credits and deductions 

14 (excluding refundable credits) than the middle class 

15 and 13 times as much benefit than the lowest in16 come quintile. 

17 (4) The large amount of tax preferences that 

18 pervade the code end up narrowing the tax base by 

19 as much as 50 percent. A narrow tax base, in turn, 

20 requires much higher tax rates to raise a given 

21 amount of revenue. 

22 (5) The National Taxpayer Advocate reports 

23 that taxpayers spent 6.1 billion hours in 2012 com24 plying with tax requirements. 
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1 (6) Standard economic theory shows that high 

2 marginal tax rates dampen the incentives to work, 

3 save, and invest, which reduces economic output and 

4 job creation. Lower economic output, in turn, mutes 

5 the intended revenue gain from higher marginal tax 

6 rates. 

7 (7) Roughly half of U.S. active business income 

8 and half of private sector employment are derived 

9 from business entities (such as partnerships, S cor10 porations, and sole proprietorships) that are taxed 

11 on a ‘‘pass-through’’ basis, meaning the income 

12 flows through to the tax returns of the individual 

13 owners and is taxed at the individual rate structure 

14 rather than at the corporate rate. Small businesses 

15 in particular tend to choose this form for Federal 

16 tax purposes, and the top Federal rate on such small 

17 business income reaches 44.6 percent. For these rea18 sons, sound economic policy requires lowering mar19 ginal rates on these pass-through entities. 

20 (8) The U.S. corporate income tax rate (includ21 ing Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to just 

22 over 39 percent, the highest rate in the industri23 alized world. The total Federal marginal tax rate on 

24 corporate income now reaches 55 percent, when in25 cluding the shareholder-level tax on dividends and 
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1 capital gains. Tax rates this high suppress wages 

2 and discourage investment and job creation, distort 

3 business activity, and put American businesses at a 

4 competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors. 

5 (9) By deterring potential investment, the U.S. 

6 corporate tax restrains economic growth and job cre7 ation. The U.S. tax rate differential with other coun8 tries also fosters a variety of complicated multi9 national corporate behaviors 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 (10) The ‘‘worldwide’’ structure of U.S. inter14 national taxation essentially taxes earnings of U.S. 

15 firms twice, putting them at a significant competi16 tive disadvantage with competitors with more com17 petitive international tax systems. 

18 (11) Reforming the U.S. tax code to a more 

19 competitive international system would boost the 

20 competitiveness of U.S. companies operating abroad 

21 and it would also greatly reduce tax avoidance. 

22 (12) The tax code imposes costs on American 

23 workers through lower wages, on consumers in high24 er prices, and on investors in diminished returns. 
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1 (13) Revenues have averaged 18 percent of the 

2 economy throughout modern American history. Rev3 enues rise above this level under current law to 19.1 

4 percent of the economy, and – if the spending re5 straints in this budget are enacted – this level is suf6 ficient to fund Government operations over time. 

7 (14) Attempting to raise revenue through tax 

8 increases to meet out-of-control spending would sink 

9 the economy. 

10 (15) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending 

11 does not constitute fundamental tax reform. 

12 (16) The goal of tax reform should be to curb 

13 or eliminate loopholes and use those savings to lower 

14 tax rates across the board – not to fund more waste15 ful Government spending. Tax reform should be rev16 enue-neutral and should not be an excuse to raise 

17 taxes on the American people. 

18 (b) POLICY ON TAX REFORM.—It is the policy of this 

19 resolution that Congress should enact legislation during 

20 fiscal year 2014 that provides for a comprehensive reform 

21 of the U.S. tax code to promote economic growth, create 

22 American jobs, increase wages, and benefit American con23 sumers, investors, and workers through revenue-neutral 

24 fundamental tax reform, which should be reported by the 
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1 Committee on Ways and Means to the House not later 

2 than December 31, 2013, that— 

3 (1) simplifies the tax code to make it fairer to 

4 American families and businesses and reduces the 

5 amount of time and resources necessary to comply 

6 with tax laws; 

7 (2) substantially lowers tax rates for individ8 uals, with a goal of achieving a top individual rate 

9 of 25 percent and consolidating the current seven in10 dividual income tax brackets into two brackets with 

11 a first bracket of 10 percent; 

12 (3) repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax; 

13 (4) reduces the corporate tax rate to 25 per14 cent; and 

15 (5) transitions the tax code to a more competi16 tive system of international taxation. 

17 SEC. 703. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

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

19 (1) More than 50 million Americans depend on 

20 Medicare for their health security. 

21 (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeat22 edly recommended that Medicare’s long-term finan23 cial challenges be addressed soon. Each year without 

24 reform, the financial condition of Medicare becomes 

25 more precarious and the threat to those in or near 
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1 retirement becomes more pronounced. According to 

2 the Congressional Budget Office— 

3 (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 

4 will be exhausted in 2023 and unable to pay 

5 scheduled benefits; and 

6 (B) Medicare spending is growing faster 

7 than the economy and Medicare outlays are 

8 currently rising at a rate of 6.2 percent per 

9 year, and under the Congressional Budget Of10 fice’s alternative fiscal scenario, direct spending 

11 on Medicare is projected to exceed 7 percent of 

12 GDP by 2040 and reach 13 percent of GDP by 

13 2085. 

14 (3) The President’s health care law created a 

15 new Federal agency called the Independent Payment 

16 Advisory Board (‘‘IPAB’’) empowered with unilat17 eral authority to cut Medicare spending. As a result 

18 of that law— 

19 (A) IPAB will be tasked with keeping the 

20 Medicare per capita growth below a Medicare 

21 per capita target growth rate. Prior to 2018, 

22 the target growth rate is based on the five-year 

23 average of overall inflation and medical infla24 tion. Beginning in 2018, the target growth rate 

25 will be the five-year average increase in the 
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1 nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) plus 

2 one percentage point; 

3 (B) the fifteen unelected, unaccountable 

4 bureaucrats of IPAB will make decisions that 

5 will reduce seniors access to care; 

6 (C) the nonpartisan Office of the Medicare 

7 Chief Actuary estimates that the provider cuts 

8 already contained in the Affordable Care Act 

9 will force 15 percent of hospitals, skilled nurs10 ing facilities, and home health agencies to close 

11 in 2019; and 

12 (D) additional cuts from the IPAB board 

13 will force even more health care providers to 

14 close their doors, and the Board should be re15 pealed. 

16 (4) Failing to address this problem will leave 

17 millions of American seniors without adequate health 

18 security and younger generations burdened with 

19 enormous debt to pay for spending levels that cannot 

20 be sustained. 

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

22 of this resolution to protect those in or near retirement 

23 from any disruptions to their Medicare benefits and offer 

24 future beneficiaries the same health care options available 

25 to Members of Congress. 
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1 (c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This resolution assumes reform 

2 of the Medicare program such that: 

3 (1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for 

4 those in or near retirement. 

5 (2) For future generations, when they reach eli6 gibility, Medicare is reformed to provide a premium 

7 support payment and a selection of guaranteed 

8 health coverage options from which recipients can 

9 choose a plan that best suits their needs. 

10 (3) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for11 service as an option. 

12 (4) Medicare will provide additional assistance 

13 for lower-income beneficiaries and those with greater 

14 health risks. 

15 (5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable 

16 path and the Medicare program becomes solvent 

17 over the long-term. 

18 SEC. 704. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

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

20 (1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals 

21 with disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Se22 curity. Since enactment, Social Security has served 

23 as a vital leg on the ‘‘three-legged stool’’ of retire24 ment security, which includes employer provided 

25 pensions as well as personal savings. 
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1 (2) The Social Security Trustees Report has re2 peatedly recommended that Social Security’s long3 term financial challenges be addressed soon. Each 

4 year without reform, the financial condition of Social 

5 Security becomes more precarious and the threat to 

6 seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 

7 benefits becomes more pronounced: 

8 (A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance 

9 Trust Fund will be exhausted and program rev10 enues will be unable to pay scheduled benefits. 

11 (B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and 

12 Survivors and Disability Trust Funds will be 

13 exhausted, and program revenues will be unable 

14 to pay scheduled benefits. 

15 (C) With the exhaustion of the Trust 

16 Funds in 2033, benefits will be cut 25 percent 

17 across the board, devastating those currently in 

18 or near retirement and those who rely on Social 

19 Security the most. 

20 (3) The recession and continued low economic 

21 growth have exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis 

22 facing Social Security. The most recent CBO projec23 tions find that Social Security will run cash deficits 

24 of $1.319 trillion over the next 10 years. 
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1 (4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Se2 curity for a larger proportion of their retirement in3 come. Therefore, reforms should take into consider4 ation the need to protect lower-income Americans’ 

5 retirement security. 

6 (5) The Disability Insurance program provides 

7 an essential income safety net for those with disabil8 ities and their families. According to the Congres9 sional Budget Office (CBO), between 1970 and 

10 2012, the number of people receiving disability bene11 fits (both disabled workers and their dependent fam12 ily members) has increased by over 300 percent 

13 from 2.7 million to over 10.9 million. This increase 

14 is not due strictly to population growth or decreases 

15 in health. David Autor and Mark Duggan have 

16 found that the increase in individuals on disability 

17 does not reflect a decrease in self-reported health. 

18 CBO attributes program growth to changes in demo19 graphics, changes in the composition of the labor 

20 force and compensation, as well as Federal policies. 

21 (6) If this program is not reformed, families 

22 who rely on the lifeline that disability benefits pro23 vide will face benefit cuts of up to 25 percent in 

24 2016, devastating individuals who need assistance 

25 the most. 
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1 (7) Americans deserve action by the President, 

2 the House, and the Senate to preserve and strength3 en Social Security. It is critical that bipartisan ac4 tion be taken to address the looming insolvency of 

5 Social Security. In this spirit, this resolution creates 

6 a bipartisan opportunity to find solutions by requir7 ing policymakers to ensure that Social Security re8 mains a critical part of the safety net. 

9 (b) POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.—It 

10 is the policy of this resolution that Congress should work 

11 on a bipartisan basis to make Social Security sustainably 

12 solvent. This resolution assumes reform of a current law 

13 trigger, such that: 

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

15 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

16 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

17 Fund annual Trustees Report determines that the 

18 75-year actuarial balance of the Social Security 

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

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

21 in deficit, the Board of Trustees shall, no later than 

22 September 30 of the same calendar year, submit to 

23 the President recommendations for statutory re24 forms necessary to achieve a positive 75-year actu25 arial balance and a positive annual balance in the 
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1 75th-year. Recommendations provided to the Presi2 dent must be agreed upon by both Public Trustees 

3 of the Board of Trustees. 

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

6 their recommendations, the President shall promptly 

7 submit implementing legislation to both Houses of 

8 Congress including his recommendations necessary 

9 to achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and 

10 a positive annual balance in the 75th year. The Ma11 jority Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader 

12 of the House shall introduce the President’s legisla13 tion upon receipt. 

14 (3) Within 60 days of the President submitting 

15 legislation, the committees of jurisdiction to which 

16 the legislation has been referred shall report the bill 

17 which shall be considered by the full House or Sen18 ate under expedited procedures. 

19 (4) Legislation submitted by the President 

20 shall— 

21 (A) protect those in or near retirement; 

22 (B) preserve the safety net for those who 

23 count on Social Security the most, including 

24 those with disabilities and survivors; 

25 (C) improve fairness for participants; 
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1 (D) reduce the burden on, and provide cer2 tainty for, future generations; and 

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

5 those with disabilities today and improving the 

6 determination process. 

7 SEC. 705. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AF8 FORDABILITY. 

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

10 (1) A well-educated workforce is critical to eco11 nomic, job, and wage growth. 

12 (2) More than 21 million students are enrolled 

13 in American colleges and universities. 

14 (3) Over the last decade, tuition and fees have 

15 been growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 

16 2001-2002 Academic Year and the 2011-2012 Aca17 demic Year: 

18 (A) Published tuition and fees for in-State 

19 students at public four-year colleges and univer20 sities increased at an average rate of 5.6 per21 cent per year beyond the rate of general infla22 tion. 

23 (B) Published tuition and fees for in-State 

24 students at public two-year colleges and univer25 sities increased at an average rate of 3.8 per-
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1 cent per year beyond the rate of general infla2 tion. 

3 (C) Published tuition and fees for in-State 

4 students at private four-year colleges and uni5 versities increased at an average rate of 2.6 

6 percent per year beyond the rate of general in7 flation. 

8 (4) Over that same period, Federal financial aid 

9 has increased 140 percent beyond the rate of general 

10 inflation. 

11 (5) This spending has failed to make college 

12 more affordable. 

13 (6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, 

14 President Obama noted that, ‘‘We can’t just keep 

15 subsidizing skyrocketing tuition; we’ll run out of 

16 money.’’ 

17 (7) American students are chasing ever-increas18 ing tuition with ever-increasing debt. According to 

19 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student 

20 debt nearly tripled between 2004 and 2012, and now 

21 stands at nearly $1 trillion. Student debt now has 

22 the second largest balance after mortgage debt. 

23 (8) Students are carrying large debt loads and 

24 too many fail to complete college or end up default-
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1 ing on these loans due to their debt burden and a 

2 weak economy and job market. 

3 (9) Based on estimates from the Congressional 

4 Budget Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a 

5 fiscal shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2015 and 

6 continuing in each subsequent year in the current 

7 budget window. 

8 (10) Failing to address these problems will 

9 jeopardize access and affordability to higher edu10 cation for America’s young people. 

11 (b) POLICY ON HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORD12 ABILITY.—It is the policy of this resolution to address the 

13 root drivers of tuition inflation, by— 

14 (1) targeting Federal financial aid to those 

15 most in need; 

16 (2) streamlining programs that provide aid to 

17 make them more effective; 

18 (3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award 

19 level at $5,645 in each year of the budget window; 

20 and 

21 (4) removing regulatory barriers in higher edu22 cation that act to restrict flexibility and innovative 

23 teaching, particularly as it relates to non-traditional 

24 models such as online coursework and competency25 based learning. 
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1 SEC. 706. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 

2 THROUGH THE CANCELLATION OF UNOBLI3 GATED BALANCES. 

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

5 (1) According to the last available estimate 

6 from the Office of Management and Budget, Federal 

7 agencies were expected to hold $698 billion in unob8 ligated balances at the close of fiscal year 2013. 

9 (2) These funds represent direct and discre10 tionary spending made available by Congress that 

11 remains available for expenditure beyond the fiscal 

12 year for which they are provided. 

13 (3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding 

14 and it remains available for obligation indefinitely. 

15 (4) The Congressional Budget and Impound16 ment Control Act of 1974 requires the Office of 

17 Management and Budget to make funds available to 

18 agencies for obligation and prohibits the Administra19 tion from withholding or cancelling unobligated 

20 funds unless approved by an act of Congress. 

21 (5) Greater congressional oversight is required 

22 to review and identify potential savings from 

23 unneeded balances of funds. 

24 (b) POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION

25 THROUGH THE CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BAL26 ANCES.—Congressional committees shall through their 
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1 oversight activities identify and achieve savings through 

2 the cancellation or rescission of unobligated balances that 

3 neither abrogate contractual obligations of the Govern4 ment nor reduce or disrupt Federal commitments under 

5 programs such as Social Security, veterans’ affairs, na6 tional security, and Treasury authority to finance the na7 tional debt. 

8 (c) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Congress, with the assist9 ance of the Government Accountability Office, the Inspec10 tors General, and other appropriate agencies should make 

11 it a high priority to review unobligated balances and iden12 tify savings for deficit reduction. 

13 SEC. 707. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARD14 SHIP OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 

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

16 (1) The House of Representatives cut budgets 

17 for Members of Congress, House committees, and 

18 leadership offices by 5 percent in 2011 and an addi19 tional 6.4 percent in 2012. 

20 (2) The House of Representatives achieved sav21 ings of $36.5 million over three years by consoli22 dating House operations and renegotiating con23 tracts. 

24 (b) POLICY.—It is the policy of this resolution that: 
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1 (1) The House of Representatives must be a 

2 model for the responsible stewardship of taxpayer re3 sources and therefore must identify any savings that 

4 can be achieved through greater productivity and ef5 ficiency gains in the operation and maintenance of 

6 House services and resources like printing, con7 ferences, utilities, telecommunications, furniture, 

8 grounds maintenance, postage, and rent. This should 

9 include a review of policies and procedures for acqui10 sition of goods and services to eliminate any unnec11 essary spending. The Committee on House Adminis12 tration should review the policies pertaining to the 

13 services provided to Members and committees of the 

14 House, and should identify ways to reduce any sub15 sidies paid for the operation of the House gym, bar16 ber shop, salon, and the House dining room. 

17 (2) No taxpayer funds may be used to purchase 

18 first class airfare or to lease corporate jets for Mem19 bers of Congress. 

20 SEC. 708. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 

21 THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF UNNECES22 SARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING. 

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

24 (1) The Government Accountability Office 

25 (‘‘GAO’’) is required by law to identify examples of 
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1 waste, duplication, and overlap in Federal programs, 

2 and has so identified dozens of such examples. 

3 (2) In testimony before the Committee on Over4 sight and Government Reform, the Comptroller Gen5 eral has stated that addressing the identified waste, 

6 duplication, and overlap in Federal programs ‘‘could 

7 potentially save tens of billions of dollars.’’ 

8 (3) In 2011 and 2012, the Government Ac9 countability Office issued reports showing excessive 

10 duplication and redundancy in Federal programs in11 cluding— 

12 (A) 209 ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineer13 ing, and Mathematics’’ (‘‘STEM’’) education 

14 programs in 13 different Federal agencies at a 

15 cost of $3 billion annually; 

16 (B) 200 separate Department of Justice 

17 crime prevention and victim services grant pro18 grams with an annual cost of $3.9 billion in 

19 2010; 

20 (C) 20 different Federal entities admin21 ister 160 housing programs and other forms of 

22 Federal assistance for housing with a total cost 

23 of $170 billion in 2010; 
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1 (D) 17 separate Homeland Security pre2 paredness grant programs that spent $37 bil3 lion between fiscal year 2011 and 2012; 

4 (E) 13 programs, 3 tax benefits, and one 

5 loan program to reduce diesel emissions; and 

6 (F) 94 different initiatives run by 11 dif7 ferent agencies to encourage ‘‘green building’’ 

8 in the private sector. 

9 (4) The Federal Government spends about $80 

10 billion each year for information technology. GAO 

11 has identified broad acquisition failures, waste, and 

12 unnecessary duplication in the Government’s infor13 mation technology infrastructure. Experts have esti14 mated that eliminating these problems could save 25 

15 percent – or $20 billion – of the Government’s an16 nual information technology budget. 

17 (5) Federal agencies reported an estimated 

18 $108 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 

19 2012. 

20 (6) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of 

21 the House of Representatives, each standing com22 mittee must hold at least one hearing during each 

23 120 day period following its establishment on waste, 

24 fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government pro25 grams. 
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1 (7) According to the Congressional Budget Of2 fice, by fiscal year 2014, 42 laws will expire, possibly 

3 resulting in $685 billion in unauthorized appropria4 tions. Timely reauthorizations of these laws would 

5 ensure assessments of program justification and ef6 fectiveness. 

7 (8) The findings resulting from congressional 

8 oversight of Federal Government programs should 

9 result in programmatic changes in both authorizing 

10 statutes and program funding levels. 

11 (b) POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION

12 THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF UNNECESSARY AND

13 WASTEFUL SPENDING.—Each authorizing committee an14 nually shall include in its Views and Estimates letter re15 quired under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget 

16 Act of 1974 recommendations to the Committee on the 

17 Budget of programs within the jurisdiction of such com18 mittee whose funding should be reduced or eliminated. 

19 SEC. 709. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED SPEND20 ING. 

21 It is the policy of this resolution that the committees 

22 of jurisdiction should review all unauthorized programs 

23 funded through annual appropriations to determine if the 

24 programs are operating efficiently and effectively. Com-
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1 mittees should reauthorize those programs that in the 

2 committees’ judgment should continue to receive funding. 

3 TITLE VIII—SENSE OF THE 

4 HOUSE PROVISIONS 

5 SEC. 801. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 

6 CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

7 It is the sense of the House that— 

8 (1) additional legislative action is needed to en9 sure that States have the necessary resources to col10 lect all child support that is owed to families and to 

11 allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to 

12 families without financial penalty; and 

13 (2) when 100 percent of child support payments 

14 are passed to the child, rather than administrative 

15 expenses, program integrity is improved and child 

16 support participation increases. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 21, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 25 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Establishing the budget for the United States Govthrough 2023. appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 ernment for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth